Chapter 1085: Father and Daughter (14)

Just this one short question caused Mobius's emotions to collapse directly. He leaned back in his chair somewhat limply and said: "Of course I don't want to die, but other than that, I have no other way."

"You haven't worked here, so you don't know how cruel the Director is."

"During his travels through the multiverse, his biggest hobby is collecting various tortures from various worlds, and then using his ability to control time to infinitely slow down the painful process of every victim, until they fall into the deepest and most painful hell."

Mobius's voice was shaking so much that it was unclear what he was saying: "I have never been responsible for torture, but I once happened to see it once. Ravonna, B-15, and others are the same. We have all seen his atrocities..."

"I don't want to see such a scene a second time, so we wanted to help that little girl escape, and we don't want such terrible things to happen to us..."

"But you chose her between yourselves and that little girl." Loki lowered her eyelids. The halo behind her became brighter and brighter. When Mobius looked up again, he even saw a trace of compassion in Loki's eyes that he had never seen on anyone's face.

"'If I don't go to hell, who will?' This sentence sounds light, but almost no one does it. Between one's own suffering and the suffering of others, people will instinctively choose to let others suffer."

"Anyone who can overcome this instinct is a rare saint, so you deserve my respect."

Mobius's expression gradually calmed down. After a while, he stood up straight with his remaining strength, adjusted his tie and hair, looked at Loki, and said: "Leave here, take your daughter, and return to the life you originally had..."

"Since you don't want to die, you should let me stay and help you find a possible way out."

Loki stood up from the chair, pushed the door open, and walked out. Mobius didn't know where she was going, but instinctively followed her.

"If it were in the past, I would never follow you, nor would I listen to anything you said." Mobius shook his head lightly.

Loki's expression suddenly flickered. Standing by the door, she repeated in a low voice: "If it were in the past, I would never follow you..."

Suddenly, she stopped, looked at Mobius with burning eyes, and asked: "Why didn't you want to follow me before?"

"Because the you I knew before was a fool full of lies, arrogant, and only capable of pulling some childish pranks. Not to mention following you, I would never allow you to appear in my office. Who knows what kind of mess you would make?"

"Then why are you willing to follow me now?"

"If it were before, I would think, perhaps this is still another one of your lies." Mobius looked into her eyes and said: "But just now, I could feel that no matter what, your desire to help us is real."

Loki stood there, lost in thought. After a while, she said to Mobius: "Thank you, you made me understand one thing."

"What thing?" The two continued to walk forward. Mobius asked with some confusion. Loki slowly opened her mouth and said:

"To destroy trust is actually very simple, even so simple that a lie can smash all the prestige established in the past. And if my first half of life was all lies, then no one believing me is also my own fault."

"Building trust is very difficult. It's not that I suddenly changed and made some contributions, and everyone should immediately treat me as a guest of honor and bow down..."

Loki sighed and said: "They don't trust me, don't respect me, perhaps not just because I have no status, but because I, or rather the previous me, indeed didn't deserve anyone's respect, because I didn't even respect myself."

Hearing her say this, Mobius knew she must be talking about Asgard again, and now, Mobius didn't want to hear any news about the Asgardian royal family anymore.

And Loki, walking in front, gradually became calm. She seemed to have suddenly made an important decision, and instead felt relieved.

Previously, her plan was to use the special nature and powerful military force of her own universe to save this group of civil servants to fill the shortage of manpower in Asgard.

If the Time Variance Authority were really destroyed and the Director was lurking outside, then this group of people could only pledge allegiance to Asgard and her to seek protection.

Their character had been tested, and Asgardians also appreciated this spirit of self-sacrifice. It wouldn't be difficult to integrate, so they were quite good candidates.

And the reason she wanted to help this group of people, besides sighing at their character, was actually to gain some favor. After all, this group of people were civil servants and might work under her in the future. Showing a style of sharing weal and woe in advance would make it easier to lead the team later.

But now, what Mobius just said made Loki fall into thought.

Indeed, planning and some harmless lies can achieve goals quickly, but if you do it too much, everyone knows what kind of person you are, and no one will follow you.

