56 An unexpected visitor

I spent my days growing more elemental apples and supervising Sven's progress.

Then one day I had an unexpected visitor. He had arrived like the elven prince back then, suddenly and undetected he stood beside me.

"You must be lord Eldar. Excuse my sudden appearance but I was in a hurry."

'Why do all you ants always keep appearing out of nowhere!'

"So you actually saw me! I must commend your keen perception, for you to even notice such an unassuming detail."

'What the heck are you talking about? Just get to the point before I kill you, Aesir.'

"Fine, fine. I am here today to ask a question. Are you the one producing these miraculous arrows the human army used during the last battle?"

'No... What arrows are you talking about? I only gave the humans some iron, they must have made that into arrows. But it was just normal iron!'

Was I playing dumb? Of course, I was! Who would ever admit to having produced a weapon that can wound an invulnerable enemy? Just push the blame on the humans! They are at war with the Aesir anyway.

"Really? The humans said otherwise, they proclaimed they were present when you made them."

The good old trick when interrogating separately, tell them the other one already talked. I wouldn't fall for that!

'Defamation! They just want to shift the focus of the war away from them! I made no such arrows for the humans.'

Technically, this was not a lie. The humans did wish to shift the attention of the Aesir away from them and I didn't make those arrows for them but for Sven.

"Spare me your excuses. Let me be frank, I am Loki, as of now, a general of the Empire. Both of my parents were Jotuns but Odin killed them and took me in due to my talent. He doesn't know that I found out and like you, I want my revenge.

I am Odin's spymaster and have collected a lot of knowledge about you. With your help, I can kill Balder, drive Odin and Frigg mad and destroy the empire."

'Our goals do indeed seem to align quite well but what about Thor? Is he your way of removing me after I lose my worth to you?'

"By no means! Thor will be a problem I'll have to deal with myself. He is dangerous and his weakness is hard to exploit."

'What if I offered to help you kill Thor in exchange for his body.'

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"So it's true that you are a tree that specializes in using lightning. Things won't be as easy as you think. For now, Odin is the real problem. As long as he controls the Empire they will not make any grave mistakes. And as long as Balder lives, they will not lose hope."

'Then what do you propose to remedy this troubling situation?'

"Glad you ask, I just need one of those arrows. I can smuggle it into Asgard without a problem and then I just need to wait for an opportunity. If I need anything else I'll return. Now if you would excuse me I will have to go find a way to keep Odin out of this."

And just like he had appeared out of nowhere he suddenly vanished. Well, at least he tried to make me think that. My earlier comment about him being an ant had unexpectedly been on the mark.

Where Loki had been standing a small ant with an absurd amount of magic power. I could only conclude that Loki possessed a talent allowing him to shapeshift. The ant quickly scurried off, leaving me to my own thought about how to proceed from here on out.

I could do little but trust Loki and hope he kept the Aesir of my back while preparing for the case where he didn't.

My strength still wasn't sufficient to openly take on all the other powers. I needed more bloodlines and strong servants. I should give a bloodline to all those orphans I recruited with Nerida.

I also couldn't slack off when training myself. I needed to continuously try to improve my control and understanding of as many attributes as possible.

Sigh, so little time yet so much to do.