Following the Valkyries led by Brunhilde, Todd and Huggins walked through the huge cave and came to a tunnel made of granite.
Todd used the light of the torch to look at the wall of the tunnel. One part of the large gray fossil was exposed, and half was embedded in the stone wall. It stretched from the entrance to the depths of the tunnel, endlessly.
He carefully observed the structure of the fossil, spines, spines, spine... This creature looked a bit like an oversized giant snake, with some towering dorsal fins on the top of its body.
Feeling the ground under his feet getting steeper and steeper, and watching the Valkyries heading underground little by little, Todd finally couldn't bear this silent journey anymore.
"Where are we going?"
Brünnhilde turned her head: "Follow my footsteps, and you will know soon."
"Besides me and you, has anyone else been here?"
"In my memory, you are the first outsider to walk into this tunnel."
Hearing this, Todd said in surprise: "I'm the first?! I don't understand why you trust me so much?"
"Trust?" Brünnhilde stopped, her eyes in the darkness glowing: "Listen, leader of Muxi Town, this has nothing to do with trust. I have never left this place since I was born.
Land. I have been guarding my village and this relic for a full hundred and twenty years..."
"One hundred and twenty years?!" Todd screamed, his foot slipped, and without Huggins' timely support, he might have fallen directly to the ground.
Brünnhilde ignored Todd's words and deeds and continued: "...for so many years, as Valkyries, my sisters and I have not been able to see the miracles of the gods or hear the instructions of the gods.
There is only such a cemetery made of bones and stones. We have long been tired of all this and want an answer!"
Todd looked at the Valkyrie standing facing him and swallowed: "Answer?"
"We are warriors, servants, not gravekeepers! We want to know the meaning of our existence! If you are really the "alchemist blessed by the gods" in the rumors, then please tell us all the truth."
After saying this, Brünnhilde turned around and continued her journey.
Todd stood firm and followed the pace of the walker while holding his chin and thinking carefully about what the Valkyrie had just said.
The team advanced for another twenty minutes. Just when Todd looked at the giant snake fossil still extending forward in the wall, and his heart palpitated at how long this monster was, the Valkyries stopped.
The relics of the gods have arrived.
In front of you is a huge cylindrical space with a height of 100 meters. A metal triangular pyramid similar to a pyramid breaks out of the soil and stands straight towards the sky. On the walls around the cylindrical room
, all kinds of biological fossils are scattered everywhere. There is a giant skeleton about four meters high; there are the remains of strange beasts; the skeleton of the giant snake is also embedded in the wall of the cylindrical room from the exit of the tunnel.
, spiraling upward until disappearing on the high roof.
Todd had been surprised too many times today. The scene before him made him mentally prepared and did not show too much discomfort.
"This room existed a long time ago. The mission given to each generation of Valkyrie is to protect this place at all costs." Brynhildr walked to the triangular metal cone in the center of the room and motioned to Todd
Come closer: "Come on, alchemist, come to me. First of all, I want you to tell me, what is this spire-shaped thing?"
Todd walked up to the metal spire and took a look at its appearance first. The part of the spire that was exposed to the ground was about 80 centimeters. The surface looked smooth and textured. With the help of light, some strange patterns could be vaguely seen "floating" inside the metal.
Todd looked at Brünnhilde with a questioning look on his face.
The latter extended his right hand and responded with a please expression.
Todd turned his head and tried to touch the surface with his fingers. The metal was cold and biting, but the moment he touched it, he felt as if his soul was trapped deep inside.
Todd moved closer and tapped the metal surface with his knuckles. Surprisingly, there was no response. After a closer look, he found that this object was completely different from all the metals in his impression. Then he squatted
On the ground, I used my hands to peel off the soil at the connection between the metal body and the ground. There was still metal under the soil. It seemed that the spire should have risen from the ground.
"Alchemist, how are you?
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The answer Brünnhilde received was just a helpless shake of the head.
The Valkyrie lowered her head in frustration.
Todd said: "I don't have any experimental equipment with me. If I can pry off a sample from this, maybe I can know what it is."
