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Episode 41/Chapter 3: The highest branch (3)
TL: Tsubak
ED: Juls a du?&8221;
Her bewildered voice ca
The body presented an overwhelh it was only lying down
Adenmaha had faced quite a lot of hardships as a Goddess of the Tuatha De Danann, but it was her first ti felt happy as Adenhed stupidly and then spread her arer&8221;
Because Nidhogg’s real body stretched 2 kiloer than the dragon before the spread her are it was, but she didn’t stop there and also stood on her toes Of course, there was no way she’d be able to accurately transmit the size, but Adener than that? And by a lot?&8221;
"Yes, yes Much, ht of other eness, but she couldn’t think of anything
And that was the sa with her dumbfounded face and let out sounds of ad Really incredible&8221;
She had just accepted the fact that Tae Ho had defeated an ar, but now she could understand it certainly
With a body that big, it would be able to create catastrophe and turht of when she had to roll in the Winter Tree Forest of Kataron
The day she had to roll to take care of thealso roll on the battlefield?
‘Hey, no way’
She shook her head reflexively at therolling over a battlefield She convinced herself that not even Tae Ho wouldlike that
"Anyways, you really are a scratched her head as Adenhed like a fool and then slightly pulled on Adenmaha’s clothes
"Adenmaha&8221;
"Yes?&8221;
"Can’t you do it a bitAdenmaha tilted her head because she couldn’t understand what she was saying, but she soon understood
What Nidhogg wanted
The words Ratatoskr didn’t tell her
Adenhtly She spread her ar is a and beautiful!&8221;
Ratatoskr had only told her that she was big and a fool
It had only told her that she was uselessly big
Nidhogg also thought like that She could only do so
But that wasn’t the case now
Aden her that she was big and a fool, she had praised that her body was big and beautiful
"Ehehehe&8221;
Laughter kept co
And what cahter Her eyes started to redden, and tears fell down unconsciously as well
Aden She s’s tears and then expressed her ad? Really, really a&8221;
She spoke gently as if co couldn’t endure it anymore and embraced Adenmaha
"I like Aden&8221; (ED Note: Narcissish Nidhogg was 10cot hugged this ti bit her lips and then burst into tears
She was crying so sorrowfully that she began soaking Adened herthat from a distant place, said as his eyes became red,
‘How nice and warm It’s so nice and war was one case, but Cuchulainn had grown a a prim air in front of Tae Ho, but for her to be a wo with motherly love…
‘A Goddess is still a Goddess in the end’
Cuchulainn sain It was because he remembered Adenmaha’s past when she had chosen to become the slave of Bress the Tyrant by her own decision to save the citizens of Erin
Hela, who didn’t know g with surprise written over her face
"I could have never ion was like this&8221;
It was even ht valiantly in the battlefield
Odin sht, that was also the case for uessed that it would be an evil and wicked existence&8221;
He hadn’t been able to realize it even though he had heard Nidhogg’s cry filled with sorrow
Odin took a deep breath and turned to look at Hela
"Are the preparations going well?&8221;
"We have finished everything I will lead the Naglfar whenever you give the order and head to Asgard&8221;
There were already dozens of Naglfars prepared, ships made with the claws and nails of the dead
"That’s a relief to hear&8221;
The individual strength of the dead was certainly weak They were beings that couldn’t even fight properly against the giants, but the story changed when their nuh it would still be iiants, it wasn’t i to the highest branch right now?&8221;
"I’ to do so There’s no reason to delay any further&8221;
They had to rather hurry He had gathered a bit of inforard, but he still didn’t have any detailed inforard
Odin answered immediately Hela’s question and then turned to look at Tae Ho as standing next to Merlin
"Idun’s warrior&8221;
"Yes, Odin?&8221;
"Hraesvelg is the protector and the king of the highest branch He will probably show hi was especially in the group He’d nevereven once since he’d been born, but he should know of her characteristics, like her four pair of wings and four horns, through Ratatoskr
