Under everyone's gaze, the Cursed Warrior swaggered over to the device and swung his arms, delivering a mighty blow.
BOOM!
A terrifying burst of energy erupted, and the dazzling light that followed instantly destroyed the device.
At the same time, the Energy Barrier outside the Royal City, which was nearly sealed, began to visibly dissipate.
It soon vanished completely.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Without the protection of the Energy Barrier, the Dark Elves' ships began to advance, directly entering the Royal City.
The Royal City's cannons immediately opened fire to stop the Dark Elves' invasion. However, without the Energy Barrier, they couldn't create a perfect defense.
Some ships still managed to break through and enter the Throne.
Dark Elves and Asgardian soldiers were locked in a fierce battle within the Throne Room.
Thor's expression was exceptionally grim. This was Asgard's Royal City!
The very heart of Asgard, symbolizing its supreme power and status, sacred and inviolable, high above all others.
Thor had never imagined that one day, the fires of war would spread within the Royal City!
But what made Thor even angrier was seeing a Dark Elf, seemingly the leader, strolling casually through the fighting crowd as if taking a leisurely walk.
That person was indeed the leader of the Dark Elves, Malekith.
Malekith walked to the Supreme Throne in the hall and casually pulled a bomb from a Dark Elf's body, throwing it.
BOOM!
The Throne, which only Odin was usually qualified to sit on, was instantly destroyed.
Thor clenches his fists in anger in front of the screen, and arcs of electricity crackle across his body, showing his extreme rage.
Destroying the Throne was an immense insult to Asgard, an immense insult to Odin.
Thor absolutely couldn't tolerate such an insulting act.
And so, Malekith, along with the Dark Elves, slaughtered their way through the Royal City, leaving behind a field of corpses and utter chaos.
By the time Odin arrived with a large contingent of soldiers, Malekith and his forces were long gone.
"Frigga!"
Odin suddenly realized something, his expression changing, and immediately turned to leave.
It was obvious what he was going to do; he was undoubtedly going to rescue Thor's mother, Frigga.
The scene shifted.
Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, arrived at the door of a palace. He pushed it open and strode inside.
A young woman, startled by the sudden intrusion, showed a look of panic on her face and instinctively retreated to Frigga's side.
Frigga held a short sword in her hand and sternly warned Malekith, "Back down, monster, and I might spare your life."
"Who is that woman?"
Thor's face showed a look of confusion.
That woman was in the same place as his mother during such a critical moment, so she must have been someone important.
But Thor racked his brain and couldn't remember when Asgard had gained such a person.
"I'm tougher than you think!" Malekith didn't stop, walking directly in front of Frigga.
"Who are you?" Frigga was fearless, holding a short blade in her hand, staring intently at Malekith and asking in a low voice.
"I am Malekith!" Malekith replied.
"Malekith, he's Malekith!" Thor's eyes flashed with intense killing intent, staring fixedly at Malekith.
He used all his energy to memorize this face.
"I want to take back what's mine!" Malekith said, walking directly towards the woman.
"Malekith's target is that woman!" Captain America said, somewhat surprised.
They had originally thought the Dark Elves invaded Asgard for revenge, but now it seemed they were only here for the woman.
"Thor, who is that woman? What's her relationship with the Dark Elves? And why was your mother protecting her?"
Natasha turned to Thor, asking the questions.
"I don't know. I don't even know her!" Thor shook his head.
Whoosh!
On the screen, Frigga and Malekith began to fight.
When Malekith tried to take the woman away, Frigga immediately intervened, sending Malekith reeling with a single strike.
They exchanged blows, back and forth.
What surprised everyone was that Frigga's fighting ability was surprisingly strong. She quickly overwhelmed Malekith.
However, just as Frigga subdued Malekith, the Cursed Warriors appeared.
If the Destroyer was Asgard's ultimate weapon, then the Cursed Warrior was the Dark Elves' ultimate weapon. Even Thor could be suppressed by it, and it could casually knock Mjolnir away. Frigga was naturally no match for the Cursed Warrior.
She was subdued by the Cursed Warrior.
"You took something from me, child. Give it back." Malekith walked towards the woman.
But when he tried to grab the woman, he found that she was just an illusion!
"Witch! Where is the Aether!" Malekith then angrily walked towards Frigga.
"That woman, she has the Aether?" Everyone present was very surprised.
It wasn't hard to draw this conclusion from Malekith's words, but it still caught everyone off guard.
Hadn't the Aether been destroyed?
However, they didn't have the time to figure out these questions. They temporarily suppressed their doubts and continued watching the big screen.
"I will never tell you!" Frigga said to Malekith with a firm expression, ready to die.
"I believe that, actually." Malekith nodded, giving a signal to the Cursed Warrior.
The Cursed Warrior, holding Frigga, plunged his longsword into her body.
Frigga fell to the ground, lifeless.
"No! Mother!"
Thor roared, unable to accept it.
Even though he knew this scene was from the future and hadn't happened yet, he still couldn't bear it.
That was his mother!
"No!"
Almost simultaneously, Thor's roar echoed from the screen. Then, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking Malekith directly.
It knocked Malekith to the ground.
Fully armed, Thor charged over in a hurry, swinging his hammer and smashing it hard towards Malekith.
The Cursed Warrior, hastily supporting Malekith, tried to escape, but was knocked off the city wall by Thor's hammer.
