Odin's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
He knew his eldest daughter all too well! Hela was obsessive and mad, filled with a thirst for power and conquest, utterly reckless in her actions.
Thor and Loki's previous offense had only just been temporarily smoothed over. If Hela caused trouble here, then with her arrogant temperament, she would certainly anger this unfathomable Imperium again!
The breathing room he had gained might be lost in an instant!
"Hela! Listen to me!" Odin forced himself to draw a breath, trying to speak with Hela, his voice filled with urgency.
But how could the resentment Hela had accumulated over ten thousand years be resolved through words?
Though she felt a trace of surprise at her surroundings, it did nothing to shake her determination to take revenge and reclaim "everything that belonged to her."
"Listen to you? Listen to your hypocritical repentance and excuses? My dear father, it's already too late!" Hela sneered. The black Death Sword in her hand let out a soul-rending shriek, becoming two dark trails that devoured the light as they struck straight for Odin's vital points!
Left with no choice, Odin raised Gungnir once more and barely met her attack.
Golden divine power clashed violently with pitch-black death energy. Odin had already been gravely weakened, and Neos had only just forcibly stabilized his injuries. Less than a tenth of his strength remained. Under Hela's storm-like assault, he was immediately placed in grave danger.
As he struggled to defend himself, he tried to explain to Hela, his voice broken and filled with exhaustion and helplessness. "Hela! I sealed you away not because I feared your power! It was because of your ambition... Your endless desire for war and expansion would drag Asgard into an abyss of eternal ruin! The universe is