"The Ancient One retired!!" After his initial surprise, Odin felt a rush of relief and secretly let out a long breath.
As long as it wasn't The Ancient One, things were fine.
As for the new Sorcerer Supreme standing before him~~
Odin didn't take Hao Shuai seriously.
In his mind, Hao Shuai had only just taken over as Sorcerer Supreme. How powerful could he possibly be?
Still, Loki had been in the wrong first, so Odin looked at Hao Shuai and said coolly, "Let's forget about what Loki did. But you have to return Mjolnir to Thor."
You said we'd forget about it, so we'd forget about it? Who did you think you were?
And you wanted him to return Mjolnir to Thor?
Had Odin lived so long that his brain had gone haywire?
Hadn't he heard that Hao Shuai's nickname, "Hao the Skinflint," was well earned?
Anything that ended up in Hao Shuai's hands belonged to him!
And Odin expected him to hand it back?!
Dream on!
Besides, Odin had thrown Mjolnir onto Earth just because he felt like it.
Even if it hadn't hit anyone, it was still bad enough if it had landed on flowers or plants!
Did he think Earth was his backyard? He could toss things over whenever he liked, then demand them back whenever he liked. Who did he think he was?
Of course, for the sake of friendship between Earth and Asgard, it wasn't entirely out of the question.
Getting Mjolnir back was easy: just trade him another treasure! Gungnir, for instance, would do nicely.
Compared to spears, Hao Shuai really had no interest in heavy weapons like hammers.
After all, for someone as handsome and refined as Hao Shuai, swinging a hammer around everywhere would be quite an eyesore.
As for giving