Fake God King
On the other hand, Kino thought for a moment and asked, "I can't restore the World Tree on my own."
"Yggdrasil, can your system block external sensors?"
[Etc...]
Yggdrasil suddenly came to life, and the leaves in its canopy glowed green, illuminating everything around it in a green light.
[It's okay now.]
"... If possible, could you change the color?"
Kino looked at the dark green palm and knew without even looking what the face looked like.
[Don't you like it? This is the color of life, then I'll change it to red.]
Kino, seeing the hand turn red, was too lazy to complain anymore.
Take out another ball and throw it behind you.
A huge figure appeared behind Kino.
"God of the Universe!"
Odin stared in shock at the figure; he recognized this cosmic god.
Explorer Onig, a being of Multiverse scale.
"I believe him now. If he can turn a cosmic god into a puppet and carry it with him, there must be an even more powerful being behind him."
This is the first time Odin Force has encountered such a powerful backer.
They did something so insulting to the gods and the universe, and they got away with it.
Kino landed on top of the Explorer; even the cosmic gods weren't all single-universe level beings.
The first batch of cosmic gods created by the First Firmament were Multiverse- level beings.
And the Explorers are one of them.
Kino then took out the Energy Orb that the God Above Gods had exploded and put it into the Explorer's body.
"The Explorer heals the World Tree, restoring its vitality."
The Explorer immediately sprang into action, unleashing powerful life energy from its hands.
If it were ordinary energy, the Infinity Gauntlet might be able to accomplish this, but the World Tree requires life energy, so this is the only way.
Life energy was sprinkled on the roots, and the World Tree quickly grew new branches and leaves.
[This feels so good, it's like I'm back when I first sprouted, Kino.]
"You're welcome. Take good care of your proxy."
I will.
Odin, also at the tree roots, absorbed some life energy, his pale hair turned golden, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out, restoring his youth once more.
"I feel like I could live for another ten thousand years."
You really got a great deal this time.
"Yes, it's a pity His Majesty the God King can't see Hela."
That's enough, Kino.
Kino stopped the Explorer, took out the Energy Orb again, and saw that there was still a little more than half left.
We lost a lot of money.
Thank you, Kino. Here, these are for you.
The World Tree, whose leaves had withered, began to fall and sprout tender green leaves, which then began to bear green fruit.
Yggdrasil manipulated his power to pluck all the ripe fruit.
There are several hundred of them.
"This is?"
Kino picked one up; it was about the size of a head, and each one contained powerful life energy.
[My fruit, each capable of extending life by a thousand years, has just been imbued with life energy, allowing me to grow once more. You may come and collect it every ten years.]
Yggdrasil said.
Kino's eyes lit up.
Looking at the fruit in my hand.
So, turning one-time life energy into sustainable energy is a huge win.
He then took out the Energy Orb that was still half full.
"Yggdrasil, do you still have any to eat? I have some left."
[No, I'll explode if you keep sucking.]
"Oh well."
Kino put away the Explorer and landed on the tree roots.
"Odin?"
"It is I, Your Majesty the God King."
"Now I believe Thor really is your son."
Kino couldn't help but say.
The rejuvenated Odin and Thor looked remarkably alike, but one's eyes were filled with wisdom, while the other's were filled with only innocent foolishness.
"Is this your child?"
Kino glanced at the Odin Force beside him and said jokingly.
"You could say that, would you like to become my fourth son?"
Odin asked.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Great God King. I am the Odin Force, the power you are about to acquire. Please begin the next ritual with me."
Odin Force bowed respectfully and spoke solemnly, completely ignoring the joke between Odin and Kino.
"Good."
Kino nodded.
Odin shrugged listlessly; having regained his youth, his mindset had also become much younger.
The three arrived at a dried-up ancient well.
"Great God King, if you wish to obtain Odin Force, you must relive Odin's experience: gouge out your eyes, throw yourself into the ancient well, drink from the Mimir's Well, hang from the World Tree for nine days and nine nights, obtain Rune Magic on the edge of death, and finally merge with me."
Odin Force didn't play the Riddler; instead, it revealed the entire ritual process.
Upon hearing this, Kino instinctively touched his eyes.
Aside from the incident with the Mandarin, he had never been injured again, and gouging out that eye was tantamount to a sacrifice, making recovery highly unlikely.
At the very least, Odin and Rune King have never been restored.
Wait, a sacrifice?
A thought suddenly flashed through my mind
"Does a sacrifice always involve gouging out one's own eyes?"
"Kino asked."
Odin Force was taken aback by this unexpected question.
He thought about it carefully and realized that there was no explicit rule that it had to be his own eyes.
"No."
He hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly.
Kino pulled a Hundred-Eyed Demon out of hell.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
The Hundred-Eyed Demon is physically strong, with countless eyes wandering all over its body.
"Put both eyes into the well, preferably with a sincere heart."
"Yes!"
The Hundred-Eyed Demon responded, composed himself, and adopted a pious expression. He then gouged out two eyes from his arm and threw them into the ancient well without hesitation.
Glug glug-
Blue spring water began to gush forth.
"..." The Odin Force.
"..." Odin.
Kino gave a portion of Hellish power to the Hundred-Eyed Demon and then sent him back to Hell.
I took a Mimir's Well.
He saw everything: the birth of the World Tree, Odin's past, and the founding of Asgard.
Then I found myself in another world, living an ordinary life from birth to death, chasing after many things but grasping nothing.
Then came the journey across the world, filled with fear and unease, encountering Venom, Pamela, Gwen, Yui... and everything that happened brought Kino unprecedented joy.
Odin and the Odin Force outside exchanged a glance.
"This is the first time I've ever seen someone laugh after drinking this."
"Otherwise, you'd end up like me, always waking up to fight those God Above God. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have been the fastest-dying God King."
Having witnessed everything that had happened, Kino slowly opened her eyes.
I felt refreshed and invigorated.
A new understanding of his own power and magic came to him.
Seeing the Mimir's Well still gushing forth, they quickly found something to put it away.
This is good stuff.
To understand one's true nature and elevate one's wisdom.
"Your God King, the next step is hanging. There's no way to substitute for that."
Odin Force stepped forward, his expression serious.
"I know."
Kino knew he had to do it himself.
He found a chain, hung it on the World Tree, and was about to hang himself from a branch in the southeast.
[Kino, what are you doing?]
"Hang yourself for nine days and nine nights to obtain Rune Magic."
[Rune Magic? I can give it to you.]
No sooner had he finished speaking than a wooden plank fell with a "thud" in front of Kino.
Kino bent down and picked it up, only to see that it was covered with Runic Script.
"No? This isn't something you can obtain through a ritual, so how did you get it?"
[This was originally mine. I saw Odin clinging to me, almost dying, so I gave it to him to get lost!]
Speaking of this, Yggdrasil was somewhat resentful. If she didn't give it to him, he would die on her body. Who would want a corpse hanging on their body?
Kino's lips twitched.
Odin also saw the writing on the wooden tablet and fell completely silent; it was even more complete than what he had seen in his death.
Is his God King a fake?
Ragnarok cannot be resolved.
The World Tree cannot be communicated with.
They offered their own eyes as a sacrifice.
He almost died before acquiring Rune Magic.