After reattaching his arm, Thor flexed his hands before gripping the Thunder Hammer once more. He raised the hammer with both hands, but... this time, he did not charge forward. Instead, he began bending backward, slowly lowering the Thunder Hammer behind him until it touched the ground.
For an ordinary person, this stance would make it difficult even to remain standing without something to brace against!
But at that moment, the watching gods became extremely focused and solemn.
Even Heimdall, the host who had been tortured half to death by the shockwaves of battle, ignored the flames on his body as he stared at Thor in disbelief.
"That stance, that posture... could it be that move?!"
"After suffering two consecutive setbacks, Lord Thor has finally gotten serious! He is about to unleash the move that made his name—the technique with which he single-handedly destroyed sixty-six Titan giants! The war god's Thunder Hammer!"
"Let us wait and see whether he can once again rely on his strongest move to destroy the powerful human before him!"
Holding his divine artifact horn, Heimdall kept up his commentary. As he spoke, the audience in the stands—both humans and gods—grew exceptionally serious.
The return of the technique that had once annihilated an army of Titan giants filled the gods with anticipation, but it also made the human side uneasy. Could Himeko maintain the advantage she had held until now?
"Lord Thor! Go! Destroy that human!"
"Show them the strength of the god realm's war god! Let those lowly humans witness the gods' true divine might!!"
"Lord Thunder God, bring glory to the gods once again!"
The gods who worshipped Thor began cheering him on without pause. Seeing him take hit after hit earlier had left them with a knot of anger in their hearts.
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