"Pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain!!!!!!!"
In the serpent's mind, the indescribable agony was shredding its already scarce reason, making it become even more enraged.
Its huge snake eyes, as crimson as blood and as vast as lakes and oceans, seemed provoked, turning so red they were nearly purple, and its gaze became incomparably fierce and terrifying. With the great serpent's fury, even the sea of clouds beside it seemed to sense the boundless rage in the heart of this unprecedented behemoth, turning a bloody scarlet.
"ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In an instant, the wind and thunder shifted. Under the ashen gaze of the sun goddess Sol, amidst the flashing lightning and rumbling thunder, the colossal monster before her, its body connecting heaven and earth, raised its mountain-like head and unleashed a furious roar that echoed through the heavenly realm. The roar was so shrill that it stirred up countless storms and waves on the great sea, shattering the clouds in the sky. The stars, which had already been fleeing in panic, had no choice but to fearfully retreat further, their faces showing dread.
"Rumble!!!"
Even the eternally unchanging vast firmament seemed to be quaking and on the verge of collapse under the monster's furious roar. Fragments of debris continuously fell from the gradually widening cracks in the sky dome, transforming into skyfire and plummeting to the mortal world.
"No… not good…"
Among the stars fleeing in terror, some constellations looked at the skyfire incessantly falling from the heavens towards the mortal world and screamed in panic, their faces filled with unease and dread.
The sky dome was formed by the sky god Odin using the skull of Ymir, the ancestor of the frost giants, to resist various chaos from the outer worlds and prevent that skyfire from leaking into the mortal realm. But now, fissures had appeared in the firmament…
In that case, the mortal world was probably in peril!
And the giant serpent obviously did not care about any of this. It lowered its head to look down at the incomparably tiny deity before it and charged forward in a frenzy.
The abyss-like, gaping maw constantly expanded before the sun goddess Sol, intending to swallow the sun goddess into its belly. This time, the target in the serpent's eyes was no longer that fiercely burning sun, but that horrified goddess…
It wanted to devour this creature that had completely infuriated it. No matter if this creature was a god or something else, anything that angered it had to die.
"ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
…
"Flee!"
Without any time to think, Sol instinctively thought of escape.
Unlike the tactical retreat earlier to avoid the brunt of the attack, this time, this goddess of the heavenly realm rarely thought of fleeing under the drive of fear.
For the first time, she felt terror.
Even without her urging, the two divine steeds named Alsvid and Arvak had already begun to gallop in panic on the cloud layer, trying to escape the deep abyss-like jaws of the great serpent behind them.
The sun chariot, pulling the sun, raced frantically on the cloud layer, but behind it, the completely berserk giant serpent pounced over.
"Boom!!!!!!!!!"
The incredibly heavy giant serpent's head failed to hit the chariot, instead directly smashing into the majestic sky dome, its head as vast as mountains and oceans making the firmament tremble.
Amidst the huge rumbling that sounded almost like wailing, the sky was directly tilted from the impact. Countless stars hanging in the heavens swayed, and even more stars directly transformed into meteors under the mighty shock, plummeting into the great sea.
In the scarlet and furious, ferocious snake eyes, the fleeing figure of the sun goddess Sol was reflected. She, who was usually infinitely glorious, had never appeared so flustered. The chariot carrying the sun had been going so fast just now that it had nearly flung the sun off the earth.
The scorching divine fire blazed fiercely on the cloud layer, and the entire sky had long turned into endless crimson clouds. Meteors streaked across the sky towards the ground, but the giant serpent's rage obviously would not be satisfied by this. It roared and charged in the direction the sun goddess was escaping.
The sea of clouds, the stars - nothing could block the advance of this enraged monster. The sun goddess Sol, who was being relentlessly pursued, turned her head to look at the monster behind her, her face pale. Then she made a decision.
"Escape to Asgard!"
…
Asgard, the head of the Bifrost Bridge.
Heimdall stood at the head of the magnificent seven-colored rainbow bridge, his gaze as bright as torches. He gripped his slaying sword tightly in his hand, using his keen gaze to vigilantly sweep over all possible invading enemies. If he discovered anything amiss, he was ready to blow the horn at any moment.
As the only passage connecting the mortal world and even the entire Nine Worlds with the divine realm of Asgard, no matter who it was, they had to pass through the Bifrost Bridge to enter Asgard. Its importance was self-evident. And in this era, there was no shortage of creatures trying to resist the gods. Because of this, the Bifrost Bridge was often the first line of defense for the gods against external enemies. In order to defend against frost giants and various other monsters that might invade, it was obviously necessary for a powerful warrior to guard this place. And Heimdall was undoubtedly a mighty warrior.
Created by the combined power of the gods, from the moment of his birth, Heimdall shouldered the heavy responsibility of protecting the safety of the divine realm. His strength was comparable to any of the gods. Even Odin had to sigh in admiration at his power. And he indeed did not fail the expectations of the gods. In the countless wars where the frost giants tried to attack the divine realm of Asgard over tens of thousands of years, he firmly guarded the Bifrost Bridge without the slightest negligence, becoming one of the most exalted deities on par with Thor, the god of thunder.
But even he had never seen a scene like this before.
Before him, divine fire filled the sky, burning the horizon red. The stars were all in a panic, and the entire sky was in turmoil. The sun chariot, fast as a streak of light, zoomed past him.
With his sharp eyesight, Heimdall could even clearly see the look of dread on the beautiful face of the sun goddess Sol who brushed past him. At this moment, she appeared completely flustered, not at all like a majestic goddess.
"What's going on…"
The greatly shocked Heimdall had yet to ponder this when he understood what was happening.
"Bang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A serpent head, as magnificent as a mountain range, suddenly descended from the sky, heavily smashing onto the Bifrost Bridge, making the rainbow bridge sway and nearly collapse. Then it prepared to wind forward along the path of the sun chariot, but how could Heimdall allow such a thing to happen.
"Stop!"
Although this famous heavenly war god had not yet reacted to what was going on, the instincts honed over tens of thousands of years still drove him to let out a furious shout. He subconsciously raised the shield in his hand, trying to block this intruder who had rashly invaded the divine realm.
But he obviously underestimated the vast might of the invader.
"Clang!!!"
When the shield he raised collided with the scales on the giant serpent's body, a humming sound like the clashing of metal and leather immediately rang out. It was like hitting a mountain. An indescribably powerful force was instantly reflected back, making his wrist go numb and limp.
No, not a mountain. Even if it was really a mountain, it definitely would not be able to crush this heavenly god. This force was simply like an entire ocean - infinite, bringing an indescribable oppressive feeling.
It was like an ant trying to lift a mountain, simply unable to support it.
But Heimdall still desperately held up the shield, the veins on his forehead bulging as he tried with all his might to block this irresistible power from advancing. His feet were firmly planted on the ground. Under the pressure of the immense force, his feet sank deep into the earth and continued to sink further.
And just as Heimdall was about to be unable to hold on, suddenly, that vast force eased off. Heimdall subconsciously looked up…
Above his head was a pair of cold pupils as large as lakes.
The owner of the huge pupils looked down from on high at the tiny Heimdall below, who was as insignificant as an ant, as if a giant had been bitten by an ant and was surprised enough to stop and glance at it.
Then, after a look at Heimdall before it, it casually swung its head, flinging the unprepared Heimdall away, and continued to chase the sun chariot relentlessly, charging into Asgard, trampling countless divine flowers along the way.
…
A long time later, a loud and urgent horn sounded through all of Asgard, announcing to the gods the arrival of an uninvited guest.
"Hoot~ Hoot~"