Thor stepped out of the pillar of light from the Bifrost, his temperamental hammer hanging from his hand. Once the light faded, he saw the two people waiting to receive him.
Luke and Nick.
Seeing how much more composed Thor had become, Nick's expression turned somewhat complicated.
"Where's the World-Soul?" After exchanging greetings with the two, Thor immediately asked the question he cared about most. Around familiar people like Luke, he was still as cheerful and straightforward as ever.
"Are you sure you want to take that thing back to Asgard?" Nick still could not understand. In his eyes, Thor should have wanted more than anyone to prevent Ragnarok, yet now he was about to create a Ragnarok himself?
"What thing? The World-Soul?" Thor was taken aback by Nick's question. He looked at Nick, pondered for a moment, then said, "You can't deny that it's a good thing, can you? Asgard spent quite a lot of money on it."
"You even took Asgard's money?" Nick turned in astonishment to look at Luke beside him again. He knew this Luke was extremely greedy for wealth, but he had not expected him to be greedy to this extent.
From what Luke had implied in the Collection Room, this had originally been a planned project. But not only had he avoided paying for it, he had made others pay him and bear the costs of the plan and project themselves. That was simply outrageous.
Thor might not have the head for such things, but what about Odin?
From Luke's words, it seemed even All-Father Odin had been persuaded.
"Why shouldn't I take it?" Luke was baffled by Nick's surprise. "That's a World-Soul! A World-Soul capable of hatching a powerful Titan! To put it in gaming terms, that's at least the egg of some