Tamamo Mae blessed the three people and one wolf with a concealment spell, and the group teleported directly to the gate of the Temple of Tyr.
"This is……"
The scenery near the Lake of Nine Realms has not changed substantially, but Lu Xiao always feels that the atmosphere of Midgard has changed.
Dense snowflakes were floating in the sky, and Lu Xiao and Yongzhen, who were immune to the cold and heat, could feel the sharp drop in temperature.
Although it is not as good as the extreme cold in Helheim that seems to freeze the soul, it is certainly unbearable for ordinary humans in Midgard.
Not to mention that the Finbul Winter will last for three full seasons. You can guess without calculation that this long winter will cause many human deaths.
Jormungandr is still taking a rest in the lake. There are already many frozen areas on the edge of the vast Lake of Nine Realms, and sooner or later it will spread to the entire lake.
It's not Lu Xiao's turn to worry about the World Snake. It will definitely not freeze to death anyway, but he doesn't know when Asgard will come to trouble it.
"Clang~"
Opening the temple door, the familiar sound of forging can still be clearly heard, and the heat coming from the direction of the blacksmith shop dissipates the severe cold of the Finbul winter.
"Close the door quickly! My eggs are about to freeze!"
It goes without saying that these rude words came from Brock.
When he saw Lu Xiao and the others, Brock was a little surprised: "Is it you? I thought you had left the Nine Realms a long time ago."
Sindri looked around miserably and waved to Lu Xiao to come to the wooden table.
"I heard that you killed the immortal Baldr. Isn't that true?"
Lu Xiao shrugged and said, "It's true, the winter of Finbul came only because of Baldr's death."
"really……"
Sindri put his hand on his forehead and looked around before whispering: "You... aren't you afraid of Freya's revenge?"
"Freya came to us not long ago and asked Odin where she hid her armor and weapons. She planned to take back her power as the king of the Valkyries and take revenge on the murderer of her son, which is you.
!”
Lu Xiao patted Sindri on the shoulder and smiled: "Thank you for informing me, I will pay attention to it... But is the curse of the Father of the Gods really that easy to break?"
Considering the nine Valkyries who were still sleeping and adjusting in the secret room, Lu Xiao decided to be more cautious to avoid unnecessary changes in the plan.
"If you don't talk about that, I have a question to ask you."
Lu Xiao straightened his face and asked Brock and Sindri: "Who are the Asaphs in the lower realm this time? What is their purpose?"
Brock was as rude as ever: "How the hell do I know!"
Sindri explained patiently: "Odin must have given them their respective tasks, but no one knows what the specific tasks are except Odin and themselves."
"Hodel only stayed in Midgard for a short time before heading to Alfheim. The forest god Vader went to Vanaheim with Odin's permission. Only the god of poetry Braki stayed in Midgard.
Degar is in charge."
"Oh, right."
Brock suddenly remembered something: "Thor searched near the Lake of the Nine Realms before. I wonder if he completed the mission delivered by Odin and returned to Asgard with a small box.
"
"Small box?" Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes: "Ashes? Or something else?"
'Speaking of which, what is the mission Odin entrusted to Thor?'
When Thor first arrived, Lu Xiao once thought that Thor was ordered by Odin to capture some of their outsiders, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Sindri reminded nervously: "In short, you'd better be vigilant when operating in Midgard. Odin's heroic warriors are patrolling everywhere."
The Heroic Warriors are a special legion under Odin. The Valkyrie selects heroic warriors who are about to die in battle, intercepts their souls before going to Helheim, and sends them to the Hall of Valor in Asgard for training.
After losing the guidance of the Valkyrie, the number of heroic warriors has not increased for many years. Odin has been using them cautiously, and finally released the heroic warriors before the beginning of Ragnarok.
Without the teleportation runestones, Lu Xiao and others could only wait patiently at the Temple of Tire for the return of Kratos, his son, and Mimir.
In these few days, Lu Xiao met Blaki, the god of poetry.
Compared to Thor, who has a rough appearance and bad temper, Brachi has a relatively gentle temperament and is very artist-like.
His beard was carefully combed into many braids, he was wearing a snow-white robe, and he held a golden harp in his hands. As he walked around, he plucked the strings and played beautiful notes.
Braki didn't pay much attention to Odin's mission to spy on Midgard.
According to Brock and Sindri, he spent most of his time squatting in the Temple of Tyr and playing music, paying no attention to the disturbances from the outside world.
Brachi had no intention of carrying out Odin's mission, and Lu Xiao didn't want to alert the enemy.
Compared with the rebellious and aggressive Badr, Brachi seemed very harmless, and Lu Xiao and others who were observing in the dark were at peace with him for the time being.
On the fourth day after Lu Xiao woke up, the rainbow bridge between the realms finally started to operate, and someone was being teleported back to Midgard from other realms.
Brachi happened to go out on patrol with a lazy look on his face at the urging of the Heroic Spirit Warriors.
"Bang!"
It was the returning Kratos and Atreus who walked out of the country's teleportation room. They fulfilled Laufey's last wish, and the demeanor of the two people who were about to end their journey had some changes.
Kratos, who has always been cold and hard, has softened his facial lines, and Atreus, who was a little swollen when he learned that he was a god, has also returned to normal.
"Oh~ Thank God, you're okay."
Mimir, who was handed back to Lu Xiao by Kratos, was the first to speak: "Where is Balder? Freya? How is the situation in Midgard?"
"See for yourself."
When Kratos opened the door to the outside of the temple, Lu Xiao held Mimir's head and let him look at the silver-covered gold outside.
"Odin's Egg! Fimbulwinter!"
The knowledgeable Mimir immediately grasped the situation in Midgard.
"So, Baldr is dead? Freya didn't make things difficult for you?"
Lu Xiao smiled and shook his head: "What can Freya do? She can't do anything until Odin's curse is broken."
"That's right."
Mimir sighed: "Poor Freya, I hope she can think calmly over time and figure out who is the culprit of her tragic life."
Mimir once served as Odin's chief think tank in Asgard for a long time. He knew Baldr's mentality very well and did not think there was anything wrong with Lu Xiao's approach.
The God of Light has no real sense of survival at all. Everyone in Asgard knows that he is pursuing a peaceful death, but no one can achieve it.
Watching the other brothers' joyful and hedonistic life every day, Badr became twisted day by day with hatred and anger towards his mother.
Death is a kind of relief for Baldur. He has long lost interest in this boring world.
"Let's stop chatting here first."
Lu Xiao turned Mimir's head and asked, "How is the situation in Jotunheim? Have you found any giants?"
Mimir said regretfully: "I did not follow them to climb the mountain. That was the time left for their family... let Atreus explain."
Atreus took Mimir's words and said: "There are no giants. We only saw a large number of giant corpses on the highest mountain in the Nine Realms. We don't know if they have become extinct."
"impossible."
Lu Xiao said categorically: "After Jotunheim was blocked, the gods of Asgard were unable to enter the kingdom of giants. Without a mortal enemy that threatened their survival, how could the giants become extinct inexplicably?"
Mimir thought for a while and then said: "This is what I think. The route forward for Kratos and Atreus should have been designed by others. What they saw was only a corner of Jotunheim."
"The giant should be hiding in the core residential area of Jotunheim, deliberately avoiding Kratos and Atreus who appeared in the prophecy."