up to this god

Chapter 18

Aum woke up slowly from his sleep, and the light of the morning sun drew orange slanting shadows on the wall through the window lattice.His body was dry, and he tried to move, and his waist immediately felt numb.

A hand reached under the quilt, stroked the skin under his right rib, groped to the waist, and rubbed lightly and heavily with five finger pulps.

Saul lay beside him, turned his body sideways, put his other arm across Orm's lower abdomen, and pressed his palm on his left waist: "Do you regret inviting me to do my best?"

Aum enjoyed his massage, stretched his body slightly, and yawned: "Why should you regret it?"

Sol smiled lowly, and planted a kiss on his cheek: "If you can get up, Fu Lijia said that she wanted to take us to a place today."

Aum stayed in bed for the first time as an adult, washed and ate lunch in the house, changed into a light black wide-sleeve shirt and beige trousers, walked out of the Lightning Palace with Sol, and took a walk in the city, the destination was Fulijia's private palace Fensarill - Palace of the Sea of ​​Mists.

On the way, Aum saw men and women of all ages and sizes, some picnicking on the river bank, chatting carefreely, and some practicing martial arts profusely in the training grounds that can be seen everywhere.He couldn't help asking Saul: "You only have a few hundred gods whose names are on the register. Why does Asgard have so many people?"

Sol took his hand and watched him look around curiously: "The people of Asgard are all Nordics who were received by Valkyrie to the realm of the gods. If you see two young people together in the city, they are the most It is possible that one died bravely in battle in the Viking Age, and the other died in love. It may also be that the early dead who never felt romance met true love in Asgard. All of them ate the bread of Eden and no longer grow old. They voluntarily prepared for thousands of years in the training ground, and when the battle of twilight comes, they will accompany us to fight." Sol also looked at the people around him and said, "They make God no longer alone."

It took a long time for Aum and Sol to arrive at the Palace of the Sea of ​​Mist. Although Frigga greeted her enthusiastically, obviously pretending that she and Aum had just met yesterday, Aum was still embarrassed to look her in the eyes. Afraid of seeing ridicule.

Frigga did not tease him, and said to her son: "Sol, since you have decided to stay with him for the rest of your life, I want to take Orm to the source of the Urd spring, so that you can make a formal commitment in front of the World Tree."

Sol didn't find this proposal abrupt, nodded and said, "I'll go there as soon as I finish Jormungandr."

Orm asked: "What does our combination have to do with Yermungandr?" Thor replied: "The promise of the World Tree is a promise of life and death. I have to sort out my fate before I dare to have a future with you." connected together."

Aum stared at Thor in surprise. The difference in lifespan made it a unilateral sacrifice to live and die together. Did he really intend to make an oath?If this is the case, then Aum naturally dares to make a reciprocal promise.

Sol frowned worriedly, and intertwined his fingers tightly: "If I find Jormungandr, we will have a big battle. If it escapes as in the legend, that's fine, but if we spell it out It is very difficult to win or lose without affecting the court, and I cannot implicate you."

Aum said firmly: "Understanding the teasing of fate together is the meaning of promise. I am never afraid of death, and we may have to face various situations. Yermungandr is only the most predictable among them. Why worry about gains and losses because of it?" ?”

Sol still shook his head, wanting to say something, but was interrupted by Fu Lijia: "Let me explain, don't forget, my palace is used to accept partners. The promise you made to the World Tree is not a bondage, it is just The compass, let the lost hero see the way to the direction of the lover. As long as you are alive, you can withdraw your promise anytime, anywhere, say "I don't love him anymore" twice in your heart, and feel your heart stop beating for two beats. It means that the veins connecting the names have been bitten off, and they have gone their separate ways since then, without any burden."

Saul hesitated for a few seconds: "Just say it, don't do it?"

"Need not."

"Okay, I understand." Saul was relieved, turned his head and saw Aum glaring at him dissatisfiedly, and holding the other's finger comfortingly: "We set off immediately."

The source of the Fountain of Destiny is the highest peak in northern Asgard.Ordinary springs emerge from the bottom of the water, but it flows from the void in the middle of the sky, and falls into the clear river ten feet below.The wide river rushes to the south, and there are always four beautiful deer standing by the river, with honey dripping from the antlers, drinking with them, and melting into the river.

The world tree Yggdrasil only grows one of the branches in Asgard. Its canopy protrudes from the cliff on the top of the mountain, covering the top of the spring. It is wider than the dome of the Golden Palace. The highest branch is called Lillard.

Sol and Aum stood on the river bank near the spring, watched as Frigga flew close to Lailard, easily picked a peach-shaped leaf the size of a coconut from the branch, and fell back to Sol and Aum: "Use Just write your name with your finger, and the spring water can see whose family you are."