It was obvious he would coon had appeared
"I will proceed with the negotiations just like I said before, but the thing after that is entirely up to you&8221;
Everything pertaining to defeating Hraesvelg rested on Tae Ho’s shoulders It wasn’t that Odin had irresponsibly handed the task to him Odin really trusted Tae Ho that much
"Leave it to me,&8221;
Tae Ho hit his chest and answered Odin remembered the time Tae Ho had appeared to save hiht of Idun, who’d tried hard to hide Tae Ho froive you a blessing&8221;
‘Oh nice You like blessings Get a lot of them Two at least’
Cuchulainn butted in as if this was the right moment
Tae Ho smiled bitterly inwardly and approached Odin and then blessed hiard and the Nine Realard and the Nine Realms&8221;
They didn’t have tiroup then headed toward the highest branch with Ratatoskr as their guide
—
The World Tree, Yggdrasil, could be said to be a kind of system that was a composition of the world itself
Because of that, the World Tree wasn’t only what one could see The World Tree passing through Niflheiard wasknew this fact instinctively He couldn’t explain it in detail, but he could feel it
‘There isn’t only one path that leads to the highest branch’
There were several other paths that led to the highest branch aside fro the materialized tree
And the path Ratatoskr used was certainly a path they couldn’t see
Because of that, Hraesvelg left watchhest branch It was to drive away anyone approaching the highest branch quickly, be it a God or a giant
Hraesvelg, who had the appearance of a sturdy, oldcenter and slowly took a stance
He would swing his spear and cut the air horizontally and then vertically, take a turn, and produce a strong slash
Hraesvelg moved slowly He used several seconds in only one stance
It was a training method human martial artists used when they wanted to increase the preciseness of afor Hraesvelg
He was a kind of a God, just like the ancient dragon Nidhogg
Because of that, although he now had the appearance of an old le that had huge wings that could cover the sky
That was Hraesvelg’s real appearance It was a body that couldn’t use the spear and didn’t even need to use it
But Hraesvelg still trained in his spearreat hero that re pulled back his spear and let out a long sigh He should have moved on to the nextsparroere flying towards hi-nim!&8221;
"It appeared! Appeared!&8221;
"An infiltrator! Infiltrator!&8221;
The sparrows flew around Hraesvelg’s head and chirped noisily
Hraesvelg extended his spear to make a spot for the sparrows to perch upon and then he siants?&8221;
"Not a giant nor a God! It’s a dragon!&8221;
"A black dragon! A black dragon!&8221;
"A black dragon?&8221;
Hraesvelg opened his eyes abruptly and asked back in an absurd tone The sparrows held their breaths at the strong aura that was suddenly released
"Ah, I’ received a sparrow that’d fallen down as it’d been paralyzed and then calmed down his aura
The sparroere able to barely breathe once again and fluttered their wings
"It’s really big!&8221;
"It has poison in its body! And has four pair of wings! It also has four horns!&8221;
Hraesvelg gulped dry saliva He barely suppressed the aura that was about to cos and four horns
A black dragon
There was only one thing that appeared in his head And right then, a black and huge bird ca-ni’s aide, Vedrfolnir
She usually transfor black hair first to express etiquette, but she didn’t have the leisure to do so this ti in the shape of a bird
"It-It has appeared!&8221;
If the usually calotten this excited, there was only one possible scenario
"The black dragon, Nidhogg&8221;
The ancient dragon
Hraesvelg’s own old ene becah by its own accord He felt that the beats of his heart had started to shake, and he clenched a fist in anticipation
He rereat hero he could still remember clearly when he closed his eyes
The exciteed up naturally, and an equally natural smile was slowly drawn upon his face
A final and decisive battle
A duel that put the fate of the world in the line
The day he had waited for a thousand years!
