As I stood before the dying Sköll, I had a choice to make, either Kill or Tame Sköll, and after some quick deliberation I came to one conclusion.
'Even if the Weapon would be better, I still have no companions to fight by my side at all times.' So with that thought in my I threw out my Parazon.
Instead of the blade penetrating its skin the rope it was attached to went around its throat before tightening as I jumped and landed on its back.
With what little strength it had left it began to thrash around while my other hand began to glow in a dark green ethereal glow before I slammed it down onto Sköll's head.
*AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!*
Sköll began to cry out as I began to forcibly begin to tame it as the green void energy flowed around its body until it was fully consumed by the Void energy.
And soon enough Sköll began to disappear leaving only what was in my hand behind, a egg shaped object with a sun like symbol on it.
At the same time the Void like veil that had cut us off from the rest of the dungeon faded away allowing us to leave the room we were in.
"Hooo…. I wasn't expecting that, Loki sorry to cut your first run in the dungeon short, but in all honesty I think it's for the best we head on back up top." I say to which Riveria nodded in agreement.
"I have to agree, I've never seen something like this happen before, but I'm guessing you have an idea don't you Hayden?" She said while looking at me as I rubbed the back of my head.
"It's probably related to me, however I've never fought a monster like that before in my old world so this is new to me as well, however Loki you said 'Sköll' earlier when you saw that wolf, but I don't think Sköll exists up in the Heavenly realm does it?" I knew what Sköll was and well the mission name helped me remember.
Sköll, The Wolf who chases the Sun, Sköll chases after the Sun who was the personification of the Godess Sól in Norse Mythology and when Ragnarok came Sköll would finally reach Sól and devour her and destroying the sun in the process.
Not only that Sköll is the Child of Fenrir and Fenrir in Norse Myth is Loki's own son, so in turn Sköll is considered Loki's grandchild by proxy.
Things is Monsters don't exist in the Heavens of this world, so Fenrir, Jormangandr, Sköll, Háti and many other mythical beasts from myth shouldn't exist up their and thus Loki shouldn't even know of Sköll's existence.
Hearing that Loki began to rub her mask, "The answer to that question is both simple and complicated to explain." She said before putting her hand down.
"Okay so when a god makes a link with a mortal they get something of a vague glimpse at their past when they bestow their falna apon them, mind you it's not much but if it's closely related to the god giving the Falna they get all the information from their new familia member." She said before going on.
"And since in your world has a god that is actually me in a different form then I learned everything of that version of myself through you and all other things related to your worlds version of myself, so when I saw that Wolf I instantly knew that it was Sköll I was looking at, The Wolf at the end of time who would devour the sun." She said before Riviera chimed in.
"Wait, so did we just kill a divine beast or something?" She asked but I shook my head at that.
"No, from what I could tell is that a sliver of the originals divinity was forced into the Hellhound and was made into something more akin to a Shadow of the Original, had that been the real Sköll we wouldn't have survived, to put it in perspective the Three Great Monsters that cause problems for the world at large? They are nothing but chew toys for Divine beasts in comparison, that wolf was supposed to eat a god that was the personification of the Sun in myth, and that's a god who isn't restricted like they are down here and that god could do nothing but run from Sköll less they be killed as a result." I explain a bit of Sköll's myth in my world.
This showed Visibly shock on Riviera's face at hearing that while Loki nodded along as she knew what I said was true.
"But it doesn't matter now, I highly doubt any monster that could appear in this way would come close to the strength of those three without meeting certain conditions, so let's just get out of here and go home." I said as I didn't desire to stay here any longer.
I could feel a certain being grinning ear to ear after the show it forced us to fight, now I will have to be careful when entering the dungeon with Loki from now on.
It's probably for the best that when Loki goes dungeon diving it's with at least two other high ranking members of the Familia like Riviera or Finn and the others.
But at the same time I feel that it won't happen unless I am there with them as these trials, or maybe better to call boss battles, are very targeted towards me which also come along with missions for me to face.
So with everything said we quickly made our way out of the Dungeon, I would need to hunt some Hell Hounds another time for that mission from the 'Empress' but I had more important matters to attend to.
So after leaving the dungeon we returned to the manor we lived in, with Loki and Riviera very interested in the egg that was in my hand as we entered my shack before going through the door that directly leads to the Dojo.
"Nari, can you analyze this for me?" I said as the Dojo's cephalon appeared when I called out its name.
"Certainly….. Analyzing….. Scan complete, it appears to be a mutated Kubrow Egg, it also appears that their is a room that can be made to Incubate Animals for all members in the Dojo." Nari explained to me.
"An Incubation room? Interesting? Do we have the necessary materials to make it?"
"Certainly, please just select the location of the room, and I will use the provided materials to begin the creation of Incubator room." He said which made me grin.
Looks like I will finally be getting a pet of my own soon enough.
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