Saga of the Last Valkyrie (On Hold)

Chapter 15: Call for Help

"Did everything go well?" Nenma asked as soon as Alicia met them on the landing pad on the edge of Valhalla.

"As well as it could have, I think..." Alicia replied with a sad smile. "I'm able to leave, at least, so that's a good thing."

"Indeed." Nenma sighed. "I thought that you were perhaps declaring war on Asgard when you assaulted Thor like that."

"Of course not." Alicia laughed in reply. "But even I can bear my fangs when my friends are getting hurt."

"F-friends?" Becky seemed to be on the verge of crying before she suddenly moved forward and hugged Alicia. "I'm so honored that you think like that! I'll follow you forever!"

"B-Becky, this is kind of embarrassing..." Alicia laughed hesitantly before her attention was distracted by movement above them, which turned out to be the several hundred Lesser Valkyries that would be travelling back through the Soul Well with her.

"With this many reinforcements, Everath's Valhalla will finally be secure for the first time in a thousand years." Nenma smiled warmly as she watched her sisters fly overhead, each looking as if they were cargo helicopters as they had giant platforms hanging underneath them which were secured by ropes. Though instead of normal cargo, every single platform was completely full of Valhalla's golden bricks.

"With this many resources, I'm hoping we can fully rebuild the city." Alicia smiled as she looked up at them. "We might even have to expand so that everyone can have their own homes."

"Don't worry about any of that, Lady Alicia. Just leave the building to us!" Becky replied happily. "Besides, you probably have more important things to worry about, don't you?"

"Well, Odin said that I should just do what I did before, but is really only helping out with the important events really alright?" Alicia asked almost to herself.

"Of course it's fine." Nenma hurriedly reassured her. "Even if you are a divine being, no one but the mortals expect you to be omnipotent. There's a reason that most gods let them fend for themselves."

"Then perhaps I'll leave for a while and explore how Everath has changed." Alicia determined herself. "I'll be trusting the security of Valhalla to both of you."

"Just leave that to us too!" Becky replied happily before all three of them flew up from the pad and joined the other Lesser Valkyries already in the sky. And as Alicia followed them, she soon spotted what almost looked like light-blue wormhole in the sky that everyone around her was flying into. She was thankful that they did, because she never would have on her own seeing as the portal was discharging lightning in almost every direction.

Still following the others, Alicia soon flew through the portal, getting the same experience as before until the portal suddenly ended in a blinding white light which turned out to just be the sun as she returned to Everath. Though what awaited her on the other side wasn't the same Valhalla she knew as it seemed as if the Lesser Valkyries had already been hard at work in construction. Most of the city had already been reconstructed, and as she looked on, the shelter that had been built for her before had been completely torn down and was now replaced by a grand building similar to Valhalla's temple. Though, while she wasn't exactly surprised at the changes to the city, Alicia was surprised to see that she'd horribly underestimated the number of Lesser Valkyries that would be occupying Valhalla with her. And even now, it appeared that there were thousands of the women flying through the air rather than the hundreds that Alicia had expected.

"We're definitely going to need to expand the city now..." Alicia laughed awkwardly at the unexpected numbers.

"On their behalf, I apologize about their unexpected arrival, my lady." Nenma bowed shortly towards her. "If I am judging most of their wills correctly, then I'd say that everyone here would like permission to stay in Everath's Valhalla."