He could die in this battle His opponent was the ancient dragon that resented the world Perhaps, this rets nor fear
If he could pour all he was capable of
"Let’s go Lead the way, Vedrfolnir&8221;
His voice was strangely calm compared to his hot chest His eyes were also calm
The sparrows’ hearts wereVedrfolnir was about to burst in tears, but she held them back It was the moment her master had waited his entire life for She couldn’t scatter her feelings withof the highest branch&8221;
Hraesvelg looked at the sky and took a deep breath He calmed down his hot ambition that burned like the sun and juhest branch (3) > End
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Episode 41/Chapter 4: The highest branch (4)
TL: Tsubak
ED:
The highest branch wasn’t a branch like its name implied
It was a sard and Asgard
Hraesvelg flew in the sky in a majestuous manner Vedrfolnir flew a bit ahead than hi on her back chirped and yelled
"The king is going!&8221;
"The king is going to fight against the black dragon!&8221;
The birds that had a good hearing heard them The birds that were uneasy because of the sudden appearance of the black dragon got happy and flew up They then followed the track of their king
Hraesvelg didn’t stop his citizens It was because it would be better to have reat duel that would take place in ahis citizens in danger in vain as he was a king He was planning to not let theet swept in the battle against Nidhogg
"My king! My king!&8221;
"Our king!&8221;
"King of birds!&8221;
"The protector of the highest branch!&8221;
The birds started to gather one by one and yelled together Hraesvelg was a king that was loved by everyone as he protected the highest branch for a thousand years since he clion Nidhogg thanks to the squirrel beast Ratatoskr
The manifestation of all the evil in the world
But they weren’t afraid as the white eagle king ith theon!
Hraesvelg first headed to the core of the highest branch instead of going to the outer regions where the black dragon had appeared at It wasn’t to make more citizens follow him It was because his real body was asleep in that place
"Wake upstood in the air and hest branch started to shake The birds that were gathered were afraid but happy at the sahtly and concentrated
A huge flutter of a wing shook the world
The tings that got spread while breaking the silence hit the air once again and Hraesvelg’s original body appeared
The eyes of the sparrows that were riding on Vedrfolnir widened and that was the same for the ones that had already seen the real appearance of the king and for the ones that were looking at it for the first tis, you could ie existence that could create inds with a stroke of its wind
Hraesvelg’s original body was a kind of a le that had no stains
Hraesvelg looked at his own body with a satisfied expression and then took a step He stepped on the air and then inal body
Vedrfolnir transfor and the sparrows sat in her shoulder and praised his greatness
Hraesvelg fluttered his wings once again The ground shook once le crossed an incredible distance in a !&8221;
"The king is going to fight against the black dragon!&8221;
The citizens of the highest branch yelled with all their strength They were also really excited right now
This was also Ratatoskr’sthe black dragon and fluttered their wings evenfinally reached the outside peri his people He opened his eyes sharply and looked at the black dragon
A black dragon that had four pair of wings and four horns, just like the sparrows had said, was standing still It looked just like a black and huge le was an ani at their size, it didn’t see and Nidhogg
But perhaps, it was an obvious thing Because Nidhogg was the fated ene The story would fit if they were of a si around it didn’tmade his citizens stop and flew ahead alone
About 200distance that people wouldn’t be able to speak to each other but it was plentily close for huge existences like Nidhogg and Hraesvelg
Based on Ratatoskr’s words, the noron to launch a surprise attack first but it rather waited cal could find out the reason for it
‘It was also waiting for the destined duel’
A sht, it was a battle against its old enemy connected by fate No matter how much of an evil creature it was, it would at least want to duel properly
Hraesvelg stood on the head of his original body and looked at Nidhogg’s head It was a distance that made people see at all He could see the scene of 200 ht in front of hi on the head of Nidhogg
A tall stature and trained body Clear features and a strong resolution in his face
‘Is that Nidhogg’s essence?’
