Finbury's winter has arrived, and even Asgard has been affected.

Villages outside the city walls that are not protected by the power of the Asgard gods have been constantly attacked by a large number of wild beasts, and infectious diseases and insect pests that have never been seen have spread in the fields. The Palace of Golden Sol sent Thor to lead a scientific research team to the countryside to collect samples, hunt down wild beasts hidden in the mountains, and escort samples of infected crops back to the city wall for research and analysis. This is a routine practice for many years. Generally speaking, there will not be too many problems. Relying on the ability of the Maids of Friga in the Palace of Golden Sol, most crop infectious diseases in the universe can be solved by developing targeted drugs, releasing anti-virus viruses or genetically modified technologies and witchcraft. What ordinary people are difficult for to fight against can also cause Thor to show its force.

However, this time, Thor Thor met the largest wild boar he had met in his life.

It was a terrifying beast. It was so old that its fur faded to grayish white, mixed with dry soil. The brown fur common to ordinary wild boars on its towering back did not appear on the beast, but instead radiated a golden color similar to sunlight under the sun. But the golden color was fleeting. Thor saw only dirty grayish white fur. The terrifying fangs rolled up by the boar were all yellow, and one person was tall, with a sharp bone spur as sharp as a sickle and rotten black spots. The beast's smelly breath could blow from one end of the field to the other end, blowing the mud spots, wheat ears and insects into the sky, like a strong wind rolled up in a low-lying area.

“Gullinbursti?”

Thor tentatively called out a name because he saw the wild boar's fur briefly glowing golden in the sun. Next to its huge hooves, the entire ripe winter wheat was stained with terrible dark spots and rottenness. Thor's shouting received no response. The giant beast's eyes were covered with white cataracts, and its rash ears were filled with flies and maggots. He was not sure whether the wild boar belonged to the god of fertility. Even if the wild boar was Gullinbursti, he had to defeat the sick beast and prevent the spread of food-destroying disease.

When he dragged the dead beast back to the wall, a poem praising Thor's god Thor was once again circulated in the tavern. But Thor was not interested in going to the tavern to listen to the bard boasting about his achievements, and those who had never seen the battle scene boasted about how he defeated the "wild boar as high as a mountain" and "destroyed the rivers and peaks". He thought he needed to confirm whether the boar was Frey's Gulinbosti.

Thor knew that his relationship with Frey was not close, but if Asgard lost Frey, it would mean that Asgard's crop yield would be severely damaged, and his dependence on the colonies outside the Nine Realms would increase. At that time, the colonial rebellion caused by forcibly expropriating food would be even more severe. The relationship was explained to him by the wise man in the court, otherwise he would have never understood such a complex relationship in his life. He believed that he now needed wisdom from his father and he had to seek help from others.

He went to see Sif first, but got news that Sif was seriously ill. One of Friga's maids, Goddess El, who was in charge of the medical hospital, was also helpless about Sif's condition. Then he went to see another Friga's maid, Val, who was known as intelligent. The goddess was wise and good at observing. It is said that nothing could escape her eyes. After seeing the wild boar he hunted, Val found another Friga's maid, Helin. The name of this maid means "Guardian". She will protect those who Friga wants to protect, and someone will also call the person who received the warning before the disaster "Helin".

"Go to the Spring of Uld to look for the Three Goddess Noren, even your father will listen to their suggestions." After observing the morbid beast corpse, Val gave his own answer. "The youngest Shikoti next to the Spring of Uld will tell you the answer. Be careful of her, she is in charge of the future and it is very bad. The Three Goddess Noren follows the fate thread spun by Wyrd (Fate in Germanic mythology) and is always torn to pieces by her, because the future is not constant, and it may even be contradictory. You must be careful to distinguish the answer she gives you."

The three goddesses of Noren repeatedly warned that the Winter of Finbury had arrived, but the three crazy prophets had been telling this warning for more than a thousand years, and no one would care about the warning they gave. Thor came to the deep roots of the World Tree, with a embarrassed look, because in the past he was one of the people who loudly promoted the alarmist words of the Three Goddess of Noren. As Goddess Val said, Shicoty was not welcome to his arrival. "I have told you that the Winter of Finbury has arrived and Ragnarok has approached." She did not look at Thor, but stared at the void. The star glow reflected by the fountain of Uld was reflected on her veil, and spun threads filled with runes of fate were scattered at her feet. "I told you, the Son of Odin."

"Your father didn't listen to our advice." said Ville Danti, who looks mature and very feminine. What she sees is now. "So you're looking for us."

"Because you were deceived again." Urd, who was aging, shook his head, "You are always deceived, the son of Odin."

"What should I do?" Thor asked.

"Go into the spring." Shicoti spoke again. Her voice was as ethereal as ever, as if she was not talking to Thor, but a ghost lost in time. "The dead will tell you all the secrets." Shicoti, "You have soaked in the spring of Uld, and the spring will allow you to meet the unexpected dead."

"The order of her speech is not in accordance with the time." Weirdanti looked at Thor, "but she was not wrong. You need to soak it in the spring."

The halberd blade accurately cuts the throat of the giant creature, and blood as dark as crude oil spills out.

Hammurabi firmly grasped the monster's skull with one hand, and held the front end of the garrison's spear handle with the other hand, using this exclusive weapon as a machete. Instead of opening the decomposition force field, he relied on the single-molecule metal blade to repeatedly slash until the thick spine splits, and bone slag and blood splatters everywhere. Until he tore off the weird head that was still howling, he turned the weapon and turned the target to another troll behind him, then pulled the trigger and fired a shell.

A troll, or mountain monster, is a creature with a stupid appearance.

