Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

Why? The treasure was obtained by Loki through scheming for the gods, and he had just completed the great feat of tricking the frost giants and helping the gods build a towering sacred wall for free. Yet, this is how the gods treat him.

A profound sense of betrayal made Loki feel helpless and suffocated, as if even the flames were about to go out in the darkness.

It felt as if I were in the deep sea, feeling the giants being whipped by the night in the distance, witnessing scenes of despair and apocalypse, and experiencing a deeper despair.

That feeling of being oppressed more than death, that indescribable heartache.

Even after he became a subordinate god of the god of mankind, this was the 'compatriot' he recognized in his heart, whom he still thought about and worked hard to help.

Brook was overjoyed, just as he was about to take Loki's head. In the myth, he would eventually be too weak to cut off Loki's head and would have to let Loki go, but he would sew up Loki's hateful mouth with needle and thread.

Loki is unaware of this yet; from any perspective, he has been betrayed by the gods, including Odin.

At this moment, he was utterly disheartened—his smile vanished completely. Was this how his blood brothers treated him?! He hadn't made any major mistakes, and had even helped the Aesir gods become stronger, yet they betrayed him?

Loki looked at Odin and suddenly asked, "Odin, have you forgotten our blood oath of brotherhood?"

Odin glanced at Loki and said coldly, "I have not forgotten my oath, nor have I ever harmed you. But Loki—you have indeed lost this bet. As members of the gods, we both need to keep our oaths."

He knew Brook couldn't kill Loki, and since he had taken so many treasures, choosing Brook's side to win would not only earn him a reputation for fairness, but Loki would also likely survive anyway, at most suffering a minor setback, and that would be fine.

In any case, as long as Loki survives, that's all that matters to Odin. The only crucial point in their oath that cannot be broken is that they cannot harm each other, but it doesn't say that they can't harm each other's family and friends, nor does it say that other people around them can't harm each other.

In the original myth, Odin used this kind of linguistic loophole to kill Loki and his entire family. He also used his power as the king of the gods to order Loki to be locked in a cave and have his brain pierced with venom every day. As long as he didn't die, it wouldn't be considered a complete breach of his promise. Now, this little thing is even less of a problem for Odin!

It was this answer that allowed Loki to see through Odin's true nature as a god.

In the original mythology, he might have had some wishful thinking, but now he was no longer Loki who had nowhere to go except the realm of the Aesir; he had other options. Thinking of the humans, thinking of himself transformed into 'Loki' and merged into the fire, even if he betrayed the Aesir, he wouldn't completely lose his place to go.

Thinking of this—Loki lowered his head and stopped looking at the cold and ruthless god-king. Instead, he looked at Brach.

Upon seeing Loki's gaze, the god who had previously worked with Loki and had a good relationship with him immediately spoke up to distance himself, saying, "Loki, we were once brothers, so we can part ways amicably. Don't blame us; we simply chose justice. If you continue to rebuke the gods, it will only incite their hatred towards you. If you are dissatisfied, I can give you a fine gift; you can choose between a sword or fine wine."

At this moment, Loki is besieged on all sides, much like the future Loki in the original myth, who was rejected by all the gods at the feast after his mistake caused the death of the god of light.

Loki's choice at that time was to retort without hesitation—cursing all the gods, including Odin!

Loki of Zaun—when he's angry, his audacity is fully unleashed; he'll curse you mercilessly, no matter who you are, and show no mercy.

At this moment, Loki, clearly provoked again, immediately launched into a tirade against Blach, who was so eager to distance himself from him, as if afraid of needing his help: "Blach? You dare call me brother?! Your father and I are sworn brothers by blood, and what are you? A bastard born in the land of giants, who entered the realm of the gods through connections (being a illegitimate child). A coward who tries to distance himself from me at the first sign of trouble?"

Loki then went on to call him a dwarf in action, a coward in battle, and a show-off who was all bark and no bite—a frost giant half-breed bastard. This insult even dragged Odin into the fray.

After all, Odin's mother was also a member of the Frost Giants...! If that's the case, then Odin is the biggest bastard. At this moment, the god-king Odin's face darkened.

Even the king of the gods in the Norse pantheon is a hybrid, yet he remains a staunch member of the pantheon and harbors a ruthless attitude towards exterminating the frost giants of his maternal lineage.

Afterwards, the other gods couldn't stand it anymore, and Loki started cursing the other gods, not even sparing Thor and his wife Sif. Thor was so angry that he immediately wanted to test whether the newly acquired Mjolnir hammer or Loki's skull was harder!

