Denial, completely subconscious denial.

After saying this, Hela herself was a little puzzled, why did she deny it?

Is there anything unsightly?

Hela, who followed her father Odin to the Rainbow Bridge, thought to herself, and couldn't think of a name for a while.

It felt like I was doing something bad on the sly.

"What's wrong Hela?"

Friggya, who had been waiting on the rainbow bridge for a long time, couldn't help but ask when she saw her daughter's distracted appearance.

As a qualified mother, she is happy to listen to the troubles in her daughter's heart.

In fact, she has always done this, which is why she is not Hela's biological mother but still has a good mother-daughter relationship with Hela.

"Nothing, just something weird."

Hela, who had come back to her senses, shook her head, turned over and jumped on her horse after Odin.

This will be their means of transportation to Vormir before their departure.

Using the Rainbow Bridge to teleport out of the Nine Realms, and then riding a horse in the universe is Asgard's usual way of traveling.

"Well, if you want someone to talk to, I'll be waiting for you in Asgard at any time."

Under the gentle gaze of Friggia, the figures of Odin and Hela disappeared in an instant in the colorful glare of the Rainbow Bridge.

Three days later, somewhere in the universe.

"Father, actually, I think we in Asgard should start working on spaceships as well."

Hela, who was resting on an uninhabited planet, took out the hay from the Asgardian pasture from her shoulder bag and piled it up in front of the war horse, and after a while, she suddenly raised her eyes and suggested to her father in front of her.

After getting used to the comfort of a spaceship, it really irritated her to use a very primitive means of transportation like horseback riding.

Especially to stop and feed the horses, nothing else matters.

"Oh?"

"I remember, you used to like horseback riding." Odin remembers the old days, when young Hela was a frequent visitor to the Asgardian ranch.

"But there's no reason for us to turn down more advanced technology, can we, father?"

"Of course, then, this matter will be left to you, how about Hela?"

"Deliver, me?" Hearing this, Hela frowned.

"Yes, over to you, don't let me down, Hela." Odin smiled, stretched out his hand to stroke the flying horse that was eating, and his eyes as deep as the vast starry sky looked into the mysterious depths of the universe.

There, in that far away land full of unknowns, there was the next goal that Odin was going to challenge.

Those supreme beings are also the reason why Odin went to Vormir to take the soul gem.

Soul Gem + Space Gem + Destroyer Armor is enough for him to retain a glimmer of life in a possible defeat.

As Odin's strength grew, the Nine Realms could no longer satisfy his appetite.

Not long ago, after leading the Asgardian army to capture Warnerheim, only Jotunheim was left in the entire Nine Realms who was still resisting.

Despite losing the Frost Giant's Treasure Ice Crate, Laufey, the Frost Giant, seems to have received some of the power of the Giant's ancestor, Ymir, and derived a way to borrow the power of the World Tree to resist Asgard's invasion.

Unless Odin is now willing to destroy the entire Nine Realms Foundation World Tree in one fell swoop, the only way to capture Jotunheim is to rely on water milling.

It is precisely because of this that Odin, who has basically completed the initial conquest, will completely look at the group of supreme beings outside the Nine Realms.

He's going to challenge, he's going to conquer.

He wants to become the first person in this universe step by step!

Odin, whose ambition is unprecedentedly inflated along with his strength, thinks so.

Either don't do it, or just get it right the first time.

As long as he defeats those supreme beings, the entire universe will be in his pocket, and no one will be able to stop him, including Thanos.

Odin also knew that his decision was actually very risky, but there was no way, he couldn't suppress his heart at all.

So, he made two preparations.

Asgard Tech has made great strides under Hela's leadership, and that will be one of the best boosters for her to ascend to the throne.

If he doesn't return, the Asgardian royal family won't break down, and Hela will be able to inherit his mantle and complete his uncontested career.

[Let me be responsible?] 】

[How to develop a spaceship?] 】

Hela, who had only sat on the finished product, fell into deep thought on the way to Vormir on horseback.

After substituting herself into this new identity and new role, Hela suddenly found that she was ignorant of all types of warship and ship construction.

[When you go back, look for Beckett? 】

Subconsciously, Hela remembered a few times when she had seen Beckett, and the battleship he was on was not the same.

Apart from Beckett, there doesn't seem to be a second person who can help her.

Hella thought about it and did not find another person in his list of acquaintances with mature warship-building technology.

The long journey faded away in Odin's vision and Hela's thoughts.

It took them thirteen days before they arrived at their destination, Volmir, a desolate planet that seemed to be inhabited by any life.

"According to the description on that map, the soul gem is on it." Ignoring the snow that had plummeted over Vormir after the two arrived, Hela opened her eyes, awoke from her memories of the map, and led the way ahead of Odin.

"Welcome to Vormir, Odin, son of Pol."

"Welcome to Vormir, Hela, daughter of Odin."

Stepping up the hillside from the plains, a voice rang out in the ears of Odin and Helar.

"You know us?"

A vigilant Odin reached out to protect Hela behind him, staring at the figure that appeared on the hillside in front of him.

A handsome face that a tattered cloak can't hide.

"To know who is here is a curse to be placed on me."

"Where's the Soul Gem?" Odin asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Odin, you should understand that in order to obtain the soul gem, you have to pay a considerable price."

"I'm ready."

Odin, who was protecting Hela behind him, looked serious, he had been preparing for this moment for a long time.

"Before you, everyone who saw me said that, but in the end, they all realized that they were very wrong."

"Don't compare me to those people."

"Those people said the same thing, but in the end, they all backed down at the last step."

"What is the price to pay for getting gems?"

Hella, who can't stand the man's trickery, goes straight in.

"Sacrifice the soul of your loved one."

"What?"

"It's fair to trade souls for souls, isn't it?"

The man smiled, and his body floating in mid-air slowly landed.

"And it must be someone you love."

"Don't think about opportunism, the soul gem is, in a sense, the embodiment of the wisdom of this universe, which can discern whether a person is sincere or not, and whether he has really paid the price."

"All those who try to deceive it will pay a terrible price in the end, even you."

"So, tell me Odin, what is your choice?"

The man in the cloak smiled, but the look in Hela's eyes sent chills down his heart.

Hela turned her head and looked at her father beside her, meeting Odin's gaze as well.

"Father, Father......"

Frost and snow fell, and the atmosphere on the mountainside suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

"It's time to go home, Hela."

After a long time, Odin, whose voice was hoarse, spoke.

"Go home, go back to Asgard."