Asgard

At the very top of the World Tree.

The highest point of its vast canopy, large enough to blanket countless worlds.

Here lay a great realm known as Asgard.

The Extraordinary Race that governed the destinations of countless mortal races after death—the Goddesses of War.

The Hall of Valor—the paradise after death dreamt of by all mortal races—filled with endless delicacies and countless outstanding heroic spirits.

All of it gathered here.

And as a dreamland that innumerable people would give everything to reach.

This was naturally no simple place that could be entered and exited at will.

Outside the realm, there were not only natural defensive barriers, but also vast numbers of artificially crafted rune barriers, layered one upon another and repeatedly reinforced.

Even powerful gods could only enter and leave with permission!

The only beings truly able to come and go freely were certain Goddesses of War holding important posts.

And the Life Shepherd—Emiryna—was one of them!

After using a special method of teleportation to cross the immense distance between the Endless Storm and Asgard.

She had only just arrived near the enormous golden gate outside the realm.

When the Goddesses of War stationed around the gate all turned their gazes toward her.

Because they bore the crucial task of defending the entire realm.

Not one of the Goddesses of War posted here was weak. Every one of them was an elite carefully selected from the entire Goddess of War race!

Among them, the strongest.

Were even slightly stronger than Emiryna before her advancement, already infinitely close to the Great Demon level and liable to advance at any moment!

Once they saw the newcomer's identity clearly and confirmed that she was neither an impersonator nor an enemy, the Goddesses of War, who had been somewhat wary, immediately lowered their