Chapter 211: God's Descent! (Part I)

Asgard under the night sky was an incomparably brilliant golden city. The rainbow light of the sunset at the end of the sky shone on the high-rise buildings standing in great numbers. Looking down from above, the archways full of classical style had shadows like dense gear combs in the sunset. The Viking-style patterns and sculptures that could be seen everywhere added a wild and enthusiastic style to this city.

The tavern owner leaned on a wooden barrel, drowsy. A big man next to him took off the helmet inlaid with bull horns on his head. The soft sound made when the helmet touched the tabletop woke the tavern owner. He tugged at his braided beard and looked up to see the sunset's brilliance shining in through the narrow door frame, sharp like a shining knife.

Outside the door, a carriage flew past along the low altitude. The neighing of Pegasus sounded through the streets. Many people opened their windows, watching the carriage with the royal seal kick up countless dust.

Arriving at the bridgehead leading to the palace, the tall guards were in full golden armor, holding axes and halberds taller than the archway. Seeing someone coming, the two palace guards used their weapons to cross and block the gate.

Loki walked out of the carriage. The two palace guards knelt on one knee and saluted him. The sound of armor collision mixed with their thick voices sounded: "Your Highness, welcome back."

Loki nodded, got off the carriage, and then passed through the archway of the bridge.

The bridge leading to the palace was so long that one couldn't see the end. Looking down from above, compared with Asgard's tall buildings, Loki's figure appeared very small. He passed through the shadows of one archway after another and arrived at the steps of the palace before the brilliance completely dissipated.

Walking up the layered steps, the fountain's spray with the coolness of the night gently stroked his cheeks. The elves in the fountain on the step platform flew out and saluted Loki.

The laughter of the goddesses in the distance came. These goddesses who showed heroism on the battlefield were weaving wreaths with laurel branches at this time. Seeing Loki walk up, one of the goddesses saluted him and then said: "Your Highness, the All-Father asks you to go directly to the reception hall on the highest floor."

That goddess was wearing a pure white long dress. After she walked up, she whispered to Loki: "The Sorcerer Supreme from Earth is also here. The God King wants you to change your clothes first, and then go over."

Loki smiled and nodded at her. His handsome appearance made the goddesses not far away blush, one by one laughing and hiding behind the fountain.

Arriving at the palace gate, the two armor statues at the front gate moved, and finding that the person coming was Loki, they returned to calm.

Walking into the incomparably wide and magnificent hall, dozens of pillars extended forward in turn. The glass facing the sunset was covered with golden grids, and the shadows cast on the ground were cut into golden fragments.

Loki passed through the hall, turned right, and walked into the corridor, where two rows of emerald green plants were placed. After passing through the passage, a pointed archway slowly opened. After Loki walked up, the floor began to rise.

Standing in the elevator, Loki looked out from the transparent elevator cabin. On the square on one side of the palace, many Asgardian warriors were competing in martial arts.

As the night slowly fell, hot roasted meat was brought up on trays. The goddesses put baskets containing bread and fresh fruit on their heads, and the children carried water jugs containing clear springs. When the bonfire was lit, the noise became louder. Even from such a distance, one could still feel the lively atmosphere there.

The busyness during this period had made Loki not stay in Asgard for a long time. When he returned here again, he felt that nothing had changed, but it seemed that everything had changed.

The elevator trembled slightly, and the gate in front of Loki slowly opened. He walked out, his boots stepping on the clean floor and making a soft sound.

Arriving at the door of his own bedroom, two palace guards opened the door for him. After Loki walked in, looking at the unchanging bedroom, he actually felt a bit relaxed.

It was unclear when he started to get tired of all the life here, and started to want to find some excitement for himself more urgently, but it was also unclear when he started to miss the peaceful life of Asgard.

When he came out of the dressing room, Loki had changed out of his dusty travel clothes and instead changed into his mage robes.

Asgardian clothing always couldn't be separated from armor elements. Even for mage robes, the tops and bottoms were still light armor, just with an extra outer robe and cloak with complicated patterns.

Loki hesitated for a moment. He took his staff but didn't wear his helmet, and then walked out of the bedroom door.

Taking the elevator again, he arrived at the very top of the palace. This was the residence of the God King Odin, but the first person Loki met was the Queen Frigga.

This Queen was also wearing a blue dress, using golden jewelry to tie her long hair behind her head. Loki walked over and saluted her. Frigga held one of Loki's hands and said: "The Sorcerer Supreme of Earth has already arrived. Later, several dimensional lords will also come."

"Your father will formally introduce you to them. I think you should know what to do. By the way..." Frigga glanced at Loki and said: "Where is your helmet? Why aren't you wearing it?"

"Sun and Moon Elegance"

"Forget it..." Frigga seemed to have remembered something and said to Loki: "Your newly crafted crown is already done. I'll have someone send it over later."

