The colossal sword, over a thousand meters long, came roaring down amid wind and fire.
Rather than a sword, it looked more like a pillar holding up the heavens.
That heavenly pillar carried boundless power, as though it would pierce straight through the Asgard Continent.
But the Asgardians, both inside and outside the palace, merely watched Surtur in the sky as if enjoying a spectacle.
Only Hela sensed that boundless power, the natural counter to her own, and her expression changed drastically.
Clang!
A massive flying sword instinctively materialized in her hand and shot upward to oppose Surtur.
In the timeline of Thor: Ragnarok, Hela had died beneath this very sword.
Surtur had destroyed her along with the Asgard Continent.
Thor said smugly, "Calm down, sister. With my brother here, what is there to fear?"
Apocalypse raised his hand, and a massive chain of laws shot into the sky.
As it passed Hela's flying sword, it lashed out like a dragon whipping its tail, shattering her sword to keep it from damaging the palace.
Then the chain of laws shot out of the palace, wrapping around the flaming sword just before it reached the building.
The flaming sword stopped short, unable to descend another inch.
A sea of fire erupted from its tip, spreading across the sky above the palace until it covered almost half of Asgard.
Seeing his sword stopped, Surtur released even fiercer flames from his body, burning the sky crimson.
But it was useless.
Instead, the chain of laws climbed along the sword like a giant python and instantly coiled around Surtur's body.
"Roar..."
Surtur roared in defiance, struggling desperately.
But the chain of laws tightened further and further, and Surtur's body grew smaller and smaller.
In the end, he shrank from a thousand meters tall to