Chapter 17 Part 2

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The Ruins Of Valhalla

Ryan and Thunder defuse exhausted Thunder tries to hang onto Ryan's shoulder, but he slides down they look up happily at the portal being open Floof, picks Ryan up and they go through the portal and are greeted with weapons drawn to them right away and they are all dressed in armour that's rather damaged, the entire place is destroyed Floof raises his hand ''lower your weapons it is me Lord Floof Kibume of the high council, what Lords are in charge here?'' the Lord of War steps forward holding his axe at the ready ''so the Lord of Lords has finally found a way to return'' War then looks at Ryan and Zarla speaking with venom in his voice saying ''what are those doing here?'' Floof looks at War and says with a slight growl in his voice ''those happen to be my son and my step daughter, so unless you want a reminder of how sharp my sword is and how strong my hits are, you're to treat them with the utmost respect do I make myself clear War?'' War grumbles and says to one of his guards ''see to it that their personal needs are attended to'' the guard nods and and a stretcher is brought out for Ryan and they're given an escort, bringing them into the remains of Valhalla War and Floof walk into a hall, with quite a few empty chairs War then says to Floof ''so what brings you back to Valhalla Lord of Lords?'' Floof responds to War saying ''to restore Valhalla'' War laughs ''you really think you can restore here, it's been destroyed in Ragnarok don't you remember it's dead here all that remains is me and the others'' Floof looks at War saying ''true the old Valhalla is gone, along with most of our army, all that remains are stragglers trying to get by'' Floof then looks out the doorway watching the guards, carrying Ryan and guiding Zarla saying ''but I have a plan to raise a new Valhalla out of the ashes'' War then looks at Floof asking ''so that thing...'' Floof gives War a glare that sends a shiver down his spine he then corrects himself ''I mean your son, is going to help restore Valhalla?'' Floof nods saying ''precisely and I can see you've still got that skill in training warriors'' War stands proudly saying confidently ''yes I do Lord of Lords'' Floof then says ''good then you can start training my son and my step daughter then'' War can feel his heart sink trying to hide his distaste for demi-mortals, as much as possible trying to keep his composure saying through gritted teeth ''of course Lord of Lords I'll see to it, that he gets the best training possible'' Floof then turns to War saying ''one more thing if I find out that you're showing any bias, at any point in time I'll see to it personally that you lose your title and your reputation and if you ever dare raise a fist or a blade against my son, you will lose so much more'' War nods understanding Floof's word is law he then says ''I understand Lord of Lords'' Floof looks at War warmly ''good that is all for now so my first order is to group together what Lords there are left'' War then says pulling out a map ''Lord of Lords I've had scouts already look for them and they are located throughout here, the mortal realm and Inferno'' Floof then says ''excellent work War send messengers out and tell them, Valhalla shall be rebuilt''' War then gathers up his things ''of course at once M'Lord'' War then runs off and goes to tell the others and Floof goes to his son and he says to Ryan warmly ''sorry that Valhalla isn't in the best of shape right now, was hoping to restore it before you came here'' Ryan looks at Floof responding ''well it isn't all bad, just a few bits of wood here a lick of paint there and it'll be alright'' Ryan and Floof laugh at his small joke, Zarla then says ''glad the Lord of War hasn't changed still as grumpy as ever'' Floof looks at Zarla and asks ''so you've met him then'' Zarla casually plays with her tail ''may've tried to get into here once or twice and I may've knocked that old windbag flying, only for his army to knock me back through the portal to Inferno speaking of hey Zankrus how's the wife and kids?'' a guard says shyly ''well you finally broke in and I'm under orders to not harm you and well the wife and kids are just getting by'' Zarla responds with ''ever since Ragnarok happened at least you are kind enough to show mercy and I'm able to provide for them at least, what can I say it's no fun fighting a weak army, there's no point in killing someone who has something to live for'' Zankrus looks at Zarla and says ''thank you for being so considerate'' Floof then looks at Ryan saying ''son I know you did so much for us already but I must ask more of you'' Ryan looks at Floof saying ''what is it you need?'' Floof then says ''as you can see Valhalla is in ruin, we'll need your help to rebuild it, bring it back to its former glory you do that and the immortal high council will be eternally grateful'' Ryan thinks and looks at Zarla he then says to Floof ''alright I'll do it but her record in the immortal high council, doesn't exist no copies of it are to be found when this place is fully restored do I make myself clear?'' Floof nods ''very well I'll see to that personally now let's head home'' Ryan and Zarla nod in agreement and they return home exhausted