When Lu Xiao carried the Valkyrie's helmet and teleported back to the temporary blacksmith's shop in Niflheim, Brock was swinging a hammer and hitting something. Nagazhen and Tamamo Mae were standing outside the blacksmith's shop waiting silently.
Mimir saw the helmet in Lu Xiao's hand and was the first to speak: "This is Rota's helmet. It turns out that she is sleeping in Helheim."
"Put it away."
Lu Xiao threw the helmet to Yongzhen: "Where are you here? How is the progress of exploring the maze?"
Tamamo held her head up proudly: "The exploration has been completed. We just need to wait until Brock builds protective equipment before we can officially challenge the Valkyrie."
Mimir also added: "The materials have been collected. According to your opinion, we will create women's equipment specially designed for Yongzhen and Tamamozen."
For unknown reasons, Fenrir is highly resistant to the cursed fog and can survive in the maze for a long time without any equipment.
Lu Xiao plans to hand over the full authority of Niflheim's Valkyrie to Yongzhen. He will only be responsible for plundering the formation outside the maze. If an accident occurs, he will teleport to Yongzhen as soon as possible to save the situation.
"alright!"
Brock put the completed light armor suit on the table and showed it to everyone: "According to your requirements, the armor should be as light as possible, and the material saved can just make two sets."
These two sets of equipment do not have breastplates. Yongzhen has an inner lining made by a combination of Uru Metal and Zhenyun, while Tamamo Mae simply does not like bulky and ugly things like breastplates.
The entire set of armor is divided into shoulder armor, arm armor, leg armor, boots and crown. The function of the armor is not to strengthen defense, but simply to increase resistance to curses.
After the preparations were completed, Brock began to try to smelt the armor that Lu Xiao had stripped off the two Valkyries.
The Valkyrie's armor is forged from Asgard steel, which ensures defense while still being lightweight, and has excellent magic-guiding properties.
Lu Xiao's complete set of equipment can be called luxurious, and basically there is no need for these steels. He handed over the use rights of Asgard steel to Yongzhen and Tamamo Mae, and they decided what equipment to build.
Taking Mimir up to the sky together, Lu Xiao watched the two of them and the wolf enter the labyrinth of Ivaldy Workshop, and skillfully found the right direction to move forward.
"Don't worry, Yongzhen has completely figured out the structure of the workshop in the past few days. I believe they can successfully get through the maze. The only thing they need to worry about is the battle with Hilud."
"To be honest, your and Yongzhen's strength has exceeded the limits of mortals. I have never seen humans like you who can fight gods before."
"But, brother, don't blame me for pouring cold water on you. I have to tell you the real situation in advance."
"To deal with the fallen Valkyrie and third-rate gods like Manny and Modi, you can ignore the effects of divine power to a certain extent."
"But if you encounter a master god of Thor's level...believe me, your attacks will not be able to break through Thor's divine defense, even if you have that indestructible oriental sword."
"This is the essential gap in power between humans and gods, and it cannot be bridged through equipment."
Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow: "Xuanyuan Sword can't break through Thor's defense?"
"Yes." Mimir solemnly explained: "I know that the sword in your hand is an artifact on the same level as Mjolnir and Gangnir, but the artifact also depends on who is holding it."
"Lu Xiao, if you meet Balder, you can use the restraint effect of mistletoe to break all his defenses, but Thor is different. You'd better make corresponding preparations before going to war with him."
'Thor's weakness, huh? Wait.'
Lu Xiao looked at Yongzhen who was quickly breaking through the maze with somewhat empty eyes. He suddenly remembered something and his eyes became clear again.
"Mimir, I remember that in the prophecy of Ragnarok, Thor died from the poison of Jormungandr, the snake of the world, right?"
"There is this prophecy, so Thor has always been very wary of snakes."
Lu Xiao took out the Immortal Sword from his portable space and looked thoughtfully at the blade with a light green sheen.
'Did Jormungandr do this on purpose? Or was it just a coincidence?'
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In myths and legends, almost every god has its own destiny and weaknesses.
