Chapter 1339: The Mystery of the Feast (Part 6)

"Your Excellency the Sorcerer Supreme, since you have come here, I think using the Time Stone to return to the past timeline to investigate the murderer should not be troublesome for you, right?" Frigga looked at Strange with a smile and said.

The attitude of this Queen of Gods makes people feel like a spring breeze, and her words and deeds cannot pick out any offense at all. Even if she asks others to do things, it makes people feel that doing as she says is justified.

"Dear, perhaps you don't know that using Infinity Stones requires a price, and disturbing the timeline is even more dangerous."

"I have no intention of questioning the professionalism of the Sorcerer Supreme, but we all know that the Sorcerer Supreme is compassionate. If he can't bear to see the Queen being harmed in the past timeline and helps, maybe he will make the murderer change his target. Maybe what we see now is another corpse."

Odin rarely said such a long sentence. The onlookers immediately became nervous. Let the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth cross the timeline to investigate the murder case? Are you kidding? Are you sure that what you see later is a corpse, not that everyone has become a corpse?

Strange's reputation in the universe is not obvious, but his predecessor, his teacher Ancient One, is famous. Although Ancient One has not beaten the fathers or grandfathers of these interstellar civilization leaders, she must have beaten the fathers or grandfathers of the dimension demon gods near them.

For a long time, watching Ancient One beat up demon gods was an insurmountable development stage for the cosmic observation of interstellar civilizations. Once you see a bald female mage pressing a strange energy and beating it, congratulations, your civilization already has a fairly developed astronomical level.

The reputation of the Sorcerer Supreme is not very good, especially in terms of violence. Let him cross back to the timeline to investigate, then what falls down may not necessarily be a corpse. Even if he didn't intend to beat people, what if he crashed and triggered some timeline changes? Wouldn't everyone be unlucky?

"This Highness, please stop crying first, can you let us look at the corpse?" Loki walked up without changing her expression and changed the subject, attracting everyone's attention to the corpse. She continued: "Even if we want to cross back to the timeline, we must first know at what point in time the Queen was harmed. Can you let us check the wound?"

This strong male of the Mengyu race was twitching and crying, and couldn't even say a complete sentence.

The young human guard soldier behind him walked up, held his shoulders, and whispered a few words in his ear to soothe his emotions before he said tremblingly.

"Alright, but you must promise me to catch the murderer who killed Lilandra, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Majesty the Queen, how could..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the murderer destroyed the banquet of His Majesty the God King, we want to catch the murderer more than you, and will never let him go unpunished."

Loki said coldly while walking forward and kneeling down, turning the Queen's corpse, which was lying on the ground, over. When the corpse revealed its true face, the crowd of onlookers gasped.

A big hole was cut in the Queen's chest, her heart disappeared directly, the wounds on her chest were very messy, but what was even more terrifying was that there were three sharp claw marks on her face, and that exquisite face was even more unrecognizable.

Schiller, standing on the side, recalled the relevant data of the Mengyu race of the Shi'ar Empire. This is a somewhat strange race. In the ancient times of the Mengyu star, there lived a species similar to the feathered dinosaurs on Earth.

From the perspective of human evolution, it is roughly that this feathered dinosaur evolved into a bird in the Middle Ages, and this bird finally evolved into the Mengyu race.

So Mengyu people have both bird characteristics and are a bit like lizards. The head and neck shoulders have feathers, and the ends of the limbs have scales. They are taller than humans, and their limbs are more slender.

Another characteristic is that their hearts are larger than humans, occupying a larger proportion in the chest cavity, and the position is in the middle of the chest cavity, unlike humans who are biased to one side.

This led to the crime scene of being dug out and killed being even more terrifying. Almost all the skin and muscles on the Queen's chest disappeared, revealing a big hole, and because of the lack of heart, the void looked pitch black, and the gushing blood was like a terrifying tentacle stretching out from the abyss.

"The Queen's body is surrounded by the aura of death."

A low and hoarse voice came from a distant place, making the onlookers shudder. Loki looked up and saw the slender black figure quietly watching the corpse. Loki also scanned the surroundings and said as if explaining to someone: "No one here understands the physiological characteristics of the Mengyu race. We cannot judge the time of death of the Mengyu people based on the blood coagulation or wound performance of Asgardians."

