Chapter 1263

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Chapter 1263 Exploring the Path

Seeing Tyr leave, No. 22 also breathed a sigh of relief, moving closer to Lin Qiye and smiling:

“As expected of you, Myers. You actually got him to release us so quickly, but…”

He paused, looking down at the sword wound on his shoulder with slightly furrowed brows, “However, this wound is indeed troublesome. Tyr’s sword remembers the scent of our blood, and no matter where we run, he will track us down… It’s a pity. If the [Holy Grail] were here, just one wish would quickly solve such a small trick.”

Lin Qiye spoke expressionlessly:

“You have to eat one bite at a time. Being able to temporarily escape from the cage is already a good start, especially since the rainbow bridge is now broken and all of Asgard is completely sealed off. Even without this wound, we couldn’t escape.”

“Then what do we do next?”

“There’s no way out, we can only take it one step at a time,” Lin Qiye said calmly. “Although we can’t leave, we’re not in any mortal danger here. If we wait a bit longer… perhaps there will be a turning point.”

No. 22 nodded silently.

“By the way, what’s the deal with No. 27? Why did he appear in Asgard? Is he actually a god too?” No. 22 asked curiously, recalling how No. 27 had instantly killed Loki.

“I don’t know who he is either, but for now, it’s best not to reveal that we know him. Otherwise, there will be even more suspicious points about us.”

“…Yes, that’s true.”

The two walked along the road in front of the temple for a while without speaking further. Now that they could move freely outside the cage, both of their minds became more active.

Finally, Lin Qiye spoke first:

“You go tend to your wound. I’ll look around.”

No. 22 was silent for a moment, then nodded: “Alright, I’ll go first.”

They smiled at each other as they said goodbye, then Lin Qiye walked straight ahead along Asgard’s main road.

Watching Lin Qiye’s figure gradually disappear, No. 22’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“Trying to shake me off… hmph, I want to see what tricks you have up your sleeve.”

No. 22 knew very well that although they were outwardly polite to each other, deep down they both wanted to kill each other. Lin Qiye’s actions in the Underworld earlier had shown this. The difference between them was that Lin Qiye could directly find an opportunity to kill No. 22 and keep his secrets, while No. 22 had to rely on Lin Qiye to leave Asgard first, and then find a way to kill him.

Without Lin Qiye, it would be nearly impossible for No. 22 to escape Asgard alone.

From his position, No. 22 was already firmly at a disadvantage against Lin Qiye. If he continued to let Lin Qiye gain more initiative, he would be completely at his mercy.

No. 22 broke off one of his own fingers and flicked it away. The bloody fingertip quickly morphed into a ball of flesh, splitting into several bean-sized insects that followed after Lin Qiye.

…

Lin Qiye walked along the roads of Asgard without drawing much attention.

Asgard wasn’t populated solely by gods. More precisely, the number of deities in this divine realm was quite rare. The majority here were handmaidens and guards serving various gods. It was like the ancient dynasties of Great Xia, where the actual royal family members living in the palace were few, while most were servants attending to these royals: handmaidens, eunuchs, guards…

Looking around, Lin Qiye saw many handmaidens in gauzy clothes moving quickly along both sides of the road. Their power levels weren’t high, mostly around the “River” realm. Some carried elegant divine clothes, others baskets of sweet fruits, all appearing quite busy.

The guards of the Nordic War Division, riding on horseback and speeding past, were mostly at the “Infinite” or even “Klein” levels.

Besides these, there were also humans clearly from the outside world like Lin Qiye, though few in number. They all wore unapproachable expressions. If Lin Qiye wasn’t mistaken, they were the proxies of Asgard’s gods.

“Hmm?”

Lin Qiye’s gaze sharpened as if he sensed something, glancing behind him from the corner of his eye.

Was someone watching him?

Though he hadn’t used his spiritual power to sense around him, this feeling of being observed gave Lin Qiye an instinctive discomfort. After a moment’s hesitation, he cautiously extended his spiritual power bit by bit, searching his surroundings without alerting any deities.

Finally, several small fleshy insects appeared within his sensing range.

No. 22… this guy really was persistent.

Lin Qiye inwardly sneered.

Pretending not to notice, he continued walking along the main road with his hands in his pockets, occasionally turning corners, stopping, or curiously looking around, like a genuinely aimless tourist.

“Is he really just looking around?” No. 22 wondered, watching clearly through those small fleshy insects.

He certainly didn’t know that in Lin Qiye’s brain, every street he walked was being verified against and overlaid with the map he had memorized earlier.

He was planning his route of action.

From Thor’s temple, to the Miracle Square, to the rainbow bridge.

In his mind, he constantly simulated how, after obtaining the Holy Rainbow Sword, he could rush from any corner of Asgard to the rainbow bridge in the fastest way possible, where he might encounter enemies, which terrains might be advantageous to him, and which places were dead ends.

Although he didn’t yet have a concrete plan to obtain the Holy Rainbow Sword—whether to steal it, trick someone, or take it by force—he had to prepare for the worst.

Another crucial reason was that he needed to find the dungeon where Ji Nian was being held.

Lin Qiye passed through two streets and slowly stopped in front of a dark, gloomy temple. More than twenty members of the Nordic War Division, clad in black armor and standing seven or eight meters tall, guarded the temple like massive statues, their expressions solemn and stern.

Lin Qiye’s gaze swept over the tightly sealed giant doors behind them, then he calmly continued walking away.

His brows furrowed slightly.

How to sneak into the dungeon while being tracked by Tyr’s sword and avoiding the Nordic War Division was a major problem.

Moreover, the map only marked the location of the dungeon without showing its internal structure. With the Nordic War Division guarding it, Lin Qiye dared not rashly use his spiritual power to probe below, so finding Ji Nian’s position was also a challenge.

Lin Qiye pondered as he walked along the road, eventually arriving at a vast, magnificent square. White stone tiles covered the ground, remaining immaculately clean despite countless footsteps, sacred and mysterious.

Lin Qiye looked up and saw a black small mountain standing tall in the center of the square. Upon closer inspection, he vaguely recognized it as a statue of a deity.

The surface of this statue was covered with a layer of black gauze, completely concealing its face.

Lin Qiye scanned the statue with his spiritual power, surprise appearing in his eyes.

This was the statue of Odin, the former king of the Nordic gods.