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"Just you, a Midgardian?"
Odin's majestic gaze was filled with doubt and mockery, but Queen Frigga, at his side, gently reminded him in a whisper:
"Your Majesty, earlier, when I was almost killed by Malekith's subordinates, an extremely powerful Time Magic surged within her… This girl is clearly not as simple as she appears."
Although she didn't know how Jane Foster did it, Odin still trusted Frigga's words.
Furthermore, when he had previously examined her body, he had indeed sensed another strange power besides the Aether Particle.
"Then you first tell me!"
Seeing Odin's tone soften, Jane Foster quickly recounted the terrifying scene she had witnessed while the Aether Particle was being extracted from her.
"Next, I'm afraid Malekith and the Dark Elves will no longer attack Asgard, because he intends to release the Aether Particle… and the target is not Asgard, or any Planet in the Nine Realms, his true goal is to destroy everything!!"
"How will he destroy it?"
Odin's expression gradually turned grave upon hearing this.
Jane Foster shook her head helplessly, "I don't know the specific details… but the last scene I saw was him on Earth."
Thor grabbed her arm, asking with a bewildered expression: "Jane, think hard, what is he going to Midgard for?"
Jane Foster pursed her lips and shook her head again; she truly didn't know.
"It's probably related to the Celestial Convergence!"
Odin took a deep breath, an ancient legend flashing through his mind—a story about the Dark Elves attempting to rule the Nine Realms through darkness.
If it truly was as he predicted, then the severity of this incident would be incredibly dangerous!
At this moment, Jane Foster, the astrophysicist, seemed to have been inspired by Odin's words, exclaiming in surprise:
"I understand! Malekith wants to launch the Aether Particle at the point where the Nine Realms converge and connect, and thereby amplify the power of the Aether… "
"If I'm not mistaken, the power will likely increase exponentially with the growing number of connected realms, and in the end, it might directly affect the entire Universe?"
By the end of her sentence, even Jane Foster herself was frightened.
She couldn't help but look at Odin with a dejected expression and say, "You were right just now; if I hadn't discovered the Aether Particle, none of this would have happened."
"No, this is not your fault." Thor, her protector, cupped her face and said affectionately: "If it weren't for you, they would have obtained the Aether Particle even sooner."
Odin's mouth twitched slightly in exasperation.
Listen, is this even human speech?
Frigga also found it somewhat unbearable and quickly changed the subject:
"According to records, the Celestial Convergence is usually extremely brief, which means Malekith must release the Aether at the exact correct location… So the question is, where is this correct location?"
The hall immediately fell into silence.
Even if they had guessed what the enemy intended to do next.
But if they didn't know the exact location, they still couldn't do anything.
"Perhaps Dr. Erik can calculate the precise location!"
Although Jane Foster was somewhat uncertain, at this point, she could only try anything.
"My Lord Father…"
Thor looked at Odin with an eager expression.
Thus, the problem was once again thrown back into Odin's hands.
"Alright."
After a brief moment of contemplation, Odin spoke: "Concerning the overall safety of the Nine Realms, Asgard naturally bears the responsibility."
Then he turned to Thor, changing his previous dismissive attitude, and said earnestly:
"Go, your moment of trial has arrived. As the rightful successor to the King of Gods, it is time to show your power to the people of the Nine Realms."
"My Lord Father, leave it to me."
Thor put an arm around Jane Foster's shoulder and strode out.
"Your Majesty, with Thor's strength alone, I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat Malekith, who possesses the Aether Particle…"
Frigga looked at her son's retreating back, saying worriedly: "Moreover, the power that appeared on that girl has also made me deeply uneasy."
"It's alright."
Odin shook his head, looking slightly weary, and gently reassured her: "If he truly cannot solve it alone, I will intervene at the critical moment."
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A few hours later.
Britain.
In the square outside the Greenwich Observatory.
Jane Foster and Eric Selvig, PhD, with two assistants, had set up three gravity meters at different positions around the square to precisely locate the correct spot for the Celestial Convergence.
And across the river (the River Thames), in front of The Daily Bugle's news van, war correspondents and photographers were already in position.
"Dear viewers, if nothing unexpected happens, in the next few hours, a Celestial Convergence, a spectacle seen only once every five thousand years, will appear above Greenwich…"
The reporter deliberately paused, seemingly giving the viewers in the live stream time to guess.
"I believe many of you have already guessed… Yes, what I am about to report is not this astronomical wonder, but… another alien invasion event that is about to occur!"
"According to reliable sources, during the Celestial Convergence, an alien race called the Dark Elves will invade Greenwich… The specific location is in that area across the river."
"However, it is regrettable that we previously notified the London authorities to evacuate civilians from the relevant areas, but this suggestion was not adopted by them, for which this station expresses its deep regret…"
Upon hearing the reporter's complaint, the audience squatting in The Daily Bugle's live stream immediately erupted.
"No way, aliens are invading Earth again?"
"See, I knew there must be something big happening for The Daily Bugle's foreign correspondent to suddenly appear there… But why does Earth suddenly feel more and more unsafe?"
"Damn it, is the World going to be destroyed again and again?"
"Those arrogant British, they will pay a heavy price for their arrogance sooner or later."
"Wait a minute, I'm really curious, where does Editor-in-Chief Jameson get his information? How can he predict even alien invasion events in advance?"
"Could it be some superpowered individual with precognition…?"
"No matter where the news comes from, old Jameson's reports have never been wrong, so everyone just enjoy the show."
"That's right, the authorities are always disappointing, but The Daily Bugle has never let us loyal fans down, so, friends in London… hurry up and escape!"
