"Hela Odinsdottir, please cooperate actively. Otherwise, Woz has an 80% chance of initiating punitive measures against you."
A projection of a blue raccoon-like robot appeared before Hela, who was tightly restrained inside a magical container by eight Mechanical Arms aboard the enormous warship. Its warning was entirely at odds with its honest, adorable round face.
"I'm curious. What about the remaining 20%?"
Having completely lost her freedom, Hela looked down at the short little figure that only reached her waist and spoke softly, her words laden with meaning.
"The remaining 20% is dressing you up as a punching bag and putting you in the gravity training room to serve as His Highness Beckett's sparring partner." Woz raised its chubby blue paw and read aloud from the text displayed on the light screen in its hand as though reciting from a script.
"Woz selected the rapid-healing mode for His Highness Beckett. In twenty minutes, His Highness Beckett will emerge from the Nutrient Pod. You'd better think this through." Putting away the light screen, Woz raised its head and blinked its large eyes at the expressionless Hela before adding,
"His Highness Beckett is super fierce. Once His Highness Beckett gets angry, it'll be too late for you to cooperate."
"Are you really just an intelligent robot?" Rather than responding to Woz's question, Hela focused on the one warning her. This blue raccoon projection had appeared after she repeatedly refused to cooperate. Whether it was its tone or expression, it seemed no different from an ordinary intelligent life-form in Hela's eyes. A mechanical life-form with such a high degree of autonomy was actually willing to be confined to a warship?
What a waste.
"Woz is a domestic nanny robot created by Lord Thanos based on Dora Star household robots, responsible for His Highness Beckett's daily needs while he is away from home." Blinking its large eyes, Woz turned around and climbed onto the console step by step, using both its hands and feet. Its adorable round face was filled with pride.
"So, Hela Odinsdottir, you have seventeen minutes left to consider." Completely unmoved by her attempt to change the subject, Woz waved its two chubby little paws across the console. It still had to locate the Frost Giant Laufey mentioned by His Highness Beckett.
As the acknowledged king of Jotunheim's giant race, Laufey had not left no trace in the universe. Within the database established by Ebony Maw, Woz quickly found relevant information on Jotunheim and Laufey.
"Without pinpoint-accurate coordinates, you won't be able to enter Jotunheim." Having watched Woz's every move, Hela spoke up to make her presence known. When she saw that the raccoon was genuinely trying to locate Laufey, Hela immediately changed her mind.
"Unless Jotunheim reveals its location on its own, it will be impossible for you to reach the Jotunheim Royal Court without knowing the exact coordinates." Now that her attitude had changed, Hela did not hold back the knowledge in her mind. Having once visited the Jotunheim Royal Court with her father Odin, she provided the precise coordinates without even blinking, making it easier for Woz to locate it.
What was more, she no longer resisted providing magic power to unseal the Chitauri army.
The small amount of magic power Hela had painstakingly recovered was once again drained dry by the magical container under Woz's control. The magical circuits simulated by the warship lit up under the infusion of her magic power. After being amplified by the magical container, it acted upon every Chitauri soldier turned into an ice statue in the form of shockwaves.
The ice crystals melted at a visible rate, and the soldiers who had been frozen for so long finally regained the freedom they deserved. When Beckett emerged from the Nutrient Pod, The Other was pacing back and forth before Hela, whose hands and feet were bound by brown ropes. Holding the Azure Scepter, he controlled his people as they repaired themselves, muttering under his breath. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be showing off something.
"His Highness Beckett, we have located the Frost Giant Laufey."
Woz's voice made The Other, who had been smugly showing off before Hela, shudder abruptly. He hurriedly turned around, only to see Beckett, who had already changed into a black Battle Suit.
"His Highness Beckett." The Other wiped the smugness from his face and bowed to Beckett under Hela's gaze, which made him look like a dead man.
Beckett glanced at The Other, who could move freely, then turned his gaze toward the robot cat whose hands were busily working at the console. "Have you located it, Woz?"
"His Highness Beckett, according to the threat assessment in Lord Ebony Maw's database, Laufey, king of Jotunheim's Frost Giants, is extremely powerful. Especially within the Jotunheim Royal Court, Laufey can unleash his strength to the greatest extent. After comparing the data, Woz does not recommend that you go to Jotunheim now."
"My target is not Laufey."
Seated in the control chair, Beckett rejected Woz's suggestion. As he had said, his target was not Laufey, but one of the treasures in Laufey's possession—the Casket of Ancient Winters.
He did not know Laufey, but he had seen that name in the database established by Ebony Maw. Along with it, Beckett had also seen a brief description of the Casket of Ancient Winters, one of the Frost Giants' divine artifacts.
It was one of the Frost Giants' most famous treasures. In Ebony Maw's view, the Casket of Ancient Winters might have an extraordinary effect if used to randomly erase half the population of a planet. Might, and only might. After all, Thanos had been busy consolidating the Centaurus Galaxy, while the Nine Realms had been thrown into chaos by the war-crazed Odin. Thus, he had not reached out at this time, instead choosing to observe while seeking other items of power.
That was why Beckett intended to seek out the Jotunheim Royal Court. He had encountered the Frost Giants and Laufey, which meant there was a strong possibility that he could obtain the Casket of Ancient Winters recorded in Ebony Maw's database and present it to his adoptive father, Thanos.
Beckett wanted it, so he decided to make his move.
Or rather, it could be considered his response to Laufey's warning.
"Target locked: Jotunheim Royal Court. Initiating spatial jump."
Beckett's insistence earned Woz's absolute obedience. After flying for a while, the interstellar fleet carrying the remaining half of the Chitauri army instantly vanished from above the blood-soaked plains.
The Jotunheim Royal Court was a vast expanse of ice and snow as far as the eye could see.
After a ripple of spatial distortion, the enormous interstellar fleet slowly descended onto the snowfield.
"His Highness Beckett, we've arrived."
Everything was successfully resolved! Perfect!
Two construction crew foremen were treating me to dinner tonight, so as the title says, I'll be a one-update-a-day beast for one more day. Tomorrow, this one-update-a-day beast will evolve into a two-update-a-day beast~
The one-update-a-day beast is charging up for evolution~
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