Chapter 145: It

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Asgard, Bifrost.

Under the sky full of light, Loki walked out of the Bifrost. Heimdall stood at the bridgehead holding his holy sword, performing his duties.

"Heimdall, watch my brother. If there are any unexpected incidents, report them to me immediately," Loki commanded as soon as he stepped down.

Now that Odin was in a coma, Thor was exiled, and Frigga was attending to them, Loki was nominally the highest authority in all of Asgard for the time being.

"Yes." Heimdall nodded slightly. His eyes could ignore distance and see through the vast majority of illusions, which was also one of the important factors in him becoming the Sword-Keeper of the Bifrost.

Loki walked off the Bifrost with his hands behind his back, running head-on into the Sif quartet who were walking toward this side. These four belonged to Thor's core team.

The moment they saw Loki, the four of them turned around with unusual tacit understanding and walked in the other direction.

"Stop!" Loki called out, then looked the four of them up and down. Each of them was fully equipped, as if they were about to go on an expedition. "Where are you going?!"

Sif paused. "We're full, just out for a walk."

Loki narrowed his eyes. "I thought you were planning to go to Midgard. You can go, but don't cause trouble for me!"

After saying this, Loki left directly without any intention of stopping Sif and the others, which actually left Sif a bit confused.

Were they overthinking it... did Loki have no intention of kicking Thor while he was down?

After seeing Sif, Loki put the matter of those few people to the back of his mind and came directly to Asgard's Great Library.

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This place held the most books in the entire Nine Realms, ranging from various data to magic cultivation notes and martial arts manuals; it was very comprehensive.

After stating his identity to the keeper and using his mother Frigga's credentials to open all permissions, Loki began searching through the vast sea of books for texts regarding Asgard's ancient history.

Although books on this aspect had already been processed by Odin once, Loki, relying on his own wisdom and ability to index books, still found some clues.

For example, in the ancient era, when Odin led soldiers to conquer the Nine Realms, the commander-in-chief was of course Odin, but the vanguard and frontline commander was not him.

The book did not explicitly write down this person's name, but Loki had a premonition that this was the person he was looking for.

Having found no name in Asgard's records, Loki began flipping through those books and record books plundered from other places.

Finally, in the records of Muspelheim, Loki found the key information.

It was a person's name: the Goddess of Death, Hela.

And a legion name: the Asgardian Valkyrie Legion.

In Muspelheim's records, the Goddess of Death Hela was the most valiant vanguard, with illustrious military exploits, and had made quite a name for herself on the path of Asgard's conquest, second only to the God King Odin.

As for the Valkyries, they were an invincible army. They repeatedly broke through the defensive lines of other planets, and even achieved a 100:1 casualty ratio when facing Frost Giants, being regarded as Asgard's strongest legion.

However, whether it was Hela or the Valkyries, Loki could not find detailed introductions or related deeds in Asgard's own records. But from between the lines, Loki could analyze that there indeed should have been such a troop and such a vanguard.

Putting the two things together, Loki had a conjecture.

This Goddess of Death Hela might be Odin's true child, and the Valkyries were just her loyal troops.

After all, a goddess leading Valkyries was very logical!

Then why had these two names almost never appeared in the last two thousand years?

Loki searched painstakingly and finally found a possibility: after a certain battle, the Asgardian army, whose actual territory was about to cover the Nine Realms, withdrew to Asgard, and the actual King of the Nine Realms also became a nominal king.

During this period, multiple leaders of other planets suddenly disappeared without a trace.

So, it was those leaders who united, ambushed Hela and her Valkyrie Legion, and severely damaged Asgard, forcing Odin to abandon the idea of continuing to advance and switch from offense to defense.

As for hiding Hela's name, perhaps it was Odin protecting her, preventing other revived enemies from targeting this orthodox bloodline again. As for the missing Valkyrie Legion, they must have gone to protect the recuperating Hela!

"Odin, you are so ruthless, putting me and Thor in the open to attract fire, making us fight each other, making us disunited, while secretly the one you really support is your daughter! You won't succeed!"

Loki gritted his teeth. He wanted to prove that what was his would always be his; if Odin wouldn't give it, he would take it himself!

Immediately after, Loki began searching the records for Hela's possible hiding place.

Subsequently, Loki discovered a record: several hundred years ago, the Supreme Sorcerer the Ancient One and the God King Odin signed a Strategic Defense Treaty on behalf of Earth and Asgard.

Suddenly, Loki realized with a start: Hela had been hidden by Odin in Midgard!

The successive Supreme Sorcerers were the other secret protectors. In exchange for protecting Hela, they obtained early protection policies and development time from Asgard.

This also explained why Thor was finally exiled to Asgard.

Poor Thor, he didn't even know he had become someone else's stepping stone, a signal for someone else's return!

Fortunately, I discovered the clues in advance, otherwise we would all be calculated to death!

Loki hammered the table. He had to find time to communicate with Thor again; that guy was a fool, he shouldn't be pulled over by Hela without knowing it.

Wait!

Hela is a woman, and Jane Foster is also a woman!

Could these two be the same person?! Jane is Hela's clone! This also explains why Jane could pick up Thor's hammer!

What a ruthless Hela!

As Odin's own daughter, she actually used a beauty trap on her non-blood-related brother! Truly unscrupulous!

Loki felt he had seen through the reality of the world.

Logically speaking, at this time, Loki should hurry through the Bifrost to Midgard again, but behind the Strategic Defense Treaty was the introduction of the Ancient One.

Loki, unlucky as he was, flipped through it.

A Supreme Sorcerer who beat up a bunch of demon gods, resisted the Dark Dimension demon god Dormammu, and expelled the Hell Dimension demon god Mephisto—with such a record revealed, Loki was terrified.

If he exposed that he knew the truth, would he be caught directly by the Ancient One when he went to Midgard?! Then everything would be over!

Loki began to feel anxious.

He must win over Midgard! He must win over the Supreme Sorcerer! At least make her remain neutral, otherwise there would be no hope of winning!

But the problem was, would the Ancient One be a loyal supporter of Odin? If not, what method should be used to win her over? ===== CHAPTER 146 =====