Chapter 73: Eight
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A few minutes after I had returned to Asgard after my fight with Uroc the Uru Monster, I feel it.
"They're here." Heimdall says, his voice uncharacteristically grim.
An Einherjar, who was standing behind us blows a horn, signalling to all that the enemies of Asgard are approaching.
"From where, Heimdall?" Loki asks, coming towards us from the bridge.
Waving my hand around us, I say, "Everywhere. Muspelheim is coming from the South. Niflheim is coming from the North. And there are a few individuals coming here too, from underground. One teleported to the West, and buried underground, while the other one, a red ugly brute teleported under the Realm, and is digging up."
"Underground? That must be one of the Trolls then. Ulik, most likely. The dumb one can be no other than the Kurse. Wonder why he isn't on Alfheim with the rest of the Dark Elves." Loki muses, and then asks, "Is it okay if I go help my wife fight Muspelheim, Heimdall? I'd rather not fight my children."
Heimdall pauses a moment, and nodding to himself, he says, "The AllFather has approved of your decision, Prince Loki. You may help Prince Hodr and Lady Sigyn in fighting Surtur's brood."
I frown, finding it odd that Muspelheim and Helheim, who are figuratively under Asgard, and even under Midgard, in the Yggdrasil, are coming from two different directions, and at the same time. They didn't have to walk or anything, they just had to create portals.
Even more odd, was the fact that the two main rulers of the two realms were nowhere to be seen. Hela and Surtur were staying back, letting their armies start first. Fenrir was at the front of the Niflheim army, though, and walking leisurely towards the battlefield.
Asgard was surrounded on all sides by a large patch of snow covered land, after which, that was surrounded by water, well mostly water. Some of it was ice now. The Bifrost led from the Royal Palace of Asgard, to the Eastern corner of Asgard, where the Bifrost Observatory was situated.
So Heimdall and I were nowhere near the armies. Turning to Heimdall, I ask, "Can you see Hela and Surtur?"
Heimdall shakes his head, and says, "No. Hela has learned a few tricks from her father, and Surtur, despite being bigger than a mountain, isn't currently visible to me either."
I nod, and use Echolocation to see what is going on at the battlefronts.
In the North of Asgard, stood a wolf as tall as Uroc, black in colour, and eyes green. The green eyes just signalled to everyone that this was a child of Loki. All around him, were the necromantic soldiers of Helheim.
These Necro soldiers were all statue like, in looks, and carried an assortment of weapons, like swords, axes, bows and arrows, staves, etc.
Curiously enough, the Souls of Helheim weren't currently here, and the Army of Niflheim currently amounted to Fenrir, and the Necrosoldiers, in total of about 10,000 strong.
In front of them, was Tyr, the God of War, with one sword in his right hand, and another sword attached to the stump of his left hand. Behind Tyr, was a garrison of about 9,000 Einherjar, along with about hundred Valkyrior on Pegasi.
Originally, Thor was going to lead this fight, but since he was still working with Buri on the bomb, Tyr was taking his place.
In the South, stood Sindr, the Fire Giant daughter of Surtur, along with about 5000 fire demons, and a few dozen Fire Giants. Flying over them, were a dozen Muspel Dragons, which are far bigger than the ones on Donna, and had fire for eyes. Just the presence of these beings was enough to melt the snow, and char the ground over a pretty large distance.
The Fire Demons were of the standard size, ranging from 5 feet to 8, in height. The Fire Giants, meanwhile, stood at over 20 feet each, Sindr being the biggest at 25 feet. All of them had fire for hair, and some even looked like Ghost Riders. Charred Black seemed to be the most common colour here, but red wasn't uncommon.
Opposing them, stood Hodr Odinson, the Blind Winter God, who was leading the army. In his hands was a Divine Bow, and on his back, an enchanted quiver. Sigyn stood to his right, to help guide his arrows, with a bow for herself in her hands too. Loki stood to her side, with a bored look on his face.
Behind Hodr, stood his own Garrison of 8000 Aesir soldiers, 1000 of which were archers, along with the 3 dozen Valkyrior. The leader of the Valkyrior, Brunhilde, stood beside Loki, with her hands folded in front of her chest, looking impassively at the enemy.
Odin was staying back, in a camp between the two battlefronts, and surprisingly not in his Palace. He was going to coordinate the Armies, sending reinforcements if needed. If need be, he will call even me for help.
