Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 451 Ceremony

Asgard has been anything but peaceful since Loki offered up several treasures.

First, the Ring of the Nibelung was stolen, and it is said that it later fell into the hands of a giant of the Vanir gods. Then, Baldr, the god of light, was murdered, killed by an arrow made of mistletoe. Then, the sun goddess Sur was nearly eaten by a vicious, dog-like monster. Finally, all the gods heard the astonishing news—

A Valkyrie was seduced and corrupted by a demigod. Through a series of tragedies, they eventually obtained the Ring, but the Valkyrie used the Ring to curse the gods, foretelling the coming of Ragnarok.

It was just a Valkyrie's curse; the obsession of the two who were sacrificed caused a wildfire in the forests of Asgard, which initially went unnoticed by the gods.

But soon, when the gods realized that no matter what methods they used, they could not extinguish the wildfire, they finally felt a sense of fear.

The fire grew larger and stronger, seemingly determined to burn Asgard to the ground.

"This is a ritual." A tall deity with a skull pattern painted on his face sat on a black warship, with a thick fog rolling in from nowhere behind him.

Another god, shrouded in black robes, asked grimly, "Did you create this fire, Loki?"

"It's me, but it's not just me." A strange smile appeared beneath Loki's facial markings.

"This is a ritual, a long ritual. Its carrier is a story, or a script. It is like the 'concept' that gods use to gather faith, and it can also gather enough spiritual power."

"When countless mortals and even gods know and believe this story, it acquires real power, a power greater than that of any person or any god."

"A rule was formed within this force, and at its core is the Ring of the Nibelung. The ring's role in the story determines the nature of its energy in reality."

"After more than a hundred years of legend, it has now become the most powerful wish-granting device in the world, as well as the strongest medium for curses."

"Therefore, the curses emanating from it are difficult even for gods to stop."

"But you made that ring." Hades' face remained grim. "Although you claim to have obtained it from those dwarf goblins, I know that you crafted that ring. Your craftsmanship is so impressive that even those dwarfs are amazed."

"I can't help but wonder again, where exactly are you from? And what other skills do you possess?"

Loki's eyes, visible beneath the markings on his face, stared at Hades with a half-smile.

It's actually not a new skill.

The so-called Rhine gold is nothing more than a magical metal made of gold.

Through the ritual of "Legend," it was refined into a "divine artifact" that does not possess divinity but has divine authority. It has the special magic of fairy metal that absorbs everything to enhance its own abilities, and it is also loaded with many carefully controlled enchantments.

The gods possess abundant divine power and powerful magical abilities, but their application of magic is extremely crude.

However, the ring's enchantment incorporates a large number of "spell templates" from the future, which can help the god or human who uses it to control magic more precisely, turning abilities that originally required one hundred units of magic into abilities that only require one unit of magic.

Even though the ring actually absorbs 80 out of 100 parts of magic, in the eyes of any god or human who uses it, their divine power can still exert a 20-fold effect, and its power remains unquestionable.

Such magical forging and enchanting techniques were thousands of years ahead of contemporary dwarves—the ancestors of fairies—and would certainly be awestruck by them.

But there's no need to tell the Lord of the Abyss about this.

"As your ally, wouldn't it be better for you if I were stronger? Besides, this isn't something I could accomplish alone. I can't create a demigod with Odin's bloodline."

Hearing this, Hades sneered, "My good nephew, you actually came up with the idea of ​​using the flesh and blood and divine power of Odin's son Baldr to create Siegfried. Playing with life and death, I wonder if he is Hades or I am Hades."

"But without your mistletoe arrow imbued with the power of death, and the method to resurrect the dead, Apollo couldn't have done it," Loki said. "And without the demigod Siegfried, no matter how much the legend spread, the ritual could never be completed."

"However, you are still too hasty. Sending Fenrir, the wolf transformed from the hellhound, to hunt down the sun god Sul will cause Odin to start preparing for Ragnarok ahead of time, and it will also make Apollo aware of your existence."

"That Sull discovered Fenrir's anomaly. I thought she was just an ordinary minor god, who would have thought she was an incarnation of Apollo?!" Hades said with some annoyance. "I'm afraid my nephew has already discovered me."

“He wasn’t too suspicious,” Loki said. “After all, he thought Fenrir was my creation, just another instance of it going out of control.”

"Moreover, the arrow is already on the bowstring, and there's no turning back now," Loki said. "This grand drama is about to reach its climax."

As he spoke, suddenly, a bright flash of fire erupted from the forests of Asgard, cleaving the Valhalla temple atop the mountain in two like a hot knife through butter.

From the depths of the forest, a colossal humanoid figure rose from the flames, his entire body ablaze with an unbearable light and heat. In his hand, he held a blazing greatsword. The giant raised the sword, pointing it at the Temple of Valhalla. "Odin, you false king of the gods, a puppet controlled by Zeus! You are the mastermind behind all the conspiracies and suffering! Today I will destroy you and your kingdom, and make you hypocritical gods utterly repent for your deeds!"

Several figures flew out from the collapsed Valhalla temple. The one in the lead rode a winged horse, holding a spear, and looked at the giant of fire with a puzzled expression with his one eye.

"Who are you? How do you possess the Sword of Victory?" He was filled with astonishment and doubt upon seeing the giant's greatsword.

"You taught me the incantation to reforge this divine sword that you broke, have you forgotten?" the giant sneered.

The gods were all taken aback, then exclaimed in surprise, "Siegfried?"

Even Hades was stunned. "This is Apollo's plan? He... he's become Siegfried?!"

“Indeed,” Loki said, still with a half-smile, as if watching a good show. “When he used Baldr’s flesh and blood and divine power to create Siegfried, he mixed in half of his own soul. That’s why he chose Baldr; Baldr’s divine authority of light is a perfect match for him.”

"..." Hades was speechless for a moment, never expecting Apollo to be able to do such a thing. "But why, why did he become Siegfried?"

"This is also a ritual, a ritual of the son killing the father," Loki said. "For Apollo to complete this ritual, he must become Siegfried."

"Because Siegfried is Baldr, Odin's biological son, while Brunhilde, the Valkyrie who uttered the curse that destroyed Valhalla, is Odin's daughter."

"The cursed fire united the two of them into one. Apollo simultaneously possessed Odin's bloodline, Baldr's divine authority of light, the inextinguishable cursed fire, the sword of victory capable of fighting Gungnir, and the powerful strength from the Valkyries. At the same time, he also acquired the role of a son who kills his father in the script."

"Surtur, the fire giant, is Apollo's most powerful incarnation."

(End of this chapter)