I became the Great Old One

At the request of Queen Frigga, the kind God of Light Balder received the blessing of all gods.

No matter it was the flames or the floods, the iron or the earth and stone, or even the diseases and poisons, they could not harm this beautiful and gentle god, and the atmosphere at the banquet became more and more lively.

At this time.

The dry and hoarse voice of an old woman suddenly sounded in the banquet.

"Since the God of Light Balder has been blessed by the gods, no one or anything in the nine realms of the world tree can harm the God of Light in the slightest, so let's play a game to verify whether this blessing is true."

The noisy voices at the banquet subsided, and the atmosphere became a little quiet.

Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from. In the hall, an old woman in a gray cloak stood alone.

She was extremely old, with a hunched waist, drooping skin on her face, sunken eyes and a huge hooked nose. This old woman dressed as a wizard is called Gulveig.

She is a member of the Vanir.

However, Gullveig was aloof and eccentric, so she was not liked by others.

Queen Frigga seemed a little hesitant. She didn't want to damage the joyful atmosphere of the gods at the banquet, and the gods had already blessed Balder.

Nothing in the mortal world could harm the beautiful Balder.

After thinking of this.

Frigga's nervous mood slowly eased.

She paused slightly, a warm smile appeared on her face, and nodded to the witch Gullveig and said: "I promise you, this is a good suggestion. No god will lie in front of the king of gods Odin."

After hearing this.

Gullveig laughed unpleasantly and quietly disappeared in the banquet.

The remaining gods did not think much about it. They cheered, and the originally deserted atmosphere of the banquet returned to its climax again.

Next, the gods will play a game to celebrate Balder and also to verify whether those blessings are effective. They let the glorious Balder stand in the center of the House of Peace, and summoned any objects from the mortal world and threw them at Balder one by one.

Just as the oath described.

Whether it was a battle axe swung vigorously or a stone wrapped in great power.

Whether it was a burning wood or a surging tide, it could not cause any harm to the respected Balder.

Not only did the gods participate in this game, some friendly elves and giants also came to the House of Peace in groups and threw the gifts they brought at Balder.

Seeing that those objects could not cause any harm to Balder anyway.

The gods at the feast were full of joy.

However, what the gods did not notice was that the witch Gullveig had sneaked out of the House of Peace while the gods were having fun.

Su Heng noticed Gullveig's strange behavior.

He frowned slightly, and his expression looked a little serious. Gulveig exudes a faint aura, which reminds Su Heng of one of the Pillar Gods.

However...

The distance between the two is too far.

And the one who appeared in Asgard was not Su Heng's real body, but just an external incarnation.

Both the strength and perception were reduced to a very limited extent, and Su Heng could not be sure whether this strange goddess was involved with the mysterious Pillar God.

However, even in the worst case.

One of the three Pillar Gods has set his sights on the World Tree and has placed a chess piece, which has little impact on Su Heng.

Su Heng has made up his mind not to get involved in the mess in the Golden World Tree. After his children are born and become adults in the Nine Realms, Su Heng will find a way to take them away from here and return to the Norland world.

Thinking of this.

Su Heng's brows gradually loosened, and his mood relaxed.

He picked up the red wine glass in his hand and threw it towards Balder in the center of the hall.

When the silver wine glass was still more than one meter away from Balder, it seemed to hit a translucent light curtain and was bounced away by a gentle force. It fell to the ground with a clang, and was instantly submerged by other messy stones and wood blocks and disappeared without a trace.

"It really works?"

Su Heng was also very surprised after seeing this scene with his own eyes.

He felt that the rules in the Golden World Tree domain seemed a bit too rigid.

Especially after close contact with the will and body of the Golden World Tree, the Golden World Tree gave Su Heng the feeling that it was more like a dead object rather than a specific will.

Su Heng was not sure why the World Tree became like this.

Was it that in the long years, its consciousness was slowly erased and turned into pure heavenly way. Or was it severely damaged by unknown existence in the past millions of years?

In the happy time of the gods.

The witch Gulveig, who quietly slipped away from the House of Peace, quickened her pace and came to the east of Asgard, next to Valhalla, the Hall of Valor.

Here a great oak tree grew at the edge of the lake. On one of its branches grew a little clump of mistletoe, from which Gulveig broke off a small branch.

The witch took the branch in her hand and walked toward the place where the Aesir and the Vanir were celebrating Balder.

When the witch Gulveig returned to the House of Peace, the game was still going on. The gods were all laughing because the giants and dwarves were participating in the game.

