"Attention all squads, we have an unknown enemy intrusion."
"Attention all squads, we have an unknown enemy intrusion."
"Attention all squads..."
The royal hall, which should have been calm and peaceful, became incredibly noisy in an instant. It had been a long time since anyone dared to trespass into the Frost King's hall. The last person who did so had their corpse turned into an ice crystal specimen, and it was still standing by the execution platform outside the hall.
"Interesting, what kind of rat has wandered in?"
In the magnificent and splendid ice crystal hall, Laufey, seated on the throne, listened to his subordinate's report. There was no anger in his eyes, but rather a hint of amusement.
Ever since he clashed with Odin on the battlefields of the Nine Realms, having gained fame with Odin's help, he hadn't seen a stranger dare to sneak into the Frost King's hall for a long time.
"Courage that deserves encouragement, but that's all."
No matter what the intruder's objective was, Laufey admired their courage.
"You can handle this yourselves." With a great enemy at hand, Laufey didn't have time for such trivial matters. The cooperation plan he had reached with the Dark Elves had already begun, and Malekith had made his move, so he naturally couldn't fall behind.
Stopping Odin from returning to Asgard was the most important thing for Laufey right now.
Although he spoke dismissively of that warmonger, Laufey knew very well that if they were to go all out and clash head-on, he could, with the help of some special means, barely hold off Odin for a while.
He could only place his hopes on the Dark Elves, who, with the help of an insider, had already landed on Asgard, to bring the suffering of war to Asgard and let the homeland Odin had protected for so long be ravaged by the flames of war.
And then, they would help him.
"King, Odin has already broken through the third defensive line formed by our combined giant forces." After the captain of the guard who reported the "rat intrusion" retreated, the war report from the front line caused Laufey, who had just shown a disdainful smile, to frown instantly.
Odin's speed was far greater than he had imagined.
"His Highness Beckett, it seems the Frost Giant race is in the midst of a war?"
Somewhere in the Frost King's hall, The Other, with the tail of his azure scepter pressed against the chest of the corpse at his feet, recalled the information exchanged by the four waves of guards he had encountered from the beginning until now. His eager gaze was cast towards Beckett.
Beckett, on the other hand, was casually leaning against a cold stone pillar, his gaze fixed on the screen in front of him, with no intention of hiding his presence.
"This has nothing to do with us."
After confirming that the red dot on the screen was a certain distance away from him, Beckett moved his legs again, heading towards the direction of his target. The Other, having completed the task of destroying the evidence, followed closely behind Beckett.
As Beckett had said, this war had nothing to do with them. They just needed to get what they wanted and leave.
Due to some blurry memories, Hela, who was still unaware that Beckett was following her, finally reached the vicinity of Laufey's treasury after circling around several places.
The strict guards made Hela instinctively hide behind a pillar, focusing intently on the patrol patterns of the treasury guards.
Compared to three years ago, the treasury guards had actually decreased significantly. Hela, hidden behind the pillar, confirmed the guards' patrol patterns, raised her hand, and a not-too-dense barrage of weapons suddenly appeared behind her, raining down like bullets towards the guards in front of Laufey's treasury!
"Wh—!"
This batch of replacement guards had just taken up their posts moments ago and were already pierced through by Hela's sudden attack.
"It seems my strength has indeed increased." Hela's slender legs, encased in a black tight-fitting combat suit, stepped on the fallen blue corpse. She flexed her right wrist, lost in thought.
Breaking and then standing, it did have some truth to it.
It was just a pity that she was not in Asgard now. The Otherwise, with her special connection to Asgard, Hela was confident that she could elevate her strength by another level.
"Now, Laufey's treasury is mine." Directly using a Frost Giant's corpse to push open the heavy door in front of her, Hela's eyes beheld a layout that was vastly different from Odin's treasure vault.
There were cloaks made by Wind Giants, which were said to allow colossal Frost Giants to fly freely in the sky by harnessing the power of the wind;
There were also heavy axes crafted by Mountain Giants, said to possess infinite strength. It was rumored that Laufey had commissioned the Mountain Giants to create a high-fidelity replica of Odin's Mjolnir. Of course, that was just a rumor. Laufey had never used it, and Hela didn't know if it was true or not.
Due to Odin's existence, Laufey's treasury, which also harbored ambitions of conquering the Nine Realms, mostly contained the historical accumulations of the Jotunheim giant race. Unlike Odin's vault, which mostly held spoils of war won in battles.
"Are these all just overrated trinkets?"
"Where is the Casket of Ancient Winters?"
After scanning the treasury, Hela frowned. She felt something was wrong. For a king's treasury, having so few treasures seemed too meager, completely unfitting for Laufey's status.
This was the leader who had unified all the giant races of Jotunheim.
"Thump... thump... thump..."
The sound of boots hitting the ground echoed, but to Hela's ears, it made her expression suddenly tense. She had calculated that it shouldn't be the time for the treasury guards to change shifts yet.
As time passed, two figures, one after the other, emerged from the shadows in the distance, walking step by step into Hela's sight.
Beckett, clad in a loose black combat suit and wearing a silver metal bracelet on his wrist, and The Other, a Chitauri grinning menacingly at her.
"...Beckett?!"
Recognizing the person, Hela lowered her voice, her expression gloomy.
"This is impossible, how did you find this place?" To be safe, Hela had even discarded her fur coat.
"This is destiny."
"As long as I wish it, destiny will stand by my side." Beckett raised his left hand towards Hela, a hint of disdain creeping into the corners of his eyes.
A powerful energy fluctuation condensed in Beckett's palm, and in the next moment, it blasted directly towards Hela!
Damn it!
Magic metal instantly formed a shield in front of Hela according to her will. However, before she could make her next move, Beckett's energy wave shattered the thick shield and struck Hela directly!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
This was a power Hela, still recovering from her injuries, couldn't withstand. Her gracefully sculpted body lost its balance, crashing into and collapsing two-thirds of the display cases within the vault.
"So, did your father ever tell you what kind of consequences come from barging into someone else's vault without their permission?"
A voice came from behind Beckett. The figure holding a magical firearm aimed the dark muzzle at Beckett's head.
Beckett paused and turned around, seeing The Other, whose face was contorted in pain, being held under the foot of a Frost Giant.
"I hate it when people point weapons at my head."
Beckett extended his right hand, placing his index finger against the dark muzzle, his expressionless.
I almost smashed my phone trying to type on it, I'm so unaccustomed to it. I got back a little late, chugged two cans of Red Bull and wrote a chapter on my computer, but I'm still so sleepy I can barely breathe…
I owe one chapter, and I'll pay it back next Monday~
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