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"Ten years old!" Sif's affectionate gesture clearly caught Ben off guard, and he hurriedly replied.

"Ha, what a shy child. If you want to become a strongman like Thor and your father, being so shy won't do!" Seeing Ben's appearance, Sif immediately found it amusing.

"I'm not shy, I will definitely become stronger than them!" Provoked by Sif, Ben immediately became excited and shouted.

Ben's shout startled Sif and the Warriors Three, but they all burst into laughter immediately.

“Yes, child, you will surpass everyone and become the strongest one!” No normal person would laugh at a child’s dream, not even Sif and the Warriors Three. Ben’s bold words did not offend them; on the contrary, they thought the child was very ambitious.

After a slight hesitation, Sif drew a short sword from her lower back. This was her secondary weapon, which had been with her for over a hundred years. However, she usually preferred to use her standard shield and sword and rarely used this short sword.

"Take it, child. A strong man cannot be without his own weapon!" Without caring whether Ben could lift it or not, Sif simply shoved the sword into Ben's hand. It should be noted that Uru steel is not as light as vibranium.

Fortunately, Josie's children, like their mother, had received Tiamat's blessing. Although it didn't grant them great power, their physical condition was excellent. Although they still felt the short sword was a bit heavy, they held it very steadily.

"Thank you, I will keep it safe!" Ben said softly as he took the short sword.

“Oh, a warrior’s weapon isn’t something to be kept safe, but something to be used in battle… Keep it up, kid. When you’re strong in the future, I can say, ‘Look, that strongman’s weapon was a gift from me!’” Sif said gently, patting Ben’s blond hair with a smile.

"It definitely will!" Ben nodded firmly.

"Alright, let's go back!" Sif said, pulling at Ben's short, golden hair several more times.

Ben nodded, jogged back to Margot's side, and then proudly showed off the short sword Sif had given him.

Margot was also surprised that Sif gave her son a short sword, and immediately gave Sif a kind smile.

Looking at Margot's smile, for some reason, Sif couldn't help but think of Frigga.

"What a pity!" Hogan blurted out at that moment.

"What?" Sif asked, puzzled.

“This child has good potential, but like that daughter, they will probably be in high positions from a young age and are unlikely to participate in battles personally. Your short sword is destined to be wasted!” Hogan stated a highly probable fact.

"It's alright, it's just a child's dream. Whether it comes true or not is another matter! Who hasn't had dreams? Did all your childhood dreams come true?" Sif laughed nonchalantly.

“You’re right!” Hogan was taken aback for a moment, then understood.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the mirror space, the battle between Josie and Thor also ended.

"That's enough for today!" Josie said, slightly out of breath.

The battle was exciting, but no winner was decided.

Just as Loki thought to himself, Josie was holding back.

After all, it was just a friendly sparring match. All Josie needed to do was show some of her strength, not to intimidate Asgard.

That's enough once you've played enough.

In contrast, Thor felt that he hadn't had enough.

But he wasn't ungrateful. After all, he was a guest in someone else's home, and if he continued to make trouble, he would lose the dignity of Asgard.

"That was a very enjoyable battle! If I have the chance, I'd like to spar with you a few more times, or if you have the opportunity, you can come to Asgard as a guest, and I will definitely treat you well!" Thor patted Josie on the shoulder and said.

Although no winner was decided, the strength that Josie displayed was enough to earn his respect.

Thus, the enjoyable exchange between host and guests came to an end.

Seeing this, Gu Yi also dispelled the mirror spell.

By this time, Carol and Loki had already separated, so Josie did not see her daughter chatting happily with Loki.

Otherwise, he would have struck first and eliminated Loki, this menace, before considering anything else.

Afterwards, the two enjoyed a lavish banquet at Schönbrunn Palace at noon, after which Thor, on behalf of Asgard, bid farewell and returned to Asgard via the Rainbow Bridge.

After seeing off their distinguished guest, Saul, Schönbrunn Palace instantly returned to its usual tranquility.

Schönbrunn Palace and Austria are quite peaceful, but the outside world is in complete chaos.

The rise of the United Kingdom of Austria has had a profound impact on the world order.

All major powers need to adjust their strategic plans for the future.

These things wouldn't normally affect Josie, but a piece of intelligence brought by Carter caught Josie's attention.

This intelligence was submitted by an IMF subsidiary, and according to normal procedures, it should be sent to the White House next.

But since IMF leader Carter had already completely pledged allegiance to Josie, he intercepted the offer and sent it directly to Josie's side.

Chapter 303 Taroken

"This is... vibranium? Why does it smell like the sea?" Josie frowned slightly and asked, puzzled, looking at the piece of ore Carter had brought.

“Because this was fished out of the sea!” Carter said.

"Hmm? Fished out of the sea? Was it accidentally left in the sea, or..." Upon hearing Carter's words, a possibility involuntarily surfaced in Josie's mind.

“That’s right. According to my analysts, the sea area where this ore was found is very likely to have an underwater vibranium mine!” Cardi nodded, stating the possibility that Josie had been hoping for the most.

