65 Battle against the king of lightning

"Loki, I know you are itching to avenge Balder but that is no reason to rush ahead and bring my hammer so I don't have to carry it."

'Loki, is he always this stupid?'

"Welcome to my daily struggles. And this is a good day. He once gave the hammer to a giant while he took a nap, asking the giant to keep an eye on it. Then he came crying to me when the giant stole it. I really believe that he found a way to convert his brain into muscles."

"What are you talking about? Don't spill my embarrassing secrets! Now stop talking to the enemy and give me my hammer."

'This is painful to watch. Could he be any more oblivious?'

"Look, Thor, I will make this very clear. I am not your friend and I brought upon Balder's death. Now you too can die."

'Why did you tell him? You could have just stabbed him when he turned his back to you!'

"I can't kill him in one blow and if he got this close to me, he could kill me with one hit. And no matter how oblivious he is, when I stab him in the back, he will kill me."

"HOW DARE YOU BETRAY ME! I'LL KILL BOTH OF YOU!"

Finally comprehending the situation, Thor flew into a rage. His eyes were emitting scary blue lightning and looking into them was akin to gazing into an endless poll of blue electricity.

The storm around him picked up and grew even more ferocious. Every move Thor made was accompanied by streaking lightning and thunder.

He shot forward and threw a punch at Loki. Lightning snakes shot out alongside his punch, spearing for Loki. Crackling electricity filled the air.

Loki backstepped and waved his hand, sending a barely perceptible ripple towards the lightning snakes. As the ripple came in contact with Thor's lightning, the lightning caught on fire and stopped heading for Loki.

From the resulting cloud of flames, Thor emerged, unharmed, and continued his punch towards Loki. Due to Loki having stepped back the punch merely grazed him. Loki somersaulted multiple times and once again faced Thor.

During this first exchange between them, I had fully raised my barrier and cut our battlefield off from the rest of the world. Thor was so engrossed in throwing wild punches at Loki that he failed to notice his thunderstorm being separated from him.

With every punch he threw, the lightning sent out diminished a little more. Both Loki and Thor were brute-forcing their power against each other. As they fought, both sides were rapidly depleting their magic power reserves. Then, after three hours, Loki's power began to sputter out. Thor immediately grasped this chance and summoned a giant lightning ball, preparing to throw it at Loki.

My opportunity had finally come. A terrifying suction came from all the formation pillars around the barrier. The electricity gathered by Thor was dispersed and absorbed by the pillars.

This sudden dispersal of his attack confounded Thor to the point where his reaction was delayed long enough for an arrow to pierce his chest. Since the beginning of the battle, Völsung had been waiting with a bow and arrow. A bow made of my wood coupled with the strength of a grand duke fighter easily generated enough force to wound Thor.

Raging profusely, Thor's body started to exude large quantities of electricity, wanting to blast the arrow into nothingness. However, the arrow was also made of my wood and clustered full of lightning sealing runes. No matter how much electricity Thor pumped into the arrow, it would only drain his own power.

In his death throws wave after wave of dazzling lightning arcs erupted from his body, charring the ground black. Then, it ended.

'A rather pathetic death for a king magus.'

"Do not think you actually defeated a king magus just now. Without his hammer, he was already weakened and since he is a muscle head, he didn't realize you trapping him. On top of that, you seem to be extraordinarily well prepared to deal with lightning."

I was preparing to brag about my meticulous preparation in regard to countering Thor's power but a sudden spike in energy from the southwest interrupted.

Stretching my perception I discovered a flash shooting straight for my location. Before I could react, my barrier was shattered in an instant.

The flash revealed itself to be a spear. It had gone straight through Loki's shoulder and pinned him to the ground.