When Odin offered the Eternal Flame in exchange, he truly felt, inside and out, that he had grown old. Back when he fought the Frost Giants, he had been even braver than Thor, slaughtering thousands upon thousands of Frost Giants with a single spear.
But now, faced with merely a small number of raiders, he had to use the treasures in his vault to beg for help—and from mortals he had always "protected."
That feeling was truly unbearable.
But no matter what, the Frost Giants absolutely could not be allowed to obtain the Casket of Ancient Winters. No one in this world understood better than Odin how terrifying the Frost Giants would become with the Casket of Ancient Winters. In that battle long ago, if Laufey had not been defeated by Odin's divine spear, the people of Asgard would have been wiped out long ago.
Odin could only hope now that Luo Xia, this formidable outsider, could stop the Frost Giants' plot. Otherwise, it would not just be Asgard that suffered; no one in the Nine Realms would be able to stand against the Frost Giants.
Luo Xia did not really know how powerful the Frost Giants would be when combined with the Casket of Ancient Winters. He only wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible and take the Eternal Flame.
He teleported out of Odin's bedchamber and arrived before the vault.
Unfortunately, even instantaneous teleportation had been a step too late. The vault guards had already been slaughtered, and the Frost Giants had invaded the vault itself.
And without the Destroyer guarding it, Odin's vault no longer posed any danger to the Frost Giants.
Luo Xia had Gustav kill the Frost Giants outside while he hurried deeper into the vault, hoping to make up for at