Chapter 196 New Home

Hephaestus had gained a beard under the time Ragnar underwent the trials of time and bathed in the rivers of time. Olympus had restored much of its lost might and only its people now lacked power. Hephaestus had made it his priority to repair all destroyed artifacts.

Mount Olympus being one of the many artifacts he repaired. Now Olympus wasn't just some steps up to a destroyed throne room. Now it was a mountain reaching far into the sky. Thousands of paths and cities were built upon the mountain and under it were an indefinite amount of a legions of warriors protecting the mountain. There was even a power that forbid flying. Forcing friends and foes to walk up the mountain alike.

"I guess, but, what the hell happened? One moment everything was going great and I left to do some stuff. Then I return to a destroyed realm with no survivors. With zero traces of you, or any of your friends. Do you have any idea how worried we were?" Hephaestus responded to Ragnar's question.

"Alice betrayed us, gained tremendous power and killed all but ten people, me excluded." Ragnar said. The whole aura around him changed at the mention of Alice. His temper was like a balloon. With one simple nail it would pop.

"That's unfortunate! But a question, are we still waging war against norse mythology?" Hephaestus asked.

Ragnar calmed down slightly, just enough for the entirety of Olympus to sigh in relief. Then he said "Yes, we will still wage war with Norse mythology!" confirming Hephaestus suspicion.

"Good, Olympus will rule the sixth dimension with an iron fist and our first stepping stone will be norse mythology. Our vengeance will be served cold and it will sign the end of norse mythology's long regime!" Hephaestus said with hatred.

"Good, I'll bring you up to date a bit and then tell you my plans." Ragnar said and proceeded to tell him everything that had happened so far after they split. Even his meeting with Maja and the trials of time. The only details he left out was his visit in the rivers of time.

After he had told everything he proceeded to share some of his plans.

"I will fuse my realm with this one, well not really fuse. More like combine them, so that we can easily talk and meet each other. We won't fight them yet, first we will increase our strength even more and regroup. I will go and gather all my allies in our combined realm and this time Alice isn't with us and can't hurt us!" Ragnar told Hephaestus.

Some time later Ragnar left and started flying through time and space to reach Cronus realm. His friends had been there for long enough and could now return to a home. As he was flying the system said.

(System has noticed something very interesting about the host and the rivers of time!) the system said to Ragnar.

"What did you notice?" Ragnar asked.

(The host, or should I say original timeline is directly connected to the rivers of time. You are, or should I say the river is made up of you and something else. The original timeline and its powers are about what has happened. Meaning you and the rivers of time is connected in a very interesting way. You represent everything that has happened! Meaning you are not just the original timeline, for the original timeline is a third of the rivers of time. This also means that you could hypothetically manipulate something that has happened.)

"I didn't even think of that. Wait isn't that a bit to powerful?"

(No, there seems to be a very annoying limitation! You can't change something that's happened to yourself. Like making a deal with the all knowing. But with enough power you could just annihilated norse mythology and then restore them to their peak. Or you could restore Olympus to its peak, making it so that they were never exterminated. Like that you could storm norse mythology with the might of the greek gods and yourself!)

"Wait, hypothetically speaking, could I restore Ragthor and all who died when Alice attacked us?" Ragnar asked.

(No, Trickster is preventing that. It knows your powers better than you and has stopped that from happening. Your friends are dead, face it host.)

"Fine, than can I at least restore Olympus to its former might?"

(As of now, no. Host needs to gather more energy, for a very long time before host can accomplish such task. It will take time, estimably a million years at best, two at worst.)

"Hmm, okey. So what's the plan to face God. It's obvious that he's my enemy!" Ragnar asked.

(Simple really, use Julia and Xelena as hostages. They're his grand grand grand something children!)

"Over my dead body! I will not use them as hostages, are you crazy!?"

(It's the best way, what would you do instead? Ask Gluttony and Kronius to take your side. Even though it's obvious they hate your guts. Heck, they made it clear that they hated your previous self. Soul, system and your other allies that fought in the war will have your side, but why not decrease the sacrifices if you can. Think logically!) the system said. But Ragnar wasn't having any of it.

"No, they will not be used in such manner and that's final. Now onto the next topic!"

(Fine, as host wish. Just do as you were planning to do, but I have an interesting idea.)

"What is it this time?"

(When we serried the rivers of time we got to know that Odin only did as told. So instead of just killing Odin, why don't we also declaim the throne of chaos and spread chaos into the dimensions again. But this time only the sixth dimension, in the specific corner where the all knowing reside. Since we are the only thing holding chaos back, even if we're no longer their ruler in their eyes. If we do this we will finally remove chaos from our life and destroy the all knowing!) the system said.

