In the blink of an eye, Odin's final words faded away, and his body vanished completely.
The motes of light transformed from the old King of Gods drifted unsteadily, floating toward the final destination of the Asgardians.
The heavens!
Watching the last trace of his father disappear, Thor clenched his teeth hard, fighting to keep the tears from streaming down his face.
Then he turned around and glared furiously at his brother across from him.
"Lo...ki...!"
he growled.
"This is all your doing!!!"
"Brother..."
Loki looked utterly miserable. Perhaps only after truly losing him could he finally realize something.
Those hatreds he had once believed in, those grudges he had clung to so tightly, had never truly been in his heart!
Was revenge really all he wanted?
No. What he truly wanted was only that one sentence Odin had just said to him.
"Child, I love you..."
That was all!!!
But there was no undoing any of it. Loki, who had brought Heisenberg into Asgard, had long since lost the right to decide anything.
And cruelest of all, he did not even have the right to hide away and grieve alone.
Because there was still a war between him and Thor. His brother would not mind killing him at a time like this, or at least beating him senseless!
Thor raised his right hand, and Mjolnir, the hammer that had brought him such grief, flew into his grasp.
Loki raised both hands, and two daggers forged by Dwarves and enchanted by Frigga appeared in his palms.
They stood barely two meters apart. The battle could erupt at any moment.
And then...
Rumble!!!
The thunder that suddenly sounded from the distant horizon made them both turn their heads instinctively.
But it was not thunder. It was the sound of space gradually