The moment the old and weak voice sounded, Angelica trembled violently, and then looked in the direction of the Iron Throne in disbelief: she was no stranger to this voice, it had appeared more than once In her own spiritual world, but in the real world, this is the first time she heard the Old One speak!
Even a caretaker who has received long-term training and can always maintain peace of mind can hardly restrain his excitement at the moment. The young caretaker girl almost burst into tears: "Old Sage, you finally woke up?"
"Anjelica, thank you for your care over the years, and thank you all," Odin's voice echoed in the empty hall. Vibrate the surrounding air to make a sound, "But now I want to talk to my old friend, you and this light seeker should leave first, and also go to inform those above, stop the unnecessary fight, these people from outside the barrier Travelers are our guests."
"Master Borenpal has gone to the upper city," Anjelica lowered her head. "It's time to meet the chairman of the Steam Council."
"No, it's not enough. The Steam Council is a conscientious person, but they won't trust Borenpal easily..."
A ray of light suddenly appeared in the air, trembling and gradually condensed into a small ball and floated towards Angelica. Odin injected his spiritual power into the small ball as a token: "Send a few more people, Bring this, and the Steam Council will trust you."
Obviously, although Odin has been sleeping silently on the Iron Throne for hundreds of years, his spirit is still active and has been paying attention to the situation in Twilight. What kind of characteristics does it have. The "Old Sage" has been completely silent for hundreds of years. For humans with a lifespan of only a few decades, the last time the Old Sage made a decree was several generations ago, so the people in the Steam Council may not be so easy He believed the news brought by the caretaker, so he made more arrangements.
Angelica and Wendell were ordered to leave, leaving only Hao Ren, Vivian, and a dying ancient "god" in the huge Iron Throne hall.
"Old friend, long time no see," Odin said first, "It seems that you are still safe, beside you is..."
"Oh, my name is Hao Ren," Hao Ren said proactively, "Vivian's friend."
"Strange name... Where do you come from? Have the Nine Kingdoms reopened?"
Obviously, Odin is very aware of the end of Ragnarok. He knows that there is no life in the Nine Kingdoms, and Hao Ren and Vivian must be from the outside world.
Vivienne finds it difficult to explain this question, so she can only explain in general terms: "We have driven a long way, and Ugudora Hill has left his original position... farther away than you can imagine."
Odin was silent for a moment: "How is the world now?"
This is a very broad question, but Vivienne knew what the other party really wanted to ask, she breathed a sigh of relief, and her tone was indifferent: "The age of mythology is over, you can probably guess it—the Nordic gods are the last group to be wiped out .The rule of the gods has died, and less than 10% of the survivors."
"Oh, it seems that the ones who rule the world now are the demon hunters."
Vivian shook her head: "No, it's human."
Odin was silent for a longer time this time, but in the end he didn't ask anything, but sighed with relief: "Oh, that's good."
Vivienne opened her eyes a little: "I didn't expect you to say that—haven't you always looked down on humans?"
"...It's really a distant thing, so distant that it seems like a previous life," Odin seemed to sigh, "I am indeed like this, we were all like this back then—except for you, an outlier. Vivian? Ansesta, are you That's right, many of your words back then were correct, we foreign guys still haven't gained a foothold in this world after all."
Vivienne looked at the old man on the Iron Throne in amazement. This Odin was completely different from the king of the gods in her memory. The past two thousand years seemed to have completely changed this once proud ruler. She couldn't help but think of Odin in the age of mythology—the human beings who ruled the Nordic region aloft, and used thunder to maintain their authority. He was cold, strict, and full of majesty. Still never see the natives of Earth as intelligent beings who can be treated as equals. He forged an army with human souls, built palaces with human offerings, and ruled Midgard with strict divine laws—but now that he heard that humans finally ruled the earth, he sighed: that's good.
"Old friend, you have changed a lot," Vivian couldn't help but said, "Actually, I couldn't believe that you were the 'Old Sage' of this Twilight City. Although I guessed it, I just didn't dare to do it. Thinking. How would you sit here and shelter humanity for two thousand years? What changed your mind?"
"It's human's own efforts," Odin said slowly, "Have you seen this city? Those huge machines, those boilers, those steam powers, and those runic characters that can be seen everywhere..."
"Of course I saw it," Vivienne nodded, "That's what you taught them?"
"Only a few of the runes are that the power of steam they themselves discovered from the legacy of the giants," said Odin. talent."
Vivian frowned: "What happened back then?"
This time, Odin didn't speak for a long time, as if he needed to recall the war that collapsed, and finally he spoke: "On that day when the world collapsed, everything was destroyed. When I crawled out of Fenrir's belly, all I saw was the burning sky and the earth. I looked in the direction of Asaph Garden, but found that the outer walls of the city had collapsed - so I knew my kingdom It fell completely. Then many triangular black craft descended from the torn sky, and the demon hunters began to enter Asgard and wipe out all living creatures, so I had to escape there.
"I passed through one kingdom after another, and there was only scorched earth as far as I could see. I was seriously injured at the time, but I didn't stop for a moment. Finally, I came to Midgard. This kingdom is also gradually being destroyed, but here The situation in the city is slightly better than other places: a branch of Ugudora Hill just surrounds the atrium, and the mountain of vines slightly blocks the magic storm from Asgard, so several city-states in the hinterland of Midgard still survive In order to recuperate from the injury, I decided to stay here for the time being.
"At first, I never thought about protecting the human beings here, let alone sitting on this Iron Throne for two thousand years. I'm just glad that I finally found a place where I can recuperate, and I have many servants who can Desire: Although human beings are weak and stupid, they are more easily driven, that's what I thought at the time, old friend, and you should know that many people thought so at the time."
Odin didn't have many emotional fluctuations when recalling these things, but the deep and weak voice itself made people feel a strong depression. Vivienne nodded lightly: "Anyway, you have become their Old Sage."
"Yeah, a lot of things happened in the middle, and in the end, I was sitting on the Iron Throne in a daze," Odin suppressed a chuckle, "Don't you want to know what changed me? It's everything here. I My kingdom is crumbling, my people are dead, and my trusted allies and adopted sons - they are the culprits of Ragnarok, and the powers of which I have been so proud - are of no avail. Splendid Asaph and The Kingdom of Warner God just disappeared, but the last survivors were the 'mortals' in Midgard who I had dismissed. To relieve their boredom, I taught them some runes, so in just a dozen I used these runes as proficiently as I did within the year, and I gave them some giant relics, so they even made steam power from those scrap copper and iron. When the whole world was burned to ashes, they Relying on the foundation of only a few city-states, they built this twilight city, which is even grander than Sagar Garden-and until this situation, they still have not given up hope. Old friend, you know why I change What do you think of these 'mortals'? Because I suddenly realized something...”
Odin paused for a few seconds and sighed: "They are not lowly creatures, they are the masters of this world. Their weakness is not because they are born weak. Once we self-proclaimed gods disappear, these humans... will become extremely powerful."
Vivian exhaled: "This world is theirs after all." (To be continued~^~)