"God King."
Alaric arrived at the Golden Palace; this was his second visit, and this time the Ancient One wasn't with him.
But Odin looked at Alaric, and after observing him for a while, his heart trembled.
As the All-Father and a god on the level of the Heavenly Father, Odin, with his sharp eyes and boundless wisdom, instantly noticed the changes in Alaric.
"How did you become a god?!"
Odin asked in shock.
He felt divine waves of power radiating from Alaric's body, and it was unbelievable!
Wasn't Alaric from Earth? Wasn't he just a mere human??
The last time he came, he was clearly just a novice who had just entered the world of magic, had good magical talent, and followed the Ancient One and now he had suddenly become a god?!
Especially since Odin could sense from Alaric's body that this divine power was incredibly ancient!
It differed from any god in Asgard or even in the Nine Realms.
If Odin judged correctly, Alaric's divine power most likely originated from one of the Four Elder Gods of Earth.
Odin did not feel any dark energy in Alaric's body, so he was either the child of the ancient goddess Gaea or of the goddess Oshtur!
It can be said that Odin lived up to his name, he quickly approached the truth.
"So you're not purely human. Just like us, you are the child of a god. Can you tell me, who is your mother?"
Odin, for the first time, seriously examined Alaric and no longer regarded him as just an ordinary mage, even though he knew Alaric might be the successor of the Ancient One and the future Supreme Sorcerer.
But now that Alaric had become a god, Odin instinctively felt a certain closeness to him.
Moreover, Alaric's origins stemmed from one of the Elder Gods.
That's an ancient god born before Odin!
In prehistory, when Odin was still young, he even fought alongside Oshtur's child, Agamotto (Prehistoric Avengers), and together they resisted the Celestials!!
Wait a minute!
Something doesn't add up!
Odin suddenly realized the problem!
That is, even though he was the All-Father, he and Agamotto counted as peers!
In other words, generationally, if Alaric was Oshtur's child, wouldn't that mean Alaric and Agamotto were brothers, and he himself…
Odin realized the catch!
This guy in front of him really should be of the same generation as him, just as he suspected?!
"What do you mean?! Even though I've become a god, no 'mother' suddenly popped out, stop guessing."
Alaric looked at Odin awkwardly.
He kept feeling like Odin's gaze had changed ever since he learned of his transformation.
"Huh? You don't know where you come from? That's right, you used to be human, maybe you haven't awakened your memories yet."
Odin saw that Alaric's emotions became stirred and that he seemed repelled by the topic of his mother; he thought for a moment and grasped the key point.
Perhaps, after so long, the children of the Elder Gods had long forgotten the past through reincarnation after reincarnation.
Although Alaric now regained a divine body, he clearly had not recovered his past memories.
But how did Alaric suddenly become like this?
Wasn't he learning magic under the Ancient One? How did he suddenly awaken a god's body?!
Wait a minute!
Learning magic under the Ancient One… Kamar-Taj… Vishanti?!
"Damn it!" Odin reacted instantly, sensed the truth, and cursed.
Alaric: "???"
Has this old man gone senile? Can Odin, as a divine being, also suffer from Alzheimer's?!
What a surprise!
"You…" Alaric hesitated.
"Can you tell us if you encountered anything unusual recently while studying magic?"
Odin urgently rose from the throne, approached Alaric, and asked somewhat anxiously.
"No, everything was normal." Alaric replied casually.
"Then how did you end up like this? How did you gain a god's body?!"
"Well… because the Vishanti gave me some gifts."
Alaric answered honestly.
Indeed, without Oshtur's tear and Hoggoth's flame, Alaric wouldn't have had any chance to become like this.
"Gifts? What kind of gifts?! Who gave them to you?!" Odin fixed his gaze on Alaric, his eyes filled with intense curiosity!
He didn't want to be of the same generation as Alaric! Odin screamed inwardly.
As for the possibility of Alaric being Gaea's child, that was irrelevant, because in that case Alaric would be a generation below Thor, so Odin wouldn't have reacted so dramatically.
"All of them gave me gifts."
"And you awakened the god's body just like that?!"
"Yes."
Odin fell silent.
Of course!
Moreover, Alaric really was Oshtur's child!!
Even Agamotto's brother!!
Or his peer!!
Odin figured that Oshtur could no longer bear for her child to remain in a mortal state, so she gave Alaric something that awakened his godly body, allowing him to reclaim his divine identity!
Although from the perspective of Alaric's identity, being of the same generation as Odin wasn't a problem—after all, he was the child of a genuine Elder God.
But just a moment ago, Alaric was only a little mage!
This sudden change in identity was difficult for Odin to accept and quite unpleasant!
"No wonder you have such great magical talent, and no wonder the Ancient One said only the Vishanti are qualified to teach you."
Odin shook his head and sighed.
Jealousy toward the Ancient One suddenly surged in his heart!
Especially because, your disciple is a god, and you know it!
And not just any god, but one of incredibly ancient origin!
You could even say Alaric is the child of the Vishanti and that wouldn't be wrong!
What more can be said, Ancient One truly struck gold!!
In the future, a god will serve as Earth's Supreme Sorcerer, no words can describe how secure that is!!
Look at your own silly son, eh!
"What are you talking about? How is my magical talent 'great'?"
Alaric was baffled by Odin's reaction.
Why was this old man acting so strange today?
"It doesn't matter, you'll understand later."
Odin patted Alaric on the shoulder and said nothing more.
He felt that since Oshtur hadn't allowed Alaric to regain his memories, she probably still wanted to test and temper him further.
Just like himself, he also wanted Thor to go to Earth to taste and experience the feeling of losing his divine power.
Odin believes that only after Thor lives an ordinary life will he understand the value of power and how to use his immense power properly.
Odin wants Thor to understand that war is not the only way to solve problems.
"What am I supposed to understand? Just say it clearly!!"
Moreover, Alaric hated this kind of cryptic behavior the most!
All riddlers should be executed!!
If Alaric knew about Odin's 'mental fanfiction' and that he believed him to be Oshtur's child, Alaric would, without a doubt, start a fight with Odin,
And send Odin into retirement early!!
Oh, child of the goddess Oshtur!