Epic Of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System Chapter 2427: The Beginning Of The End [8]

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"Brother..." the warrior carrying the hamr sighed, his expression conflicted and sorrowful as he gazed at Oberon.

"Loki! You’ve returned?! After everything you’ve done?!" the other figure roared, pointing his bow at Oberon while manifesting arrows of brilliant divine light.

"Hah... My, if it isn’t my dear siblings, Thor and Baldr! It has been ages. How has death treated your souls lately? If it wasn’t for Oblivion, you wouldn’t even have the privilege of existing after death. I must admit summoning him was our first and greatest mistake. The Concept of Oblivion... it should never have been brought into this universe. It’s a cancer devouring everything."

"If it wasn’t for him, this entire world would be gone..." Thor muttered angrily, gritting his teeth. "We’ve all committed grave mistakes! But we’ve spent this entire ti trying to repent for what we did! Our father will never have this chance. You let him die under Pandemonium’s wrath!"

"I did it? Hah! Now we’re shifting bla when it was all his fault for what he did to that child? When I suggested letting him die, because the concept of Hell should never exist in this universe? You never listened to my words! It didn’t stop with Oblivion. Then Pandemonium, followed by Chaos! And that other woman, Heaven and Earth!"

"It is true we summoned them out of greed for power, and it is true they went berserk because of us," Baldr admitted. "I take all the bla, and I will continue repenting for eternity if necessary... However, we promised Father we would protect this world, even with our dying breaths or our broken souls if needed."

"Hah! That’s rich coming from you! I still can’t believe you’re saying this now, Baldr, when you were the most arrogant of us all!"

"That wicked monster brainwashed you that day! You stopped being our brother then!" Thor roared.

"The Crimson Queen enlightened that day. She revealed the truth about Yggdrasil and the power of Fantasy! When you summoned the Four Concepts, you brought chaos to this universe. You’re destabilizing everything! Destroy the world? Hardly! I’m only trying to clean up the ss you all made! In fact, none of you should even exist right now! Fantasy is a Concept that should never have been born—a cancer eating away at the universe’s very roots. The Crimson Queen was rely the antibody. Humanity was the virus that had to be eliminated when they tapped into the Quantum Gate!"

"Humanity’s legacy has nothing to do with what’s happening now, Loki! This world is not Earth!" Baldr said.

"It’s a byproduct... Born from their mistakes and humanity’s relentless desire to live, despite knowing they are this universe’s bane... Drake, I bet you’re confused. But I know you’re piecing it together too! Do you see it now? What is all this about? What my battle has been about this entire ti?!"

"..."

The Quantum Gate, humanity’s first attempt to reach other Parallel Dinsions.

The Crimson Queen, the interdinsional entity that invaded Earth through the Quantum Gate, crystallizing everything and destroying humanity.

Sohow, that was connected to what was happening right now?

Oberon—no, Loki—knew all of this?

Drake couldn’t believe it.

But what was this about humanity being a virus to the universe?

The Crimson Queen as so sort of antibody?

"This universe is collapsing! All of it will be destroyed, and once reality begins to bleed out, THEY will grow even stronger. You won’t be able to stop THEM! It’s far better to end it all now, to let the other life in the universe—not the one created by Oblivion, but the naturally occurring life across thousands of planets—exist in peace, away from humanity’s mistakes! Quintillions of living beings will die because of your fault! Don’t you see how noble my cause is?! I’m only trying to save this universe! From all of us!"

Drake felt utterly confused. He didn’t even know what to believe anymore.

Was he a cancer?

Was their existence destroying the universe?

And who were "THEY" that Oberon spoke of with such fervor?

It felt like he was finally descending even deeper into madness, rambling like soone delirious.

And yet... why did it all make a twisted kind of sense?

"Dragon King! Do not listen to his words! They’re half-truths—lies coated with undeniable facts that don’t justify the extremist path he’s chosen! He has gone mad and is nothing but a puppet to the Crimson Queen!"

Hel tried to reach Drake, to pull him back to his senses.

"I am no puppet. She never controlled . She only revealed the truth. Drake, I know you’re not too stupid to see the correct side. I have brought you here so you could hear it from them first. See? Do you see it now? What Yggdrasil has birthed? What humanity’s legacy truly is? Do you want the universe destroyed? For all life in it to end? Co with . Help defeat them. We’ll end this world, and then we’ll travel to the edges of the stars to destroy Oblivion together."

Drake remained silent, but mories flooded his mind—everything he had experienced in this new life, his family, his children, his friends, his ho.

"I don’t want the universe destroyed, but I don’t want to destroy this world either. I have a family here; one I must protect. I’ll find another way to solve this, Oberon. There’s no need to destroy everything. You’re taking things too far!"

"Hah... I expected nothing, and you still disappointed , you brainless lizard. All of you..."

Oberon raised his hand. A golden scepter suddenly appeared in his grasp, unleashing shockwaves of primordial magic.

"He got Laevateinn?!" Thor cried.

"I thought that weapon was destroyed! How?!" Baldr gasped.

"Hah, Deus fixed it for . He asked Augustus! Isn’t it hilarious? He really thought my weapon was his, but he didn’t even notice when it vanished from his hand. My precious Laevateinn responds only to my call and my voice. Mjolnir and Gungnir are destroyed now, by the way. So don’t hope for your shiny hamr back, Thor."

"Mjolnir is more than a hamr. It is part of my very being. I wield its soul! And that’s more than enough to smash your head, brother!"

"Hahah! Why don’t we settle this old rivalry today, eh, Thor? Co at ."

"LOKIIIII!"

RUMBLE!

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