Chapter Five
“Where the hell are we?” Jin inquired, “this is like something you see on some whacked out sci-fi or fantasy video game.”
“This is my home, Asgard,” the demigod stated matter-of-factly.
The Valkyries and Eihanders gave Vlok and his comrades disapproving looks.
“They really don't seem to like humans,” Tiara stated the obvious.
“Perhaps, but it's halflings that they are most detesting of.”
“Well, well, look at what the cat dragged in.”
Vlok was confronted by a somewhat shorter man with no scruff and golden blond hair. He was attired in silver armor and held on to a giant war mallet.
“Thor,” Vlok scowled.
“You've really done it now, releasing Hel upon the Earth.”
“What makes you think I had a hand in it?”
“Well, perhaps it's not your fault directly, but if you were half the warrior I am, you would have been able to prevent such a travesty.”
“Bastard,” Vlok muttered under his breath.
“Now now, is that anyway to treat the one who going to exorcise your demon?”
“What?”
“Odin ordered me, personally, to extract the demon from the helpless human child.”
“Um, Thor?” Tiara inquired. “My daughter will be unharmed, right?”
“Exorcisms are a painless process for the victim. She will be just fine.”
“I bet,” Vlok scoffed.
“Let's be reasonable, shall we?” Thor suggested, “if this was YOUR child, Vlok, I would probably allow it to be killed in the exorcism process, but his lady on the other hand, well, she's one find lady. Too good for the likes of you.”
Tiara took Thor's hands in her own. “Why thank you, Lord Thor. I must say, you are very handsome... and so very kind. Maybe when this is all over, you and I can get a cup of coffee or something. That is, if Earth traditions don't insult you or anything.”
“Why, that would be a lovely idea.”
Vlok's scowling was more than audible.
“Be careful now, Vlok, you might just tempt me to kill you.”
“You know full well my power is greater than your own.”
“I beg your pardon?”
Vlok threatened his half brother. “You know the only reason you're alive is because we need your assistance. Otherwise, I would have killed you without hesitation.”
“Vlok, why do you have to be such a miserable shit?” Tiara violently protested his behavior. “Mark my words, no worthwhile woman will EVER give you the time of day. In fact, we don't need your help! Thor, dad, let's go.
“Come on bebe, we've got a world to save!” Jin proudly exclaimed, forcing Tkorg to giggle in admiration.
Vlok stood as he watched them leave him behind.
“Such is the curse of a halfling.”
“Odin.” Vlok shook with a megaton rage.
It was a man who looked almost identical to Vlok, expect for the fact that his skin was of a fairer tone and his facial hair was much longer and neater.
“The woman is right, no worthwhile woman will ever see fit to show you any sort of kindness. I can see it now, when Tiara, who is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen, exceeds her mortal life, she will live among us gods as a Valkyrie, serving us the finest of mead and servicing our utmost sexual desires. All the while, you're stuck with getting STD-ridden hookers on Earth, where people only pretend to respect you because they don't want you to kill them.”
“Mark my words... father. As soon as Hel is destroyed, by my hands, I will slaughter you and all those loyal to you.”
“Oh?”
“While it may be true that humans will never accept what they can't comprehend, in your case, and the case of the entire Pantheon, you are simply jealous because you know your ki cannot compare to my own. You are jealous that I, a halfling, have surpassed you, hence I was exiled to Earth.”
“Leave my sight at once, halfling!”
“No need to ask, your highness.”
Vlok's monstrous voice sent a chill down Odin's spine.
Elsewhere, at the UEF Tower in Taipei, Taiwan...
“This is the world government's building... are you sure we'll find them here?” Tiara inquired.
“Of course, they have no intention of hiding from us. And as Azarel works here, it would be the most logical choice,” Thor stated matter of factly.
Before they knew it, they were teleported to the top floor, which in its entirety was the executive office of Patriarch Azarel.
“Thor, you're quite the smart one. You deserve a cookie,” Azarel mocked him.
“Where's my daughter?” Tiara demanded to know.
“She's already in Asgard, about to make her move against Odin.”
“What?!” Thor inquired.