They are huge in size, thick limbs, and their brain capacity is not enough to support them in advanced thinking activities. Even so, they still have cunning and instincts that are inconsistent with their appearance. Trolls have five fingers similar to humans, but their claws and teeth are very sharp, which can easily tear open the skin of animals and break thick bones. They are keen to hunt at night and stay in caves during the day to hide from the sun. However, as the sunshine in Scandinavia gradually decreases, these trolls usher in a long period of activity, without worrying about being exposed to the sun and becoming stiff.

In the past, some trolls lived on the earth, but as time passed, the troll race had long been extinct in the dust of time, leaving only the scales and claws in the legend of the Vikings. Now these trolls came in groups through another passage in the dimension gap, staring to find everything that could be eaten, as if something was chasing them.

This creature that is close to the Imperial Guard has extremely tenacious vitality. Even the Imperial Guard suffered a little loss when facing them at first. Even Amon's robe was corroded into a big hole by the foul-stealed acidic saliva spitted by a troll. Fortunately, the power provided by the power armor and biological alchemy far exceeded the force that the troll's abominable body could provide. The Imperial Guards quickly adjusted their posture and began to massacre the trolls who entered the planet. The explosive bombs were still too powerful for this creature. High-density muscles and bones did not make the troll immune to these armored warheads that could blow up metal armor. Their flesh and blood still seemed extremely fragile when the warhead exploded, just like the wild deer and brown bears they hunted.

Although the main function of the Imperial Guards is not to fight, powerful force is an essential ability for them to achieve their goals. As long as they are willing, no one on this planet can surpass them in the skill of killing. Their combat has no unnecessary movements, "precision" and "efficiency" are the best adjectives to describe their fighting style. Just half an hour later, the Imperial Guards and the emperor who had just massacred a small tribe of trolls arrived at the realistic passage Odin mentioned along with Neilforheim and Midgard by following the map.

The Emperor and the Imperial Guard found that the bones, internal organs, fur and flesh of wild animals that were gnawed in the snow more than once disappeared. Through calculations of the bones and the emperor's minimum food intake of the troll species, Amon estimated the number of trolls coming to the earth. Now it was time to verify the calculation results, and the cave was able to accommodate them - although they had not yet entered the entrance of the cave, everyone smelled the stench on the troll. The Emperor and the Imperial Guard even saw the troll's blankets made of animal fur, and the fat under the fur had not even been shaved clean. Perhaps this is why the troll's skin is always so greasy.

Without knowing the intensity of the battle to be faced, the Imperial Guards intend to resolve their inner doubts first.

"My Lord, should the superstition of Fenbury Winter be considered as merely in myths?" asked Hammurabi. "The current extreme climate is caused by the volcanic ash in Scandinavia covering the sunlight, and connecting it with the Asgardian end is a baseless inference."

"Finbury Winter is a general term for the phenomenon of doomsday. On different planets, Finbury Winter has different manifestations."

The emperor seemed very happy that Hammurabi was able to raise an objection, and he maintained his patience to answer the Guards' questions. He pointed to the clouds that had accumulated on the distant peaks. "According to our measurements, the solid content of that cloud was far exceeding the normal value, which indicated that the clouds contained a lot of volcanic ash. Just melt the snow under our feet, you could see many solid particles, which was the impact of the feathered snake god."

Amon expressed confusion about this.

"Volcanic ash covers the sun and leads to extreme climates. It is a ritual, because the cold and hunger that the souls who have passed away in this disaster will become the prelude to Ragnarok. In the outer dimensions of the world, all behaviors and phenomena have meaning, and as long as someone believes, the ritual can become real. The prophecy of Fenbury's winter and Ragnarok has been circulating since its establishment. Remember how I described this phenomenon in the book "Self-fulfilment of Prophecy"? Of course, we will not be limited to psychological self-fulfilment prophecy, but will look further and study the phenomenon of groups and even society's self-fulfilment prophecy."

The emperor's killing efficiency was very high, but he still maintained a careless attitude and pierced the troll who tried to attack him with the golden spear in his hand. His fat abdomen was cut open like parchment, and his foul internal organs hit the cold rock. The female troll fell down wailingly, trying to use the last strength to make his yellow fangs bite the emperor's combat boots. However, before he could do so, Amon stomped his chin and tried to jump off his back and escape the troll cub.

These trolls who came to Earth were blocked in a cave by Odin's killing. Although the father of the gods was old and weak, his spell became stronger. An ordinary axe with runes could cut through the troll's sticky and thick outer skin and chisel the thick bones. Although those monsters didn't know who was killing them, Odin's bloodthirsty still shocked them greatly. Therefore, the emperor thought that Odin had other plans. That old guy didn't need help at all. These monsters were prey. It can even be said that these trolls were not the point. Odin didn't care whether these trolls would attack nearby human settlements. He just wanted to guide the emperor into that passage.

The emperor believed that he had seen through Odin's tricks, and he did not intend to just walk in so stupidly and be fooled. As the steps of Ragnarok approached, Odin, who wanted to decorate himself with honor and title in the past, would inevitably put down more hypocritical bottom lines. The Father of the Gods himself was a cruel, bloodthirsty, and cunning ruler. He could not have a sudden idea of ​​caring about the future Lord of Kamataj and Lord of Humanity, especially when so many gifts were given.

"Asgard's Ragnarok will be your next topic. This topic in the Obsidian Tower will be placed on your desk as a regular visitor. We will explore the success and failure of the Asada tribe to prevent us from reaching the same end when guiding the human race." The emperor looked at Hammurabi, "Asgard made many decisions for us, and they also paid the price for humanity. We only need to learn lessons to allow us to survive the most difficult time next."
Chapter completed!