The Ring of the Nibelung 8

Nibelung #08


p7
Ring 8: Loge, the God of Fire


p8
What's in this fortress?


p9
Void.
There's absolutely nothing else in there.

It's also an excellent shelter.

Follow me, Daiba...
Where are you leading me, Mimay?

When we'll arrive, you'll be the one the most in danger...
because you'll have to be accountable for your actions.
Which ones?

You're the one, Daiba, who forge the ring.

I was just following order!!


p10
...

Funny story... The ageing of the stars is acceleration here and there...?

There are even places where stars are born in number...


p11
... Then, Tochirou got problems...
He sent me a signal...

He must be in a great danger then...
Something must have happened to the Arcadia...

... However, I can't locate it...
You need to rest, Emeraldas...


p12
I don't understand why I can't track his ship down while the signal have reached me.
Yes, but this signal is really weak.

It must have went through a lot of barriers...
... Either that or it has travelled a long distance...
... Or maybe even both!


p13
We have no time to rest, Maeteal...
Bring me to the asteroid where is the Queen Emeraldas...


p14-15
You haven't recovered yet...
Don't worry about me...
... We need to find the Arcadia...


p16
This group of stars in a circular formation is noticeably getting bigger.
It's because the universe radiation is getting more intense as we're reaching light speed!!


p17
I wonder if Emeraldas has received my signal.
Who knows...
... And even so...
... she won't make it in time.


p18
Answer me, slave!! You, Loge, the one who mastered fire and warmth, what colour is this ring?
O Alberich, worthy of all my respect, are you asking me how I see this ring?
I can't believe it, but this is really the one forged with Rhine Gold...
Ever since I put that ring on my finger, it gradually turned... blood-red...!

Answer me now...!
This ring is crimson... No! It's a colour even more intense!


p19
When I'm deeply staring at it, I feel like blood is running inside...

Could you give its gold colour back?
If I could?

The one who forged it made quite a feat...
... But I fear there is nothing I can do...
It's overwhelming and I don't even dare touching it.

Only the ring blacksmith can fix it.
"Only the blacksmith"...

... But he's dead...
... by my own two hands.
...


p20-21
The ring colour is taking shape as my plans are setting up.
I'll think of a way to give its original colour back once the whole universe will be mine.


p22
Lord Alberich, everything is going as expected... The arming is complete... Ships are in sufficient number...

I can hardly believe that it slept so long in the Nibelheim with all those dwarves... Er... I mean the honorable people of the Nibelung....

Loge, I'll forgive you this time...
But don't ever insult the Nibelung ever again if you value your life!

Please forgive me...

Need something else? Otherwise, go back to work!
I'm worried...

Why? Everything is going as expected.
Yes...! But...


p23
Even if we gather an army of earthling ships...
will they be enough to fight Wotan?
I heard that he ordered the giants Fasold and Fafner to build a fortress...
and I fear that we won't even be able to make a scratch on it...
Hm...


p24
The fleet's power depends on the power of this ring.

I finally understood... what is its true power.

This single ring...
has already ruled the whole universe... And I finally understood why.

It's because some hidden power... an immeasurable one is lying inside...


p25
Once the fleet construction will be over, we need to take off right away.
To where...?

You know it perfectly well, so why asking me?
You really have a weird personality, Loge.

Yes, sir...

To Walhalla of course!!!
Wotan's stronghold!

I can't hear Freia's organ...
I guess that they must be waiting for me to move into action and they shut this instrument up.
...


p26
Here is the Nibelheim, the black stars cloud on which is ruling Alberich...


p27
Walhalla is here... at the center of the universe...!

Our enemy's planet is near the galaxy where is the Earth...
It will take him some time to get here.

But it didn't take long for the ship that is carrying Mimay to be here, Wotan!
Its guardians technology is the inheritance of the Nibelheim. It became quite easy for them to reach us.

Humans also know warp navigation!!
They're using it to get to Andromeda, Orion, Cassiopeia and the Pleiades.

They're using space navigation...!!
They learnt it from the dwarves of the Nibelheim.

Why did they give their knowledge to these primitive and barbaric beings?!
Until now, it belonged to Walhalla and Nibelheim only...


p28
The universe shouldn't have never been visited so much!!

You just have to ask Mimay to answer that!

The ship she's on is located near the equator... It has crashed on the 7th circle and a half.
On the 7th circle and a half?

Her guardians are powerless, but we can communicate with them, though.

...


p29
[nada]


p30
Thanks god, we have landed on some sort of gravityless cushion, because we've arrived here in great speed.

What a weird planet.
Yeah right!