“I wouldn't worry about him. If all goes according to plan, Vlok will go into a berserk rage and kill Hel, Odin, and everyone else! And after he realizes that he killed the daughter of his beloved, he'll have no choice to take his own life! Afterwards, I will be supreme ruler of all creation!”
“Oh god,” Tiara realized in horror, “you plotted this?”
“Yes, for over two hundred thousand years, I've plotted both my take over of the human realm, or rather, Midgard, and the realm of the gods, Valhalla. When Hel created us Arcanans, he was still weak from his injuries suffered at the hands of Odin, therefore he didn't quite have complete control over us. In time, I decided to take matter into my own hands. I devoured the other Arcanans, until I had enough power to telepathically control the earth's governments into conceding their will to mine.”
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Meanwhile, in Asgard....
Odin sat upon his throne, drinking mead fed to him by beautiful Valkyries, ignorant of the danger ahead.
“Odin, it sure has been a while.”
Odin was flabbergasted as a gorgeous Asian woman, who looked identical to Tiara, walked towards him, completely nude. “Tiara, you do me a great service by humbling yourself to me like this. Perhaps we should get better acquainted by ourselves?”
“I would like that.”
Odin signaled for the Valkyries to leave them.
“I have to say, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.” He got up from his throne to move in. Just as he was about to cop a feel, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He coughed up blood, then realized all too late that this woman was actually Hel in the body of Levena. His vision went blurry as he saw his beating heart in Hel's hand, and dropped dead seconds later.
“Well Vlok, it seemed I saved you the trouble of killing him yourself.”
“As much as I appreciate it, I think it's time for me to kill you in his stead.” Apparently Vlok was aware of her presence in Valhalla.
“Are you going to kill me, and ultimately end up killing mankind's chance of salvation? Better yet, end up making Tiara detest you even more?”
“There's no point in anything, as I'll never be appreciated anywhere.”
“So you'd kill me, even though I possess the body of the one who loves you?”
Vlok sneered, “what the hell are you talking about?”
“Levena here is no mere mortal, lowly halfling. She is Ragnarok incarnate. For Levena has the ability to channel infinite ki, Ragnarok saw Tiara's unborn child as the chosen one, hence she merged with her. Even though she appeared as a child, Levena was well aware of everything that went on in the world, including how much you desperately attempted, though futilely, to make her mother happy. Such compassion touched her, to the point where she fell for you. Knowing she would look identical to her mother when she became of age, she hoped that you would fall for her just like her mother.”
“Do you fear death so much that you would make up these blatant lies?”
“It's true, you will see for yourself when I am separated from her. Now that Odin is dead, the seal is broken and I am now able to assume my original, all powerful, omnipotent form!”
A black aura escaped from Levena's body and in the sky above, began materializing a demonic beast.
Levena slowly gained consciousness, still in the form of a fully figured woman.
Vlok could sense her soul had no traces of evil, and therefore knew this was not one of Hel's deceptions. “Levena...”
“Vlok...”
In the Valhalian sky above, Hel had completed his transformation. He was a severely muscled, bipedal, and faceless demon, save for a monstrous mouth, with gray skin and razor sharp claws.
“Here, daddy.” She materialized an obsidian sword out of nothing.
“I'm not your father...”
“Well, I want you to be. I know you'll make my mother very happy. Even though I wish you'd love me instead, I know full well that when you look at me, you only think of her. So please, make her happy, for both our sakes.”
“What's with this sword?”
That sword possesses an infinite amount of ki, the ki of Ragnarok. With it, you shall be able to dispatch any enemy with but a single stroke.
“Now, as the king all creation, I shall destroy each and every one of you who opposes my rule!” Hel announced arrogantly as he flew in for a mighty blow.
However, with the power of Ragnrok at his disposal, with but a single strike from Vlok, Hel exploded into a mass of blood and bodily chunks.
“This power is my gift to you, daddy.”
“I am most grateful, Leneva. Though, it pains me to say that your mother is the only one I'm interested in, I do love you... as the daughter I've never had.”
“Thank you, daddy.”
“And now it's about damn time I schooled someone else we know....”
End Chapter Five.
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