Round Eleven is the 99th chapter of the "Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok" manga series.
Summary[]
Heimdall goes ever the situation leading up to Round 11
At the Valhalla Arena, the fighting stage is back to a large circular shape. However, enormous monitors are floating in the middle of the stage, taking up most of the space. Mounted on a bird flying over the monitors, wearing a winter coat, Heimdall recounts the fact there's five wins for the Gods and five for Humanity – a seesaw battle for the fate of Humanity. At most, there can only be three more rounds left. Having reached Round 11, Heimdall asks if one side is already in checkmate and if this is the match point. Squinting his eyes from the rising sun, Heimdall says the one who bears the grave responsibility for the side of Humanity is this man.
Simo Häyhä enters the arena for the Eleventh Round
The man is walking through a snowstorm in a forest, being followed by his dog. Heimdall states the Winter War occurred in 1939, where the Soviet Union began their invasion of Finland. At that time, a lone farmer had quietly taken his rifle and he confronted the invaders, for the sake of Finland, his fatherland, and to protect its beautiful forests and lands. Heimdall claims the invading army of million Soviets were all stopped in their tracks, by bullets and by fear. The line of defense at the Kollaa river consisted of 32 men against a force of 4,000 Soviet soldiers. With an accuracy rate of 100%, Heimdall proclaims anyone caught in this man's iron sights was swiftly eliminated.
The battleground is the Finnish forest, outside the arena
He stained the snow red with the blood of 542 enemies. The eleventh representative for Humanity is also the "Strongest Sniper in Human History," the White Death, Simo Häyhä. Simo orders his dog to "Odota," which means "Wait" in Finnish. When the dog sits, Simo pats its head, assuring it he'll only be gone for a bit. With Simo crossing a small bridge, as they watch through the monitors, the Gods are wondering where that battleground is as it is even snowing and on the other side, the Finnish soldiers are able to recognize the beautiful white birch forests: their home, the forests of Finland.
Heimdall reveals that, for the first time in Ragnarok, the battleground will be outside the Valhalla Arena, inside a giant dome, several times the size of the Valhalla Arena itself. It's described as a separate space completely unaffected by the world outside; even the ever-changing weather was spectacularly reproduced with the power of the Gods. Heimdall adds the details of the battle is going to be captured via mechanical birds while the animals that are in the area are equipped with high-clarity microphones to transmit sound in real time.
Loki dances to "Ride of the Valkyries" during his introduction
Declaring that all these preparations will allow for multi-angle coverage of the battleground, Heimdall informs the audience that the one who requested this battleground was not Simo Häyhä but rather, the eleventh representative for the Gods. Inside of a cabin, a record player's needle drops and it begins playing music. The Humans note the song playing now is Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries." When the Gods' representative descends, Heimdall starts to describe how he is the most wicked and cunning God of the Norse Pantheon.
This God perplexes other Gods, seduces them and deceives them, only desiring chaos, inviting the destruction of the world. As the God dances, Heimdall labels him a phantasmagoric clown, wrapped up in an enigma, who will finally shed his veil to take center stage. Aphrodite compliments how seductive his dancing is whilst Shiva scoffs about how he and the God have different tastes when it comes to dance. Heimdall proceeds to introduce the "Vilest Trickster Among the Gods" as the eleventh representative for the Gods, Loki. Seeing him on the monitors, Brunhilde says his name and the Gods express their fear of him, wondering what will befall Simo in this fight. Sweating, clasping his hands in prayer, Forseti worries about how if Loki fights, there'll be another cataclysm, and finds him terrifying.
Loki has summoned clones of Thor, Odin and Heracles
At their VIP room, Ares questions what Loki is thinking after deliberately choosing a battleground that is more favorable for his opponent than himself. Hermes can't imagine Loki would do anything to his detriment, figuring he must have an ulterior motive. Ares sighs at how Loki is bizarre as always. Zeus chimes in to say Loki's strength is of a different breed and points out, even if his opponent is above him in combat strength, Loki is the one always left standing. Ares realizes he is right about that and Zeus guesses that if Thor is the Norselands' most supreme warrior, Loki is the "Ephemeral Assassin." Brunhilde thinks about Loki before she questions where Göll is when the round is about to start.
Far away from Loki, in a forest on the mountains, Simo cocks his Mosin-Nagant rifle and aims. Down the scope, he spots Loki, walking forward with a Gjallarhorn. Using the horn to project his voice, Loki tauntingly asks Simo if this place is nostalgic for him since it's like that Hell he was in. Tossing the horn aside, Loki assures him it'll be over soon, exuding a dark mist from his hands that completely envelops him. Heimdall and the Humans question what's happening as Simo stays stoic. The mist soon clears away, revealing Loki is now surrounded by Thor, Odin and Heracles, each of them wielding their own Divine Weapons. Brunhilde, Zeus, Hermes, Ares, Jack the Ripper and the audience are stunned. Saying it's too bad for Simo, Loki insists he can't die here. Asserting that is why Simo must be the one to die, Loki sends the three clones after the sniper.
Round 11 of Ragnarok – Loki vs. Simo Häyhä.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
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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 |
| 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 • 107 • 108 |