"Your Highness Hela, I need your help. Can you determine the time of death of the Queen by analyzing the aura of death on the corpse?"

Hela walked out slowly. She didn't bend down like Loki, but stood beside the corpse and stared quietly at the body that had long lost its vitality, as if seeing the face of the young and tender princess from back then on that mature face.

Hela stretched out a hand, and black mist with a rich aura of death drifted from her fingertips towards the corpse.

And just as that wisp of mist swept across Schiller's eyes, the rich mist became thinner and thinner. After the thick fog under the World Tree dissipated, Schiller changed his clothes, said goodbye to Strange who was still dozing in the hot spring pool, and took the royal carriage back to the Xiangong Square alone.

The night in Asgard was clear and bright, the night wind blew, the dew on the hair brought a slight coolness, and the water vapor of the fountain also drilled into the nasal cavity, making people smell the moist fragrance. The laughter of children playing and returning home in twos and threes drifted further and further away.

Schiller walked back to the Xiangong in a relaxed manner. The laziness brought by soaking in the hot spring made him rarely enjoy the night in Asgard leisurely, slowly passing through the Xiangong Bridge, and seeing the brilliant lights of the Xiangong getting closer and closer.

Just as Schiller walked to the entrance of the Xiangong, the neighing of the Pegasus woke him up, followed by a familiar shout: "Schiller, why are you here?"

Schiller looked up and saw Loki. She wasn't wearing the mage robe she often wore, but rarely wore a set of armor and a cloak, looking quite heroic.

"I'm really sorry, something urgent suddenly happened, I had to go to Thor's place first, and couldn't go to your appointment." Loki jumped down from the carriage, walked to Schiller, and hugged him.

Schiller patted her arm and said: "It's okay, you went to Thor's place? I heard from Strange that it was because of Heimdall?"

Loki looked around and said: "Let's talk in my room."

Loki led Schiller to her bedroom. This is different from the guest room, but a very luxurious palace. The famous carpet, the gorgeous and soft bed, and the display shelves full of various precious jewelry and collections all reveal the luxury of the Prince's bedroom.

After Schiller walked in, he looked at the collections on the display shelf, while Loki said while taking wine from the wine cabinet: "In fact, Thor and I went to the underworld, that is, Hela's kingdom, together."

Schiller walked to the single sofa by the window, looked at the lights of the whole Asgard gradually extinguishing outside the Xiangong, and said: "I know you and Hela have been in contact, but Thor..."

"It is precisely because Thor is strong enough that there is room for communication with Hela. You also know that Hela and Odin are the most alike. They are both traditional Asgardians and only submit to the strong."

"Hela recognized Thor's status as the new king, and naturally they have no conflict." Loki brought the wine over, set up the glasses while saying: "On the contrary, it is Thor, he needs Hela's help."

Schiller thought for a moment and spat out a word: "Valhalla?"

Loki nodded, poured a glass of wine for Schiller first, then poured half a glass for herself, and said: "Valhalla is actually not Asgard's property, but Odin's personal creation."

"The All-Father intercepts those brave souls with Valhalla and resurrects them to fight for Asgard again. In the years when Asgard conquered the universe, Valhalla became the spiritual banner of the Asgardian people."

"Dying for the All-Father and having a seat in Valhalla became the honor that all Asgardian warriors dreamed of. But it's still that sentence, Valhalla is Odin's, not Asgard's."

"I understand." Schiller picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine and said: "Thor hopes to have his own Valhalla?"

"Not really." Loki's fingers rubbed the cup wall and said: "Since Asgard no longer intends to conquer the universe, it doesn't matter whether there is such a spiritual banner or not. We hope to have a relatively healthy death and reincarnation mechanism like other god systems."

"Asgardians always feel that if they can't die on the battlefield, it is the most terrible thing in the world. This view of death is actually specially cultivated by the All-Father, just to make the people more brave and good at fighting."

"And Valhalla is their sense of security. As long as I die bravely enough, the All-Father will definitely resurrect me. They are not afraid of death, they just believe in Odin."

