Chapter 102 The Spring Breeze of Reform Blows to Jotunheim?
Chapter 102 The Spring Breeze of Reform Blows to Jotunheim?
One hour later.
Toby stared at the vast, primeval canyon before him and fell silent.
After a long pause, Toby twitched his eye, looked at the frost giant beside him who looked like a lackey, and asked, "Shit, is this the Laufey's palace you're talking about, and also my future palace?"
He wasn't cursing; it was just that the frost giant beside him was named Shet.
This frost giant was also the first frost giant to submit to Toby, kneeling down at lightning speed.
Therefore, he was chosen by Toby and temporarily appointed as Toby's assistant to the new king.
Faced with Toby's incredulous question, Shet nodded repeatedly:
"That's right, Your Majesty, this is your palace. Not only do you live here, but your queen, who succeeded the old King Laufey, and Laufey's other wives are also here. You can enjoy yourself to the fullest, hehe..."
(In some versions, Frost Giants are not gender-specific and are hermaphroditic, but in most lore, they are actually gender-specific; this universe is set up to have genders.)
Toby:............
"Damn it, what a lousy place! I quit! I'm going back to Earth! Where's your spaceship?"
Let him live in a cave and sleep with an ice giant woman who can fit his head in there? Come on!
Let whoever wants to be the new king be it!
Shit couldn't understand why the new king's face suddenly darkened in the face of such tempting offers, but he quickly pulled Toby aside and tried to persuade him:
"Your Majesty, you can't leave! Now that His Majesty Laufey is dead, if you leave now, the Frost Giants will lose their leader, inevitably leading to internal strife, division, and countless deaths!"
"Is there anything you're unhappy about? The palace? Or the women? We can rebuild it all for you, and you can choose something else you like!"
Seeing that Shitte was holding him back from leaving when he tried to leave, Toby couldn't help but sigh. The Frost Giants' belief that the strong rule was truly deeply ingrained in their hearts.
Even though he was an outsider, he was strong enough and his brutal methods were in line with the clan tradition of the Frost Giants, so they were really reluctant to let him, a powerful figure, leave.
However, Toby now understands why Odin, despite defeating Laufey and even stealing the Frost Giants' treasure, the Frost Casket, didn't simply garrison troops in Jotunheim like the United States, or become the ruler of the Frost Giants himself.
It's simply because... the living conditions of the Frost Giants are just too damn harsh!
He had previously thought that these frost giants only wore one pair of leather shorts each because they had a special physique that made them unafraid of the cold and simply liked to wear them that way.
But now it seems it was simply because the Frost Giants were too poor!
He had never heard of a royal palace located in a canyon in his entire life, let alone a king living in a cave!
Let alone Odin, who is used to living in a magnificent palace, even an Earthling living in an ordinary small house would find it unbearable!
Seeing that Toby was stuck on a difficult question and remained silent, Shit couldn't help but get a little anxious:
"My lord, our people truly revere you and need you. With just a word from you, we would even conquer Asgard for you. Please, please don't abandon us!"
Toby rolled his eyes. Conquer Asgard? Come on, anything is possible in dreams...
However, Toby still patted Shit on the shoulder, retracted the small amount of symbiote residing in Shit's body, and, sensing that Shit's words had been entirely sincere, sighed:
"Given your pathetic conditions, I really didn't want to bother with you anymore, but what can I do? I'm kind-hearted..."
"So go, gather all the Frost Giants for me. I am going to implement reforms. As my people, you may be bloodthirsty and warlike, but you must never fall behind, and you must never live like this, eating raw meat and drinking blood!"
He just said he was leaving, but it was just something he said in anger.
After finally defeating a super unit race, how could we just leave?
When Shit saw that Toby wasn't going to leave, his face became excited. He nodded vigorously and gave orders to the Frost Giant army that had followed him back, telling them to split up and gather all their people.
The Frost Giants could not possibly consist only of the large army led by Laufe on the ice plains, nor could they all live in this canyon.
Besides Laufey's royal branch, the Frost Giants have many other tribal branches scattered in different locations.
Even on Jotunheim, the legendary planet of giants, there exists not only the Frost Giants, but also another race of giants, the Mountain Giants, in the warm, perpetually spring-like region on the other side of Jotunheim.
However, compared to the bloodthirsty and warlike nature of the Frost Giants, the Mountain Giants are more peace-loving and dislike fighting.
In addition, the individual strength of the mountain giants is no weaker than that of the frost giants, and the mountain giants live in a region with a spring-like climate all year round, which is really unsuitable for the frost giants to live in. Therefore, although the two races live on the same planet, they rarely interact and can be said to keep to themselves.
After hearing the news from his lackey Shit, Toby had already planned to visit the Mountain Giants sometime.
Now that I'm going to be the king of Jotunheim, there's no way two tigers can share one mountain. I've already killed the Ice Tiger Laufey, so there's no need to keep the Mountain Tiger alive, right?
But there's no rush.
Having just begun to rule the Frost Giant race, I need to first reform the Frost Giants and then return to Earth.
After all, he only intended to use the Frost Giants as a training ground for his super soldiers, and he didn't really plan to stay here as the native king!
One month later........
The original site of the canyon, which was once the Laufey Palace, has now disappeared without a trace. In its place stands a magnificent ancient European-style ice crystal palace!
The palace was built using a special type of ice crystal found only in Jotunheim, called "Frost God Ice".
Although "Frost God Ice" does not have the hardness of Asgard's "Uru God Metal," which is even stronger than vibranium, nor does it possess the magical properties of Uru God Metal.
But Frost God Ice is as hard as iron and has an extremely high melting point. Most importantly, it is not as precious and rare as Uru God Gold; it is abundant!
These special ice crystals are basically everywhere in the mountain and underground!
The palace is now built using the frost and ice that were originally contained in the canyon.
The palace covers an area of 10 square meters and includes a main hall, a royal hall, and dozens of sleeping quarters.
The main hall is where the council is located, the royal palace is where he works, and the sleeping quarters are, of course, where he sleeps...
As for why there are so many palaces, the Frost Giants who built the new palace said: "We don't know! The new king told us to build it this way, so we built it this way..."
Despite having so many sleeping quarters, this enormous palace was actually only inhabited by two people, who mostly used just one sleeping quarter.
One of them is Toby Parker, the new king of the Frost Giants.
As for the other one...
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