Chapter 1356
"I killed her! I killed this damn slut!" The Prince Consort's voice sounded like a scream, and also like crying. He pounded the ground hard with his hands and said, "This damn woman only married me to win over the nobles, but she doesn't know loyalty at all. This is the end she deserves!
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But at this time, Schiller revealed a look of surprise. He gently touched his lips and said, "I pointed out the Prince Consort as the murderer, originally just to interfere with the line of sight. I am just an ordinary human, how could I have evidence? I didn't expect it to be a hit. It seems my luck is good."
"You damn human, I'm going to kill you!
I'm going to kill you!
" The Prince Consort was completely crazy. He rushed up from the ground, waving his sharp claws and attacking Schiller.
Schiller stood still, looking at him with a smile. In the next second, Asgard's divine power, the gloves of the Iron Man suit, Kamar-Taj's magic, and even Thanos's arm and Star-Lord's sword all attacked the Prince Consort.
The Queen's Prince Consort could indeed use the divine power of the Shi'ar dual gods, but in the face of so much power, it was just a drop in the bucket. With a "bang," the Prince Consort was knocked flying.
Thor's face darkened. He looked at the Prince Consort with cold eyes and said, "Do you mean that you not only murdered your wife in Asgard, but also threw her corpse at my banquet?"
Accompanied by thunder in the Asgardian sky, all the guests silently lowered their heads, fearing that Thor's gaze would sweep over them.
"I never knew the Shi'ar Empire was so bold and reckless." Odin spoke to add fuel to the fire, "The Shi'ar people I met before were very friendly."
Thor's face became colder. Others present could hear Odin's meaning. When the All-Father was in power, the Shi'ar Empire didn't dare to move. As soon as Thor took the throne, they came here to pull off a big stunt. Isn't this clearly saying that you, the new king, are not worthy?
"Calm down, Thor." Loki stepped forward at the right time. He glanced at Schiller's face. In fact, without Schiller's eye reminder, the few people around also knew how to handle the current situation.
Thor stood silently, as if accumulating thunder power. At this moment, there was a commotion at the door. A group of people wearing the noble clothing of the Shi'ar Empire's Raptor race rushed in. They were the accompanying ministers.
They first threw themselves on the ground, cried for the Queen for a while, then rushed forward to punch and kick the Prince Consort, and finally crawled on the ground trembling to beg for Thor's forgiveness.
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They knew that this was the only chance to save their lives. They must calm the King of Gods' anger and let Thor realize their value, so that it is possible to be imprisoned instead of being killed.
"This is also entirely the Prince Consort's personal behavior, it just happened to happen in Asgard. Your Majesty the King of Gods, I think you should immediately contact the Elder Council of the Shi'ar Empire. We are willing to express our greatest apologies for this matter!" The leading Raptor noble shouted loudly.
He knew that Thor could use this to make a big fuss, open his mouth like a lion to demand compensation from the Shi'ar Empire, and even if he got the compensation, he could declare war, and then plunder. It was the Shi'ar Empire itself that handed the excuse for war to Asgard, so it wouldn't be too much for Thor to ask for more.
Therefore, it wasn't that he wanted to betray his country. He would have to bleed heavily sooner or later. Calming this King of Gods early might save his life.
The dance floor had begun to be filled with the whispers of guests. In any case, such a thing happening at a banquet hosted by the Asgardian King of Gods was a bit too outrageous. Not to mention that the Asgardian brutes had bad tempers, even a civilization with a good temper could not tolerate outsiders doing this.
"Your Majesty the King of Gods, please calm your anger. Although this matter is not Asgard's fault, since it has already happened, it must be solved." A trembling old man walked out of the crowd. Schiller felt that he might be a member of the Council of Elders of the Universe, but he didn't know who it was.
When stared at by Thor's gaze, the old man trembled, and another figure Schiller was more familiar with walked out. It was the Grandmaster.
The Grandmaster sighed while holding a wine glass and pulled his companion. It seemed that he had no hope at all that the Asgardians would calm their anger, so he just perfunctorily said: "Remember to notify us when you start fighting, don't break my collection again like last time."
After saying that, he wanted to leave with his companion, but at this moment Thor's voice sounded: "Are you trying to replace me and make Asgard declare war on the Shi'ar Empire?"
The Grandmaster's movements stiffened. He gritted his teeth, and the cursing words circled in his mouth, but he didn't speak. He knew that this young monarch was no longer what he used to be, not the brute covered in blood in the arena.
He is a true King of Gods of Light, and when facing any King of Gods questioning whether someone is usurping his power, the best reaction is to apologize quickly and not give the other party too many opportunities to be suspicious.
"I definitely didn't mean that, Your Majesty the King of Gods. I just think such provocation by the Shi'ar Empire is too rude, and it is reasonable for you to declare war."
"But I don't intend to do that."
After Thor's words fell, everyone looked at him in shock, and Thor gently stroked the pattern on his chest and said: "This is indeed rude to the extreme, which makes me very angry. No member of Asgard can tolerate anyone destroying the banquet in this way."