Brünnhilde shook his head: "Don't waste your efforts. No weapon can leave even a scratch on it. Come on, Alchemist, I have something else I need you to see."
Climbing up to the corner at the end of the cylindrical room, Valkyrie picked up the stone as tall as a person and moved it to the side. A room similar to a showroom appeared in front of everyone.
Pieces of stone slabs made of golden sand and obsidian were laid flat on the stone platform, and ancient pictures and difficult-to-understand words appeared on the stone slabs.
Brünnhilde led Todd to stand in front of the first stone slab, pointing to the words inside and said: "These are rune words. According to legend, the god Odin took out his left eye in exchange for a spoonful of "Fountain of Wisdom"
Afterwards, the words of creation.”
"There is a theory about the origin of these pictures and words. There once stood two divine ravens on Odin's shoulders, one named "Wisdom" and the other named "Memory". After Ragnarok, "
"Memory" found the remaining gods - the daughters of the sun and moon gods, and asked her to make these stone slabs."
Todd listened to Brünnhilde's words and looked at the first picture carefully.
"A god armed with a spear and a golden ring, wearing a golden helmet and armor, killed a giant. Above the sky, the pattern of an upper arrow and a lower triangle shimmered." The Valkyrie read "Lu" from the stone tablet.
"En text": "It gave weapons and armor to my master, Odin, and instigated him to kill Ymir, the ancestor of the giants."
The second picture: "Odin kneels on one knee, the arrow triangle floats in the air, and the giant's body lies quietly on the ground." The Valkyrie read: "My master, Odin, swears to surrender to it, and it will be with him for a long time."
A seed was implanted into Ymir’s body.”
The third picture: "An ash tree grew from the giant's corpse." Valkyrie: "The seeds sprouted and blossomed, and grew into the World Tree.
The fourth picture: "The World Tree is full of fruits, and the endless spring water irrigates the roots of the tree." Valkyrie: "The World Tree bears golden apples, and clear spring water emerges from under the tree roots. The gods
By eating the fruit and drinking the spring water, they will become immortal and gain infinite divine power."
The fifth picture: "A variety of creatures, gods, elves, dwarves, giants and monsters are gathered around the World Tree. The arrow triangle floats in the air, overlooking all things." Valkyrie: "Drinking the roots of the World Tree
Spring water, eating fruits from the branches of the world, all living beings in the world gained strength, and madness appeared. More and more living beings mutated into heart-wrenching monsters. When war, devouring, and mutation are everywhere, it just
Watch it all."
The sixth picture: "Odin exchanged his left eye for a ladle of spring water with one hand, and raised his spear with the other hand, pointing at the arrow triangle in the air." Valkyrie: "My master exchanged one eye for
He found the fountain of wisdom and drank its water. Under the guidance of the sage giant, he saw through its intentions and determined to defeat it."
The seventh picture: "Odin squatted on the ground, picked up a handful of water, and raised it to the sky." Valkyrie: "With the help of the three goddesses of fate, my master discovered the weapon to defeat it."
The eighth picture: "Fire and sea water are churning endlessly, the universe collapses, time flows turbulently, gods and enemies sink to the bottom of the sea in the war, and the arrow triangle shines in the sky." Valkyrie: "It saw through everything in advance, my
The master has failed, and Ragnarok has arrived as promised."
The ninth picture is also the last picture.
"Giant arrow triangles fill the screen."
The Valkyrie recited the runes word for word: "It foresees the outcome, plots destiny, confuses living beings, and erases traces. Ignorant and insignificant sentient beings, we created you, but who created you?"
us?"
Todd looked at the arrow triangle on the last painting and was silent for a long time.
Brünnhilde did not disturb him, but waited quietly.
Todd raised his head and looked at Valkyrie: "With your permission, I would like to take some soil, rocks and water sources from the ruins as samples for experiments."
"Then what? Can you give me the truth?"
Todd looked at the pattern on the slate, nodded slowly and said, "I think I'm getting closer to the answer."