Upon seeing Thor's furious, predatory eyes, Loki shuddered and suddenly snapped back to reality, his imposing aura diminishing considerably.

...! Well, it felt good to curse people just now, but now I've offended all the gods. I wonder if Thor would actually dare to kill me now.

Loki was all ready to use his transformation magic to escape—! Hiss~!! If he could get away this time, he would just hide with the god of man, and at worst, kowtow to the Sun King and beg for refuge... Anyway, it's not shameful to kowtow to your own god and beg for help.

Rather than staying in this painful and heartbreaking place, I might as well just switch sides completely.

Loki, who had been wavering between humans and gods, both liking the way humans interacted and reluctant to part with his newly joined Aesir 'comrades', had now completely seen through their true colors.

When things are going well, they all call you brother, but when things turn sour, they'll cut ties with you! What kind of brothers are they...?!

Perhaps it's time to really make a choice.

Loki, who had previously felt some guilt for helping the gods of mankind behind Odin's back and securing many benefits for humanity in Odin's name, now felt no remorse at all.

They even regretted not using Odin's name to scam Odin more to fund humanity.

I actually felt guilty about all this stuff before?!

Thinking of this, Loki's expression turned cold, and he suddenly spoke: "Fine—I surrender! Come on, Brook the dwarf! Now you can come and take my head! If you can."

In that instant, a new idea flashed through Loki's mind. No—! He absolutely refused to flee in such a pathetic state!

They all look down on him, right? They just use him as a tool and then discard him, right? Fine, then he'll give the gods a grand performance!

Seeing Loki suddenly become so obedient?! The anger of the gods on the other side dissipated considerably.

What is this? Has it been modified?

Chapter 114 is called the Golden Knife, but in reality, it is the Golden Sword of Victory.

"Come on!" Loki said, opening his arms wide to signal that Brook was ready to attack.

Brook didn't hesitate either. The simple-minded dwarf was also stubborn, and had no idea of ​​letting Loki go while he was ahead. Even though the other party was a god, the hot-tempered dwarf believed that since he had won the bet, taking the other party's life was a matter of course, and he had nothing to fear.

So Brook went up and tried to kill Loki with an axe. Clang—!

He swung his axe down, but the axe bounced off.

"Didn't you eat? Put some more force on me!" Loki immediately started taunting him. Having not been demoted from godhood, he still possessed the bloodline of the god of fire and the frost giants, and his body, protected by divine power, was quite resilient.

Brook then angrily tried to attack several more times, but his axe shattered and he failed to build anything.

Upon seeing this, a glint flashed in Odin's eyes. He was extremely satisfied with the scene before him…!

This way, justice wouldn't be violated, and Loki wouldn't die—perfect. How could a mere dwarf possibly kill a god, unless—the god possessed a powerful artifact like Mjolnir!

Thinking of this, Odin actually felt a little hopeful that the two dwarf craftsmen could come up with new artifacts.

Now that his son Thor possesses a powerful weapon capable of wielding immense lightning, Odin would be tempted to steal it from his son if he weren't so shameless.

After all, in this timeline, Odin's original Gungnir had long been stolen, leaving him penniless... His desire for weapon-type artifacts was no less than that of a glutton eager to see a delicious meal!

When Brook was frustrated and at his wit's end after yet another failure, Loki kindly suggested, "You could borrow Thor's hammer! This ordinary iron can't possibly hurt me in the slightest!"

Brook was both angry and amazed when he heard this. That's right—Mjolnir!! As the craftsmen who forged that divine weapon, they knew better than anyone the immense power of that weapon itself.

Even if the wielder is not Thor, this weapon itself contains terrifying divine power.

Thor, on the other side, immediately became alert—something was wrong.

Knowing Loki as a complete scoundrel as he did, the fact that he was so eager to die and even warned the enemy meant no good.

He refused before Brooke could speak, stating that it was his hammer and he couldn't lend it to anyone.

Thor simply held the hammer in his arms with one hand and watched coldly.

He'd finally gotten his beloved hammer—he hadn't even had his fill of touching it yet, and this mere dwarf wanted it back?! No way.

Upon seeing this, Loki burst into laughter: "Perhaps you could borrow Frey, the god of agriculture, from his golden sword! See if he'll give it to you!"

As he spoke, Loki revealed a provocative smile, as if he were completely fearless, certain that Brook would be unable to borrow a suitable weapon from anyone and would eventually have to give up.

