[ The nameless world where the nameless dragon king is sealed, cosmic eclipse ]

  The gods clash desperately after they started growing weak. After all, the gods harness the emotional energy of the mortals, so if there was less gods, there will be more power to go around.

  This clash ended in a tie, this would have been different if Odin showed up, but he was wiser than to spill the blood of his brothers, sisters, sons and daughters in the name of power.

  [ Asgard, post the clash of gods ]

  The gods try to communicate with humans, but cosmic circumstances create a barrier between heavens and earth. A barrier powered by the universe itself that birthed both gods and mortals all across the cosmos, this barrier cannot be pierced even the collective power of gods.

  [ Back on the nameless world, post the clash of gods ]

  The gods lacked the wisdom of Odin, overestimating their power, overestimating the power of the dragon seal.

  The nameless dragon king couldn't break out but he was able to steal some of the god' power when they clashed.

  [ After ten thousand years ]

  The crack on the seal hasn't widened, the nameless dragon king realized that all efforts to escape are in vein, but using his power and the power of gods he can create a being that will bring upon the end of gods.

  Over countless years that felt like eternity, the nameless dragon king channeled his power outside the seal to create a powerful being called Surtur, a being imbued with the infernal fire of the dragons and powered by the power of gods and the hatred towards gods and their creations, Surtur slumbered for an additional thousand years.

  [ Pre Ragnarok ]

  Finally, Surtur awaked, the first thing he does is rampage on the nameless world breaking the seal.

  The nameless dragon king emerges from the ground, he flies to witness his creation, he hovers in front of it admiring its beauty.

  "My dead child." The nameless dragon king says in a soothing tone. "How beautiful you are, now go destroy the god!"

  Surtur grabs the dragon.

  "What are you doing!?" The nameless dragon king says fearfully.

  Surtur crushes him in his fists, then he grabs each end and pulls creating a mighty sword from his corpse.

  [ Asgard, Ragnarok ]

  Surtur leaps from the nameless world landing on Asgard.

  The land immediately burns in fire, the gods try to stop the berserking demon yet they turn to ash.

  Surtur reaches the home the king, his castle and mighty throne, he readies his his sword and swings it turning most of it to dust, the sword slips off the hands of the demon and flies towards the barrier hitting it and creating a small crack on it.

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  Knowing that his end is near, Odin sends a vision to a mortal he has been watching for a while through the crack, he sends him the prophecy of the end, the end of his world and the world of every mortal, a burning end by the hand of demon stronger than gods.

  The Odin gets ready, he can't do anything now, then he dies in the blazing fire.

  [ Earth, post Ragnarok ]

  After coming back from horse stable, Raven lays on his bed getting ready for another day of cleaning horse shit.

  Before going to sleep, Raven fantasizes about taking on a mighty adventure that will bring him wealth, fame and legacy.

  He fantasizes about being a magic knight who uses both spells and viscous strength to take down his enemies.

  He falls asleep, he dreams about a world of cinder, a world burned to its very core and a mighty demon shattering a barrier then leaping from a mortal world to another destroying most of them on impact until he reaches earth with barely of any his power left, but what's left, will easily destroy earth if the demon isn't stopped.

  [ Morning ]

  Raven wakes up, he realizes he just had a vision, but he doubts himself.

  "Was it really... was it really a vision?" Raven says to himself with a shaking voice.

  He knows deep in his heart that it is, but still doesn't believe it.

  "Why me? I can't possibly save the world, I only how to swing a sword!" Raven talks to himself with a loud voice. "But if I tell them, they will say that I am crazy."

  "You are crazy!" The neighbor yells. "Now shut the hell up and let me sleep!"

  [ Horse stable, noon ]

  It's lunch break, Raven sits across his friend Kevin, he's a man built like a wall and is blessed with affinity to magic like no other not to mention his righteous sense of justice, he's in every a hero, and Raven is the opposite, one problem, he is broke.

  - I hate this job, I wanna quit and go on a grand adventure and get money and fame and people will remember me for age to come. Raven says.

  - I am going to quit soon. Kevin says.

  - What!?

  - Yeah, I saved money to buy a full plate armor and a great sword.

  - I can't believe it.

  Then something clicks in Raven's mind.

  - Look, I need you to do me a favor.

  - Anything for you buddy.

  - No, this time it is serious, real serious.

  - How serious?

  - You're earth's last hope type of serious.

  - What is it?

  - In a few years, a great demon will attack earth, you must grow strong and stop it.

  - Are you sure?

  - I am as sure as the sky is blue.

  Raven notices that Kevin is shivering.

  - Are you scared?

  - No, I am excited, someday I will become the strongest magic knight and take down the great demon, I can't wait!

  [ Raven's city, after a week ]

  Raven meets the knight in shining armor in a tavern, he and his party are in the city after it was reported that goblin activity has increase in the last few days.

  Suddenly, the tavern's are wide open, three goblins enter, Kevin takes his great sword and takes care of them in one fell swoop.

  The tavern is deadly silent, everybody are on the edge of their seats, then they hear a scream.

  Kevin signals to his party and goes out, Raven follows behind them while keeping distance.

  A girl mage, a rogue and healer, those are the member of Kevin's party, they go around the city slaying goblin after the other.

  Slowly but surely, the goblin take notice, the number of goblins attacking the party is increasing, but they don't realize, Raven does.

  "Behind you!" Raven yells.

  It's too late, the healer is down, by the time Kevin turns around, the mage and rogue are also down.

  Kevin looks down upon his comrades' corpses, he starts shivering.

  "You got it Kevin!" Raven cheers his friend.

  But Kevin gives up, his sword falls on the ground and a goblin jumps on his chest and starts stabbing his neck between the helmet and armor.

  Raven sees his friend fall, he starts panicking, but the goblin turns his sights towards him.

  "I am going to die!" Raven repeats to himself as fear seeps to his heart.

  Raven was afraid for his life, but if wants to live, he can't shiver in fear like his friend.

  "I must fight." Raven said to himself calmly.

  He picked a dead goblin's sword and charged towards the goblin and chopped his head.

  Raven is still in trouble, he readies himself and makes sure nothing ambushes him from behind.

  Raven puts down a goblin after the other, but their numbers start increasing, he doesn't give up and keep going.

  After a while, his arms fail him, he sees a goblin jump towards him and closes his eyes.

  "This is the end." He says to himself.

  Then nothing happen, his senses come back to him, he opens his eyes and sees a party of adventurers and one of them is knight wearing an made of drake scales.

  Once the goblin threat was taken care of, the knight approached Raven.

  - Your swordsmanship was amazing.

  - I trained in the way of the sword when I was younger.

  - Are you an adventurer?

  - No.

  - You should become one, maybe someday we'll invite into our party.