Chapter 203 Underground Flame Giant
Loki: "If you are in doubt, you can try to talk to that shy guy about Mount Everest and the King of Snow Mountains. Maybe he will tell you something."

Piccolo: "If you were in the same universe as me, I would definitely throw you in front of that thing and ask it yourself!"

Loki: "Haha, it's a pity that we are not from the same universe."

[“The next object to be described is the underground fire giant.”]

After the screen finished speaking, a photo appeared.

It is a statue that appears to be carved out of rock, over thirty meters tall, holding a whip in the left hand, a long sword in the right hand, and a pair of goat horns on its head.

"This looks familiar?"

When Odin saw the statue, he suddenly felt it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

[“At first we received a report that a fire had suddenly broken out in a coal mine. The fire lasted for a long time and was difficult to extinguish. Not only that, an unknown poisonous gas had been emitting from the ground around the coal mine. Anyone who inhaled this gas would die, and existing medical methods could not cure it.”]

[“At first, the containment committee thought it was just a common coal mine accident and didn’t take it seriously. But later, we received intelligence that a rescue team had discovered a huge underground space connecting many places while investigating the coal mine. They also encountered a terrifying monster there, which was the Flame Demon that we are containing this time.”]

[“The Containment Committee realized that the situation was not simple, so they sent out a mobile task force to deal with it. Before they arrived, they received a lot of information about victims.”]

[“Residents near the coal mine were attacked by the fire demon. According to their description, the ground suddenly shook, and then a whip stretched out from the ground, pulling the residents into the ground. Some even said that a big hand stretched out. In short, no one could see what kind of monster it was, but the traces left by the monster were full of flames that could not be extinguished.”]

[“After receiving this information, the containment committee immediately sent people to calm the witnesses, and then sent the Mobile Task Force, carrying high-standard fire prevention equipment, into the coal mine to investigate. As expected, they found the underground passage. They explored the huge passage for an unknown period of time and finally encountered the Fire Demon.”]

[“The camera at the time only captured a huge shadow before it was violently destroyed. Then we heard a burst of gunfire and screams from the task force, and it stopped working. All our subsequent information was provided by the survivors of the task force.”]

[“According to the task force, the Balrog has “hellfire” in its eyes, and is usually very tall. Its body is always seen as a combination of flames, smoke, and hardened volcanic magma. It can change its shape at will, and can become invisible, turning into a huge flying shadow. This giant shadow was captured by the camera at the beginning.”]

[“When the members of the task force were attacked by the Fire Demon, they fought back with all their might, but their weapons were unable to harm the Fire Demon at all. According to their description, it was like firing bullets into lava. On the contrary, the task force suffered heavy casualties. Thirty elite teams went in, but only six came out with serious injuries.”]

["From here, the descriptions begin to diverge more and more. Survivors describe its head as "misshapen" and having something like curved ram's horns, which is consistent with the original documents of the Balrog. Others argue that it also has fangs larger than a man's arm. Still others describe the Balrog as having both ram's horns and fangs, its face surrounded by flames, and a long flaming beard. Witnesses do not agree on whether it has wings. Most agree that it holds a multi-tailed whip of flame and a searing flaming sword several meters long, although there is debate as to whether it holds both the whip and the sword or just one. Despite its enormous size, it is capable of moving quickly and silently. The six survivors also all described it as having a smell of "hydrogen sulfide and old chimneys". Chemical analysis of air samples exhaled by the Balrog showed abnormally high levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide."]

[“After receiving so much intelligence, the Containment Committee continued to send out task forces to try every means to contain the Flame Giant, but the Flame Giant was too powerful, and the task forces sent out were basically in danger of death. Everything in the underground passage was like the Flame Giant’s backyard, and coupled with its ability to change its appearance at will, the Containment Committee has been unable to capture it.”]

[“Fortunately, the Fire Giant has been proven to be unable to move to the ground and is confined to a radius of approximately two kilometers centered on the place where it was found. If the Fire Giant moves outside the recorded area, personnel must immediately notify the O5 Council.”]

After the sound on the screen ended, Odin's eyes suddenly changed. He finally remembered what this fire giant looked like. "Surtur!"

Odin thought of one of his greatest enemies, the fire giant Surtur, a terrifying enemy that even Odin in his prime could not guarantee a 100% victory against.

Surtur possesses power beyond imagination, with the heat of a thousand suns, enough to inflict devastating damage to any planet.

Plus, it also has a terrifying Twilight Sword that can modify reality, destroy dimensions, and resist the power of Odin. If it appears, it will definitely be Asgard’s biggest crisis!

If Odin had not found a way to steal Surtur's eternal fire and greatly weakened Surtur's power, there would have been no chance of defeating it and forcing it to stay in Muspelheim.

"No, this fire demon who can't even go to the ground can't be Surtur. He may just look like him."

Odin immediately shook his head, dismissing the connection between the Balrog and Surtur.

But I still have to wonder, is this really a coincidence?

Pirate world, Navy Headquarters.

"The two contained creatures that appeared this time don't seem to be that powerful. If one appears on our side, we can successfully contain them."

Kizaru suggested this.

"I also feel that way."

Akainu nodded, then looked at Aokiji intentionally or unintentionally. He had been overtaken by a lot and really wanted to catch up with Aokiji!
"Don't be nervous. We don't know where we will appear yet."

Garp took a bite of senbei and reminded him.

[“Now predict the universe where the two containment objects will appear.”]

[“What will appear is the Earth of the DC Universe, the Snow Mountain Giant will appear in Iceland, and the Underground Fire Giant will appear under the ground of Central City.”]

(End of this chapter)