Record of Ragnarok: Ouroboros

Chapter 8: A God's Ego and A Mortal's Pride

As the humans cheer enthusiastically in response to Hassan-i Sabbah's victory, the gods become extremely devastated by Baldr's death; they cannot believe that a human, even after a millennium, has slayed their first champion of the second Ragnarok. "No fucking way...Baldr lost...? Th-this can't be happening...What is this excuse of a joke...This isn't funny! This is impossible! Baldr cannot go out like this! You make us gods look bad!!"

The gods are disgusted at Hassan for killing Baldr even if it's just his job as a champion of humanity. They begin to yell out insults at the assassin before Hassan slowly stands up, using his broken blade as a support for his legs as his body is too injured for him to walk normally, Hassan orders the Hashshashin to exit from the audience seating using one simple sign, the assassins immediately leave the audience seating before Heimdall announces the winner of round one.

"Ragnarok II's first round, Baldr versus Hassan-i Sabbah concluded with Hassan-i Sabbah, representing humanity, as the winner, bringing humanity one step closer to its second victory!" Heimdall screams at his Gjallarhorn, announcing Hassan-i Sabbah as the official winner of the first round of Ragnarok II.

"Yes...! We did it!!" Aslaug shouts out as she jumps with her arms raised, being extremely cheerful alongside the humans that are sitting below her by Hassan's victory.

"Are you all still blind, gods!? I've told you, humanity's potential will never end!" Göll says in her head as she exclaims that humanity will never lose their capacity to defeat a god.

"I shall leave it thee all next, my fellow champions of humanity." Hassan mumbles as he exits the arena, counting on all the rest of the Einherjar.

"We did it, Aunt Göll! Humanity has their first victory! And it's the first round even, isn't it great?" Aslaug cheerfully asks Göll about Hassan's victory. However, the Valkyrie answers this to Aslaug.

"No, we still need six more! But, this is a victory that we should be happy with." Göll answers Aslaug with a smile, pulling Aslaug closer to her and giving her a one-armed hug. Aslaug raises her head to see her aunt being content with humanity's victory; it's rare to see her happy like this. She just simply hugs Göll back, enjoying this moment together.

As the gods mourn over the death of Baldr, the Supreme Gods are alerted by their servants to gather in the Gods' Villa for a meeting with Zeus and the rest of the Gods Fighters.

[The Gods' Villa - Gods' Conference Room]

Most of the gods gather up in the same meeting room with a blank expression, discussing their plans and who they should pick in the second round. A few familiar faces are here such as Zeus, Ares, Hermes, Thor, Izanagi, Ra-Horakhty, and the new Supreme Gods such as Yu Huang, Perun, and Huitzilopochtli, alongside two mysterious gods and Chernobog, who followed Perun here.

"So...I couldn't see this coming." Zeus says as he glances at the rest of the gods attending this meeting before he is interrupted by a god.

Huitzilopochtli slams his fist on the table with his veins popping out his forehead, startling Ares before the hummingbird god utters his irritated voice towards Zeus. "Zeus...Do you think this is a goddamn joke?! This is just utter stupidity! What is the point of winning in this Ragnarok if I am not fighting and winning with no difficulty. You are an idiot for not choosing me!"

As Huitzilopochtli is screaming at Zeus' face, Yu Huang interrupts him before another word comes out of his loud mouth. "Lord Huitzilopochtli, you should quiet down. After all, speaking like that makes you look weak."

After hearing this, Yu Huang just glares at the Aztec God before sipping a cup of tea in front of his seething face. However, Huitzilopochtli becomes enraged by Yu Huang's words, hurting his ego. The god then grabs his chair before throwing it at the Chinese God before Yu Huang casually grabs the chair mid-air and hurls the chair back at Huitzilopochtli, crashing the chair on the god's body, making Huitzilopochtli forcefully kneel to Yu Huang. "You bastard...!"