"Boom!"
Thor, who had just been thrown away by the violent airflow and had only recently returned to the front of the dimensional portal, saw a straight golden line streak across the sky before coming to an abrupt stop above his head.
The next moment, the familiar wave of air came rolling in once again. Along with a thunderous roar that rang through the clouds, a bad feeling suddenly flashed through Thor's mind. Before he could even cover his ears, he was once again sent flying uncontrollably.
The dust on the ground was also swept up and rolled in from the distance. Fenris had just stopped himself in midair and had not even had time to speak. After glancing at Odin, who sat on the throne with a smiling expression yet showed no intention of doing anything, Fenris's wings shook again.
The colorful radiance, now countless times denser than before, gathered briefly before suddenly descending from the sky. A gentle impact spread outward.
"Hum—"
In the western desert, the small dust storm that had followed Fenris here was easily ended by this power. Watching Fenris handle it with such ease, Odin's face could not help showing a trace of emotion.
"Father!"
Thor's hoarse voice rang out. Hearing it, Odin looked at Fenris, then at his own son, and his face immediately darkened beyond his control.
Covered in dust and sand, Thor crawled up from the desert floor. Only after a long while did he make his way back to Odin.
After thinking for a moment, Fenris suddenly spread both pairs of wings. Golden trails fell around him as he slowly descended from the sky and landed beside Thor.
Thor raised his head, only to discover that even after Fenris folded those long wings and landed on the ground, Thor's own burly body still seemed exceptionally small before him. Meeting that pair of enormous compound eyes, the two stared at each other, and for a moment, the scene fell into silence.
"Fenris, congratulations. Your current power is already not inferior to mine when I was young."
Sensing the dense divine power on Fenris, Odin spoke leisurely. As if recalling the glorious years of his past, he could not help feeling deeply moved. "Youth truly is wonderful."
Brilliant golden light flickered. Divine power surged. The enormous body shrank, and very quickly, Fenris returned to his original appearance.
Sensing that Odin's aura had clearly weakened somewhat, Fenris finally realized that the blessing Odin had granted was far less simple than he had imagined. For Odin, who already needed to enter the Odin Sleep from time to time to adjust his body, a single blessing was probably not easy at all.
The two of them had only met by chance. Relying solely on the Ancient One's connection probably would not have been enough to make Odin pay such a great price.
But when Fenris thought of Thor beside him, then combined that with Odin's current state and the doomsday prophecy hanging over every Asgardian's head, it became entirely understandable why Odin, as the All-Father, would do this.
These thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind. But no matter what Odin's considerations were, the benefits Fenris had received were real.
Not only had the conflict between two powers been eased, but Mothra's transformation alone was something that could not be exchanged for anything.
Looking at the old man on the throne, Fenris bowed slightly and thanked Odin from the bottom of his heart. "Thank you for your generosity, God-King."
Seeing this, Odin nodded in satisfaction and chuckled. "It is nothing. You are a young man I have high hopes for. I am pleased to be able to do something for you."
"Besides, I already have too much power. Otherwise, I would not need to sleep all day. Hahahaha."
Naturally, Fenris would not take such polite words seriously. If Odin truly had too much power to use, that was not something that could be relieved in this way. Otherwise, why would he still need the Odin Sleep to adjust himself?
"Fenris, the Odinforce has undergone some unknown change inside your body. I cannot help you with that."
Odin's expression turned serious. "That is pure divine power belonging to the Aesir. This divine power originates from profound wisdom and fearless sacrifice. Even I do not know why it has appeared inside your body in this manner."
"But as the king of Asgard, I still hope you will cherish this power and make good use of it."
"Divine power of the Aesir?"
Fenris pondered for a moment. Looking at Odin's solemn face, he nodded firmly. "I will."
"Good."
Odin turned his head. After glancing at the silent Thor, Gungnir in his hand lightly struck the ground. After a low, muffled sound, the barrier on the other side of the dimensional portal immediately began to shrink.
At the final instant before the barrier restored itself, Fenris saw Odin looking at him with a deeply meaningful gaze.
"Help Thor."
Great love made no sound, yet from behind, it quietly paved the road ahead for him.
Fenris swept the corner of his eye over Thor, then nodded solemnly at Odin.
Odin smiled faintly. Countless obscure runes began flipping at high speed. In the next moment, Fenris sensed that the dimensional portal he had opened had suddenly begun to collapse. Sparks flew from the spinning gate. After losing Odin's guidance, his spatial magic instantly spun completely out of control and vanished in the blink of an eye.
The cool night wind blew across the desert, carrying a faint chill and the dampness before dawn. Wanda and Emma stared anxiously at the wilderness not far away, yet there was no trace of sleepiness in their eyes.
"Fenris will be fine. I sensed him leave here just now, but he came back very quickly."
Emma's connection to Fenris was already deep. She could even sense that Fenris's power had surged again in a short period of time. Not only had the previously contradictory conflict within him disappeared, but there was also an additional radiant, righteous aura of light.
Warm. Bright. Something that made people want to approach without realizing it.
However, after hearing this, Wanda only nodded and did not speak.
Although she had not been affected by Fenris's magnetic field power, her perception of energy was exceptionally sharp. What Emma knew, she naturally could not fail to notice.
Seeing this, Emma sighed helplessly.
A long while later, Wanda suddenly sensed the powerful aura covering the area ahead vanish. Her eyes abruptly lit up.
On the other side, Jane was frantically fiddling with the instrument in her hand.
"I clearly saw it just now…"
She was absolutely certain that she had not seen wrong. The area ahead was not empty, despite what her naked eye showed her.
The existence of gods certainly exceeded her understanding, but that only meant present-day science could not explain them. It did not mean they were outside the scope of science.
Those naked spatial fluctuations could not be fake.
"But how can anyone block spatial fluctuations?"
Jane racked her brain and still could not understand it. Could gods really ignore the physical laws of the universe?
"Jane, it changed! It changed!"
Just as Jane was scratching her head in frustration, her assistant Darcy suddenly shouted excitedly from beside her and slapped her shoulder hard. "The wizard and the God of Thunder appeared!"
(End of Chapter)
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