Rune King Thor

"Thanos".

"How badly is Beckett injured?"

"How long will he have to stay in the nutrient tank?"

Having traversed the unchanging starry sky within the Dark Order, Hela strolled into the main hall of the base. Thanos stood with his hands behind his back beside the throne atop the ascending, cold stone steps.

Because his back was turned to her, Hela couldn't see the fleeting anger and sadness in Thanos's eyes as she entered the hall. All she wanted to know was how long it would take for Beckett to return to normal.

"Soon."

"Beckett's physique is far beyond your imagination."

Turning around, Thanos's expression returned to calm, but his condescending gaze made Hela feel slightly uncomfortable.

"I need a specific time."

Hela didn't want to listen to these perfunctory words anymore. Beckett's injury this time was the most serious he had ever suffered since Hela had known him, even more serious than Ego's injury back then.

There is no specific time.

Thanos shook his head, stepped down the stone steps, and came to Hela's side.

"I called you here because I have something else for you to do."

"Return to Asgard and reclaim the power of the World Tree." Thanos's voice was calm, but Hela could still sense the undercurrents within it.

"This is the only way you can help Beckett."

"What?"

"The power of the World Tree?"

Hela, her mind focused on Beckett, frowned. She was familiar with the name, yet also unfamiliar with it.

She didn't even know how to get to the roots of the World Tree, let alone how to collect World Tree power—wait a minute!

"Demon Dragon Nidhogg".

Hela suddenly thought of the dragon that Pharaoh Menis had sealed away in Asgard.

If she remembered correctly, the legendary dragon had been suppressed at the roots of the World Tree until recently when it broke free and was subsequently sealed away by Menis.

"What use is the power of the World Tree to Beckett if I obtain it?" Hela from fully trusting Thanos, even though he was Beckett's most respected father.

"To help Beckett completely push open that solid door and step into the ranks of the gods." Thanos glanced at the cautious Hela with his calm, Thanos eyes. Although his tone was no different from before, it sent a chill down Hela's spine.

"I understand. I will bring back the power of the World Tree as soon as possible."

Hela was well aware that Beckett's power had always been limited by the constraints of the universe's rules, preventing him from unleashing his full potential. With Darkseid's true form invading and the top-tier universe's ruling deities all tied down, the only hope of defeating Darkseid seemed to rest on Beckett, who had completely broken free of his limitations.

Hela understood and left, taking with her Pharaoh Menis, who kept calling her "Savior."

Thanos, after Hela left, quietly sat on the cold stone steps. He raised his eyes and gazed out of the hall, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate countless obstacles to see some mysterious and unknown place.

"Beckett ..."

Thanos murmured his adopted son's name.

"I will definitely help you open that door." With her resolve strengthened, Hela stepped out of the colorful teleportation array. This time, the queen, returning with her mission, had no intention of personally overseeing the city's reconstruction, for she had more important matters to attend to.

So...

"It's alright, let's go." After looking at her mother Frigga, who was imprisoned there, at the entrance of the secret cell, Hela turned and left.

"Yes, Savior."

Unaware of what was happening Pharaoh Menis bowed and followed Hela to an open space, where he summoned the golden Eye of Horus.

"Summon—Niggholtz, the Sky Dragon of Asgard!" The complex hand seals were completed in the blink of an eye, and the first Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt slammed his right hand onto the ground!

Rumble!!!

The smooth sealing stone slab rises from the ground, and the dragon pattern engraved on it is lifelike!

"Roar!!!"

The angry roar stirred the fear in the hearts of the Asgard people. The dragon whose wings had been broken by Darkseid had clearly recovered after returning to the sealed space of the other dimension, and the shadow that covered the sky was the best proof of that.

"Nighogd, take me to the roots of the World Tree."

Hela raised her eyes, ignoring the dragon's defiant roar. A biting wind tossed her waist-length hair, her cold demeanor exuding an incomparably dashing aura.

"The roots of the World Tree?"

"That's not a place for you, Asgardians." The dragon wanted to fight for the initiative and the right to speak, but the next second a golden rope suddenly appeared all over its body.

"I understand. Come on up, I'll take you there."

The dragon, under the eaves, had no choice but to bow its head.

Even someone as powerful as Nighogd could not escape the temptation when faced with Pharaoh Menis, who held his life and death in his hands.

With a furious look in his eyes, Nidhogg swept over the Pharaoh, who had given up on forming the hand seals. He then lowered himself, allowing Hela and Menis to step onto his head one after the other.

"Roar!!!" With a final roar that could awaken all the Asgardians, the massive body of the dragon Nighogd quickly disappeared into the azure sky.

"Let me state upfront that the World Tree is extremely hostile towards me, and I have no intention of going back."

"So, this is all I can take you."

At the entrance to the core of the World Tree, the dragon Nighogd slowly landed and pointed out the entrance to the roots to Hela.

Nighold would rather return to the sealed dimension than go back to the prison of yesteryear.

Menis did not respond, but instead turned his gaze to Hela, awaiting her answer.

"You wait here with it." Considering the special nature of the World Tree, Hela agreed to Nidhogg's request and also allowed Menis to stay outside.

"But, Savior—" The old man with gray hair stopped abruptly in his worried greeting, because Hela had already stepped into the passage leading to the core area of World Tree's roots without looking back.

Buzz!

The cold, blue flames boiled at Hela's fingertips, illuminating her path forward.

The narrow passage once made Hela wonder how Nidhogg had managed to fly out of this place before.

After walking several hundred steps, the view suddenly opened up.

A lush green world appeared Hela's eyes, accompanied by a body floating in mid-air. Her pupils contracted sharply. "Thor?!"

How is that possible?!

Hela instinctively combed her hair into an adult style, then hurled the gun at the figure floating in mid-air!

She clearly remembered that Thor was dead!

She buried him herself!

Boom!

It was as if a supreme king had been violated, or as if a sleeping animal had stopped hibernating.

Thor, now blind, twitched his fingers slightly. The mysterious runes that had appeared and disappeared on Sakaar flowed across the man's bare chest, and the invisible pressure instantly obliterated the javelin Hela had thrown...

"You bastard..." Hela squinted and took a few steps back warily.

She could sense an immense threat emanating from Thor, which was utterly unbelievable to her.

She should be the strongest among the current members of the Asgard royal family.

"Go back, Hela. You can no longer absorb the power of the World Tree."

Thor's body slowly descended. Although he had lost his eyes due to Beckett, it seemed to have no effect on Thor at the moment.

"I'm sorry, it's you who should leave."

"Furthermore, before you leave, release the power of the World Tree." Hela remained unmoved, but just as she was about to make a move, she discovered that the power within her body was inexplicably imprisoned?

"Now, you are no match for me, Hela." Thor landed on his feet, his empty eye sockets looking particularly eerie to Hela.

His name is Thor Odinson, Son of Odin.

This is the strongest form of power he has ever created Queen of the Gods and absorbing the power of the World Tree — Rune King Thor.

It was also the expectation that Eternity left for Thor before departing.

"Who knows?"

Hela stands sideways, with countless artifacts appearing behind her.

The ending is really hard to write...

But it'll be over soon; this story will conclude on the Android 17.

Going back to Frieza will be a side story~

Starting tomorrow, there will be four updates every day until the story concludes.

It's not easy to save up manuscripts, but I've finally gotten to the point where I've covered most of them.