Postwar Snapshots 1/3

Nine Realms, Asgard.

"Your Majesty!" Heimdall limped into the Royal Palace and reported to Odin, who looked as though he had aged several centuries on the throne.

"Oh, Heimdall." Hearing the call of his most loyal subordinate, Odin's clouded eyes gradually regained their focus.

"How are things? Have you found Loki?"

"My apologies, Your Majesty..." Heimdall shook his head.

"But there is news from Midgard. The Black Count intervened and ended the war, then used the Reality Stone's power to restore the city destroyed by the fighting."

"Mm, this... truly leaves one speechless!" Odin gave a mournful, self-mocking laugh.

"The main battlefield was clearly Midgard. Only a small force of Dark Elves attacked us, yet we couldn't even handle them."

Malekith had ordered the men who infiltrated Asgard to act and draw attention. With the Dark Elves' universe-leading camouflage technology, they had successfully caused immense chaos in Asgard.

The Curse Warrior who infiltrated the Royal Palace had even assassinated their queen, Odin's biological mother, Frigga.

"I was such a fool. Such a fool."

Odin rubbed his face wearily. "I knew the Dark Elves would return now that the Aether particles had reappeared, yet I stupidly recruited captives on a massive scale. If I hadn't ordered the captives recruited, the Curse Warrior could never have slipped into the Royal Palace. If the Curse Warrior hadn't entered the Royal Palace, Frigga wouldn't have..."

Under Malekith's orders, naturally, the Curse Warrior had caused as much trouble as possible.

But even with camouflage technology that surpassed the rest of the universe, the odds of successfully assassinating Odin had been almost zero.

So he had set his sights on someone who was as beloved by the people of Asgard as Odin, but not as powerful as Odin...

After succeeding, he had even managed to slip