Stupid Odin

Some things only feel precious after they are lost.

After many of the older Aesir gods emerged from their frozen state, they felt like they didn't have many days left to live. Who would have thought that the Aesir King, Thanes, would manage to subdue the Vanir and snatch the goddess Idun, who possessed such treasures?

Initially, they were very grateful to Thanes.

But gratitude is a fleeting thing.

Once they grew accustomed to the extravagant lifestyle of having a golden apple every month, and after regaining their youth, they gradually forgot who had brought them these things.

White-eyed wolves aren't just found in the human realm; there are plenty in the realm of the gods too.

Regardless of whether they were willing to admit it, their king was truly capable of holding his own and dealing with trouble.

Realizing who was actually bringing them the apples, their feelings towards Odin, who was trying to win them over through Idun's husband, the god of poetry, Bragi, became much more indifferent.

Thanes is the one who oversees the apples, so what does it have to do with you, Odin?

Some of the Aesir gods even ran to Thanes to snitch.

Thanes outwardly scoffed, but inwardly he was already wary of his foolish brother.

Thanes firmly remembered the rule that 'Odin never disappoints when it comes to being foolish at crucial moments'.

Thanes' current focus was still on suppressing the spread of the power of Chaos.

Over the years, his suppression of Loki's three children seemed to have effectively reversed the trend of the Jötunheimr world erupting with Chaos. Especially after killing the Kraken, the most obvious change occurred in the Nine Realms Swords!

"This is truly unexpected…" Thanes took out the Vanaheim Sword and carefully examined it.

If anyone dared to draw a portrait of the God King's divine sword, they would immediately notice that the sword had undergone an astonishing change.

The initial versions of the nine swords were actually not very different in appearance: all had hilts made of World Tree branches, blades forged with the best metals from the nine realms, and similar versions of the handguards and sword collars. The biggest difference between them was the different power attached to them.

That was indeed the case before. But after Odin, under Thanes' command, killed the Vanir King Njord, and Thanes took over the Divine Authority of the Ocean, the current Vanaheim Sword changed its form.

On the side of the golden sword guard (handguard), there was actually a golden relief of Njord, making the sword look as if it was growing out of his head.

As for the gluttonous mouth that fixed the sword body, there was now a golden Kraken relief. The octopus stretched out eight tentacles, firmly connecting the sword body to the hilt.

Thanes slightly focused his divine sense and found that the sword actually had a built-in Sea Binding skill. Thanes could easily control the divine sword to release eight streams of water, firmly binding the opponent. The more water there was in the environment, the greater the power of the binding.

This result slightly surprised Thanes.

From a certain perspective, Thanes was also afraid.

Thanes used his Divine Authority of Kingship to draw power from the nine realms, which gave the Nine Realms Swords their seemingly invincible power.

Thanes had never been like Odin in the epics—creating mortals at the beginning of the world and then letting them live and die on their own, even crazily exploiting them to support Asgard.

Thanes valued the lives of mortals more. He would collect a portion of tribute from mortals, and in return, he would bestow blessings and protection upon them.

Especially in his early years, when he sent gods like Thor and giants to the mortal world to help the countries of Midgard eliminate the wolf disaster brought by the descendants of Fenrir, this greatly increased his prestige in the mortal realm and greatly increased the power of the Midgard Sword.

However, what goes up must come down. If the nine realms fell into collapse, the power of Thanes' nine swords would also be greatly reduced.

The Nine Realms Swords represent the meaning of the Nine Tripods!

Success also comes from the Nine Tripods, and failure also comes from the Nine Tripods.

When Thanes lost control of the nine realms due to Chaos or other reasons, it meant that he would lose a large portion of his power with each world he lost.

Now it seemed that this could be avoided.

He also held the Divine Authority of the Ocean, and he conquered Njord and the Kraken as proof, so as long as Vanaheim was not destroyed, the power of the Vanaheim Sword in his hand would not be weakened.

Similar situations also occurred on the Muspelheim Sword, with Surtr as the sword spirit, and the Jötunheimr Sword, with Ymir as the sword spirit. The facial reliefs of these two primordial giants also appeared on the handguards of the corresponding divine swords.

"Sure enough, the backbone of a small world is irreplaceable," Thanes felt a little relieved.

For some small worlds or continents, once a representative bound to that world fell, it was almost impossible to produce a new representative.

According to this theory, Hela had already dedicated more than half of her power to Thanes. In addition, Thanes also had the Divine Authority of Death, so the Death Sword Helheim was relatively stable.

There was no need to worry about the Asgard Sword either. Thanes himself was the God King and also held the Divine Authority of the Sky, which was in fact a trinity.

"In this way, five divine swords are secure. The problem is that the remaining four are a bit difficult to deal with."

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The Alfheim Sword, representing the light elves, was now only half-baked. Although Thanes had absolute rule over this kingdom of light elves, the actual management was handed over to Frey. In a sense, Frey's Sword of Victory had taken away part of the divine power of the Alfheim Sword.

This was unavoidable. He had taken Vanaheim and had to do something to appease the survivors of the Vanir.

This move, if put in the feudal era, would be a typical transfer of fiefdom.

Of course, in an emergency, Thanes could still withdraw the power of the Light Sword, but by that time, Frey would suffer. It was clearly not his fault, but his strength would plummet by 50%.

Next was the Midgard Sword. Thanes didn't know how the world was calculated. Perhaps it was because the descendants of Fenrir went to the Ironwood Forest on the border of Midgard to do evil. Thanes had Thor lead the team to eliminate the wolf disaster. Anyway, now the handguard and gluttonous mouth of this divine sword had become an open wolf's mouth, looking like a sword blade was extending from Hati's mouth.

Thanes clearly felt that the state of this divine sword was also incomplete.

It was very simple, Hati and Sköll were a pair!

His temporary tolerance of Sköll's continued development meant that his control over Midgard could not be complete.

The remaining Svartalfheim Sword, represented by dwarves and gnomes, had no representative monsters in Thanes' memory at all. This meant that it would be difficult for Thanes to exert the full power of this sword, or to upgrade it.

As for the Niflheim Sword…

The only thing Thanes could think of was the poisonous dragon Nidhogg that devoured the roots of the World Tree!

But the damn gap between worlds was protecting this thing.

If the enemy didn't show up, Thanes couldn't kill it even if he wanted to!

With a gentle wave of his hand, the Nine Realms Swords were neatly suspended in front of him, with the sword tips pointing down and the sword hilts pointing up.

"Forget it, I'm already very satisfied."