Chapter 88 Rune, Weak And Hearth Flame

Third person

" Harder, you call this a punch?" A big blue, white giant said. None see through ice, covered his body like armor and clothes. He was extending his finger for a small boy to punch it.

The boy punched over and over again. Hoping to satisfy the giant. Each time, his punches fell short.

" How are you going to storm Asgard with that strength? You can't even beat a frost troll." The giant complained, as the child punched his finger once more. The child seemed to be at his last leg. The hair was a mess and each punch was slower and slower. The cloths he worn, when he arrived, were completely destroyed. Leaving the child naked, in the cold environment of nifelhiem. Trying to throw another punch, the child slumped down, too exhausted to go on.

" Oh come on. We've only been doing this none stop for a week. Your brother could go on for years. Fine, if your going to be so dramatic. I guess we can go inside and to some theoretical training. Teaching you the runes of the Vanir." The giant said, but got no response. So he carefully grabbed the child, by his fingertips and lofted him. Starting his long journey, to his ice castle.

In the middle of the journey, the child woke up. He saw hundreds of smaller giants, here and there. All seeming to mind their business, until he noticed something strange. The all seemed slightly hallow, almost transparent.

" Those are dead giants. They have died in battle, just recently. Sadly we lost tremendously against the aseir this time. Let me tell you something. We might find dead and living here. This is nifelhiem child, realm of the dead. This is the home of the dead and frost giants, such as you and me. The fire giants live in muspelhiem. In jotunhiem all kinds of giants live. Storm, frost, fire and stone. But for now, you are in nifelhiem, but if you do good in your lessons. I might take you to visit other realms." The giant told the curious child, as he walked. Each step he took, shock the very world.

The child was exited by the possibilities, having long since forgotten to escape.

" What will you be teaching me now?" The child asked, with stars in his eyes, literally. Somehow his eyes shapeshifted into stars.

" bahaha. If you listened before, i will be teaching you runes. But it also seems like i need to teach you to control your powers."

" What do you mean?" The child asked, confused what he was talking about.

" Bahahaha, you don't even know what tour doing." The giant laughed, happy that the child was still young and innocent. Not yet destroyed by constant wars, fought between the gods and giants.

As he giant laughed at the child, the child fell asleep again. Making the giant stopped laughed, instead complaining about the child being weak.

" When i was his age, i already killed my first god." The giant mumbled, as it took another step.

Some time later

The giant Threw the child in between his fingers, right at the door of the castle. Waking the kid up, in a very mean manner.

" Hey, that hurt." The kid complained, as he rubbed his silky smooth, black hair. With small tear drops, leaving his green colored eyes.

Pov mc third person

Why do i feel like the bad guy? Ragnar asked himself, as he watched the green dragon decay. Not wanting to consume him. His body was slowly changing, returning to its godly form. As he had finally reached godhood some days ago. Now he knew why. He ate a dragon, in the middle rank, of the titans.

As his body shrunk back and his nee body parts disappeared and the old ones returned. The new ones, left scars, before disappearing. All the arms left scars, but Ragnar covered them up. He didn't want scars, as he considered them very ugly.

As Ragnar struggled to walk, as his legs were weak. He still had some things left from his transformation. But they were different from before, small spear tails, poked out of his leg. One of he horns were left on his head and one of the wings stayed on his left arm. To call him an abomination right now, would not be wrong. As he looked quite hideous, as his face hadn't returned to normal, either.

(Host was warned. Now host soul has been permanently damaged and can't be healed by the system or the host. Host will need outside influence and Hestia flames can only heal the host appearance. Not actually injuries.) The system told Ragnar, as he struggled to get to Alice. He was more worried for her, as he saw the power behind that punch. It could have destroyed a universe. Thankfully they were in a realm, made out of overpowered beings, inside an even more powerful realm. Known as the hall of chaos. Inside a super powerful realm, that even came, to be known as a dimension. Thanks to that, Alice didn't travel light years away, but it still took time, for Ragnar to make it over to her.

After many minutes of walking and bleeding from everywhere on his body, he finally arrived. A dark cocoon covered Alice and the egg. Using his powers, he released both of them. The black cocoon slowly disappeared showing both of them. Ragnar was quick to use his water powers. They looked weird and black, not like the night. More like hey were corrupted by himself. But thankfully they still healed her.

I'm no longer a god of water! Ragnar though, as he clenched his left hand. He had to fix this, he was a god of water, it's part of him. Chaos can't decide his every move.

