He-El looked at Hela, whose face carried a hint of fanaticism and whose proud eyes eagerly envisioned stepping beyond the Nine Realms in the future, leading the armies of the Nine Realms to conquer worlds beyond them. He was slightly taken aback.
No matter what, he had never expected Hela to come offering Asgard as a dowry, asking him to marry her.
"We are a match made in heaven. There could be no better pairing." Seeing He-El's surprise, Hela's smile widened.
Among the Nine Realms, there truly was no better collaborator than Hela.
Hela could be considered Asgard's legitimate heir. Although her methods were brutal and she lacked popular support, she was in fact very much in line with Asgard's consistently valiant spirit.
In terms of combat ability and warcraft alone, Hela was unquestionably powerful. She loved war and conquering one realm after another.
To be honest, if He-El truly intended to develop trade through Earth and use it to rule the Nine Realms, then joining with Hela, directly ruling Asgard, and mobilizing its forces would allow him to complete his conquest of the Nine Realms in an instant. He could establish a rule even more centralized than Odin's, merge the Nine Realms into a true behemoth, and become King of the Nine Realms as surely as night followed day.
Hela was brutal, obsessed with war, and indifferent to the people's will. She and a ruler like He-El, who sat at the center, commanded with order, and enjoyed the people's support, were practically a match made in heaven.
One would handle internal affairs, the other external affairs. He-El would govern within, Hela would lead without. As long as there was war for Hela to fight and lands for her to conquer, this nation would become more stable than ever before.