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Chapter 506 The First Phase of the Civil War in Asgard

At this moment, Heimdall was still watching the Earth.

After Loki shouted, the Rainbow Bridge appeared instantly, accurately capturing Loki and Thor amidst hundreds of phantoms, and then pulling them back to Asgard.

Just as the brothers breathed a sigh of relief, Hela suddenly tore through the membrane of the Rainbow Channel and appeared inside it.

Before the two brothers could react, a black sword pierced through Loki's body, causing him to slam heavily against the inner wall of the Rainbow Passage.

The next moment, Thor followed in his brother's footsteps, but his body was stronger, so he was impaled by several swords and fell against the inner wall of the Rainbow Passage.

Suddenly, the rainbow tunnel vanished, and the two brothers, who had been lying on the inner wall, fell out, landing somewhere in the universe.

Even Hela was almost thrown off, but fortunately she used her divine power to grab onto the last bit of rainbow light and managed to jump to Asgard.

"Hahahaha————"

Hela stood up, with one longsword after another in her hands.

She smiled at Heimdall and said, "Your reaction speed has slowed down, Heimdall."

"I remember you used to react instantly, turning the Rainbow Bridge into a planet-destroying cannon to blast all the stowaways to smithereens. Why were you so slow this time?"

"Furthermore, you'd rather dismantle the Rainbow Bridge than launch an attack—have you softened your heart?"

"No, he's not being soft-hearted," Shazor stepped out from behind Heimdall and explained for him, "but because bombarding my territory would be more harmful to Asgard."

"Humans of Midgard—" Hela recognized Shazo's identity: "Mere mortals dare to interfere in the conflicts of the divine realm, and with such arrogance at that, do you want to die—"

boom!

Hela's sword fell to the ground, and she herself was sent flying by Shazor's punch, passing through the thick wall of the Rainbow Bridge and falling to the land of Asgard.

Shazo glanced back at Heimdall and reminded him, "You should know that Hela and Asgard are two sides of the same coin."

"My battle with Hela, no matter how it goes, will inevitably be a catastrophe. You should organize the Asgardians to evacuate as soon as possible."

Suddenly, Xia Zuo laughed: "I don't think you'll listen to my advice."

"After all, although Asgard has been powerful for over 4000 years, it has not experienced nearly enough upheavals. The prosperous and stable life has destroyed your will and caution."

"Heimdall, look into your eyes, they're full of defiance."

"So what I just said was merely a suggestion, not an order, and I have no right to order you gods around. Do whatever you want."

"Anyway, I'm not Odin, so I don't need to be responsible for you."

After Xia Zuo finished speaking, he jumped off the Rainbow Bridge and chased after the direction in which Hela had fallen.

Unsurprisingly, after a few minutes' delay, Hela had already disappeared.

Shazo was not in a hurry. Instead, he calmly returned to the Rainbow Bridge, sat in the empty room, looked towards the temple of Asgard, and waited for the civil war in Asgard to break out.

There's only one possibility for Hela's disappearance: she felt that seizing the palace and waking up her pet Fenrir and the Death Legion was more important than being punched by a Midgard.

Shazor wasn't in a hurry because he knew that Asgard wouldn't fall into his hands on its own.

Despite Odin's command, he was ultimately a dead former god-king, not a living one.

Heimdall, as the sole witness, unsurprisingly chose to conceal the Ogon's orders and instead mobilized the Asgardian army to prepare to expel Grand Princess Hela.

Yes, after Odin's death, Hela automatically became the Grand Princess without needing a coronation ceremony.

Shazor was able to thwart his plan by demonstrating force, forcing Shazor to abandon his ambition to conquer Asgard and maintain the status quo while waiting for Thor to become the new king.

The people of Asgard were not easily defeated. Upon hearing that an unknown god was attacking them, they quickly rallied, took up arms, and launched their spaceships to defend their country.

Hela paid no attention to this, activated her antler armor, held the sword in both hands, and walked gracefully towards the palace.