Thor took the leaf, knelt on the wet soil, held the evergreen leaf in his left hand, and traced the veins with his fingertips, leaving golden strokes, it was Thor.As he wrote, Orm watched with amazement as the water from the spring began to twist and change, forming three sun-reflecting symbols in the air: .They are the runes created by Odin hanging upside down on the world tree for nine days and nine nights, taking himself as a sacrifice to himself.

After Saul finished writing, he handed the evergreen leaf to Aum beside him, watched him take it with a little worry, and wrote his name smoothly on the right half of the leaf.Aum looked up at Quan, and his rune name really appeared in the air:

The characters formed by the two streams of water overlap in the air and merge into a clear spring and fall into the river.Orm lowered his head, and the veins on the giant leaf, which were just ordinary before, changed their shape, and a tender green vein protruded from the end of the r in Thor's golden font, connecting to the bottom of Orm's initials.

The two stood up, and Fu Lijia took the evergreen leaf from Aum, flew to Lailard, and reconnected the root of the leaf to the branch securely, as if it had never been picked off.She fell back to the ground, hugged a young lover with one arm, and kissed their foreheads on tiptoe: "The oath has come into effect." Under the canopy of the World Tree, the leaves engraved with the names of Sol and Orm were blown by the breeze, and they were in harmony with other writings. The evergreen leaves with pairs of lovers' names swayed left and right, making a soft rustling sound.

The two did not stay longer in Asgard, as Atlantis was about to hold a referendum on moving the capital.

The main city of Atlantis is the capital of Atlantis in the old days, Poseidonia.Like all ancient cities on land, it faces the problem of protection of ancient buildings.Although the statues and temples have been protected against moisture, after they sank to the bottom of the sea, they were first destroyed by predators, then eroded by sea water, and parasitic by zooplankton. Now, more than 2000 years later, there are very few left, and the materials are very fragile.

The propaganda slogan of Ovacs is to restore Poseidonia to the way it is loved by God, maintain the existing modern buildings, no new houses, and the hydrothermal fluid in the mid-ocean ridge not far from it. The karst cave area will be built to accompany the capital, and the residential and commercial centers will be gradually transferred there.

The choice to build a new city inside the hydrothermal vent is due to the particularity of the hydrothermal biological environment.Life here does not rely on photosynthesis, but metabolizes with heat sources, and there are beneficial bacteria that are resistant to high temperatures and can detoxify.The high content of sulfide in the water is highly toxic to terrestrial and offshore organisms and acts as a natural barrier.This is the area of ​​the earth closest to "another planet", which fully satisfies the governance philosophy of the Yuanhai faction-living independently of the land, and does not allow land people to come to make trouble.

In addition, the hydrothermal area has a full range of metal deposits, as well as self-sufficient reserves.This is a double-edged sword. If Atlantis does not have the strength to protect resources, it will be reduced to the mouth of the country that came here smelling money. It is called liberation, but it is actually aggression.What's more dangerous is that the system of Atlantis continued the long-standing form of the ancient Greek king + council of elders + citizens' assembly. Although slavery was abolished, it still gave some countries a reason to accuse it of being a dictatorship.

Perfectly, there is feedback on the exploration activities in the cave area over the past year. Its structure extends deep into the seabed and circles around the Atlantic Ocean. However, only the vicinity of Atlantis and the bottom of Reser Island in Egil can be used as entrance and exit.The other areas are separated from the sea by an extremely thick rock layer, which reduces the possibility of being invaded by the enemy from the rear and caught in the urn.

Ovax's calculation is the same as that of the former king: to develop aerospace as soon as possible.Because even if the people on the land have the colonial technology, they will not leave without ruining the clean earth, and the people in the deep sea have to prepare a way out for themselves.Now I have obtained a resource reserve suitable for development out of thin air, which can be said to be blessed by the gods.

Because of the advantages of nuclear-powered submarines, Atlantis' nuclear research progress is faster than that of land people, but they have not developed weapons.Ovacs planned to do it in the early years, but later spent all his investment on the infrastructure of the new city.It has already taken shape, and if more than 70.00% of the votes are approved, large-scale additional investment can be made.

As long as living in the far sea is what the people want, there will be fewer and fewer supporters of the near sea faction among those elected to the council of elders.Aum is an idol loved by both young and old. He helped Ovax a lot in the early stage of the project, so he must be present during the voting period.

Saul didn't have many affairs of state to deal with, and was free to accompany him.The two stayed in Asgard for half a month before returning to the bottom of the sea from the Rainbow Bridge.