The giants always threw things too far, and the dwarves couldn't throw them at Balder.

The goddesses of the Aesir and the Vanir threw things everywhere. In the midst of the lively and jubilant crowd, it would be strange if someone stood there looking depressed.

But there was indeed someone standing there.

That was Hodr, a member of the Aesir and also the twin brother of Balder, the god of light.

Unlike the brilliant younger brother, Hodr, the elder brother, had an old face, a hunchback, and one foot was born with a disability. He was blind, slow, always depressed, and no god liked him.

"Why don't you participate in this game?"

Gulveig came to poor Hodr with a smirk on his face and asked in a weird tone.

"I don't have anything to throw at my brother." Hodr spread his hands, his tone seemed a little helpless and sad.

"Take it and throw it at your brother." The witch Gullveig said, "This is a small twig of mistletoe."

"Thank you very much."

Poor Hodel thanked the witch with gratitude, but he still pointed to his eyes and continued, "But I'm sorry, I can't see and don't know how to throw it."

"Then I'll teach you step by step."

The witch Gullveig said with a giggle.

She stuffed the twig of mistletoe into Hodel's hand, held Hodel's hand and taught him how to throw it.

The small twig flew towards Balder, and a vicious force covered the fragile twig, easily throwing Balder's chest and piercing his heart.

Accompanied by a heavy groan, Balder's tall body fell down.

Blood gushed out from the broken chest of the God of Light, and gathered into a small pool of blood on the white floor.

Balder's face lost color and became pale.

His mouth opened uncontrollably, and his soul floated out of his mouth.

The joyous feast became dead silent in an instant, and even a silver needle falling on the ground could be heard by everyone. The gods of Asa and Vanir stood there blankly, they were terrified and confused.

Queen Frigga opened her eyes in disbelief.

She covered her mouth, her full chest rose and fell violently, and her gem-like eyes were full of pain and depression.

The smile on Odin's face gradually solidified, and he suddenly stood up from his throne. The Eternal Spear made of the branches of the World Tree appeared in Odin's hand, and a terrible breath emanated from the body of the old god king.

In the hall.

Hodel also stood quietly, and the blind man was still curious about why the joyous feast suddenly became quiet.

At this time, Hodel didn't even know that his brother had died just now, and he was the murderer in the eyes of the gods.

"You killed your brother! I saw it clearly!"

Thor stood up from his seat angrily, his eyes were bloodshot, he stepped on thunder, and strode towards Hoder. All the gods were trembling with fear at the violent Thor. Hoder realized that he had killed his brother and made a huge mistake.

"It's not me..." Hoder wailed, and the huge fear and sadness almost crushed him completely.

"You dare to quibble!"

Thor didn't give Hoder a chance to argue at all.

He swung the hammer in his hand, and thick thunders resounded over Asgard.

Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor, smashed towards Hoder with destructive force. There is no doubt that if this hammer really fell, Hoder would turn into a piece of rotten flesh on the spot.

Bang!

But just when Thor's hammer was about to hit Hoder's head.

A spear collided with Thor's hammer, and Thor's hammer was knocked away and fell heavily in the corner of the hall.

The rumbling sound continued, the House of Peace shook violently, and the magnificent palace began to collapse on a large scale. Stones fell from the ceiling with dust.

The cold starlight shone on the gods, and only some dilapidated columns remained in the ruins.

"Father! Are you going to protect this villain who killed his brother?"

The furious Thor was not afraid even when facing the God King Odin. His hair and beard were all up, and he shouted at the figure on the throne. The thunder rolling in the dark clouds and Thor's roar mixed together, echoing in the vast Asgard domain.

All the birds and beasts returned to the forest and lay on the ground, paralyzed by Thor's terrible power like a natural disaster.

Facing the heir who challenged his majesty.

God King Odin was not angry, his right eye was blind. But the remaining left eye was still filled with the light of wisdom, although Odin's lips were twitching constantly.

Balder was his favorite heir.

Among all the gods, Odin was the saddest.

But he was keenly aware that there was a huge conspiracy hidden in this matter. He had to stay calm and stop it in time before things got to the worst.

"It was not Hodr who killed Balder. He was also a poor child who was bewitched and used by others with evil witchcraft."

Odin persuaded Thor in the calmest tone possible.

Seeing Thor still looking indignant, Odin had to continue speaking: "Thor, I know you are sad and angry about the death of your brother. But why can't you think about it, when we have already lost Balder, do we have to lose another god?"

