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Skminia: "I have another question—can only humans link the fire? If other races choose a similar path, can they overcome the difficulties together?"

Skminia asked the question with a mixture of fear and nervousness.

Deep down, he still clung to a last sliver of hope: was it possible for the giants to replicate this path of success without relying on humans, solely through their own efforts?

however--

"Passing on the fire—? Any race can ignite itself and become firewood. But not every race possesses that powerful adaptability, akin to a planet's immunity. It doesn't matter if you don't understand—just understand that humanity's resilience far exceeds your imagination. No matter the hardship, we will find a way to overcome it, possessing boundless creativity and possibilities. This is the biggest fundamental difference between humanity and other races—the reason why humanity has stood out from many races and become the only civilization to survive until the end of the world! I'm telling you this only so that you know that only by relying on humanity... do other races have even a sliver of hope to survive." Sulyvahn's voice was incredibly cold, a bone-chilling cold that sent a chill down the spines of the giants.

He spoke with a flat tone, yet delivered the most lethal and infuriatingly mocking words: "When did you come to the idea that knowing the future allows you to replicate it? What Your Majesty did was not something deliberately concealed from the gods and giants of that era. Do you think that if survival could be achieved through replication, wouldn't other races of that era, desperate to survive, have tried this path?"

Chapter 111 The Instinct That Feels Fear Even in the Unconscious World

Skminia blushed instantly, though his deep, rough skin, as dark as loess, made it impossible to tell that he was blushing.

That's right—he actually forgot such an important point? Instead of being angry or embarrassed, Skminia became even more determined to cling to a powerful figure.

If we didn't know the world would perish in the future, it would be fine, but now we do, and we also know that the only powerful player who can help us win is right in front of us.

The thought of those terrifying scenes that emanated from the depths of his soul, the incredibly 'real' feeling that awakened within him... the giants desperately wanted to tell themselves that it was all fake, just images that could be fabricated with magic at will.

Could mere images truly instill such terrifying fear in them?

That goosebump-inducing intuition that transcends sixth sense constantly stimulates their nerves, telling them—believe this fact!! And for their own lives and for the sake of their descendants, they quickly think of ways to overcome the difficulties in the future.

But even the future gods and other races couldn't provide an answer, so what answer could they possibly come up with?!

Even Odin, the god of wisdom, couldn't find a solution after a lifetime of pondering it, so he could only choose to delay the end of the world.

But that's alright—even if they're not the brightest, it doesn't mean they don't know how to do something as simple as sucking up to someone powerful.

Although clinging to a giant doesn't guarantee survival like humans, even the slightest possibility of getting a ride on their coattails, coupled with the desperate will to survive, makes them want to give it a try.

The next moment, Sullivan's words further solidified the giants' resolve, making them unable to ignore the fact that the human race was indeed very 'powerful' and 'terrifying'.

"When the final judgment arrives, the war of the gods shatters the Norse world, and even the World Tree itself accepts its fate of being killed by all that is within it. The world—which gave birth to countless children, and was killed by its own children—will perish along with all things. It considers this reasonable and accepts it without regret. Returning to death, returning to the origin, returning to chaos, everything will inevitably reach its end. This is how things should unfold—"

The World Tree and the world mentioned here do not refer to Ymir, but simply to the world itself, which lacks clear emotions and whose existence, even consciousness, is unknowable.

Such a depiction evokes a sense of desolation. But the giants all knew that humanity ultimately survived, meaning—this endpoint was broken.

Or rather—this is the end point for the world and everything else, but not for humankind.

Saliwan: "Yet, something that even the world (planet) itself feared was born—the survival of humankind."

*Thud!*

Could it be that the unwitting world itself felt fear in the moments before its demise? The incomprehensible realm of human survival!

At this moment, the giants were completely dazed, stunned, and dumbfounded... They had no idea what to say to suppress their trembling lips.

Their massive, mountain-like figures offered them absolutely no sense of security or warmth.

...Just as Night, under the guise of 'Sullivan,' was spouting nonsense while waiting for Odin's next move, he concocted a future of the Norse world—Ragnarok—with the addition of an even more distant post-Ragnarok doomsday theory—the beginning of the Steel Lands chapter, almost fooling the giants.

It has to be said that after he started using cheat codes, some of the things he said became almost as alluring as his demonic charm. Of course—his nonsense to the giants was just a small, casual arrangement.

