Chapter 540 - Walking Hell (2)

Arnold's army was prepared to confront the leader of the fire giants. While Arnold was not worried about being unable to handle Surtr on his own, he thought it would be good to at least be prepared for any uncertainties. 

That was if they could find Surtr in the first place. Upon arriving at the place the other fire giant had pointed them towards, they arrived at the capital... or the place that had the ruins of such a place either way...

The city in front of them was the capital city of the fire giants. However, the city had already been obliterated, only ruins of the once-magnificent city had been left behind. At first, Arnold thought maybe the planet's crumbling had destroyed the place. 

But the more he looked at the destroyed city, the more revelations popped up in his head. Although a fire giant's body disappeared after it was killed and became one with the planet, their weapons and armours did not. 

Those things were left behind on the surface of the planet... and well, the city ruins were scattered with armours and weapons. At that moment, it was clear that the city had not been destroyed by the planet's crumbling. but someone had intentionally destroyed the city and ended up killing everyone in it. 

'Looks like Surtr decided to get rid of everyone at once.'

Arnold was already aware of the situation going on between Surtr and the fire giants. They had rebelled against him so he killed them all. A ruthless but powerful move. However, there was one question left behind along with the destroyed city.

'Where the hell did Surtr go to?'

It was unlikely that Surtr decided to make a run for it after killing everyone in his sight. Which left Arnold confused as to where he could have possibly gone to. Then it hit him... there was one place Surtr could have gone, especially after being betrayed by Hela. 

"He's going after Hela." Arnold sighed before loudly screaming at the top of his lungs, "OPEN THIS DAMNED BRIDGE HEIMDALL!"

The following moment a Bifrost portal opened up in front of Arnold who immediately jumped into it after sending all of the giants into his domain along with Scylla, Anubis and Yan. As for Talos, he accompanied Arnold back to Asgard. 

From the moment Arnold landed back into the council, he knew something the Norse gods had been cooking something up. All of them had this weird look on their faces that made them look as if they were teenagers who had been caught doing drugs. 

"Alright... what the fck did they do?" Arnold asked the only ones who could be forced to give him an answer, Thor and Heimdall. 

Both of them looked at each other with guilty expressions. How could they not have such an expression on their faces? After all, they were the ones who helped Surtr go to Niflheim, the land of the dead so that he could get rid of Hela or at least deal significant damage to her forces. 

However, there was another reason why Heimdall used the Bifrost to send Surtr over to Niflheim. The Norse was worried that if Arnold got his hands on Surtr, he would be unstoppable and hence decided to get rid of Surtr altogether. 

For obvious reasons, none of the Norse gods actually helped Thor and Heimdall do that. Nor did they force them to do it. They just 'suggested' that they did so. Thankfully, Thor and Heimdall still cared about Asgard and decided to act against Arnold to help their old allies. 

That way, Asgard would have achieved its goal of preventing Arnold from getting too strong, while also keeping their hands clean. After all, it was his summons who acted that way and not them. There was nothing Arnold could do to them without fearing retaliation from the other gods. 

"It was... me. I made the decision to send Surtr away." Heimdall fearlessly said, "I thought it would be a great way to get rid of Hela and her forces before Ragnarok was activated in its true sense."

Heimdall was afraid Arnold would lose his shit and start killing them in a blind rage. But he had never thought Arnold would break into hysterical laughter the moment he admitted his fault. 

But the laughter stopped as abruptly as it had begun and was replaced by a look that made Heimdall shiver in his place. But he wasn't the only one who felt that way... Thor and the rest of the Asgardians shared that feeling with him as well. 

"Really? How big of a fool do you think I am, Heimdall?" Arnold mumbled before opening a portal leading to his domain, "Did you really think I didn't know that trusting you was a mistake? But I still gave you a chance... and look at what you did."

Arnold sighed before turning towards Thor, "And you, I thought you loved Sif. But it looks like you didn't love her as much as I thought. No worries... I'll punish both of you either way. No, punishment would be the wrong term. I'll torment you."

Soon, innumerable fire giants walked out of the portal one after another... along with the rest of his summons. 

"You thought you could save yourselves by sending Surtr away. But what will you do, if I came after you and your precious Asgard?"

Arnold had bared his fangs. He tried to trust them once, but it appeared in their love for their home, Heimdall and Thor forgot who he was. Well, if that was the case, all he needed to do was to give them a little reminder of who he was and what he could have done if his hands were forced. 

Odin got up from his seat and walked up to Arnold. His legendary spear was in his hands. A spear that was crafted by Shiva himself... just like Thor's hammer was. The tale of the Dwarves forging it was just a cover that the Dwarves used to promote their 'business'.

That was the reason why Mjolnir was not destroyed by when Arnold touched it. Because both Arnold's powers of a creationist and the hammer were created by one person, Shiva. In other words, Arnold could use the weapons that were created by Shiva as if they were created by him. 

Either way, back in Asgard, Odin slammed the back of his spear in front of Arnold. There was not a tinge of fear in Odin's eyes. Which was obvious. Why the hell would he be afraid of something as useless as death? Something that he had experienced time and time again.

"Quit acting tough, Deathless." Odin said in a thunderous voice, "You and I both know we need to combine our strength to defeat Loki, Zeus and everyone else who has allied themselves with him. So I suggest, we make a truce. A truce that we will only fight each other after Zeus and Loki were taken care of."

He continued, "I will make sure no one from my side will even think about causing you any harm till then, and I expect the same from you in return."

Arnold was still infuriated. As much as the fire giants would have been enough to take care of Asgard by themselves, Arnold was not sure whether or not they would be able to take care of Zeus and Loki. 

"Fine... you got your truce. But make sure to remember it... I will destroy Asgard the moment I'm done with them." Arnold then turned towards Talos, "Take Heimdall and Thor away.. I will deal with them later."