A Hasty Escape (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"That's right, it's me!"

Facing Odin's proud gaze that seemed to see through everything, Peter answered without a hint of fear or hesitation.

"As expected, when you hit the young one, the old one shows up."

"Too bad, for other novel protagonists, this scene might be a life-or-death trial."

"But for me, at worst, I'll just take down the old one along with the young."

Looking at Odin, whose aura was grand and imposing yet couldn't hide the weariness of old age, Peter felt no fear—in fact, he even had the urge to fight him.

"Still, I'm actually helping him out here, so he doesn't just remember he's a hammer god and forget the essence of his bloodline."

It wasn't that Peter was making excuses. In the fight just now, even though it looked like a one-sided stomp on his part, he'd also noticed that this universe's Thor had more potential than the Thor from the main movie universe.

When angry and enraged, this Thor could already unconsciously tap into the Thunder God Power within him.

But maybe because he relied too much on his hammer, he'd completely forgotten that he himself was the true God of Thunder, not a hammer god dependent on Mjolnir.

"Hammer god..."

Hearing Peter's words, Odin's gaze shifted back to Thor behind him, his eyes heavy with thought.

In truth, he knew full well that Thor had immense potential, even surpassing his own.

And that was exactly why he felt afraid—fear that in his twilight years, instead of raising a worthy wise ruler, he'd end up raising another Hela...

"But no matter what, Mjolnir belongs to Asgard..."

Putting aside other thoughts for now, Odin turned his gaze back to Peter in the sky. His single, piercing eye seemed to want to see through Peter completely.

He was always the one others looked up to, but now he had to look up at someone else—a discomfort he couldn't quite shake.

So the next moment, without any visible movement, his body was lifted by an invisible force, rising slowly into the sky until he was level with Peter.

"So what? It's already broken. You're not going to make me pay for it, are you?"

Facing Odin, the Lord of the Nine Realms, Peter's tone was as casual as if he were talking to some ordinary old man.

Looking up at the two figures in the sky, Captain America, shield in hand, wore a helpless expression on the ground.

Glancing at the grim-faced Nick Fury beside him, he could only think: With the world changing this much, what's the point of waking me up?

"True... it's already broken..."

Gazing at the shattered fragments of Mjolnir scattered across the ground, Odin sank into thought.

As Thor's elder, he couldn't easily step in without being accused of bullying the younger generation.

But as the king of Asgard, he had to restore the kingdom's lost honor.

"Stop hesitating. How about we just fight it out? I'd like to see if you, at your age, still have what it takes to be the Lord of the Nine Realms!"

Seeing Odin's hesitation, Peter suddenly spoke up, directly challenging him.

"Human... are you, provoking me?"

Hearing Peter's taunting words, Odin could no longer maintain his lofty calm.

He slammed Gungnir into the void, the golden spear's sharp tip pointing straight at Peter.

The next moment, an invisible, terrifying aura swept out in all directions.

The ordinary people on the ground, hit by that overwhelming pressure, felt an urge to kneel on the spot.

And Peter, facing Odin's aura head-on, also felt a sharp, cutting power. Though his expression remained blank, his eyes slowly turned serious.

"So this is the All-Father Odin. Way stronger than Thor by a long shot. Too bad he's a bit old."

But he didn't back down. His eyes locked onto Odin, a crimson light steadily gathering within them.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that Peter wasn't crushed by his imposing aura, Odin was both surprised and angered.

He let out a cold snort—a faint sound that nonetheless spread across all of New York City in an instant, leaving everyone momentarily dazed.

Above, Odin's mighty aura stirred the winds and clouds into a frenzy, forming a massive storm eye that inverted over the city, shrouding New York in an apocalyptic scene.

But the next moment, a golden light shot up from the ground, piercing the sky, and instantly dispelled the doomsday scene conjured by Odin's aura.

"Oh? You're interfering..."

Odin's gaze snapped toward a direction, as if he could pierce through space and see someone there.

"Ah!"

But in the next instant, he whipped his gaze back, staring at Peter, whose eyes now held a crimson energy so dense it made even him uneasy.

With a grim expression, he hastily raised Gungnir, pointing it at Peter, and urgently channeled the vast Odinforce within him, surging out through the spear.

Boom!

A red and a gold—two terrifying, colossal energies—collided in an instant.

The next moment, terrifying energy caused the void to tremble violently, and a deafening explosion—countless times more intense than the clash between Peter and Thor—shattered the air.

It was as if a brilliant star had suddenly detonated above New York City, a horrific storm of energy visibly surging outward in all directions.

Everything that came into contact with this overwhelming power was instantly annihilated, even the air itself unable to escape.

On the ground, countless people stared at the fierce energy blooming in the sky. Their hearts yearned to flee, yet in the end, only an endless sense of helplessness remained.

All they could do was watch helplessly as that energy, seemingly capable of erasing everything, swept toward them.

"If I could, I'd just go back to the state I was in before I woke up."

Captain America raised his shield, then slowly lowered it...

Crack!

Suddenly, a sound like shattering glass rang out in everyone's ears.

The next moment, under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the surging torrent of energy—enough to level all of New York City—along with the two figures locked in combat in the sky, vanished without a trace.

Crack!

But in the blink of an eye, the space before them shattered like a mirror.

A slightly disheveled figure stumbled out from the broken mirror, instantly charging toward Thor on the ground, with two crimson beams of light following close behind.

"Father, you..."

Looking at Odin, who was using Gungnir to block the scarlet beams, Thor's face was filled with disbelief.

"Heimdall!"

Grabbing Thor with one hand, Odin shouted directly into the void.

The next moment, the Bifrost crashed down from the void, instantly enveloping Odin and Thor's figures.

Watching the Bifrost's beam rapidly fading, Peter, who had just burst out of the shattered void, immediately redirected the crimson beams surging from his eyes toward the dissipating Bifrost.

Then, along with the red beams Peter had unleashed, Odin and Thor's figures vanished completely into the Bifrost.

It took several seconds before Peter finally managed to stop the Heat Vision he had unleashed at full force for the first time. His eyes, still glowing with a chilling red light, stared into the void as he spoke slowly.

"Hmph, pretty fast on the retreat."

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