Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

call--

A sweet wind blew over Niflheim, and a light red mist enveloped the world. When Ryan crossed the boundary wall and looked at everything in front of him, he thought for a moment that he was in the wrong place.

The original Kingdom of Mist was cold and bleak. As one of the countries that existed before the birth of World Tree, it is the opposite pole of ice and fire from Muspelheim, shrouded in thick fog all year round.

Snow and ice cover the land of Niflheim. There is no light or temperature. Only the spring of Hwagmir, the world's first spring, flows meanderingly.

This place was originally a restricted area for life, and only the ethnic group known as the 'Nibelungen' lived here. But now, the original residents did not know where they had gone. In front of Ryan, everything seemed so 'vibrant'.

Various colorful plants bloom on the ground, swaying in the wind. Animals and birds shuttle through the forest, sometimes drinking from the river beside the road. If he didn't take into account the intertwined black and red colors on the horizon, Ryan would even think that he had arrived in the world of Chaos in the Second Age, where all living beings lived on the earth, and there were no natural disasters or monsters.

"It looks really harmonious, but it's a pity that everything is an illusion."

Although the scene before him was so real, Ryan was not deceived. From a spiritual perspective, nothing about this seemingly normal scene is normal. All the beings before him, including animals and plants, were indeed living creatures, but that was only their bodies. But the consciousness of these lives is so similar and unified.

Or to be more precise, they do not have independent thoughts of their own, but become part of another pan-consciousness.

And their subjective consciousness

Ryan raised his head. In the center of Niflheim, a giant tree connecting heaven and earth stretched out its scarlet branches and leaves, swaying in the breeze.

"boom--"

"Ryan, what are you still looking at?"

There was a vibration in the sky, followed by the voice of Erebus. Apparently, he had noticed the scratches on the interface and discovered Ryan's existence.

The source of the noise was that on the giant tree, another slender branch cut through the space and penetrated into the dark sky in the distance.

It's said to be a 'tree', but actually it's more like a tree-shaped living thing. In the middle of the earth, surrounded by countless lives, Ryan saw the source of it all.

Not just a piece of root, but a complete, real giant tree. Its roots penetrate into the earth, its main trunk supports the sky, and its six huge branches dance in the wind, looking magnificent and perfect.

Every branch and vein of its leaves seems to be divided according to the golden ratio, showing a natural beauty that attracts all beings who see it unconsciously. However, there was an obvious penetrating wound on its trunk that destroyed the overall structure.

This is also the reason why He is said to be a ‘living creature’. Material like flesh and blood continued to pour out of the wound, trying to fill the defect, but the effect was extremely limited. In addition, blood-like liquid continued to flow out of the wound. It fell into the roots of the tree, merged into a poisonous spring, and then flowed along twelve rivers throughout the Kingdom of Mist.

At this moment, Ryan felt the desire and fear of the Eye of Odin in his sleeve, which came from the essence of the World Tree it absorbed and the high external power. They might originally have the same origin, but now, they are two independent entities.

"I know that nothing good will come out of the death of a world!"

Ryan's face became serious, because with the call of Erebus, the huge and bright tree seemed to notice another outsider. Although He had no eyes, at this moment, He still looked at where Ryan was.

With the 'tree's' gaze, birds, animals, swimming fish, and even all life around Ryan, even the water in the river, the fog in the sky, the whole world all 'looked' at him. This scene is enough to make mortals lose their minds and even make ordinary gods feel silent fear, but Ryan remains unmoved.

In the spirit world, he can do similar things.

"This style of painting really doesn't match classical mythology at all. Compared with it, my spiritual world seems like a pure land."

With a sneer, Ryan's robe shook, and a small amount of black light swept across a hundred miles in a circular shape, and everything he touched turned into dust in an instant. But at the same time, a special force from the mysterious 'watching' body ignored the space and acted directly on Ryan's body.

His flesh and blood rich in divinity jumped a little, but returned to calm in an instant.

This is the power of [life] on the material side, but the way it is expressed is not normal. Obviously, no matter what changes have taken place now, the predecessor of this 'tree' is after all the body of the world tree Yuctra Hill, so he undoubtedly has extremely terrifying power in the field of [life], but he faces Yes, it is another god who controls both [life] and [death].

With some overlap in authority and no absolute gap in power, his invisible influence on Ryan was of course ineffective. Of course, correspondingly, it is difficult for life and death to cause harm to this giant tree.

Buzz——

As if he noticed that his attack had been erased, another invisible thought swept through the world. Ryan felt like he heard people talking, first one or two, then hundreds, and finally billions. This is not an illusion, but a reality, the call of all the dead lives in Niflheim.

That is a different kind of [death]. Ryan suddenly discovered that this being entrenched in the ruins of the Nine Realms was surprisingly consistent with his authority, but the two sides took completely different paths.

The life and death of this 'tree' are the fall of spirit and the immortality of flesh and blood.

Taking one step forward, Ryan's figure disappeared from the spot, but the power of the void did not affect the spread of the idea at all. It directly collided with Ryan's spirit body. Those dead beings told about their past insignificance and current 'greatness' in their calls. They spoke truths rich in the essence of life, and then 'invited' Ryan to become theirs. part.