"But this is actually not healthy, is it? Asgardians view natural death as a flood and beast. In essence, it is because they feel that natural death will never have a chance to be resurrected. Who doesn't want to be resurrected?"

Loki sighed deeply and said: "But we already owe the World Tree a debt, and we are doing this kind of dying and resurrecting, isn't that owing more and more?"

"If you want to pay off the debt, opening source and throttling is the right way. We keep seeking outward to open source, but we must also throttle inward, and we can no longer overdraw the power of the World Tree."

"To reverse this situation, we must establish a new view of death for them. But if we directly tell them that Valhalla cannot be used, or that Thor doesn't want them to use it, the people definitely won't be able to accept it for a while."

"So, we plan to bring up the past again." Loki touched her eye socket lightly and said: "Perhaps you humans have also heard of Helheim in the Nine Realms, that is, the underworld, a cold and foggy place, where Hel is the residence of the Queen of the Underworld, Hela, and also the resting place of the dead."

"I know, in human legends, this is not as famous as Valhalla, but in fact, this is where the souls of the Aesir truly belong."

Loki shook her head and said: "Before this, Hela was imprisoned here by Odin. This is her cage, but not her fief."

"When the All-Father was in power, he didn't allow Hela to leave Helheim for half a step at all. Hela had no ability or authority to receive the souls of the Aesir. Those dead souls on her fief were all left over from before."

Schiller nodded and said: "I understand. You lack an existence similar to Osiris, the god of the underworld in the Egyptian god system, responsible for receiving the souls of the clansmen to the underworld, letting them pass away quietly there and return to natural reincarnation."

"Exactly." Loki nodded forcefully and said: "Thor went this time to talk to Hela."

"He intends to seal this former long princess as a Prince of Asgard, with Helheim as her fief, but she will not participate in Asgard's internal affairs, only responsible for receiving the souls of the dead and making them rest in peace."

"Then, what does Odin think?" Schiller asked a key question.

Loki sighed again and said: "This is also the question Hela asked us. In fact, Thor and I also want to know what Odin thinks."

"I can trace the location of the Queen's soul through the aura of death on the corpse."

The hoarse voice startled Schiller from his memories. The atmosphere in the banquet hall was still stagnant.

Hela, standing beside the corpse, spoke: "The Queen died not long ago, maybe I can pull her soul back."

The crowd of onlookers was immediately noisy, including "hurry up", "what are you waiting for" and other sentences.

But at this time, Hela glanced at Thor and swept her gaze across Loki's face, speaking slowly: "But I must borrow the power of Helheim to let the aura of death spread out, so that it is possible to find the Queen's soul among the thousands of dead souls in the Nine Realms."

"Then what are you waiting for?"

When the voice of the All-Father sounded, the noise disappeared instantly. Odin looked into Hela's eyes and repeated it again: "... Then what are you waiting for?"

Thor and Loki looked at each other. Hela turned her head and stared into her father's eyes with eyes full of death aura, saying: "Of course, I am waiting for the permission of the Lord of the Nine Realms."

Odin looked at Hela silently for a while, and the hand hugging Frigga became tighter.

Only this Queen of Gods who accompanied the God King for a lifetime knew that the All-Father, who never retreated and never softened, would also tremble with his fingertips because of sadness.

"Then you should ask Thor, not me."

When Odin's voice fell, Loki turned around. Schiller saw her expression of letting out a long breath. Soon Thor's voice sounded.

"In the name of the Lord of the Nine Realms, I grant you such power, with Helheim as your fief and weapon, allowing your power of death to pass through the Nine Realms, presiding over all the coming and going of the dead, so that all living beings in the Nine Realms can obtain eternal rest."

Finally, Thor slowly spat out a name: "... Hela Odinson."

When the moonlight shone into the colored glass window, it was like putting a cold and gorgeous gauze on Hela.

This legendary Highness's low and hoarse tone drifted away with the wind, drifting further and further.

"For... the glory of the Northern Gods."

Some people say the sequel should be called Three Detectives, laughing to death, look at this like it can make up three detectives? ===== CHAPTER 1340 =====

Some people say the later chapters should be called "Three Detectives." Laughable. Do you really think this looks like a group that could scrape together three detectives?