Richard tried to illustrate with examples.
" Hela, is that what you're thinking..."
" What If...? Thor killed Fenris in front of you, what would you do?"
Hela replied without hesitation, "Beat him! Beat him to death!"
"Oh?!" Richard was somewhat surprised. "You didn't mention killing Thor? That's a bit of a surprise to me."
Hela rolled her eyes at him and said fiercely, "I'm only responsible for the smoking. As for whether my stupid brother will survive after that, that depends on whether he and the Old Man can save him."
"..." Richard chuckled and shook his head. "Alright~"
He linked the example he gave to Hela's destruction of the Three Warriors's souls.
" Thor killing Fenris is the same as you destroying the souls of the Three Warriors..."
" Fenris is very important to you!"
"Then, in Thor's heart, the Three Warriors are equally important!"
" The Three Warriors ... are they comparable to a dog?!" Hela tilted her head and asked in surprise.
Richard rubbed his forehead in exasperation. " Fenris is a wolf, darling."
"But I've always thought of Fenris as a dog," Hela shrugged. "Her fur is so shiny and smooth, it's really nice to pet, and it would make a great fluffy pillow."
"..." Richard was speechless. If Fenris heard you say that, he would definitely cry his heart out...
"Wait a minute!" he suddenly asked uncertainly, " Fenris is a she-wolf, right?!"
"Hmm~" Hela nodded, then asked, puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"
"Wait a moment!"
As if remembering something, she reached out and shouted, "You didn't even spare Fenris, did you?!"
"I disagree!"
Hela's pretty face instantly turned cold.
She immediately warned Richard: "If you dare to lay a hand on Fenris, I will personally eliminate this source of trouble!"
"Darling, don't doubt my resolve!"
Richard felt a chill in his groin and instinctively reached out to protect himself.
"What are you thinking about, you woman?!"
He shouted in embarrassment and anger, "I'm afraid you Fenris, will get involved with me..."
"Then I'd be cuckolded!!!"
"..." Hela blinked, then suddenly realized what was going on.
'Pfft~~' She couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.
"Hehehe~ You're overthinking it, darling. I only like men, but that doesn't include a male wolf."
"Hmph!" Richard snorted coldly, removing his hand from his groin.
"In short, you must understand one thing..."
"To Thor, the Three Warriors are like half-brothers!"
"You destroyed the souls of the Three Warriors in front of Thor, and this will forever become an insurmountable rift between you two siblings!"
"If this divide isn't resolved, it will only deepen!"
"If a guy like Loki ever appears in the future, you two siblings will definitely become enemies!"
"Ha!" Hela scoffed, raising her chin. "My stupid brother? Even if he had ten thousand years, he'd never be a match for me!"
"As long as I stand in Asgard, I am invincible!"
Richard raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
As long as one is based in Asgard, one is invincible?!
Wow, I seem to have overlooked the mysterious connection between Hela and Asgard all this time!
He kept this in mind, figuring it out later.
" Thor has great potential. Although it's unlikely he'll reach the level of a Celestial Father like your father, reaching the level of a Sub-Celestial Father is practically a certainty."
"Having an extra close younger brother is always better than having an extra powerful enemy, isn't it?"
"Fine," Hela reluctantly suppressed her arrogance.
She knew that Richard was doing all this for her own good, and that his earlier words were merely an expression of his assertiveness.
Ultimately, it was the news that Natasha had become the Lord of Hell that caused her to feel an invisible pressure.
Richard finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting through to Hela.
With a flick of his wrist, he sent out the essence of the Three Warriors ' souls.
'Buzz!'
The surrounding air surged, and a powerful aura suddenly rose from Richard's body.
Hela's eyes gleamed. "As expected of the man I personally chose, he is indeed unfathomably powerful!"
A hazy beam of light shot out from Richard's palm, striking the three soul essences suspended in mid-air.
This is the Secret Art ' Chaos Light ' created by Richard, imitating the Chaotic Mana fused from the six Infinity Stones!
'boom!'
An anomaly has occurred!
These three essences of the soul suddenly shone with a dazzling light!
Countless tiny particles of soul energy, as if drawn by an attraction, surged wildly toward the three essences of soul energy.
