The Third Prince's journey through the arena was truly miserable. The Valkyries shocked him so badly that he had no ability to fight back. At first, he had dared to be angry but not speak out; by the end, he did not even dare to be angry. In silence, he accepted this training journey of "beatings make one grow."
One could imagine that when Loki's divine arts were complete and he left the arena to return to Asgard, the struggle for the throne would surely stir up another bloody storm.
But then again, Thor was no longer foolish. Since he had dared to set Loki up, he must have been prepared for retaliation. For all anyone knew, he had already run away.
After watching several matches, Russell discovered that although Loki's arena experience was miserable, it truly amounted to nothing compared to Thor's.
Because he had been adopted, Loki looked completely different from Odin. The Valkyries lacked any sense of identification when beating him, so naturally they did not put nearly as much effort into it as they did when beating Thor.
Only his status as the Third Prince barely allowed him to retain his position as the arena's top attraction. Otherwise, he would have been finished long ago.
For the sake of maximizing happiness, Russell did not intend to expose the truth. He had Urd keep an eye on things so that Loki would not accidentally get beaten to death by someone.
Being half-dead was easy enough to handle. He could recover in the blink of an eye, at most becoming pale on the outside and dark within like Thor. But if someone really died...
They could be revived, but after too many times, they would inevitably become overly entangled with the Dark Dimension and turn dark to the