In the royal palace of Asgard.
Odin slumped onto his throne, drenched in cold sweat.
This was the second time in his divine life that he had been reduced to such a sorry state.
The last time had been when he faced the Celestials.
Clad in the Destroyer Armor, he had fought the Celestials to the point of frenzy.
Although he had ended up getting utterly thrashed, he hadn't died!
Surviving a battle with the Celestials was already enough to demonstrate Odin's strength.
And this time, when Odin faced Su Yu, he was reminded of facing the Celestials for the first time in ages.
He even felt that the pressure Su Yu put on him was greater than that of the Celestials.
I've gotten old after all, Odin thought as he slumped there.
Beside him, Odin's wife, Frigga, looked at her husband with concern.
"What happened?"
Odin let out a long breath and slowly said, "I merely received a warning from an unknown being."
Frigga's heart jolted at his words.
As the person closest to Odin, she naturally knew just how powerful her husband was.
But-
Although Odin hadn't said it outright, he had clearly come off worse in his clash with the other party.
This was the first time she had ever seen Odin so weak.
An enormous warship floated in an empty stretch of space.
Inside, a burly, purple-skinned giant sat upon an enormous throne.
His name was Thanos.
He was a true overlord of the universe. Every major power in the universe trembled at the mention of Thanos's name.
At that moment, however, Thanos's expression was calm.
He had seen a human on Earth reach toward the Tesseract.
Yet even under his and Odin's gazes, that human had not stopped.
How very-
"...Interesting."
It really had