Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 279 The Multiverse Conquest Begins

After realizing the value of the Abyssal Network, Agreed immediately began its modification. To this end, he brought the Abyssal Network into the void, allowing it to expand on its own and spontaneously establish connections with other universes. Of course, these connections caused the Abyssal Network to become restless again, even showing signs of giving birth to new Demon Gods. However, Agreed used magic and various other means to seal this possibility, ensuring that the Abyssal Network would be unable to give birth to a new Demon God for at least five 'cosmic times'. (The time from the birth to the destruction of a universe is called a cosmic time.)

After the Abyss Web was modified, Agred directly possessed a 'high-speed channel' that could connect to various universes in the multiverse. This allowed Agred's army to rapidly spread throughout the multiverse at a speed incomprehensible to cosmic civilizations and conduct multi-threaded operations.

With convenient transportation and sufficient strength, Agreed finally decided to launch a large-scale war against the multiverse.

The 3314th year of the Era of the Kingdom of Myriad Races

Five hundred and seventy-two billion four hundred and eighty-three-two million Space Marines set out from the original universe, where the Kingdom of All Races is located, to launch an expedition to the entire multiverse. They launched a war of unification against the entire multiverse aboard the latest 'Exterminator-982' ships and 'Exterminator-996' large warships.

The soldiers of the Argrede Expeditionary Army were all at least Grandmaster level, and the army was accompanied by legendary mages and spirit particles who could cast at least tenth-order magic. The terrifying strength of the Expeditionary Army of the Kingdom of Myriad Races allowed them to move freely throughout the multiverse, destroying and occupying one civilization after another.

Fortunately, Agred's forces did not encounter any significant resistance in the multiverse. Most civilizations in the multiverse have not developed any decent level of technology, for a simple reason: the existence of a god prevents technological development. This made Agred's forces' conquests exceptionally easy.

With overwhelming power, the various universes fell at an extremely rapid pace. With the strong logistical support of Agred, one habitable planet after another sprang up in a very short time, continuously supplying fresh blood to the army. The military activities to conquer the multiverse grew larger and larger like a snowball.

These actions quickly drew the ire of other gods, for whom the reduction of divine power was a real disadvantage. As a result, various gods suddenly sent their divine avatars across the multiverse to fight against Agred's army. The gods' resistance did indeed inflict some losses on Agred's army. In response, Agred and his monster generals mostly dispatched their divine avatars to fight the enemy. Agred's army was already strong, and with the protection of his divine avatars, those gods who believed in him were completely outmatched.

However, the gods of faith could not stand idly by as their divine power gradually weakened. So, these gods of faith simply descended into the fray in their true forms and began a wanton massacre of Agred's troops. This act of utter disregard for martial ethics enraged the entire nation of myriad races. All the powerful beings above the god level instantly mobilized to besiege the gods of faith who had descended into the fray. Many gods of faith who bullied the weak and feared the strong were killed, and even their divine kingdoms and henchmen were uprooted and slaughtered.

So the gods had no choice but to retreat and hide in their respective kingdoms once again. But they did not give up. After all, they had been so powerful for so many years and were not the kind of people who would swallow their pride. Since they could not defeat the kingdom of all races, these gods simply ran to the World Tree, partly to seek refuge and partly to complain to Odin, hoping to get Asgard involved in the war.

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In Odin's temple in Asgard

A group of gods were kneeling before Odin, tears streaming down their faces, loudly denouncing the 'atrocities' of the Kingdom of All Races. Odin looked at the gods with disgust. He really couldn't understand how these gods, after losing because they were inferior in skill, had the nerve to come to him for help. Recently, the energy of the World Tree had begun to deplete, which had already given Odin a lot of headaches. He really couldn't be bothered with the trivial matters of these gods.

However, at that moment, the words of a believer completely changed Odin's mind.

"Your Majesty, you really must help us! The evil dragon 'Nidhogg,' the mastermind behind the Kingdom of All Races, is far too powerful. If you don't intervene, the entire multiverse will soon be devoid of our refuge, and even you may not be spared!"

Upon hearing this, Odin instantly stood up, walked over, grabbed the collar of the worshipping god, and said, "What did you just say?!"

The god of faith was startled by Odin's sudden action, so he quickly explained, "This humble god was only advising you that we share the same fate, and that we share the same fate. I did not mean to belittle you, Your Majesty. Please calm down."

Odin realized he had misunderstood, so he quickly explained, "I was asking you about what you just said, what is the name of that evil dragon?"

The god of faith replied, puzzled, "The Destruction Dragon God 'Nidhogg,' is the name I know from the memories of his minions. However, it should not be his primary name but his secondary surname. They have an almost fanatical worship of that evil dragon and would not call him by his name directly."

At this moment, Odin's eyes began to dart around in panic—the prophecy had come true! Nidhogg had appeared! But… but this shouldn't be happening!! The roots of the World Tree hadn't even been devoured by him yet; according to the prophecy, how could he have reached adulthood?!

"No! That's not right, the roots of the World Tree have been eaten, the World Tree's energy is being lost, yes! Everything is explained... Damn it, where exactly did things go wrong?!" Odin angrily turned around and overturned his throne, but the god-king quickly calmed down and analyzed the situation.

“I’ve already thoroughly investigated the roots of Asgard and Jotunheim, so… something must have happened in Niflheim, Loki… what are you trying to do? Have you… betrayed us?”

Overwhelmed with dread, Odin could no longer bear to think about it. The god-king never imagined that his brothers, who had fought alongside him to defeat the giants and establish the Nine Realms, would betray him. So Odin reached out and summoned his weapon, the eternal spear 'Gungnir'. Then, an eight-legged winged horse galloped to the scene at Odin's call. Afterward, Odin mounted his personal mount 'Sleipnir' and transformed into a streak of light, flying across the Rainbow Bridge to the Well of Wisdom in Jotunheim.

He wanted to examine everything there about the Prime Material Universe and Nidhogg, and find out why the dragon had suddenly appeared and why he hadn't received any reports about it before! After obtaining all the information from the Well of Wisdom, Odin flew to Niflheim to verify his conjectures.

The gods, left standing by, could only look at each other in bewilderment. In the end, they had no choice but to temporarily leave Asgard and wait for Odin's return. Meanwhile, Odin was rushing to Mount Olympus in Niflheim at top speed. Odin's arrival immediately alerted the giants, but he simply released his divine power to subdue them all and charged forward to Zeus's palace.

At this moment, Zeus also stepped forward and switched to battle mode. After the meeting, he pointed at Odin, the king of the gods flying in the sky, and questioned him: "Odin! Are you here to die? How dare you swagger into Mount Olympus like this? I don't think you have any intention of going back!"