For now, both the sides, of both the Battlefronts stayed in their spot, not making a move, allowing me and Heimdall to observe patiently.
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"This is wrong." Tyr says, looking at the Army of the Necrosoldiers in front of him. As one of the Valkyrie, Runa, hums in agreement, he says, "Hela is not one to shy from battle. And I don't see the Army of the Dead either."
Runa nods stiffly, pulling a glass bottle, and says, "As a commander, she's smart in staying back to observe. But we can't be sure that she's only observing. The absence of the Dead souls is troubling indeed." And then, she takes a large sip of the alcohol in the bottle.
Runa had left the Valkyrior, and Asgard, thousands of years ago. She had abandoned Asgard, and was travelling the Realms for all this time. But, when she was approached by Brunhilde, the leader of Valkyrior, and learned that Asgard was trying to stop this cycle, she immediately joined in.
Tyr frowns at her blatant drinking, but says nothing. He was too worried about the plans of the Goddess of Death to scold a woman for drinking in a stressful time.
He suddenly looks sharp, as Fenrir the Wolf perks up, and howls into the air.
"ARH-WOOOOO!" sounds out everywhere around Asgard, and some Asgardians even cover their ears, from the sound.
Almost immediately, the Necrosoldiers start to run towards the Asgardian Army, their weapons pointing towards them.
"CHARGE!" Tyr yells, and starts running towards the army of Niflheim, with his army at his back.
Runa sets on top of her Pegasus, and with a short swing of her Asgardian Steel Sword, the Dragonfang, her team follows behind her towards the giant wolf, Fenrir, leaving the army of Niflheim for Tyr.
The Battle with Niflheim had begun.
On the other side of Asgard, as the two Armies face off against each other, they hear the wolf howl, and Loki frowns, recognising it as his son's.
As soon as the howl is heard, the Muspel Dragons begin flying up into the air, while most of the Fire Demons start running forward. Only about 10 Fire Giants stay behind with 1000 Fire Demons, along with Sindr, the daughter of Surtur, the rest start stomping their way towards the Aesir army.
Hodr, hearing the sound of the opposing army run towards him, yells, "ARCHERS READY!"
He waits, nocking his own arrow on his Divine Bow, and when the demons get close enough to the halfway point, he yells, "ATTACK!"
As his order sounds, the foot soldiers and the horseback riders charge towards the army of Muspelheim, while the Archers let lose on their arrows. Even Hodr lets lose, allowing his arrow to home in on one of the dragons flying above.
The first attack proves effective, and more than 90% of the arrows hit a target. Sigyn and Hodr both hit the same dragon, their arrows releasing a magic spell that starts giving the Fire breathing dragon frostbite.
Unfortunately, the Fire Demons, Dragons, and even the fire Giants, are sturdier than you'd expect, and the arrows barely slow them down. Some Demons lose their lives, the arrows having hit a vital part, but the rest ignore or pull the arrows sticking out of their bodies, and continue their run.
Nocking another arrow, Hodr waits for Sigyn to fire her arrow, and sends his own after hers. Their partnership was such, that once Sigyn fires an arrow, Hodr gets a feel to it's flight path, and fires his own after it.
The partnership was special, in the sense that Sigyn herself guided the arrows of Hodr, and no one else could do it.
Two more arrows hit the same dragon, this time hitting it's heart, and brings it down before it can cause any damage. Another two dragons get taken down by the Archer Division before they reach the charging soldiers of Asgard.
Soon however, they reach the Asgardian army, and let out huge blasts of fire from their mouths.
Brunhilde, who was leading her Valkyrior atop her Pegasus, yells, "FOCUS ON THE DRAGONS!" and turns to fly towards the dragons that were destroying the first wave of Asgardian soldiers.
As the Valkyrior go towards the dragons, and the archers take care of the straggling Fire Demons, the two sides of the grounded armies meet, and begin fighting in earnest.
Sword meets sword, Demonic spells meet shields, and weapons meet bodies. The Asgardian army and the Muspelheim Army keep on killing each other, while the Fire Giants stomp on everything they can see.
Seeing the carnage happening, Loki frowns, and says, "I'll go and deal with the three giants. Take care Sigyn."
