Marvel: The Alchemist Just Wants a Peaceful Life.

Chapter 112 The job is over!

After hearing Odin's words, Sherlock felt that Odin had only said half of what he meant. Turning his head, he caught a glimpse of regret on Odin's face and almost immediately understood what Odin was regretting.

Hella!

Yes, Sherlock was right. This wasn't the first time Odin had brought people to the heart of Asgard. The last person he brought was Hela, the God of War whom Odin had erased from Asgardian history, and Odin's eldest daughter.

At the time, Odin didn't really feel anything about Hela binding her divine power to the core of Asgard; he even seemed somewhat supportive.

After all, Odin was obsessed with war and with placing Asgard on the throne of the Nine Realms, which was something that the entire Asgardian nation had wanted to achieve.

Odin did it!

At that time, Asgard had indeed unified the Nine Realms, stood at the top of the Nine Realms, had countless warriors under its command, and even had an ambitious successor like Hela, just like itself.

Furthermore, Odin believed that once he donned his armor, he could rival the Celestials, and this immense power inflated his ego to an unprecedented degree.

Everything looked so perfect, everything looked so natural.

It wasn't until one day, when Odin was walking down the streets of Asgard, that he suddenly realized that everyone in Asgard was taking pride in being warriors and even immersed in war, that Odin realized what a foolish thing he had done.

The desks and chairs in the school began to gather dust, while the arena was packed with people. This made Odin realize that if things continued like this, the most likely outcome for Asgard would be to become a kind of thug in the universe, a powerful mercenary army!

If things continue like this, Asgard will eventually fall into a vicious cycle where it can only fight but cannot defend.

Odin didn't want such a thing to happen, nor did he want the future of Asgard to be fixed in his hands. This led to Odin's later break with Hela and even his mobilization of the Valkyries to seal Hela away.

In order to better suppress the war-obsessed mindset, Odin even erased all traces of Hela in Asgard.

Even so, the martial spirit has not been extinguished, with Loki and Thor being the best examples.

If his children are like this, what about the other Asgardians?

This is the sin Odin himself committed, and the price he must pay.

Odin originally intended for Sherlock to sever the connection between Asgard and Hela, but after much deliberation, he ultimately relented and abandoned the idea, leaving the choice to fate.

Let's see if Sherlock can discover the connection between Hela and the core of Asgard, and whether Sherlock truly wants to sever the last thread of his bond with Hela.

Odin responded with silence, trying to leave everything to Sherlock to decide.

Sherlock wasn't stupid either; the moment he saw the look of regret on Odin's face, he understood what Odin was thinking.

Could Sherlock discover the connection between Hela and Asgard? Of course he could, and it would be quite easy, but Sherlock had no intention of dealing with this connection.

Just as Odin silently handed over the decision-making power to Sherlock, Sherlock had no intention of getting involved in Odin's family drama.

Of course, while Odin might pretend not to know if Sherlock didn't say anything, it doesn't mean Sherlock wouldn't do something underhanded.

With Sherlock's current abilities, leaving a backdoor on Hela's connection that can be severed at any time is not a difficult task for him. After all, in Sherlock's view, it would be a real waste if such a treasure as Asgard were to turn into cosmic dust as depicted in the movies.

Sherlock had even decided that if Thor, that spendthrift son, really didn't care about squandering his inheritance, Sherlock wouldn't mind taking over the entire Asgard.

At the very least, they have no intention of letting go of the absolutely stunning core Sherlock right in front of them!

Seeing that Odin fell silent after making a remark, Sherlock raised his eyebrows slightly, said nothing more, and simply led his men to begin their work.

The first step was naturally to check the core operation and repair any damaged or worn-out runes and magic patterns. This task was led by the team of Asgardians and dwarves, with Sherlock merely providing assistance using the Analysis of All Things.

However, with the help of the analysis of all things, Sherlock was also surprised by the Asgardian predecessors' use of magical technology, as the magic runes on the energy circuit in the entire core had a lot of redundancy.

These redundancies can even help the entire core remain stable when more than 50% of its runes are lost.

This design is even more sophisticated than the design of airplanes in the technological world!

Putting everything else aside, just looking at the design alone, you can see how glorious Asgard was in the past, but in Sherlock's eyes, the current Asgard is basically full of brutes.

So much so that while Sherlock was directing the maintenance of the scene, he kept glancing at Odin standing beside him.

Odin wasn't stupid; he naturally knew what Sherlock was looking at, but he simply didn't want to pay attention to Sherlock.

Odin was present at the site for three days during the three-day maintenance of Asgard's core. After that, the maintenance of Asgard's magical circuits continued for nearly three more days, and then the maintenance of Asgard was considered to be over.

Sherlock also gained a lot, not only analyzing the core of Asgard, but also witnessing and adjusting the magical circuits of the Bifrost, thus thoroughly understanding Asgard's magical technology, which is very similar to alchemy.

The remaining time was of little concern to Sherlock, but the dwarves and Asgardians who had participated in the maintenance still needed to continue working, recording and learning about the maintenance of Asgard as a whole.

In other words, Sherlock personally trained a group of apprentices, but how far these apprentices would go and whether they would be able to stand on their own was no longer Sherlock's concern.

Although Odin really wanted Sherlock to continue handling after-sales service, Sherlock directly retorted with the saying, "The master can only lead you to the door; the rest is up to you."

After all, Sherlock is not from Asgard, so there's no need for him to do so much for Asgard. The fact that he personally trained a group of maintenance personnel is only because he couldn't stand seeing Sherlock exploiting the dwarves so much back then, and that's why he gave Asgard this subsidy.

Essentially, this is just a transaction.

Besides, Sherlock has finally come to an alien planet, how could he just be working all the time?

Sherlock felt he had to make a big splash, since he was already here and it would be a waste not to have some fun.

Not to mention, Asgard today is basically like the Twin Towers back then, both of which are very likely to become limited-edition tourist attractions in the future!