"What did you do to me?"
Yellow light emanated from the Great Serpent's body, its life force and other things being absorbed.
It opened its fanged, gaping maw and bit down in shock and anger, trying to stop the outflow of life.
A heavy, powerful dragon claw pressed down, Ron's foot firmly planted on the Great Serpent's head, his gaze cold as he looked at the massive monster beneath him.
"Your control over fear is only superficial."
When the weak encounter the strong, their fate is to be devoured.
The Great Serpent could absorb fear and transform it into power, but it could only be used to simply increase divine power, with very shallow control.
Ron possessed the template of a cosmic fear entity's living incarnation, capable of devouring any 'weak' being that harbored fear towards him and had a power disparity, to temporarily enhance his strength.
The Great Serpent was terrifying in the eyes of Thor, Audreyf, and the others, but to Ron, it was weak.
"Let go of me! Destiny is with me; everything you do is futile."
The Great Serpent roared unwillingly, its body thrashing and stirring the air, trying to break free from Ron's restraint, sensing that Ron's devouring was not strong.
As long as it struggled and retreated, it would be fine.
But unfortunately, it couldn't even do that much.
"Destiny?
Destiny must also submit to power!"
Clinging tightly to it, Ron said with disdain.
It was merely a portion of an Asgardian god's destiny; did the Great Serpent truly believe it could walk sideways across the Universe with that?
"Become a part of my power of fear."
If the Great Serpent involved other abilities of the immortal rule, it might be somewhat difficult for him to kill it.
But the Great Serpent's main reliance for immortality was its identity as a god of fear. As for the claim that only Thor could kill it, that was merely a portion of feeble destiny power.
Compared to an Asgardian god of the Nine Realms, Ron was a more vast cosmic fear incarnation, with stronger control over the power of fear.
"No..."
Feeling its most fundamental fear divine power source draining away, being devoured, the Great Serpent's eyes were bloodshot, wanting to make a final stand.
But as its life ebbed, it grew weaker, its resistance appearing so powerless.
With its head pinned and held, its mountain-like body coiled around the Nidhogg manifestation of Ron, straining to tighten and constrict, unleashing millions of tons of force.
Ron's expression didn't change, as if he didn't feel its soft and weak attack at all.
Life was absorbed like a whale sucking water, and the thousands-of-meters-long gigantic body spanning the ocean began to shrivel, its scales losing their luster, its flesh withering.
"Unknown strong one, who are you fighting for?
Since you are not my brother's blood relative, why not let me go."
The anger and unwillingness in the Great Serpent's eyes dimmed, and it began to beg for mercy.
But Ron's expression remained hard, unmoved.
The God of Fear, who had been so arrogant and unbridled, wanting to assault Asgard and reclaim the throne of the God-King, now saw its life flicker like a candle, extinguishing in an instant.
The huge, hideous serpent head drooped powerlessly. At the same time, its scales and flesh all turned to dust, leaving only a heavy, mountain-like skeleton, which fell into the sea, stirring up a wave.
"As expected, Ron resolved it."
Seeing Kuurth killed, Thor's expression was shaken, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After witnessing Ron's immense power displayed when he killed Surtur, he had believed that Ron's power had definitely surpassed that of his father, Odin.
But upon seeing the Great Serpent manifest its thousands-of-meters-long colossal body, he still couldn't help but feel some worry.
"Luckily, I don't have to perish with my never-before-seen uncle."
If Ron couldn't deal with the Great Serpent, then he would have no choice but to try to perish together.
On the ocean, the Asgardian soldiers cheered, raising their weapons.
"What happened?"
With the Great Serpent's death, all the other Mjolnirs lost their power. Captain America and the others regained consciousness, and he, Luke Cage, and Banner fell into the sea.
They were confused for a moment, but in a blink, they recalled what they had done.
However, the three of them felt it would have been better to just die and never wake up.
"No, what have I done!"
Captain America recalled in his memory the destruction he had wrought on various countries and the slaughter of ordinary people, feeling immense pain, almost fainting.
Luke Cage muttered in shock: "I destroyed Hell's Kitchen?
Although I've wanted to do that for a long time.
But how many people did I kill?"
He looked down at his hands, stained with countless blood.
He had only recently left the gang life to become a respected hero, and now, in a blink of an eye, he had become one of the people who had killed the most on Earth.
"Why does this always happen to me!"
Losing consciousness and causing destruction, hurting innocent people, Banner, who had extensive experience with such matters, still couldn't help but scream, almost unable to control the anger within him.