"I am ashamed to be with him!"

Thor pointed at the lame and blind Hodr with Thor's hammer, his tone full of sarcasm and ruthlessness.

However, under Odin's persuasion. The manic Thor still chose to give up punishing the murderer immediately. He took back Thor's hammer and returned to his seat.

As Thor calmed down.

The thunder that resounded in the sky slowly dissipated, the dark clouds dispersed, and the cold moonlight fell on Balder's body like frost.

"Gulveg, is Balder's death related to you?"

Odin stared at the witch with black teeth with his one eye. He tried his best to suppress his anger and grief, and scolded: "Did you use vicious witchcraft to deceive Hodr and kill Balder, the god of light, through his hands?"

The witch Gulveg walked out of the crowd.

The gods scattered from her side, staying far away and keeping their distance.

Gulveg stood alone in the hall, facing the anger and questioning of the God King.

However, there was no fear on Gulveg's face. Instead, a giggle came from her mouth full of black teeth, which made all the gods present feel numb and a lingering feeling of nausea permeated their bodies.

Gulveg opened her arms and stared at the God King Odin.

"Blood debts must be paid with blood. You must pay the price of your life for your malice." Odin held the Spear of Eternity and sentenced Gulveig.

However, the witch Gulveig was not a member of the Aesir. She was a member of the Vanir. If Odin wanted to judge Gulveig, he had to seek the opinion of Frey, the king of the Vanir.

Frey was a tall and radiant god.

He was the god of fertility, in charge of harvest, sowing, animal husbandry, reproduction and other priesthoods. He also had the Sword of Victory, which could fly by itself and take away the enemy's head.

It was a divine weapon that was not weaker than the eternal and powerful Gungnir.

Hearing Odin's words, Frey's face became a little ugly.

In any case, even if Gulveig really made a mistake, Frey should be allowed to judge. And Gulveig did not admit the crime just now.

But in the end, Frey nodded and agreed to Odin's request.

The strength of the Vanir Protoss was gradually weakening, and they could no longer fight against the powerful Aesir Protoss. Moreover, the God King Frey also disliked this mysterious and eccentric witch.

After getting Frey's permission.

Odin waved the Eternal Spear in his hand and threw it at the witch.

The spear passed through Gullveig's body, but she still stood there and smiled at the gods.

Odin threw the spear in his hand again, and the spear pierced the witch's body again, but the witch still stood there, although her face was ashen, but there was still a creepy smile on her face.

Odin had to throw the spear in his hand for the third time.

This time, the witch finally screamed, and the gods were terrified, and Gullveig fell to the ground and died.

Gullveig fell to the ground, but her body kept squirming, and her shriveled abdomen began to swell little by little, and finally expanded to the size of a nine-month pregnancy.

There seemed to be deformed flesh and blood rolling inside, and the outline of the monster could be easily seen through the belly.

The gods looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

Finally, it was the brave god of war Tyr who walked up with a long sword in hand.

He used the sharp sword to cut open Gulveig's belly, and inside appeared a monster that looked like a human baby but had a black goat head and was covered with hair.

The creepy cry of the monster echoed in the hall.

The moonlight at this time was cold, but the gods all felt that there was a terrible haze shrouding them.

Su Heng looked up at the sky with a telepathic feeling, but saw that the moon had turned into a black and red swollen tumor at some point.

The tumor that rolled like a black cloud was covered with black rotten hair, a big mouth dripping with mucus, and many rooms with foul-smelling pus. Hundreds of twisted goat hooves appeared under the moon, looking like the branches and roots of a deformed ancient tree.

"The black goat of the forest that gave birth to all things - Gauze Nicholas."

Su Heng felt his body itchy, and at the same time a strong desire for reproduction appeared in his consciousness. In his perception, the swollen piece of meat in the sky gradually turned into the body of a peerless beauty, making him unable to look away.

Su Heng's old face flushed. Similar feelings had not appeared in his consciousness for millions of years, but this time he almost fell into the trap of the mother goddess.

He hurriedly moved his eyes away from the moon.

He touched his body in a panic and found that he did not touch any messy reproductive organs. Su Heng was relieved.

Even if he had experience fighting against the pillar gods.

When facing these weird and inexplicable monsters, he still had to be alert.

Even if his own body was not careful, he would be affected by the curse of the pillar god, not to mention that the one who appeared at the banquet was just a weak and tiny incarnation.