Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 176 Sneak Attack on the World Tree

So Agreed fed all the divine power he had gained in the great war with the gods, along with the fragments of his own divine essence and his own magic, to the dragon egg in front of him. But this was still not enough. Agreed could sense that the dragon egg was still in a half-dead state. It needed more divine power and stronger nourishment.

"You greedy bastard, where am I supposed to find such a huge amount of nourishment for you? The divine power and fragments of divinity I fed you are enough to nurture a god of faith!" Agred cursed as he looked at the dragon egg that he both loved and hated.

Just as Agreed was racking his brains over this matter, he suddenly remembered what Io had told him: the cultivation of Nidhogg required the nourishment of the world's origin. This made Agreed understand everything. His cultivation had gone wrong. The massive energy gap should have been filled from the beginning with the origin of a universe. Even if he were to exhaust himself with divine power, it would be impossible to cultivate Nidhogg.

But where could they find enough cosmic origin to sustain Nidhogg's birth? Their current universe was definitely not an option; it was so impoverished that even nature gods couldn't be born there, and destroying it would only create more trouble.

Suddenly, Agreed had a flash of inspiration and clapped his hands, saying, "That's right! How could I forget Baldr's homeland, the 'Nine Worlds'! The origin of the world, which is revered as the 'World Tree,' must be able to give birth to Nidhogg."

Thinking of this, Agreed teleported directly to the Zero Point Space where Baldr's clone was sealed. Agreed used spatial power to slowly unfold the Zero Point, and Baldr's clone appeared from the space. For safety reasons, Agreed used 'Divine Forbidden Movement' to block Baldr's divine power perception and prevent him from re-establishing contact with his clone.

Agreed broke down Baldr's clone into the purest divine power and absorbed it into his body. At the same time, he collected the small piece of divine essence within the clone, which he would then use to find the location of the World Tree.

Here we must explain what the World Tree actually is.

The World Tree, also known as the Nine Worlds, is a special world created in ancient times by the combined efforts of nine nature gods of the Titan race. It contains nine vast universes, which complement each other to form a huge cycle. However, many ordinary beings are completely unaware of the true nature of the World Tree, which is not as large as they imagine. In terms of spatial structure, the World Tree is a high-dimensional world. It is a microscopic existence, and from our perspective, its size is actually about the size of a molecule.

This is why the Nine Realms only allow beings of god-level to reside there, because for lower-dimensional beings, those places are... impossible for life to be born, or rather, they are places where lower-level life cannot survive.

This microscopic fused universe, protected by divine power, normally moves at speeds far exceeding the speed of light in a chaotic relative motion within the multiverse, making it impossible for outsiders to enter by conventional means. Therefore, the saying "gods are everywhere" is indeed not an empty phrase, because on a macroscopic level, they can indeed appear in any corner. Wherever the World Tree passes, it leaves a trace, and the Rainbow Bridge within the World Tree can store these coordinates, allowing the gods of the nine worlds to appear anywhere the World Tree has been. However, the Rainbow Bridge is not something that lower-level gods can use casually, but this time, in order to deal with Agred, the gods of the nine worlds decided to activate this strategic weapon!

Today, the World Tree is filled with gods from various universes. Over the years, the gods have repaired the damage caused by the fragments of their divine power in the shortest possible time. Whenever they recall the pain of their shattered divine power, they wish they could tear Agreed to pieces. Therefore, the gods attach great importance to Agreed. This time, they will not make the same mistake again. This time, they will destroy that damned Grand Duke of the Undead with absolute crushing force.

What Odin and the others didn't know was that while the gods were hastily preparing for battle in the World Tree, Agreed was secretly sneaking into the interior of the World Tree using Baldr's divine essence as a compass.

At the time, most of the gods were busy healing their wounds or discussing matters related to defeating Agreed. No one thought that Agreed would be foolish enough to come to their base alone to seek death. Therefore, Agreed easily bypassed the guards on the outer perimeter of the World Tree and infiltrated the interior of the World Tree.

However, Agreed still carefully used the thirteenth-order forbidden spell 'Walking with the Gods' to sneak into the parallel space he created and slowly move towards the core of the World Tree. So, some people may ask, why would Agreed risk being torn apart by the parallel space to sneak across? The gods were clearly unsuspecting at this time.

Here's an explanation: Agreed feared being discovered by Heimdall, the most perceptive of the Aesir gods. Heimdall's divine power allowed him to know everything in his universe, and with this power, his senses even surpassed Agreed's own. Therefore, to avoid alerting this "Son of Odin" and "Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge," Agreed had to stealthily cross the Rainbow Bridge in the center and sneak into other worlds. Fortunately, Agreed successfully evaded Heimdall's surveillance and arrived safely at the roots of the World Tree, the true core of the nine realms!

There are three roots of the World Tree. The one that Agreed found was located in Niflheim, the place where Zeus and his brothers and sisters, the giant gods, lived. Here, snow falls all year round, and all that can be seen are thick snow fog and glaciers. Only Mount Olympus, shrouded in the fire of Olympus, is like spring all year round, a good place for life to live. In fact, most of the giant gods did live on Mount Olympus. Speaking of which, there is actually quite a connection between Zeus and Odin, but we will leave that story aside for now and talk about it later.

The roots of the World Tree are very far from Mount Olympus, and the giant gods usually don't care about this place. That's why Agred chose this country; it's just too easy to attack here.

Argreed nervously arrived at the root of the World Tree, which had long been swallowed up by countless years of snow. Argreed then used spatial magic to enter the thick snow. As he went deeper, the snow gradually turned into ice, and the stability of the ice layer far exceeded the strength of the prime material space.

To give you a better idea, let me give you a point of reference. Even a Tsar Bomba nuclear bomb couldn't leave a mark on these ice layers or even melt a small piece of ice. You might think I'm exaggerating, but it's true. This is, after all, the realm of gods. The fundamental rules governing matter here are far more robust than in our world. Otherwise, how could a world that gods could destroy so easily be worthy of being the abode of the gods?