In addition, Loki had also seen Schiller's experience before. It could be said that Schiller's strategy and planning level were the only ones Loki was willing to believe in and admit were stronger than her own, but even so, it almost caused a disaster.

Facts have proved that if you want to accomplish things, only plans and arrangements won't work. No matter how brilliant the plan is, it is dead, while people are alive.

Loki hadn't thought about what Thor was actually better than her at?

And after experiencing so many things, Loki had already reached the answer, and that is—sincerity.

Strategy can gain manpower; sincerity can exchange for hearts.

If there is any growth in the current Loki compared to before, it is that she has admitted that her current situation in Asgard cannot be blamed entirely on others, and she herself must bear a large part of the responsibility.

After all, the lies were all told by herself, and the pranks were all played by herself. It's fine to say they all had meaning, but thinking about it now, many were indeed just to satisfy her own bad taste.

People always have to pay the price for their youthful frivolity one day. Loki thought, perhaps now, it was her turn to pay the price.

Since lies don't work, why not... be sincere once?

On the corridor, Loki suddenly stopped. Mobius watched her.

Loki walked to the center of the corridor. After a flash of light, Loki returned to the image of a handsome young man, wearing the most grand and complex armor of Asgard, and even wearing the crown he didn't often wear.

Loki stroked his chest with his hand and bowed to Mobius. Mobius was startled by him and jumped up from his seat, standing there at a loss, saying: "What's wrong? Why are you... suddenly..."

"Please allow me to thank you, Mr. Mobius." Loki straightened up, looked at him, and said: "Every Asgardian in this universe is my home. I don't want to see any member of Asgard suffer."

"The kindness of you and your colleagues saved an Asgardian god. Whether she is me from another universe or my family, you are her benefactor and also my benefactor."

"To repay your kindness, I guarantee to you that I will fight for you with all my strength. No matter whether the Director of the so-called Time Variance Authority returns, I and the Asgard behind me will always be your solid backing."

"Enough!"

A cold female voice came. Ravonna led B-15 and several other guards who were obviously aware of this matter over.

Mobius seemed somewhat flustered, but Loki saw that his conversation with Mobius was actually already under Ravonna's control, and all of this was her tacit approval.

"Who do you think you are?"

Ravonna walked to Loki, holding a staff in one hand, looked at Loki, and said: "You are just an Asgardian prince in a small universe, while the Time Variance Authority controls all timelines in the universe, and the Director of the Time Variance Authority can even integrate an entire Ragnarok into a staff."

After speaking, Ravonna raised the staff in her hand. A ray of golden light emerged from the tip of the staff. Just looking at this light made Loki feel a trace of unease.

"Whatever decisions we make and whatever things we do, we will eventually pay the price ourselves."

"We don't need anyone's protection, nor do we need you, this damn time criminal, to take responsibility for us."

Ravonna looked at Loki with cold eyes and said: "And you cannot bear this responsibility."

Loki didn't feel angry because of her attitude. On the contrary, he looked at Ravonna with sincere eyes and said: "I admit that I am not strong enough yet to completely eliminate this disaster for you."

After speaking, Loki lowered his head slightly, pressed his eyebrows with his index and middle fingers together. Mobius next to him recognized that this was the gesture Asgardians used to make an oath.

This young prince in gorgeous armor was more high-spirited than any Loki present had ever seen, even though he had just been a delicate and gentle goddess.

Ravonna looked at Loki, and a trace of incredulity appeared in the eyes of this female Chief Judge.

Because she knew that when an Asgardian god swore by the honor of Asgard, the oath would be heard by every Asgardian. If the oath was not fulfilled, the owner of the oath would be forever exiled from Asgard.

In the past, the sound of oaths always came from the All-Father known to Asgardians, or the new King now.

And on this day, when a slightly unfamiliar voice appeared over Asgard, all Asgardians looked up in shock.

"I swear by the glory of the Northern Gods, no matter how weak I am, no matter how much I can do, if disaster is destined to come, I will stand with my friends until the last drop of blood is shed, fighting to the death." ===== CHAPTER 1086 =====