Avenger Thor immediately rejected the idea. "No! Loki's heart might still be inside. If we destroy this place outright, we might destroy his heart along with it. We have to go in!"
"All right, we'll do it your way. Let's go!"
The other two Thors realized he had a point and started toward the castle ahead.
But Odin stopped them again. "Wait. Before you go in, take the gifts Loki left for you."
As he spoke, Odin opened his hand. Three silver runes flew from his palm and hovered before the three Thors.
"What are these?" The three Thors sensed the powerful yet familiar aura within the runes and looked surprised.
Odin explained, "These hold runic power formed from the World Tree fragments your brother collected after each Asgard was destroyed by Ragnarok."
"With these, you yourselves will effectively become World Trees connected to Asgard. You'll have the same authority as Hela, free from your own limitations, and you'll be able to grow stronger without limit."
The three Thors were both delighted and deeply moved.
They were delighted that Loki had even resolved the one lingering danger within their bodies.
And they were moved that, even trapped on that damned, agonizing Golden Toilet, Loki had still been thinking of them.
All three Thors grasped the silver runes before them at once and absorbed them into their bodies!
The next instant, thick thunderclouds began gathering across Knowhere's previously empty sky!
BOOM!!! × 3
Then, as three thunderclaps rang out simultaneously, three bolts of lightning struck down from the clouds, hitting the three Thors with perfect precision!
When the lightning faded, both their armor and their auras had changed.
Mysterious silver runes now shimmered across their original armor!
At the same time, the auras of all three Thors grew heavier and more