Then of course, this mental shock was easily smoothed, purified, and decomposed in front of the spiritual master, and then the information contained in it was learned.

"It's really troublesome."

His expression remained unchanged, and after two brief moves with the giant tree, Ryan finally looked in the direction of the Lord of Darkness.

"You don't look good, Erebus."

The 'tree' attack on him just now was always just a test, and the other outsider who came in first was his real target.

As Ryan saw when he first entered the Kingdom of Fog, the boundless darkness occupied one third of Niflheim, swallowing up everything that came close like a huge black hole. But Ryan could notice that this huge dark field was constantly retreating.

Four thick branches penetrated half of the interface, inserted directly into the black screen from the center of the world, and were constantly stirring in it. The red mist containing the breath of life continuously pours into the dark field, allowing the other party to swallow him. But Ryan could notice that as time passed, a little activity gradually grew in the darkness.

If the stalemate continues, it's almost self-evident who will win.

"Work with me to deal with him, or I'll just leave here. Although this monster is scary, you don't think it can really do anything to me."

In the distance, Erebus's voice came again. Although he was at a disadvantage, he still sounded calm and calm. In fact, apart from being tricked by the scarlet giant tree in an unfamiliar situation at the beginning, he did not suffer any direct harm.

But in the darkness, Erebus's face was still a little gloomy as he looked at his left hand that seemed to have given birth to his own will.

This change appears to be irreversible, at least to beings without relevant authority. Of course he could simply cut off the hand and replace it with a new one, but this would have to wait until he returned to Khaos, and the very thing itself made him feel sick.

For the first time, Erebus had a very direct dislike for a being. It had nothing to do with interests. He just wanted to simply destroy it.

"Then just leave. He really can't do anything to you, but I don't think we can do anything to him either."

"You should have noticed his essence, right? Do you really think you can solve him?"

Standing in the air, looking at this twisted and 'beautiful' giant tree, Ryan became more and more frightened.

Based on past experience and scattered information previously analyzed from mental pollution, Ryan already knew the origin of the giant tree in front of him.

The Nine Realms are dead. This is the result before us. What caused Ragnarok, which originally only killed gods, to evolve to this point is still unknown. But just like when a powerful god dies, other gods or creatures can often be born in his body. When a world dies, it will also give birth to some terrifying existences.

A few of those escaped, and some landed on natural wonders like the Eye of Odin. Not surprisingly, there are likely to be similar ones in other realms that Ryan has not been to, but the main body of the remnants of the dead world is. Attached to the disintegrated trunk of the World Tree, it finally landed here.

In the original mythology, the collapse of Uctrasil was just the beginning of Ragnarok, but here, it was heading for destruction at the same moment as the nine kingdoms. Therefore, its remnant body has a special symbol and has become a carrier of the afterlife of the nine realms. The scarlet giant tree in front of it is the product of the combination of the two.

The world's instinctive desire for continuity brings Yggdrasil back to life, albeit in a different way. The giant tree at this moment is like some kind of alternative primitive god. As for why it does not look like a normal god, it is not surprising. It is not because of some outside creation that affects them, but because the world is like this. , He possesses both the aspects of order and chaos.

When the world is complete and healthy, order often dominates, as is the case in the world of Chaos; but when the world is about to be destroyed, chaos will prevail, eventually causing everything to become disordered. The giant tree in front of it is so.

He was born adhering to the 'death' of the Nine Realms and Yectrasil, as well as their instinctive desire for 'life', but the way he pursued 'life' was obviously not acceptable to normal life.

He attempts to assimilate all things into a part of himself, and then use this to continue his existence eternally. He inherited the 'tolerance' of the world, so he will not destroy any life, but will only merge with them, just like his current consciousness - which is composed of the instinct of the nine realms, the hazy thinking of the World Tree, and the Ni All lives in Fulheim are composed together. It is for this reason that Ryan calls each other 'him'.

But at this moment, Ryan looked at the crystal branches that cut through the space and reached toward him, and couldn't help but secretly give the other party a nickname.

[Primordial Hate·Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood], this is undoubtedly a very appropriate name.

In this interface that had been assimilated by the opponent over tens of thousands of years, he no longer expected to find anything of value.

Just continue to test the mother tree's ability, and then wait for the world of Khaos to transform and seal it. After all, this kind of life will never be tolerated in the world.

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Just when Ryan stepped into the Kingdom of Mist, on the edge of Niflheim, in a huge glacier more than 10,000 meters high, a huge black shadow moved its body again.

The roots of the World Tree in the Kingdom of Mist were originally rooted in the spring of Hwagmir. The water flowing out of this world's first spring was not only rich in toxins, but also freezing cold.

It flows in the same cold mist country, and then forms glaciers of all sizes. The largest one among them had a huge black shadow curled up inside it.

He had already awakened from his slumber when the first outsider appeared. Now, with the appearance of the second one, his thoughts have become even more firm.

Since the day the world collapsed, after witnessing the birth of the giant tree and the death of the gods, this black shadow has been sealing itself in the glacier, waiting for a turning point. Tens of thousands of years passed, and he was close to giving up, but he didn't expect that a turning point would finally come.