"How am I supposed to do that?" Ragnar asked.

(When you ascend to the seventh dimension enter chaos and discard it from yourself. Then simply make sure it can only attack the all knowing not so hard!)

Their conversation came to an end, as Ragnar reached his destination.

He entered the realm with a boom, making everyone notice him. Cronus was nowhere to be seen as expected. While all his friends were there, except for Leif who left long long ago.

"Ragnar, there you are! I was wondering when you'd come back!" Bennet said and ran towards his friend. Ragnar happily received a hug from his friend and waited for the others to arrive.

It didn't take long for Unity, Bitqrapro, Xelena, Bennett, Julia, Ratri, Elin and the two titans that survived by luck. Everyone gathered around Ragnar, waiting for him to give new orders. Even if Bitqrapro still showed clear hatred for Ragnar. Rightfully so, Ragnar's "loved one" killed everyone in its pantheon.

"Okey everyone, I will be taking you to my new home. You can't stay here anymore, however much you like the place. Any questions?"

Ratri jumped at Ragnar as he finished talking and tackled him ti the ground. He still lacked the power to defend himself from Ratri, she was beyond the 70th layer after all.

"Look at you all grown up!" she said grabbing Ragnar's checks. She had ben dully increase her powers while Ragnar was away. "You're growing way to fast big boy! You're going to leave me in the dust one day!" the others watched in dismay.

"Look at you, not even a million years since Alice, yet you already got a new girlfriend!" Xelena said. Her expression was as pleasant and friendly as usual.

"Boss, ignore her I personally think the two of you work perfectly together!" Bennett said and covered his wife's mouth and giving Ragnar a thumbs up with the other. Now, as both were peak Bennett no longer literally feared his wife.

"I'm shocked there's not a single kid here. I mean Bitqrapro and Julia together for so long. Then we have Bennett and Xelena which at this point can be considered a kid factory. How come there's not a single kid?" Ragnar asked, trying desperately to change the conversation.

"Our body's time are stopped in this realm. Meaning we can't have kids the normal way and me and Xelena do it the good old mortal way if you get what I mean!" Bennett said. Sadly he didn't live to tell the tale, as Xelena made it her priority to kill Bennett. The two ran off, as Julia stepped forward.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"We're going to the city I made long ago. Alice never had access to it and therefor couldn't kill anyone there." Ragnar said. His voice spitting venom othering her name.

"We'll prepare to leave than, nothing much to do anyways.

Some minutes went by, as Ragnar waited for everyone. Bennett and Xelena were still fighting, so Ragnar had some entertainment while waiting.

'What kind of consequences will I incur if I bring back Olympus to its full might?' Ragnar thought. Asking the system a question that manifested in his mind.

(That depends on the host and how the host brings them back! If the host brings them back in a way where they can only have effect from now on, nothing much will happen. But if the host just undoes the extermination, the timeline will change a lot. Which is impossible for the host to do. So the first option is the only one available. It wont change the past and will instead mess the future up a bit, but hey, not our problem!) the system told him.

'That's good, no consequences for the moment.' Ragnar thought while watching his two friends playing around.

Eventually everyone came back and the two love birds stopped fighting. Now everyone waited fir Ragnar to bring them back and he didn't disappoint.

Since his realm was connected to the city realm he just entered his realm. Nightwater is time itself, so his realm is similar to the rivers of time. Memories of time played in front of everyone as they entered the realm. All while a looming night was above. They could see themself's since birth, all the way to this very moment. Their every step in the realm was replayed to them in the solid Nightwater they walked on. They could see trillions of weird creatures with all kinds of forms in the distance watching them with interest.

"Don't worry about them, they're Nightwater Vermin, also previously known as Chaoswalkers. If you look closely you might even recognize one or two of them! Sadly I can't let then lose in Norse mythology, as they belong to my realm and my realm only. We'll soon reach the city where you will live from now on. I will give you access to both parts so nothing to worry about!" Ragnar told them, as they observed the time reflection of themselves.

"Here we are, just jump, nothing to worry about!" Ragnar said and took the plunge first. Unity and Ratri followed him instantly, whike the others waited a bit. Still overwhelmed by Ragnar's realm. They even relived the moment when all their friends died in Ragthor. Memories are precious and dangerous at the same time.

But they too plunged from the night sky covering the world. Literally, the realm of Nightwater was the night sky, with a physical form and everything. But nothing could reach it.

As they fell, they could see the mountain of Olympus in the distant in a realm different from the one they were in.

'Finally some things are back to normal!' they thought, as they saw their new home.

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