Whether it ultimately impacts mythological history is irrelevant to Ye; it's harmless... What if it succeeds?

After being fooled a few times, the giants all began to feel a deep sense of awe and started to accept their role as mere tools, continuing to build the royal city for humanity.

At that moment, only one thought remained in my mind—'I've built cities for humanity…! And I might even shed blood for humanity in the future!'

When the great era arrives, don't leave us, your good allies, behind, brothers! When it's time to take off, give me a hand and take me with you!

Skarmory, fiercely loyal to King Roche, was now frantically laying bricks—no, building walls—while secretly vowing to send her 'memories' back to King Roche!

We must solidify his policy of alliance with humanity! Even if it means going to war with the Aesir gods, he must be willing to do so, for humanity may be their only hope for surviving the Deep Sea Age!!

Meanwhile, on the other side, among the Aesir, completely unaware of the giants' madness, Odin, seated on his throne, possessed a divine artifact beneath him. According to mythology, whoever sat upon it could see any land or place in all of Norse mythology with a mere thought…

By this time, Odin had already discovered that the goddess Sur and the moon god Mani had been defeated and captured.

Odin, the king of the gods, was horribly ashen-faced! But they had no idea what had happened. The human, Sulyvahn, had used some kind of magic to vanish with two gods, and when they reappeared, only the human and the giants remained unharmed.

Where are the sun goddess and the moon goddess?!

Even if their strength was lacking, they shouldn't have been defeated without even making a sound, right?

It couldn't have been killed instantly, could it?

Only now did Odin finally take seriously the race of humans created by the god of mankind!

Even though he had realized that humans were key to his future dealings with Ragnarok, he couldn't understand how humans, with their fragile vitality, could offer him any help during Ragnarok.

But now he sees mystery and power in 'Sullivan'!

Under the cover of his status as the King of the World, even Odin failed to realize that the mysterious human—'Sullivan'—was actually Gwyn, the Sun King.

It was Sulyvahn's strength that made Odin see the potential of humanity. His expression suddenly improved, and he fell into a thoughtful state.

Is this what makes humanity truly 'precious'?!

The future is undeniable! Indeed—humanity is of utmost importance.

Odin felt he had discovered humanity's 'potential,' and this timely discovery was actually a good thing, helping him to revise his original strategy. He should focus more on the grand plan of subjugating humanity, and with such potential humans under the premise of subjugating them, the lives of a few giants seemed insignificant.

Chapter 112 Companions? Gods: Sorry, treasures are still more appealing!

If they could conquer humanity and its gods, sparing the giants wouldn't be out of the question. As for the vanished sun goddess and moon goddess, Odin didn't care about them at all.

For the ruthless Odin—it was the sun god who disappeared, not his son, the god of light… Even if those two gods were truly dead, he could simply find two other gods to inherit their divine positions and pull the chariot. As long as the chariot remained!

Thinking of this, Odin said, "Go and invite the Sun King here. Tell him I want to discuss with him the question of who will live the remaining giants!"

The two Aesir gods failed, but Odin, as the king of the gods, was not angry. Instead, he prepared to negotiate with the guardian gods of mankind.

When the other gods learned of this, they were quite surprised that Odin had bowed his head.

Does the God-King value that human god so much? If it weren't for the special charm of the night that had already captivated the gods, they would probably be jealous by now.

Meanwhile, just before the messenger of the Aesir went to deliver the message...

Another group of people had already arrived in the world of the gods. It was the legendary blacksmith family, the Hindry family, who had made the bet with Loki and the others.

As a legendary blacksmith who forged Thor's hammer, the Rhine Ring, and presented a golden-haired boar that could fly and swim, in mythology, Hindry even defeated Duvalin, who forged the Great God's Declaration, in a bet using these three treasures.

At this time, Xindeli and others came specifically to present their treasures, so that the gods could judge their final victory.

When they heard that the gift was a treasure, a treasure delivered from afar, who wouldn't love that? The gods immediately became interested, and there was plenty of time to judge the bet before the arrival of the human gods.

then--

Odin summoned the dwarves and gods to the temple, and Loki, the other party in the bet, naturally heard the news and came.

But he wasn't worried about losing. Of all the treasures forged by the dwarf Hindry, the others were merely interesting, but Thor's hammer was the most precious and powerful.

However, the hammer's forging process was disrupted by this, turning it into a flawed product. It was transformed from a giant hammer into a short hammer. Furthermore, as one of the Aesir gods and a close friend of Odin, he brought many benefits to the Aesir this time.

