"All ready?" Thor asked. Everybody nodded to it.
"Then let's vanish." Thor then proceeded to open the Bifrost using his Stormbreaker. The Bifrost opened and all got sucked into it, vanishing from the Palace where only the soldiers remained now to look after the realm.
They appeared on a small planet. The planet looked like it came right out of a fantasy movie. It was beautiful with plants, trees and small birds and animals roaming around freely. This was so beautiful that even Thor and Loki who lived in a beautiful place like Asgard took time to appreciate it.
As they were looking at the scenery, a small child manifested in front of them. The child looked like he was made of pure white energy. Like a God. And the child had two crows on his shoulders.
"Welcome guests to the roots of Yggdrasil." the child spoke. Nobody expected such a scene. Only Strange and Thor looked like they expected it.
"I can't feel any soul from it." Yen said. Triss too nodded at it meaning that the child wasn't actually real but just a magic manifestation.
"Please follow me." the child said.
"Brother, is that the child who had been coming to guide you?" Loki asked. Thor nodded at it. They started following the child. From afar they could see a huge tree-like structure that went up in the skies. Only thing was that the tree itself looked like it was made of energy like the child.
All were amazed at it. This was Yggdrasil that connected all the 10 realms together. Now they were able to see it clearly because the 10th realm had been connected again to Yggdrasil thus completing it.
After following the child for a few minutes they reached a well. A huge well. The well that had no end to it when being gazed upon.
"Thor Odinson, this well contains all that you wish for. The well of Mimir. Your father gained his wisdom and power right here. And now it's your turn. You have more potential than him. But every power comes at a cost. In order to gain something you have to give up something."
"What do I need to sacrifice? What price do I have to pay?" Thor asked.
"You can decide on your own what is worthy of sacrifice. And you too Stephen Strange. You both need to decide on it." the child said.
"Huh!!" Everybody was taken aback by this sudden mention of Strange, including Thor. He thought only he was led here.
"What is going on?" Clint asked.
"Thor and I were both led here to gain powers. John knew about all of this from the very beginning. You remember after you spoke of the child, he said something?" Strange asked.
"Yes. he asked if you were ready to sacrifice. Odin's beard. He knew of this too?" Thor came to a realization.
"Yes. This is where we both change our destinies and become more powerful. I am not sure how powerful we will become but for this we will need to sacrifice an equally important thing."
"What do we need to give up?" Thor asked.
"Our eyes." Strange answered.
"My eyes? You mean I need to sacrifice my eyes to gain more power?" Thor asked, looking at the child. The child nodded his head.
"I understand." Thor said as he went to the side of the well. He took a deep breath inside. Nobody stopped Thor even though they felt sad. They knew there was no turning back from here. Even though they felt sad, all knew that Thor had already decided on it.
After the battle against Hela, he had changed and he kind of blamed himself for being so powerless. Now he would have a stronger power that they could ever ask for and if the price were his eyes, he would gladly give it away.
Thor then proceeded to use his bare hands to gouge out both of his eyes. This scene looked very gory as blood splattered everywhere. But Thor didn't even utter a single cry of pain. I was as if nothing had happened. After a couple of seconds of struggle he was successful in bringing out his eyes, laden in blood. And then dropped it on he well.
The moment he did so Thor's body was sucked into the well. Loki who was looking at all this brought out his knives as he felt they were being deceived. At first his brother lost his eyes and now even his body was taken away.
He was ready to assault the child and get some answers but felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't be impulsive Loki." Strange said.
"Impulsive? This damned well just took my brother away. Do you think I won't react? I accepted him giving away his eyes. But not this." Loki said.
"Your brother will come back. He needs time to absorb the new powers. The well took him away for that." Strange said in a calm voice.
"Don't tell me now you will do the same thing?" Loki asked.
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Strange nodded at it as he too went to the well to give away his eyes in exchange of power. Loki looked at others thinking somebody would stop this madness but nobody uttered a word.
"Are you all absolutely fine with this?" Loki asked.
"I never knew that you have such deep emotions from your brother Loki." Arthur said.
"Don't mock me. Even though I did absurd things, I would never mortally hurt my brother." Loki said.
"Says the guy who stabbed Thor once." Oliver said. Loki just shook his head to it.
"Strange, are you sure you want to do this?" Constantine asked as he knew him from Kamar Taj.
"There is no other way. Do any of you have any instruments so that I can gouge out my eyes?" Strange asked.
"Let me help you with this." Triss said as she performed magic. A white light went straight into his and in a moment's notice the white eyes of Strange came out.
The eyes looked pristine and bloody. Unlike Thor, Strange screamed in pain as he had never been hurt so badly before but he still stretched his hand. The eyes fell on his palms.
Then Strange proceeded to throw the eyes inside the well like Thor did. Like Thor his body too was sucked inside the well.The child who saw all of this finally said.
"It will take time for them to emerge, you can roam around the planet until they return."
Listening to this many left to roam around. The things that just happened in the last few minutes didn't go down well with many of them, especially Loki. He still wanted to confront this child who was the main culprit in all of this.
The planet was full of beautiful places and many wanted to have fun here. There was silence and peace here. Even though in Ring too they had the same thing, it felt more ethereal and holy here.
It was like heaven in reality. This unique feeling came because of the presence of Yggdrasil and it's roots in this planet. Seeing all of this Triss didn't hold back and used magic to make a small home for all of them to stay till both Strange and Thor came back.
Since the child said that it would take time, it might be possible that it might take days. All went inside the home and started talking among themselves. They were very much interested in Erza's story as she was new to the team.
Erza then recounted her adventures from her childhood till now. Their whole guild of Fairy Tail, the team of Nastu who was a dragon slayer. The fight against Acnologia and Zeref who were immensely powerful.
They never knew that Erza had such an interesting and could be said to have a sad past.
"So John said that the whole Fairy Tail guild will arrive at Asgard?" Loki asked. Erza nodded at it.
"Asgard will be happy to welcome such powerful people who are driven by justice." Loki said.
"Then they will be the first to hunt you down." Clint said, still mocking Loki. Loki in response made an illusion and placed a knife at his chest.
"Don't push your luck mortal." Clint in response also responded by hitting Loki in the face. Since it was just an illusion, it faded away the moment Clint's hand slapped Loki's face.
"Enough." Yen shouted.
"Be calm both of you. I know we all are agitated by what just happened. But we need to be together in this." Geralt said. All became silent when they heard this.
"I have made beds for all of you. Go and take a rest. We all had a long fight." Triss suggested. All got up and proceeded to the rooms made by Triss. All had their separate rooms.
After freshening up they all went to take a rest. They were really tired and needed sleep. In this way 2 days went by.
As time passed by many got agitated thinking Strange and Thor wouldn't come back. Ciri and Loki were almost ready to go looking for them in the well but Geralt and Constantine stopped them as they felt the two needed more time to absorb the knowledge and power.
On the third day there was finally movement near the well. After noticing it all ran to the well only to see Thor standing in front of them.
But there was a huge difference now. Thor's eyes now shined blue. His attire had changed now as he now had a blue armor with a usual red cape behind his back. But what really stood out was the nordic runes on his skin. And even his face had markings.
This was the Rune King Thor.
Now Thor had changed in the most basic essence. He was omnipotent in all of the 10 realms. It wouldn't be a lie if he was declared God in the 10 realms. Because his power levels did correspond to that of God here. Now Thor had the power to destroy galaxies. Forget about planets.
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