Odin who had gone upstairs to be alone with Valkyrie finally showed himself as he really was—he was old, but he was not confused at all, and there was a sly glint in his only eye, and Valkyrie did not know whether to call the old man's calculations treacherous or wise.

But she remembers in a trance that Odin was indeed not only a general who could fight well, but also a scheming politician.

"The world only thinks that Loki is my adopted son, and his full of tricks must come from his own father, the evil ice giant Laufey, but they don't know that Loki's tricks are inherited from me, and Laufey has nothing to do with them......"

At this time, Odin said with a smile,

"Loki's personality is actually more similar to mine than Thor's, but his background has influenced him too much and forced him astray."

Valkyrie hadn't met Loki, so he didn't know how much Odin's adopted son resembled his adoptive father, but it was certain that Thor didn't look much like his father.

"Thor is really not like you, he is too simple and reckless." Valkyrie Road.

"Hehe, yes." Odin nodded approvingly and sighed, "So I don't worry about leaving like this, I'm worried that after I leave, Asgard will be destroyed, the Nine Realms will be destroyed, and I'm worried that the creatures of the Nine Realms will be poisoned......"

Valkyrie expressed dissatisfaction with Odin's current appearance of worrying about the country and the people, and frowned: "Oh, Odin, don't put on a benevolent monarch's appearance in front of me, don't forget that I know your true colors, you and your excellent daughter Hela, you were once invaders of the Nine Realms, and you used force to bring the creatures of the Nine Realms to their knees!" ”

"Don't think that if you remember the names of those Valkyries, I'll forgive you for what you did in the first place, Odin, don't act in front of me, you can't fool me! You aggressor! ”

"Invaders? Really? Odin was not angry, smiling and repeating Valkyrie's words, before nodding, "Yes, I am indeed an aggressor. I led the armies of Asgard to occupy the territory of the Nine Realms one after another, and won the respect of the creatures of the Nine Realms by force...... Well, or it would be more appropriate to be afraid, and I would use force to make them afraid. ”

Valkyrie didn't expect Odin to admit it so happily, but he nodded anyway, "That's right, that's exactly what happened. ”

Odin smiled again, and then said, "Valkyrie, imagine a scenario...... If you and your friends and family are lost in the vastness of the universe in a spaceship, you lack food, you lack fuel, and you will die soon......"

"At this time, you landed on a planet that has a suitable environment for you to live in, and the planet is full of supplies, delicious fruits and vegetables, and trees that can be used to build houses...... What will you do? ”

Valkyrie was slightly stunned, and then replied, "Of course it's to survive on this planet." ”

"Yes." Odin smiled and nodded, "What do you do when you've filled your stomachs and pitched your tent, and on your first night, you suddenly find a large number of strange creatures around you, and these creatures are watching you and surround you?" ”

Valkyrie subconsciously said, "Of course it's to drive them away." ”

Odin said: "I don't know if they have eaten the fruits around you or encroached on their land, they have come around you again and again, constantly observing you, testing you, and even trying to attack you?" ”

Valkyrie gritted his teeth: "Then I will fight back, make an example of the monkeys, and make these creatures realize that we are powerful, until they dare not come to attack our idea again!" ”

Odin nodded, and then said with a smile: "But Valkyrie, have you ever found that in the process, you have completed the invasion of this planet, and you are already an invader." ”

"I ......," Valkyrie retorted, saying that he was just a survivor, a desperate man. But on second thought, she took over the planet's territory, plundered its resources, drove away its original creatures, and even killed them......

What is this not an aggressor?

"But I'm here to survive, and I can't communicate with the creatures of this planet, and if I can communicate peacefully with these creatures, I will never invade them! I would never do anything like that! Valkyrie said.

Odin nodded slightly: "I believe you, Valkyrie, that it is the morality of civilized creatures not to use force and not to invade the territory and resources that belong to others when they can communicate peacefully." But in this vast universe, it is very rare that two races of creatures who meet for the first time will be able to communicate peacefully......"

"Especially in the absence of any knowledge of each other, any race that is the first to attack can wipe out another race, and in order to survive, no race wants to be the one who is passively beaten......"

"We are only qualified to talk about morality if we are guaranteed to survive, do you agree, Valkyrie?"

Valkyrie thought for a moment, then nodded lightly, "I agree." ”

Odin smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "Asgard at the beginning, the situation is exactly the same as the example I just given, we have just arrived in the Nine Realms, and we don't know anything about other worlds, and there are races full of good intentions in the Nine Realms: such as humans, Warner Protoss...... There are also malevolent races, such as the Dark Elves, such as the Ice Giants, such as the Fire Giants, ......"

"In a situation where we don't know the others and can't communicate effectively, in order to survive, we can only preemptively strike, and we can only go and conquer them by force first...... In this case, you say that I am the aggressor, and I admit it. ”

"But when we were able to communicate with other races, and when we were able to use other means to stop the war, to stop each other from harming, I immediately ended the war and chose peace instead. I promise to bless them as the guardian of these Nine Realms to make up for the damage I have done to them for their aggression before......"

"It is precisely for this reason that my daughter, Hela, and I had a disagreement, and our father and daughter turned against each other, and even fought against each other......"

"But Valkyrie, if you say I'm an aggressor, then I can only admit that you're right, I was an aggressor before."

Hearing this, Valkyrie could no longer continue to condemn Odin, and she suddenly realized that her previous criticism of Odin was one-sided, narrow-minded, and could not stand up to scrutiny.

Odin was right when he said that morality should not be discussed at all until the survival of the race is guaranteed. If the survival of a race is threatened, then what is the use of morality?

So Valkyrie took a deep breath and apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Father of the Gods, I offended. ”

Odin shook his head kindly and said in a low voice: "No, Valkyrie, it is me who should apologize, I owe all you Valkyries an apology......"

"Because of my negligence, I mistakenly thought that Hela would not dare to rebel openly because of my intimidation, so I sent you to hunt her down and bring her back. I don't think Hela will do anything with you, after all, the Valkyries represent me and Asgard, and represent our supreme kingship......"

"But who would have thought that Hela would be so crazy and so wanton...... She attacked you, even ...... Let the Valkyries be annihilated......"

"Until now, I still feel guilty about the Valkyrie, I'm sorry, Valkyrie, I don't dare to ask for the forgiveness of the dead, but I must say sorry to you."

And hearing this, Valkyrie was already in tears.

She never expected to get any feedback from Odin, and a simple but sincere "I'm sorry" was enough to move her......