Old Loki looked at Mjolnir being handed over, hesitantly reached out, and then pulled his hand back.
"Forget it, I've tried countless times before, and the result is always the same."
"Is this hammer special? Can I... can I try?" The tall woman asked curiously.
"Don't waste your effort, this is Mjolnir, only those who are deemed worthy can lift it," Old Loki said.
Mjolnir?
Thor's hammer from Norse mythology?
The tall woman's eyes lit up, and she looked expectantly at the majestic and handsome young King.
Samuel casually threw Mjolnir on the ground, "Please begin your performance!"
The tall woman spread her long legs, held the handle of Mjolnir with both hands, and lifted it up with force.
Mjolnir didn't budge.
She stubbornly continued to exert force. Although she was a woman, having been trained since childhood, her strength was not much weaker than that of an ordinary man.
But no matter how much force she used, the hammer just wouldn't move, as if it were one with the earth.
She couldn't help but suspect that the King had done something, otherwise how could a broken hammer not move at all?
"Hehe--" Old Loki laughed gleefully, taking out a few things from his cross-body bag and handing them to Samuel.
Several stacks of U.S. dollars, a few gold rings, a gemstone necklace, and an electronic collar.
"This collar should be a controller used by the Time Variance Authority to control time criminals. I don't know if it still works."
Old Loki only found the electronic collar, not the accompanying small controller.
The previous 'pocket-sized' Time Controller that was either out of battery or broken should also be able to operate the electronic collar, provided they are working properly.
Loki from the main timeline in the Loki series was tormented enough by this thing. No matter how far he ran, with a slight twist of the controller, Loki would instantly return to his position before he ran.
Almost every time criminal caught by the Time Variance Authority is fitted with this thing to prevent them from escaping.
"What's going on with her?" Samuel put the things away and looked at the woman who had already given up struggling with the hammer.
Mentioning herself, the woman spoke up proactively: "Hello, Your Majesty, I am Dottie Underwood."
Dottie Underwood, a somewhat obscure and unfamiliar name.
Samuel had watched [Agent Carter] and knew that she was a 'Black Widow' trained by the Red Room, an antagonist who was on par with and evenly matched with Agent Peggy.
"What did you do?" Samuel wanted to know about the associated events that led to her being pruned.
Dottie Underwood shrugged: "I killed Peggy."
No wonder she was pruned.
Agent Peggy's death would directly affect the script the sacred timeline arranged for Steve Rogers.
As the original Black Widow, although Dottie Underwood hadn't been injected with any Serum, she still possessed strength and ability; otherwise, she wouldn't have become Agent Peggy's lifelong enemy and even killed her.
At the same time, she was the first person Samuel had seen in the Void besides 'Loki'.
"From now on, you are my person, any problem?"
Time Variance Authority, Void, Elios—
Dottie Underwood was very clear about the situation she was facing; if Old Loki hadn't saved her, she would be dead by now.
No one willing to die if they can live.
As a spy who had been trained from a young age to have no self, only missions, everything from the past had dissipated with the Time Variance Authority's judgment and pruning.
However, the beliefs and habits formed over a long time had not disappeared; the emptiness in her heart and the uncertainty about the future made her need to find a new spiritual anchor.
She needed a goal, she needed someone to tell her what to do!
"It is my honor, King."
Dottie Underwood didn't hesitate in the slightest.
To survive in such a precarious place, to become the Void Lord, to become a King, even if there was some exaggeration, his power was beyond doubt!
Furthermore, he saved her and was willing to take her in.
No one was more suitable to be her new goal, new anchor, new object of loyalty than him!
Samuel was not surprised by Dottie Underwood's loyalty.
The way the Red Room trained Spies and Agents produced 'Black Widows' who, every single one of them, were empty and lonely machines at heart.
No orders meant no value, and no value meant a denial of their existence.
That's why Natasha Romanoff joined S.H.I.E.L.D. after leaving the Red Room, working for Nick Fury and doing almost the same Spy work as she did in the Red Room period.
She eventually joined the Avengers, treating the Avengers as her home and spiritual anchor, and her inner self-worth was affirmed once again!
Her 'sister' Yelena Belova also directly believed Madame HYDRA when the Red Room was destroyed and Natasha Romanoff sacrificed herself for the Soul Stone, due to her inner confusion and emptiness.
That is, she believed the lie of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and prepared to seek revenge on Hawkeye!
Simply put, every Black Widow has psychological issues; they cannot be true leaders because they cannot lead themselves.
But they are excellent followers and executors; if they have a Master, they listen to the Master; if they don't, they find one for themselves.
Obedience and execution are their survival habits and ways.