As a war goddess who has traversed the nine realms and single-handedly slaughtered an entire Valkyrie army, Hela uses the power of Odin in the Unlimited Blade Works technique, conjuring longswords out of thin air and then shooting them into the bodies of Asgardians.

Longswords, axes, spears, shields—no weaponry could stop Hela's longsword.

Even the airships, riddled with thorns by the longswords, plummeted to the ground amidst billowing smoke, creating violent explosions upon impact. As time passed, the corpses of the Asgardians piled up in a thick layer on the ground. Hela, smelling the blood-soaked air, gradually regained the feeling she had before being sealed away, and her combat power continued to increase.

Gradually, the swords of Odin's power were no longer flying out one by one, but rained down like a storm, felling the Asgardian legion piece by piece.

The Warriors Three of Asgard charged ahead bravely, but they forgot that they had always followed Prince Thor in battle. The victory was not their contribution, but Thor's.

When the enemy is Hela, who is physically opposed by Thor, courage becomes almost reckless.

In the very first wave, the Asgardian trio of warriors, including Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogan, were all skewered and killed beyond any hope of survival.

Thor's fiancée, the goddess of harvest Sif, also bravely charged forward, but was defeated after two rounds of direct combat with Hela, the goddess of death.

Fortunately, although she was pierced through the body by a long sword, she survived.

The other Aesir gods were neither as powerful nor as lucky as her, and all perished in the battle against Hela.

Baldr, the god of light; Hodr, the god of darkness; Braki, the god of poetry; and Vali, the god of vengeance—four true gods of the Aesir—were easily killed by Hela, as if she were crushing a few insects.

Hela laughed loudly, then roared, "How could Asgard have fallen to such a state?"

"Heimdall, the guardian god, tell me! How can Asgard have so many weak and useless gods?"

"Heimdall, come out here! I'm going to kill you!"

Having experienced the power of the Goddess of Death firsthand, the Asgardian legions took the battle seriously, fighting as if they were facing a powerful nation.

As it turns out, Hela was not invincible.

After the Asgardian army took things seriously, she was wounded by Asgardian warriors more than once in the battle, her body covered in wounds, and her blood stained her red.

The spaceship force even concentrated its firepower, and a single salvo caused Hela to explode on the spot, leaving no trace of her body.

But Asgard will not perish, and Hela will not die.

Hela, the goddess of death, was resurrected from the ashes. Not only were all her injuries healed, but her power was also greatly enhanced, making her even stronger.

Her resurrection gave Hela boundless confidence, and the killing helped her regain her best fighting form. She summoned more swords and launched a counter-charge against the Asgardian army.

The civil war in Asgard is getting more and more intense, showing no signs of abating, and it seems that the fighting could continue for days and nights.

So Shazo used the power of the Rainbow Bridge to bring Abomination, Norman Osborn, and Skye from Earth to Asgard so they could witness the war in the realm of the gods and broaden their horizons.

Killian and Maya Hansen also wanted to come, but unfortunately, their physical abilities were only those of ordinary humans, and they were simply unable to adapt to the environment of Asgard.

The two scientists deeply regretted not having the courage to inject themselves with the Extremis virus, which prevented them from collecting firsthand data.

Unable to tolerate the loss of such firsthand information, the two did not hesitate to inject themselves with the Extremis virus and are now anxiously waiting at home for the virus modification to finish.

Scientists' caution can never withstand the courage brought about by their thirst for knowledge.

Fortunately, the civil war in Asgard lasted a long time. Although Hela was incredibly powerful and could resurrect infinitely, she was ultimately alone. Even if she went all out, she couldn't wipe out the entire country of Asgard in a very short time.

After Killian and Maya Hansen were completed and taken to Asgard by Shazora, the civil war continued, but it was undoubtedly nearing its end.

At this time, the forest god Vida, the mighty god Manny, the courage god Modi, the strength goddess Slud, and the hunting god Ullr, who led the army in battle, had all died in battle. Asgard's army had lost its commander and was fighting spontaneously only with the courage of honor.

During the nine-day battle, Hela was killed more than five times, but she gained a boost each time she was resurrected.

