The peaks of the Yarki Mountains towered in the clouds and mist. Lu Xiao passed through heavy clouds and mist while falling at high speed, and hit the winding mountain road halfway up the mountain like a cannonball.
This mountain road has not been used for many years, and its long disrepair has turned the originally smooth road into potholes.
"boom!"
Lu Xiao fell from the sky and stepped on the already shabby ground to create a big hole. After standing firm, he took off again and continued to move forward to the next section of the mountain platform.
After jumping more than a dozen times in succession, Lu Xiao finally left the restricted range of the Yalki Mountains. After taking off for the last time, he used the wind to lift himself up and accelerated his descent to the foot of the southern mountain.
"Whoa!"
Opening the portal, he took Yongzhen and others over. Skadi, who stepped through the portal, had a look of surprise on his face.
"In addition to time spells, do you also know space spells?"
Lu Xiao smiled nonchalantly: "Time and space are not separated."
After overcoming the biggest obstacle, the rest of the journey will be much easier.
A breeze with a suitable temperature blows across the vast plains, and the majestic giant city built with a large number of stones - Ymirheim is already in front of you.
As the group gradually approached the capital city, the 20-meter-high city gate suddenly closed. Under the greetings of the giant guards, the giant people near the city gate hurriedly took refuge nearby.
Dozens of super-large harpoon cannons were raised from the city walls of Ymirheim, aiming directly at the traveling team headed by Lu Xiao.
"Outsiders, stop!"
A male giant with a third eye on his forehead stood at the top of the city, pointed a spear at Lu Xiao and others and gave a stern warning: "Explain your purpose! Otherwise you will be regarded as illegal intruders!"
Lu Xiao was about to raise his hand to push behind Skadi, but suddenly he remembered what happened to the village chief of Langham, and his movements stopped again.
"Ahem~ Skati, it's up to you to negotiate with him. We are outsiders after all."
After the complete blockade of Jotunheim, the giants had not encountered outsiders for many years. The appearance of Lu Xiao made some giants wonder whether there was something wrong with their blockade plan.
After Lu Xiao and others retreated, Skadi rose into the wind and transformed back into his giant prototype.
"My fellow citizens, I am Skadi, daughter of Sharkey."
The three-eyed giant at the top of the city had a look of astonishment on his face, and the giant soldiers near him also whispered to each other in shock.
"Hunt Queen?"
"Isn't it rumored that she has died a long time ago?"
"That's a rumor from Asgard. It may not be credible. Isn't she standing in front of us now?"
"It's damn Asgard again! Those untrustworthy liars!"
Skadi is also considered a celebrity among the giants. He can hone a certain skill to the point of surpassing the gods. Such examples are rare among the giants.
The three-eyed giant solemnly saluted Skadi: "Queen of the Hunt, it's an honor to meet you. I am Ushtaha, son of Solem."
"These outsiders behind you..."
'Solem?'
Lu Xiao had some impressions of this name. In the original version of Norse mythology, he seemed to have stolen Thor's Thor's hammer, and forced Thor to dress in women's clothing and disguise himself as Freya before regaining the hammer.
Mimir has also told this story before. The outline of the story is the same as the original story, except that Thor wears women's clothing and is replaced by Odin who sells his wife for glory.
At that time, the relationship between Odin and Freya had fallen to the freezing point. Thorem, who happened to have stolen Thor's hammer, asked Odin to marry Freya to him. Odin simply used his trick and agreed to Thorem.
Thorem's motive is unknown, it may be to humiliate Odin, or he may really be enamored with Freya.
At this time, Freya is of no use to Odin. Odin plans to take advantage of Freya's remarriage and seize the opportunity to invade Jotun when Thorem opens the passage to Jotunheim to greet his bride.
Helm, destroy all giants.
However, the prophecy of Ragnarok is not so easy to break for Odin who is in the middle of the game.
Freya was very angry that Odin used her as a condition for negotiation, and she also had a corresponding revenge plan.
When the gate to Jotunheim opened, and Thor and Odin killed Thorem and prepared to invade the kingdom of giants, Freya cast a spell to deflect all the Asaphs who were ready to attack, and banished them to the Nine Realms.
corner.
It is said that Odin's roar resounded throughout the nine realms at that time. This was the moment he came closest to changing his destiny, but in the end he failed to achieve it.
Soon after, the couple completely fell out with each other, and Freya was sealed with the wings and warrior soul of the Valkyrie, banished outside Asgard, and could never leave Midgard.
Both Thorem and Skadi have a grudge against Odin. No wonder Thorem's son would be so respectful and friendly to Skadi.
On the one hand, it is out of respect for the Hunting Queen's superb hunting skills, and on the other hand, it is because of the same hatred and hatred.
With this relationship and Skadi's guarantee, the harpoon cannon on the city wall was finally moved away from its muzzle.
Ushtaha sent people to the royal court to inform the King of Giants and the sages. Lu Xiao and others could only wait patiently outside the city for the results.
"Clang!"
About half an hour later, the closed gate of Ymirheim reopened, and Ushtaha stood at the city gate and politely saluted the group.
"Travelers from afar, the King of Giants Yohemi summons you."
After entering Ymirheim, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen felt very uncomfortable.
They were like Thumbelina who fell into the human world. The overly large solid objects and furniture around them made the two of them only raise their heads to admire the scenery along the way.
Because the viewing angle was too low, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen were unable to intuitively see the layout of the entire city.
Skadi noticed the distress of the two people, frowned and considered for a while, and finally lifted Lu Xiao, Yongzhen and Fenrir from the ground and placed them on his shoulders.
From a higher angle, Lu Xiao was finally able to roughly see the entire city.
If the entire city were scaled down to a size suitable for humans, it would be a rather majestic quasi-medieval castle, but there would be many differences in the details.
Mimir was quite excited and kept chattering: "Ah~ Ymirheim, how many years have I not been here?"
"The city scenery looks the same as before, but unfortunately...things and people have changed."
Under Odin's special design, many well-known giants died in the hands of Thor. Mimir mentioned the names of these giants with regret on the way.
Among them is the most famous female sage of the giants, Gloya, known as the guardian of knowledge.
Because Odin coveted her library, he used her missing husband Orphandil as bait, hoping that Gloria would invite her to borrow books from his library in Midgard.
In order to obtain relevant information about her husband, Gloria agreed to Odin's request, and her end was thus doomed.
Alfandil did not disappear inexplicably, but was poisoned by a butcher who beat giants while eating and sleeping.
As the main messenger behind the scenes, Odin deliberately concealed Gloya's prediction of Alfandil. After being invited into the library, he mercilessly killed Gloya and seized her library.
This situation is not unique. Starkard, the most outstanding military general in the history of the giants, was also assassinated by Odin's stigmatization conspiracy.
This is just the story Mimir told. There are more innocent giants who died in Odin's crazy calculations, and Skadi is just one of them.
The size of the Royal Court of Giants is very large in the eyes of a normal-sized human like Lu Xiao. A middle-aged giant wearing a crown sits on the throne of everyone, and three men and women dressed in robes and dressed as wise men stand on the left and right.
Mimir introduced to Lu Xiao and Yongzhen in a low voice: "Yohmi, a descendant of the great giant king Bergmir, has direct bloodline from the original giant Ymir."
"The prophetic traveler."
Youhemi opened his hands to everyone with a gentle smile on his face: "Welcome to Ymirheim. Hunting Queen Skati also welcomes you back to your hometown."
"I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but talking about business when we meet is not a giant's way of hospitality. You'd better enjoy the giant's banquet first!"