And it was at that ’s essence opened his mouth and shouted in a loud voice It seemed like he had used soardless of the distance
"King of birds Hraesvelg! I’ion!&8221;
"Idun’s coht!&8221;
Hraesvelg’s eyebroitched It wasn’t only because his guess that the
Displease, that looked at honor with ier but it seemed that a traitor has appeared! For a warrior of Valhalla to join hands with Nidhogg!&8221;
Hraesvelg had no relationship with Valhalla but it didn’t matter How could a warrior of a God join hands with the evil dragon?
Treason was especially one of the things Hraesvelg disliked a lot
As he looked at the warrior with eyes filled with conteh as if he didn’t care at all
"That’s not the case! I’ard and the nine real of Gods Odin will prove this!&8221;
"It’s true Idun’s warrior is an outstanding warrior even in Valhalla&8221;
Odin, that was seated a bit farther fro couldn’t see Odin as he was concentrated on the ’s essence and asked in a surprised voice
"Odin? You were alive?&8221;
"I could survive thanks to Idun’s warrior&8221;
Odin smiled bitterly and said His voice and looks didn’t seeot perplexed He didn’t know about Idun’s warrior but it was hard to i
But this was reality occurring in front of the yelled bluntly
"It’s fine whatever it is I don’t care if it’s the king of Gods Odin or a warrior of Valhalla The i ca didn’t miss thehad infiltrated the highest branch was important
Tae Ho nodded He yelled in a pleasant voice as it was flowing as he wanted to
"You are right Hraesvelg The ireet her&8221;
Tae Ho stood to a side and then, one of the rocks in Nidhogg’s head split up and two people showed up
‘Women?’
They were both wo black hair and the other one was a white haired woman that was dressed with the unifor’s essence at a glance
The white haired Valkyrie- Adenmaha, stopped at the entrance and the black haired wo walked ahead
But it was at that , that took a step with a stiff expression, was about to fall down Adenot surprised
"Are you fine?&8221;
"Ye,yes I’m fine I didn’t fall down&8221;
For her to al cleared her throat several ti and then stood next to Tae Ho with still stiffand waved her hand shyly
"Ah, hello? I’ I wanted to s fros, it’s fine as it’s all aUh, um……ah…hi anyways!&8221;
She hesitated for a moment and then increased her voice at the last part
She even s wanted didn’t return Odin turned his head and held his laughter and Tae Ho gritted his teeth tobecaed her shoulders, a reply ca
It was Vedrfolnir
"Bastards! You dare to insult the king of the highest branch! You dare bring a fake to this place!&8221;
There was nothing irl like that and say that she was Nidhogg’s essence!
Vedrfolnir glared at Tae Ho’s group with eyes filled with displease co
"She’s real?&8221;
"What?&8221;
"She is really Nidhogg&8221;
Vedrfolnir blinked as she didn’t understand what Hraesvelg was saying but he didn’t say anything else Actually, Hraesvelg also wanted to yell like Vedrfolnir to bring the real deal
But he could know
Because he was connected to her by fate
The one in front of hi
That’s why Hraesvelg decided to think in another perspective He spoke with the voice heI heard that you were an evil existence but you have crossed the line Your actions right now…aren’t rightyour destined ene that the dragon was an evil existence but wasn’t it toolike that?
But reality always surpassed your i didn’t act I’ was good&8221;
Nidhogg spoke back while being aware of her surroundings Aden her to cheer up but that wasn’t the case for the others Odin couldn’t endure his laughter and turned around and Tae Ho pinched his thigh
"Th, that damned…&8221;
Vedrfolnir treot despised any! I know too well that you have tried tothe roots! How do you dare act as an innocent kid!&8221;
"Ah, I didn’t I don’t eat the roots It’s bitter and not tasty The food Heda or Adenmahareally disliked eating the roots of the world tree
Vedrfolnir staggered Strength was taken away fro’s words were heard sincerely
"Yo, you bitch! I re-nim!&8221;
"Ah, uh…I’m sorry! Ratatoskr forced me to do it I’m sorry It said that it would leave if I didn’t…&8221;
Nidhogg started to sob as she was really sorry Her crying look looked really sad and poor
"Hey, why are you !&8221;
Adeny state, put an even dumber face
"Wh, what?&8221;
Make a kid cry?
