Prelude to change 2.195

Rosewisse and Viggo ended up killing over a hundred wulver they encountered on their way. However, Rosewisse was not so happy and Viggo was not so calm. She watched Viggo hold his right arm with a long cut from which he was bleeding nonstop. Viggo had to use his divine power in order to heal such a deep wound.

-I- said Rosewisse with embarrassment -I'm sorry, it wasn't my intention. Seriously-

-I know- said Viggo, holding his arm and watching the wound close until it disappeared -but that's no excuse. We are companions on the battlefield, if you lose control, I can lose my life, remember-

-I will keep it in mind- said Rosewisse sadly -it will not happen again-

Viggo took a deep breath and with his left hand pulled the chain of the sword of chaos. The chain retracted, and the sword moved from the ground to his hand. Viggo looked at both swords and then kept them inside his soul, fading them from the physical world. Viggo looked at Rosewisse and walked to where she was. Rosewisse looked down and Viggo stopped in front of her. He put his hand on her arm and she raised her face.

-Don't worry, you just must get better- Viggo said with a serious look and a feeling of companionship.

Rosewisse smiled and nodded -I'll be better-

-I know-

Viggo and Rosewisse continued through the cave until they reached the end where they encountered a precipice. Below was a drop of hundreds of meters and ahead a ledge with a thick emerald door and dwarf engravings. Viggo and Rosewisse looked at each other, jumped onto the ledge ten meters away and fell on a snow-covered surface.

Viggo looked up and noticed that above him was a huge crack in the ice that was under the giant's arm. The runic tattoos were seen around the arm in the shape of a bracelet. Viggo then looked ahead, a space ten meters wide, and then looked at Rosewisse.

-Do you think?- asked Viggo.

-No, no, no- Rosewisse said against -it's very dangerous to maneuver in such a narrow space. Me and my wings were five meters wide- she looked down and muttered -heavens, which sounded bad– then she looked back at Viggo and continued -no, I don't want to do something so dangerous-

-I understand, then we're going this way- replied Viggo, turning around and walking to the door. He pushed a little, but it didn't move. Rosewisse stood at the door on the right side. Viggo moved on the left side. Both of them looked at each other, nodded, and pushed at the same time. Then something broke on the other side and the doors opened.

Once Rosewisse and Viggo were able to open the doors, only a large ice-covered hall was left on all sides. At the same time, what obstructed the door was a thick layer of ice. Some furniture, vessels and utensils were scattered on the floor. They moved forward looking at everything and realized that in a corner there was a family of frozen people. The four, two adults and two children, embraced, with black skin from frostbite and covered by a thin layer of ice. Viggo and Rosewisse looked down and continued to move through the room.

The whole place was run down and covered with ice. Thanks to that, many things were preserved, such as plates and cutlery, but they were so worn by time that when Rosewisse leaned on a table, it collapsed, and everything broke as if it were made of glass. Viggo had to hold her hand and guide her to the end of the room so she could leave.

-I've read of this place- said Rosewisse -it was quite famous. It was one of the few peoples who worshipped Njord, a Vanir god-

-Don't worry, that's over, we were just seeing the end results of something bigger- Viggo replied -this won't be our end, this won't be the end of our family. You must not be afraid. I will protect your back and you will protect mine-

-Yes- said Rosewisse with a small smile.

In this way, they continued to advance through corridors and halls that were in the same conditions. Ancient things covered by a layer of ice that at the slightest touch broke. The corpses were piled up everywhere. The most unfortunate thing died alone in a corner in a fetal position, trying to protect themselves from the terrible cold. The most advantaged died with their family, protecting the little ones, but all efforts were futile. Now they were all mummies frozen in ice.

Viggo and Rosewisse opened the last gate only to find a twenty-meter-wide cliff with a depth that could be counted in hundreds of meters. On the other side of the cliff was the tip of the huge pillar that pierced the giant's head. The tip emitted an igneous orange glow, as if it had been in the forge, but it did not seem to emit heat, as the atmosphere was freezing.

Rosewisse stopped behind Viggo and hugged him. The latter looked back at her and asked -What about that not maneuvering in enclosed spaces?-

-It's twenty meters, it's not that much- replied Rosewisse and jumped to glide and cross the cliff in a short moment. They descended on dry land. A mixture of stone and ice. Ahead of them was the chisel with which they would record the rune and could enter Odin's hidden chamber.

-Well, we're almost there- said Viggo, embodied the Leviathan axe, but Rosewisse took it by the wrist and stopped it. Viggo stared at her and asked -What?-

-Leave it to me, if it's by edge, my katana is the best- said Rosewisse.

