章 71: Six
A/N: Pat-reon: HelloDarkness07.
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The last 10 hours, went by relatively peacefully, but I know, that this was the calm before the storm. The peace, before the War.
The Bifrost Observatory was created by the Aesir to allow them to see into, and travel to any place within the Yggdrasil. Even I, someone who has no blood connection to the Aesir, could see, hear, smell, feel, everything within the Nine Realms.
Except for the other Pantheons, mother's island, and probably a few more such protected places around the Yggdrasil, of course.
And for the last night, I and Heimdall took turns, to give each other some rest.
Why me, some might ask? I'm a Nature God, which gives me a.. Sense for things, like my Cosmic Echolocation. Loki, who is used to hiding, Frigga, a Witch, and Odin, who is also sometimes called Omniscient, are also eligible to use the Observatory.
But, since I was chosen, I did my job. Don't mistake me, I did not like Odin suddenly, nor was I going to sing his praises. But, I engaged in a deal, and I'm going through with it. If listening to Odin's orders for a night comes under it, I will do so, depending on the order.
For these last 10 hours, Heimdall and I saw over the Realms, and guided the regiments where they were needed, if they were needed.
The Rock Trolls had already begun their attack on Nidavellir, a few hours ago, and just for the sake of lending a hand, Modi Thorson was sent with a group of 50 soldiers, to help the Dwarves of Nidavellir.
Vanaheim too was already attacked, by just a few hours ago, and Magni Thorson had taken another group of Einherjar to help them. Already we had Seen Magni live up to his father's legacy of Giant Killer, when he had felled a Storm Giant, all by himself.
Both the Thorsons had weapons made of Asgardian Steel, so they had some help there. But most of all, it was their own strength that was getting used right now.
"Alfheim is getting attacked!" Heimdall's voice booms out, bringing my attention back to him.
"Who?" I ask, from my position on the floor, where I was resting after a 3 hour stretch of standing guard.
Heimdall says, "Malekith, the Accursed. But that's not all. Nidavellir is losing ground. The Trolls have Uroc with them! I did not think him capable of being Civil with his brethren."
I frown, remembering what I know about Uroc. He's.. No, he used to be a Rock Troll that found a cache of melted Uru, and used it to create a monstrous body for himself. That Uru body was almost unbreakable, and any form of Magic was useless against him. Even Thor's lightning had proved useless, and so would I expect mine.
Along with that, Uroc can pull pieces of Uru towards himself, like a magnet, and that includes any Uru weapons near him. It doesn't allow him to use the weapons made of Uru, as proved when Uroc was unable to lift Mjolnir with his hands, despite being able to magnetize it.
Standing up, I stretch a bit, and say, "Would Loki be able to handle Malekith? I think I can take care of Uroc." I think.
Heimdall smiles, unexpectedly, and says, "Don't worry about Alfheim, Lord Theos. It is being defended, and as we speak, an ally is fighting against Malekith."
"Who?" I ask, despite myself.
"Prince Baldur, and the Valkyrior." Heimdall answers, while creating a Bifrost portal for me, leading towards Nidavellir.
I blink in shock, and turn towards the Bifrost to see the newly alive Baldur Odinson fighting against Malekith the Accursed, and holding his own. Shaking my head, I allow a smile to show on my face, knowing that the Valkyrior are going to join the different armies soon, and Baldur could defend Alfheim on his own.
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Baldur Odinson was feeling exhilarated. For 5000 years, he had been a guest of Hel, in Niflheim, ever since he had died by the hands of the Otherworld God, Cuchulain.
For 5000 years, he had suffered the cold winds of Niflheim, with no Sun to warm him, and no Light to heal him. Hela had taken a lot of pleasure in mentally torturing him.
"You can leave, you know." Hela would say, but there was a condition, as there always is. Hers was something he couldn't agree too, ever. "Just give me a child, and I will allow you to leave Niflheim and join your.. family."
But Baldur was resilient, not allowing the taunts, and seductive methods of the Goddess of Death to work. No, Baldur knew, that any child born to them would be doomed to be an enemy of Asgard, and so, he took his punishment like an Aeisr. Head on.
But then, suddenly, Hela's palace was attacked, while she was busy summoning every dead soul to start her own attack on Asgard. By the Valkyrior.
Led by Brunhilde, the winged Warriors had broken into Helheim, and rescued him from the palace of the Death Goddess, from the clutches of Death. But leaving Helheim wasn't enough to make him happy, no.
