Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Thor Collapses, multiverse Tree
Asgard was in ruins. A huge abyss had appeared out of nowhere in the ground, and hideous, dark traces of battle were everywhere. Buildings had collapsed, leaving only the Golden Palace standing amid the devastation. All other structures had been destroyed.
The Three Warriors of Asgard, Sif, Queen Frigga, and the Asgardian Guards looked on with sadness in their eyes. It turned out that everyone had been deceived by Loki!
As the initiator of this disaster, the evil god Loki had fled. He must have sneaked into Jotunheim and naturally inherited Laufey's throne. Moreover, he held the Spear of Eternity and had the blessing of the Casket of Winter. As long as he could gain the support of everyone, Jotunheim would surely grow and rise again.
It was clear now that this was not a disaster but the prelude to a war between the two worlds! The evil god Loki would surely make a comeback. It was just a matter of time.
The key issue was that Odin had fallen into hibernation, Thor was on the brink of death, and Orion had fallen. The Destroyer Armor and Thor's Hammer had also vanished in the energy storm.
What other cards did Asgard have to repel the Frost Giants?
"Damn it!" Volstagg said hatefully. "Without Orion, without Thor… Where will Asgard go?"
He had no idea. Everything had happened so fast! No one had time to react, and they were not qualified to participate, nor could they influence the situation.
"Kamar-Taj…" Fandral said, "I'm afraid Master Ancient One will be furious when he learns about this. But only Master Ancient One can possibly deal with Loki."
Sif and Hogan nodded, also contemplating countermeasures. The ambition of the evil god Loki was certainly not limited to Asgard; the Nine Kingdoms were all within his range of conquest.
"Thor…" Queen Frigga pleaded with a complicated expression. "Wake up… Asgard needs you."
She knelt beside Thor, tears welling up in her eyes, continuously injecting rune power into him. Only then did she manage to hold onto Thor's last breath. But without a suitable solution, Thor would die sooner or later.
Silence.
Worry.
Fear.
All kinds of emotions were intertwined on everyone's faces. The atmosphere was extremely depressing.
But at that moment, a burst of surprised words rang out.
Everyone suddenly looked up at the source of the voice, their expressions changing from sadness to joy.
"You…" Orion said, stepping out of the mirror space, his brows slightly furrowed, his expression revealing complexity and regret. "Everything alright? Loki really ran away after all?"
The evil god Loki had already thought of a way out. Everything had been part of his plan!
"Orion?!" the Asgardian warriors and Sif exclaimed in unison. "Are you still alive? How did you avoid the self-destruction of the Destroyer Armor?"
"This…" Orion was about to explain.
They hurriedly surrounded him and looked at Orion carefully. Seeing that he was safe and sound, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They found their backbone again, and the sadness between their brows disappeared in an instant!
"I hid in the mirror dimension," Orion explained. "Loki doesn't have ability to kill me. Don't worry. I'll try to heal Thor."
Orion smiled, gripping Thor's hammer tightly and pressing it against Thor's chest, releasing a strong electric current like a pacemaker.
Buzz!
Thor's body shook, and some color returned to his face. But he still didn't wake up.
"It seems…" Orion said, "We still have to use this method."
Orion's eyes flickered as he put down Thor's hammer, condensed a secret dagger, cut his fingertip, and let a trickle of blood drip out.
His blood was priceless! One drop could cure all diseases! Although Thor was not ill, it should still work, right?
The blood droplets dripped onto Thor's lips, injecting him with a mysterious power that allowed his remaining breath to return to life.
However, this wasn't enough to wake Thor up!
Even Orion found it unbelievable. Was it possible that Thor's death was an absolute point in time in the current universe and was irreversible?
Then this would be trouble.!
"Orion…" Queen Frigga said sadly, "Is there no other solution?" She loved her son from the bottom of her heart.
"Absolute time point…" Orion mused. "If it is really the absolute time point, then Loki, the God of Stories, will definitely not stand idly by."
He speculated silently and pressed his left hand against Thor's chest, trying to mobilize the World Tree tattoo that extended from his wrist to his forearm, praying silently in his heart. He hoped the [Protagonist Halo] could be more powerful!
"World Tree?" Queen Frigga blinked her beautiful eyes. "You actually have the mark of the World Tree on your body?"
The words hadn't finished when the World Tree Tattoo glowed green, and a huge wave of energy suddenly swept out!
It directly enveloped the half-dead Thor!
A mysterious time tide seemed to begin to reverse time and make it go backward. By adjusting time, Thor came back to life!
His eyelids suddenly opened!
Thor half-sat up and looked around, taking in the devastated Asgard with disbelief. Time had not erased all of his memories. He still remembered the various disasters caused by the evil god Loki!
All he could see were Laufey wielding his ice-breaking hammer and the evil god Loki's ferocious smile!
What was happening now? Had they caught Loki?
"Thor!" Queen Frigga cried with joy. "You're awake! Very good! The World Tree… saved you!"
Sif and the three Asgardian warriors immediately hugged Thor and shared their sorrows.
"World Tree?" Thor asked. "Loki… Where's Loki?! And… Orion! Why are you holding Mjolnir?!"
Thor's heart skipped a beat. Had Mjolnir already rebelled in the short time he had slept?! Mjolnir, Were they no longer each other's true love and only one?
Thor was distraught. It hurt! It hurt so much!
"I'm just holding Thor's hammer for you temporarily," Orion said with a smile. "It's just a matter of throwing it away, right?"