But his life has come to an end. Although he is a god-like existence in the nine kingdoms, the gods in this world are not eternal.

He is Nidhogg, the black dragon that symbolizes despair, but now, he is the only one who truly feels despair.

"The gods outside the world, they came too late"

It's not because of aging. Although the gods in this world do age, tens of thousands of years are not enough for Nidhogg to reach the end of his life.

It's just that there is a huge wound on his body, which is constantly consuming the little life he has left. What's more, the black dragon, with its cruel nature, had no intention of leaving itself in the hands of other beings.

"But I won't stop there."

The ferocious mouth opened wide, as if smiling, but it only looked terrifying. Nidhogg looked in front of him, where there were thousands of egg fetuses of different sizes.

Although he most likely had to thank the giant tree for his current fate, Nidhogg was somewhat grateful to Him now. At least the mental fluctuations escaping unconsciously from the other party, in addition to the temptation that makes him want to fall into the other party's arms, also contain a lot of knowledge related to life. During these tens of thousands of years, Nidhogg learned another way to continue his existence.

For the mother tree of flesh and blood, any existence that is assimilated by it is part of its life without corresponding authority. Nidhogg cannot do this, but he can simplify it slightly and complete it in his own way. it.

So he used his own bones and blood to create the dragon eggs in front of him. These new dragon eggs had no attributes or biases. They would change with the new environment they were exposed to later. This ensures that no matter what the environment is in that unknown new world, these created lives will become the top existence of the food chain.

As their creators, when this new race continues in another world, they can become Nidhogg's anchor and awaken his lost consciousness. How long this will take is unknown.

"You will be born strong and live a long life, but the price is the difficulty of reproduction. However, this is also a necessary sacrifice. After all, survival is the first priority. Compared with the weak group, it is easier for the strong to continue."

At the core of the glacier, Nidhogg spread his wings. The huge black dragon began to break into pieces, and his flesh, flesh and bones fell to the ground and merged into each dragon egg.

Among them, the ones closest to him gained the most power, and their auras were also the most powerful.

"You come from me, and you will succeed me."

In the end, only Nidhogg's illusory shadow was left in the air. Seeing all this, he mustered up his last strength and released a breath outside the glacier, attracting the attention of the two outsiders.

"One day, when I return to the earth, I will no longer bear the innate mission of destruction, but will become the master of the new world with my own will."

The next moment, when the shadow dispersed and the glacier shattered, the breath released here instantly attracted the only three living things in the world. The three wills swept over this place full of dragon eggs. They noticed the specialness here, and then they unanimously extended their 'hands' here.

However, at this moment, a gap opened in the sky, and the sound of laws echoed across the interface.

Zheng——

"Is this the completion of Khaos' erosion of the nine kingdoms?"

First, he and Erebus made a tacit agreement to block the branches extending from the mother tree. Ryan had just taken away several huge dragon eggs, but a sudden change made him stop what he was doing.

The barrier between Niflheim and the void shattered, and the laws of Chaos replaced all that was old. But this also means that this short battle is over.

At this moment, endless chains of laws poured in from the outside world and were bound among all things, replacing the original rules. The [Secretness] on Ryan's black clothes took effect, and all his existence disappeared from this world; coincidentally, on the other side, the darkness that originally occupied one-third of the world had disappeared without a trace, leaving only It looked like a hole in the ground that had been dug three feet deep.

Only the giant scarlet tree with chaotic thinking still shows its sense of existence, and then it is regarded as a target by countless chains of laws, and is bound layer by layer.

He is still struggling and fighting, but the result is already foreseeable.

After staring briefly, Ryan disappeared and then appeared in the void outside the boundary.

He could see that the fragments of the nine kingdoms had all been wiped out, and the chains of order were dragging them toward the distant world.

The black mist gathered around him and turned into a familiar figure, but for some reason, Erebus's left hand was still wrapped in a cloud of mist.

"What did you find, a head?"

The barrier of the Nine Realms has been opened, and now the situation inside is clearly visible. The Lord of Darkness could easily discover that the interface Ryan had visited before looked completely complete.

Coupled with the huge human head floating aside, it is not difficult to guess that Ryan was probably lucky enough to meet an aborigine who was able to communicate, and then obtained a lot of more accurate information from him.

"Yes, a useless head, but at least it knows something."

Looking at the interface moving in the void, Ryan dealt with the Lord of Darkness casually.

A short adventure seems to have gained a lot, but there are even more unknowns, but the rest will be left to be solved in the world of Khaos.

With so many weird things, I don’t know what the heroic epics in mythology will look like in the future.

Under the guidance of the gods, we can fight against the resurrected ancient evil things, foil the plot of the evil gods from outside the territory to destroy the city-state, or destroy the secret sect hidden under the kingdom. This is something unknown.

But those are mortal matters. What really gives Ryan a headache is the huge flesh-and-blood mother tree.

"There's nothing to see here. I just hope that the world, which has never done anything good, can be useful this time."

Having said that, but looking at the giant tree that was still struggling to resist, Ryan didn't have much hope.