Hela has now fully recovered her power, a powerful god who has ravaged the Nine Realms, and is not someone that the Asgardian army can shake.

On the contrary, Hela's Unlimited Blade Works are executed more fluidly, giving the enemy no chance to get close. At a distance of only a hundred meters or so, she can...

He would be pierced through the body by a long sword and die.

Even Asgard's combat ships can now be cleaved in two with a single sword strike, exploding into massive fireworks on the spot.

The wreckage of the spaceship fell and caused a fire on the ground.

Beautiful Asgard is now shrouded in fire and smoke, littered with corpses and ruins.

Skye lamented, "What a pity, such a beautiful place, ruined by a civil war."

Shazo laughed and said, "It's no pity. We can't occupy this place without destroying the home of the Asgardians."

Skye was stunned: "Huh?"

Xia Zuo laughed and said, "This is a deal between me and Odin, the King of Gods."

"I came here to solve the problem of Hela and Asgard continuing their civilization on Earth, and Hela herself and Asgard are my reward."

"So, Norman, when you go back, you'll be in charge of buying up coastal land in Norway and settling the Asgardians who survived the civil war, in exchange for this magical continent."

Normanos himself was dumbfounded and couldn't even speak coherently: "Aba, aba—"

Not only was Norman stunned, but all the members of the Shazo Legion were dumbfounded.

The pace of change is astounding. Previously, they only owned land in New York; it took them over three years to expand into Nevada and the Caribbean.

Each built an auxiliary base.

In the end, the Shazo Army is still operating within the United States.

Who knew that a few days ago a magical pure land suddenly appeared, and the legion became a cross-dimensional legion.

Now there is another magical alien land that is about to become part of an interstellar legion.

The pace of progress is too fast; they can't keep up.

Under Xia Zuo's repeated urging, Norman was the first to react, asking, "How many people do we need to accommodate?"

Xia Zuo opened his [Mind Network] to sense the remaining population of Asgard, estimated the rate of death, and then replied, "Prepare for the resettlement of 300 million people."

"Wow, resettling 300 million people, that's a huge undertaking." Norman Osborn quickly calculated the legion's cash flow and the land prices in Norway, then immediately replied, "Boss, no problem."

"We have enough cash to buy enough land to resettle 300 million people without any problem."

Xia Zuo nodded in satisfaction: "Then you should go back to Earth first and finish the land purchase transaction as soon as possible. Also, you need to prepare enough building materials, food, beer, fuel, clothing and other supplies."

"Don't worry, we won't lose money."

"These millions of people are all Asgardians. On Earth, each of them could be considered a mini-superman. They could easily recruit tens of thousands of warriors and form an invincible army."

Xia Zuo even laughed and said, "Especially those soldiers who fell on the battlefield, they were all veterans with experience in interstellar warfare, they are very valuable."

Resources.

Norman Osborne's eyes lit up: "I understand, boss. Just like you said, capital is not money; money is just a unit of measurement for capital."

"True capital is the control of resources, and of all resources, human resources are the most valuable."

Xia Zuo laughed heartily, "Haha, well said!"

"Norman, you have finally broken free from the puppet state controlled by capital and become a true capitalist."

Norman Osborn bowed his head and said sincerely, "Norman's achievements are entirely due to your education and help, boss. Otherwise, I would have died of a serious illness by now, and I would not have achieved what I have today."

Xia Zuo waved his hand: "This is nothing. We will have even greater success and a broader future. Not only you, but also your son Harry."

"Keep up the good work, Norman."

Norman Osborn nodded emphatically, "Yes, boss!"

Shazo turned the Rainbow Bridge, sending Norman Osborn back to Earth, but when he turned around, he saw Skye.

The girl's cheeks puffed out as she angrily asked, "Boss, is Hela also a reward from Odin, the king of the gods?"

Shazo was taken aback, then understood why Skye was angry. He smiled and explained, "There's nothing I can do. Hela and Asgard are two sides of the same coin. If I want Asgard, I have to take Hela with me."

"Hela, the goddess of death, is a powerful deity and could very well become a mainstay combatant in my legion."

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