"This is fantastic news, isn't it?" Josie's face lit up with surprise upon hearing the news.

Although destroying Wakanda allowed him to secretly acquire a large amount of vibranium, with profits far exceeding those of the major powers that actually contributed, it was still not enough for Josie.

After all, vibranium is a top-tier product, whether used for personal purposes or for interdimensional trade.

The vibranium that Josie has left is mostly used to fuse with various metals obtained from other worlds, and used as alloys.

There's no way we'd forge a full set of pure vibranium gear for Carter like we did in the beginning, and that would never happen again.

Moreover, Josie is considered lucky; at least she has some surplus to forge alloys for equipment.

The number of countries that have actually occupied Wakanda, such as the United States and Russia, is even more insufficient.

One reason is that all they have is pure mining, and their annual production has not been able to increase much due to mutual interference and limitations.

The second reason is the improper use of vibranium. In the beginning, countries, like Josie, used vibranium to manufacture weapons and equipment. However, due to the lack of Wakanda's relatively advanced technology, countries could only use vibranium to manufacture some cold weapons or core components of various weapons.

But they soon realized that doing so was a complete waste.

Vibranium-based equipment is indeed very powerful, but if it is only used to manufacture weapons and equipment, it is just something that a few major powers have, and it cannot bring them a great advantage, let alone equip their armies on a large scale.

For example, regarding the recent unification of Austria, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France sent some elite vibranium-armed troops to infiltrate Austria, but they were quickly subdued. Not only were the personnel killed, but the vibranium equipment also benefited Austria.

This reveals that Austria also possesses vibranium, and it also shows that once everyone has it, there is no longer any advantage.

Moreover, unlike Josie, other countries do not possess the technology to recast vibranium. Once manufactured, it cannot be altered, resulting in enormous waste and the creation of many useless items.

Fortunately, thanks to research over the past few years, countries have now figured out the true uses of vibranium.

That's for scientific research.

The reason why the weapons and equipment of the United States and Russia in the past two years are still far inferior to those of Austria, but more advanced than those in the original timeline, is not only due to Josie's efforts, but also because vibranium has provided great assistance.

There are countless places where vibranium can be used, such as machine tool motherboards and particle accelerators.

However, this also increases the consumption of vibranium to some extent.

Therefore, vibranium is truly scarce on Earth right now.

Even this landlord, Josie, didn't have much surplus grain left.

Now Carter tells him that a suspected seabed vibranium mine has been discovered. How could this not be fantastic news?

"Yes, that's why I came to report to you as soon as I got the news. Also, all the relevant people who knew about it have been dealt with!" Carde nodded.

Carter's words made Josie look at her with surprise.

Although Carter had previously declared his complete loyalty to her, it was still somewhat unexpected that Carter could be so ruthless in dealing with all the IMF personnel who knew about it, as they were all her colleagues with whom she spent every day.

However, what he said next made Josh realize that he had misunderstood.

"Don't look at me like that. It wasn't all my doing. After that group discovered the suspected vibranium mine on the seabed, they were attacked and all of them died. Apart from their leader leaving behind this ore and a message at a secret base before he died, they left nothing else!" Carter rolled his eyes as he faced Josie's gaze.

While Carter might indeed have done what Josie wanted if the group had submitted the intelligence according to normal procedures, that's why she didn't.

She's not willing to take the blame for things she didn't do!

"They were all attacked?" Upon hearing Carter's words, Josie realized that things were not as simple as he had thought.

“Yes, large amounts of seawater were found at each site, and the vibranium equipment possessed by some agents was also missing!” Carter shrugged. The IMF, as one of the important intelligence agencies of the United States, was established with the support of Josie, so it also received a certain amount of vibranium every year.

In particular, most of the equipment manufactured in the early days was wasted and was allocated to intelligence agencies, so it is not surprising that some members of some older IMF teams possess one or two pieces of vibranium equipment.

After all, as long as the enemy isn't too powerful, this thing can still save your life in critical moments.

“The latter is normal. Anyone who knows vibranium wouldn’t let it go. But the presence of seawater at every site is very unusual!” Josie couldn’t help but say.

“It’s not that simple. Based on the bodies of those agents who had vibranium equipment, I found that they all suffered penetrating wounds, and the penetration points were all in the places where the vibranium equipment should have been worn!” Carter shook his head, denying Josie’s claim that the attackers took the vibranium because they valued it.

"You mean... the attacker took all the vibranium equipment not because he wanted the vibranium, but because he wanted to cover up the fact that he breached the vibranium's defenses?" Josie's interest was piqued even more by Carter's words.

According to Carter, the agents originally intended to use their vibranium-enriched defenses to withstand the attackers' deadly attacks, but the attackers actually broke through the vibranium defenses directly, most likely through a physical attack.

This is really something!

It wouldn't be surprising for Josie to use extreme energy to overload and destroy vibranium.

However, in the entire MCU, Thanos is probably the only one who has ever broken through the vibranium defense with a physical attack.

What? There's a powerful being on par with Thanos hiding on Earth?

No, that possibility is very small.