Thinking of this—Loki's smile was almost impossible to suppress. How could he possibly lose on his own turf?

However—this very Loki, so full of confidence, upon arriving at the temple, saw Hindri's brother Brook beginning to present treasures.

He first gave the Ring of Rhine to Odin, the king of the gods, and explained its nature of being able to split infinitely. With this ring, the king of the gods could have an inexhaustible supply of golden rings.

The ring forged from magic gold may be small, but its special material and infinite splitting properties mean that Odin has obtained endless magic gold.

Odin wouldn't be interested in ordinary gold, but the magic gold that could create Asgard would move even Odin with its immense 'wealth'.

This symbolizes the desires that people inevitably crave while living in this world—wealth, sex, and power.

Even the myths of the gods are, to some extent, merely magnified versions of the various facets of humanity. Odin was quite satisfied with this 'wealth'.

Brook then dedicated the Golden Fleece to Frey, the god of agriculture.

Frey is a prince of the Vanir gods, and although he is currently a hostage of the Aesir gods, his status is still extraordinary. The golden-haired boar is even faster than the future eight-legged steed Prenir, which has not yet been born, and can travel freely on land, water, and air.

...Frey was overjoyed to have obtained such a powerful divine beast.

It must be said that Brooke and his group are quite adept at understanding human relationships and social dynamics.

They offered the treasure twice, both times to the highest-ranking member of the Aesir. Those who received the treasure were naturally indebted to them, and the more they loved the treasure, the harder it was for them to speak against their conscience.

Of course, if these three were shameless enough to insist that the treasure was bad, there was nothing Xindeli and the others could do. At this moment, they were still quite 'naive' in believing in the reputation and majesty of the God-King.

For the third treasure, Brook offered Thor's hammer, but to Loki's surprise, they also presented him with a divine artifact—chainmail gauntlets.

Holding this glove grants immense strength, allowing one to perfectly grip Thor's hammer, completely compensating for the short hammer version of Mjolnir. It also greatly enhances the hammer's destructive power, instantly transforming this failed artifact into a successful one, even surpassing its previous state.

This left Loki, who had been calm, composed, and smiling as he watched everything, completely dumbfounded.

When Loki saw that Brook had taken out the third treasure, which turned out to be the failed Mjolnir, he was already bursting into laughter!

The next moment, when Loki saw the other party silently pull out a chainmail glove, his head started buzzing, and he sensed something was wrong.

No way—this is blatant cheating! You promised one treasure, but you've given us a two-piece set?!

This time, Brook naturally offered this treasure to Thor, Odin's strongest and most powerful son among the Aesir gods.

When Thor obtained such a powerful weapon, which could even make him the most powerful god of the Aesir, the moment he grasped the power of Mjolnir and his body crackled with terrifying lightning, it seemed as if every hair on his body was cheering!

Excited, he immediately declared: "Without a doubt, this warhammer is a divine artifact of greater value and use than any other treasure!! Brook—! Your brother Hindley is the true master forger!"

Thor, who was so fond of his artifacts, completely disregarded Loki's status as one of his own. After all, his way of getting along with Loki was that he would do the good things, but when trouble came, he would just mess with Loki!

Thor had absolutely no respect for his uncle. In fact, for a god of thunder who revered strength, his attitude towards frost giants was that only 'dead' frost giants were good giants.

Even the moment Thor got his hands on this new weapon, he only had one thought in his mind: to test it on a frost giant's head. At that moment, he lost interest and it was already a sign of restraint that he couldn't help but shoot Loki on the head.

Loki immediately became furious: "What did you say?!"

What the hell are you talking about?! We're on the same side! And you're already selling me out like this?!

What Loki didn't expect was that Frey and Odin also agreed that it was Brook and the others' victory.

When the gods saw that the strongest, highest-ranking, and most special gods had all chosen Brook, the other gods didn't even need to take sides. They immediately followed suit and unanimously agreed that Brook had won.

Completely unexpected that the gods would suddenly all side with the other, Loki looked anxious and incredulous: !?

What are you all doing?

Aren't we... our companions?

Chapter 113 Guilt my foot! From now on, we'll go all out to trick the gods! Humanity First!

...At this moment, Loki felt a chill run through his body, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. Feeling disbelief and trembling, Loki, who had completely lost his arrogance and conceit, now had a face full of anger and ferocity from betrayal on his handsome young face.

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