Two went, one returned.
When Ryan appeared in Asgard again, he was all alone.
Odin and the others, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately surrounded Ryan when they saw him return.
"Ryan, how is Hela?"
Odin was the first to step forward and ask.
Seeing Odin's calm expression, yet unable to hide his underlying anxiety, Ryan smiled slightly.
"Stubborn old man, don't worry, your eldest daughter is fine. I've already conquered her both physically and psychologically!"
"Oh, oh, that's good..." Odin first breathed a sigh of relief, but then suddenly glared at Ryan again: "Wait, what do you mean you've conquered Hela both physically and psychologically?!"
Frigga also covered her mouth, looking Ryan up and down with the expression of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.
"Brother-in-law!" Loki was the first to speak 'sensibly'.
"Ryan, how could you take an interest in that violent woman? She's just a violent maniac, a female lunatic!" One-Eyed Thor rubbed his prosthetic eye and muttered indignantly.
Just as he finished speaking, the back of One-Eyed Thor's head was slapped simultaneously from the left and right by Odin and Frigga!
Odin and Frigga scolded him in dissatisfaction: "Thor, Hela is your own sister, how can you say that about her!"
"But she still stabbed out one of my eyes..." One-Eyed Thor squatted on the ground, aggrievedly drawing circles with stormbreaker.
"Ryan Parker, you're messing around with women again!!!" x2
The final two delicate shouts clearly came from the two Gwens.
The two of them stood with hands on their hips, looking at Ryan huffily.
Seeing everyone's varied looks, Ryan raised his hands in surrender: "Don't misunderstand, I'm not a foot-loving boy, and I don't like women who get 'mellow' with age. When I said 'conquered', I meant it literally~"
As he spoke, Ryan waved his hand and used Mind Power to project the scene of his heart-to-heart talk with Hela in front of everyone.
Of course, it was only the conversation at Stark Tower when Hela had already put on her clothes.
Otherwise, if they saw the part where he and Hela were in the forest and Hela wasn't wearing clothes, he wouldn't be able to explain himself at all...
Everyone quieted down and watched as if they were watching a movie.
Loki and Thor even produced a bucket of popcorn from somewhere and started eating it with great interest.
And when everyone saw that Ryan's way of motivating Hela was actually to come back and slap Odin's old face in the future, Odin's face turned black on the spot!
And when they saw Ryan telling Hela the dark history of Odin being ganged up on by the Celestials, Odin was completely petrified, shocked beyond measure!
First of all, where did this guy Ryan find out about this secret that only he and Frigga knew!
Secondly, although he did want to confess to Hela before, it wasn't supposed to be the actual process; he had planned to beautify the events of back then for himself!
For example, saying he fought three hundred rounds with a group of Celestials and was barely defeated before finally signing an equality agreement with them or something.
But by Bor, this kid Ryan just blurted out the truth without any beautification at all!
Are you a damn Apple stock camera?!
And most importantly, with Ryan playing the footage now, his daughter Hela wasn't the only one who knew about this embarrassing incident anymore.
There were also his son and adopted son, the two brothers Thor and Loki!
Odin mechanically turned his head to look at Thor and Loki, only to find that the two brothers, listening to Ryan's story of him being ganged up on, weren't sad at all; instead, they were grinning like idiots, eating their popcorn even more vigorously. His heart couldn't help but sink!
It's over, now the whole family knows about this embarrassment!
His majesty in his sons' hearts is completely gone!
However, after watching the video, the look Frigga originally had for Ryan as a son-in-law didn't change at all; instead, she became more and more satisfied, saying softly:
"Ryan, you did a great job with this. You are the only person so far who has been able to persuade Hela. In this regard, you did much better than Odin. He couldn't set aside his pride, and in the past, he had plenty of conflicts with Hela, and even with Thor and Loki!"
Thor and Loki nodded vigorously upon hearing this, expressing their agreement.
Seeing this, Odin's old face darkened further, and his one eye glared at the two.
The two brothers immediately switched from nodding vigorously to shaking their heads vigorously, indicating they were just playing around!
Ryan, however, remained unmoved and just smiled faintly:
"Queen Frigga praises me too much. I just spoke some truths to Hela. Although her personality is a bit extreme and impulsive, she is not someone impossible to communicate with. I think after she calms down for a while, you can go to that Universe to visit her. The Spider Base has a Multiverse Gate leading to that Universe..."
Odin and Frigga both nodded upon hearing this; they had exactly that intention.
After all, Hela was their daughter, and they didn't really intend to never see each other again. Once Hela's resentment dissipated in the future, they still wanted to bring her back.
The employer had already confirmed that his task was completed without issues, so naturally, it was now time for the employer to pay him.
Ryan was a bit excited:
"Alright, you two, I wasn't doing volunteer work this time. My task is finished, where is my payment?"
Odin nodded and struck gungnir against the ground.
Dong——
A circle of golden light spread from beneath Odin's feet, and the next moment, a beam from the Bifrost Bridge landed in front of everyone.
Through the beam, a massive figure nearly three meters tall could be seen!
When the beam of the Bifrost Bridge vanished, there stood the destroyer armor, made entirely of Asgard's specialty, Uru metal!
Odin reached out toward the destroyer armor, golden light shining brilliantly in his one eye.
At the same time, golden runes lit up on the destroyer armor.
These were magic characters unique to Asgard, with each character possessing its own unique magical ability.
Soon, the light of these golden runes changed from gold to white, and finally became colorless.
The golden light in Odin's eye faded, and he withdrew his hand: "Alright, I have retracted my soul imprint from the destroyer armor. Now, you just need to brand it with your own soul imprint, and it will be your exclusive armor. Unless you allow it, no one else will ever be able to use this destroyer armor!"
Hearing Odin's words, Ryan couldn't help but take an extra look at him.
Sure enough, in the movies where Loki controlled the destroyer armor to attack Thor, and Thor reclaimed Mjolnir and smashed the destroyer armor with one hit—it was all a play directed and acted by this old man Odin himself!
This old geezer is quite devious!
But glancing at Thor and Loki, who hadn't noticed a thing, Ryan shrugged.
Of course, it was also because one of these two guys wasn't very smart, and the other was entirely focused on his older brother~
No longer thinking about the Odin family's affairs, Ryan stepped forward and placed his hand on the silver-gray shell of the destroyer armor, his eyes burning with excitement.
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