"Be careful, my love." Sigyn says, firing another arrow at a Dragon, followed by the arrow of Hodr. This time, when Hodr's arrow hits the Dragon in the eye, it immediately starts freezing from that point, and drops down into the ground, killing enemies and allies alike.
Loki doesn't bother replying to his wife that he tricked into marrying him, and becoming invisible, teleports near the neck of a Fire Giant that had a Valkyrie in his one hand, and her Pegasus in the other.
The giant throws the Pegasus in his mouth, and rips the Valkyrie into two before Loki can even do something. Smirking, Loki conjures a dagger made of Magic in each of his hands, and throws it into the forehead of the Fire Giant, and another one closest to him. The dagger digs deep into the respective foreheads and the Fire Giants' eyes glow green for a second.
Ignoring Loki, the Fire Giant near him turns around and attacks the other Fire Giant, both of them yelling at each other about them cuckolding each other.
Loki chuckles, and moves on to the other Fire Gaints, causing fights using different reasons, like killing someone's sister, fucking someone's mother, and on a rare occasion, fucking someone's father and brother.
Of the 45 Fire Giants that were killing the Einherjar, two are taken down by groups of Aesir, 4 by the archers, and 18 begin fighting amongst each other. With them distracted, Sigyn and Hodr fire their arrows at them to put them out of their misery.
Loki suddenly flies back, letting a giant spear pass him. It flies into the air, and vanishes, returning to the hands of one of the Fire Giant that had stayed behind.
As Loki was still flying in the air, he turns to look at the Fire Giant that attacked him. She, and wasn't Loki surprised at that, was about 22 Feet tall, more than thrice as tall as Loki. The spear in her hand was as tall as her, and it's width was a little bit more than Loki's own width.
As the Fire Giant starts stalking towards him, Loki stabs a smaller giant in the neck with a conjured sword, and pulls at it, killing him. Absently throwing more Mystic Daggers at the remaining giants, Loki flies towards the Fire Giantess that dared attack him.
Loki, with his hands glowing green with his Magic, stops in front of the Giantess, and says, "I would ask your name, fair lady, but you're going to die anyway."
"Little prince thinks he can kill me? Neife of Muspelheim!" the Fire Giantess says mockingly.
Loki just smirks, not bothering to reply. This proves to be enough motivation, and Neife attacks again, only this time, she breathes out fire from her mouth. At Loki.
Loki immediately puts his hands forward, summoning a Magical shield around him. This shield was something that could defend him from Surtur's flames for a minute or so, before crumbling. Neife, while one of the stronger Fire Giants, was nowhere near Surtur in strength.
As she closes her mouth, expecting to see the charred corpse of Loki, she gapes, looking at Loki still safe and sound. He says, "My turn."
He leans back with his right fist, and before she can recover from her shock, he sends his fist flying forward. A thin, but intense, green energy beam flies from his closed fist, and into the eye of Neife.
"AAARGH!" Neife yells, losing her right eye in one attack.
As she opens her mouth to blow out fire once again, Loki surprises her again, and flies towards her, covering himself in his magic. He flies through the Cursed flames of Muspelheim, and into the mouth of Neife, the Fire Giantess.
To the rest, it looks as if Loki was eaten, and Neife won the fight. However, before Neife can celebrate her win over a Prince of Asgard, her neck explodes in all directions, leaving her body behind.
As the body falls down, everyone pauses to look at Loki, glowing green, and panting from the overexertion of magic, standing where her head used to be.
With a cheer, the Asgardian army resumes their attack, this time with their morale raised, as Loki turns towards the other Fire Giants, who were looking at him from the back.
Ignoring them for now, Loki drops down into the ground, and starts attacking the Fire Demons with his Magic, and Magical daggers. Some of them killing the demons, some making them attack their brethren, and some making them vomit in the middle of the battle.
Loki thinks, 'I might be in the middle of a war now, but I have a reputation to keep as the God of Chaos. And what better chaos than Fire Giants fighting Fire Giants, toppling everything that comes between them.'
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A/N: The War has officially begun. Loki won't fight Sindr, I have someone else in mind for that. Surtur will make an appearance, but it won't be until after Sindr dies.
I have decided pairings between almost all fighters, but some will still be changed of the time for it comes. Like, the myths say that Thor dies from fighting Jormungandr, but obviously it won't happen now, so I'm keeping him out of the first few fights.
Wish me luck, and any tips? Advice?
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