London, the temporary command center at Buckingham Palace.
Cold rain dripped down from the large hole made by the Cursed Warrior, splashing tiny puddles on the floor.
The air was filled with gunpowder, ozone, and an indescribable rotten smell.
Lin Huai stood alone in front of the large French window, looking at the chaotic city below. The casual and mischievous look in his dark eyes was gone, replaced by a heavy solemnity.
His connection with his Marionette was completely severed, which indicated that the Dark Elves had fully entered Asgard.
He lost.
Not because of a lack of strength, but because of a failure in planning and intellect.
Malekith, the Dark Elf King who had lived for thousands of years, had seen through everything they had done from the very beginning. Not only did he turn their plans against them, using a perfect ambush to trap Loki and Wanda, but even more terrifying was that his true goal was never to waste time fighting the Avengers on Earth.
What he wanted was for Thor to bring Jane Foster, who was possessed by the Aether Particle, back to a defenseless Asgard, where the All-Father was in Odinsleep!
That was his true battlefield!
"Damn it!"
Lin Huai cursed, quietly clenching his fists.
He had been too careless. Too many victories, especially the almost god-like performance on the Southern Continent, had made him overconfident in his
"We can't wait any longer."
He took a deep breath, forcing himself out of regret.
The most important thing now was not to dwell on whose fault it was, but to immediately support Asgard!
Lin Huai turned and strode out of the room. He was going to find Tony and Steve.
Tony, who had just finished the
"Reality Stone? Bullshit! That thing is an illogical server bug! Jarvis, pack up all the data, I need to go back and study it properly…"
On the other side, Steve Rogers was sitting in a chair at the temporary medical station. The team Doctor had just finished treating the injuries he sustained while evacuating people in the city. His face was a little pale, but his eyes were still resolute.
"Tony! Steve!" Lin Huai's voice interrupted the commotion, "We're in big trouble."
Both men looked up at him simultaneously.
"Huh? Didn't you go boarding with Loki and the others? How did you come out from here?" Tony quipped.
Lin Huai waved his hand, "That was my Marionette, that's not important. I just got schooled."
"What, did that pointy-eared Elf King send another 'surprise'?" Tony took off his goggles, complaining weakly.
"Worse than that." Lin Huai's expression had never been so serious. "We've all been played! The 'me' who went to the Dark Elf Mothership, Loki, Wanda, and Pietro, they all fell into a trap and are now trapped on the enemy's main vessel!"
Steve abruptly stood up, his face filled with shock.
Tony's expression also froze instantly.
"Malekith's true target is Asgard!" Lin Huai spoke rapidly. "He used us to guide Thor into sending Jane Foster back to Asgard. Now, the main Dark Elf fleet is besieging the Heavenly Palace!"
…At this moment, in the distant Heavenly Palace Asgard, the sky was already ablaze with war.
Countless black, blade-shaped warships continuously emerged from spatial folds, pouring towards the glittering Heavenly Palace as if they were free.
On the glowing Bifrost Bridge, the Guardian Heimdall wielded his great sword, each swing cleaving a small warship in two. But there were too many enemies for him to fight, an endless stream. Dense black energy beams rained down, and even though he could see through the Nine Realms, his eyes were now filled with exhaustion and a determination to fight to the death.
"For Asgard!"
The Warriors of the Heavenly Palace, riding golden Pegasus Chariots, charged into the enemy ranks, using spears and swords against the enemy's energy weapons. However, this time, the enemies were different from any they had fought before.
Jumping out of the warships were no longer ordinary Dark Elf soldiers. Instead, they were Monsters over three meters tall, covered in terrifying bone spurs and fur.
These new Cursed Warriors were far stronger in power and defense than any Asgard had fought before. Even more terrifying, they carried a special energy with the "Abyss" Sequence.
As long as an Asgard Warrior was scratched or hit by them, their wounds would be difficult to heal, and their vitality would rapidly drain away.
This unreasonable contaminating attack made it impossible for the Heavenly Palace guards to defend, and their once solid defense line was rapidly being torn apart.
"Hold them! Don't let them get close to the Golden Palace!"
Queen of the Gods Frigga stood on the highest terrace of the Golden Palace, her voice both majestic and calm. She wore golden armor, holding a slender and swift longsword.
At this moment, Odin was in Odinsleep.
But Queen of the Gods Frigga displayed decisiveness and courage no less than the All-Father.
She wielded her longsword, sending out golden light blades that accurately decapitated a Cursed Warrior. The handmaidens around her were also seasoned veterans, defending the Queen of the Gods with magic and swords.
However, there were simply too many enemies.
A massive Dark Elf Mothership forcibly broke through the outer defenses, using its terrifying ramming prow to crash directly into a side hall of the Golden Palace.
Boom—!
The sounds of explosions and collapsing buildings filled the air as the elite Dark Elf troops, like a tide, surged through the breach and into the Golden Palace!
The battle line was instantly pushed to the front of the throne.
Meanwhile, in the medical room deep within the Golden Palace, Thor anxiously watched several of Asgard's best Doctors, who were trying to carefully remove the Aether Particle wrapped around Jane Foster.
The vibrations and shouts of battle from outside made the entire procedure precarious. Unstable energy fluctuations nearly caused the Aether Particle to explode completely several times.
"Hurry up!" Thor roared at the Doctors, filled with deep regret.
He finally understood that he had personally brought disaster back to his home… Earth, Buckingham Palace.
"So, that pale-skinned, pointy-eared guy pulled off a cosmic feint?" Tony, after digesting the terrifying information from Lin Huai's explanation, couldn't help but unleash his sarcastic tongue again. "First, he tricked his overgrown eldest son, then he tricked his scheming youngest son, and incidentally made monkeys out of us Avengers too. This guy, he's pretty good."
Although he spoke mockingly, he had already silently turned and walked towards his armor: "Jarvis, bring everything we can, and equip me with universe-capable thrusters and life support systems."
Steve said nothing; he simply walked over to Lin Huai, picked up his shield with the star, and looked at Lin Huai with resolute eyes, asking in a low voice, "What should we do?"
Seeing his companions' reactions, Lin Huai's tense heart relaxed slightly.
He looked up at the overcast sky, seemingly talking to himself, yet also asking others: "To deal with the 'Abyss' Pathway, the best way is to find an expert who understands 'Criminals' the most. Do I really have to recite the honorific name of that being? *Hiss*, I'm a bit scared!"
He shook his head, casting the unreliable thought out of his mind, but in his heart, he recalled that three-part honorific name.