Chapter 269: The Eighth Battle That Cannot Proceed!
Hearing Brunhilde's theory, Serafall was also momentarily stunned.
This didn't seem impossible either, but she still leaned more toward history being changed.
"What was the outcome of the eighth round battle you witnessed?"
Brunhilde pressed further.
As for why she didn't ask who the representative of the gods' side was—there was no need to ask.
Given the current arena scene combined with her speculation, it was clearly Odin.
And from the reactions of these parallel world visitors, it was evident that the setting for the eighth round battle was the same, and likely the same god had appeared.
Therefore, she was more concerned about the outcome of the eighth round battle they had witnessed.
"It should have been Romulus Quirinus's victory," Irina said this.
In her view, that was clearly this person's victory.
"Can't really say that. It seemed like Odin did something at the end that caused us to appear as if we had returned to the past," Le Fay offered this correction.
"Speaking of which, Miss Brunhilde, does that mean the human representative for this match is Remus?"
Serafall countered with this question.
"I don't know."
This was Brunhilde's answer. She truly didn't know yet—only after the divine side's introduction would that mysterious fellow inform her.
Only then would she immediately report it to Heimdall at 507.
So, what was so special about this king named Romulus Quirinus?
Why did it require such secrecy, to the point where she'd only be told right before the beginning?
"You don't know?"
Serafall and the others were stunned. What kind of answer was that?
"The human representative you know—Romulus Quirinus—what's the significance of adding 'Quirinus' to his name?"
Brunhilde felt the special aspect lay precisely in that title "Quirinus."
"During the eighth round battle as we know it, Romulus was his name as a human."
"His name as a human?"
Serafall's words slightly startled Brunhilde.
"Could it be that he's a demigod?"
Generally, after ascending to demigod status, most would either give themselves a new name or add something to their original name.
"Not just a demigod—he also became the supreme god of the Roman Pantheon, with the divine name Quirinus!"
This answer made Brunhilde's eyes widen.
He became the supreme god of the Roman Pantheon?
So that match was a battle between gods?
She felt somewhat confused. Why would a god represent humanity?
At this moment, in Brunhilde's understanding, she believed Romulus was originally a Roman god who descended to become human and then re-ascended to godhood.
It wasn't that he started as a pure human and then ascended to godhood as a human, let alone becoming the supreme god of the Roman Pantheon.
This was simply unbelievable.
But what if her world's timeline was the same?
Was Remus also a chief god in Roman mythology?
No wonder that mysterious fellow said this candidate was very special.
"NOW! This god will represent the eighth round battle!!!"
Heimdall's sudden loud announcement drew Brunhilde's attention. Odin was about to make his entrance.
But—
"Huh? Wait, what's going on? No, this..."
As the host, Heimdall suddenly became extremely flustered while looking at the terminal in his hand.
When making the announcement, he immediately initiated the summoning, but the result shown was quite shocking.
Was there some problem with the equipment?
It actually couldn't summon Odin, showing that Odin had already died.
Ah, it was true he had died, but that kind of death could still be summoned as part of history.
The death displayed now meant Odin's soul had also vanished—completely turned to cosmic dust, the kind that couldn't be summoned back to life.
So, what exactly was going on?
Earlier, everything had seemed fine.
"Heimdall, what's going on?"
"Why are you so panicked all of a sudden?"
"Isn't it just Odin representing the divine side?"
"Wait, can Lord Odin even compete in his condition?"
"He can."
The gods who knew the truth didn't explain much, instead implying they'd find out soon.
"Huh? WHAT!!!"
Buddha, sitting in his exclusive seat, suddenly stood up in shock—he had just received communication from Heimdall.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, that's how it is, Lord Buddha. What exactly is happening?"
"Wait a moment!"
Buddha, his expression also somewhat grim, immediately made a phone call to someone alone.
When the call connected—
"Brunhilde, use the Akashic Terminal right now to check Odin's status."
"Huh? Wait a moment."
Brunhilde immediately took out her terminal and pulled up Odin's information.
It seemed fine—except he was dead.
No, there were two death records!!!
The first death record showed he had stopped treatment himself and died from lack of care.
The second showed the cause of death as unknown, completely turned to cosmic dust.
More importantly, the time of death appeared to be exactly when Serafall and the others had just called her, as if it happened the moment they arrived in this worldline.
"The result I'm seeing is that Lord Odin has completely left this world."
After she reported this, there was a brief silence on the other end.
"Does it have anything to do with you?"
"I don't know. Actually, we're having problems on our end too!"
Brunhilde felt it necessary to inform Buddha about the situation Serafall and the others had mentioned.
She worried this might be related to the Primordial Gods, possibly some scheme from their side.
But wouldn't that expose the fact that these people were from a parallel world?
In fact, Buddha had already somewhat sensed their issues, and she was only telling Buddha alone.
Soon after, Heimdall in the arena received a new notification.
"Sorry, sorry! The eighth round is temporarily suspended!"
This announcement stunned both the god and human factions who had been eagerly waiting. The arena immediately erupted in noise as everyone demanded an explanation from Heimdall about what had happened.
Why would the final battle between humans and gods be suddenly suspended out of nowhere?
What could have gone wrong?
Some gods suspected it might be related to the Primordial Gods.
They had received intelligence that the Primordial Gods might have already begun invading this universe.
Now, the situation might be so severe that they had no choice but to suspend the match.