"How could this be…"
Thor's face was filled with shock, his expression frozen stiff. For a moment, he simply couldn't believe his eyes.
On the screen, the "himself" he saw wasn't just battered and beaten—he no longer even had Mjolnir.
Even worse, that "Thor" was wearing an eyepatch… a one-eyed warrior!
Where had his hammer gone?
Where had his eye gone?
"!!!"
Odin's single eye widened, his pupil contracting violently.
He simply couldn't comprehend what kind of catastrophe could force Thor and Loki to lead their people onto a spaceship to escape.
More importantly—where was he, Odin, in all of this?
At that thought, Odin's expression changed drastically, and an indescribable dread surged through his heart.
Could it be that… in this future, however long from now, he was already dead?
And after his death, Asgard had been destroyed for reasons still unknown?
So, his son Thor was left to lead the survivors onto an ark, wandering through space—
Only to ultimately meet their doom at the hands of Thanos!
Cold sweat broke out on Odin's brow without him realizing it.
Asgard… could it truly be destined to fall in the near future?
If such news spread, the entire Nine Realms would erupt in chaos—Jotunheim included!
The Frost Giants and other hostile races would surely be stirred into action.
The more Odin thought about it, the more his clenched right fist trembled slightly.
Seeing this, Queen Frigga bent close and whispered in his ear:
"Your Majesty, even if the future shown on this screen is true, the fact that we've seen it in advance means we now have the chance to change it."
"…Hmm."
Hearing his wife's words calmed Odin somewhat, and he gave a faint nod.
Just then, Thor's furious roar echoed through the great hall.
"Who is this Thanos? How dare he harm my people! He is seeking death!!!"
Thor's veins bulged on his forehead as he glared at Odin, shouting angrily:
"Father, allow me to lead our armies into the cosmos and hunt down that cursed Thanos—I'll smash his skull open!"
Staring at his enraged son, Odin frowned.
"You're thinking only from the standpoint of a warrior, without considering other possibilities."
For Odin, Thanos' threat was indeed great—but he needed to know why Asgard would fall.
And why he himself would die.
Could it be… there was another hidden enemy lurking in the shadows?
"What other possibilities?"
Thor swung Mjolnir impatiently.
"That purple monster dared to insult Asgard! As king, I will—"
Before he could finish, Odin's patience snapped. His voice thundered across the hall:
"But you are not KING! Not yet!"
The entire throne room fell into a chilling silence at his words.
Even Thor froze on the spot, unable to speak.
Meanwhile, the live chat was buzzing with activity:
[Tony Stark: Thor! Loki! Are you really the gods from Norse mythology? But that's clearly a spaceship on the screen! Since when do gods ride spaceships?]
[Loki Odinson: Mortal! Be silent! Who decreed that gods cannot ride spaceships? Do not use your tiny mind to measure us.]
[Tony Stark: Ha, don't bother bluffing. Looks like that Mordo guy was right—you're just aliens, aren't you?]
[Tony Stark: But… who exactly is this Thanos, and those freaky-looking henchmen of his? What are they, some kind of space bandits?]
[Thor Odinson: Hmph! You need not know. Thanos will soon fall by my hand anyway! ]
[Mordo: Haha, good luck with that.]
[Peter Parker: Actual gods? You mean… all this stuff is real?]
[Loki Odinson: "Stuff"? How dare you! In the presence of gods, mortals should kneel.]
At that moment, the image on the screen shifted again.
[Thanos grabbed Thor's head with one hand and said to Loki:]
["The Tesseract… or your brother's head?"]
The Tesseract?
Odin's mind stirred.
A thousand years ago, the Frost Giants invaded Midgard, landing in Tønsberg, Norway, attempting to plunge Earth into an ice age using an ancient ice coffin.
Odin had led his army to Earth and defeated the Frost Giants in a brutal battle.
It was during that battle that the Tesseract ended up on Earth, its whereabouts lost to history.
But from what Thanos said on the screen, it seemed the Tesseract had returned to Asgardian hands?
At the same time, Odin recognized the gauntlet on Thanos' left hand, and the glowing purple gem embedded within it.
It was the Infinity Gauntlet and the Power Stone.
Odin was no stranger to the Infinity Gauntlet.
Many years ago, he had commanded the dwarves of Nidavellir across the Nine Realms to forge one for him.
That right-hand gauntlet now sat in Asgard's treasury, guarded by the fearsome Destroyer.
Yet Odin had never imagined that Thanos could craft another Infinity Gauntlet—and embed a fully collected Infinity Stone into it!
"No wonder he desires the Tesseract," Odin murmured under his breath, frowning.
As All-Father of the Nine Realms, he knew full well how powerful a gauntlet containing all six stones could be—
a force capable of shaking the entire universe!
And inside the Tesseract itself was the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones.
But at that moment, aside from the Tesseract, Odin's greater concern was another matter:
Faced with Thanos' threat, how would Loki choose to act?
[The image continued.]
[Thanos grabbed Thor's head, laughing: "I assume you have a preference"]
[Loki's expression was cold and calm: "Oh I do. Kill away."]
At those words, the Asgardian great hall erupted in astonishment.
Even Odin's eye twitched involuntarily.
Seeing Loki on the screen made Odin's heart tighten.
Loki had always been jealous of Thor.
But… would he really be willing to watch Thor die before his eyes?
Moreover, this image of Loki abandoning his brother was being seen by every Asgardian, including Odin himself—this was far from a good thing!
Just then, the screen suddenly froze.
The system's cold, mechanical voice echoed:
[Current video ended]
[Q&A session begins!]
[Question: Who ultimately ended up with the Tesseract?]
[Answer A: Loki]
[Answer B: Thor]
[Answer C: Thanos]
[Start answering! Each person in the livestream room has only one chance to respond.]
[Correct answers will earn livestream points and random rewards.]
[Random rewards may come from countless dimensional worlds.]
[Incorrect answers may trigger unknown penalties!]