Time of Awakening is the 38th chapter of the "Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok" manga series.
Summary[]
The Gods encourage Shiva to take Raiden Tameemon down while Humanity are scared of how strong Shiva is, despite losing an arm. Deciding to kick things up a notch, Shiva lets out a large bellow while using his upper arms to hit his chest.
Shiva uses the Hidden Treasure of the Indian Pantheon against Raiden Tameemon
The Indian Gods realize what's happening and cheer. Shiva began to dance to an unusual beat. As Shiva dances, Heimdall confusedly notes it. Shiva's footwork was a rhythm of the cosmos, which he alone could perform – it was an unpredictable and deadly war dance.
As Varuna recognizes this as the move that Shiva used to beat him, the Indian Gods begin to chant out the beat that Shiva dances to. Zeus recalls how this war dance is known as the Hidden Treasure of the Indian Pantheon and Ares asks Hermes if he's familiar with it. Hermes calls it Shiva's trump card, which he used when he brought that ragtag bunch of Svarga together. He then says it has quite the unique rhythm. Dancing to the Indian Gods' beat, Shiva charges at Raiden, leaving afterimages as he goes forward.
Raiden Tameemon tries to use Lion Dance to crush Shiva under his feet
Raiden attempts to punch him, only for Shiva to maneuver around his body and deal three consecutive hooks against his face and liver region, pushing him back, while Shiva himself jumps away from Raiden. Regaining his footing, Raiden increases the muscle mass in his legs and performs a handstand. He employs Lion Dance, falling forward and aiming to crush Shiva under the soles of his feet. But still dancing, Shiva easily dodges and kicks Raiden's back while the Indian Gods continue to chant out the beat. As soon as Raiden manages to plant his feet on the ground, Shiva uppercuts Raiden with his upper left arm. Following the beat, Shiva first elbows Raiden in the chest and his abdomen with his right pair of arms, before moving to punch him in the same body regions. Shiva then proceeds to spin into the air and uses the bridge of his foot to kick Raiden down on his left clavicle. As he experiences this beatdown, Raiden realizes Shiva is not letting up.
As Shiva continues to punch Raiden, he tells the audience not to let up on the rhythm. As Raiden attempts to defend himself, Rudra joins the audience in chanting the beat for Shiva to follow. Raiden attempts to distance Shiva from himself. Rudra keeps chanting the beat as Shiva charges in at Raiden. Shiva deals numerous body shots at Raiden, with the latter succeeding only in protecting his chest. Shiva then leaps forward to headbutt Raiden. As Raiden staggers back, Shiva moves next to him and lands a shin kick to his right side. As Heimdall observes how Raiden is about to fall, he quickly changes his mind as Shiva moves to punch him. With Shiva moving all around Raiden and attacking him everywhere across his body, Heimdall realizes Shiva's war dance is not over yet. Ares is in shock at how strong Shiva really is and Hermes begins tapping his foot to the beat of the rhythm, calling it a pleasant tune.
Raiden Tameemon uses Mountain Deeps to defend himself from Shiva's fast attacks
As Zeus dances, Ares questions how he can call it pleasant when he can't stop shaking. Hermes explains that, thanks to its unpredictable rhythm, Shiva can keep up a multi-hit attack repeatedly while Raiden is stuck under the impression of being attacked by many different enemies at all sides. Smirking, Hermes admits he would like to "dance" with Shiva one day. As Shiva continues to overwhelm Raiden, Göll begins worrying he'll lose but Brunhilde tells her to look closer at Raiden's arms. With his arms still up to block against Shiva's attacks, Raiden grits his teeth and tells Shiva not to get too cocky. He proceeds to focus all of his muscles into his forearms, creating a wall of flesh known as Mountain Deeps. Intrigued, Shiva continues punching, wanting to know which is stronger: Raiden's muscles or his dancing.
Shiva lets loose a large flurry of punches. As he does, Ares notices smoke beginning to cover Shiva's fists. Hermes says he's burning up and explains how Shiva's dancing is causing his body to superheat and combust.
Shiva cauterizes Raiden Tameemon's flesh with Krittivasa
It is one of the secrets of Svarga's Destroyer – Tandava. Shiva continues letting loose a combo of fire-imbued punches at Raiden's Mountain Deeps. Raiden inwardly questions how long Shiva is going to keep this up for and is in disbelief at how there's a whole world full of people like this. Just as Raiden can't keep up, Shiva declares his dancing wins and uses his left foot to bring down Raiden's Mountain Deeps before jumping off of it. Raising his right foot, which catches on fire, Shiva decides to finish it and unleashes Krittivasa, kicking Raiden from the left side of his face down to his navel. Large amounts of blood spurts out but it immediately turns into steam as the wound was split open and cauterized, much to the horror of Genpaku Sugita.
Everyone watching was convinced that Humanity had suffered its third loss, except Raiden, who is observed by a Japanese man from the human audience to be licking the cauterizing flesh of his cheek, leading him to smile at Shiva, referring to him as a pain in his ass.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Shiva
- Raiden Tameemon
- Kali (No lines)
- Ganesha (No lines)
- Parvati (No lines)
- Durga (No lines)
- Heimdall
- Varuna
- Agni (No lines)
- Brahma (No lines)
- Vishnu
- Indra (No lines)
- Rudra
- Zeus
- Ares
- Hermes
- Brunhilde
- Göll
- Genpaku Sugita
- Kisaburo Onogawa
- Kajinosuke Tanikaze (No lines)
- Odin (No lines)
- Huginn & Muninn (No lines)
- Buddha (No lines)
- Loki (No lines)
- Isami Kondo (No lines)
- Soji Okita (No lines)
- Kojiro Sasaki (No lines)
- Hokusai Katsushika (No lines)
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| Chapters & Volumes | |
|---|---|
| Volume 1 | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 |
| Volume 2 | 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 |
| Volume 3 | 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 |
| Volume 4 | 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 |
| Volume 5 | 19 • 20 • 21 |
| Volume 6 | 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 |
| Volume 7 | 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 |
| Volume 8 | 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 |
| Volume 9 | 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 |
| Volume 10 | 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 |
| Volume 11 | 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 |
| Volume 12 | 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 |
| Volume 13 | 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 |
| Volume 14 | 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 |
| Volume 15 | 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • B1 |
| Volume 16 | 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 |
| Volume 17 | 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • B2 |
| Volume 18 | 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • B3 |
| Volume 19 | 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 |
| Volume 20 | 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 |
| Volume 21 | 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 |
| Volume 22 | 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • B4 |
| Volume 23 | 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • B5 |
| Volume 24 | 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • B6 |
| Volume 25 | 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 |
| Volume 26 | 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 |
| Volume 27 | 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 |
| Not Compiled in a Volume | E1 |
| List of Rounds (Manga) | |
|---|---|
| 1. Lü Bu vs. Thor | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 |
| 2. Adam vs. Zeus | 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 |
| 3. Kojiro Sasaki vs. Poseidon | 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 |
| 4. Jack the Ripper vs. Heracles | 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 |
| 5. Raiden Tameemon vs. Shiva | 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 |
| 6. Buddha vs. Bishamonten/Zerofuku/Hajun | 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 |
| 7. Qin Shi Huang vs. Hades | 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 |
| 8. Nikola Tesla vs. Beelzebub | 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 |
| 9. Leonidas vs. Apollo | 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 |
| 10. Soji Okita vs. Susano'o no Mikoto | 84 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 |
| 11. Simo Häyhä vs. Loki | 98 • 99 • 100 • 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 |
| 12. Sakata Kintoki vs. Odin | 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 |