-Are you sure?-

-Yes- said Rosewisse, embodying the katana and unsheathing. She passed the cover to Viggo and then moved forward until she stopped in front of the tip of the chisel. Viggo stared at her for a few seconds. Rosewisse channeled mana to the blade of the katana that was initially blue but transformed into a watery green with small glows inside as if they were stars. She lifted the katana, breathed, traced a cut with her gaze and unloaded the katana following that cut.

-Try to cut several pieces of chisel, we never know when we will need more. In addition, it does not look like a normal material. I'm sure Dad would love to study it-

-I get it- said Rosewisse and continued to cut pieces of the tip of the chisel.

Viggo turned around and looked outside, where the cliff could be seen. He used his divine power to occupy his clairvoyance and looked around, but at first glance there seemed to be no danger.

-Ready- said Rosewisse.

Viggo with his active clairvoyance and golden glow in his pupils, saw Rosewisse take several pieces of metal and throw them into the bag of plenty. She finished putting it all away, tied the bag to her waist and looked at Viggo with a smile, but suddenly something appeared in front of Rosewisse and hit her face so hard that it deformed her face. The teeth flew, the skull sank, and the blood splattered.

-No- Viggo roared so loudly that the cry reverberated throughout the cave. That cut off the source of divine power and he realized that Rosewisse was fine, just finishing fastening the bag of abundance on her waist. She lifted her face slowly as she had and was going to gesticulate a smile. Viggo moved at full speed, clenched his left fist, activated the bracelet and the blades unfolded to form a shield. Rosewisse did not know why Viggo was so upset, but he stopped in front of her, placed the shield and heard a powerful metallic ring, product of the clash of the shield and the Mjolnir. However, unlike the previous time, Viggo resisted the impact and with a powerful roar, repelled the hammer and the weapon returned to the hand of its owner.

Rosewisse looked over the side of Viggo's shield and saw Thor coming out of a portal. Coppery hair and beard, disheveled hair, prominent stature just like his huge drinking belly. The hammer in his left hand and the look of someone who sees his enemy.

-I see you've become more skilled- Thor said an insidious voice -it's a real surprise, let me correct my previous mistake-

Viggo activated his touki to his full capacity and at the same time made his wand appear. He only had to make a gesture with his wrist and the golden halo of the blessing of the sun appeared above his head. At the same time, Thor, more than twenty meters away, took his hammer and threw it hard. However, he did not expect Viggo to fold his shield and put his bare hands on. Thor smiled with a smile brimming with confidence and mockery, but when Viggo was hit by the hammer with his hands and didn't back down, that smile faded.

Thor stretched out his hand to bring the hammer back to his hand, but Viggo gave him a sneer and squeezed the hammer's head with all his might. The hammer did not return to Thor's hands, which made him angry and applied more mana to his hand, which increased the strength of the hammer and finally escaped from Viggo's hands. The latter smiled but forced himself not to frown and show the pain of the impact of the hammer on his hands and arms.

-Enough of experiments- Rosewisse shouted in panic, Viggo nodded and brought his hand to the necklace on his neck with the blue stone.

Thor seeing the red-haired boy bring his hand to the necklace on his neck thought that the same thing would happen as the other time, so he threw the hammer with all his strength, but to his misfortune, the blue energy sphere surrounded Viggo and Rosewisse.

-We'll see each other again- Viggo said, frowning -next time, get ready, I'll return this pain to you-

Thor called his hammer and shortcut it with his left hand -I hope, I like this game more and more-

-We'll see if you say the same thing next time-

Then the blue sphere surrounding Viggo and Rosewisse vanished from Midgar and moved through space. Viggo let out a scream of pain and fell to his knees to the ground, his arms drooping.

-What happened to you?- asked Rosewisse, worried about him -How do I help you?-

-You can't- said Viggo, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain -that son of a bitch, he dislocated my arms with the impact of the hammer. They hurt more than any pain I've ever felt before-

Viggo channeled divine energy to his muscles and bones healing in a few seconds -oh holy heaven- he said standing up -I thought he was going to tear off my arms with that blow-

-You're an idiot- shout Rosewisse -if you have the damn shield, use it, you have it for something-

Viggo turned around and looked at Rosewisse -what are you talking about? We said we were going to experiment and see if we can withstand blows like that. The first phase was correct, we just need to fine-tune our power and improve it a bit. That way we can fight with him and receive some blows without dying in the process. Although for now I do not recommend it, it hurts in a way-

-Me, me- said Rosewisse, frowning -I don't know whether to think you're cold and you're serious about experimenting or you're just dumb-

-There we go again, well, well, I'm Viggo the fool-

Rosewisse hugged him and said -almost, you almost gave me the scare of my life-

-And you?- asked Viggo with a serious expression -I saw you die before my eyes-

Rosewisse raised her face and looked into his eyes. Viggo was very serious about that. There wasn't a hint of joke in his gaze. So, what had happened for him to say that?