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On the other side, wanting the World Tree to recover was beyond his own abilities. Kino thought for a moment and asked,

“Yggdrasil, can you shield this place from external detection?”

[Wait...]

Yggdrasil suddenly moved, the leaves on its crown lighting up with a green glow, illuminating everything around in green.

[It's possible now.]

“...If possible, could you change the color?”

Kino looked at his deep green palm, knowing exactly what his face looked like without even needing to see it.

[Don't you like it? This is the color of life. I'll change it to red then.]

Kino looked at the red palm and was too lazy to complain anymore.

He took out another sphere and threw it backward.

A huge figure appeared behind Kino.

“A Celestial!”

Odin looked at the figure in shock. He recognized this Celestial.

Kino arrived at the top of the Explorer's head. Not all Celestials were at the Single Universe level.

The first batch of Celestials created by the First Firmament were at the Multiverse level.

And Explorer was one of them.

Kino took out the energy sphere dropped by the God Above God and put it into the Explorer's body.

“Explorer, heal the World Tree, restore its vitality.”

The Explorer immediately moved, its hands spraying out powerful life energy.

If it were ordinary energy, the Infinity Gauntlet might have been enough, but the World Tree needed life energy, so this was the only way.

The life energy sprinkled on the roots of the tree, and the World Tree quickly grew new branches and leaves.

[So comfortable, I feel like I've returned to when I first sprouted, Kino.]

“You're welcome. Take good care of your proxy.”

[I will.]

Odin was also at the roots of the tree, and he also absorbed a little life energy. His pale hair turned golden, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out, restoring his youth once again.

“I feel like I can live for another ten thousand years.”

“You really made a big profit this time.”

“Yes, it's a pity the God-King doesn't fancy Hela.”

[Enough, Kino.]

Kino stopped the Explorer and took out the energy sphere again, noticing only a little more than half remained.

What a loss.

[Thank you, Kino. These are for you.]

The World Tree's original withered leaves fell one after another, and new green leaves began to grow, bearing green fruits.

Yggdrasil manipulated its power to pluck all the ripe fruits.

There were hundreds of them.

“This is?”

Kino picked one up, about the size of a head, each containing powerful life energy.

[My fruits, each can extend life by a thousand years. The life energy just now allowed me to grow once again. You can come and take some once every ten years.]

Yggdrasil said.

Kino's eyes lit up.

Looking at the fruit in his hand.

Turning a one-time life energy into a sustainable one, that's a big profit.

He took out the energy sphere that had just had a little more than half left.

“Yggdrasil, can you still eat? I still have some left.”

[No, if I absorb any more, I'll explode.]

“Okay then.”

Kino put away the Explorer and landed on the roots of the tree.

“Odin?”

“It is I, God-King.”

“I believe Thor is really your son now.”

Kino couldn't help but say.

The rejuvenated Odin and Thor looked too much alike, but one's eyes were full of wisdom, while the other only had clear foolishness.

“This is your kid?”

Kino looked at Odin's Power beside him and jokingly said.

“You could say that. Would you like to be my fourth son?”

Odin asked.

“Greetings, Great God-King. I am Odin's Power, the power you are about to obtain. Please begin the next ritual with me.”

Odin's Power bowed respectfully and said seriously, completely ignoring the joke between Odin and Kino.

“Alright.”

Kino nodded.

Odin shrugged boredly. After regaining his youth, his mentality also became much younger.

The three came to a dried-up ancient well.

“Great God-King, to obtain Odin's Power, you must retrace Odin's experiences, dig out your eyes, throw them into the ancient well, drink from Mimir's Well, hang on the World Tree for nine days and nine nights, obtain rune magic on the verge of death, and finally merge with me.”

Odin's Power didn't play any riddles and instead explained the entire process of the ritual.

Hearing this, Kino subconsciously touched his eyes.

Except for the time with the Mandarin, he had never been injured again, and digging out these eyes would be equivalent to sacrifice, with a low possibility of recovery.

At least Odin and the Rune King hadn't recovered.

Wait, sacrifice?

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

“Does sacrifice necessarily mean digging out your own eyes?”

Kino asked.

Odin's Power was stunned by this sudden question.

He thought about it carefully, and it didn't seem like there was a clear requirement that it had to be your own eyes.

“No.”

He hesitated for a moment and slowly said.

Kino took out a Hundred-Eyed Demon from Hell.

“Your Majesty, what are your orders?”

The Hundred-Eyed Demon was strong, with countless eyes wandering all over its body.

“Take two eyes and throw them into the well, preferably with a sincere feeling.”

“Yes!”

The Hundred-Eyed Demon responded, adjusted its emotions, put on a pious look on its face, and then dug out two eyes from its arm and threw them into the ancient well without hesitation.

Glug glug—

Blue spring water began to emerge.

“......” Odin's Power.

“......” Odin.

Kino took a portion of Hell's Power and sent the Hundred-Eyed Demon back to Hell.

He took a sip of Mimir's Well.

He saw everything: the birth process of the World Tree, Odin's past, the establishment of Asgard.

Then it was himself in another world, from birth to death, unremarkable, chasing many things, but catching nothing.

Then came the transmigrating worlds, panic, Venom, Pamela, Gwen, Xi... ~ Meeting them and everything that happened made Kino feel unprecedented joy.

Outside, Odin and Odin's Power exchanged glances.

“This is the first time I've seen someone smile after drinking this.”

“Otherwise, like you, every time you wake up, you have to desperately fight those Gods Above Gods. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have become the fastest God-King to die.”

After seeing everything, Kino slowly opened his eyes.

He only felt refreshed.

In his mind, he had a new understanding of his power and magic.

Looking at the still-gushing Mimir's Well, he quickly looked for something to store it in.

This was a good thing.

Clarity of mind and improvement of wisdom.

“God-King, next, it's hanging yourself. This can't be replaced.”

Odin's Power stepped forward, looking serious.

“I know.”

Kino knew that only he could do this.

He found a chain, hung it on the World Tree, and was about to hang himself from the southeast branch.

[Kino, what are you doing?]

“Hanging myself for nine days and nine nights to obtain rune magic.”

[Rune magic? I can give it to you.]

As soon as the words fell, a wooden board fell in front of Kino with a "thud."

Kino bent down and picked it up, only to see it densely engraved with runic characters.

“Wait? Isn't this something you can only get through the ritual? How do you have it?”

[This was originally mine. I saw Odin hanging on me about to die, so I gave it to him to get him to scram!]

Speaking of this, Yggdrasil had some resentment. If she didn't give it, he would die on her, and who would want a corpse hanging on them?

Kino's mouth twitched.

Odin also saw the words on the wooden board and was completely silent. It was more complete than what he saw in death.

Was he a fake God-King?

Ragnarok couldn't be solved.

The World Tree couldn't be communicated with.

He had to use his own eyes for sacrifice.

He almost died before obtaining rune magic.