Chapter 76: Eleven
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Thor lifts his hand from the now fully charged Godbomb, and picks it up. Turning it over, he feels for the magic within it, and hands it to his great grandfather Buri, or as he used to know him, Tiwaz the Sorcerer.
Taking the bomb in his hands, Buri asks, "The energy looks enough to completely destroy the Yggdrasil, but will it be enough to kill the bastards above?"
Nodding self assuredly, Thor answers, "Yes. The Godbomb will kill the Gods Above Gods, and us with them. Along with that, it'll use the Energy of the Space Stone, as well as the Magic of the Yggdrasil, and destroy all 10 Realms. Everything connected to the Yggdrasil will be destroyed completely."
"Good, good. You realize that we will have to carry our tasks at the same time, right?" Buri asks, looking at Thor with concern in his eyes.
While Buri had the job of stalling the Gods Above Gods, and making sure the Godbomb explodes, Thor's job was to destroy the Tapestry of Fate, at the same time. One second off, and another version of the Gods Above Gods will realize what has happened, and take over for their brethren.
Thor opens his eyes, for the first time since returning to Asgard, showing Buri glowing blue orbs in place of his eyes, and says, "I know my fate, Tiwaz. But I also know, that what comes after us, is something we have always strived to achieve."
"So.. this Bomb will not stop the rebirth of Asgard then. Well then, what did you see in our future?" Buri asks, curious about it.
Smiling, Thor says, "I saw an Odin, who saw his own faults, a Loki who was more mischievous than evil, a Thor, who was free to decide his own fate, and Theos, to help guide them all. There will be wars, grandfather, a lot of them. But then, we will have peace. My fellow Jordson will ensure it."
"Odin who saw his own faults? I'll believe it when I see it." Buri mumbles, making Thor chuckle.
Picking Mjolnir from the ground, he says, "Be careful, grandfather. Don't play with them too much. They're still too dangerous as enemies to anger."
"You going somewhere, boy?" Buri asks, as he starts removing his armour.
Nodding, Thor says, "Aye. A couple of my old enemies are looking for the Vault. My brother, Loki, is stalling them, but he won't be enough to defeat them both alone. After that, it is off to the Tapestry of Fate."
Now bare chested, Buri nods, and says, "The Norns are dead anyway. You know who's responsible, don't you? He's coming here. I can smell him flying towards us."
Thor says nothing, but nods, and teleports away from the warded room. Shaking his head, Buri returns to the Godbomb. Taking it in his hand, Buri places it on his chest, and with a gentle push, buries it deep within his chest, right inside his heart.
He rubs his chest to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling, and puts his armour back on. Placing his hand, palm up, on the table in front of him, he sees the fights happening all around the Realms, and says, "I have cherished our moments together, Asgard. Alas, Death comes for everyone. And now, tis time for me to die. Goodbye."
With a small sigh, Buri activates the Space Stone on his ring, and teleports inside the Hall of the Gods Above Gods.
"Hello my bastard grandsons. Ready to die?" Buri says, grinning at his hateful descendants from another Universe. 'I am going to enjoy this more than I'm supposed to.' He thinks.
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As Loki teleports in front of the doors that lead to the Vault, he turns around, and waits. The Vault contained anything that Asgard found. Things that Odin found interesting, dangerous, or felt envious about, everything ended up in the Vault.
And it was Odin that stole the things. Bor was just interested in killing everything that comes in his way.
The Eternal Flames, stolen from Muspelheim, the Casket of Ancient Winters, stolen from Jotunheim, the Blood of Ymir, and a lot of interesting things were kept here. At one point, even Thor's hammer, Mjolnir was in the Vault, when Thor was unable to lift it.
Cutting off Loki's musings, he hears the sound of footsteps, but instead of the one person he expected to hear, Loki hears two distinct sounds, of two different pairs of feet.
Loki sighs, and mumbles, "Great. Just my luck. As if Algrim wasn't strong enough on his own."
Proving his fears correct, the people that walk through the Hall Loki was currently present in, were Algrim, as he expected, and Ulik the Rock Troll, someone he did not expect.
"Laufeyson." Ulik sneers stopping about a dozen feet away from Loki, with Algrim the Kurse staying silent.
But then again, the Dark Elf wasn't a person to talk too much. The only words he had ever heard from the Kurse's mouth were 'Kill' and 'Thor'. That too in the same sentences.
Smirking at Ulik, Loki asks, "You're here alone, Ulik? Did your fellow Trolls abandon you for another ruler? A particular Uru monster perhaps?"
Ulik scowls angrily, and says, "They will get their comeuppance, and so will Uroc. And why are you here alone? Did the Aesir not trust a Jotun like you to fight on their side?"
"On the contrary, my ugly friend, I am the one that you need to kill before you are allowed to take a single step through this door." Loki says, and summons his favourite two daggers in his hands.
Ulik scowls, but before he can say anything Kurse growls loudly, and begins stomping towards Loki. Ulik just stays behind to see the entertainment. Either Loki will gain the upper hand, and kick the Dark Elf's butt, or Kurse will prove his strength, and bring pain to the Jotun-Aesir. It's a win-win situation for him.
Loki practically sees the thought process occurring in the primitive mind of the Rock Troll, and rolls his eyes. As the Kurse stomps towards him, Loki creates a few illusions to confuse the brute.
It works, and Kurse begins slapping at the multitude of illusions. Two would appear when one would be destroyed, making Kurse even angrier. Some illusions dodge the attacks, making Kurse think that it was the real Loki, but nothing he does works in harming Loki.
Knowing that his Asgardian Steel blades won't penetrate the enchanted armour of Kurse, Loki tries something else. He tries to create a teleportation portal, like the one Theos does.
