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As I had promised, the very next day, I started doing dungeons with Thor once again, the little exp bonus he was giving me proving to be quite useful because I was about to level up.
"What is it again that we have to do?" Thor asked, bashing an orc's head violently with his hammer, bloody bits of the orc splattering everywhere, leaving nothing but a headless orc.
"We have to clear this area of monsters so that the doors for the next area open," I replied with a smile, amused with his childish behavior.
"I see," Thor grinned, "Then I shall offer these fake monsters, no mercy!" like he had offered them any before, I thought.
"We should bring Sif here," I mused out loud.
"We definitely should, otherwise she will hang you by the balls," Thor cackled, as I frowned at the thought, wondering why would Sif hang me by the balls.
"Why would she do that?" I asked, blasting a few orcs away with a spell.
"Well, she loves fighting as much as I do, but she doesn't like to fight if there can be consequences, this place is the answer to that, I mean, look at me, I have killed two thousand orcs, and there's no threat of war above my head! This is therapeutic!" Thor laughed, killing a few orcs as he did so, by slamming his hammer to the ground, electrocuting the orcs around with his godly domain.
"I see," I nodded, it made sense, Sif was always ready to fight, and she enjoyed it, the dungeons would be like a spa day for her.
"Not Bucky though, he would not like this," Thor shook his head in a childish manner, as I rolled my eyes, they really acted like two little brothers fighting for my attention.
I snorted.
"Well, I was planning on inviting him, and the Ancient One," I chuckled, "And now Sif, that makes a party of five,"
"The bald one?" Thor hummed while choking an orc with his own arm, while his NPC companions watched in horror.
"Yes," I sighed.
"She likes to fight? I always assumed she was more along the lines of… do your homework, Thor, clean your room, Thor, you know, stuff like that," Thor chuckled, finally killing the orc.
"She is at times," I admitted.
"I knew it!" Thor chuckled once again, as the doors to the next zone opened, after all, there were no more monsters around, we had simply killed them all while talking.
"Let's go," I said, walking towards the next zone, with Thor close behind me.
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[Odin Borson POV]
In my office, I watched as Thor and Alex popped in and out of reality, doing Bor knows what, not that it surprised me, of course. I mean, I already knew Alex did this kind of thing before, it simply shocked me Thor had joined him or was it the fact that Alex had invited him that shocked me?.
I really couldn't tell.
What actually surprised me though, was, that every so often, I would feel Thor's energy grow, meaning that whatever they were doing, was helping them get stronger at a really shocking pace.
In fact, Thor was seeing more progress in these two days than he had seen in the last few decades.
"Alex, the walking mystery," I chuckled, as a portal opened in the middle of my office, with Yao, as usual, being the one to step through it.
"Hello, old friend," Yao waved at me.
"Yao," I greeted her, offering her a seat.
"So, what are you doing?" Yao asked with a knowing smile, Bor this woman was infuriating.
"You already know, stop wasting my time with stupid questions!" I barked without a bite.
"There's no need to get angry," Yao chuckled, trying to placate me, "I was simply curious as to why you were spying on Alex,"
Bor's balls, this woman acted like his mother.
"Technically, I was spying on my son," I replied with a smug smile.
"I suppose that's a valid answer," Yao rolled her eyes.
"He's getting stronger," I sighed, "They both are,"
"Indeed," Yao nodded, taking a seat before she turned to look at me, "How does it feel to know you will retire in a few months?" she asked, changing the topic of the conversation.
"I… don't know," I admitted, knowing that because of the ripples Alex created, I would give my son the force of Asgard, had not prepared me for it, especially considering the reason why I would have to give my son that kind of power.
Otherwise, his attempts to help Alex would prove to be pointless in the face of such an enemy.
"The Odin force right? That's how you call it if I remember correctly," Yao added with a smile.
"Yes," I nodded with a chuckle, pushing my thoughts into a corner, "Though my father used to call it the essence of Asgard, or the spiritual crown of a king,"
"They will win, you know that," Yao muttered, reading between the lines.
"We don't know that our knowledge of the future stopped being accurate the moment Alex came to the equation," I barked, "All we know is that they will fight Knull, and that's it! Nothing more!"
"I know, but instead of doubting them, I chose to believe in them," Yao sighed.
"An admirable thing," I scoffed, "To trust in children to save us,"
"By all means then, kill Knull by yourself," Yao smiled, as I growled at her.
"You know very well Knull is beyond my reach," I begrudgingly admitted.
"Which is why we need to trust in them, after all, you and I know, Thor is to be the strongest King in all of Asgard's history, counting the kings that have yet to be born, and those that already passed," Yao smiled.
"I know, and Alex is… well, whatever he is," I chuckled.
"I myself don't know what he is," Yao chuckled back.
"A pain in the ass, that's what," I laughed.
"Now, that's just mean," Yao shook her head with a smile, "But not inaccurate," she added with a smirk.
