Although Little Red Riding Hood was young and loved to act cute, as one of Storybrooke Town's top hunters, she was always precise and ruthless when she made a move.
This was thanks to her talent as a Wolfwalker. Ever since she had been possessed by a wolf spirit, she had gained immense physical strength and the powers of the wolf, though it also came with side effects.
For example, wolf ears, wolf eyes, and the uncontrollable surge of bloodthirsty desires.
Only this blessed red hood could suppress the side effects, though it also suppressed the Wolfwalker's power.
But her wild instincts, inherited from the wolf spirit, told her that the pale-skinned creatures before her were not going to be easy prey.
So, after pulling off her hood, she let out a sharp wolf howl without hesitation.
Wolves are pack hunters, and when in danger, calling for backup is always the right move.
"Where are you creatures from? Don't even say you're human. I've never smelled a scent this damp and dark."
Ordinary Dark Elf soldiers could only withstand a few strikes from Little Red Riding Hood before her claws ripped pieces of their bodies apart.
But when three Captain-level Dark Elves closed in from three directions, she finally felt real danger.
"Swish!"
At that critical moment, a trail of ice spread rapidly across the ground, and when it touched the three Captain-level Dark Elves, it instantly froze them into crystal-clear ice sculptures.
"Ruby, are you alright?"
"Elsa! Do I look alright?" Ruby, the Little Red Riding Hood, let out a breath of relief and pulled her hood back on. "If you had come any later, I really would've had to fight for my life."
"Alright, I'm here now, aren't I?" Elsa appeared in a white suit, looking more like a charming legal professional than a princess. "Who even are these people? Why is it so hard for us to live peacefully?"
Elsa sighed in irritation, just as more Dark Elves appeared before her.
And at the front stood the two-faced Malekith.
At this moment, his expression was extremely unpleasant. Since when did Midgard have someone with this kind of power?
Not only had she instantly frozen Captain-level Dark Elves into ice sculptures, but the ice itself was colder and harder than that of the Frost Giants.
And for this woman, it seemed as easy as breathing.
Malekith, who had been watching in stealth, had originally planned to retreat immediately, but then he felt a trace of Aether's aura from these two women.
After much deliberation, he decided to try biting into this bone.
"We did not mean to offend. We only came for the Aether."
"Aether… are you talking about that thing that once warped reality and manipulated us?" Elsa frowned.
As the first mayor elected by the people of Storybrooke Town, she had recently been in communication with the FBI.
She had also learned plenty of information that ordinary people could never access.
"That's right. The Aether is the treasure of our clan. It fell to Earth. As long as you let us retrieve it, we will leave immediately."
"In other words… you're aliens?" Elsa tilted her head, looking Malekith up and down, then decisively shook her head. "First, I don't know where the Aether is. It's definitely not in Storybrooke Town. Second…"
"Even if I had it, I wouldn't give it to you."
"You can kill strangers without hesitation, but the moment you realize I'm not easy to deal with, you suddenly try to talk reason?"
Elsa sneered at the character of Malekith and his Dark Elves.
Most importantly…
Anyone tied to that cursed Aether couldn't possibly be a good person.
At this moment, Ruby sniffed the air again, her expression shifting drastically.
"That two-faced creep is distracting you! I smell the same stench sneaking around both flanks, heading straight for Storybrooke Town!"
Hearing this, Elsa immediately spread her hands, and in an instant, an ice wall rose up around the entire town.
Every Dark Elf trying to sneak into Storybrooke Town was frozen solid.
"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
If at first Malekith had considered biting into this bone, now he understood…
This little town was absolutely not his hunting ground.
He had never expected that on Earth, in such a small and insignificant town, a true Goddess was guarding it.
"Trying to run?"
Elsa simply raised a finger, and ice formed out of thin air, chasing down Malekith.
No matter how he tried to accelerate, the distance only grew shorter. The ice crept closer and closer…
Finally, he had no choice but to activate the teleportation array formed with Dark Magic, vanishing a second before being frozen.
But the Dark Elves he had brought with him…
Were completely annihilated.
…
"Malekith went to Earth for the Aether. He wouldn't be searching blindly, which means he must have a way to detect its traces…" Dante sat on Laufey's head, casually shutting the giant's dead eyes. "So the two most likely places are…"
"That would be Storybrooke Town, and a certain top-secret military base in America, most likely under the Air Force."
"These are the two places where the Aether was kept the longest. Of course, it's not impossible he'll check other places, but these two he cannot avoid."
Hela listened to Dante's analysis and nodded.
Moreover, Storybrooke Town had many fairytale characters who had once been manipulated by the Aether, which would definitely draw the Dark Elves.
"Didn't you have Fury heavily guard both places? With the X-Men's strength, Malekith shouldn't be able to succeed."
"If nothing unexpected happened, Fury should've deployed all key forces to the U.S. military base that stored the Aether for years."
"…Wait, if all the key forces are there, then what about Storybrooke Town?"
"Storybrooke Town?" Dante paused. "Elsa is there. Fury only needs to send a squad of ordinary field agents to clean up."
"Elsa?"
Hela frowned, recalling the ice sorceress who had nearly killed Loki in Storybrooke Town.
But… could she alone handle Malekith and an army of Dark Elves?
Dante raised his hand, smoothing out Hela's furrowed brow.
"That's right, Elsa. What we saw back then in Storybrooke Town was Elsa under the Aether's control, without self-awareness, unable to unleash her true strength."
"Although Elsa only has the physical body of an ordinary person…"
"She can absolutely be regarded as a God."
(To be continued.)