Choosing a Divine Weapon from Odin’s Vault

Chapter 208: Choosing a Divine Weapon from Odin’s Vault

At the end of Asgard’s underground passage stood a massive gate.

Nearly ten meters tall, it stretched all the way to the ceiling. It was tightly shut without even the slightest crack. Carved upon its front was Odin in battle armor, riding a divine steed and wielding Gungnir as he conquered the Nine Realms—a vast and magnificent scene.

The golden guards stationed on either side of the gate stood nearly two meters tall. Holding long axes, they guarded the entrance like imposing Stone Statues.

With Odin’s verbal order, Fielder led Kyle straight to the gate without obstruction.

"Kyle. What lies before you is the most precious and abundant vault in the universe. Every item within is a treasure of the Star Domain, even one of the finest divine weapons in the Nine Realms."

Fielder offered the reminder aloud, unable to hide the envy in his eyes. Even he, after shedding countless amounts of blood and sweat to quell the conflicts of the Nine Realms, still had not earned the right to set foot in Odin’s Vault.

As far as he knew, only three people had ever entered Odin’s Vault and taken one item from it.

Thor had taken Mjolnir. Loki could not take Mjolnir, so he chose the World Tree Staff. The last was the guardian Heimdall, who had obtained the Rainbow Bridge Sword.

"Remember, His Majesty Odin has allowed you to choose one item, so you may only take one thing from inside. If you greedily take more, even I will be implicated!" Fielder’s tone was more stern and grave than ever.

"I understand." Kyle nodded. His eyes gleamed with anticipation, and a faint sense of expectation stirred within him as well.

Odin’s Vault was nothing more than a collection of items Odin had gathered and stored over the years while conquering and ruling the Nine Realms. If the things inside were not at the level of divine artifacts, even Odin would be too embarrassed to keep them.

Creak…

With great effort, the guards pushed the massive vault gate inward. It slowly opened only enough to allow one person through.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kyle stepped inside. The interior was pitch-black, without a single source of light. His footsteps echoed faintly. As though sensing his arrival, the blue flames hanging along the walls and ceiling lit up, revealing a flat hall that extended deeper within.

Along one side of the vault hall, glowing golden platforms stood every five meters apart. A single treasure rested upon each one, having sat there in silence for countless sealed-away years, waiting for its destined owner to take it away.

"Let’s see what we’ve got here." Kyle took a deep breath, rubbed his hands together, licked his dry lips, and quickly approached the first stored treasure.

It was a crystal sphere that emitted its own light, clear and translucent like a luminous pearl, carrying an unfathomable and mysterious aura.

Compared to Earth, Kyle was already an exceptionally knowledgeable all-round hero. Not to mention Viss, the Artificial Intelligence mechanical life-form, possessed an item database from Sakaar. Yet as he looked at the crystal sphere before him, he still could not identify it.

"It seems to carry traces of magical power." Kyle murmured. As he focused his thoughts on the crystal sphere, an Item Card swiftly appeared.

Eye of Agamotto: A treasure passed down by the Sorcerer clan. Gold Item Card.

Possesses the power of omniscience. It can cross multidimensional spaces, dimensional planes, and worlds to detect the source of a target's magic and energy.

It requires magical power to activate. So long as one possesses even a trace of the corresponding energy, it can locate the spatial coordinates of that life-form.

When used to its utmost limit, it can detect dangerous events from the future.

"Just as I thought."

Kyle stroked his chin and muttered, "Odin must have had some connection with the ancient sorcerers of Earth. Otherwise, how would he have something like this?"

However, this was purely a top-tier auxiliary artifact. Kyle skipped it outright and moved on to the second stored item.

It was a compact eyeball-shaped ornament, even stranger and more unsettling than the crystal sphere. As he stepped closer, its golden pupil seemed to be staring directly at him.

Eye of the Sorcerer: A treasure passed down by the Sorcerer clan. Gold Item Card.

The Eye of the Sorcerer is a top-tier artifact worn on the chest and controlled with magical power. A golden eye will appear on the user's forehead, allowing them to see through all things and trace them back to the origin of the universe.

When used to its utmost limit, it can emit a dazzling radiance that dispels the black mist and illusions of the Dark Dimension, specifically countering dark creatures from multidimensional realms.

"…" Kyle was speechless. One item after another—why did all the things in Odin’s Vault come from Earth?

Could that old man Odin have specialized in plundering treasures from Earth’s ancient eras?

Kyle quickly moved to the third treasure. It was a black box that emitted a frigid chill. Even from three meters away, his skin felt cold.

Casket of Ancient Winters: A divine artifact of the Frost Giants. Gold Item Card.

It contains endless frost energy. Using it can instantly turn an entire area into a frozen land.

When unleashed to its utmost limit, it can plunge a living planet into an eternal Ice Age.

Kyle frowned and instinctively took a step back. The divine power within him stirred restlessly, as though it wanted to release a surging Divine Flame to contend against the cold radiating from the Casket of Ancient Winters.

The Frost Giants and the Fire Giant were mortal enemies!

Kyle suddenly realized this and withdrew from the Casket of Ancient Winters’ display.

Next, he continued inspecting the treasures stored in the vault. There were artifacts belonging to advanced races of the Nine Realms, as well as lesser divine artifacts forged from World Tree branches or Uru. Every one of them was a divine treasure starting at gold grade!

Among them, two items made Kyle linger for a long while.

Tablet of Life and Time: A stele of life and time. Gold Item Card.

A remnant inscription from the distant civilization of Atlantis. The writing carved upon it is extraordinarily mysterious, recording equations of biological evolution. Any living organism could evolve into its ultimate form. It may have come from an unknown region of the universe.

Unfortunately, no matter how Viss repeatedly analyzed it with system programs, it still could not decipher the mysterious text.

Kyle could only give up for now, though he kept it in mind.

There was another item: the Infinity Gauntlet!

He had not seen wrong—it really was the Infinity Gauntlet! Except it was an Infinity Gauntlet Replica…

Infinity Gauntlet Replica: A replica of the legendary gauntlet capable of controlling six Cosmic Stones. Gold Item Card.

It can hold only one Cosmic Stone, and after using its power for a short time, the gauntlet will gradually crack and be destroyed.

For an instant, it can perfectly unleash the energy of a single Cosmic Stone.

Even if it was merely an Infinity Gauntlet Replica, it could not be underestimated.

If Kyle still possessed the Space Primordial Stone, he would likely have chosen the Infinity Gauntlet Replica without hesitation—it could be used as an ultimate protective talisman, a trump card to be saved for the very end.

"What a pity." Kyle cast one lingering look at the Infinity Gauntlet, then turned and walked toward the innermost end of the vault, where the final unchecked treasure rested.

A Golden Fire Plate sat atop a display stand, with what appeared to be ordinary flames burning within it. The firelight faintly illuminated his face.

"This is…" Kyle’s heart stirred. He felt his divine power being unnaturally drawn and tugged by the flames within the fire plate.

Eternal Fire: A divine artifact of the Fire Giant. Gold Item Card.

Created by neither gods nor men. In the past, present, and future, it has always been an eternal living flame, burning and extinguishing according to a fixed measure.

It contains the mysteries of the universe's source of fire and possesses the power of destruction and rebirth.