Looking at Hela, the ruler of the underworld who was sitting high on the throne and still looked noble and bewitching even when he was only half exposed, Malekith bowed his head in a respectful manner. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, I have invited you here to discuss cooperation with you."

"Cooperation?" As soon as she heard this question, the queen sitting on the throne immediately frowned. Despite being the ruler of Hades, Hela is a special kind of guy who doesn't want to play tricks. In fact, she prefers to deal with the dead than with the living. For it is impossible for the dead to deceive her, but the living can.

But now she couldn't ignore Malekis's request. Not only because of his special status, but also because she really needs the power that Malekith has in her hands now.

Even with the largest and most powerful force in the alliance, Hela is not completely sure that she will become the only dominant player in this alliance. After all, her strength is only limited to power, and in terms of real strength, she is far from being able to compete with Surtr, an existence that means destruction. So until now, she has no plans for a showdown. Without him, the confidence is just insufficient.

And the appearance of Malekith provided her with a very important external force. Although Malakis's own power was arguably the weakest in the alliance, he himself had to stoop to the side of their god, Jemongard. However, for this king, Hela does not mean to underestimate it at all.

And the main reason for this is the cursed warrior in his hands. The terrifying warriors who had been created from the treasures of the Dark Gnome King even had the power to defeat the gods, and if they did work together, she could instantly become the most powerful force in the entire alliance. So at this time, Hela had to admit that she was indeed moved.

"How are you going to work with me? Or rather, what do you want from me? ”

"I can hand over eighty percent of my cursed warriors to you as the ultimate weapon of our dark gnomes, and I believe their power will be the most advantageous weapon in your hands. And at the cost? ”

At this point, Malekith closed his mouth and looked like he wanted to say something.

And looking at his appearance, Hela immediately waved her hand and said to him impatiently.

"To put it bluntly, I don't like to guess what other people think."

"In that case, I'll be blunt." With a dashing smile on his face, Malekith raised his head and looked directly at the queen in front of him. "When I first became king, I had heard of Queen Hela's beauty. So I beg your pardon for taking the liberty of offering fifty cursed warriors as a dowry. ”

"What, what do you mean by proposing to me?"

Hearing Malekith's words, Hela was stunned for a moment, and then smiled playfully.

"Heard of my beauty? How did you know this, King of the Dark Gnomes, if I'm not mistaken, that there shouldn't have been any news of me outside the underworld before you began to go into exile into the depths of the stars? ”

"There's always a little bit of news coming out." With some awkward smiles on his face, Malekith hurriedly put on the most sincere color he could. "What's more, now that I have your majesty's lineup in front of you, this also confirms my thoughts even more. It is better to meet than to be famous, Your Majesty, your beauty has indeed captivated me, so please consider my sincere offer. ”

"Don't think about it!" Touching the bone mask on his face that was just obscuring half of his face from the middle of his face, a disdainful smile appeared on Hela's lips. "I won't promise you."

"King of the Dark Gnomes, I'm not in the mood to play any Game of Thrones with you. I know very well what you admire for my beauty is more for my power and for the undead soldiers under my command. I can work with you, but only with you, and for deeper things, you don't have any more unrealistic illusions! ”

"May I ask why?"

It was the first time for Malekith to be rejected so outright. In this way, his self-esteem immediately took a huge hit. But after all, he is also a king who has been in exile for many years, and he is no longer arrogant, but has learned to clamp his tail. So even now, he doesn't look angry. Instead, he made a look of disappointment and bowed his head deeply.

And for this question, Hella obviously has no intention of hiding it. She glanced at Malekith below and spoke to him bluntly.

"The answer is simple, as a woman, I don't have the habit of trading with others with my marriage and happiness. And, let's be honest. King of the Dark Gnomes, you are not yet in my sights. Strength, power, even wisdom, you have nothing that surprises me. So a man like you can't be my partner at all. Be wise, it's a good thing for you and for me. ”

He held his hand tightly, and even let his sharp nails pierce into his palm. Malekith used this excruciating pain to suppress his stinging heart and burning anger. He wanted to explode, but he didn't dare to. Even on the contrary, he had to force himself to smile against his will at the queen of Hades.

