At first, the black hole continued to absorb the lightning, but both the intensity and duration of the lightning far exceeded the black hole's lifespan.
The lightning suppressed the black hole's pull just long enough for Karl to seize Loki and yank him back to the ground. At the same time, a massive fireball several meters in diameter formed behind Karl. With a single thought, he launched it forward, slamming it directly into the black hole.
The fireball became the final straw. The black hole slowly collapsed, and its terrifying gravitational pull vanished along with it.
Elsewhere, seeing Malekith attempting to flee, Tony immediately directed his drone cannons to fire. Just as the blue energy beams reached Malekith, a towering figure stepped in front of him—it was the monster.
The beams struck its body like harmless sparks, failing to even break its skin.
"Fuck—! Jarvis, remind me to upgrade the weapons system when we get back!"
Tony was furious. The drone cannons were among his most powerful weapons, yet they couldn't even scratch the creature.
On Karl's side, after successfully saving Loki, the two found themselves surrounded by more than a dozen Dark Elves. Their faces were hidden behind bone-like masks, giving them an eerie appearance.
"So how are you planning to repay your savior, Atreus?"
Karl still had the leisure to tease Loki, clearly unconcerned about the Dark Elves around them.
"At a time like this, you're still joking? Take care of yourself first."
As Loki spoke, his figure slowly faded from view. Combat was never his strong suit.
"Damn it—Atreus, you really have no loyalty!"
Karl flipped him off, clearly aware of Loki's position despite his invisibility.
Ignoring that, Karl turned to face the Dark Elves.
"I'll give you a chance. If you retreat before the year 3000, I might consider sparing your lives."
"..."
Clearly, the Dark Elves thought Karl was insane.
Karl shrugged. "Since you're not interested, I'll just send you on your way now. After all—no one's too young or too old on the road to the underworld."
He raised his hand sharply. Countless bolts of lightning gathered high above, then crashed down in a blinding cascade. Purple lightning illuminated the area, and in an instant, all the Dark Elves were reduced to charred corpses.
Jane stared at Karl commanding violet lightning, then glanced at Thor nearby, whose lightning looked more like faulty wiring sparking. For a moment, she genuinely couldn't tell who the real God of Thunder was.
With a loud crash, Tony slammed into the ground. His nanotech armor was scarred with deep marks, leaving him in a sorry state.
"What the hell is that thing made of? It's harder than a turtle shell."
Scrambling to his feet, Tony unleashed palm repulsors and shoulder-mounted cannons, bombarding the monster relentlessly.
The creature merely staggered slightly—still uninjured.
Thor hurled Mjolnir, smashing the monster squarely. It flew like a rag doll, slamming into a jagged rock dozens of meters away and shattering it.
"Your attacks just aren't strong enough," Thor said flatly.
A perfect psychological kill.
"Damn it—fuck!!"
Tony shot straight into the sky. I'll show you what real power looks like.
"Jarvis, remove all limiters. Drone cannon output to maximum!"
The drones behind Tony began to transform, shifting from sleek units into rectangular cannons with bowl-sized muzzles.
BOOM—!
Six massive blue energy beams, each as thick as a barrel, blasted downward. The ground was torn apart, soil flying everywhere as the beams plowed through the battlefield. Any Dark Elf caught in the attack was completely annihilated—no intact body left behind.
In mere seconds, the battlefield was cleared. Aside from the monster, not a single Dark Elf remained alive.
"Hmph. Not a single one worth fighting."
Tony snorted as he descended to the ground, the drones retracting back into his armor.
"Sir, energy reserves have dropped by more than fifty percent," Jarvis reported.
Just those few seconds had consumed half of the Arc Reactor's output—and Tony had only recently installed a brand-new one before coming to Asgard.
"Jarvis, remind me to optimize the weapons system. This is way too inefficient. Create a new project folder—weapon development only."
"Understood, sir."
Tony's nanotech armor was still relatively new, and its weapon systems were far from perfected. The drones were his only external armament—and worst of all, they drained energy far too quickly.
ROAR—!
Engines thundered as the sword-shaped warship lifted off the ground.
"Not good! We can't let Malekith escape!"
Thor shouted, hurling Mjolnir at the ship.
At the same time, Karl summoned lightning and struck at the vessel. Unfortunately, both the lightning and Mjolnir passed straight through the hull—the ship was already phasing out of existence.
Before anyone could react, the monster in the distance hoisted a massive boulder and hurled it toward Thor.
Tony reacted instantly, shattering the rock with a repulsor blast. Thor recalled Mjolnir and threw it again—but the monster punched the hammer aside. With a powerful leap, it closed the distance in just a few bounds.
Karl suddenly appeared in front of the monster, the Judicator already raised and pressed against its chest.
Bang!
The gun fired. Smoke rose from the barrel as a bowl-sized hole opened in the monster's chest.
The creature collapsed, and everyone let out a breath of relief.
"Malekith still got away. Who knows where he's headed now," Tony said, looking toward where the warship had vanished.
Karl turned to Tony and Thor. He knew exactly where Malekith was going—Earth. The conquest of the Nine Realms was about to begin.
Suddenly, the supposedly dead monster behind Karl silently rose to its feet and swung a massive fist toward his head. No one had time to react.
As Thor prepared to summon Mjolnir, a gunshot rang out.
The monster's head was blown clean off. Its body collapsed once more—this time, truly dead.
Under Karl's arm, the Judicator's barrel still smoked. He had anticipated this move all along. In his previous life's movies, villains always tried one last desperate counterattack before dying. Karl knew the套路 far too well.
"So… what do we do now?" Tony asked, surveying the desolate landscape.
Their ships were gone, Asgardian vessels destroyed. Leaving this place seemed impossible.
Suddenly, a massive ring appeared in the sky, tearing
through the gray clouds overhead.
"Look at that!"
Jane pointed upward. Everyone followed her gaze.
There wasn't just one ring—there were many. Each reflected a different world: some lush and vibrant, some frozen in ice and snow, others consumed by endless flames.
The Convergence had begun.
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