Hell Invasion, Mephisto Appears

Hela raised her slender eyebrows. "What do you mean?!"

Odin smiled at her, his expression unusually gentle. You may not have noticed it yourself... you have changed, Hela.

"Nonsense!" Hela immediately retorted. "I am who I am, I am Hela, the Goddess of Death! I have never changed at all!"

"Love really does change a person's personality..." Odin sighed. His gaze moved past Hela to look at Richard, who had remained silent all this time.

"Master Richard."

"Hello, Your Majesty Odin." Richard merely nodded.

Today's Earth and Asgard were equal allies. As a leader of both sides, he had to treat Odin as an equal.

Of course, viewed from another angle—considering Hela—since Odin was her old father-in-law, Richard had to act a bit more respectfully.

However, given that the relationship between this father and daughter was still icy...

Standing from Hela's perspective, Richard naturally had to align himself with her in everything.

"The Eternal Flame and the Casket of Ancient Winters are with you, aren't they?" Odin asked abruptly.

Richard raised an eyebrow in surprise and asked in return, "Your Majesty Odin, how did you know? My actions when I swapped them were extremely covert, no one should have noticed at all, right?"

"Ah, your methods were indeed brilliant. Even those two 'Eternal Flames' and 'Caskets of Ancient Winters' you forged could pass for the real things," Odin praised, then continued, "If not for me, I'm afraid no one would have discovered they were switched."

"Then how did you know?" Richard asked curiously once again.

"I am too familiar with them," Odin said, actually blinking playfully. "They were played with by me for hundreds of years back then."

"Alright..." Richard shrugged helplessly. "So Your Majesty wants to take back the Eternal Flame and the Casket of Ancient Winters now?"

"No!"