137 – Fire Giant
The fire giant that appeared in front of me was about the size of a bear.
Even real bears are no match for us now.
But the monster in front of me looked more dangerous than a bear.
First of all, the big thing is that his entire body is wrapped in flames.
It would be quite a menacing attack if he rushed in and even brushed against it.
“What should I do?”
Eunbyeol asked while fiddling with the handgun she had taken out before she knew it.
Among us, it’s the only weapon that can attack from a distance.
Thereby, Gabriel, whom she made a contract with, is an angel in charge of water.
Her power was lethal to that fire giant in many ways.
Knowing that, I asked if she would shoot me right away.
However, Yuri stopped such a farewell.
“I’ll do it here.”
“Alone?”
I asked, and Yuri shrugged her shoulders lightly.
“I don’t know what kind of monster he is in this world. Once you know your skills, there won’t be anything bad.”
Definitely only one enemy.
Besides, there were two people who were good at healing, so it was a good opportunity to check his strength.
“If it becomes dangerous, I will join you.”
“Just in case, don’t do that. It hurts my pride.”
After answering with confidence, Yuri kicked her foot.
She was already excellent in her physical abilities, but as she went through her quest, she seemed to have grown even more.
They spurred on nearby trees one after another and bounced off in an instant.
His movements reminded me of a nine-tailed fox doing tricks.
The fire giant shook her head in embarrassment as she searched for the glass.
She didn’t even seem to notice that she reached behind her in one breath.
“Once.”
In that state, the glass sword touched the fire giant’s neck.
If it was the fearsome swordsmanship I knew, I could have cut it, but she didn’t dare.
‘Did checking my skills mean that?’
The fire giant spun behind her and swung her arm wildly.
Yuri lightly dodged it.
The smiling face looked happy and beautiful at the same time.
If there is a moment when each person shines the most, it must be the moment when Yuri uses a sword.
“Twice.”
Yuri, who was avoiding her arm, stabbed her sword in front of her.
I narrowly passed right next to the black giant’s neck.
She deliberately dodged and stabbed her.
If only she had had her heart, she would have pierced her head straight through.
“There is no third time. At best, I’m keeping her alive for her friends, so make sure you use your money properly.”
“Kuaaaaa!”
The fire giant roared.
A ball of fire came out of his mouth.
It was the technique that attacked us earlier.
Yuri cut her fireball with her single blade this time as well.
In the gap, the fire giant ran and punched her.
Yuri didn’t even dodge his attack.
-Quaang!
The fist wrapped in flames from the front is blocked by the sword.
The trembling fist of the giant couldn’t move forward at all.
Of course, the difference in body size between the two is overwhelming for the fire giant.
But the one pushed back was rather a giant.
Yuri didn’t break a drop of sweat, and she looked at him leisurely.
“It’s pretty good power, though. The movements are monotonous.”
“Big!”
The fire giant raised the other fist.
However, the arm did not extend.
Before that, the glass sword flashed rapidly.
His severed arm flew through the air.
While the giant, who suddenly had to wield only his shoulder, looked at the missing arm and made a stupid face.
“You said no three times?”
Once again, Yuri cut the sword crosswise.
Surprisingly, the guy’s head was cut straight through.
Soon his head, like his arm, lost its owner and rolled on the floor.
The giant’s body collapsed, and the flame gradually faded.
Soon after the fire was completely extinguished, what appeared was a large skull.
The skull was soon turned to ashes and crumbled.
As expected, it seems that it is not an ordinary creature.
“Good job~”
“Oh, how cool!”
To our praise, Yuri smiled shyly without answering.
Looking at that pretty face, I think this kid has changed a lot too.
When we first met, he was the kind of kid who would throw people around and hold out swords.
I learned how to laugh like that before I knew it.
“Ouch! Why do you hit me!”
“It looked like he was thinking about something bad.”
Now it seems that he has learned how to read people’s minds.
Yuri, who was looking at me with a cold face, said while looking at the giant’s corpse (?).
“He was a lot stronger than I thought. If you are an average player, it will be difficult to deal with even a few of them.”
She wasn’t very convincing when she said it after fighting like she was playing with it.
When it comes to combat, Yuri doesn’t talk empty words.
“At first glance, it looks dangerous. He’s strong for that size, of course, because he’s fast, and even fires from a distance.”
“Is it like a gatekeeper guarding this place?”
“…….Probably a monster that lives here. If it’s the underworld where the fire giants live, I can roughly guess which world it is.”
At my words, Eunbyeol tilted her head.
