Across the vast continent, only her lonely footsteps echoed.
At the palace gates.
Hela suddenly stopped.
She could no longer sense the presence of Queen Frigga, Thor, or the others.
For a moment, grief filled her face, and she did not dare enter.
She simply stood silently before the palace gates.
At last, Hela called toward the depths of the palace, "Mother, I have no choice!"
"No matter what, I refuse to be sealed away again."
"Even if I have to destroy Asgard and every one of my relatives, I will not hesitate!"
"Do you know how I endured those two thousand years of loneliness?"
"Why didn't you persuade Father to release me?"
"Since you failed in your duty as a mother, don't blame me for being ruthless today!"
With that, she turned and left.
A tear fell onto the glass-like ground, bearing witness to the last shred of Hela's conscience!
Freed from the ties of family, Hela completely transformed into a true Goddess of Death!
She awakened her army of the dead, including her former giant wolf mount, Fenrir.
This army of the dead had been hidden at the deepest level of the treasury, sealed away from the world by Odin.
Yet it had survived beneath the Sunfire Heavenly Dragon's true solar flame.
Hela led the army of the dead into the stars.
First, the Nine Realms once again submitted to Hela's rule.
Then came the boundless starry sky.
One living planet after another, one starfield after another, was incorporated into Hela's territory.
Hela neither tired nor felt satisfied, continuing her conquests without pause!
Having lost everything, only endless conquest could slightly fill the emptiness in her heart.
At last, she encountered her true opponents—the Celestials!
The Celestials' bodies, larger than planets, effortlessly destroyed Hela's army of the