When the descendants of Odin and his brothers were preparing to descend from the mountain, Odin and his brothers stood atop a massive rock—one of the largest stones overlooking the mountain—watching the children below them. Excitement filled the youngsters' faces, and the desire for glory and for earning Asgard's approval shone clearly in their eyes.
Athena spoke as she gazed at her daughter from afar, then turned her eyes back to Odin and said in a calm tone:
"Why did you do that, Odin? You could have punished only the one who made the mistake. Why did you involve all the children?"
She said this with not a single trace of anger or dissatisfaction in her heart; she simply wanted to understand the truth behind what Odin had done.
Before Odin could answer, Poseidon spoke instead, his voice confident:
"Haven't you realized it yet, sister? It's obvious."
Hades and Athena both looked at Poseidon in surprise and astonishment; they had not expected that this careless brother would understand something they themselves did not. Hades said sarcastically:
"Oh? And you know what Odin intended by doing this? You must be a genius and a mastermind, brother."
Poseidon glared at Hades angrily, but after a moment he smiled and said:
"Don't tell me you don't know either, Hades."
Hades' face reddened with embarrassment, and he quickly replied:
"No… I don't know. Then tell us, oh genius."
Athena looked at her brothers as they argued like children, turned her gaze away from them, then directed it toward Odin and said:
"Was what you did truly necessary, Odin? It's true that they cannot harm one another—they are of Asgard's blood, and there are strict restrictions preventing us from fighting any member of Asgard's lineage—but by doing this, you are creating unnecessary hostility."
The two brothers who had been arguing fell silent and turned their eyes to Odin, agreeing with Athena's words.
After a brief moment, Odin sighed, looking at them, and said:
"Any kingdom that is to be built must have pillars, my brothers."
Athena looked at her brother in astonishment, thinking about what he had said. Moments later, shock spread across her face and the faces of her brothers, for they had not expected that through this trivial quarrel among the children—and by punishing them all—Odin was simply trying to make them more eager to awaken, and more determined to find the power that resonated with their souls.
For those who wish to awaken their power must first have their mindset prepared.
The brothers were amazed by the depth of Odin's thinking and realized that he had seen something they had been unable to see. Yet his talk of a kingdom made their blood boil.
Hades said sharply:
"Are we going to build a kingdom, brother?"
Odin looked at Hades and the rest of his brothers, pausing for a moment to consider whether what he was about to say would affect the future he had seen or not. After a brief thought, he pushed that concern aside; he was on the land of Asgard, and the matter of building a kingdom was inevitable.
Thus, he decided to reveal to them everything he had seen in his prophecy.
He said, "Yes, my brother. We will build a great kingdom here."
Then Odin gestured with his hand toward a land some distance from the mountain, stretching across vast plains, and said in a majestic voice heavy with vision:
"The kingdom will be great and awe-inspiring, and it shall be called the Kingdom of Asgard."
Odin's brothers listened to his words in silence. They did not interrupt or speak, but the sparks shining in their eyes revealed their intense excitement and burning desire to see what Odin described become reality. Longing swelled within their chests, as if they could already see the kingdom forming stone by stone.
Odin continued, his voice growing stronger and more resolute:
"We will have many rulers in Asgard—more than you can imagine—and powerful warriors walking every street and alley of the kingdom. There will be no one who does not know how to fight. All the inhabitants of Asgard will be mighty warriors."
He paused, then continued in a deeper tone:
"Some of them may even surpass those who have awakened their awakened power, despite not having awakened it within their souls. These warriors will be a symbol and an example for all who have not awakened their power in the Kingdom of Asgard."
Then he said with clear confidence:
"Our names will be immortalized in this kingdom, my brothers, and we shall rule Asgard—the kingdom inhabited by warriors."
Odin's brothers looked at him, their yearning for what he described exploding within their chests. But the next words Odin spoke brought them back to seriousness within seconds:
"But my brothers, every great kingdom has its enemies—those who desire its fall."
Silence fell, and Odin continued in a darker voice:
"In my vision, I saw us sailing on great ships to lands far from Asgard, facing people and vast armies whose numbers I could not count."
The brothers' expressions turned stern and cold, and a dark aura spread through the air, as if they were vowing to crush anyone who dared threaten the kingdom they would establish—one blessed by Asgard itself.
Yet Odin's next words eased that deadly aura as he said:
"I saw our children and descendants confronting the armies of those races, shining among them as warriors the likes of which had never existed before."
After saying this, Odin fell silent, giving his brothers time to absorb his words and reflect deeply upon them. Several heavy minutes passed, until Athena was the first to break the silence. She looked at him and said in a doubtful tone:
"So this is why our father ordered you to adopt that child of the giants, isn't it? So that in times of war, we would have a powerful ally to rely on."
Hades and Poseidon snapped out of their deep thoughts, their eyes lighting up, as if the path they were walking had suddenly become clearer. But a moment later, Hades frowned and said skeptically:
"Isn't this a bit strange, my brothers?"
Odin was about to answer Athena's question, but Hades' words caught his attention, and he asked:
"What do you mean by that, brother?"
Poseidon and Athena also turned to Hades, waiting for him to explain. Hades spoke in the same doubtful tone:
"Out of all the islands in the world, a child of the giants is born on the very island our father chose to become his new body… isn't that a little strange?"
The brothers fell silent, looking at Hades as they pondered his words, suddenly realizing how this thought had never occurred to them before. Yes, it truly was strange—and its mystery stirred within them the feeling that there was something far deeper than they had seen so far.