Chapter 252 – Einherjar
This was the second time they stopped other than for the long snake.
Without a doubt, they should have encountered another strong enemy.
Wei Xiao Bei took a detour around the giants and climbed up one of the protruding tree roots while carefully hiding himself.
Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei’s gaze landed ahead of the Frost Giants.
Eh?
Wei Xiao Bei was slightly puzzled. What he saw was a group of tall, fully armed humans!
They numbered around 30.
Compared to the giants, the humans looked small. This was the feeling of seeing a creature that was more than 2 meters tall standing with a creature that was more than 10 meters tall.
However, Wei Xiao Bei could faintly feel the grandeur contained in the humans’ bodies.
When he was in the army, he had felt this kind of grandeur from the old veterans that had been to countless battlefields.
The grandeur that the humans in front of him emitted was even stronger than that of those old veterans. If the old veterans had 1 point, then the humans in front had 20 or even 30 points!
“Einherjars!”
Because it was bored and prevented from speaking, the fairy had been sleeping on the stone card hanging on Wei Xiao Bei’s neck.
For the fairy, this was a skill that was not a skill.
At this moment, the fairy woke up and lied down on Wei Xiao Bei’s head as it cried out.
This was the method of communication that they had chosen.
As it appeared, the fairy lying down on Wei Xiao Bei’s head was also considered face to face.
Einherjar?
Wei Xiao Bei was very familiar with the term.
Anyone who was familiar with Nordic legends would feel strong familiarity with the terms Einherjar, Odin, Valkyries, and other such terms.
Einherjars were Odin’s soldiers. They were heroes, mercenaries, and even elite soldiers who had died in battlefields. Odin would command the Valkyries to go to battlefields to collect their souls and place them in Valhalla, turning these souls into Einherjars.
Naturally, Odin’s troops did not only consist of these Einherjars. There was also the Swan Maidens, Shield Maidens, and other soldiers.
However, every Einherjar was an outstanding fighter. All of their skills were able to kill enemies that were stronger than them.
According to legends, all the Einherjars should have died to the giants in Bifrost, a burning rainbow bridge.
For the fairy, the appearance of these Einherjars would be the equivalent of humans in the real world encountering a living dinosaur!
In reality, Wei Xiao Bei was much more surprised than the fairy.
In this distance, Wei Xiao Bei used his [Response Search], and he could clearly see every single movement of the Einherjars.
The Einherjars were not fully covered in armor. The parts of their bodies that were exposed appeared illusionary, making Wei Xiao Bei feel that they were corporeal beings.
This was not a problem as the Einherjars were created with the souls of those who died in battle. Having a corporeal body was normal in this case.
Wei Xiao Bei looked at the second Einherjar on the first row with his eyes wide open.
I am not mistaken right?
The appearance of the Einherjar was not unusual. It could be clearly seen that while his helmet was not down, he had sideburns.
However, the problem was that the something that was impossible to appear in the Dust World hung on his neck.
mp4!
The wires of the MP4 player connected to the inside of the helmet. Wei Xiao Bei could even see the person slightly nodding his head.
He is listening to music.
What is happening?
How could a modern electrical device appear with an Einherjar?
This Einherjar should be someone from the real world!
The man’s exposed neck was much more solid compared to the other Einherjars.
Wei Xiao Bei glanced at all of them and did not see a second one with an electrical device.
It was very clear that these Einherjars had a sharp alertness against other people’s gazes. When Wei Xiao Bei had been staring at them for only five seconds, many of them turned their heads to look at his direction.
This surprised Wei Xiao Bei into pulling back his head.
Perhaps because they thought it was just some monster or perhaps there was a strong enemy in front of them, they only took a glance and then focused on the Frost Giants in front of them.
From this, it could be seen that the two sides were enemies that could not live under the same sky.
The forest became incredibly quiet.
Even some of the creatures close by did not dare approach them and quickly ran away.
Neither the Einherjars nor the Frost Giants were easy to provoke.
Time passed by, and suddenly, a Frost Giant smashed its fists at its chest as it let out an angry roar. Then, it charged towards the Einherjars.
After the first giant moved, the rest also followed suit and charged.
