Hevin noticed the way Benita looked at him, and he asked with interest:

"Are any of you believers in the Primordial Fire?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

Even Benita, who studies in a school funded by the Church of the Original Fire and goes to church every week, is definitely not a believer in Gaffnan.

If the goddess was really kind, why didn't she save them?

Of course, if there is a priest here, he will tell them that the previous pain was a test by the goddess, and that their happy life now is the reward for passing the test.

But they know that there are countless people like them who have gone through the so-called "test" but have never been able to find happiness.

If they die miserably early, it is the goddess who shows great mercy and takes them away from the world. If they spend their whole life in pain, it is a life-long test.

If a promise is too perfect, it will become more like a carefully woven lie.

In fact, only the most devout and powerful warriors can enter the kingdom of the goddess.

Hevin suggested:

"Since none of you are believers in the Original Fire, let me tell you a story."

Now it was everyone's turn to be surprised, because in the eyes of Benita and Tanya, Hevin must be a believer in the Original Fire, otherwise why would he donate so much money to the church?

But now, he seems to want to tell a story that might blaspheme the divine fire.

The three of them quickly sat down and looked at Hewen expectantly.

Hevin recounted:

"This is a story from my hometown. Just listen to it and don't think about the untrue parts in it.

It is said that a long time ago, before the continent of Obelia was formed, the world's first creatures were born between Niflheim, the country of fog, and Muspalheim, the country of fire.

The giant Ymir.”

Ha La raised her little hand.

Hewen looked at her.

"Wright, Wright, but doesn't the book say that the continent was born from flames?"

Hewen said:

"So this is just a story, and maybe the flames mentioned by the Church of Original Fire come from Muspalheim, the Kingdom of Fire in the story."

The eyes of the three girls lit up.

"But today our protagonist is not the King of Giants, but the story of the god who killed him - Odin, the father of the gods, and the gods of Asgard.

After the death of the Giant King, the nine realms including the human world were formed.

The three most powerful races are the Aesir and the Vanir. They have gone through a long period of war and fighting, and it has been so long that the declining giants have found opportunities to rise again.

After endless deaths, the gods realized that they could not continue like this. Odin and Frey signed a peace agreement, and the three most powerful Vanirs joined Asgard, the kingdom of the gods.

The leaders of the Vanir are Niord, the god of sea, storm and summer, and Frey, the son of Niord, the god of fertility, sun and victory.

And Frey's sister, Freya, the goddess of love, beauty, and magic.

Crucially, Valkyrie, one of the most powerful legions under Odin, was also led by her in battle.

By the way, the Valkyrie Legion is a legion composed of female members of the Protoss. When they fight, they wear gold and silver armor, hold weapons made of light, ride white horses that spread frost and dew, and charge at the end of the battlefield.

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They are the most vigorous and heroic warriors. Odin claims that all Valkyries are his daughters, and they also call themselves the daughters of Odin.

Although many of Odin's so-called daughters betrayed him in the future, this is another matter."

Tanya felt the impact of Hevin’s words on her worldview:

“Will there ever be an all-female army in the world?”

Hewen took a sip of tea:

"Of course, what's so strange about that?

"Except for Valkyrie, all warriors who believe in Odin, regardless of gender or status, will enter Valhalla, the Hall of Valor, after death, where they can drink the milk and mead of the divine goat and feast on the barbecue of the divine beast.

Heroic spirits will fight for Odin to the end of the world.

Our protagonist today is Odin himself.

Let's talk about how this cunning god obtained his wisdom, a wisdom that only Loki can match.

Odin sought wisdom to calm his uneasiness.

He once hung himself on the World Tree for nine days and nights, without drinking or eating in the empty void. He sacrificed himself as a sacrifice in exchange for wisdom and rune magic that were beyond the reach of mortals.

Precisely because he hung himself upside down on the World Tree, he was also the god of the gallows, and the World Tree also got its name from Trashil, which means Odin's horse.

However, the wisdom dropped by the World Tree could not satisfy Odin, and his uneasiness became stronger, so he came to Jotunheim, the country of giants.

In Jotunheim, the Fountain of Mimir continues to emerge from the bottomless abyss, constantly nourishing the second root of the World Tree, Yggdrasil.

The guardian of the Fountain of Wisdom is the giant Mimir, the grandson of the giant king Ymir.

Every morning, this giant wise man would scoop out water from the spring with a horn called Galar to drink.

When the Nine Realms were first formed, Odin came specially to visit Mimir and wanted to take a sip of the fountain of wisdom.

But Mimir said to the father of the gods:

"Even you cannot drink from the fountain of wisdom at will."

Wise Odin asked:

"Even if I am the king of the gods of Asgard, can't I ask for a mere spring water?"

Mimir shook his head, and Odin immediately knew the answer.

Odin asked:

“What do I have to give?”

Mimir replied:

"Your right eye."

Without saying anything, Odin gave his eyes to the wise giant.

The giant put his eye into the Fountain of Mimir and let it soak in the spring water to show everyone who came here later what the price God-King Odin paid in exchange for the spring water.

From then on, Odin could see nothing with his right eye and everything with his left eye.

Odin also received many titles because of these two things, the one-eyed god, the god of wisdom, the god of magic, and the god of the gallows.

After becoming the God of Wisdom, two crows representing "thinking" and "memory" were perched on Odin's shoulders, and they would never stop patrolling the nine realms until the end of everything.

That’s today’s story.”

Hevin finished his story.

Benita asked:

"If there really is such a god-king, why doesn't anyone know his name today?"

Hewen smiled and said:

"If I have a chance, I'll tell you a story I like more, Twilight of the Gods."

In fact, there is still a part of the story about the Fountain of Wisdom that Hewen has not told.

After ending the war with the Vanir, Odin personally threw Mimir's head into the Fountain of Wisdom.
Chapter completed!