"No—!!!"
In the palace,
Thor, who had witnessed his beloved Mjolnir being crushed by Hela and could no longer sense the hammer's existence, let out a cry from the depths of his soul.
"You seem very sad."
Hela looked at the inexplicably grief-stricken Thor with interest, then turned back to Odin on the shattered throne and sneered, "Old man, it seems you never told him about me, his sister!"
Odin's face held a smile of both anger and bitterness.
At this moment, he regretted it.
Not regretting suppressing Hela back then.
But regretting why he hadn't been more ruthless back then and completely killed Hela?
If he had been ruthless enough to kill Hela back then,
Then none of what was happening today would have occurred.
"You destroyed my Mjolnir!"
Thor suddenly raised his head angrily and looked at Hela; he roared and charged forward, wanting to avenge his beloved hammer.
But the next second—
Bang!
Thor was sent flying by Hela's blow, at an even faster speed than he had approached.
Hela sneered, waving her hand to condense a sharp blade imbued with a dense aura of death, and flung it towards the flying Thor.
Clang~!
Suddenly, a dark golden dagger flew in from the side, striking the blade Hela had thrown, saving Thor.
"Oh~! There's another one."
Hela looked somewhat surprised at Loki, who had intervened to block her attack.
"Perhaps we can talk."
Loki didn't want to clash head-on with Hela.
He had just witnessed this woman crush his idiotic brother's beloved hammer with one hand; that scene almost scared him into wanting to turn and run.
But Loki still held back.
It wasn't that he was particularly worried about Thor and Odin.
In fact, he simply didn't believe Hela would let him escape so easily.
As for blocking Hela's attack?
Loki admitted it was an instinctive action.
He also didn't know why he did it.
Perhaps he didn't want Thor, that idiot, to die so comically.
Anyway, no matter what, he really didn't want to be an enemy of a terrifying woman like Hela.
"You're quite like the old man."
Hela scoffed and said.
Loki heard the mockery in Hela's words, but he dared not retort; Hela's presence was simply too terrifying, making him completely afraid to oppose her.
"Kneel."
Hela suddenly said.
"What?"
Loki thought he had misheard.
"Didn't you want to talk?" Hela mocked, "Kneel, as a subject, and I might allow you to remain in Asgard."
Loki, "..."
Do you really think I'm someone who fears death?
Loki was a little angry.
He really wanted to go up and slap Hela a couple of times to make her sober up.
But as soon as he saw Hela's playful yet dangerous eyes,
Loki admitted, he chickened out.
So he took two steps back, his eyes scanning around, seemingly looking for an opportunity to escape.
Just then!
A loud shout suddenly came from behind.
Following that, a figure leaped over Loki and charged towards Hela!
It was Thor!
"Idiot!"
Loki cursed under his breath, then could only brace himself and go along.
Hela's words just now had blocked any possibility of Loki negotiating with her.
If she had only asked him to temporarily submit, Loki, with his personality, might have complied.
Of course!
He would definitely cause trouble behind her back.
But at least on the surface, he would appear relatively obedient.
But she asked him to kneel directly?
Don't think Loki is really a pushover! Do you really think I'm easy to bully?
Loki braced himself and charged forward with Thor.
However,
Facing their combined attack, Hela merely showed a look of disdain on her face.
The next second—
The three figures quickly exchanged more than a dozen blows in the palace.
Although Thor had lost his beloved Mjolnir, he was still the first prince of Asgard!
While his strength had weakened, he was not entirely without the power to resist.
And Loki, relying on his millennium of illusion research, conjured a realistic illusion in front of Hela, attempting to deceive her senses with it.
However, after only a dozen or so exchanges, both of them were knocked down by Hela.
One had his abdomen pierced.
The other had his palm nailed to the ground.
The speed of their defeat was even faster than they had imagined.
This made Loki very annoyed.
He couldn't help but glare fiercely at Thor, who was still struggling wildly to get up.
"Idiot! Don't move around!"
Loki cursed loudly.
Thor, whose abdomen was pierced, roared and pulled out the sharp blade from his stomach.
But the Death Power Entanglement around the blade clung to his body, like a persistent maggot, impossible to remove.
"Ah ah ah!!!"
Thor writhed on the ground in pain.
Even with his thick skin, he was in such agony, which showed how terrifying the Death Power on that wound was.
Seeing Thor in such a miserable state, Loki was terrified.
He looked at the small sharp blade nailed to his hand.
He wanted to pull it out, but then he saw Thor's condition, and he pulled his hand back.
Forget it!
It's better to just lie on the ground obediently.
"Enough!"
On the broken throne, Odin stood up, supporting his weak body with Gungnir.
Just the simple act of standing up made Odin pant like an ox.
It was clear how weak he had become.
"Old man, you're not qualified to tell me what to do anymore!"
Hela turned and said angrily to Odin.
Facing Thor and Loki, Hela could appear arrogant and overbearing.
But facing Odin, her Father,
Hela couldn't maintain enough composure!
For Odin, Hela had no love in her heart, only endless resentment and anger.
Seeing Odin still trying to stop her at this moment,
Hela immediately threw out a large number of sharp blades imbued with Death Power.
Clang, clang, clang—
Odin wielded Gungnir, blocking Hela's attack.
But this also made him even weaker.
His body, which had just stood up, almost collapsed directly to the ground.
He leaned on Gungnir with both hands, watching his eldest daughter with his single eye.
"Hela, Asgard will not submit to a tyrant. Even if you kill me today, you will never become the King of Asgard!"
Odin said loudly.
"Then I will kill everyone who dares to resist me!" Hela sneered, "I don't believe everyone is unafraid of death. By then, there will always be some who are willing to submit to me, and those people will be the new citizens of Asgard!"
"My Hela's citizens!"
Hela raised her hands high, shouting loudly.
Just then;
Footsteps suddenly came from outside the palace.
Immediately after;
A figure walked into the palace.
"Oh~! Another one unafraid of death?"
Hela turned to look at the newcomer.
Loki, who was lying on the ground, also looked towards the entrance.
It's him!