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Obviously, no one had expected this situation to happen. They had beaten Scar King before, and a lot of messy tissue fragments fell off its body, but these things fell to the ground and became dead things, with no activity at all. But now... everyone thought it was a sure thing, but now they didn't expect that this guy actually had a trick up his sleeve.
The fragments of Thor's hammer continued to chase the snake bone whip, but at this time the tissue fragments that were originally scattered on the ground suddenly came back to life and transformed into derivative monsters. What's even worse is that these things can actually fly.
What about the derivatives of this change?
It looked very much like Cthulhu. It was somewhat similar to a servant of the Outer Gods, a toad-like creature. It was making disgusting music from its body that was constantly changing its appearance, as if it was playing a musical instrument.
He thought of the ultimate chaos of old legends—in the center of which sprang the blind, foolish god, Azathoth, the master of all things. He was loosely surrounded by a multitude of mindless and shapeless dancers, settling to the monotonous notes of a hateful flute held in nameless claws—H. P. Lovecraft, Night Demons (to Robert Bloch)
These erratic creatures, which resemble frogs, squids, or octopuses, move by rolling, gliding, or crawling, their ever-changing forms filthy and twisted, difficult to describe.
These new generation derivatives are similar to this one, but they have a lot more mouths and eyes, which is a bit like a smaller version of Azathoth. Azathoth is the supreme god in Cthulhu mythology, called "Azathoth", "the blind and stupid god", "the source of the original chaos", and "the head of thousands of demons". He lives in the Chaos King's Court outside the universe, and many invisible gods surround his throne. Azathoth is also the source of all gods. In the genealogy written by Lovecraft, "darkness", "chaos" and "nameless fog" were born from Azathoth, and the three pillars of gods were born from them. The three pillars of gods led to the emergence of the universe. Because of his blind and stupid characteristics, Azathoth has almost no believers. Only the Shagai Zerg built many pyramid-shaped temples for him. In the eyes of ordinary people, Azathoth has neither intelligence nor thinking, amorphous and invisible, and his nature is absolutely blind and stupid. The definition of Azathoth symbolizes the cruel, disorderly, irrational and immoral nature of the universe in Lovecraft's cosmic concept.
Covered with tentacles, mouths and eyes.
These things fly quickly in the air with characteristics that are completely inconsistent with aerodynamics and gravity... Even if you have a pair of wings, I would consider you reasonable, but... I can only say that there are all kinds of strange things in the world.
These small Azathoths quickly stood in front of the fragments of Thor's hammer, protecting the snake bone whip below firmly.
When they gather together they look like a cloud, extremely thick and heavy.
Kai was stunned.
It turns out that this God Butcher Gir is not really a madman. On the contrary, he is very smart. Before, they had never paid attention to the body tissues they knocked off. After all, they were just some minced meat and remaining tissues. What was there to care about?
In the end, at the last moment, it was these things that stopped them.
Kai also rushed forward and used the Twilight Sword to quickly kill the monsters.
Unfortunately, the effect is limited.
Kai chopped forward, and groups of derivatives fell down. But after falling down, they immediately became like planarians. After a while of squirming, their chopped bodies turned into new individuals, still blocking Kai firmly!
(People have discovered the ability of turbellarians to revive and regenerate since the 279th century. Biologist Morgan (yes, the one who studied fruit flies in high school chemistry books) once conducted a series of experiments on turbellarians. In one of the experiments, he cut the turbellarians into 279 pieces, and in the end, these turbellarians actually grew into new turbellarians. The regenerative ability of turbellarians is actually attributed to their omnipotent stem cells, and humans also have such omnipotent stem cells, but after we are born, only the stem cells that can become livers are left, so the liver can be donated, and it is also because the part of the liver left after the operation can regenerate. A biologist trained turbellarians. He trained the turbellarians for a long time how to cross the maze. After the turbellarians mastered it, he divided it into two halves. After the two turbellarians had regenerated, they were put into the maze again. Miraculously, both turbellarians were able to successfully cross the maze. This is amazing)
Finally, the fragments of Thor's hammer seemed to have run out of energy. They returned one after another and turned into hammers again, flying quickly towards where Thor was.
boom!
