Mist.
Above the churning sea, a rainbow flashed across the sky.
A petite figure emerged from the rainbow light, her disheveled long hair whipping in the wind. She turned to look in the direction where the rainbow light had vanished, tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.
"Big sisters..." Skuld's voice choked with sobs.
As the "future" goddess among the Norns, Skuld could clearly sense that the auras of "the past" and "the present" had vanished... This meant that Urd and Verdandi had already died at Odin's hands.
Skuld rubbed her reddened eyes, glanced around, chose a direction, and shot away!
That was the direction of Great Xia.
Since her two sisters had risked their lives to let her escape Asgard, she absolutely could not turn back. She had to find Lin Qiye.
Suddenly, a crisp harp note echoed in her mind.
Clang—!
Skuld froze, coming to a halt.
She looked around in astonishment, but could not find the source of the music... Where could harp music have come from in this hazy mist?
"Skuld...?" At that moment, another voice echoed beside her ear.
Skuld recognized that voice.
"Brother Bragi?" she cried out in delighted surprise. "Where are you?"
"...Thank goodness, you weren't contaminated by them..." Bragi did not answer her question. After a brief pause, his voice sounded again. "Skuld, next, I'm going to sever your connection to Asgard's source. No matter what you hear afterward, do not turn back. Do you understand?"
Confusion appeared in Skuld's eyes. Just as she was about to say something else, another harp note rang out!
Clang—!!
A shattering sound suddenly came from deep within Skuld's body. She abruptly lowered her head and looked at her palm.
"Asgard..." she murmured.
She could clearly feel the connection between her godhood and Asgard's source suddenly snap.