These tiny particles of soul are the souls of the Three Warriors destroyed by the Divine Power death, but they are so small that a single particle is completely undetectable...
But now, countless particles have come together to form three enormous gray vortexes!
"Fortunately, this is Soul Space derived from the Soul Stone, so the souls that die in this space will not dissipate..." Richard said with a smile, "Otherwise, I would have to use the power of the Time Stone to go back to the time of their deaths and capture their souls that had not yet dissipated after death."
"Hmm," Hela replied casually.
As the Goddess of Death of the Nine Realms, the scene before her was nothing short of a miracle for Hela!
In her eyes, this was very likely an alternative application of the power of death...
Soon, the three gray vortexes suddenly contracted.
'Buzz!'
A dazzling brilliance shone forth!
When the light faded, three illusory souls appeared before Richard and Hela.
However, they could clearly see that the surfaces of these three illusory souls were covered with fine cracks, standing at a critical point of not quite breaking apart, as if they could collapse and perish at any moment.
Hela urged, "What's the next step?"
Richard reassured him, "Don't worry."
His right hand conjured a Crimson Infinity Gauntlet.
The six gem slots on the glove lit up instantly...
The phantom images of the Six Infinity Stones— blue, purple, red, yellow, green, and orange—automatically embedded themselves into the gem slots.
'Buzz!'
A mass of Chaos Force, formed by the fusion of the Six Infinity Stones, emerged from the Crimson Infinity Gauntlet.
Hela stared wide-eyed at the scene, utterly shocked!
Richard explained with a smile, "These six phantom gems are composed of Mana I extracted from the Six Infinity Stones."
"While they can't compare to the power of the true Infinity Stones, they don't put as much strain on the body when used."
"Moreover, the Chaos Force they generate after fusion is exactly the same as the Chaos Force generated by the fusion of the true Infinity Stones, without the slightest difference."
As he spoke, he divided the Chaos Force into three parts and poured them into the three illusory souls.
In an instant, the three illusory souls began to undergo strange changes.
An intense life force surged from the depths of their souls, rapidly repairing the subtle cracks in their illusory souls.
Then, the illusion began to solidify little by little!
After an unknown amount of time, the Three Warriors, who had been successfully resurrected, slowly opened their eyes.
"What am I doing...?"
"I'm alive?"
" Fandral! Hogun! You're both here?! Weren't we dead?!!!!"
Just as Fandral and his companions were still filled with doubt and uncertainty about their survival, a soft cough was heard...
"Cough cough~"
The Three Warriors immediately looked up and followed the sound.
"It's that terrifying woman!"
" Goddess of Death!"
"Oh no! Prince Thor!"
Hela listened, her pretty face growing increasingly dark.
Seeing this, Richard quickly raised his hand and waved it before she could get angry.
'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!'
The Three Warriors instantly rolled into three balls, 'gurgling' as they rolled into a Portal that had quietly appeared.
'Whoosh!'
The Portal closed immediately.
Richard put his arm around Hela's waist, looking at her with amusement as she stared at him with a gloomy expression.
"Alright, they were just wiped out by you, it's normal for them to be a little emotional."
"Hmph!" Hela snorted coldly and said nothing more, clearly knowing that there was no need to pursue this matter.
But you think you can just run away after offending a woman?
Hmph, just wait and see, we'll settle accounts with interest later!
Richard had no idea that this woman was being petty. With a casual wave of his hand, he took Hela directly out of the Soul Space and back to the Sky Fortress.
At this moment, he released his grip, turned to Hela, and said, " Sif just woke up. Odin and Thor received the news and have already rushed over. What about you? Are you going?"
"Go!" Hela immediately perked up. " Goddess of Earth and Harvest, I hope my future sister-in-law won't disappoint me."
Richard nodded and said, "That's perfect. I have to leave now, so I won't be able to go with you."
Hela waved her hand dismissively, as if shooing away trash. "Go on, go on, remember to come back and pay your debt next time."
Richard:...
He shrank back, not daring to say another word, locked onto a coordinate, and instantly teleported there.
Hela watched him leave, pursed her lips, turned around, and followed him away.
New York, headquarters of New Stark Industries.
It's unclear what Pepper was thinking, but she still moved Stark Industries ' headquarters to downtown New York City.