"yes, that's a pity. In that case, we may have to change some conditions to talk about cooperation between us. ”

"That's for the best!" Hela looked at Malekith with obvious mockery and disdain in her eyes, but on the positive side of the word, she restrained her behavior slightly. "Say, King of the Dark Gnomes. What do you want? As long as I can give it to you, I can give it to you. If it weren't for Asgard getting in my way, I wouldn't even want to be a part of this boring game. So tell me what you want, as long as it doesn't involve my underworld, you can make a condition. ”

Although I saw the look in Hela's eyes, there was a vital interest involved. Malekith still shielded himself from all superfluous feelings. He thought about it for a while, and then said to Hela very clearly.

"I have three requests."

"Say, let me see."

"First, I need your support to regain my country. Watheim must be brought back under my control, and the empire of the dark gnomes must be re-established. ”

Hela nodded at this request without thinking about it.

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with that. Just one Watheim won't tear our allies apart. ”

With a good start, Malekith was somewhat confident about what was to come. He tentatively opened his mouth and said.

"My second condition, I want Yalfheim. I want all the elves there to submit to me. ”

"You want to have two worlds?" Laughing playfully, Hela didn't give Malekith an explicit reply, but said to herself. "Fenrir, that wolf, wants Asgard as his territory. And Surter, who has already taken up residence in Mspelheim, has already extended his hand to Jotunheim. He even had some interest in Warnerheim. As for Alfheim, as far as I can tell, your deity Jörmungad seems to be showing considerable interest. ”

"You can ignore the snake for now, I just need your support to bring Alfheim under my own influence."

Faced with Hela's statement, Malekith replied unequivocally. And between his lines, Hela could clearly sense his disdain and resentment towards the newly revived gods of his race. This immediately brought a playful smile to her face.

"Yes, but the gods there need you to deal with it yourself. Of course, I guess that shouldn't be a problem for your Cursed Warriors. ”

"Of course, as long as you have your support, none of this is a problem."

Malekith, who was also satisfied with the second answer, nodded with some delight. Then he pondered, and with some hesitation said his third request.

"My third request is that you help me kill that old immortal guy in Jemongad. After it's all over, of course. ”

"Kill Jörmungad?" Suddenly, when she heard this request, even Hela herself felt a little incredible. "If I'm not mistaken, Jemongard is the god you believe in. He has fed you dark gnomes for thousands of years, why, at this time, you actually want to kill him. ”

"That's all once upon a time!"

With a hateful wave of his hand, Malekith's face could not have been more conspicuous with a hideous expression.

"If it was before, I wouldn't have a problem with it. But since it died at the hands of its own brother as the river god of the Rhine. We dark gnomes have never received any of its favors again. It is obviously not dead, but it would rather watch us be wiped out than dare to show it. And now, I have finally amassed the strength to restore the country, but it didn't even say hello to me, and directly let those damned sacrifices divide most of the military power from my hands. It's gotten to this point, do you think there's any room for peace between me and it? ”

"Stupid struggle for power!" Looking at the angry and hideous Malekis, Hela cursed in her heart, and asked him with squinted eyes. "So what do you want me to do? You must know that as the god of the Rhine, Jörmungadri did not die so easily. ”

"Of course I've thought about it, Your Majesty Hela." Hearing this, Malekith knew that the matter was more than half successful. So he immediately confided all his thoughts with joy. "I've got the people in place and I'm ready to go, as soon as the time comes. I asked them to break through the barrier between Styx, Geoor and the Rhine, so that the water of Styx could be mixed directly into the Rhine. Once the waters of the Dead Nation entered the rivers of the Rhine, the secret method of Jemongard's immortality in the Rhine was largely ineffective. And at that time, as the ruler of the underworld, wouldn't it be easy for you to take its soul away? ”

"You're really scheming." sighed, but Hela had a smile on her face. "But I appreciate your wit. Well, I agreed to this condition. ”

"Well, happy cooperation!"

Having gotten what he wanted, Malekith immediately looked up. He glanced at the queen above and laughed in unison. (To be continued.) )