She wanted to deny it but she couldn’t Looking at theirl that &8221;
Vedrfolnir couldn’t take in the sudden situation and said with a tre also felt the saer shock than Vedrfolnir
"H, how……&8221;
How is it that she isn’t her old fated enemy?
Wasn’t this the duel he had waited for a thousand years?
Hraesvelg felt dizzy They hadn’t even started to exchange blows but the strength completely left his body It felt like the sky turned yellow
The sparrows that were sitting in the shoulder of Vedrfolnir got excited at the perplexity of their king They, that were si They crossed a distance of 200 ers and started to attack Nidhogg
"Bad girl!&8221;
"Bad girl!&8221;
But they were still sparrows The only thing sparrows the size of a fist could do was to fly around Nidhogg’s head and peak it
Originally, he had to stop the sparrows They eak creatures that could die by one attack of an enraged enemy
But there was no need to do so and that factfeel more tired
"Kyak! Don’t! Don’t do it! It hurts! I don’t like things that hurt!&8221;
Nidhogg couldn’t even think about hitting the sparrows and just covered her head
Adenmaha and Tae Ho chased away the sparrows in her stead
"A, an act…&8221;
Vedrfolnir couldn’t finish speaking Hraesvelg closed his eyes tightly
He didn’t want to see anymore Didn’t want to hear anymore
The fated eneainst the devil that threatened the world
It wasn’t so ti showed tears in a really long while They were tears of remorse that flowed down fro…&8221;
Vedrfolnir also started to cry She felt like her heart got torn when she looked at her king being sad She felt so absent minded that she couldn’t even think about Ratatoskr
But it was at that lared at Hraesvelg that turned to look at hiard That’s why I have a proposal to , that didn’t even want to think anything by now, didn’t show any reaction
Tae Ho yelled once again
"I request a duel with you as the coard As I a’s master, she will also participate in the duel&8221;
"Yes, yes I can fight well if it’s with Tae Hosaid At that ons’ and at that tied
The black dragon Nidhogg
A strong aura that suited an ancient dragon
It was the sa got a hold of himself at the sharp aura and vitality also entered Vedrfolnir’s eyes
"My king&8221;
Vedrfolnir spoke with a wet voice It was only a bit but there was joydistance to what they had iood opponent
Hraesvelg nodded He clenched his fist and yelled
"Good, good! Let’s have a duel!&8221;
Hraesvelg calmed down hi aura surged up like fire just like what happened with Nidhogg
The king of the highest branch indeed
He wasn’t an easy opponent at all He was a really strong foe
But Cuchulainn shook his head and put an evil smile
‘He didn’t put a condition for when he won’
After Tae Ho listened to the situation about Ratatoskr, he requested Odin to entrust the negotiations to him
The reason was si hiht Hraesvelg, whosethe bait Tae Ho had thrown
But Tae Ho’s fishing hadn’t ended yet There was the ! I have oneto tell you before the duel I am a summoner at the saht with my summons?&8221;
"Do as you wish! It doesn’t matter how many opponents there are!&8221;
All the conditions had been set Odin stood up and yelled
"I, king of Gods Odin, will be a witness for this duel&8221;
"I, Vedrfolnir, will also beco&8221;
Vedrfolnir spoke confidently and then took the sparrows and flew up high
It was to not interfere with the duel
Hraesvelg’s original body flew to the sky Hraesvelg, that was still standing on the head of his original body, looked down at Nidhogg and claihest branch
"Cohest branch!&8221;
"Uooooo!&8221;
"My king!&8221;
"Our king!&8221;
The citizens, that didn’t know of the conversation they had with Nidhogg, cheered Tae Ho faced at that Hraesvelg with a satisfied face and then turned to look at Nidhogg and Aden’s head, just like Vedrfolnir did, and then went to Merlin that aiting in a distant place
Tae Ho went to the heart roo
Aden
‘It will be a short warfare You won’t be able to endure long even if it’s you we are talking about’
