Lu Xiao, who had lowered his guard, temporarily fell into a coma. Yongzhen and Tamamoae who came to greet him hurriedly carried him onto Fenrir's back. The three of them and one wolf hurriedly returned to Tire's secret room and locked the door again.
At the same time, Kratos and Atreus came to the kingdom teleportation room and used Mimir's eyes as teleportation runestones to locate the Rainbow Bridge to Jotunheim, the kingdom of giants.
In the game God of War 4, in order to compromise the gameplay, Kui Ye and his son were allowed to complete the climb to the highest peak of the Nine Realms in just a few minutes.
But in fact, it took them a whole week, experienced some difficulties and obstacles on the way, and witnessed the mural prophecy left by the giant.
Kratos learned for the first time that he was called Farbuti in the kingdom of giants, Laufey's husband, and Loki's father.
That's right, Loki.
When Atreus was born, Laufey and Kratos each gave him a name.
Atreus, taken by Kratos, is a special hero among the Spartans. He always maintained an optimistic attitude in the cruel and bloody war, inspiring all his companions around him.
For orthodox Spartans like Kratos, Atreus's optimism and cheerfulness soothed their hearts that had gradually become hardened on the ruthless battlefield, allowing the Spartans to still remember that they were human beings.
rather than a war machine.
Kratos hopes that his son can also become a hero who illuminates the hearts of all people, so he gave him the name Atreus, which has a special meaning.
The giant name Laufey gave his child was the famous Loki.
Until his death, Laufey did not reveal his true identity to his husband and son, but guided them to Jotunheim through guidance.
Most of the giant's wise men have powerful precognitive abilities, and Laufey is no exception.
She predicted in advance most of the important experiences of the father and son during their journey.
That's what prophecy is, a prophet can see certain fragments of the future, but it's impossible to know everything in detail.
That would not be precognition, but true omniscience and omnipotence.
No matter how the process goes, Laufei knows that her husband and son will eventually reach Jotunheim successfully to fulfill her last wish.
Kratos and Atreus also saw a part of the future mural on the mural that had not yet happened.
Compared with what has happened, the mural about the future makes the father and son confused.
There are no written notes next to the pictures, and it can only be roughly seen that they are the ones experiencing certain events.
At the last moment after leaving the mural hall and moving forward, Kratos saw the incomplete picture blocked by the curtain.
The bald man who was suspected to be him fell to the ground with blood on his head, and the child who was suspected to be Atreus spit out a long snake-like object from his mouth.
'What do you mean? I'm going to die?'
As a Spartan who has been on the battlefield for many years, Kratos is not afraid of death. Anyone will have such a day.
But he hoped that his death would be worthwhile and that his death could at least save Atreus' life. The image of this mural made him confused.
"Father?"
"Coming."
Putting aside his worries about Atreus' future for the time being, Kratos took his son with him to begin the final climb.
…
"Well..."
When Lu Xiaozhong woke up from a coma, Yongzhen, who had been accompanying him, immediately reacted.
Lu Xiao, whose body was still a little weak, shook his head and allowed Yongzhen to help him up and lean against the head of the bed.
"How long have I been asleep?"
Yongzhen clicked Focus to observe the time: "3 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes and 11 seconds."
This secret room was specially transformed by Lu Xiao using the alchemy technique. The furniture in the room is all in modern style, including soft sofas and large beds.
At this time, Tamamo Mae was lazily leaning on the sofa, with seven tails swinging slowly behind him, and his hands connected in the void.
Fenrir was leaning near the fireplace with his eyes half-closed to rest his mind. When Lu Xiao woke up, he opened his eyes and took a look at him.
Tamamo said to Lu Xiao without looking back: "Fortunately, you didn't fall asleep for too long. It's better to use self-harm spells with serious side effects as little as possible."
"Let me remind you first that because of Badr's death, the outside environment has changed a lot."
"Environment..."
Lu Xiao probably guessed what Tamamo Mae meant: "Xiaoyu, is the winter of Finbul coming?"
"Well, at least that's what the two dwarf blacksmiths think."
Lu Xiao touched his chin solemnly: "Sure enough, the death of Baldr, the God of Light, was the opportunity to trigger the Finbul Winter. Odin should have already started to take action."
After confirming that Lu Xiao's condition was basically back to normal, Yongzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The number of gods entering Midgard has increased significantly recently. We can only rely on Xiaoyu's concealment spell to help us when we go out."
Lu Xiao: “Where are Brock and Sindri?”
"They are still forging iron in the temple. They have a distant relationship with the Asaph clan, and the two sides basically maintain an attitude of non-interference with each other."
Lu Xiao asked thoughtfully: "Which gods have come to Midgard? Where are Kratos and Atreus?"
Since Mimir temporarily followed Kuiye and his son to Jotunheim, both Nagazami and Tamamozae didn't know much about the gods of Norse mythology, so they could only shake their heads with a wry smile.
"Ouch~"
To the surprise of the three of them, Fenrir suddenly opened his mouth and let out a low growl, rhythmically seeming to be describing something.
Yongzhen, who was connected to Fenrir through a contract, understood its meaning and translated Fenrir's words to Lu Xiao and Tamamo Mae.
"Fenrir said he could probably guess the identity of one of the gods, the blind Hodr, the god of darkness."
In the original Nordic mythology, Baldr, the god of light, was a well-liked and good god. Due to Loki's design, he was shot to death with mistletoe by his brother Hodr without his knowledge.
Compared to the cheerful Balder, the God of Darkness Hodr is gloomy, melancholic, taciturn, and extremely unsociable.
Considering the huge discrepancy between Baldr in the God of War 4 world and the original canon, Lu Xiao speculated that Hodr should also be different from the one described in myths and legends.
It's not surprising that Fenrir could recognize Hodel. It originally came from a specious Asgard, and Hodel's characteristics are very obvious.
Lu Xiao lowered his head and pondered: "Are you here to avenge your brother? Or does Odin have another mission for him?"
With the arrival of the winter of Fimbul, Ragnarok is also approaching.
Odin, who has not lived enough, will definitely try his best to change his destiny, but first he needs to find the demon wolf that ended his life in the prophecy - Fenrir.
Baldr's death that did not match the prophecy made Odin see the possibility of breaking the situation. He believed that the outsider who killed Baldr was the key figure in rewriting the ending of Ragnarok.
Freya's anger and hatred have nothing to do with Odin. Although she also feels sorry for her son's death, what Odin values most is his own life and his eternal control over the Nine Realms.
No matter what Lu Xiao's position is, Odin plans to find his whereabouts first, preferably by capturing him in Asgard and forcing Lu Xiao to rewrite the fate of Asgard and the Asgard at the critical moment.
Even if not, at least we must reach a cooperation agreement with him to prevent the prophecy of Ragnarok from coming true.
Lu Xiao doesn't like to hand over the initiative to others. He wants to decide his own destiny.
From Mimir's description of Odin's misdeeds, we can know that the king of the gods is good at hiding his true purpose through disguise.
If he cooperates with Asgard, Odin will indeed try his best to meet Lu Xiao's requirements while he still has value, but once he finds a suitable opportunity, Odin will definitely turn against him mercilessly.
Rather than seeking skin from the tiger, Lu Xiao is more inclined to help the giant destroy Asgard once and for all and complete World Mission 2.
"Pack it up, we're getting ready to move."
Lu Xiao got off the bed and put on the armor and clothes hanging on the hangers.
"The passage to Jotunheim has been opened. Odin will definitely take action in the near future. Let's go to the national teleportation room first to check the situation."