How Do We Get Out?

Odin, the god-king who had united the Nine Realms, had lived for over ten thousand years. Though his life force was exhausted, his divine power would not diminish with it.

Odin was now at his strongest, but with his life force exhausted, he would ultimately be unable to escape the end of dying peacefully of old age.

For a man who had commanded the winds and clouds like him, it was the best ending he could have hoped for.

Though Odin was about to die, his wife Frigga was not due to die so soon. She still had a long life ahead of her, and Odin did not want her to die like this.

Han Yu weighed the matter in his mind. He knew better than anyone just how powerful Odin's divine power was.

The universe he was in could be called the "Main Universe." In the Main Universe, Odin was the strongest god as far as anyone knew, and the Five Cosmic Entities of creation, the Celestials, and the like had no interest in competing for that position.

Aside from them, Odin could be called the strongest in the universe. Now he was actually offering all the divine power he had amassed over his lifetime in exchange for a chance to bring his wife back to life. It was a very, very steep price.

Thor wanted to ask how Han Yu could possibly have the ability to bring the dead back to life, but he hesitated when the words reached his lips. He also hoped Han Yu had that ability. After all, the person lying on the ground was his mother.

He looked back and saw that, rather than wearing the expression of someone who could do nothing, Han Yu looked thoughtful. Thor's heart skipped a beat. Could he really have a way to save Mother?

"I'm not interested in your divine power, but I'll need to use it to treat her. Afterward, though, you might become an ordinary old man, and the same will go for your wife. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Han Yu was not an insatiably greedy person. Odin's divine power was certainly powerful, but he did not chase after everything powerful he saw. He had his own considerations, and he still did not want to alter the course of the timeline too much.

"I agree!"

As long as he could spend more time with his wife, Odin was willing to pay any price.

"All right."

Han Yu nodded. He had a way to bring the dead back to life. Since such things concerned life and death, no one could treat them lightly. Once life and death were no longer taken seriously, death would cease to be a deterrent.

People who did not fear death could, at best, be brave and battle-hardened warriors who laid down their lives for their country. At worst, they were criminals who regarded lives as blades of grass.

With Odin offering his lifetime of divine power as the condition for treatment, he would be no more than a mortal afterward, perhaps with only ten or so years left to live. But that was certainly better than his current state.

"I'm starting."

A layer of green light suddenly surged over Han Yu's eyes. He would use Green Lantern Energy to guide Odin's divine power as he used it to mend his wife's wounds.

The Green Lantern Ring could heal. Minor injuries could be mended with Green Lantern Energy, but anything too severe required the ring's wielder to handle it personally.

As he treated Odin's wife, Frigga, he drew upon Odin's divine power.

Jane, who had no divine power, could sense nothing from where she stood nearby. Thor, however, watched with tears and snot streaming down his face. He could feel his father's abundant divine power rapidly dwindling. Within minutes, Odin's divine power had already become weaker than his own.

The reason Thor did not speak up to stop him was that he could see his mother's wounds truly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Watching his beloved return from the dead, even Odin could not suppress the excitement in his heart. He knew that even Asgard's medical technology could not have saved her from a wound that pierced all the way through her.

Frigga's complexion grew better and better, while the divine power within Odin grew less and less. Five minutes later, the former's wounds had been fully healed, while the latter's divine power had completely dissipated.

"I... I'm alive again?"

Frigga touched the place where she had been wounded, somewhat incredulous. Her skin was smooth as before; there was no wound to be seen.

Before she could ask anything more, Odin embraced her, and the two held each other close.

"Brother, thanks!"

Thor gave Han Yu's shoulder a squeeze and looked at him gratefully before striding over to Odin and Frigga.

Han Yu smiled. Thor's gesture just now meant that he had put aside all his misgivings about him and thanked him sincerely.

Odin has lost his divine power. Compared with the original plot, that should be no different from death. Hela should also be able to break through Odin's seal and return to Asgard.

Han Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Thor's happy face. At this moment, Thor still had no idea what he would face.

Hela, the goddess of death—in this universe, she was Odin's first child and Asgard's executioner. Her status was second only to Odin's, and she had followed him on campaigns across the lands for thousands of years.

She could draw an endless supply of divine power from Asgard. In Asgard, her combat strength was also second only to Odin's. After the Nine Realms had been united, Hela was still not satisfied and wanted to reduce them to Asgard's slaves.

That excessive ambition had forced Odin to banish her to hell, never to return.

As long as Odin died, she could return to Asgard. Judging by the current situation, Odin losing his divine power was no different from his death.

"Time to go settle the score with those Dark Elves."

Han Yu patted Thor on the shoulder as he spoke.

"How do we get there? Asgard's protective shield has been damaged, and the Asgard Guard has to stay here and stand watch. Otherwise, it'll be as if Asgard has thrown its gates wide open."

Thor frowned as he spoke. He had been troubled by this as well, and the flames of anger had long since risen in his heart. Though his mother had been saved, that could not change the fact that the Dark Elves had killed her. The Dark Elves had to die!

"Just the two of us can go. There's no need to bring the Asgard Guard."

Han Yu knew Thor would definitely go with him. Fewer people would be better for a surprise attack.

"All right, I'll talk to my father." Thor nodded and jogged forward to catch up with Odin. "Father, I think we should take the initiative and attack. I want to go to the Dark World and settle the score with Malekith right now!"

"No. The Aether is in our hands. They'll come back."

Odin shook his head and rejected the idea.

Thor grew agitated. "We suffered heavy casualties this time. If they rally their forces and come again, they'll destroy us all!"

Gazing at Thor, Odin said, "You're overestimating their power."

"They don't have the Aether now, so they can't do much damage. I plan to go to the Dark World, use Malekith to extract the Aether from Jane, and then destroy it immediately. That way, blood won't flow in rivers through Asgard!"

Thor spoke with stirring passion. He had already figured out how he would give Malekith a sound beating. As long as Odin agreed, he would set out immediately.

"I don't agree. If you fail, the weapon will fall into our enemies' hands. The matter is settled. You'll stay put in Asgard."

Odin did not want to debate with Thor any further. He turned and left without giving him a chance to speak, leaving Thor standing there with an indignant look on his face and his fists clenched.

"Looks like your father doesn't agree. How do we get there now?"

Han Yu stepped out of the shadows. Since he did not know the exact location, he could not use the General Store's teleportation scroll either.

"There's someone else who can help us."

"Who?"

"My brother, Loki!"