Steve's brow remained furrowed. His gaze swept first over the doorway where screams continued, then fell on Thor, his tone filled with undisguised worry.
"Are you sure this is okay? What if there's a problem with the electricity...?"
Thor waved his hand, his tone full of nonchalant certainty.
"Don't worry, he won't die. I know what I'm doing. At most, I'll just give him a little pain to teach him a lesson."
Hearing this, Steve finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Actually, he had long disliked this self-destructive Fat Thor. As long as he could get the other man back on his feet, being electrocuted a few times wouldn't be a big deal.
The screams in the room gradually subsided, clearly indicating that Fat Thor had finally succumbed and passed out.
Seeing that nothing serious had happened, the Avengers dispersed and went about their own business.
Soon, only Thor and Tony remained in the corridor.
Thor turned his head to look at Tony beside him and asked a question.
"I'm going to collect the compensation the Celestial gave me. Do you want to come with me?"
Tony's curiosity was instantly piqued, and he took two steps forward, his eyes gleaming with gossip and inquiry.
"What is it? Something that made you make a special trip can't be anything ordinary, right?"
"A sword capable of Carnage Celestial, and a divine artifact that can Infinity amplify the abilities of others."
Thor said in a calm tone.
Upon hearing this, Tony's eyes lit up instantly, and his interest was immediately piqued.
He patted Thor on the shoulder, his tone full of eagerness.
"Sure! Let's go! We'll go right now! I want to see what a weapon capable of slaying gods really looks like."
Thor smiled and nodded, then raised his hand and made a sweeping motion in the air.
Golden sparks burst in mid-air, and a stable teleportation portal appeared out of thin air. On the other side of the portal lay a desolate scene of endless yellow sand and widespread destruction.
It was Arishem, the leader of the Celestials, who provided the location of the All-Black the Necrosword: a desolate planet that had long since lost its life.
Tony casually picked up a cheeseburger from the table next to him.
As he chewed on his hamburger and walked forward, his nanotech armor instantly spread out from the reactor, precisely covering his entire body, leaving only the faceplate on his face still attached.
The two of them stepped through the portal, one after the other.
As far as the eye could see, there was only cracked earth and sand flying everywhere. The sky was a gloomy, dark purple, devoid of any life, and even the wind carried a sense of death.
Not far away, beneath the sand dunes, a gaunt, grayish-white figure knelt on the cracked earth.
He held a small, thin girl tightly in his arms, his back hunched, and his whole being exuded a deep-seated despair.
Tony stared at the figure for two seconds, feeling a strange sense of familiarity.
He raised his hand and whispered, " JARVIS, scan this person and match him to the database."
"Scanning, sir. Match complete. Target: Gorr, corresponding to the villain in the fourth Thor movie you previously viewed, the Gorr the God Butcher."
Tony raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Thor.
"So we're here to take that weapon that even a mortal could use to withstand Thor's future peak power?"
"Yes," Thor replied casually as he walked forward.
"That weapon is called the All-Black the Necrosword, and it's the exclusive weapon of the God of Symbiotes, Knull."
He casually gave Tony a brief introduction to this being's origins, since this dark deity had never been mentioned in the future footage shown to everyone before.
After listening, Tony clicked his tongue, his tone full of sighs.
"So it seems the Celestials aren't exactly top-tier powerhouses in this universe."
"If he's currently sealed away, what if he breaks free one day? Wouldn't he then be wielding a sword and hacking his way across the universe to kill the Celestials?"
Thor nodded, his tone calm.
"Yes. Once he breaks the seal, your entire universe will be the first to suffer."
Tony curled his lip, looking disgusted.
"It would be best to keep him trapped in the seal for life. I don't want to deal with any more cosmic-level disasters; they're too much trouble."
While the two were talking, they had already reached the vicinity of the sand dunes.
Gorr, who had been immersed in despair, instantly became aware of the two people's presence.
When he saw Tony's metallic, high-tech nanotech armor and sensed Thor's unfathomable divine aura, a final glimmer of hope for survival flashed in his withered eyes.
He scrambled forward, carrying the girl in his arms, and slammed his head heavily against the cracked earth, drawing blood from his forehead instantly.
His voice was hoarse and broken, filled with an urgent plea.
"Gods! Great Gods! I beg you! Save my daughter! I beg you!"
Tony frowned and whispered to JARVIS, "Give this kid a look."
"Scan complete. Sir, this girl's vital signs have disappeared; there is no possibility of revival."
Tony was about to refuse when he saw Thor take a step forward and look down at Gorr, who was kneeling on the ground.
"I can save your child. But what can you offer me in return?"
Upon hearing this, Gorr was stunned. Then, he went berserk, kowtowing to Thor repeatedly until his forehead was bloody and mangled, but he refused to stop.
"I'm willing to give you everything! My body! My Soul Stone! My remaining life! I'll give you anything! Just to save my daughter!"
Thor looked at him like this, pondered for a moment, and then raised his hand and made a gesture in the air.
A golden parchment scroll contract appeared out of thin air before the two of them, covered with ancient divine script.
"Sign it, and your life will be mine. I'll save your daughter."
Without the slightest hesitation, even though he knew the constraints the contract represented, Gorr didn't hesitate to bite his fingertip and press his bloody mark onto the parchment.
For him, nothing was more important than the daughter in his arms.
Thor smiled with satisfaction and raised his hand in a gesture of respect.
The powerful Law of Life and Law of Time intertwined in his palm, and a soft green light descended, steadily enveloping the lifeless girl in Gorr's arms.
In the blink of an eye, the girl's pale cheeks regained color, her long eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes, whispering, "Daddy."
Holding his awakened daughter, Gorr instantly burst into tears and kowtowed frantically to Thor in gratitude.
Thor casually drew another portal to the Knowhere and gestured with his chin towards him.
"Go. Now that you've signed the contract, you're mine. Go inside and find the people there; they'll take care of you and your daughter."
Gorr his daughter, Gol kowtowed deeply to Thor one last time, then rushed into the portal without looking back.
The portal slowly closed, and the surroundings returned to deathly silence.
Just then, Thor's brows furrowed suddenly, and a strong sense of unease rose in his heart.
The next instant, he found that Tony beside him was pinned to the spot by an invisible force, unable to move.
Behind the sand dunes not far away, a thick black fog suddenly surged and rose.
A woman with a seductive figure, dressed in a long, black robe, slowly emerged from the black mist, surrounded by a chilling aura of death.
Thor recognized her immediately.
Death is one of the Five Creator Gods in the Marvel Universe.
The Goddess of Death slowly raised her eyes, her gaze falling on Thor. Her red lips parted slightly, and her voice, alluring and seductive, began to speak.
"You are the most interesting Thor I have ever seen. It is not common to see someone like you who breaks free from the variables of fate."
How about... we make a secret pact just between the two of us?