Chapter 525: Summon from Valhalla
Freya’s eyes widened in shock as she stared at the burning scroll suspended in midair. The ominous flames seemed to defy the wind, burning with an intensity that demanded her full attention.
For a brief moment, the Viking Princess felt an overwhelming sense of dread wash over her, her mind racing to comprehend the implications of this event. Every fiber of her being knew what the scroll symbolized—a message from Valhalla, one that could not be ignored.
Her thoughts spiraled, pulling her away from the chaos of the battlefield. In that moment of distraction, the Abyssal demon, writhing on the ground with shattered bones and searing pain, sensed an opportunity. Ignoring his grievous injuries, the demon summoned the last vestiges of his strength and lunged at Freya with a claw aimed directly at her throat. If he was to perish, he would drag the enemy commander with him.
But the demon underestimated her instincts.
Before the claw could make contact, Freya’s hand shot up like a thunderbolt, gripping the demon’s wrist with unrelenting force and tightening the grip with so much strength that she shattered everybody in hand.
The young woman’s piercing eyes, now cold and brimming with unrestrained fury, bore into the Abyssal’s. For a fleeting moment, the demon felt true terror, as if he were in the presence of a Lord from the Abyss.
Freya could not care less about the through of the Abyssal, and with a single decisive motion, she drove her foot into his head. The force was cataclysmic, reducing his skull to a bloody pulp.
The Viking princess stood over the lifeless body, breathing heavily. A deep frown etched itself onto her face as she surveyed the carnage. She hadn’t meant to kill him. The demon’s soul could have been extracted and sealed, a critical resource for the Xaos Kingdom. Yet the fury and confusion ignited by the scroll had clouded her judgment, leading to an irreversible mistake.
Taking a long, steadying breath, she forced herself to refocus. Origin Force surged from the Abyssal corpse and surged into her Soul Dimension, calming the tempest within her. Though the scroll was of great importance, the demons on the battlefield demanded her attention first. Only after their souls were sealed would she allow herself to address the message.
While Freya battled demons, the Strong Hammer State was undergoing a transformation unlike anything its people had ever witnessed. The celebrations following the integration into the Xaos Kingdom lasted for nearly two days, a time of joy and renewed hope. But soon, the engineers and architects of the Xaos Kingdom set to work, bringing the might of their technology and magic to bear.