Chapter 345 The Truth of What Happened Back Then: Odin's Beating by the Celestials...
Chapter 345 The Truth of What Happened Back Then: Odin's Beating by the Celestials...
Hela: ?
"That's it?"
Toby tilted his head. "Didn't you tell me to keep it short?"
Hela's brow furrowed, veins throbbing: "But this is way too short! It doesn't explain anything clearly. Why were they ganging up on Odin? And how come I have no idea there was such a thing as a cosmic underworld?"
"Moreover, Odin was at his peak back then, practically invincible in the entire universe. Even that guy who claimed to be God and occupied your Midgard was kicked out of the Nine Realms by Odin. Who could defeat Odin back then?!"
Hearing this, Toby shrugged: "So you want to hear a more detailed version?"
Hela took a deep breath, trying her best not to get angry, and nodded through gritted teeth: "Yes!"
Toby nodded slowly: "Oh, you should have said so earlier. I just asked you, but you didn't say so sooner. If you had said so earlier, I would have given you the detailed version sooner. Why didn't you say so sooner?"
"I...I...I...I!" Hela was so angry that she couldn't even speak properly.
If she weren't outmatched, Hela would have strangled the other person and thrown their corpse off the building to feed the zombies!
But here's the problem: she can't beat him!
Whether she possessed invincible divine power or lost it, she was still no match for her!
So... she had no choice but to endure it!
Hela smiled insincerely and said, "Then could you please tell me the detailed version now, okay?"
Upon seeing this, Toby's lips curled into a smile.
That's exactly the effect he wanted.
Now that he has decided to let Hela help him conquer the universe, he needs to change Hela's impatient temper.
When working under me, you can act in extreme ways according to the directions I give you, but you can't show your temper in front of me.
Otherwise, the bully uncle will be very unhappy, and the consequences will be severe.
Seeing that his psychological manipulation methods were beginning to show results, Toby slowly continued to explain:
"The reason for that is that your father, Odin, destroyed the balance of the universe by conquering it, which led to a warning from the gods who created the universe..."
"And you should know very well that Odin's temper back then wasn't much better than yours now, perhaps even more volatile. So, Odin naturally ignored the warnings from the Celestials and continued to expand Asgard's territory, violently conquering the universe!"
"Odin even commissioned the Dwarf King to forge a set of armor specifically for the Celestials, and sought out all the gods to bless this armor, thus making Odin's power reach an extremely terrifying level when he wore it!"
"And that suit of armor is called... the Destroyer Armor!"
"Afterwards, your father's continued conquest of the universe despite the risks naturally angered the Celestials. Although your father successfully killed a member of the Celestials while wearing the Destruction Armor forged with the power of the gods, the Celestials are clearly an organization just by their name, not just a single entity..."
"So after Odin killed one of the Celestials, he was then faced with a whole group of them. In the end, Odin was no match for them all and was beaten so badly that he was unrecognizable, and his very soul was knocked out!"
"In the end, it was your mother, Queen Frigga, who intervened, making it a self-imposed restriction that Asgard would never leave the Nine Realms again. Only then did the Celestials give Asgard one last chance and spare your father's life!"
"After that, your father became the 'cowardly' old man you mentioned. Because of the Celestials' final warning, he had no choice but to recall you from the front lines and order the entire army to retreat to Asgard, forbidding them from leaving the Nine Realms again."
"After that, you should know very well that you fell out with Odin over this and wouldn't listen to any of his explanations, because in your eyes all his explanations at the time were just excuses. In the end, in order to prevent the entire Asgard from being destroyed by the Celestials, Odin had no choice but to send the Valkyrie army to punish you, and then sealed you away with his severely injured body."
"But even now, Odin hasn't completely given up on you. After he recovered from the severe injuries he sustained from being beaten by the Celestials, he had the Dwarf King forge the Infinity Gauntlet for him in an attempt to collect the Infinity Stones. He wanted to use the power of the six Infinity Stones to take revenge on the Celestials. Once the Celestials are gone, he can naturally release you and fight alongside you in the universe again."
At this point, Toby raised his left hand, pointed to the iron ring inlaid with his Soul Stone, and said slowly:
"Unfortunately, when Odin collected the Soul Stone, he discovered that the Soul Stone had a very cruel rule: you must exchange the soul of your beloved for the Soul Stone."
"At that time, besides the goddess Frigga, Odin's only beloved was you, his daughter. Tell me, how should he, as a husband and a father, choose?"
Faced with this question, Hela, already stunned and frozen by Toby's every word, murmured:
"He chose neither. He chose to forgo revenge and protect his wife, daughter, and...all of Asgard. That's why he backed down..."
"That's right, that's the whole story, the secret you didn't hear your father explain, the secret buried deep in his heart," Toby said calmly.
At that moment, in Toby's eyes, Hela's entire demeanor changed.
The deep hatred that had been lurking within him dissipated, replaced by a sense of relief.
After a long silence, Hela, deep in thought, looked at Toby with a complex expression: "Are those gods really that invincible?"
Toby remained calm: "Of course not. Like other beings in the universe, they vary in strength. The weaker ones might be about the same as you, while the stronger ones have even reached the multi-dimensional level, and destroying the universe is just a matter of a thought for them."
Hela fell even more silent after hearing this.
If the weak are all about the same as her, then what's the difference between her and being invincible?
Hela suddenly thought of a question and asked Toby, "Then why did you ask me to help you conquer universes in this one? Even the Celestials intervened when the Father King conquered universes in another universe, so there's no reason why the Celestials wouldn't intervene in this one, right?"
Toby shook his head, stood up from the edge, and looked up at the sky: "It's different. I can feel that this universe is already starting to collapse. Order has never existed. The quantum virus has already spread throughout the universe. If the Celestials wanted to intervene, they would have done so long ago. I'm afraid even the Celestials have already given up on this collapsing universe..."
"Therefore, I want you to utilize the remaining energy of this universe to help me command the zombie army of this universe, leading the zombie army to help me mine various resources on each planet and acquire the remaining technologies of each cosmic empire..."
"Besides... even if the Celestials really do reappear and try to stop you from helping me conquer the universe, don't you still have me, this tall guy, behind you?"
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