When the Iron Curtain fell to protect humans and fight back against the evil gods, the entire world was in an uproar. However, after studying the concept map revealed by the officials, many people keenly discovered a loophole.
"Northern Europe … Why is it empty?"
This question quickly spread among the spectators. All kinds of answers based on imagination and guesses blocked the revived online forums. Some bold guys even ran to SHIELD's recruitment office to ask for the reason. As expected, they were reprimanded and chased away. In the end, there were no "officials" who came out to refute the rumors. It was like a new urban legend.
For those who knew the inside story, the reason for the Northern Europe region being empty was simple.
Firstly, there were no traces of human activity there. After the collapse of the order of the old era, the natural ecology had undergone unimaginable drastic changes. The secret realms of the North Pole and South Pole had lost their shackles. After they were opened, the two cold continents began to expand outward. Antarctica expanded by a third, and the melting ice cap in the North Pole was frozen again. Fatal cold winds blew from the north and shrouded the high latitudes. Even a quarter of Siberia was uninhabitable.
Northern Europe had become the victim of this environmental change. The temperature there dropped sharply, and even the Norwegian Sea was frozen. In such a terrible environment, even the gods had no intention of ruling over that place. The Asgardian Divine Realm had only sent an army there symbolically to declare their sovereignty.
But in reality, you and I both know what that army is doing …
This was the second reason why the Iron Curtain had left Northern Europe empty.
The Asgardian army was famous for being good at war. If they fought against them in the extreme north, even if they won, they would have to pay a high price, and this price was something that the Alliance for the Survival of Mankind could not afford. Of course, another reason for giving up on the Nordic strategy was that a certain big shot had already made a promise.
He would personally deal with the remaining forces there.
"Sif has sent a third order!"
The Dwarf General Volstagg, who had replaced General Sif in Northern Europe, complained to his good brother, the silent and cold warrior Hogan as he warmed himself over the fire.
"She wants us to return to Asgard as quickly as possible. This is ridiculous!"
The Dwarf took out a bottle of wine, took a sip, and threw it to Hogan. He wiped his mouth and said loudly, "If we leave, what about Hel's seal? Leave her to those humans who dare to do anything? "
"I think …"
Hogan finished the rest of the wine. This highly skilled, silent and cold warrior looked at the dancing bonfire in front of him and said in a low voice, "Sif must have received orders from the Empress or Thor. Perhaps they are preparing for a counterattack. Anyway, disobeying orders is not something a soldier should do … Gather the soldiers, we will leave now!"
The black-haired, black-eyed general couldn't help but touch his chest.
"For the past few days, I've been able to feel my emotions pulsing strangely. It seems to be telling me that danger is coming. This feeling has saved me many times on the battlefield … I can't stay here any longer!"
"Uh … Alright!"
"I don't think those humans would dare to attack us. You see, we're different from those gods. We didn't occupy their homes or enslave their people. We're just looking after our things," the dwarf said with an unconvinced look.
"But don't forget … we can't escape the responsibility of Sorcerer Supreme's death."
Hogan stood up and stretched his body by the bonfire. He lifted the flail in his hand, put on his helmet, and said to the dwarf beside him, "I'm going to inspect the seal. After I come back, we'll leave this place!"
A moment later, Hogan was riding on a Pegasus, followed by a dozen Asgardian Winged Knights with spears in their hands. These knights, who wore gorgeous armor and winged helmets, were the most competitive warriors in the Asgardian army. They were always charging at the front line of the battlefield. In these hundreds of years of war, every time a Winged Knight appeared, the opponent's line of defense would be quickly torn apart.
They galloped on the ice field covered by heavy snow. The cold wind blowing from the North Pole made it snow all year round. It had become a paradise for demons. There were even many Frost Dragons here. A unique ecological environment had been revived here.
And just as Hogan brought the Winged Knights to the seal, his eyes suddenly narrowed. At the entrance to the seal that led to the frozen bottom of the sea, a familiar figure had his back to them. He squatted down and pushed the falling snow away from the thick snow field, as if trying to find the stairs to the seal.
"Saber! Stop! "
Hogan shouted. This warrior, who valued honor and responsibility more than anything else, could not tolerate the destruction of the things he guarded. He led the Winged Knights and charged toward Saber, who was alone.
Saber did not pay attention to them at all. He just waved his hand, and a dark door opened on the snowy field. Accompanied by Hogan's cry, knights holding banners stepped out of the darkness and appeared on the snow.
"I've given them a chance …"
Saber stretched out his finger and opened the re-frozen seal. He said softly, "Go! Catch up with your compatriots, and then … kill them all. "
After a thousand years, when Arvette saw the iconic winged knight again, her eyes could not help but waver. Once upon a time, she and her sisters had led such a knight who would never fail. Under the orders of the throne, they had conquered everywhere for Asgard. Unfortunately, after reappearing again, they were standing on the opposite side of her.
They had become opponents that she had to kill.
"Hum …"
The black dragon spear in her hand was held horizontally by her side. Arvette urged her warhorse to take a few steps forward. She stood in front of Hogan and the knights who were charging at high speed. Under the dark half-covered lightning helmet, the expression in her covered eyes slowly solidified. Finally, the spurs on her boots gently tapped on Hogan's abdomen. The majestic pegasus suddenly raised its front hooves and let out a fanatical roar.
