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Chapter 240 The Approaching Cosmic Collision

Chapter 240 The Approaching Cosmic Collision

This attack shattered Loki's disguise. The girl vanished like mist, and a handsome man emerged from it.

Rune finally understood where his inexplicable sense of familiarity came from. Looking at the man in green armor with a flamboyant horned helmet on his head, who else could it be but Loki, the god of mischief?

Incidentally, Odin's blow was probably the most profound display of paternal love that Rune had ever witnessed, something that most intelligent beings in the world could not bear.

"Father, why?" Loki cried out in pain as he looked at Odin in disbelief, appearing somewhat pitiful, but Odin was not fooled by his appearance.

"If you dare run out, you'll lose your other leg too!" Odin's rage was terrifying; he was enveloped in golden energy, and his remaining eye blazed with intense flames. The Spear of Eternity returned to his hand. Loki, biting his lower lip, forced himself to his feet and limped out of the hall.

Seeing this, Rune looked at Odin with confusion and asked a question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time: "You clearly treat Loki as your own son, so why won't you say 'I love you' or anything like that? Why are you so harsh on him?"

He couldn't understand the relationship between Odin and Loki. Many things were so obvious, yet Odin and Loki refused to open up to each other. For example, right now, Odin could simply explain to Loki how dangerous the situation was, but he wouldn't say a word, instead resorting to such a terrifying method to prevent Loki's escape.

.....

These words left Odin speechless. His adoption of Loki was politically motivated; he hoped Loki would become the King of Jotunheim, become Thor's brother, and work together to maintain a peaceful and harmonious relationship. However, after spending so much time together, Odin had to admit that deep down, he also loved Loki.

However, having no experience in raising children and having been in a high position for a long time, Odin was unwilling to communicate with his sons. He assumed that Loki and Thor were as strong as he was, so he never cared about their feelings. Thor didn't know what kind of king Odin wanted him to be, and Loki didn't know if Odin loved him.

So when faced with Rune's question, Odin also fell silent. What a joke! Do you expect a heavenly father to say "I love you" to his sons? That's utterly foolish.

Seeing Odin remain silent for so long, Rune sighed helplessly. He tried to change the subject to ease the awkwardness: "What about Thor? Should we just leave him on the ground?"

Odin simply tapped the ground with his spear, and Thor, who was lying drunk, was teleported away. Poor Thor had no idea that Heimdall had seen everything he did in Midgard. Soon, Heimdall would report Thor's actions to Odin, and Thor might get a beating even more severe than Loki.

"Do you know when the next cosmic collision will be?" Rune asked quietly after Thor was teleported away.

"It's the day after tomorrow," Odin said seriously. "Can you get everything sorted out by tomorrow?"

Rune shook his head: "I have constructed a large enough space, but given the size of my dimensional portal, tomorrow might only be enough to complete the Asgardian relocation."

"That's enough." Odin nodded, that was the only way he could console himself. He didn't care about the thoughts of the intelligent beings who had already paid and were waiting to survive the apocalypse. As long as his own people could get through this apocalypse safely, that was enough: "We don't need to fight against another universe for other intelligent beings. I'll call the serpent back now, and begin the transfer—"

"Wait!" Rune said helplessly, "I advise you not to do this. As a person, or rather, as a Heavenly Father, you must be trustworthy."

Knowing the plot, Rune knew that in the end, Mr. Fantastic of Universe 616 would use the power beyond the gods to reshape the multiverse and modify the timeline, bringing back the fallen heroes. This meant that even if the group of cosmic elders who paid the money and other powerful forces were deceived and died, they would still regain their memories when the universe was reborn. At that time, unless Asgard directly settled in the DC universe, they would face an attack from countless powerful forces.

Odin looked at Rune with suspicion. He knew a thing or two about this sorcerer. To say Rune was a bad person—that was certainly not the case, after all, he dared to confront the Red Clan directly. But to say he was a good person—that wasn't quite right either. Taking advantage of Doctor Strange's absence, he stole the spellbook from Kamar-Taj and used insidious dark magic to kill a Sorcerer Supreme from another world—

Rune didn't bother to say more, only stating, "You'd better listen to me, Odin, I'm doing this for your own good—"

It's for my own good. If you die here, then your promise to protect the DC Universe will just be an empty promise.

Odin looked at Rune, seemingly lost in thought.

"Alright, I won't ask you to do anything. But you have to help us when we fight against another universe."

Now it was Rune's turn to be surprised: "Did you and Orochi help block those previous universes?"

In other worlds, Rune didn't know who was destroying another universe, but in Universe 616, the first to destroy another universe was the Illuminati, followed by supervillains led by Thanos. In the Ultimate Universe, it was Ultimate Reed Richards. Rune never expected that in this world, it would be Odin and the Serpent.

Odin smiled, and his divine power dissipated, revealing his battered armor; some parts of his armor were even pierced through.

The flesh inside was exposed, and there were three deep cuts that exposed bone, with golden blood still seeping out.

"Part of it."

Rune looked at Odin with a complicated expression. At least in this matter, the Odins of other universes were not as responsible as this Odin. This Odin was truly determined to protect the safety of the Nine Realms.

"I must thank you on behalf of all living beings in this universe," Rune said, and Odin laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"With your words, my sacrifice was worthwhile," Odin said happily. He even caught some blood in his palm and offered it to Rune: "Do you need it?"

?

"Don't look at me with that puzzled expression," Odin said with a laugh. "I know you have a way to absorb the power contained in blood. Take it. Once you absorb it, you'll be an Asgardian, and I'll feel more at ease."

Just then, the serpent also emerged, followed by the other eight Heavenly Hammer Lords. The former God-King said regretfully, "I really wish you had killed Odin just now, so I could have happily killed you and become the King of Asgard."