Slowly Alice woke up. She seemed to hurt, to be able to fully move. So Ragnar did the only thing he knew could help, other then healing her with corrupted water and got to work. He gather sticks and cut down trees, at the speed of light. Not willing to let her suffer, any more then she already was.

After building a small, temporary house, Ragnar made a fire bit and brought Alice close to it.

" Please Alice, i know you can hear me. Use your powers, light that flame. Then you can rest, however long you want. I'll be here when you wake up, please." Ragnar begged, as he hugged Alice.

Slowly, an ember was formed in the wood, burning stronger and stronger, until finally it became a flame. Ragnar did not stop hugging Alice and only tightened his grip on her. He would never let her fall injured again. Enough was enough!

The warmth of the fire, lowered Ragnar's pain. But it didn't make it disappear. But Ragnar could already tell, that he had much to do. If he wanted the pain gone. After many hours, he finally let go of Alice, to put the egg closer to the fire and get more sticks, to feed the flame.

Like before, every step he took, hurt. But he didn't give up, he had to do it, for Alice. The spear tails on his leg, had a life of their own. Grabbing anything they could. Making Ragnar's job, very annoying.

Small time skip

Hours passed and Ragnar finally sat down. He tried every power he had, the night was completely destroyed. Being pure chaos. His telekinesis changed in a disturbing way. It still worked the same, but everything he used it on, changed slowly. Morphing into chaos monsters. He got to know this fact, when a branch grew hundreds of arms with teeth. It had tried to kill Alice, so Ragnar disposes of the creature.

His swordsmanship was okey, if you didn't take in to fact. That everything he hit, got corrupted. Slowly morphing it, or simply making it dissolve into nothing. He only way, to slightly calm these powers. Were to stand close to the hearth flame. Something Ragnar didn't mind doing. So that's what he did. After using a rock, to kill a dragon, then grabbing two stick to lift it. To not corrupt it, with his touch. He brought the dragon to the flame and got to work. While being protected by the flame.

Night slowly arrived and Alice was still asleep. The dragon was half eaten, while the rest of it, laid next to Alice. Alice laid on warm, black, none wet, solid water. But it was not hard like ice, it was comfortable. That's why Ragnar made it for her.

The hearth flame was dying and keeping it alive took hundreds of trees, per hour. So Ragnar never slept, only guarding the flame. Giving it a tree, or two, every minute. Slowly but surely, the flame stabilized and when morning arrived, the flame was back to normal. So was Alice, even if she was still sleeping. Cracks had formed on her body, under the night. But as the flame burned faster and faster. The faster her wounds healed.

Pov Loki third person

" hahaha, that's it, good job kid." The giant said, as Loki made two runes. The first rune was two straight lines, separated from each other. With an X connecting them, at the upper part. While the second rune was just a straight line. Bothe runes were written, by Lokis blood. An explosion of ice, occurred, even if it was small. It managed to cover Lokis hair in ice. Making the giant laugh at his misfortune and praise him, for his quick learning.

" Let's give you something useful for this realm, shall we. Sadly fire can't burn in nifelhiem, so next rune is earth. Make it, succeed at making it. Then put it on a weapon of your choice. While you were training, i went to the dwarves, in another realm, to buy some weapons. You will chose one of the weapons and enchant it, by putting two runes on it. Remember on a weapon, one does not need manifest, so don't use it." The giant said, as he decreased in size and entered his study room.

Now that Loki was alone. Since he found it fun, he got straight to work. He first created the manifest rune. The one that look like an M, but with an X in between instead. Then he got to work at making the earth rune. Creating two lines, connecting too each other. He made one go to the right top, while the other to the right bottom. Then he made another one, but both going to the left. The second one, going to the left, was made, where the lines meet at the first one.( it's these two <> but the one to the right, is inside the one to the left.)

After successfully making the rune. He thought he got it first try, but it failed. So he tried again and again. Nit giving up. Spending many hours on them. Until finally he was done. The reward for his efforts was a stone in the face. But he was still happy.

After that, he grabbed the book, his giant uncle gave him and read it. Trying to find another rune he wanted to use. As he couldn't use frost, when he was in nifelhiem. After some minutes of searching, he found it. The dawn rune, also known as light within. He once more got to work. First making the manifest rune, then trying to make the other rune. First he mad an X then he made two straight lines, one on the right side of the X, while the other on the left side. It resulted in failure. But he tried over and over. Until, he was finally done.

" Hehe, let's get a weapon." Loki said to himself, as he walked to the weapon room.

(Author here: chapter, let's goo. An extra, you are so nice author. Anyways see you all tomorrow have a great day and author out :) )