But even he did not expect that this World Tree tattoo could actually awaken Thor. Even Thor's hammer and his blood could not do it! Did that mean Loki, the god of stories, had always been at the end of time, observing the entire multiverse?
Also observing Asgard in different universes?
Even observing Orion!
It was likely that almost everything Orion did was not hidden from the God Loki! Perhaps it was because the God Loki saw the future that he gave the World Tree Tattoo so that Orion could wake up Thor.
After all, Loki cannot leave the end of time. He acts as a human textile machine. Without his magic, the multiverse would collapse!
In a nutshell, the World Tree tattoo encompassed a hint of the power of time. Enough to rival the Time Stone.
This made Orion feel a little relieved. When he was in trouble, he believed that Loki, the god of stories, would never stand idly by.
"TVA… hasn't caused me any trouble so far. Was that also Loki's deliberate arrangement?" Orion wondered. "Or… does Loki have plans to have me join TVA?"
Orion guessed secretly but couldn't have a conversation with the god Loki at all. He also didn't understand the true meaning of the World Tree tattoo. Perhaps, he should touch the World Tree to understand the thoughts of the God Loki!
"Queen Frigga," Orion said, "I hope to see the World Tree again. Please allow me."
Orion smiled at Queen Frigga. After Odin fell into a deep sleep, she had taken full control of Asgard. It wouldn't be against the rules of Asgard if she led the way. Moreover, Orion was no different from the savior of Asgard. He had exposed the lies of the evil god Loki and awakened the unconscious Thor!
The Asgardians saw it all, and their trust and admiration for Orion grew day by day. They already regarded him as a part of Asgard!
"Good," Queen Frigga said. "Thanks to you, Orion. If you hadn't shown up, Loki would have already…"
She couldn't bear to think back. Without Orion, the evil god Loki would have held the Spear of Eternity, personally killed the giant king Laufey, and been responsible for breaking the sky. With Thor dying, Loki would have almost been the only choice to succeed the king! The current situation was not optimistic.
The evil god Loki must have returned to Jotunheim. With his eloquent tongue and pure frost bloodline, he may have successfully succeeded Laufey and taken the throne of Jotunheim.
"The Spear of Eternity… The Casket of Winter…" Thor said angrily. "Were they all taken to Jotunheim by Loki? Is he going to follow Laufey's example and freeze the Nine Realms?"
"Damn it!" Thor was furious. At this moment, he had not recovered his divine power and was still a mortal. He was unable to go to Jotunheim and completely destroy Loki's conspiracy.
How could he regain his divine power?
Thor's eyes flickered, and he had no idea at all. Asgard returned to peace for the time being. Even if a storm was coming, he must not lose his composure.
The Asgardian guards strengthened their defenses and focused on protecting the only remaining Golden Palace. The three Asgardian warriors and Sif took turns guarding Odin's treasury.
Orion, led by Frigga, walked through a long corridor and arrived at Odin's study.
Here, there were not only the reading materials collected by Odin but also texts compiled by all the wise men and sages in Asgard from ancient times to the present, including the biography of King Bor.
There were all kinds of books, diverse and covering everything.
It was no less impressive than Kamar-Taj.
After all, Asgard's history was even older than Kamar-Taj's!
Located in the Nine Realms and shrouded in mystery all year round, this legendary palace was naturally rich and powerful!
Squeak!
The palace door opened.
Orion took the lead and entered Odin's study.
In front of him stood a towering, shining tree with a dense crown of leaves, a gnarled trunk, and roots firmly planted in the earth.
Eight star clusters extended from the treetops.
Like a galaxy, they swirled brilliantly, emitting bursts of dazzling light and exuding endless mystery, as if leading to other times and spaces.
This World Tree supported the nine kingdoms, like a jade pillar propping up the sky, maintaining the stability and survival of the nine realms.
Certainly.
Orion had witnessed the true appearance of the World Tree. The World Tree before him was just a branch of the Multiverse Tree.
The Multiverse Tree.
Born in the same era as the ancient gods.
No one knew the origin of the Multiverse Tree.
Who planted it? Who watered it?
It remained a mystery!
However, the roots and branches of the Multiverse Tree penetrated countless cosmic bubbles and dimensions, remembering all history, all existence, and all stories.
In Orion's cognitive system, the Multiverse Tree was not just a tree but also a supercomputer.
It was as if it was deducing and calculating all kinds of data in the multiverse.
Runes,
These were the source code of this supercomputer.
As for whether his judgment was correct, he needed to contact the Multiverse Tree again!
And try to have a meeting and conversation with Loki, the God of Time!
"Queen of Heaven."
"I hope I won't be disturbed during this period. If I can gain some enlightenment, maybe I can help Thor regain his divine power."
Orion had made arrangements in advance.
"Understood."
"I will strictly guard it."
Frigga nodded.
Then, she and Thor left the study to find a way to restore Thor's powers.
At the same time, Orion took a step forward and approached the World Tree again. He slowly stretched out his left hand, and the tree-shaped tattoo from his wrist to the inside of his forearm also lit up with an arc of light.
It seemed to automatically verify the visitor's authority and instantly drew Orion into a mysterious space!
This space had almost no end, and all kinds of cosmic bubbles were self-contained, evolving incredible disasters and miracles.
From time to time, cosmic bubbles were annihilated, and from time to time, cosmic bubbles were created.
All the cosmic bubbles he saw were, without exception, connected to a gigantic tree that penetrated the sky and the earth!
This was—
The real World Tree!
The Multiverse Tree!
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