"What you're saying isn't the point. What I want to ask is, does anyone know if this Dark Elf is the kind that appeared in the butter… with pointy ears and a hot body?"
Although The Daily Bugle's reporter had stated the gravity of the situation.
The audience in the live stream did not feel panicked.
Especially the old fans.
They had basically figured out The Daily Bugle's routine.
In their eyes, the distance of the interview location from the war correspondent determined the scope of the impact the situation could cause.
And right now, the reporter was only a river away from the opposite bank, which naturally meant that this alien invasion event was destined not to get out of control.
So… most people had already prepared cola, melon seeds, and mineral water, squatting in the live stream, waiting to watch the show!
Rumble—
A few minutes later.
When Jane Foster and Eric Selvig, PhD, had secured the last gravity meter, the Dark Elves' "cross-shaped" spaceship had already removed its external stealth camouflage, brazenly descending from the sky.
"Oh my God, is that an alien spaceship? Its altitude must be almost a thousand meters, right?"
"Everyone, run! Aliens are invading Earth…"
The streets of Greenwich immediately descended into chaos, and this panic rapidly spread as the news propagated.
At the same time.
In the slightly hazy sky, circles of special spaces, like dimensional rifts, suddenly appeared.
Through these special spaces, one could see scenes vastly different from Earth within them.
Some were forests, some were glaciers, some were lava…
Clearly, those scenes were other realms within the Nine Realms.
And the number and area of these dimensional rifts were continuously increasing and expanding with the passage of time.
"Clear out all those who might hinder our actions in this area."
Stepping out of the spaceship, Malekith glanced at the nascent "rifts" in the sky and gave a cold, ruthless order.
Immediately, squads of Dark Elves soldiers, armed with weapons, opened fire on the scattering civilians.
However, at this moment, a burly figure suddenly descended from the sky, blocking the path of the soldiers.
It was none other than a furious Thor!
"Asgardian, why bother coming all this way just to die?"
Malekith mocked with a disdainful expression: "Death will soon descend upon Asgard; you just need to wait there for a little while."
"Asgard should not have existed in the first place. Your kingdom, your family, will soon be completely annihilated by me…"
As he spoke, Malekith suddenly waved his hand forward, and streams of dark red, blood-like fluid Aether shot towards Thor.
Sizzle—
Thor, while spinning mjolnir in his hand and releasing lightning to block the attack, retorted with a sneer:
"I'm afraid you won't live to see that day, because you're about to be… Bang!!"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was already sent flying far away by the fluid Aether.
"Is this the power of the Aether Particle you've been dreaming of?"
Thor stood up, looking somewhat dishevelled, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Malekith, who was walking towards him, continuing to talk tough:
"With such a weak attack, how do you plan to rule the Nine Realms?"
Bang—
Without warning, Thor suddenly threw mjolnir, intending to send Malekith flying.
But who would have thought that in the next second, he would be swatted away by Algrim, the Cursed Warrior, whose physique was as massive as a small mountain.
"My Lord, leave this fellow to me. Don't miss the best opportunity because of him."
With that.
Algrim charged straight towards Thor.
"Perfect timing! Today, I'll show you the might of Asgard's strongest man… Bang!!"
Thor threw a punch at the charging Algrim, intending to teach this ugly brute a good lesson with his divine power, but the opponent's strength was clearly several times greater than his.
The moment their fists collided, Thor was sent flying more than ten meters backward by the immense force from the arm, his body tumbling backward several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop.
The scene was truly a sorry sight.
Somewhat unconvinced, Thor then spun mjolnir, and like an arrow released from a bowstring, he charged towards Algrim again.
Bang—
But the result was the same; he was sent flying far away again.
"Tsk, is Asgard's strongest man only this good?"
Algrim mocked with disdain.
After being enhanced by the dark matter energy stone, his strength had reached an extremely terrifying level.
At least four times that of Thor.
Therefore, even with the blessing of mjolnir, the latter would find it difficult to win a contest of strength.
Bang, bang, bang—
Soon, the battle between the two became a one-sided slaughter by Algrim.
After mjolnir was knocked away, Thor was like a human target, directly pinned to the ground and repeatedly dragged back and forth by Algrim.
Seeing that his subordinate had successfully intercepted Thor, Malekith no longer paid attention.
He looked up at the special spaces in the sky, which were gradually converging in the same direction, and then strode directly towards the convergence point.
Boom, boom, boom—
Dozens of belated Royal Air Force fighter jets directly attacked the giant "cross-shaped" spaceship.
But the air-to-ground missiles they launched were all blocked by the defensive force field surrounding the spaceship.
"Air units, clear out these damned little bugs, and secure air superiority in the nearby airspace…"
Malekith ignored the fighter jets in the air and continued to advance.
And as the order was given, Blade Battleships flew out from the giant mothership, charging towards the fighter jet formations in mid-air.
Boom, boom, boom—
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen fighter jets were shot down, or simply exploded in the sky after being hit.
Compared to the dark matter energy propulsion system used on the Blade Battleships, these human World's top fighter jets, which used aerospace fuel propulsion systems, were incredibly slow, like ox-carts.
Their fuselage materials and weapon configurations were even less comparable.
Even if a Blade Battleship was directly hit by air-to-air missiles carried by these fighter jets, it still could not penetrate the ship's light defensive force field.
There was no way around it; this was a generational gap in technology!
Before long, this entire fighter jet squadron was shot down, and the subsequent aerial combat formations that arrived as reinforcements met the same fate…
Seeing this scene, the British high-ranking officials, led by the Prime Minister, felt their hearts sink.
Was the scene that occurred in New York a few months ago going to be replayed in London today?