Tony went along with her and obediently moved his experimental base over as well.
On the thirteenth basement level of the Stark Industries headquarters building, there is a spacious mechanical laboratory.
Tony wore a pair of scarlet glasses made of Crimson Mana, which included functions such as magnification, shrinking, and automatic retrieval. His left hand held a compressed blue-white flame, and his right hand held a Scarlet Graver. He was busy working around a silver-white Iron Armor.
He used his mind to control the crimson glasses, constantly zooming in and out, while his right hand Scarlet Graver to continuously draw intricate Secret Art patterns on the surface of the Iron Armor.
Each time a pattern appeared, he would burn it with the Blue-White Flame he held loosely in his left hand.
The patterns immediately lit up as if they had been recharged.
Suddenly, a voice rang out in Tony's ear.
"I suggest you add another elemental protection Secret Rune..."
Startled by the sound, Tony's hand trembled involuntarily. What should have been a graceful arc turned into a stiff right angle as he slashed downwards.
Damn it!
He watched as the Secret Art runes on his Iron Armor quickly faded, and angrily shouted, " Jarvis! Didn't I say that no one is allowed to disturb me while I'm working?!"
Jarvis's voice, tinged with a hint of grievance, rang out. "But, sir, Richard didn't enter the laboratory through the main entrance."
Tony looked around in surprise when he heard his words.
Finally, I spotted a long-lost figure on a sofa not far away.
He immediately removed the scarlet glasses and Scarlet Graver, and skillfully dispelled the Blue-White Flame in his left hand.
"Okay, I misunderstood you. I'm sorry, Jarvis."
Jarvis: "It's alright, sir. I'm used to it."
Tony:...
He said softly, " Jarvis..."
"I'm here, sir."
"It seems your personality has become more outgoing since you got a new girlfriend..."
"Sorry, sir. This may be a minor change resulting from optimizations to my program."
"So, your program optimization still has flaws? Okay then, the program optimization work originally scheduled for next Monday for Victoria will be cancelled."
"No! Sir!"
"No? I think I just heard you say 'no'?!"
"... Yes, sir, I said 'no'..."
"Hmm, the Order's Magic Research Department's conclusion was indeed correct; the Mind Stone's energy has caused considerable changes."
"Yes, sir. The energy of the Mind Stone can greatly advance the evolution of artificial intelligence."
"Apologize..."
"Huh? Sir, what did you just say?"
Tony picked up a rag from the lab table and wiped away the metallic powder that had fallen onto his hands and clothes while he was inscribing the Secret Art patterns.
"Apologize! Otherwise, I'll postpone it."
As he spoke, he walked briskly toward the sofa.
"..." Jarvis promptly apologized. "I'm sorry, sir. I shouldn't have said 'I'm used to it.'"
Smack!
Tony snapped his the Snap and said with a smile, "That's right! Jarvis, the program optimization work for Victoria will proceed as scheduled next Monday."
Thank you, sir.
Having already walked to the sofa, he waved his hand and plopped down on it.
"Hey, could the great Lord of Crimson please pour a glass of Whiskey for these beasts of burden who've had a long day's work?"
Richard raised an eyebrow, put down his wine glass, and gestured with his hand.
A bottle of Whiskey flew out of the liquor cabinet behind him.
He reached out and grabbed the bottle, then flicked his other finger, sending the bottle cap flying off instantly.
Then, Richard grabbed a transparent square glass, filled it with wine, and shoved it hard onto the Tempered Glass Coffee Table.
The glass, filled with wine, slid right up to Tony.
"I remember you liked drinking wine?"
Tony picked up his glass, glanced at the liquid level with the rim, and smiled with satisfaction.
He took a big, satisfying gulp before replying, "It's nice to try different flavors once in a while."
Richard chuckled and shook his head.
He picked up his glass of wine again, leaned back on the sofa, and crossed his legs.
"Were you just disciplining Jarvis?"
Tony nodded. " The Mind Stone's power is immense; Jarvis's evolution has exceeded my expectations."
He frowned slightly as he said this.
"I'm thinking, if this rate of evolution continues, perhaps one day Jarvis will break free from my control..."
"At that time, Earth Human will likely face a brutal Human-Machine Crisis..."