While they were running, the sharp ice arrows were being condensed in the fog of ice around their bodies and shot towards the Einherjars.
So strong.
In truth, Wei Xiao Bei watched the giants’ battle style with envy in his eyes.
They could create a cold environment to weaken their enemies and shoot out ice arrows without needing bow or arrows.
It was truly convenient.
Facing the Frost Giants’ attack, the Einherjars raised the weapons in their hands.
These weapons consisted of twin swords, sword and shields, whips, and others.
After they raised their weapons, they split up while their bodies let out a golden glow as they entered into close combat with the Frost Giants.
When they were both into each other’s proximity, the Frost Giants stretched their hands into the fog of ice and pulled out sharp pikes made of ice.
In terms of individual power, the Einherjars seemed to be weaker than the Frost Giants.
After a short bout of close combat, the Einherjars turned around and began to retreat.
Seeing this scene, the fairy could not help but open its eyes wide, “This is impossible! Einherjars never run away!”
Wei Xiao Bei could not help but smile as these might not be real Einherjars.
It was very clear that it was impossible for any of the gods, giants, and Einherjars described in legends to truly exist.
Wei Xiao Bei guessed that the Dust World was like a corporeal existence with a mysterious connection to the real world to the extent that reversed images of buildings appeared in it. There were even monster and gods from legends and movies.
However, he was unsure if this guess was close to the truth ornot.
After all, the more he understood the Dust World, the more he did not understand it.
Moreover, the Einherjars were not truly running away.
This was something that he could easily observe.
When the Einherjars retreated, they did not show panic and even brought back those who were heavily injured.
If they were truly running away, doing so would be very difficult.
After all, the Frost Giants were not vegetarians.
The most important thing to note was that the Einherjars had speed that exceeded the Frost Giants, but during a pursuit, the Frost Giants could actually stay at a fixed distance from the Einherjars.
This was incredibly dubious.
Seeing the two sides battle and moves, Wei Xiao Bei did not hesitate and followed behind the Frost Giants.
Further ahead, there was a basin surrounded by large tree roots. The Einherjars did not even need to look as they charged into the basin from the gaps in the roots.
If it was Wei Xiao Bei, he would be a lot more careful.
However, the Frost Giants did not have the best of brains in their heads. They did not question anything as they tried to catch up and drilled into the gaps.
It must be known that the height of the holes were only 4-5 meters at most. If the Frost Giants wanted to enter, they would have to crawl.
Seeing this, Wei Xiao Bei knew that these Frost Giants had met their misfortune.
Isn’t this simply catching a turtle in a jar?
The Einherjars were humans. In terms of intellect, they were a lot smarter than the Frost Giants.
Naturally, there might also be the contribution from the human that entered from the real world.
Wei Xiao Bei did not dare enter the basin formed from the tree roots as he could faintly feel some Einherjars appear.
Before the Frost Giants that reached into the basin were able to react, they had been trapped as 500-600 Einherjars appeared before them.
Without even waiting for the Frost Giants’ entire body to come out from the gaps, the Einherjars charged ahead and attacked.
In just that instant, more than 20 Frost Giants had been killed.
The Frost Giants behind them seemed to have no reaction to this as they single-mindedly crawled in.
The smarter ones would move their fog of ice forward to shoot ice arrows while crawling. This had caused a few casualties among the Einherjars.
However, when the number of Frost Giants had been decreased by more than 40, they appeared to have come to their senses and stopped crawling in, stopping outside the gap. Then, they kept on shooting ice arrows while using their ice pikes to continuously cut the roots, attempting to expand the hole.
However, in the next moment, the Einherjars that appeared on top of the root began to shoot down arrows, causing disastrous injuries to the remaining giants.
At this time, those Einherjars appeared to be very vigorous as they jumped down the roots and killed the giants.
At this moment, it became a battle between around 60 Frost Giants against 300 Einherjars.
Although the Frost Giants could deal with 7-8 Einherjars without any problems before, their quality had now been overpowered by quantity.
Einherjars were not monsters. They understood how to work together and cover for each other.
The remaining Frost Giants could indeed freeze some Einherjars into ice status, but they were quickly being killed off by the Einherjars.
