# Chapter 613
## Utgarðar-Loki
As the dark vortex in the high heavens spread and grew larger, the sky became increasingly grim.
The Heavenly Eye watched as the sky gradually darkened, turning noon into night.
Howling Storms blew in, making the ship docked on the shore sway. Waves crashed back one after another—not the tide from east to west, but ripples spreading in circles from the island of Avalon.
“Captain! Think of something!”
Albert, covering his small, chestnut-like round hat, yelled at the tall elf beside him, “Is Lord Helchin in danger?”
“…I don’t know.”
The clear water turned into blood, plants began to wither, and animals fled in panic.
After all, although the Giant Kingdom was called a kingdom, it had no grassroots administrators.
When they were cursed, the original blood rain seemed to have truly turned into poisonous needles!
Every drop of rain that fell could shave off a small piece of flesh and blood. As if pierced by densely packed steel needles falling from the sky, the giants let out miserable screams.
Unlike the rough and terrifying appearance of the giants, the giantess Signe had a beautiful face and skin as fair as marble.
The power within their bodies began to leak uncontrollably, their spirits became abnormal, and their bodies convulsed involuntarily, as if they had contracted snake venom from a distance and thus contracted a fever.
With endless vegetables provided by the Magic Cauldron, the giants would not starve to death even with their huge appetites. But for them, meat was undoubtedly a luxury. Because of this, giants often named their gathering points after parts of meat… and there would naturally be areas with the same name.
“—Also, remember to call me Utgarðar-Loki, Signe. I am no longer the guardian of the kingdom.”
The old dwarf let out a rough and loud voice.
“Of course.”
The human girl beside him looked over, “Otherwise, if he is attacked…”
Giant Utgarðar-Loki looked down at the long-handled metal battle axe in his hand and said calmly, “I am also no longer authorized to possess [Scar Branch].”
The Pegasus flew at high speed in the air, surrounded by a golden holy radiance.
Signe asked with concern, “Or report to Supreme Heaven.”
The reason why the giants established gathering points was precisely because, as devout followers of Supreme Heaven, they had a rigid requirement for sacrifices. As it was too far to go to the royal city, they needed a closer area for sacrificial activities.
The air was filled with an ominous, rust-like aura. The curse was attached to every drop of rain that fell like scarlet poisonous needles.
From this perspective, the giant gathering points were a large group of scattered giants who delimited their territory around the Shrine.
Even with their strong resistance to curses, the giants could not withstand the pressure under such a dense curse, and they were all entangled by the curse.
And the location of Glass Island should be to the east of Avalon!
“Make a move, Night Demon!”
Every drop of rain was a curse.
“What demon?”
The ten-meter-tall giant, with bare feet, rushed out of the grand hall of Supreme Heaven. The flames burning on his body easily evaporated the blood rain, leaving a trail of steaming hot smoke in the rain.
He roared loudly, his deep red, scarred skin gradually igniting with flames like red wine: “Bless your people!
Unlike the ordinary “Fever Curse,” this curse could be precisely targeted—the Night Demon set it as “all creatures over three meters tall.” For those not cursed, it was just sticky blood rain; for the cursed races, it was a potent poison that infected upon touching the skin.
“Brave Supreme Heaven!”
The Giant Kingdom implemented the most classic flat national management—the entire country had only three thin layers. The highest layer was the royal family, flowing with the divine blood of Supreme Heaven, and they were the spokespersons of Supreme Heaven in the Material Realm. Below them were the priests of main text and the generals of main warriors, followed by commoners from all over. All commoners were soldiers; no giant was unskilled in combat.
“Then do you still care about this matter?”
And Eivass, riding the Pegasus affected by the Charm Aura, flew eastward.
The tall Lizardmen warrior spoke in a low voice, interrupting the others.
“—I will go mad!!”
—This is the “Snake Head Curse.”
That feeling…
Their flesh and blood were corroded by the blood rain, spreading into scarlet rivers on the ground.
Her hair, like Utgarðar-Loki’s, was red, but her hair color was darker, or rather, more dull.
Utgarðar-Loki himself was enveloped in flames, and even the red robe on his body seemed to be soaked in blood, turning into blazing flames.
First a slow walk, then a quick step. Then it turned into a mad dash, becoming a comet.
The giant priest, clad in a red robe, suddenly looked up, staring out the window with a deep frown: “Where did that demon come from?”
Utgarðar-Loki replied concisely, “Coincidentally, I also want to fight.”
He picked up his weapon, his arm gripping the weapon gradually becoming engorged with bulging, dark red muscles.
Immediately, they let out successive screams—
The rugged, tree-trunk-like wings behind her spread wide. Ethereal shadow feathers adorned them like leaves. Her body almost completely turned into nothingness, disappearing into the sky that had turned into “night.”
“I will fight! I will win! I will—
Because after the blood rain pierced the skin and muscles, it would turn into an acidic poison, causing stronger corrosion to the body. And the next drop of rain might fall on the same spot, deepening the new abrasion into the internal body!
The blood rain summoned by the Night Demon had turned into a deadly weapon.
The giants who were hit by the blood rain all felt their bodies begin to weaken.
“—I’ll go, you guard the ship.”
Others clamored, as if as long as this warrior went into action, everything would be fine.
And on the other side.
The Night Demon followed closely behind.
Eivass knew that giants were not normal gregarious animals. They often lived in family units, each occupying a small area, and usually did not interact with other giants or have social needs. Some relatively densely populated giant families could be called “gathering places” or “gathering points.”
If the field of vision was continuously narrowed, one could see within each falling drop of blood, there were wriggling, ink-black, bent lines bouncing back and forth inside the blood drop. At the tip of the line was a skull-shaped snake head.
“In any case, let’s deliver the armor and the spear to Lord Helchin first.”
“…A demon?”
“It’s up to you, Ollygon!”
That was even more vicious than a rain of steel needles!
“There is a Night Demon venting her ‘jealousy’… perhaps a conspiracy of a Fallen Heavenly Envoy.
Giants would build castles on their own territory and raise humans—they called the humans who established villages and towns “free-range,” and the ownership of all these free-range humans still belonged to them.
The grey-haired elf, known as the captain, frowned deeply: “This is too fast…”
At this time, the Lizardmen warrior with brown-red skin easily put on the heavy armor, picked up the silvery white lance, and frowned deeply.
—That Night Demon did not look like Eivass’s subordinate at all, but rather like someone chasing him from behind!
And at this moment, Eivass finally reached the first large gathering point.
Unlike the Knight Kingdom of Avalon in later generations, “Island Avalon” in this era did not have a port built. But this did not prevent Eivass from knowing that they were currently on the west side of Avalon Island.
—He felt a strong uneasiness.
The others immediately fell silent and looked at him with conviction.
The other female giant beside him, much shorter than him, asked in confusion: “What are you talking about, Surtur?”
In less than a minute, the giants who could not return inside the buildings turned into a pile of white bones under the scouring of the blood rain.
“I think this is a trap! Let’s get off the ship!”
Eivass commanded: “First dismantle the Shrine to prevent any Disciples from teleporting over through the Shrine!”
“Yes, Master.”
The Night Demon replied concisely, then like a black comet, plunged towards the Shrine!
(End of Chapter)
