Crack! Crack! Crack!
As the darkness spread, the domain manifested by the Reality Stone gradually became Aaron's territory, and the falling meteor shower dissolved into nothingness.
Cracks soon appeared throughout the void, and the shackles binding space shattered inch by inch.
Aaron roughly estimated the Magical Energy remaining in his body, then immediately Apparated onto the Bifrost.
"Water Mirror!"
Three enormous red, blue, and yellow Magic Arrays merged into a row, blocking the space above Hela.
The instant the Magic Arrays formed, time resumed, and Surtur's Twilight Sword plunged downward.
The sword tip struck the center of the three Magic Arrays, veered off at an unnatural angle, and stabbed into Surtur's chest.
Surtur stared at the Twilight Sword lodged in his chest in stunned disbelief, then staggered back several steps.
"The host has triggered a new mission. Please check the mission panel promptly." The system's voice suddenly rang out in Aaron's mind.
"Open the mission panel."
[Kill Surtur and prevent Ragnarok; Mission reward: 5,000 magic points; no penalty for mission failure. Accept?]
"Accept." Aaron made his choice without hesitation. Since his identity had already been exposed, he might as well make this big.
Besides, Surtur had bullied his woman and child so badly before. This grudge had to be settled.
"You?" Hela froze for a moment, then the corners of her lips curled up. "You came at just the right time! You timed it perfectly, didn't you?"
Aaron neither confirmed nor denied it. Just as he was about to say something, he staggered and nearly fell.
Hela instinctively reached out to support him, but when she saw him steady himself again, she quietly withdrew her hand. "What's wrong with you?"
"The aftereffects of saving you." Aaron forced a smile. "The price was brutal, but at least I made