It wasn't just Odin, the Allfather.
Even Frigga, by Odin's side, showed a look of astonishment.
Although Thor's accounts weren't detailed, only providing a general overview, it was true that those were not things Thor should have known.
In fact, almost no one else in all of Asgard knew, except for her and Odin.
After all, those were events from a very distant past.
For Odin, they weren't pleasant memories, and he had always been reluctant to bring them up.
As for Midgard? That place full of mortals, how many years had human civilization existed?
It was even more impossible for anyone there to know.
So it seemed that the thing Thor had obtained was indeed not baseless.
And if that were the case, then Thor's message through Fandral and the others, about Asgard facing danger, was also not baseless!
Frigga's expression began to subtly darken.
"Is there anything else besides these? Tell me everything that was revealed on it."
Odin was still quite cautious.
He didn't rush to answer Thor, but after a moment of contemplation, he continued to speak to Thor.
Thor's mind wasn't the sharpest, and his memory was only average, so he took out the diary.
He began to flip through it, searching for all the relevant spoilers about Asgard, Odin, and himself.
"Thor, is what you're holding the wondrous thing you spoke of?"
Frigga's eyes widened as she watched Thor's "invisible performance" with great curiosity, asking.
"Can even you not see it, Mother? I tried it on Midgard, and it just didn't work."
"I can't reveal this to anyone."
Thor casually explained to Frigga, then a look of anticipation appeared on his face, "But Mother, if anyone could possibly see this, I think it would only be you."
Frigga's magic was top-tier, not just in Asgard, but in the entire Universe.
Loki's tricks were merely what Frigga had left over; they were nothing in front of Frigga.
Meeting Thor's expectant gaze, Frigga pondered for a moment, then no longer hesitated.
She gently extended her right hand, and a soft, White light instantly shimmered from it.
She placed it on Thor's hand.
More accurately, she placed it on the diary.
She began to feel it very carefully.
"Thor, is that 'thing' really in your hand?"
Frigga asked Thor in a deep voice.
She had actually gone all out, but she couldn't sense anything at all.
"Yes, Mother, I'm holding it; it's in my hand."
Thor nodded emphatically, "But Mother, can you not sense it?"
Frigga didn't answer immediately, trying various other methods, but in the end, she still found nothing.
Thor could only give up.
If even his Mother couldn't sense it, no matter what this diary was, it was beyond Thor's reach.
Thor shook his head, no longer trying, and instead began to spoil relevant information for his parents.
Things like Purple Sweet Potato's Snap, the Time Variance Authority, Beta Ray Bill, Hela crushing Thor's Hammer...
Then Thor immediately saw that when he mentioned Hela, both Odin and Frigga's expressions subtly changed.
Even if Thor wasn't the sharpest, he instantly realized that his parents knew about Hela.
"Father, who is this Hela? Why have I never heard of her?"
Thor looked at Odin with immense curiosity and asked.
Odin fell into contemplation.
My foolish child, that is your sister!
However, the matter of Hela was too complex, and Odin had always hidden her existence from his two sons.
Now, suddenly brought up by Thor, it caught Odin off guard.
"We'll discuss these questions later. For now, let's talk about predicting the future."
Odin pondered for a moment and changed the subject. He hadn't decided whether to confess this matter to Thor.
"It seems this Hela has an unusual connection with you, Father."
"I'm even more curious."
Thor's appetite was completely whetted.
However, he still followed Odin's words and continued to talk about the diary's spoilers.
Odin and Frigga listened quietly, their expressions showing little change.
Until Thor also began to stammer and hesitate.
"It also says, it also says..."
Thor looked at the spoiler about his Father not having many years left to live and truly didn't know how to speak.
"Does it say something bad?"
Frigga immediately guessed almost correctly; otherwise, Thor wouldn't have had Fandral and the others issue a warning, would he?
"It's alright, Thor. Whatever it says, just tell me truthfully."
Odin also urged him on.
After a moment of hesitation, Thor still made a decision.
Because he also really wanted to confirm his Father's condition.
"It says that in a few years, Father, your life will... will come to an end."
Thor gritted his teeth and still spoke the fatal "death prophecy."
Whoosh!
As soon as these words were uttered, Frigga's expression immediately changed.
The atmosphere in the room also became heavy.
"Thor, how can you speak such nonsense!"
Frigga, quite uncharacteristically, began to scold Thor.
But at the same time, she also cast a very worried glance at Odin.
As Asgard's top Witch, Frigga's magic was among the best in the entire Universe.
Even future Thor, when he traveled back, could be seen through by Frigga at a glance.
In fact, Frigga had already vaguely sensed Odin's problem.
She had just been unwilling to admit it, unwilling to face the problem.
"Yes, Father, I'm talking nonsense, right?"
"This is talking nonsense, right!"
Thor also looked at Odin with immense anticipation.
"No, Thor."
But Odin, after a moment of silence, gave this answer in a low voice, "This is true."
"No, Father!"
Thor's voice immediately rose an octave; he simply couldn't accept all of this.
"I should have told you earlier, but I didn't know how to say it. I couldn't find a suitable time."
"But I think now, perhaps, is that time."
A great weight was lifted from Odin's heart as he began to calmly face his wife and son, "I have lived too long. My divine power grows daily, but my body becomes weaker and weaker, unable to bear my strength. The Odin Sleep is becoming less effective..."