Before Loki could say anything, Frigga parted ways with him at the corner. She seemed to be in a hurry to do other things.

Loki wanted to chase after her, but turned his head to look at the direction of the reception room, and finally walked toward the original target first.

When he pushed the door and entered, there were only Odin and the Ancient One in the reception room. Loki saluted Odin.

Odin, who was talking to the Ancient One, saw his youngest son come in, stopped the conversation, and nodded at Loki. This made Loki feel flattered.

Odin carried the fierce temperament of conquering the universe in his early years. He was a majestic emperor and a serious father. Thor and Loki rarely received affirmation from him, especially Loki.

Loki was not the kind of fighting hero that Asgardians liked the most. Compared with Thor, he was not strong enough or majestic enough. Although his handsome appearance made him quite popular with the goddesses, in formal occasions, Loki rarely received the attention of the All-Father.

Or rather, when Odin was present, the two princes were always just foils. When mentioning military exploits, Thor would have a bit of a scene, but it was just a foil for the big scene. The focus of the gods was only Odin.

Loki had always felt that the God King was unfair and felt that he favored Thor, but when Odin, this true All-Father, cast his attention on him, Loki still felt very nervous.

"Where is your helmet?"

Loki didn't look up. He maintained the saluting posture, glanced at Odin's expression, and then knelt down halfway and said: "Mother sent someone to fetch the newly manufactured crown, and it hasn't been sent over yet."

"The most important thing for Asgardian warriors is their helmet. That is the symbol of their honor." After finishing, Odin let the guards behind him fetch the helmet for Loki.

Loki held his staff tightly. He was both surprised and terrified in his heart. This was the first time he had heard Odin call him an "Asgardian warrior."

At this time, the Ancient One's voice came: "How is the situation in Andromeda?"

Loki peeked at Odin's expression and found that Odin didn't have any dissatisfied expression. He stood up and said to the Ancient One: "I just came back from there. The structure of the planet Klyntar is very peculiar. That place was transformed into a prison by that group of parasitic creatures."

"There are too many symbiotes living there. If I broke in directly, I would definitely be discovered, so I found a chance to sneak in and found that the cage was indeed very solid. The imprisoned God of Symbiotes, Knull, had no signs of being able to escape."

"Then what about his power?"

"It has indeed overflowed. I did some tricks on that cage, destroying its stability, allowing Knull's power to break through more easily."

"You did very well."

Odin's voice came. Loki felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He had never been praised like this by the All-Father.

"You should have discovered it when Knull's seed of power came in, right?" The Ancient One next to him asked Odin.

"When that symbiote entered the Nine Realms with Knull's power, I wanted to intercept him directly, but later I found that if he took the initiative to open the passage and project power, I would gain more, so I didn't care about him. Later, the Agents of the Cosmos found me and wanted to enter the Nine Realms, so I knew there must be a battle between them."

"I wanted to wait until a part of Knull's power was projected over before cutting off the passage and turning this part of the power to my own use, who knew, that student of yours came up with a big plan..."

Odin glanced at the Ancient One and continued: "Just cutting off the passage and intercepting power is no longer enough to satisfy our appetite."

"The development of things is faster than I imagined." The Ancient One said with some emotion: "When I sensed that there was power directly attacking Earth's defense system, I hadn't guessed who dared to do this."

"Then, I called you over." Odin smiled and said: "The result is an old antique that has been sleeping for thousands of years, but only such a person would dare to have ideas about this place, right?"

"He caught up with a good time." The Ancient One also smiled, "If it were before, I would have the same plan as you, waiting for him to project a part of his power in before cutting off the passage."

Loki listened below somewhat blankly, but he didn't dare to ask. As a result, at this time, the Ancient One suddenly moved, and then, she took out a mobile phone from her mage robe and said to the other end: "Is that so?... No, I'm fine. I'm in the palace of Asgard. Do you want to come over?... Forget it, you should come over."

Hanging up the phone, the Ancient One said to Odin: "My student Strange is coming over. Please trouble you to use the Bifrost to pick him up."

About a few minutes later, the guards led Strange to the reception room. Seeing his expression even more blank than his own, Loki knew that the automatic question machine had arrived.

"What on earth is going on?" Strange looked around and found that the other three people seemed to have a well-thought-out plan.

"Loki, you explain it to him." Odin said.

Loki was stunned for a moment. He very much wanted to say that he had been busy running business during this period and hadn't figured out what kind of plan this was at all.

But he had just been praised by Odin, so he couldn't drop the ball now, right?

Thus, the brain of this God of Deception began to run frantically. Totem Common Prosperity Project, Knull's seed of power, Odin sending himself to Andromeda to investigate, the Ancient One's arrival...

All things were connected together, and soon, Loki deduced a general idea. ===== CHAPTER 212 =====