The only thing he was grateful for was that he hadn't killed Betty, the person he loved most; he had flown away after losing his mind and wreaked havoc in the city center.
However, this time, the situation was unprecedented; he had genuinely killed many, many people.
Floating on the sea, the Hulk was in pain and anger, tears falling.
"Why does fate always mock me?
I was clearly on the verge of being cured, of living a normal life."
Hyperion dropped the hammer in his hand, his face grim as he seemed to recall what he had done while controlled. He glanced at the even more powerful Ron.
He once had the strength to fight Ron, but now he probably couldn't even take one blow from Ron.
Glancing towards the United States, Hyperion seemed to fly towards the Antarctic.
Having digested the Great Serpent's fear, Ron opened his eyes, a flash of fearful yellow light passing through them. The next second, the mountain-sized giant dragon disappeared, his original form revealed, sweeping his gaze across the scene.
Dr. Lizard had been killed by the locust monster he manifested, and Titania and Absorbing Man were still bound by the yellow crystal giant python.
Everyone had lost the power bestowed by the Mjolnirs. The only survivor among the nine Hammer Worthy was Cynthia.
The Mjolnir she held was a contingency plan for the Great Serpent to break Odin's seal and would not lose power regardless of what happened to the Great Serpent.
Among a bunch of Hammer Worthy with titles like Authority, World-Breaker, Soul-Destroyer, and Ruin, who had no special abilities beyond being flashy.
Only Cynthia's divine name was a genuine divine name: Skadi.
"You killed my father!"
Cynthia, with her mind akin to a god, swung her hammer, shaking off the surrounding Asgardian ships that had surrounded her, and charged forward.
"As the Red Skull's daughter, it's unwise to flee in this situation.
Your brain has been ruined by this hammer."
Ron shook his head.
He wondered what the Red Skull, chosen as an emissary by the Soul Stone in a distant part of space, would think upon seeing this scene.
Cynthia's appearance was very recognizable, almost identical to the Red Skull. She highly admired her father, the Red Skull, and was considered a clever and cunning villain.
Now, however, she had become like this, acknowledging someone else as her father, and her mind was no longer sharp.
Intense cold air emanated, freezing the sea.
He raised his finger and pointed it at Cynthia: "Let me help you."
Swoosh!
A yellow beam of light pierced the sky.
Even with the Mjolnir's enhancement, Cynthia's strength was still limited; she was no match for him.
The next second, red and white exploded, and Cynthia became a headless corpse, dropping with her Mjolnir onto the sea.
"This battle is completely over, but for some, they will have to live in its shadow forever."
Glancing at Captain America and the other two, whose faces were ashen and grieving, Ron shook his head indifferently.
The war is over, everyone go home.
Although Captain America and the other two had attacked the Asgardian army under the control of the Mjolnirs, Thor, seeing that the three were deluded, wanted to let them go and hesitated.
"Ron, do you think we can let them go?"
"Whatever you think is fine."
Ron didn't care; letting these three live would cause them more suffering than killing them: "However, there's one person I want to take."
He called out, and Black Bolt hurried over, bowing his head to listen to the command: "Your Majesty."
"Take Dr. Bruce back to Wakanda."
Black Bolt, clad in his battle suit, flew down and lifted Banner from the sea. Green Banner had no thought of struggling, and when he faced Ron, his face was ashen, his voice filled with pain and guilt.
"I'm sorry, King Ron.
Your country tried everything to cure me, yet I killed many of your people."
"Bruce, even though you were under control, causing widespread destruction in my country.
The damage you inflicted on Wakanda is not fake."
In mid-air, Ron's face was expressionless, his eyes subtly moving as he looked at him and said.
"Now, as king, I sentence you to lifelong service and work for Wakanda, never to leave Wakanda's borders, and to protect Wakanda. Do you have any objections!"
Banner, thinking he was about to be executed, belatedly looked up, with a look of disbelief, stammering: "I... I certainly have no objections."
He thought he was going to be executed.
Banner had no doubt whether Ron could kill him. After regaining his senses, he felt an uncontrollable and immense grief and indignation in his heart, which should have made him transform into the Hulk.
But he didn't. Banner couldn't help but wonder if the Hulk within him was afraid of Ron and hadn't manifested.
However, Ron actually wanted to spare his life.
He would still have a chance to see Betty again.
Looking at the excited and grateful Banner, Ron nodded slightly.
Wakanda was merely a conquered nation to him; he had no particular feelings for Wakanda. In his eyes, it was at most a piece of property.
As long as Banner could compensate for the losses he caused, it would be fine.