There was a flash of thunder.
One hand grasped Thor's hammer firmly.
It's Thor.
This time his injury was not as serious as the last time. After all, after the blessing of Thor's hammer, the Thor armor on his body still protected him well. Of course, it was not easy.
But there was no joy on Thor's face.
Such a good opportunity just now... was missed.
Who could have thought that Gel was such a cunning person, laying mines from the very beginning.
If they were concentrating on dealing with Scar King and suddenly those new derivatives attacked, they would all be doomed. Kai and Thor would be okay, since they were warriors after all and could barely hold on, but what about Ancient One?
You have to know that although the mages of Kamar-Taj all know martial arts, and are even quite good at it, they are not as good as perverts like Kai and Thor.
Especially Ancient One, although she looks young, she has lived for thousands of years. God knows what her physical condition is like. She looks like she has no flesh on her body. If she is hit by a punch, I guess she will cry for a long time. If she is attacked by those new derivatives, God knows what will happen.
This is the only delivery.
But there is one good thing about warriors, which is that generally speaking, they have strong psychological qualities.
After all, heaven is on the left and warriors are on the right!
If I didn't have this psychological quality, I would have collapsed eight hundred years ago.
The most typical example is the Asgardian warrior.
The battle had been going on for less than fifteen minutes, and Asgard's elite warriors had suffered heavy casualties, with nearly two-thirds of them fallen. However, the remaining Asgard warriors were still shouting and fighting to the death, and they were not discouraged at all by the fall of their comrades!
They are all Berserkers of Asgard!
They are bloodthirsty and warlike, and they only advance and never retreat, and they can be called "battlefield evil stars". The Asgardians believe that the reason why berserkers have extraordinary fighting ability and the furious blood flowing in their bodies is entirely due to the preference of the god of war Odin. In the Valhalla legend, berserkers are called "Odin's favorites". They "rush forward without armor, biting their shields from time to time, like mad dogs and wolves." "Their arms are like wild bears and wild boars... Fire and knife cuts cannot hurt these warriors, and they will fall into madness and cannot extricate themselves.
This tradition has been passed down in Asgard for many, many years.
Such berserkers began to appear when Asgard was still a tribal era.
After all, from ancient times to the present, Asgard has never been a populous group, but correspondingly, their enemies are terrifyingly numerous. In the Earth era, Asgard was surrounded by barbarian tribes and various alien visitors who came to the Earth through space rifts.
For example, frost giants come to Earth to plunder almost every winter.
In this situation, the Asgardians, who were still in the tribal era, had to come up with some extreme ways to solve such problems in order to survive.
Thus the Berserker was born.
In the era of cold weapons, momentum on the battlefield often determines victory or defeat, and a warrior who is fully absorbed in killing can often inflict a fatal blow to the enemy both spiritually and practically. A berserker is not crazy, but he craves victory.
The reason why the original berserkers could enter a state of madness was not because of anyone's "favor". These warriors who were obsessed with killing might have hallucinations due to excessive drinking or certain hallucinogens, and thus lost their fear of death. Therefore, they could always erupt in a "heaven-shattering" combat effect on the battlefield.
The image of a berserker is often closely associated with two fierce beasts, wolves and bears. There is even a special word "ulfhednar" to describe a berserker wearing wolf skins. From an etymological perspective, the word "berserker" is composed of the two roots of "ber" (bear) and "serkr" (coat) in the ancient Asgardian language, so they always wear bear or wolf skins before stepping onto the battlefield. This kind of dress can be used as leather armor for defense, and it can also visually scare the enemy and cause psychological pressure.
