Realizing the snake girl's reluctance, Gaia had no intention of pressing on. She just scratched her head with her fingers and began to look up and down at her wrapped around her middle finger.
After a moment of silence, Gaia said a name again:
"Jormungandr, what do you think of the name of this mythical character?"
"Well……"
Cautiously not agreeing immediately, Snake Girl chose to ask clearly before speaking:
"Lord Gaia, what is the story of this Jörmungandr? Isn't it also a name for a god or something?"
"No, Jormungandr cannot be called a god. Rather, it is the existence that hates gods the most.
Well, let me tell you its story.
As mentioned before, the evil god Loki gave birth to a god of death named Hela, but this Hela was actually Loki's youngest child. She also had an older brother named Jörmungandr, who was actually a huge giant. snake.
The Lord God Odin felt that Loki's sons and daughters were Asgard, that is, a major threat to the divine world, and would be the root of destruction of the world, so he came up with ideas to suppress them. Odin threw Jörmungandr into the bottomless sea surrounding the human world when he was still young, and was trapped by his own weight and the pressure of the water.
The giant snake was already very large. It stretched its body and just happened to meet its tail at the other end of the deep sea. Jörmungandr could not break free in the sea, so he had to tighten his body and surrounded the entire Midgard. Therefore, he was called the "Midgard Serpent" and the "Snake Surrounding the Midgard". "
"So……"
Wagging her tail curiously, Snake Girl asked her doubts:
"Lord Gaia, why do you say that Jormungandr is the existence that hates gods the most?"
"This involves three stories related to gods."
Having said this, Gaia also realized that the time it would take next would not be too short, so she landed from mid-air, found a wooden pile and sat on it:
“The first story is called The Unliftable Cat.
One time, Odin's son Thor, the God of Thunder, visited the Kingdom of Giants and met the local king Utgar Loki. Utgar challenged Thor with some problems, one of which was asking Thor to lift one of his cats.
Thor, who is famous for his immense strength, accepted the test. Unexpectedly, he tried his best but could only lift one of the cat's feet. This result made Thor frustrated. Finally, Utgar Lorch told Thor that the tests along the way were all caused by his spells. The cat he asked Thor to lift was actually the giant snake Jörmungandr.
Jörmungandr is huge enough to surround the human world, and Thor can actually lift part of it, which shows how powerful Thor is.
But to be honest, this story is actually just a certain relationship between the two. The problem lies in the second story, which is Thor fishing for the giant snake Jörmungandr.
One time, Thor went fishing with the giant Himmel. In order to show his strength to Himmel, Thor sailed the boat far away from the shore, used the head of the giant bull as bait, and lowered it into the depths of the ocean to attract the giant. The snake Jörmungandr came and bit him, and then he used all his strength to wrestle with the giant snake biting the bull's head, and successfully pulled the giant snake out of the sea.
After the giant snake Jormungandr rushed to the sea, he was frightened and angry. He continuously released poisonous gas and snake blood, pulled the cattle with all his strength, and wrestled with Thor. Even the ships Thor stood on were damaged by the giant snake.
At this time, Thor picked up Thor's hammer Mjolnir and wanted to hit the giant snake on the head, but Himmel was so afraid that he cut the thread. As a result, the giant snake fell back into the sea, and they became sworn enemies from then on. hatred. "
"Wow!"
When the snake girl heard this, her eyes flashed:
"It's such an inextricable fate. How did the last story of the two of them end? Lord Gaia, please tell me quickly - ah! It can't be done there!"
He casually touched the snake girl and asked her to calm down. Gaia took the initiative to ignore her coquettishness:
"This third story tells the ultimate battle between Thor and the Mortal Serpent.
In the myths of previous civilizations, there was a doomsday war called "Twilight of the Gods". In this war, Jörmungandr resonated with the evil forces on the earth. It woke up from its sleep and kept churning on the bottom of the sea, causing huge waves. It spit out deadly venom and poisonous gas from its mouth, polluted the entire ocean, filled the entire world, and came to the land of Asgard to officially declare war on the gods.
Its opponent is none other than Thor, the god of thunder with whom it has a deep grudge. During the battle, the giant snake kept spraying venom at Thor and used all means to attack Thor. Thor deeply understood the power of the giant snake and did not dare to neglect it. He used his weapon Thor's hammer Mjolnir three times. It was thrown at the giant snake, but even Thor's hammer, which was bound to hit the target, was cleverly avoided by the giant snake.
Finally, Thor finally succeeded in hitting the giant snake on the head with the magic hammer, smashing the snake's head and killing the snake, but the venom of the giant snake also penetrated deep into Thor's body, and both parties died together. "
Swinging her tail excitedly, Snake Girl's eyes were filled with the emotion called longing:
"Doomsday battle, what a wonderful word... I don't know if I will ever have the chance to encounter one in my lifetime. But having said that -"
Pouting angrily, the petite snake girl looked dissatisfied:
"Whether it is Hela, the god of death, or the world-devouring snake, they don't seem to be positive characters. Lord Gaia, do you have any bad prejudice against me?"
Hearing this righteous question, Gaia couldn't help but stare down at the snake girl:
"I'm sorry, I've never seen a positive character dig up the grave before others bury him, and then plan to eat the dug-up corpse himself."
"Ahem!"
The snake girl was also a little embarrassed, and she shook her body and started to fight, haha.
Gaia didn't bother to pay attention to her. She just wanted to quickly take the name and let her guide him to the nearest town:
"Okay, in that case, you can use the name Jormungandr. Where is the nearest town? This is what I want to know most right now."
"Jörmungandr, um... it's still a bit long. If you tell me, you might be laughed at. In this case, Lord Gaia, please call me Hyde from now on! Hela's sea, Jörmungandr's virtue!"
"Oh, take the first and last characters as your name? That's not impossible...Okay, now that you have decided what your name will be, please quickly point me to the route to the nearest town. otherwise--"
While continuing to speak with a kind smile, Gaia controlled the forward speed of the fingertip probe:
"I'm personally very curious about whether your brain is above or below."
“No—Lord Gaia, please calm down!!!”