"Odin, don't say that. We will find a way to solve all of this."
Frigga interrupted Odin.
"No, there is no solution. This is a problem that all Kings of Asgard will face, and it doesn't need a solution."
"Letting nature take its course is the best solution."
"I'm very glad that before this, Thor, you have grown."
Odin also, very rarely, showed approval to Thor.
Normally, Thor would have been overjoyed by Odin's praise.
But now, Thor truly couldn't be excited.
Instead, his heart felt even heavier.
And when he thought of another fact, Thor felt so heavy that he was almost suffocating, unable to breathe.
The diary had said that his Mother would also die!
His Father's death was from old age, and Thor couldn't do anything about it.
But his Mother, at her age, couldn't die of old age, so it must have been an accident.
Whatever that accident was, Thor secretly swore in his heart that he would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen!
And this equally heavy "prophecy," Thor did not speak of it again, but silently bore it alone.
Just as Odin had said, Thor had truly grown.
"Father..."
Thor felt a lump in his throat.
"Don't be sad. This is actually a good thing. Going to Valhalla is an honor, isn't it?"
Odin was completely unconcerned about this; he waved his hand, interrupting Thor.
Then, after some thought, he made a decision.
"Although this timing is a bit sudden, I think there really isn't a more suitable time than this."
"Some things, it's time for you to know."
Odin then began to earnestly explain to Thor the questions he had asked earlier.
About the battle with the Celestials a million years ago, about his plans to collect the Infinity Stones, and so on.
Of course.
Also Hela.
In fact, Hela and the Celestials were also related.
The Celestials, the Infinity Gauntlet, Hela—this series of events was all connected.
"A million years ago, that was the first time I discovered the Celestials on Midgard..."
As Odin recounted, the relevant war from that year unfolded before Thor.
It also matched the diary's spoilers.
A million years ago, Odin and the other members of the prehistoric Avengers fought because the Celestials arbitrarily experimented on Earth.
The result was undoubtedly a defeat, and a very miserable one.
Although helpless, Odin could only allow the Celestials to wreak havoc on Earth, and thus the Eternals and Deviants were born.
And after that, the Celestials descended upon Earth again, believing that the people on Earth were not worth existing, and planned to erase them.
This directly enraged Odin. Odin gathered all the Gods of Asgard and the Gods of the Four Directions to fight the Celestials.
The result was also undoubtedly that, although Earth was saved, the Gods of the Four Directions and the Gods of Asgard suffered heavy casualties.
Odin indeed conceived the idea of collecting the Infinity Stones after that battle.
But when he learned that the Soul Stone required the sacrifice of one's beloved, he decisively gave up.
The Infinity Gauntlet thus became a collectible in Asgard's treasury.
It's worth mentioning that Hela also participated in the war against the Celestials, and she was quite valiant.
"Hela, she is my first daughter."
Speaking of Hela, Odin's face showed an expression of immense regret.
"Your what?"
Thor's eyes widened, wondering if he had misheard.
He had always believed, no, more accurately, everyone knew that he and Loki were Odin's only two sons!
Well, Loki was adopted, but that wasn't important.
What was important was, he had lived for fifteen hundred years, so how could a sister suddenly appear?
"A million years ago, when I first fought the Celestials, I used mjolnir."
"Later, when the Celestials descended again, Hela also picked up mjolnir to protect the Nine Realms."
Thor: "..."
Well, Thor really hadn't expected that the mjolnir in his hand would have such a legacy.
Hela had also once been the mjolnir's Master.
However, it was clear that Hela must have later lost the right to wield the mjolnir.
Otherwise, the diary wouldn't have said that Hela forcibly picked up the mjolnir.
"But later, Hela's ambition grew too inflated, to a degree I couldn't control."
"So I locked her up."
Odin continued to explain to Thor.
Thor didn't know what to say.
His own Father locked up his own sister; which side should he take?
Although out of admiration for Odin, Thor was willing to believe that Odin had necessary reasons for doing so.
But locking Hela up for at least fifteen hundred years, was that really good?
When Hela was released, wouldn't her rage be boundless?
And from Odin's tone, it seemed he intended to keep his sister locked up indefinitely?
That wasn't a solution either!
"Father, how long do you plan to keep Hela locked up?"
Thor asked the question in his heart.
"Until the last moment I can hold her!"
Odin said without hesitation, "And after that, Thor, she will no longer be my problem, but yours."
Thor felt an extreme headache just thinking about facing a sister who had been locked up for such a long time.
That was too terrifying.
So this was why Hela would beat him and Loki in the future?
Thor vaguely understood.
Anyone would be angry after being locked up for so long.
And after the matter of Hela, Thor also asked Odin about the embryonic Celestials on Earth.
Odin, however, knew nothing about this.
But by now, Odin had gained a considerable amount of trust in the "wondrous thing" in Thor's mouth that could predict the future.
Since it was information revealed by it, Odin was inclined to believe it.
But even so, what could he do?
Asgard was not what it used to be, and furthermore, Asgard had its own troubles; Ragnarok was not far off!
Odin himself didn't have much time left to live, so how could he worry about the embryonic Celestials on Midgard?
It would be good enough to take care of Asgard.
So Odin quickly moved past the topic of the Celestials and began to talk about other things with Thor.
The Father and son then began to have a heart-to-heart talk, talking for a very, very long time.