Of course, in addition to dressing up to bluff people, the berserkers themselves must also be aggressive. In ancient Asgard documents, there is a description of a berserker and his hot-tempered family. When attending family gatherings, the berserker often cannot suppress his inner rage, so he must "go to the seaside to hit rocks or giant trees", otherwise he will accidentally hurt his relatives in anger. Fighting on the battlefield, perhaps all Asgardian warriors will be infected by the environment and fall into a trance of rage, but these are all unconscious behaviors. Only the berserker deliberately and actively enters a state of madness.
The deterrent power of the Berserker is indispensable in Asgard's long history. It can even be said to be a magic weapon in Asgard's battles. The Berserker is not afraid of swords.
Even if Asgard becomes prosperous later, their existence will not fade in the slightest.
It's just that they no longer use methods with serious side effects. In the past, it was the tribal era, and there was no concept of Asgard at that time. It was Odin's grandfather Buli who spent many years to integrate the scattered tribes and form the concept of Asgard.
Although everyone used to share the same origin, there were also many mortal enemies among them, the kind that would fight as soon as they met and would not stop until they were dead.
Bully, the ancestor of Asgard, is not a reckless man like Odin and Thor who rely on strength to win (Odin really doesn't seem to be smart at all). Bully is a super macho man who can fight and scheme.
It took him many years to conquer by force, to form alliances through marriage, to annex through political means, to persuade with gentle means, and even to use dirty means to eliminate opponents. In short, after all the arduous work, Asgard was finally established.
The first thing to do is to find a way to reform the Berserkers. After all, they are too cruel. Berserkers are usually as strong as ordinary warriors, but in times of crisis, they can enter a selfless and violent state, suddenly bursting out with the bravery of a wolf, and showing great power on the battlefield. Berserkers can even kill enemies with their bare hands or bite their throats without wearing armor or holding weapons. But Berserkers will immediately fall into a state of exhaustion after their anger subsides.
This is just the least noticeable side effect. As mentioned before, the Asgard documents record a berserker and his violent-tempered family. When attending family gatherings, the berserker is often unable to suppress his inner rage, so he has to "go to the beach to hit rocks or giant trees", otherwise he will accidentally hurt his relatives in rage... This is an implicit statement. The real berserker is even more cruel than this. Most of them will develop various inexplicable diseases... In fact, they are mental illnesses, various drugs, and alcohol addiction.
But at that time, Asgard was still in the tribal era, and there was no such advanced psychology and medicine.
Many berserkers live in seclusion, and no one knows when they will go crazy.
Even many berserkers did not die on the battlefield, but went mad at the slightest provocation and finally died at the hands of their own tribesmen.
The price is too high.
So Asgard has been reforming the berserkers for a long time. They abandoned the original alcohol and hallucinogens and instead used more scientific, um... or more magical means to create berserkers.
Until now, the berserkers of Asgard all have their own exclusive weapons. As long as they hold the weapons, their rage will never cease, and after long-term and systematic training, they will not lose control.
This training method is now very popular. It is not exclusive to a few warriors. An old Asgardian warrior can become a berserker. This also leads to the fact that the Asgardian army often fights to the death when facing the enemy.
This was also the reason why Odin could conquer the world with Asgard alone!
Otherwise, with Asgard's small population, it could not support Odin's intensive conquest. Even so, Odin still created the Valkyries to supplement the army. There was no other way. During the Odin era, wars were too frequent. Even a warlike nation like Asgard could not support it.
These fighters are berserkers.
They can fight until the last warrior falls.
They will only transform all their sacrifices and sorrows into anger, and then retaliate against their enemies with even more violent attacks!
The same is true for Thor.
He and Kai flew into the air again, one was responsible for restraining Scar King, while the other grabbed the snake bone whip and hit him hard.
On the one hand, they are trying to see if they can accomplish their goal in one go, and on the other hand, their main task is to delay Scar King and Gir to prevent him from disturbing Ancient One!