In fact, the dozens of Valkyrie souls lost while he was being taken, caused him even more grief. But then, the Valkyrie holding him had dumped him in front of the Sun.
She had said, "Eat up, we're going to war."
He had embraced the Asgardian Sun with open arms, allowing himself a moment to grieve for the lost Valkyrie. And then, when he once again felt his Divinity, he felt it. A new connection to something stored within the Vaults of Odin.
"To me." He had said, wondering what was it that was calling out to him. With a flash of white Magic, a sword rested in his hands, not the one he was used to.
And he recognised the sword. Gram. The Sword of Truth. The Sword used by Sigurd to kill the dragon Fafnir. He did not know much about it, but he knew, that the sword was supposed to belong to his older brother, Loki, if he had proved himself worthy.
Alas, Loki never did, and the Sword stayed in the Vaults, unused.
As soon as the sword had touched his hands, he had heard in his mind, "Journey. Endurance. Secrets. New Beginnings. Brotherhood. You have shown the qualities that make you worthy of Gram! Go, and defend the Truth!"
Recognizing Odin's voice, and feeling his power return completely, Baldur had joined the Valkyrior on their Pegasi, to go to Alfheim, where the Truth was needed the most.
And here he was now, exchanging blows with Malekith the Accursed, his Gram slowly, but surely, chipping away at the Dark Sword of Malekith. All around him were the Light Elves of Alfheim, and the 2 dozen Valkyrie that remained behind, fighting against the Dark Elves of Swartalfheim.
"Why won't you succomb!?" Malekith yells, his strikes getting wilder.
Baldur laughs, and says, "Your Dark Magic won't work on the Bearer of Truth, Malekith! Your corruption isn't strong enough for that!"
Gram, the sword that shows the victim the Truth of their actions. But it didn't do just that. Nothing can affect Baldur's mind, hide the Truth of his actions from him, as long as Gram is in his hands.
Malekith's curses, that are designed to bring the enemy's mind to heel, to make it unbalanced, do not work on the wielder of Gram.
And Baldur laughs again, killing another Dark Elf that tried to sneak up on him. He was back, and he was going to do his duty as the Prince of Asgard!
All around the Nine Realms, groups of Valkyrie join the fight against the attacking force, with the largest force joining Asgard's armies, to await Hela's attacking force.
The Ragnarok might be upon them, but they weren't losing hope. Death is a small price to pay for freedom.
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In Nidavellir, the Einherjar and Modi Thorson, along with more than 500 Dwarves, were fighting a force of over 1000 Rock Trolls, all over the now snow covered rocky plains.
The Dwarves were able to handle the Trolls one on one, as long as they were defending their Realm, and the presence of the Aesir just gave a big benefit to them. But, the sudden arrival of Uroc the Uru Monster turned the tides against them.
Nothing was able to stop Uroc's rampage. Not the multitude of traps laid down on the ground, nor the 50 plus one Aeisr soldiers amongst them. Within a few minutes of his arrival, Uroc had already dropped the defenders' numbers by 50, all by himself.
Even Modi Thorson, the current strongest fighter amongst them, was getting repeatedly pummelled by the Uru Monster.
Once again getting thrown away, Modi wipes the blood flowing from his head, and starts hopelessly running towards Uroc, to divert his attention away from the others.
As he does that, though, the Bifrost drops down from the sky in front of him, stopping Modi in his tracks, and even causing the numerous battles to stop for a while. As the Bifrost recedes, it leaves behind a warrior, covered from head to toe, with a silver coloured armour.
Seeing the Uru monster give his full attention to him, the armoured warrior says, "Modi, you've done well. Help your warriors fight the Trolls."
Surprisingly, Modi nods, albeit looking reluctant, and says, "While I would like nothing more than to break this monster apart, I know my limits, Lord Theos. Thank you for arriving when you did."
Nodding, the armoured warrior turns towards the Uru monster, who had begun running towards him, and says, "They say you're unstoppable and unkillable. Shall we test that?"
And then, he runs towards the Uru monster, with just two axes in his hands.
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A/N: Uroc is an unplanned addition to this war. I wanted to bring Baldur, to have him fight Malekith. And canonically, Baldur does return during Ragnarok. But, to balance things out, I wanted to add another villain to the other side.
This is only necessary because Jormungandr is no longer in the war.
I'm still debating on whether Theos will defeat Uroc by himself or not. Google him if you don't know anything about him.
Thanks for your support! Tata!
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