Everyone listened silently to Thor's next words. This King of Gods, who held great power, would decide the future interstellar situation. To be honest, most civilizations did not want war.
When gods fight, mortals suffer. In the war between the three great empires, the ones who died the most were not the members of the three great empires, but the affiliated civilizations within their jurisdiction. The thousand-year war between the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire did not hurt their foundations, precisely because their main ethnic groups were too few. Most of the staggering casualty figures were cannon fodder from affiliated civilizations.
No one likes to be cannon fodder, they are just powerless to resist.
Although they knew it was impossible in their hearts, some leaders of civilizations present still held a fluke. What if? What if they didn't fight?
But another voice in their hearts told them, don't dream. With the temper of those Asgardian brutes, no one provokes them, and they have to fight five battles in three days. The Shi'ar Empire is jumping on their faces to die like this. The new official takes office and needs three fires. How can the new king not fight all three great empires?
"Asgard will not declare war on the Shi'ar Empire."
When this sentence fell, the silence on the dance floor became even more deafening. Everyone looked at each other in shock, as if confirming whether they were hallucinating.
"But this is not because I am not angry enough, nor because Asgard can tolerate provocation, but because I know that for many years, Asgard has brought too much death and destruction to the interstellar space."
Thor lowered his head slightly and said in a painful tone: "Strength is our nature, destruction is our mission. Becoming a natural disaster is not our intention, but the path we must take."
"But I know that bloodshed and death are not the end of civilization. Slaughtering the weak is neither just nor necessary. Asgard will inevitably walk on a path of civilization like other creatures in the universe. Since that is the case, why can't it be today?"
Thor stretched out a hand and pounded his chest, saying: "Today, we will hide our anger in our hearts, no longer stir up the waves of war, but like other powerful creatures in the universe, take on the responsibilities we should have."
Everyone present looked up at Thor. The words of this monarch, whose face still looked young, were sonorous and powerful, making everyone feel a shock from the heart.
It was not because they chose peace, but because they were so strong, they could have grabbed the benefits of victory, but they chose peace.
But at this moment, an untimely cold snort came from the crowd. A purple figure stood at the end of the corpse holding a wine glass, looking at Thor standing in front of the corpse. Thanos had no fear in his eyes.
"Your Majesty the King of Gods, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Thanos, a member of the Interstellar Security Committee of the Ring Star Region. I'm afraid I have to spoil your public speech, because I have seen two full shelves of reports on Asgard destroying a certain star region in the interstellar security files."
"Your Majesty, do you think your speech can erase the devastating disasters suffered by these races?"
Suddenly, the sound of gasping in the entire banquet hall was louder than the wind outside. Under the stunned appearance of the crowd, the hidden emotion could be roughly summarized in one sentence—"Don't you want to live anymore?!"
"Mr. Thanos, I think I have something to say about this." Thor looked up and scanned the surroundings, saying: "Asgard admits that it has brought disasters to countless civilizations and races. We do not deny our crimes of destruction, nor do we intend to erase this history with powerful force."
"But precisely because of our strength, we have the confidence to say to everyone that if we want to take on the responsibility of interstellar security, then the races we can protect in the future will definitely be more than the races we have destroyed."
"If everyone dwells on the past and always excludes us from the interstellar society, then the historical scars brought by the moving natural disaster will never be eliminated, and the possibility of the interstellar society having a better future will also be erased, right?"
A perfect answer, the smart people present thought. Instead of dwelling on whether the past was right or wrong, it is better to tell everyone directly that the dead will not speak, and the destroyed civilization has no value. It is better to think about the future. Do you want to continue to have a moving natural disaster, or a powerful empire that has scruples and may protect certain civilizations?
"Forgive my bluntness, Your Majesty the King of Gods, I'm afraid you think interstellar security is too simple. Even if the three great empires join forces to build a ring area to solve various interstellar affairs, interstellar security still plagues the leaders of all powerful civilizations."
"Asgard, as a god race with a population less than one-thousandth of the main ethnic group of the three great empires and a territory less than one-ten-thousandth of an empire, where does the contribution to interstellar security come from?"
"Regarding this point, Asgard has also discussed internally..."
Thanos and Thor, standing at the head and tail of the corpse, spoke one after another, laying out the concerns in the hearts of all the leaders of interstellar civilizations present, and explaining them clearly.
Although not all answers perfectly met expectations, Thor's attitude of being able to listen to human words and reason made everyone overjoyed.
This is really not that their requirements are low, but that the previous Asgard was too outrageous. They are already so strong and love peace so much, what else can they say?
After the Q&A ended, all the leaders of the civilizations present had only one thing to do: stretch out their hands, tighten their arm muscles, and applaud with the greatest strength and the most enthusiastic attitude.
And Schiller, standing on both sides of the corpse, smiled at Stark. Stark also smiled back. The plan might have changed, but it achieved all the desired effects. The confrontation might have happened, but in the end, it was still a perfect cooperation where everyone won.
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