Greenwich University, at the site of the black warship.
A slide shimmering with crimson light descended from the top of the black warship to the ground, forming a set of stairs.
A group of Dark Elves, dressed in black robes and wearing pale masks, emerged from the stairs one after another.
At their head was a Dark Elf whose left face was scarred by lightning; his name was Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves and the monarch of the dark world, Svartalfheim.
As the leader of the Dark Elves, his lifelong goal was to use the dark matter known as the aether to plunge the entire universe into darkness during the Convergence of the Nine Realms.
But this goal was thwarted during the last Convergence by the then King of the Norse Gods, King Bor, and even the aether was seized and sealed away.
Thus, Malekith could only fall into a deep sleep, waiting for the next Convergence of the Nine Realms.
Now, the Convergence has arrived once again, and the Dark Elves have awakened from their long slumber to restart their plan to darken the entire universe.
Of course, Xia Yu scoffed at this plan. These Dark Elves really were ambitious—plunging the entire universe into darkness? Who gave them the courage? The aether?
Even judging by the standards of the marvel movies, Malekith was the boss with the least gravitas, actually getting killed by a few scientific instruments; he really had no style at all.
If there were a marvel villain Chat Group, Malekith would definitely be the one with the least presence, even less than his lieutenant Algrim, who became a Kursed.
At least Algrim was the one who personally killed Queen Frigga.
Although he looked down on Malekith in his heart, Xia Yu wasn't foolish enough to just rush in; besides the aether, there was something else he really wanted.
It was that T-shaped cosmic warship. Although it looked fragile—and actually was fragile—it was still a warship. Why pass up something for free?
While thinking, Xia Yu quietly crept up to the side of the warship and reached out to touch it.
In an instant, the entire black warship suddenly vanished as if it had never existed, but the Dark Elves falling sparsely from the sky proved that a warship had indeed been there just a second ago.
Hearing the sound, Malekith turned around, only to see Dark Elves falling from the sky. As he watched, a look of bewilderment appeared in his eyes.
Where's my warship? Where's my huge warship?
The sudden disappearance of the warship made Malekith somewhat wary, but he glanced at the spatial rifts appearing in the sky and pushed these trivial matters to the back of his mind.
The most important thing now was to use the aether to plunge the entire universe into darkness during the Convergence; as long as the universe was dark, nothing else mattered.
However, just as he was about to continue forward, a voice suddenly rang out.
"This is the Earth Bureau. You are suspected of illegal entry into Earth. Please pay the fine and entry fee."
Hearing the voice, Malekith looked back and saw a person wearing armor with a distinct Norse style. Although he wore a full-face helmet, Malekith could tell at a glance that he was a Midgardian.
Since the newcomer wasn't an Asgardian, Malekith had no desire to act personally. With a wave of his hand, he was about to let his soldiers deal with the man when the opponent suddenly pulled out a hammer.
To deal with Dark Elves, one naturally had to use Mjolnir.
Although the hammer in Xia Yu's hand was a knock-off and wasn't called Mjolnir—it was the Thunder Battle Hammer that Energetic Xia Yu had found in the Dungeon.
However, its function was similar to Mjolnir; both could release electric arcs and were area-of-effect weapons.
"I am Thor, the God of Thunder, for the glory of the Norse Gods!"
Watching the approaching Dark Elves, Xia Yu held the war hammer, suddenly shouted, and then smashed it fiercely toward the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, silver-white electric arcs traveled in all directions from the Thunder Battle Hammer. The approaching Dark Elves were swept by the arcs and, before they could even scream, were paralyzed by the electricity and collapsed to the ground, breathless.
After dealing with the nearby minions in one blow, Xia Yu raised the Thunder Battle Hammer again. Arcs like silver snakes coiled around the hammer, and then a bolt of lightning suddenly shot toward Malekith.
Watching the incoming lightning, Malekith's left face began to throb with pain again; this half of his face had been burned away by Thor's lightning.
In a rage, Malekith manipulated the aether within him, turning it into dark red arrows shrouded in black mist and firing them at Xia Yu.
The two collided, and the resulting shockwave sent all the surrounding Dark Elves flying.
Seizing the opportunity, Xia Yu swung the Thunder Battle Hammer. The resulting lightning storm instantly turned into a sky full of electric arcs that swept in all directions, completely annihilating the remaining Dark Elves.
Although there weren't many Dark Elves left, they would still be a menace if left on Earth, so Xia Yu did not hold back.
Seeing his kin wiped out by the man before him, Malekith's eyes turned pitch black with rage. His people were few to begin with, and now they were all gone; the Dark Elves no longer had a future.
"You! Die!"
Enraged, Malekith used his life force to stimulate the aether. Black and red mist immediately filled the air around him, and crystalline arrows condensed within it. Just as the arrows were about to fire at Xia Yu, a figure suddenly descended from the sky and landed between the two.
"I am...!"
Thor, who had just arrived, didn't even have time to shout his line before Malekith's arrows were fired!
The sudden attack forced Thor to turn and defend, but he was a step too slow and was slammed into the ground by Malekith's assault. Then, the arrows turned and attacked Xia Yu.
Xia Yu raised the lightning-coiled war hammer and spoke the line Thor had failed to say.
"I am Thor, the God of Thunder, for the glory of the Norse Gods!"
With those words, the fine sparks of lightning suddenly transformed into thick electric arcs. After sweeping away the crystalline arrows in front of him, they struck down fiercely toward Malekith.
With a thunderous explosion, both the lightning and the aether energy erupted, blasting Malekith directly into the building behind him.
Thor, picking himself up from the ground, looked in astonishment at the Thunder Battle Hammer in Xia Yu's hand, then at the Mjolnir in his own, his face full of existential doubt.
"Who... are you?"
Thor asked Xia Yu with a hint of self-doubt. In the battle just now, the other man looked more like the God of Thunder than he did, and since the other man also had a hammer like Mjolnir, Thor was starting to lose his confidence.
"I am Thor, the God of Thunder," Xia Yu replied in a low voice.
"If you are Thor, the God of Thunder, then who am I?" Thor asked blankly, but the other man had no intention of answering and instead turned his head to look aside.
"For the glory of the Norse Gods."
Xia Yu let out a roar, raised the Thunder Battle Hammer, and leaped into the air, once again carrying the weight of ten thousand bolts of lightning as he smashed down toward the charging Malekith.
Watching the figures of Malekith and Xia Yu fighting, along with the spreading black mist and lightning, Thor felt like he was the outsider.
"No! Clearly, I am Thor, the God of Thunder!"
Thor shook his head vigorously, tossing aside the confusion he had just felt, and hurriedly spun Mjolnir in his hand, forcefully inserting himself into the battlefield.