"Although the Hulk, after encountering Thanos, was beaten into self-isolation with a few punches and kicks, seemingly far inferior to Thor.
However, the Hulk's potential is no less than Thor's."
The Hulk's combat power was sometimes high, sometimes low. Sometimes he would fall from the sky and revert to human form, and sometimes he would be knocked out by Tony Stark's Hulkbuster armor.
Tony Stark's anti-something armor actually had moments of success.
But sometimes he could also stop a several-thousand-ton biological weapon Leviathan with one punch, and make a fully-healed Surtur, thousands of meters tall and millions of tons heavy, stumble with a single punch.
"This is mainly because of whether Banner and Hulk, the two personalities, are in agreement and working together."
For example, in Avengers 1, when Hulk wanted to destroy and Banner also wanted to save Earth, they could unleash considerable power.
In Thor 3, when facing Surtur, Banner wanted to save the Asgardians before losing consciousness, and Hulk also considered Thor a friend, allowing him to almost knock Surtur down with one punch.
"In the comics, Hulk has powerful states such as Worldbreaker Hulk, who defeated the Illuminati and briefly fought a normal Sentinel, and Four-Armed Hulk, who easily annihilated cosmic Watchers."
MCU's Hulk seems to have lost the characteristic of becoming stronger the angrier he gets.
But he at least knew one state the Hulk could reach, which was Professor Hulk, the state where Hulk's personality merged with him after Avengers 3, after the Hulk researched himself.
The power of that form was no weaker than King Thor, who almost cleaved Thanos in half with an axe.
"And you two..."
Ron turned to look at Absorbing Man and Titania.
"We... we didn't attack Wakanda."
Titania quickly defended herself, fear flickering in her eyes.
They had long heard that Ron was the strongest superhero on Earth, but they had also previously wondered if they were not much weaker than Ron; skyscrapers were like paper to them.
But today, they had truly witnessed Ron's power!
Even with the Mjolnir's power enhancement, Ron had easily captured them, let alone now without the Mjolnir.
"How dare you!
As Inhumans, daring to attack the Inhuman Emperor is a capital offense."
Black Bolt's eyes turned cold at this, and a killing intent appeared on his face.
What did they take the Inhuman Emperor for?
"Inhumans? What are Inhumans?"
The two asked in confusion.
Black Bolt snorted, having no intention of explaining.
Although the Inhumans had previously moved their entire city to the Moon, there had always been Inhumans scattered on Earth.
The two should be Inhumans, who had accidentally awakened their abilities through the Terrigen Mist.
Terrigen Crystals are a rare mineral that can unlock the genetic awakening abilities of Inhumans, with a few veins found on both Earth and the Moon.
The two didn't see Black Bolt explain, but they understood that their lives were now in Ron's hands. Even if he claimed to avenge the people they had killed, he could easily find any reason to kill them.
Moreover, Black Bolt didn't seem to be lying; he had said they were Inhumans before they were captured.
"Your Majesty Ron.
We can atone like him, and work for you!"
Absorbing Man pointed at Banner, his voice muffled, and quickly spoke.
He and Titania didn't want to die yet.
With the Great Serpent killed, the Hulk, Absorbing Man, and Titania all became Wakanda's combat power.
The Hulk Banner's personality was not suitable for combat, so Ron planned to keep him in Wakanda to guard his territory.
Absorbing Man and Titania could become his vanguards in future cosmic wars.
After a brief thought, Ron decided on the arrangements for the three of them and prepared to return to Asgard with Thor, Audreyf, and the Wakandan army, who had finished clearing the battlefield.
Because he felt that Ragnarok was not yet over.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in their line of sight.
It was Heimdall.
His expression was anxious: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, King Ron, it's bad.
Asgard has been attacked by a terrifying monster."
"Monster? What monster?"
Audreyf's face slightly changed, and Thor quickly asked. He knew that Heimdall was currently projecting this appearance into their eyes using his divine power, which was extremely draining on Heimdall's divine power.
He would not normally use it.
It must be an incredibly massive disaster for Heimdall to be so urgent.
"I don't know, Your Majesty.
But with one step, he caused the Asgardian ground to crack open into an abyss. He can leap hundreds of miles in a single bound, and his strength can easily shatter mountains.
Our army cannot stop him at all."
Then, Heimdall described the monster's appearance: thick limbs, a huge tail, a bull-like head, yellow and red skin, and two horns on its head. It possessed immense strength, as if it could lift a continent.
"It's Mangog!"
Listening to this description, Ron's gaze suddenly sharpened.