Set lay prone in the ventilation duct, pressing his ear against the wall without moving. He seemed petrified, and only after a moment did a hint of joy appear on his face.
From the sounds coming from upstairs, he knew Thor had already begun fighting those humans.
To be honest, Set was quite curious about the outcome of this battle. Thor, the most powerful member of the Norse pantheon, was facing that mysterious human organization. They possessed weapons capable of killing gods and had already successfully killed several weaker deities. This time, they had come prepared. If they could take out Thor here, that would naturally be the outcome Set was happiest to see.
Even if they failed to kill Thor, they could at least seriously wound that brute, eliminating Set's greatest threat of late. Besides, Set had no goodwill toward the humans upstairs either. Of course he knew what those people were plotting—they wanted to stay hidden behind the scenes and provoke a war between the New Gods and the Old Gods.
Though Set was their partner, he had no intention of letting things go exactly as they wished. Watching the fire from across the river was nowhere near as entertaining as stepping into the fray himself. Unfortunately, he had no time to admire his handiwork now and was preparing to escape amid the chaos.
Set reopened the ventilation duct, then tossed the unconscious God of Machines down first before jumping down himself. However, after carrying the God of Machines for a few steps, he stopped again. Through the glass upstairs, Set saw a young man dressed in a very hip-hop style blocking the main entrance.
That man had probably been frightened by Thor's hammer during their earlier encounter, so he had not followed Thor inside. But he clearly