Usually, when Loki teleports, it is by using his own magic to teleport himself, and anyone he's touching, to places he intimately knows. Theos's portals can send anyone, even those not touching him, to anywhere he's seen before.
But, since Loki hasn't tried it before, he has to prepare the spell slowly, use his Magic to feel what the end result will be.
Ulik, who was enjoying Kurse making a fool out of himself, suddenly snaps to attention, making an invisible Loki wary. Ulik was getting annoyed at being ignored, and so, in a proper Rock Troll fashion, Ulik slams the club in his hand, down on the ground, using his full strength.
Now, Ulik wasn't in any way weak. In fact, he was just a little bit weaker than Thor, before his recent ascendency, and definitely stronger than Loki. And the only reason Uroc had even managed to usurp Ulik's place as the King of Rock Trolls, was that he was literally made of Uru.
So, a full strength hit by the club of Ulik the Rock troll, meant that the ground underneath his feet was destroyed, sending large chunks of rock everywhere. One such rock of Gold hits Kurse on his face, sending him stumbling backwards.
Loki curses to himself, seeing that the illusions were all destroyed by the debris, and stays invisible. Making another illusion as a substitute, Loki continues his work on the spell, manipulating his magic to its extent.
The illusion says, "So.. decided to finally prove your Dishonor. Honestly, interfering between a fight between two honest gentlemem. How low can you Rock Trolls go?"
Ulik sneers, and says, "As if there's anything Honourable or gentlemanly about you. And I needed to get rid of those pesky illusions anyway."
The illusion smirks, and says, "Well, too late for that now."
And before he can say anything, Ulik gets punched in the face by a furious Algrim. The strength of the blow is enough that it sends Ulik flying back, sans a few teeth.
Kurse snarls, "Betrayal!" and stomps his way towards the fallen Ulik.
'Well.. this is just fabulous, and for once, I'm not being sarcastic.' Loki says to himself and begins working harder on the teleportation spell.
Wincing at another punch that sends Ulik flying, Loki finally perks up, having done with his work. He points his palms towards Kurse, who was using Ulik like a club, fitting punishment for a Rock Troll, and commands, "Begone!"
Almost immediately, a soft green portal forms behind the duo, and pulls them through. The other side shows the top of an ignited volcano, in Muspelheim. Almost as soon as the two enemies of Asgard are thrown through the portal, gravity does it's work, sending Kurse and Ulik down into the lava.
Loki breathes a sigh of relief, seeing both Ulik and Kurse fall into the lava. Tired beyond belief, Loki drops down on the ground, the portal slowly closing. Unfortunately, he lets his guard down too early, and the portal was too slow in its closing.
Kurse, wearing his Enchanted armour, survives the heat of a Muspelheim Volcano. Now enraged, this time directed at Loki, Kurse shouts in anger, and jumps up towards the portal, with speed beguiling his size.
Loki closes his eyes, bracing for his death by the hands of Kurse. However, the expected death blow does not come.
Not feeling Kurse's blade hit him, Loki slowly opens his eyes, almost afraid of what he would find. The portal he had created was already closed. And there, in front of him, was Kurse, just like he expected.
However, unlike what he expected, Kurse wasn't alone, and neither was he moving.
Thor was floating in the air, Mjolnir on his belt, and his old axe, Jarnbjorn in his one hand. The other hand, meanwhile, held Kurse by the neck. Just by looking, Loki could tell that Kurse was frozen by magic.
Looking at the terrified eyes of the Kurse, Loki lays down on his back, in relief, and says, "Never before have I felt so thankful for your presence, Thor."
Thor chuckles, and with a single swipe by his axe Jarnbjorn, he cuts off the head of Kurse, finally killing the second most dangerous Dark Elf.
He says, "You had it handled, brother. However I'd rather you didn't die while choking on your own blood."
"I'm not your brother." Loki mumbles, too tired to yell his usual argument.
Thor laughs, unexpectedly, and says, "Aye, by blood you aren't. But by everything else that matters, Loki, you are my brother. And I hope, that one day, you feel the same about me."
Loki just waves his hands, so Thor adds, "I should leave now. More enemies to take care of. Rest, brother. You did well. I'm proud of you."
I'm proud of you. How long had Loki waited to hear those words from his brother, or his father? More than he cab count, that's for sure. His mother was the only one that showed her love for him, and she actually was proud of him.
But now, Loki can add Thor to that small list. Loki smiles, as Thor flies away from the Hall, and rests his eyes. He was tired beyond belief.
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Odin, who was busy wrestling his adopted son's son, Fenrir the wolf, suddenly punches him away and looks beyond the wolf. There, standing in all it's glory, was the army of Helheim. The Dead.
And right in the front of the entire army, carrying his twin axes, was his father. The only King of Asgard to die a dishonourable Death. Bor Burison.
"ODIN!" Bor yells, angered at the betrayal of his son, felt just before his death.
Odin does not hesitate, and immediately blows his horn, summoning the mighty army of Valhalla, from their rest, to fight against the dishonourable army of Hela.
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A few minutes before that, as Thor was leaving to help Loki, Theos turns around to attack an invisible enemy with a simple magical spell.
The spell that was fired from his hand, travels along the Bifrost at untold speeds, and meets a magical shield halfway. The spell, instead of just stopping harmlessly, explodes upon contact with the shield, sending his invisible enemies flying back.
As they become visible again, Theos smiles, looking at the fairly attractive blonde woman, and the bald headed brute beside her.
"Amora, and Skurge. Guess that answers which side of the war you're on." Theos says, preparing himself for a fight with two competent enemies.
Meanwhile, an invisible Hela, even to the senses of Heimdall and Theos, waits for her chance to attack, while her allies distract the more dangerous enemy.
'Soon. Destruction shall be mine, and Hela shall rule over the Nine Realms!'
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