He wasn’t talking about the battle against Hraesvelg It was about what Tae Ho was to do now
Tae Ho nodded and sat at the chair in the heart rooolden apple he received froo The divine power of Idun, that was filling the apple, covered Tae Ho’s body
[Saga: Idun’s warrior]
The aain He e him naturally, and then placed his hands on the keyboard and the a: Owner of frost]
Rolo and Adenstar and Javier They were sons
Three dragons
Hraesvelg twitched and Vedrfolnir gulped dry saliva
But this wasn’t the end Tae Ho still had one a: The warrior that had a Valkyrie hest branch screaon that was identical to Nidhogg
And oneto this
The fake Adenmaha that appeared with the ‘Warrior that had a Valkyrie a: Owner of frost]
The fake Adenmaha turned into a fake Javier It then let out a loud roar
Five dragons
It was just like Cuchulainn had warned An overwhel it He probably won’t be able to
In addition, it was doubtful if the fake Nidhogg and Adenmaha would be able to move properly If he couldn’t control them properly, it would only be a waste of divine power
‘There’s no way you would do so that stupid’
Cuchulainn smirked and said Tae Ho finished the last preparations instead of nodding
[Saga: Legendary pro gaed The first person point of view, that was Nidhogg’s point of view, changed into a third person like RTS gaive simple orders to Aden as when you controlled several units frouy You really are a bastard Really’
Tae Ho nodded He thanked Cuchulainn’s coo&8221;
[Saga: The one that controls dragons]
Nidhogg flinched and let out an exclamation It was the same for Rolo and Adenh the ‘one that controls dragons’ and ‘the legendary gaons flew up towards Hraesvelg
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Episode 41/Chapter 5: The highest branch (5)
TL: Tsubak
ED:
The reason Tae Ho unleashed all the strength he possessed was si&8221;
Those were Odin’s words And thanks to Ratatoskr’s testi’s strength
It was too different with Nidhogg
The ancient dragon was one of the strongest existences that could bring destruction to the world but it didn’t kno to fight at all In addition, Nidhogg was submissive and naive so her battle power declined even lad if she kne to use a tenth of her strength
But that wasn’t the sauarded the highest branch for a thousand years He had plenty of real battle experience and wasn’t the type to dodge battles like Nidhogg
The one connected by fate to the black dragon Nidhogg
The king of birds Hraesvelg
He was strong He wasn’t saying that he was Nidhogg’s destined eneth from the start to defeat hi is to defeat sonar’s teaching and the experience fro
If Hraesvelg got strong when he transformed, then defeat him before he can transforic, defeat the until the opponent unleashed all of their strength or helping theonists froht’
Cuchulainn said like a joke but his eyes were sharp and cold
Tae Ho didn’t let hiet swept by his spirit He ons fleards the sky
Just looking at the numbers, it was 5 vs 1 but reality wasn’t that simple
First, the difference in size was different
Hraesvelg was also a really huge creature, although not as big as the 2ks when spread seeles were ani meant that their bodies also reached tens ofat the size, the only one that could face Hraesvelg on equal ground was Nidhogg
Rolo and Adenmaha also reached tens of star and Javier but they were still , then your body became a few more times that Rolo and Aden’s eyes
And actually, Nidhogg was only co at their bodies She wasn’t as big as his into account
‘The eous it is for you You have to crush hi through Nidhogg’s eyes and then looked at the 3rd person screen that showed in the screen He quickly s He fluttered once and the ground shook Thewind becaons
It was an overwhelest, at the front and pierced through the wall of wind Adenmaha and the fake Adenmaha stuck close to her and elevated and Rolo placed the fake Nidhogg in front of it and headed to Hraesvelg’s rear