“What do you mean?”
“In Norse mythology, there is a country called ‘Muspelheim’ where a fire giant lives.”
Strictly speaking, of course, it was said that it was a world engulfed in flames, so the image was different from this place where even trees were growing.
In the first place, when talking about the underworld in Norse mythology, it is common to think of Niflheim.
But if you put it that way, this world is just a novel someone wrote in the first place.
It doesn’t have to be exactly the same as the myth we know.
“Eve, you said that the world of Norse mythology was destroyed by Ragnarok, right? Most of the gods are dead.”
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I asked, remembering what Eve stopped saying in the previous episode.
“Oh yes! As far as I know, yes.”
“Can God survive even if the world perishes?”
“If you go to another world and settle down safely, yes.”
“Then, on the other hand, when a god dies, the world disappears as well, right?”
“I don’t think…It’s not. Of course, it depends on what kind of world it is, and it will be quite unstable. If a creature or other being is alive, it can be maintained.”
As expected.
Actually, I thought it was a little strange when Eve said that Norse mythology was destroyed.
Because I definitely know a deity who supports me.
Eve seemed to have a sense of what I was saying.
“……I see. I thought ‘she’ had settled in another world. There may still be fragments left.”
“Once you see the fire giant, it must have been destroyed once. You’d have to assume that most other gods don’t exist.”
The other kids, who had little information about the godhead, looked like they didn’t understand our conversation.
“Studying mythology is good, but I think I need to solve those things right in front of me first.”
I stopped talking at Yuri’s words and raised my head.
There were three other fire giants standing there.
“Are there any more? Couldn’t this whole forest be full of guys like that?”
“That’s something you never know. It’s better to get rid of it quickly and go somewhere else. I don’t know if other guys will come after hearing the sound.”
This time we all prepared for battle.
It is definitely an enemy not to be underestimated, and there are three of them.
But looking at Yuri’s fight earlier, he’s not a threatening foe to us.
If you fight properly, you should be able to defeat them easily.
That was the moment Yuri and I were about to run to the front.
-Changang!
Suddenly, a blue spear flew in from somewhere.
The spear passed through three fire giants at once.
The fire giants, who had stopped as if they had stopped, collapsed almost simultaneously.
They turned to ashes just like when Yuri was cut earlier.
All of us widened our eyes at that sight.
“Oh, what happened?”
As if answering Hyena’s words.
A person appeared at the place where the blue spear was inserted.
She was an extremely emotionless-looking girl with short silver hair and green eyes.
He looks like a middle school or high school student, and has a young face.
The clothes she is wearing have golden decorations that give off a slightly mythical feeling.
The expressionless expression, not revealing even the slightest emotion, was like looking at a doll.
“Valkyrie…?”
It was Eve who muttered that.
Valkyrie.
A species that exists in Norse mythology…Should I even call it a race?
They are portrayed as female warriors and messengers of Odin.
They themselves are basically armed with spears, but their role is said to be to bring the souls of warriors to Valhalla.
Once I heard it, the girl in front of me was similar to the image that often comes to mind when talking about Valkyrie.
Since Eve is a god, it was not strange that she also knew the appearance of the ‘real’ Valkyrie.
Anyway, this gave me confidence in my vague reasoning.
‘Is this the world of Norse mythology after all?’
I guessed to some extent, but I felt a strange sense of elation at the fact that I had really entered Shinhwa.
And that, of course, is the underworld of a half-destroyed world.
I have a feeling this quest won’t be easy either.
“… ….”
Valkyrie drew her spear, maintaining her expressionless expression.
After that, they only slightly turn their heads and look at us.
I couldn’t figure out what the still emotionless eyes were thinking.
“Hey, do you live here?”
I asked, but still no answer.
After a long wait, her small lips opened slowly.
“Ah.”
What came back was just one word.
After saying that, she came very slowly to me.
With footsteps so weak that one wonders if the person who threw that dreadful spear would get hit.
Looking closer, her figure looks more dwarfed.
It was to the point where I wondered if it would collapse if I hit it.
She came to my side like that and stared at us.
“What is this guy?”
Yuri held her sword firmly in her hand just in case.
But she doesn’t seem to have any intention of wielding it.
The girl in front of her didn’t feel alive at all.
She even pulled out and left her spear on the floor.
She’s not in the mood to fight, even a 3-year-old would tell.
…….That’s why I was beaten.
“Eup?”
A warm and soft touch felt on the lips,
The girl was already hugging me when she realized it was because her lips were covered.
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