The black warhorse moved in an instant. With the power of darkness on its body, its speed was increased to the extreme within a second.
Arvette waved the dragon spear in her left hand and lowered her body slightly. With a standard thrusting motion, she faced the unshakable Winged Knights and launched a swift and lightning-like countercharge.
Where Hogan's four hooves stepped, the extremely cold power froze the heavy falling snow. She was like a silent black lightning. At the moment when the two sides came into contact, the dragon spear in her hand, which was brimming with the power of darkness, flashed slightly. The two Winged Knights who were charging the fastest seemed to have been hit by a battering ram. They flew backward together with their horses.
The blood of the Asgardians dyed the ground red. More than a dozen Winged Knights did not even last 10 seconds in this fierce charge. They fell to the ground one after another, losing their precious lives.
Hogan got up from the ground with difficulty. His left hand covered the wound on his abdomen. Blood gushed out from the penetrating wound. He looked at the black knight opposite him who had once again assumed a charging posture. He knew that the black knight had shown mercy just now. Otherwise, that terrifying dragon spear would have directly shattered his heart.
"You! Who are you! "
Hogan picked up his flail from the ground and stared at the knight opposite him. Although the armor was decorated with dark thorns and skeletons, it could be seen at a glance that it was clearly an Asgardian armor. And in Hogan's memory, only one kind of person in Asgard would wear a lightning helmet that completely covered their eyes.
Arvette looked at the Asgardian general who had persevered in the midst of the corpses that had lost their lives. She looked at his unyielding eyes and seemed to see the heroes who had once followed the Valkyrie on the battlefield.
She turned over and dismounted, patting Hogan's neck. The black pegasus neighed and walked to the side. The dragon spear in Arvette's hand suddenly disappeared. Her gauntlets covered in black steel pressed on the long sword at her waist and slowly pulled it out. One side had a saw blade, and the other side was extremely sharp. The hilt was carved with a dragon head. This unique weapon revealed the identity of the knight in front of him in Hogan's eyes.
"You … you are the Valkyrie! Odin above … what the hell happened to you? "
Hogan watched as Arvette slowly walked towards him. A pair of black wings spread out behind the female knight's back. This was the final form of the Valkyrie. These armed maids of Odin were shaped into the form of angels, riding pegasi and collecting the souls of the dead at the edge of the battlefield. But now, she had become a black nightmare.
Arvette did not answer Hogan's question. Her high-heeled black boots stepped on the cold ground five meters away from Hogan. The Dragon Fang Sword in her hand was placed horizontally in front of her, and she said in a hoarse and cold voice:
"If we can't meet again, I hope you … die a worthy death!"
It was an old Asgardian proverb that was often used to motivate timid recruits. Hogan's expression calmed down when he heard this. He reached out and tore open his sleeve to wrap his wound. He took a deep breath and held the flail with one hand. He looked at the female knight in front of him and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, but I'm sorry."
"If I die … please send me back to Asgard!"
"You will see it with your own eyes."
Arvette's figure rushed towards Hogan like lightning. Her voice rang in Hogan's ears: "In another form, you will once again set foot on the land of Asgard. I will give you … the life and glory of darkness!"
— — —
Saber stood in the sealed land under the trench filled with an ancient aura. In front of him, the runes on the huge sealing stone shone brightly. Obviously, after the death of the Sorcerer Supreme, the Asgardians were still carefully maintaining the ultimate seal on Hel.
Saber reached out and placed his hand on the surface of the sealing stone. He touched the inscriptions and whispered:
"Look, they used you, they killed you, and they still don't admit their mistakes …"
"Perhaps this will disappoint you, but I … still have to take this step. My hatred, my revenge, after all of this is over, I will listen to your nagging."
Buzz!
A faint blue flame leaped onto the sealing stone, instantly erasing one-third of the sealing inscriptions. A black aura visible to the naked eye flew out from the sealing stone, as if a demon that had been suppressed for thousands of years was about to be reborn.
"Ah, you're here! I feel it … "
"Freedom! I want freedom! "
"Odin and Asgard … I will go there, I will take back my throne … I will take back everything!"
"Let me … out!"
Boom!
The inscriptions on the sealing stone dimmed one by one, and a cold aura began to hover in the sealed land like a dark storm. Saber looked at all of this coldly. There was no expression in his eyes. The existence in front of him had no special meaning to him. She was just a tool.
A tool that was necessary to destroy Asgard.
Buzz!
The dark knight broke through space and appeared in front of Saber. There was no trace of blood on her body, but her appearance meant that the defenders here were all wiped out.
"415 people …"
Arvette said softly: "Annihilate them all."
"Well done."
Saber reached out and patted Arvette's shoulder. This action made the Valkyrie subconsciously take a step back. Obviously, she still had some kind of rejection and hatred for Saber. However, Saber did not care about this. He pointed at the sealing stone in front of him, which had thousands of cracks, and said in a low voice:
"Look, she's coming out … I'm going to do what I promised you."
Arvette's expression did not change. She just reached out and held the hilt of the Dragon Fang Sword. She replied in a hoarse voice:
"Then I will also … do what I promised you."
"When the 13 Valkyries are reborn, I will … destroy Asgard for you!"
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