Alvin frowned at the "dejected" Ancient One and said, a little displeased, "We won..."
The Ancient One sighed. "Yes, you won!
But that was because of you and Hela...
You and Hela won, not Asgard!
Freyr tried to destroy the Bifrost, only to send Thor and Loki crashing into a foreign land...
Odin was provoked into going to the Underworld to die...
Ronan got the Power Stone, but instead of going after Xandar, the kingdom he hated most, he came to the Solar System...
How did he happen to find the Dark Elves' home?
Think about what would have happened if you and Hela hadn't been here—even if Thor and Loki had returned with reinforcements?"
As she spoke, the Ancient One glanced at Valkyrie, who was walking over from the Bifrost after the fighting had ended. She smiled and said, "They would have wiped out every last remnant of the Northern European bloodline..."
Alvin shuddered at that, then hesitantly replied, "But we won. We beat Fate!"
The Ancient One smiled faintly. "What about next time?
The backlash from Fate will only grow more severe!
Odin actually went and disturbed the seal on 'Death' this time. Who knows what might happen in the future?
Alvin, Odin's breakdown definitely wasn't an accident...
He'd felt guilty toward Hela for two thousand years, but when had he ever told her he was sorry?"
Alvin frowned. "But we're here...
Hela 'happened' to arrive in Asgard and awaken her army...
I ran into Ronan, who was up to something, out in the universe...
And you were able to get there in time to save Odin...
Anything is possible!"
Alvin looked at the Ancient One's serene expression, uncertain. "You have a way, don't you?
Ragnarok, the 'Twilight of the Gods,' not the twilight of Asgard...
Odin's Godhead