Arrival on C53

"What, is this all the power you have?"

Within the subspace, Beckett, standing atop the desolate land, casually shattered the red ropes binding Hela to his body, then pointed his fingertips towards Hela's location.

Call out!

A blinding beam of light pierced straight through Hela's body!

"A boring trick."

Beckett, who shot out the beam of light, seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Without even glancing at Hela, who was pierced by the energy beam, he turned around and appeared next to the real Hela, his hand locking her throat.

Not far away, a lifelike doll broke in half and fell silently to the ground.

"Don't you think you're the one who's more bored?" Hela asked in return, her expression unchanged despite being under someone else's control.

I don't think so.

"..."

"You're in Asgard now, so—never mind, there's no point in communicating with someone like you." Hela simply gave up on the idea of continuing to communicate with Beckett.

This was the first time she had ever met someone with such a bizarre thought process. What angered her the most was that she couldn't even beat this idiot with such a bizarre thought process.

What's this?

Combat power gained at the expense of intelligence?

Hela was considering whether, once she returned, she should visit the location of the Asgard royal family's exclusive royal circus and adopt an animal with a low IQ, naming it Beckett.

My power is waning, why?

Ignoring Hela's intentions and Hela purely to test his own power, Beckett frowned after sensing that the power within his body was indeed flowing away at an extremely steady rate.

Is it because the power of the light Astra sent has faded?

Subconsciously, Beckett recalled the scene he had witnessed earlier: the ray of light he had somehow been able to see after Shafrin had sealed his senses.

According to Shafrin, that should be the extremely mysterious "Great Cosmic Power" he spoke of. His current state is largely due to this mysterious "Great Cosmic Power."

If just a trace of power within Asgard was enough to amplify his strength to its current level, what about the complete Great Cosmic Power?

Beckett squinted, looking thoughtful.

If he could, he wouldn't want to lose the power he currently possessed that was enough to destroy the world, but objective facts obviously wouldn't change according to his will.

The light emanating from him is fading.

However, even as the power was waning, this temporary surge of strength still allowed Beckett to see another world, a world belonging to the strong.

Shafrin on U40 Planet is part of this world.

Rumble!

Beckett was deep in thought, lightning and thunder suddenly began to flash above the subspace sky!

An invisible pressure enveloped Beckett's heart, causing him to cautiously look around. The next second, space shattered with a deafening roar, and the blinding sunlight, refracted through the magnificent hall, fell once more upon Beckett's white robe, blooming into mesmerizing flowers.

"Huh?? Your His Highness Beckett, where did you go just now?" The Other, holding the Azure Scepter, looked at the suddenly changed scene and Beckett suddenly reappearing in front of him, completely bewildered.

Odin, standing with his hands behind his back, stood in front of Beckett. His one-eyed appearance made Beckett subconsciously release Hela from beside him.

"Father."

"It's been a bit long, Hela." Odin's gaze swept over Beckett and Hela. His seemingly sighing tone made Hela immediately kneel down on one knee, admitting her mistake with shock in her eyes.

As the creator of that subspace, Hela could clearly sense the vast and boundless energy within Odin when he transferred her and Beckett out of it.

Is that the true power of a father?

"Beckett, at your father's request, I will use the Bifrost to send you to Midgard, where your father's army will be waiting for you."

After discussing with Thanos, Odin abandoned his original plan to find a warship for Beckett to sail back to the Dark Order on his own.

Thanos didn't trust him, and he didn't trust Thanos either.

It will obviously take time for two kings who command their respective forces and conquer all directions to build a bridge of trust.

This is one of the reasons why Thanos chose the currently chaotic Midgard as the location to pick up Beckett.

This realm, now a battlefield of the Nine Realms, cannot be fully controlled by Odin until Asgard defeats the combined forces of the Nine Realms. Furthermore, another reason is that Thanos wants to see just how far the war has progressed, as this will determine whether he will truly cooperate with Odin Thanos the future.

"Midgard?" Beckett frowned at the unfamiliar name.

"In your interstellar map, Midgard is designated C53."

As soon as Odin finished speaking, the screen in Beckett's right eye displayed the specific information about C53—a planet with an extremely backward civilization, not of much value.

The designation C53 was first adopted by the Kree Empire. When Ebony Maw was drawing the interstellar map, he was too lazy to come and investigate the place in person because it was too remote. In addition, since this place is now one of Odin's Nine Realms battlefields, he simply used the name of the Kree Empire.

"Hela, take Beckett to our camp in Midgard."

"Yes, Father."

Hela suppressed her dissatisfaction with Beckett, lowered her eyelids, and nodded in agreement.

"Midgard is in chaos right now. With Hela around, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble."

As Beckett and The Other, led by Hela, stepped back onto the Bifrost, Odin raised his hand, Heimdall behind him instantly opened the Bifrost.

A magnificent rainbow of light enveloped Beckett in an instant, transporting him to his destination, Midgard.

"Looking forward to our next meeting, Beckett."

"Waaaaaah!!!!"

"Ah!!!!"

Another panicked scream rang out. The Other lost his footing as he landed and fell flat on his face.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch... Ouch..." The Other, rubbing his sore spot, looked around; the place was deserted.

"Your His Highness Beckett, C53 Planet has arrived," Woz, who rarely spoke in Asgard, reminded him.

"There's nobody here, Your His Highness Beckett. Are we just going to wait for Lord Thanos here?" The Other, holding Azure Scepter, placed it on the snow and asked in confusion.

"Um."

Beckett narrowed his eyes as he watched the information constantly flashing on the screen after leaving Asgard.

Suddenly, dozens of blue giants with perfectly shaped buttocks appeared above Beckett's head, leaping down while wielding giant axes.

"Your His Highness Beckett! Watch out!"

"Die, Asgardians!!!"