Whoosh!
But then, a spaceship took off, and it was clear that Malekith and the Cursed Warrior had entered it.
The spaceship began to quickly streak across the sky, heading towards the Dark Elves' giant mothership.
Whoosh!
Thor summoned his hammer back and swung it out again, trying to smash the escaping spaceship down.
Unfortunately, he was a step too late. The other party's spaceship flew back into its mothership, and then disappeared between heaven and earth, nowhere to be seen.
Thor retrieved his hammer and looked at Frigga's body on the ground, his face full of grief.
Odin appeared at this moment, lying on the ground and holding Frigga's body, equally heartbroken.
The scene ended there.
The atmosphere at the site was a little heavy and oppressive.
Thor's heart was also unable to calm down for a long time. He didn't say any grand words, just clenched his fists tightly, his face filled with anger and barely concealed killing intent.
Malekith, must die!
"Thor, from this footage, it can be seen that the Dark Elves invaded Asgard primarily to retrieve the Aether."
Captain America spoke first, breaking the silence, and said to Thor.
"So the Aether wasn't actually destroyed. Instead, for some unknown reason, it was in the hands of that girl you don't even know. Or rather, that girl is the key to controlling the Aether."
Tony Stark also said to Thor with a serious expression, "All things considered, that girl is the key to everything."
Thor naturally agreed; it was obvious. He then remembered something and looked at Natasha.
"Romanoff, I got a little carried away earlier and forgot. Did you copy it with your Sharingan?" Thor asked Natasha urgently.
"Don't worry, Thor, I already copied it," Natasha responded, as reliable as ever. She would have copied it herself without Thor even asking, knowing it was a critical piece of information.
Thor sighed in relief when he heard that.
He had already decided that once he returned to Asgard, he would find that girl immediately!
The Dark Elves had given Thor a great deal of concern. They had managed to bypass Heimdall's sight and bring their fleet all the way to Asgard!
The threat to Asgard was simply too great.
He had to stop this from happening! And the most fundamental way was to find that key girl! [Question: Who said "Hail HYDRA" to Jasper Sitwell in the Stark Tower elevator and took the scepter?]
[A, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury]
[B, Brock Rumlow]
[C, Captain America, Steve Rogers]
[D, Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes]
[Friendly Reminder: Those who answer correctly will receive a reward of one Senzu Bean; Those who answer incorrectly will have one of their attributes randomly deducted, including but not limited to knowledge, experience, skills, and possessions...]
This latest question might not mean much to the likes of Dr. Banner and Hawkeye Barton, who are out of the loop, but for the rest of them, it was explosive.
Because recently, everyone had been working themselves to the bone trying to find the HYDRA mole.
Just a short time ago, they had even clashed with HYDRA, and while they managed to rescue the Winter Soldier from the base, they also got a slap in the face.
All the intelligence they had gathered from the base and the captured combatants were wiped out by the enemy in an instant.
And this question was actually about HYDRA, even throwing out a very sharp question: which of the four options could potentially be a HYDRA mole?
And among the options, there were even Nick Fury and Captain America, two extremely important figures in S.H.I.E.L.D.
"This question has a lot of information," Tony Stark said, shrugging his shoulders first, and sighing.
It was Stark Tower again, and HYDRA, and Captain America was in the options. What a mess.
"HYDRA? Didn't HYDRA already die? How could anyone still shout that slogan?" Clint Barton asked, feeling very strange and puzzled.
"Barton, that's what we hope for too, but unfortunately, HYDRA hasn't been destroyed," Black Widow said seriously to Clint Barton.
Then, she gave Clint Barton a brief introduction to the current state of HYDRA.
Clint Barton was completely dumbfounded, feeling like his brain wasn't enough.
The supposedly extinct HYDRA hadn't just failed to disappear; it had actually grown to a horrifying extent.
They'd even infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. to such a degree that Nick Fury and Natasha didn't know who to trust.
That was just… insane.
If Black Widow hadn't told him this personally, in this serious moment, Hawkeye Barton wouldn't have believed it.
"Alright, everyone, let's get back to the task at hand," Captain America said, his expression serious, after Black Widow had filled Barton in.
Hawkeye Barton refocused his attention on the big screen.
He read the prompt and said, "Jasper Sitwell? I remember that guy. He was under Agent Coulson. Does the prompt mean he's HYDRA?"
Otherwise, why would the others be shouting the HYDRA slogan at him?
"Barton, we can confirm that this person is indeed a HYDRA operative," Captain America said seriously.
Jasper Sitwell, that bald commander with the glasses, had appeared in the questions more than once.
Based on the related questions, everyone had already confirmed that this guy was a HYDRA mole.
"So, this question is interesting. If someone says 'Hail HYDRA' to a HYDRA agent, what does that indicate?" Tony Stark asked, his words loaded with meaning.
"The most logical conclusion is that the person is also with HYDRA," Bruce Banner followed up on Tony Stark's statement.
"Bingo!" Tony Stark snapped his fingers.
"So, for this question, we just need to find the person from HYDRA in the options!" Thor's face shone with a wise light.
Following Thor's words, everyone turned their attention to the four people in the options.
"Bucky, the Winter Soldier, was controlled by HYDRA. Brock Rumlow, according to the information we have, should also be a HYDRA agent."
"Black Widow said quickly."
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