For example, Odin was devoured by the demon wolf Fenrir in the prophecy.
Lu Xiao was initially unsure whether his family's Fenrir could complete this task, but Mimir's exclamation when he saw Fenrir gave Lu Xiao confidence.
Mimir is one of the wisest men in the Nine Realms. He is so knowledgeable and talented that it is impossible for him to admit the wrong person...the wrong wolf.
Since Mimir said that Fenrir is "Fenrir", it stands to reason that Fenrir can have a restraining effect on Odin.
As long as the King of the Gods dares to descend to Midgard in person, Lu Xiao doesn't mind bringing forward the prophecy of Ragnarok.
But this is just an idea after all. Odin will definitely not leave Asgard at will when Ragnarok is approaching, and Lu Xiao does not intend to kill the Lord God just for fun like Kui Ye.
Everyone knows that if Odin really died in the hands of Lu Xiao's team, the Asaph and the Vanir would definitely be upset because of this, and they might all come out to hunt them down.
Unless absolutely necessary, Lu Xiao did not want to meet that weird old man who liked to peep.
During the period when Lu Xiao was thinking, Yongzhen and her two shikigami broke through the outer defenses of the Ivaldy Labyrinth and came to the hall where the Valkyrie Hilud was.
After receiving Brock's equipment enhancement, Nagama and Tamamo Mae can last for 15 minutes in the cursed fog, which is three times longer than before.
It took less than three minutes from the time Yongzhen entered the battle to the time he found the Valkyrie, which can be said to be very efficient.
Yong Zhen did not use her face to attack monsters like Lu Xiao. After entering the final hall, she commanded Tamamo to prepare a big spell and prepare to strike hard at Hilud.
Tamamo Mae is a great demon in Japanese legend. She has practiced for countless years and is proficient in various spells and witches, including her innate charm.
Theoretically speaking, Tamamo Mae in the Nine-Tails state can transcend species and gender and charm everything in the world.
The duration of the charm varies depending on the mental toughness of the subject.
If ordinary people are used as a standard, Tamamo-mae can charm men who are controlled by their lower bodies until they die of old age.
Nanao Tamamo-mae's charm is already quite strong, and even Yongzhen can't resist it.
But for Herod, who is not clear-headed, Tamamo-mae's charm has no effect.
There is a joke that is widely circulated in the DND world.
If I drive myself crazy first, you won't be able to control me mentally.
The charm was ineffective, so Tamamo retreated and tried the next best thing, planning to use her best fire-attribute spell.
Tamamo-mae's spell-casting preparation is different from that of most spell-casters. She does not use spells or spell-casting gestures, but uses her own unique gentle dance to assist in spell-casting.
As Tamamo Mae danced gracefully, blue fox fire gathered at the top of her seven tails swaying behind her.
The towering tails gradually became entangled together, and the fused fox fire gradually deformed under Tamamo Mae's control.
A lifelike Eastern Fire Dragon roared and rushed towards the still sleeping Herod, triggering the Valkyrie's automatic defense mechanism when it was ten meters in front of the enemy.
The metal structures on the wings unfolded automatically, and a large shield made of Asgard steel blocked Hilud tightly.
"boom!"
The blue fire dragon collided with the shield built by Hilud, and the sky above the Evaldi workshop was lit up by monstrous flames.
Although it failed to cause fatal damage to Hild, Tamamo Mae's blow almost completely burned Hild's wings, blocking her mobility.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Fenrir was about to attack, the temperature suddenly dropped sharply within a few dozen meters centered on Shirud.
Yongzhen's expression changed and he looked up at the sky.
In just one second, a large number of extremely cold hailstones gathered and formed under the influence of divine power.
"Fenrir, retreat!"
"Bah bang bang!"
Hailstones about the size of an adult man's fist hit the ground. Yongzhen and the shikigami could only temporarily avoid the peak and watched as Hilud used freezing air to extinguish the fire on both wings.
Holding the handle of the sword tightly with his right hand, Yongzhen pursed his lips: "Sure enough, it's not that easy to defeat."