Upon seeing this, Brook felt that Loki was saying it on purpose to provoke him.

He immediately launched into a tirade against the gods for their bias, claiming impartiality—but in reality, he had no intention of keeping his promise.

As those harsh words were uttered, Odin's face turned ashen, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Rude and vulgar dwarfs...

If this weren't in the realm of the gods, where Odin had personally sworn an oath that no blood would be shed, and where killing the other party now would be a loss of face for him as the king of gods, and would undermine the fairness he had just maintained... Odin would have acted long ago.

Odin could only say, "The impartiality of the Aesir is beyond question... but the Mjolnir is not suitable. You should choose another one."

Odin had just witnessed Thor's terrifying aura and power amplified by wielding Mjolnir, and he was somewhat worried that Brook might actually be killed by Loki with a single blow.

Brook immediately asked Frey, the god of agriculture, to borrow the 'golden knife,' as he remembered Loki saying that Frey's golden knife was also a useful weapon.

Meanwhile, Odin, the god of wisdom, felt the name of the golden knife sounded familiar, but didn't think much of it...

Although he had access to a vast and boundless wealth of wisdom, he didn't pay attention to every piece of information. He focused more on the fragments of information related to Ragnarok, and it was this oversight that led him to...

Odin, eager to resolve the issue quickly, readily agreed on Frey's behalf.

Meanwhile, Frey, the god of agriculture who was acting as a hostage, though somewhat unwilling, did not want to disobey the king of the gods' orders. He took out his beloved sword, the 'golden knife' Loki had mentioned, a sword of victory that was called a knife but was actually a sword.

The moment Odin saw the sword, he finally realized what that sense of familiarity meant, and his expression changed.

At this moment, Brook had already obtained the Sword of Victory and was so excited that he wanted to kill Loki with one blow.

Loki, meanwhile, was staring intently at the sword in Brook's hand. Here it comes—! That's it!

When he was with the humans, Ye had mentioned, unintentionally, the names of the many powerful artifacts that the Aesir would acquire in the future and the past.

Besides the Mjolnir, the divine weapon he brought this time, and Gungnir, which should have belonged to Odin, there is a third supreme artifact in the realm of the gods!

That was the strongest weapon that could even stop Ragnarok from coming and defeat and annihilate Surtur, the fire demon of the Norse world.

The Golden Sword of Victory—!

Night did not tell Loki that the weapon would soon be given away by Frey as a dowry to marry a beautiful frost giant.

The Frost Giants are known for their many beautiful women! Even the Aesir gods, who are eager to kill this race, are completely powerless against the beautiful girls of this race, from the king of gods to the ordinary gods.

Many gods' wives were frost giants, and some giants were even recruited into the Aesir, becoming goddesses of the Aesir.

Unfortunately, at this time, the sword of victory was still with Frey and had not been given away.

Loki's original plan was to leave, but he wanted to take something with him.

He wanted to take Thor's hammer, but Thor didn't fall for it. However, getting his hands on the sword of victory, which could withstand Ragnarok, seemed pretty good too!

Loki, unaware of the sword's significance to the Norse world, suddenly felt a sharp gaze upon him—Odin's gaze. Under this eagle-like gaze, Loki's divine power stagnates.

Loki: ...!

Could this old man have figured out what I'm thinking? Is he on guard against me? Oh no, should I still take the risk?

But the artifact is already on his face. Taking it from an ordinary dwarf who knows no magic and is only slightly stronger would be too easy. Is he really going to give up like this?!

Just then, a deafening roar and explosion suddenly erupted from one of the many celestial palaces behind the temple of the Asgardians, immediately drawing the attention of all the gods.

"???"

"what happened?!!"

"what?"

Chapter 115 The Incarnation of the Storm, Sersia the Giant—Skadi's Father

The enormous commotion attracted the attention of the gods.

Sensing the direction from which the commotion was coming, the god of agriculture was the first to change color—it was the fairy palace of his own sister, Freya.

Just as the gods were all captivated by this tremendous commotion, and even Odin frowned as he looked into the distance, sitting on his throne, his gaze, which could travel the world with his thoughts, saw the Asgardian palace with a huge hole torn in it, and a giant eagle standing proudly in the rain as it swept in with a raging storm.

Just like the colossal form of the Earth Serpent Jormungandr, which, compared to an ordinary python, possesses a massive size capable of devouring planets and engulfing the world.