"Wait! I can tell you something very important."
Odin called out to Kino.
"You say it first, and I'll think about it."
Kino stopped in his tracks, intending to freeload some intel.
"A Celestial is incubating inside Earth…"
"She'll hatch in a little more than ten years at most. I know better than you."
Kino rolled his eyes. He thought it was going to be some secret.
"Then you still dare to develop your influence on Earth? Even if you kill it, there's more than one Celestial. Aren't you afraid they'll come for you?"
Odin asked in shock, his tone tinged with wariness.
Hela stood silently beside them. Her face, usually as cold as ice, now showed a rare trace of curiosity.
What kind of enemy could make the mighty Odin so cautious?
"Come for me? I'll be the one coming for them eventually."
Kino chuckled coldly.
After all, Lucifer was on Earth.
"…"
Such arrogance. Just like he once had.
Seeing Odin go silent, Kino said, "If you've got no more intel, I'm leaving."
"If you wish to fight against the Celestials, Asgard can be your vanguard. It's a natural cosmic barrier."
"No need. If I really can't win, I'll just take Earth and run. I'm not stupid enough to go down with the ship."
Kino showed no shame in retreating. In his eyes, so long as the green hills remain, there will always be wood to burn.
"Asgardian warriors are no weaker than your subordinates. They can be your strongest army."
"No thanks. Your warriors have followed you too long. I wouldn't be comfortable using them."
"Becoming the King of Asgard grants you great divine power. Your strength will grow again."
"Don't worry about that. I have my own methods for increasing strength."
"...…"
The two went back and forth.
Odin was desperately pitching Asgard.
Kino, on the other hand, was a little curious—could Odin come up with a tempting enough offer to make him take on this mess?
The fate of Ragnarök was indeed troublesome.
But with the Infinity Stones in hand, it wasn't an unsolvable problem.
Hela stood aside, her face darkening.
Not only was she being ignored as the first heir to the throne—
But the God-King position she longed for was being so easily dismissed.
And worst of all—she couldn't beat either of them.
"My vault contains countless treasures, powerful artifacts, the Odinforce, Rune Magic, and even the Waters of Mimir—I can give you all of them."
Odin finally revealed his trump card.
Kino was momentarily stunned. He had nearly forgotten Asgard still had those treasures.
Rune King Thor, in the multiverse, was a force to be reckoned with.
In the comics, when Loki triggered Ragnarök and the Asgardian gods died one by one—even Mjolnir was shattered.
To save Asgard and stop the apocalypse, Thor gouged out his own eyes like Odin, drank from Mimir's Well, and hung himself on Yggdrasil for nine days and nights. In the end, he obtained Rune Magic and the Odinforce, becoming Rune King Thor.
"Alright, I'll become King of Asgard."
Kino finally relented—but pointed toward Hela.
"But I don't want to marry Hela."
"Defeat me, and you'll directly inherit the throne. Lose, and you marry Hela and become part of Asgard."
"Fine. Are we fighting here?"
Odin raised Gungnir, the Eternal Spear. The Bifrost descended from the heavens, and the two vanished.
"F**K!"
Hela stared at the space where they vanished, her rage peaking.
She viciously kicked a giant rock next to her. The stone flew far and crashed loudly into the distance under her immense strength.
What did he mean by "lose and marry Hela"? What did they take her for? A bet? Did anyone even ask her opinion?
At that moment, Thor rushed to the ruined site. Seeing the destruction, a sense of foreboding welled up inside him, and he asked anxiously:
"Hela, what did you do to Odin?"
"Dead."
"Hela, I'm going to kill you!"
Seeing Thor covered in lightning and charging at her, Hela's lips curled into a sinister smile.
Frigga sensed Odin's disappearance and turned to the maidens around her.
"Begin."
"Yes, Queen."
The maidens responded in unison. Immediately, a mysterious magical force swirled around Frigga and her attendants. The radiance was like countless stardust fragments, intertwining and converging.
In a blink, a giant light screen slowly appeared above Asgard.
The people of Asgard all stopped what they were doing, looking up at the sky, their eyes locked on the screen.
Their faces were filled with confusion and curiosity. Whispers filled the air as they speculated on what was happening.
"This is the God-King's Duel. Under the witness of the gods—Kino the Demon King—defeat me, and you shall become the new God-King of Asgard."
Odin's voice, filled with majesty, boomed from the sky.
Asgard fell into utter silence. Everyone widened their eyes, as if frozen by the sudden proclamation.
God-King's Duel? Demon King? Who was that?
Even Hela paused mid-beating, sitting down squarely on Thor's back. She stared at the screen in the sky. Feeling Thor squirm beneath her, she punched him in the head.
"Move again and I'll castrate you."
Thor froze instantly, forced to lie there like a stool.
Meanwhile, above the United States on Earth.
A similar light screen appeared.
"?" — Tony
"?" — Venom
"?" — Pamela
"Fa–Father… Odin." — Loki
Many on Earth now realized where the long-vanished Demon King had gone.
"Boss…" — Tom
Good thing they acted early. Otherwise, this might have scared off a whole lot of fish.
But from the look of the boss, he clearly didn't know about this light screen. He got set up.
In outer space.
Kino stared blankly at the grand scene before him, full of confusion. Just as he opened his mouth to ask, Odin interrupted him.
"Prepare to die, Demon King! Let me show you my true strength!"
At that moment, Odin's suppressed divine power was released completely for the first and only time.
Golden light surged from Odin, spreading in all directions. He became like a blazing golden sun, radiating a terrifying aura.
"Come, fight!"
Odin's roar seemed to echo through the infinite cosmos.
Kino didn't hesitate either. His body turned into a stream of light, darting toward Odin at an incredible speed.
Odin raised Gungnir. At the spear's tip, golden energy surged like boiling lava, and a massive energy blast shot toward Kino.
The space around it twisted violently, making sizzling sounds.
Kino was struck directly, erupting in a blinding burst of flame in the void of space.
"Woahhh!"
"God-King! God-King!"
The people of Asgard burst into cheers. In their eyes, such an attack was enough to destroy anyone.
"Power doesn't ask for permission—it only demands respect."— Odin's Final Wager
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