I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1144 - 601: Twilight of the Gods: The Collapse of the World

The entire world is divided into nine regions, suspended on a World Tree. It is precisely because the World Tree caught fire, causing the entire world to be engulfed in flames.

Currently, not only is the World Tree on fire, but even the roots have been gnawed off by something. The whole tree is visibly dying.

At the same time, the entire world is collapsing, though the process may be slow, taking sufficient time. After the collapse, it becomes the clusters of worlds seen by Gu Shanhai.

At the current rate, Gu Shanhai predicts it will take about ten to a hundred years. After all, the world is so large that it won't disappear that quickly.

"Why does this scene look so familiar?" Gu Shanhai feels like he's seen it somewhere before.

In the sky, a massive ship made from the nails of the dead flies past.

Countless souls are captured and drift off into the distance.

"Nails and souls?" Gu Shanhai tenses, immediately teleporting to intercept the massive ship.

As soon as he lands, he runs into one of his doubts.

It seems all living beings have nails because of this massive ship. Even though it's still intact, it will inevitably break for some reason.

"Who are you?" A cold voice comes forward.

A strange humanoid creature blocks Gu Shanhai, who has just boarded the ship.

One half of her body is gentle and beautiful, while the other half is as decayed and ghastly as a demon.

"Nail ship, half-human, half-corpse?"

"Who are you?"

Gu Shanhai can't quite recall.

"Death Goddess, Queen of Helheim in the Netherworld!" the other person says solemnly.

"!!!"

"Are you Hel or Hela?" Gu Shanhai immediately remembers and then looks at the ship: "So this is the Netherworld's great ship Naglfar?"

At this moment, Gu Shanhai understands everything, surprising him immensely.

"You are neither of the Aesir nor the Vanir, who are you?" Hela looks a bit puzzled. In her eyes, Gu Shanhai is certainly not a mortal.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to board such a large ship made of the nails of the dead.

Upon hearing the terms Aesir and Vanir, Gu Shanhai finally gets his evidence.

This is the final scene of Norse mythology, Ragnarok.

In other words, the entire cluster of celestial worlds is the world broken after Norse mythology.

At this point, he also understands the origins of the Victory Sword and the Golden Ring.

The Victory Sword is the sword of the Sun God and the Fertility God Frey. Carrying this sword makes one invincible. Unfortunately, this Sun God and Fertility God gave the Victory Sword to Skinner, the matchmaker, in order to marry the giantess Ge De. After losing the Victory Sword, he had to use antlers to fight against the Fire Giant King Surter.

The outcome is obvious; naturally, he died thoroughly, and eventually, the Fire Giant King Surter burned the World Tree.

And this World Tree is the leaf that carried Gu Shanhai to this era, eventually forming nine worlds over the years.

As for the Golden Ring, its origin is even grander.

In Norse mythology, there is only one ring that can enchant people's hearts, and that's the Nibelungen Ring crafted from the magic gold of the Rhein River by an evil dwarf, indirectly causing the calamity of Ragnarok.

And the Hunter King carrying the Nibelungen Ring, Gu Shanhai guesses his true identity.

He may be a shadow of Odin, from the eight-legged horse to two hunting dogs, unfortunately missing the raven, perhaps because it couldn't be manifested.

Odin himself is the leader of the entity known as the Wild Hunt, a term meaning a group of ghostly or supernatural hunters chasing prey in the wilderness.

The Ghost Hunter bears many similarities to the Wild Hunt.

As for the Hunter King being the real Odin, that's impossible.

Because Odin is already dead, devoured by the Magic Wolf Fenrir.

"Me? A passerby who arrived here due to some small accident." Gu Shanhai sighs.

This time, he's really unlucky. As Hela steers Naglfar away, it signifies the end of the Asgardian War.

There's no time left; he can't even find Odin now.

But he does have some small doubts. If the Norse mythological World Tree is a closed loop caused by him reversing time once more, how was it achieved in the previous life?

After all, the leaves of this World Tree do not exist locally but are a leaf from some mother's body somewhere.

This means that without his interference, the world wouldn't evolve into having a World Tree.

Thus, everything would not exist.

After all, this world is supported and constructed by the World Tree, forming nine major worlds.

This forms a strange paradox.

Of course, Gu Shanhai suspects it might be due to a historical correction.

After all, this is a grand world with a certain correction ability, especially since Norse mythology involves fate and predestination.

"A passerby? Very well, then please leave Naglfar. I am about to sail away from this world that is about to be destroyed." Hela says calmly.

It appears she doesn't intend to take Gu Shanhai with her.

In Ragnarok, there are not many survivors, whether those who initiated the apocalypse or the god races that perished because of it. Most of them died.

Among those who instigated the chaos, besides those who died, some are missing. For instance, the Death God Hela, the Fire Giant King Surter who burned the World Tree, or the Poison Dragon Nidhogg who gnawed at the roots of the World Tree and blew the doomsday horn.