Classic Loki wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be choked by an invisible force, and he couldn't utter a single word.
Those eyes, weathered by countless hardships, churned with emotions far too complex to contain.
Frigga looked at him, her eyes filled with tenderness.
She didn't ask any further questions, but simply stepped forward and gently embraced the child, whose figure was already somewhat hunched and who clearly looked countless years older.
This embrace transcended time and space, and even life and death.
"It's alright." Frigga patted his back gently, as if comforting him when he was young. "Maybe you can find an opportunity to tell me everything slowly."
Odin, standing not far away, watched this scene, and the god-king who had ruled the Nine Realms for thousands of years was unusually stunned.
He slowly loosened his grip on the Gungnir, and the sharp, ready-to-fight aura emanating from him melted away.
At this moment, he was no longer the majestic All-Father, but just an ordinary father looking at his child whom he had lost and found again.
Even though this child is adopted.
Although he came from another time and space.
But the emotions that flow through the years are real and authentic.
Odin's gaze fell on the Classic Loki, whose aged face still faintly reflected the mischievous boy he once was.
His voice no longer carried the imposing authority of a god-king, but instead possessed the gentleness and solemnity of an ordinary father.
" Loki Odinson."
He spoke, word by word.
I am proud of you.
The moment the words fell, the entire universe seemed to tremble.
A massive, seven-colored lightning bolt, unimaginable to the naked eye, tore apart the cosmic sea above Asgard without warning!
The lightning was so intense that it even overshadowed the radiance of the divine Asgard itself, illuminating the entire sky with dazzling brilliance.
Immediately afterwards, a surge of divine power, even more vast, more powerful, and more unfathomable than the divine power displayed by the Classic Loki, suddenly descended like a cosmic storm!
Outside Asgard, the Dark Elves warships hovering in orbit, preparing for a second barrage of attacks on Asgard, couldn't withstand even a second of this devastating thunder.
There was no explosion, no roar.
Those ferocious steel behemoths, along with all the Dark Elves soldiers inside, were completely disintegrated and Oblivion into the most basic particles the moment the seven-colored lightning swept across them, dissipating into the endless void.
The Dark Elves, which had just escaped from the ancient seal and was preparing to make a comeback, was completely wiped out without a trace.
Apart from Malekith, the leader who was bound in the palace by the Classic Loki.
Odin also sensed this terrifying authority that was both familiar and strange, and he turned his inquisitive gaze toward the Classic Loki.
The Classic Loki seemed to have anticipated all of this, and he simply offered a brief explanation.
"Don't worry, that's Thor from another universe. He's much more powerful than me."
His words contained only a heartfelt calm and a matter of fact.
"No Dark Elves will escape from him."
Jane Foster's mind completely went blank.
In the Prime Universe, Thor's mother almost died trying to save him, and then suddenly an old man version of Loki appeared and instantly killed the big black guy that even Thor had trouble with.
Now, another, even more powerful Thor from another universe has appeared?
The multiverse... this concept, which only exists as a conjecture in the cutting edge of theoretical physics, is it actually real?
As a top astrophysicist, she was trembling with excitement, eager to immediately pull out her instruments to measure the residual energy fluctuations in this space.
But she also knew that now was definitely not the time to engage in academic research.
On the other side, Odin was no less shocked than Jane Foster, but he felt more gratified.
He could sense that his time was coming to an end, and the shadow of Ragnarok always loomed over his heart.
But now, having learned that Thor and Loki from another universe possess such unimaginable power, they have even subtly surpassed his own power at its peak.
The worry in his heart had quietly dissipated by most.
The future of Asgard doesn't seem so bleak after all.
In the square outside the palace, Thor stood with the heroes from Earth.
In the Prime Universe, Black Widow Natasha glanced at the family reunion scene at the palace gate in the distance, then looked at the silent Thor beside her, and asked softly.
"Aren't you going to meet your parents?"
Thor shook his head, a gentle smile on his face.
"Not for now. We should give the time to Loki."
He gazed at the aged figure in the distance and said softly, "That's his regret, and it's his responsibility to make up for it himself."
Apart from Thor, everyone else was setting foot on Asgard soil for the first time, and they looked at the war-torn Asgard with curiosity.
Even amidst the ruins and smoke of battle, the grandeur and magnificence of this divine realm remain undeniable.
Golden palaces stretch out in the distance, and Bifrost spanning the sky lies a deep, boundless cosmic abyss where stars revolve.
Occasionally, you can see a few mythical celestial horses flapping their wings and flying over the distant mountain peaks, leaving behind a trail of elegant silhouettes.
In the distance, layers of mist, like a light veil, shrouded the mountain range, radiating a faint golden glow under the divine light.
Everything here is like a fairyland that has stepped out of the most magnificent fantasy.
"Wow," Iron Fist Danny couldn't help but exclaim, "This feels a little different from Asgard in my universe... but it's still just as beautiful."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him, except for Thor, turned their gazes to him.
Hawkeye Clint from the Prime Universe raised an eyebrow and asked, "You've been to Asgard?"
Danny thought for a moment and nodded.
"Yes, I have been there. Back then, to stop Loki's rebellion and help Thor in our universe, Spider-Man and I went to assist him."
While everyone was still processing this information-packed news, Thor, who had been gazing towards the palace, suddenly paused.
He turned his head and looked at everyone, his expression becoming somewhat solemn.
"Let's go, All-Father Odin, invites you."