At the terrifying sight before him, Loki sucked in a sharp breath, his scalp prickling with dread.
Tony's gaze sharpened as well. He had never expected Hela to be this terrifying.
She had yet to appear, and already the mere spillover of her aura was this horrifying.
"What do we do now?" Loki asked gravely.
"Watch."
Tony answered calmly, folding his arms as he quietly watched events unfold.
He might have been the one who released Hela, but what happened afterward was none of his business.
So the best thing to do now was nothing at all.
Meanwhile, deep within Hell, the slumbering Hela awakened completely.
The aura of death surrounding her immediately began swelling ten times faster.
Terrifying divine light shone from her eyes, piercing straight through the void.
She raised her head toward the rift in the sky above, and a crazed smile spread across her face.
Then a voice steeped in malice slowly rang out.
"Has the seal finally broken?"
"Odin, I'm back!"
Her voice echoed over Asgard, swiftly spreading throughout it. The gods' expressions changed as they heard her words.
Heimdall snapped out of his shock and shouted, "Reinforce the seal! Close the rift!"
He did not wait for anyone else to react.
Heimdall unleashed his divine power, sending it surging toward the sky, hoping to seal Hela away again before she fully escaped.
His actions jolted the surrounding gods into action. They quickly recovered their senses and unleashed their divine power to reinforce the seal.
The ever-widening rift in the sky suddenly began shrinking at a visible pace.
Clearly, the gods' efforts were working.
But Hela had finally found a chance to break free of the seal. How could she possibly give up so easily?
A piercing shriek tore from her mouth, and the aura