Nothing Short of Shocking

By the time Odin spoke, he was a beat too late. Thor's hand had already touched Jane's shoulder. In that instant, crimson energy erupted from the spot he had touched, and its immense force sent him flying.

Jane also fainted from the burst of energy. Han Yu caught her a moment before she hit the ground.

"Her body can't withstand an energy burst of this magnitude. The longer this goes on, the worse it'll be for her."

Jane's lips were slightly pale, a sign that the Reality Stone was draining her life force from inside her. Her body could withstand only a few such bursts of energy in self-defense.

Hearing Han Yu's words, Thor's eyes flashed with a mixture of distress and helplessness. He had never encountered anything like this and had no idea how to resolve it.

"If the Dark Elves still existed, there might be a chance of removing it, but they went extinct back in my father's generation."

Odin sighed. He had barely encountered anything as mysterious as the Infinity Stones himself, and he never could have imagined that one would now be inside his son's girlfriend.

"No, they're not all dead," Han Yu said calmly.

He knew that during that war, Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, had fled the battlefield with a few trusted followers. They had gone into hiding in some corner of the universe and entered hibernation chambers to rest.

The event that would awaken them was the Reality Stone leaving the place where it had been kept in Asgard. The Dark Elves would sense it and awaken.

By this point, they should already have been preparing their attack on Asgard.

"Not all dead? How do you know that?" Odin asked.

The last time the Dark Elves appeared, human civilization on Earth had not even formed. How could Han Yu, a human who looked no more than twenty-something, know about such a thing?

Green energy turned into fine threads that gently touched Jane's body. Han Yu ignored Odin's question. Jane's condition was far from promising; an ordinary person could not possibly withstand the bursts of energy caused by an Infinity Stone.

What was more, the Reality Stone could drain its host's life force, so Jane's condition would only deteriorate. Within the green threads Han Yu was sending into her were flecks of "gold dust," which entered her body along with them.

"What are you doing?" Thor asked.

"Saving her."

After just a few dozen seconds, Jane's previously pale complexion had regained its color.

"What a miraculous technique. What kind of ability is that?"

Odin asked. In all his long life, this was the first time he had seen such an effective means of healing.

"It's mainly the effect of this. It's called a Senzu Bean, and it can heal injuries no matter how severe. I made a few improvements, so it also has effects like enhancing beauty and strengthening the body."

Han Yu spread his fingers, and a broad bean-shaped bean floated above his palm. Since Jane could not swallow it, he had used Green Lantern Energy to deliver the Senzu Bean ground into powder, which was how her complexion had recovered so quickly.

Thor looked astonished. Even to him, something like that sounded exceedingly rare, yet Han Yu had simply given it to Jane?

"Good stuff. I hear you're a general store merchant? Can you supply these reliably?"

A flicker of delight crossed Odin's eyes, and he was tempted. Asgard had nothing so good.

"Supplying them reliably isn't a problem, but they don't come cheap."

Han Yu chuckled. Although he seemed to produce Senzu Beans casually whenever he used them, if they were sold on the market, their price would only keep climbing. There was no way it would ever go down.

On Earth, a single bean's price could start at ten billion, without the slightest exaggeration. Plenty of wealthy and powerful reclusive tycoons would pay an exorbitant sum just to obtain one. Only as long as they were around would their families continue to be wealthy.

So this Senzu Bean, which could fully heal any injury just by being eaten and also enhance beauty and strengthen the body, would be sought after by countless people wherever it went.

"Name your price."

Asgard ruled over the Nine Realms. To Odin, money really was no more than dirt.

Han Yu rubbed his chin. Although he was still a clerk at the general store, he could actually set the price of everything in it. High or low, it was entirely up to him.

While he was thinking, Jane slowly woke up. Sensing that the atmosphere in the room was a little strange, she quietly asked Thor about it. Only after learning the details did she nod in sudden understanding.

Jane asked Thor quietly, "Aren't you Asgardians gods? Don't gods all have things like self-healing abilities?"

Thor shook his head and explained, "We Asgardians aren't all gods. As far as Earth is concerned, we're just aliens with more advanced technology, technology that's many, many years ahead. When we came to Earth in the past, your people called us 'gods' because they didn't understand that technology."

Asgardians still went through birth, aging, illness, death, and injury. If Han Yu could supply them with a set quantity of Senzu Beans at regular intervals, it would greatly increase Asgard's fighting strength.

Thor had never felt comfortable with the fact that Han Yu could lift his hammer. Now Han Yu could even produce a divine item that not even Asgard possessed, making him feel even worse.

Seeing that Han Yu was thinking, Odin said to Thor, "Take this lady somewhere to rest first. He and I will talk somewhere else."

Thor knew he could not help much with this matter, so he took Jane to find a room where she could get some proper rest.

Odin brought Han Yu to a reception room. It was a magnificent room, with a round table in the very center and some exotic fruits on it that looked delicious.

"How about this? I want command and authority over the Asgard Guard."

Han Yu truly would not rest until he had said something shocking. Was the Asgard Guard something that could simply be handed over? Every warrior had been selected, and there were fewer than a hundred Guard members in all of Asgard, showing just how rare they were.

Odin frowned and was about to speak, but Han Yu waved a hand and continued, "I don't want your soldiers for my own selfish desires. I can provide unlimited Senzu Beans for the Asgard Guard, on just one condition: when Earth is invaded by other forces, I can command them to come to Earth's aid. That's all."

"Also, your life seems to be coming to an end, doesn't it?"

Those words were truly shocking. Odin's eyes widened as he stared at Han Yu in disbelief, astonished that he knew.

Even Odin's wife, who shared his bed, knew nothing about this. The fact that Han Yu knew was genuinely surprising to him.

Just as Thor had said, Asgardians were merely aliens with extremely advanced technology. Although their individual lifespans had increased to over a thousand years and their physical capabilities completely surpassed those of humans on Earth, the day would come when they died.

Odin had fought across the Nine Realms and was already covered in scars. His life was indeed gradually drawing to a close, just as Han Yu had said, and it would happen soon.