"I think I will buy a house close to the beach after retiring," I mused, "I haven't been on Earth in quite a while," I chuckled.
"One thousand years," Yao replied, "You haven't touched earth in one thousand years,"
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With Thor now basically living on earth, my leveling speed had increased considerably.
Because not only the golems were constantly doing dungeons, but so was I, and Thor.
Heck, at the pace we were both going we would reach the three hundreds in a week! Never had I ever level up so fast, or had so much fun doing it!
Heck, before today doing dungeons was a chore, something I had to do for the sake of becoming stronger, but nothing more, they brought me no joy, no fun, nothing but the exp I required to continue growing.
It was unbearably boring.
Now? It was fun, it felt like I was playing a game with my best friend, a game that I liked.
It kinda reminded me of my time playing WOW or Final Fantasy before all of this began.
The point was, I was having fun, and the thing I once considered a chore was now something I looked up to.
It's funny really how one person can change things for the better without even trying.
As of now, my level was 291, while Thor's was 293.
Which wasn't so big of a difference, considering he was a few levels above me before we started doing this a month ago.
I grinned.
Even with all the threats looming above our heads, I was having fun, I was enjoying what I was doing.
Nonetheless.
I couldn't lower my guard, because even though I was leveling up quite quickly, I was still far away from being able to deal with some of the problems I had ahead of me.
Which brought me to the following point.
I needed more help.
Thor alone would not suffice, I needed a team of my own, filled with people I could trust with my life if the necessity came to be. People like Thor.
Or Bucky, or the Ancient One, or Sif.
They were the only ones I trusted, the only ones I could rely on, and yes, while Fury was my friend, to an extent I couldn't fully trust him.
Of course, I had other friends, like Magneto, but our friendship was akin to that of good neighbors, I didn't fully trust him, at least not enough to share my baggage.
The point being.
I needed to form my own team, and I needed to form it now.
In a way, the Avengers needed to be born before their time.
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[The Beyonder POV]
Soon I would get my chance to act, soon the One Above All would be occupied dealing with… some internal affairs, in more ways than one, leaving me to do as I pleased. Meaning it was time to test Alex, and the limits of his desire.
It was time to push him into the path of completion.
I could hardly wait.
Now the question was, what kind of test would get the best result for him?
What kind of test would push him to the limits of his desire?
Questions even I had no answers for, yet.
I grinned as an idea came to my mind, an idea so simple, yet so full of potential I couldn't help but laugh.
A battle! A tournament! All for the sake of the pebble called Earth he loves so much. That would push the limits of his desire beyond anything.
Of course, it would be hardly fair if I was to fight him, as of the moment he and his companions were nothing but ants compared to me, and I'm using ants as an adjective very generously.
The point being, fighting me would prove nothing, it would change nothing, no amount of desire would push him to a level that reached me, at least not now, maybe in a few millennia, but not now.
Meaning I had to get creative.
"Time to get creative," I laughed, already knowing what I would spend my time on as I waited for the One Above All to go away.
I would spend this valuable time, creating the challengers that would face Alex, and his friends, testing each and every single one of them and the limits of their desires.
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[Alex Walker POV]
Back in my house, I waited for Buckly to arrive in my living room, while Thor slept in the room I had given him like a cat on a nap.
As I waited, I couldn't help but wonder how would Bucky react to the invitation I had for him, or that Thor had been invited first.
"Alex," Finally he arrived.
"Bucky," I waved at him.
Bucky reading my face, walked to the living room and took a seat, worry taking over his normally unexpressive face.
"Did something happen?" Bucky asked, worry lacing his voice.
"No," I shook my head, nothing had happened, at least for now, "But, I have a proposition for you,"
Bucky raised an eyebrow, worry leaving his face, as interest took over, "What?" he inquired.
"Well, how would you like to be stronger?" I asked, not really sure how to start this conversation.
"Stronger? What do you mean?" Bucky asked, looking at me funny.
"Exactly what that means, stronger," I replied with a sigh, "See, I can… create places to train, so to speak, places that boost your natural strength as you go," I tried to elaborate.
"That explains a lot," Bucky snorted rolling his eyes, "Not so long ago, I was stronger than you, now? You could use me as a towel,"
"That's… a creative analogy, but yes," I nodded with a chuckle.
"So, how would this work?" Bucky asked.
"Well, you would come with me and Thor, and kill monsters," I replied.
"I see, I take it you picked Thor first to test if you could help others become stronger, right?" Bucky replied, surprising the heck out of me, I had, after all, not expected that conclusion from him.
"Not entirely," I chuckled, scratching my head sheepishly, "I picked Thor because he the only one close to me in terms of power, so, it was a safe bet to pick him,"
Bucky nodded, "It makes sense,"
"So, are you in?" I asked.
"Of course," Bucky grinned, "You really think I would leave you alone with Thor? You need someone with a brain working with you, and fortunately for you, I can compensate for Thor."
"I HEARD THAT!" Thor barked from his room.
"I wanted you to!" Bucky barked back.
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