As the heavy snow stopped completely, the temperature in Midgard began to rise rapidly, and the third winter of Fimbul Winter - Wolf Winter, officially ended.
As the last night of Wolf Winter passed into the early hours of the morning, Lu Xiao could clearly feel the unnatural rise in temperature.
According to Focus' measurements, the temperature in Midgard before zero point was minus 30°. After zero point, the temperature quickly rose back to about minus 10°.
Although it is still cold, this temperature is acceptable to most humans.
Standing on the high mountain on the south bank of the Lake of Nine Realms, Lu Xiao stayed awake all night, staring at a human town in the distance with eagle eyes.
At around 5 o'clock in the morning, before it was even bright, the day started in this small town with roads covered with snow.
Residents tentatively opened their doors. The heavy snowfall that had lasted on and off for nearly three months finally stopped completely, and the morning temperature also increased to an acceptable level.
The deserted town quickly regained its vitality, and a large number of residents walked out of their homes and started shoveling the snow, talking and laughing. The end of Fimbul Winter gave Midgard hope again.
Turning his gaze to look at the sky above his head, Lu Xiao seemed to be able to hear the cry of death coming from Asgard.
"It's almost time to start, right?"
…
Asgard, the country of the Asgard.
The area of Asgard is no smaller than that of other countries such as Vanaheim. At this time, except for the core area where Asgard City is located, beacons are ignited on all borders.
Odin, who was sitting in the Golden Palace, looked angrily at the noisy Asaph gods under the throne: "Quiet!"
Odin's one eye glanced majestically from the gods: "Can anyone tell me why the giants and the Warner Protoss without the Rainbow Bridge can take the initiative to enter Asgard?"
Heimdall raised his hand proactively: "The God King, the Giants and the Warner Protoss entered Asgard through an undiscovered space passage. I speculate that it should be related to the goddess Freya."
Freya has not lived in Asgard for so many years in vain. From the beginning, she strictly carried out Niord's orders and used her outstanding magic talent to find the most suitable secret space passage to invade Asgard.
But opening the passage is not easy, especially when Odin seals Asgard.
Unfortunately, Lu Xiao and Mimir knew Asgard's sealing runes from different periods. After comparison and deduction, Mimir was able to decipher Asgard's cipher text rules before the war began.
Lu Xiao handed over two rune stones that were filled with a large amount of space power to Niord and Youhemi respectively. Using these two rune stones as a primer, the Warner Protoss and Giant casters provided energy for the rune stones, tearing open the path to the
Asgard's space passage.
Odin originally planned to take the initiative and push the battlefield beyond Asgard to avoid causing damage to the infrastructure of his own territory.
But things went against expectations. Before Asgard's army could set off, the giants and Vanaheim made a time lag and teleported the army over first, allowing the war to ignite on Asgard's territory.
What annoyed Odin the most was not this. Although the offensive of the giants and the Vanirs was fierce, Odin expected that the defenders would be able to temporarily maintain the battle line with the assistance of the light elves.
However, the light elves suddenly lost their temper at this critical moment, and the reinforcements they sent were only about one-fifth of the planned number.
With insufficient preparation, they attack more with less, and unless multiple Thors stir up the battle at the same time, the Asgardian side is doomed to fail in the first battle.
"Damn light elves! Sure enough, even foreigners can't believe it!"
Odin angrily hit the ground with Gangnir: "There is no other way. Let the defenders shrink their formation and retreat, retreat to the second line of defense and re-establish the defense system."
"Braki, you should go to Alfheim and ask the light elves about the situation and urge them to increase reinforcements."
Brachi breathed a sigh of relief. At least this time he was not asked to perform combat tasks. It was still very easy to run errands and deliver messages.
"yes."
Odin turned his attention to Thor and Vader under the throne. Together with Heimdall, these three were the most combat-effective among the remaining main gods of Asgard.
Heimdall must stay in Asgard, and the Patronus can exert its greatest combat effectiveness within its own protective domain.
"Thor, Vader."
Having been taught a lesson some time ago, Thor did not dare to neglect again and responded with a loud voice: "Yes!"
Vader's expression was indifferent: "Yes."
Odin ignored the two people's different attitudes. He was used to Thor's violence and Vader's coldness.
"Thor, you lead your army to the northeast of Asgard and integrate the local defenders to stop the giant's attack. I allow you to liberate all forces."
A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Thor's lips. Things have been going badly recently, and he had long wanted to find a channel to vent his anger.
"no problem!"
Odin turned his one eye to look at Vader: "Vader, you know the Warner Protoss better. I will arrange a group of reinforcements for you and rush to the western defense line for reinforcements as soon as possible. We must slow down the advance of the Warner Protoss."
Vader nodded calmly: "I'll try my best."
"Boom!"
Odin struck the ground in front of the throne with Gangnir, attracting the attention of all the gods present.
"Gods of Asaph! Hear my words!"
"This battle is related to the survival of Asgard and all Asaphs, so cheer me up! Provide the best support to the frontline warriors in the fields you are good at!"
"yes!"
After all the gods left, Odin sat in the empty golden palace, his face a little gloomy.
"Do you think you can defeat Asgard with this kind of sneak attack? Dream on!"
"I will definitely reverse my destiny and win this battle of Ragnarok!"
…
When the frontal battlefield began, Heimdall had no time to pay attention to Midgard and focused all his attention on the frontline battle situation to ensure that his own troops would not be ambushed by the enemy.
The Giants and the Warner Protoss were notified by Lu Xiao in advance and knew that Heimdall would always monitor the battle situation intensively, so they did not even think of any stratagem.
With Asgard's lack of preparation, the Warner Protoss and Titans, who were attacking with all their strength, were pushed to the second line of defense before the end of the first day.
At this time, a fierce battle was taking place in front of the defense line between the two sides.
Thor and Vader had already led their troops to the battlefield. Thor, who had a bad temper, immediately joined the battle and swung Mjolnir with excitement and smashed the giant's head.
Ordinary giants were no match for Thor, and the thunder that filled the sky over the battlefield exploded under Thor's instigation.
Yohemi, who was sitting at the back, frowned as he watched Thor killing everyone on the battlefield: "We can't let him continue to be rampant. Are the Fire Giants ready?"
Faria, the chief wise man next to Youhemi, paused for a moment: "Surtur's sword casting is completed, but it still needs some polishing. It is expected to arrive on the battlefield in three days."
"3 days..."
Yohemi rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "Who can stop Thor in these three days?"
"Old friends, let me help you buy some time."
A thousand armies are easy to come by, but a general is hard to find. A strong general like Thor is rare to find even in Asgard.
Under Odin's special targeting, most of the powerful giants of the older generation were ambushed and killed one after another.
The new generation of giants cannot yet afford the future of their race, and no one can survive in Thor's hands for more than 5 minutes.
Just when Thor was about to smash the head of a frost giant with great interest, a one-armed man wearing golden armor was suddenly sent to him by a teleportation book.
"clang!"
The invincible Thor's hammer was deflected from the side by a gleaming sword.
"Long time no see, Thor."
Tyr, holding the sword in his left hand, had a faint smile on his face, looking at Thor who had just staggered to his feet: "Surprise?"
Thor looked at the heroic man in front of him in disbelief: "Tyr?! How is that possible!"