"Odin, you've imprisoned me for thousands of years, and now you're finally at your limit, aren't you!"
"Just wait! I'll be back soon! Asgard will only ever have one God King, and that is I, Kuurth Borson."
"You fear that prophecy, so I will make it a reality. I will personally kill your most beloved child right before your eyes."
At this moment, in a different dimension deep within the Mariana Trench on Earth, a hunched, white-haired, cane-wielding wack spoke with infinite hatred and a sinister voice.
This was Odin's elder brother, the previous God King buried in Asgardian history, Thunder God Thor's uncle—Kuurth Borson.
The legendary God of Fear, and also the Great Serpent prophesied to perish with Thor.
Thousands of years ago, when Kuurth was not yet God King, the brotherly relationship between Odin and him was still harmonious.
However, after Kuurth ascended to the throne, his temperament suddenly changed, and he completely became a tyrant.
In order to restore his brother's sanity, Odin chose to seek answers from the World Tree, but instead received a prophecy: only when his second child was born in the future, and Kuurth personally killed that child, would he return to normal.
Odin was deeply conflicted upon receiving this prophecy; on one side was his brother, and on the other, his child.
In this dilemma, Odin still favored his child, so he gained wisdom and power by sacrificing to the World Tree.
Ultimately, he defeated Kuurth and became the new God King of Asgard.
However, he found that he could not kill his brother, so he once again sought help from the World Tree, and this time he received an even more despairing prophecy.
That was Ragnarok, the destruction of Asgard, and his child would kill the Great Serpent, but he would also die at the hands of the Great Serpent.
Therefore, to prevent this prophecy from being fulfilled, Odin sealed his brother in a trench in Midgard, a place where the Sun never shone.
A long time passed after that, and Odin continued to search for a way to prevent the prophecy from happening.
Finally, at Hela's suggestion, he prepared to eliminate some of the threats that were prophesied to appear.
So he embarked on a journey to conquer the Nine Realms, defeating Surtur, the Fire Giant who was prophesied to destroy Asgard, and seizing his Eternal Flame.
However, in the end, he found that everything he had done had not shaken the prophecy's occurrence in the slightest.
So, he was ready to give up!
However, at this time, he received news about the six Cosmic Stones.
So he turned to collecting the Cosmic Stones and ordered the Dwarves to forge a vessel capable of wielding the power of the Stones for him—the Infinity Gauntlet.
The first few Stones were collected very smoothly, but finding the Soul Stone required sacrificing the person he loved most as an offering.
Odin stood on the cliff of Vormir for a long time, contemplating, and ultimately abandoned the idea, deciding to retreat to Asgard and restore peace to the Nine Realms.
But this caused his eldest daughter, Hela, to become dissatisfied and plan a rebellion.
Odin then painfully sealed Hela away again.
Both seals were linked to Odin's life; at his peak, the seals were naturally foolproof.
However, the seals also caused Odin's aging to accelerate rapidly.
As the strongest God King, who inherited the powers of the previous two God Kings, he should have had a much longer lifespan than what he currently possessed.
But now, he looked as if he was on the verge of decay, ready for the grave!
Moreover, over the past twenty years, due to Kuurth's continuous assault on the seal, Odin's vitality rapidly depleted.
He was forced to spend most of his time in the Odin-sleep to slow down the passage of his life.
Speaking of which, Kuurth's sudden awakening from the seal was not unrelated to Shen Mu.
When he fought Mephisto, he caused humans across Earth to briefly release a large amount of fear.
And as the God of Fear, Kuurth could draw strength from fear. When Earth was briefly enveloped in fear, the immense fear that emanated awakened this sealed God King.
But just as he was preparing to absorb even more fear to restore his power, he suddenly discovered that over ninety-nine percent of the source of fear had mysteriously disappeared!
This was because Shen Mu had already killed Mephisto's avatar, and Ancient One had used Obliviate to make people forget everything that had happened.
Without the source of fear, Kuurth merely awoke from the seal.
Relying on the remaining sparse sources of fear, Kuurth was still slowly recovering his strength and continuously impacting the seal.
The same was true for Hela, the God of Death.
Sealed in Hel, she constantly wished for Odin's death.
Ever since more than a hundred years ago, she had felt Odin's life gradually weakening.
She knew in her heart that the day she would escape that damned place was not far off!
However, surprises came so suddenly.
Just when Hela thought she would be trapped in this place for another hundred years, she suddenly discovered that Odin's vitality was rapidly weakening, and he was not far from death!
"Odin, are you finally going to die?"
In the eerie green Hel, Hela, who could only keep company with the undead and skeletons, whispered with a complex expression.
Although Odin's seal filled her heart with resentment towards her father.
However, when Odin was truly about to die, and she was about to be freed, Hela was not as happy as she had imagined.
However, upon realizing she was showing signs of weakness, Hela immediately banished it from her mind.
"Hmph! It's a bit of a pity that I can't witness your death with my own eyes!"
"However, I will sit on the throne of Asgard well for you."
"I will also fulfill all the ambitions we once left unfinished. The Nine Realms and even the entire Universe will bow before Asgard's rule."
Hela crushed an undead nearby with a casual gesture and said fiercely.
Outside, people on Earth at this time discovered a marvel.
They saw a small Sun suddenly appear next to the Sun.
"Two Suns have appeared in the sky; this is truly a rare and peculiar phenomenon, seen once in a millennium."
"Will this new Sun affect Earth's climate and ecosystem?"
"Where are the experts! Where are the Professors! Come out quickly and explain what exactly is going on with this phenomenon?"
"A miracle, this must be a miracle! My Lord above, Amen!"
...
And at the new Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division headquarters, the former Director Alexander Pierce had disappeared, and Nick Fury had taken over his position as Director ahead of schedule.
At this moment, he was also receiving call after call, all asking him about the small Sun.
Motherfucker Knight had already started organizing personnel to investigate!
So he casually brushed off all these calls.
"Why do I have a bad feeling? It seems like big trouble is about to appear!"
After running his hand through his increasingly sparse hair, Fury said with a headache.