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Chapter 212 Slaughter

"Misunderstand?"

Loki's disdainful laughter echoed from among the Destroyers.

"What misunderstanding? Do you mean they committed treason?"

"My foolish brother, you shouldn't ask me this, you should ask them. Don't they know whether they've committed treason?"

"Impossible..." Thor instinctively denied upon hearing this.

Don't you know the personalities of Vostagg and the others?

Those who value honor above all else would probably rather die in battle than betray Asgard and bear the stigma of traitors.

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The next moment, Thor, who was about to defend Volstagg and the others, found his mouth frozen in mid-air.

a long time.

Thor asked with a somewhat grave expression, "Is it because of me?"

Thor may be reckless, but he is not stupid. Moreover, as the crown prince of Asgard and the future king of Asgard, how could Thor be completely ignorant of the laws of Asgard?

Because of their impulsiveness, their actions in Jotunheim directly ignited a war between Asgard and Jotunheim.

And he himself, having been banished by the Father God, became a sinner exiled on Earth.

Before receiving forgiveness from God the Father.

I have no right to return to Asgard.

While the Father God was in a coma and Loki ascended to the throne, Volstagg and the others secretly descended to Earth to find themselves, the "sinner," and attempted to bring them back to Asgard to overthrow Loki's rule over Asgard.

This not only disobeys the orders of Odin, the king of the gods, but is also a betrayal of Loki, the current king of Asgard.

And all of this is because of myself.

Thinking of this, Thor, not wanting his friend to be accused of treason, immediately defended himself to Loki:

"Loki, they did not betray Asgard, nor did they betray you. They are my friends, and they only came to see me."

"Yeah, just like you before..."

"That's enough!"

Loki's impatient voice came from among the Destroyers: "I'm not here to listen to your excuses... I'm here to execute these traitors."

As he spoke, a crimson aura once again emanated from the Destroyer, and rings of terrifying energy filled with destructive power continuously converged.

Thor, who was standing in front of Fandral, changed his expression upon seeing this, but still stood firmly between the Destroyer and Fandral.

That seemed to be telling Loki that if he wanted to kill Fandral and the others, he would have to step over their corpses.

"Thor, don't worry about me, go! Don't give Loki an excuse to kill you..."

Before Loki could speak, Fandral, whose arm had been destroyed by the Destruction Beam behind Thor, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, shoving Thor aside.

Done.

Fandral raised his shield and launched a deadly charge at the Destroyer.

"For Asgard..."

Upon seeing Fandral shouting "For Asgard!" and charging at him.

Feeling utterly ironic, Loki felt a surge of rage.

Now, Loki is the king of Asgard.

How ironic that an Asgardian citizen, shouting "For Asgard!", then launched an attack on their king.

"court death!"

Enraged, Loki instantly activated the Destroyer and fired a destructive beam at Fandral.

It's sizzling!

It pierced through the special shield made of magical alloy in Fandral's hand in an instant, filled with an aura of extreme destruction, and then mercilessly pierced through Fandral's chest.

"Damn it..."

A hint of resentment flashed in Fandral's eyes as he witnessed the beam of destruction pierce his chest, but before he could say anything...

His well-trained and powerful physique cracked inch by inch under the scorching heat of the beam of destruction, and then shattered into countless ruins.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Having killed Fandral directly, Loki's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, and a barely concealed...satisfaction.

Although he could only wield a portion of the Destroyer's authority at the moment, the Destroyer in this state was still a force that even an elite Asgardian warrior like Fandral, who hadn't yet condensed divine power, could not withstand.

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"Fandall, no..."

If Loki's anger at Fandral's death was tinged with a hint of disdainful pleasure, then Volstagg and Hogan, the other two members of the Warriors Three, were heartbroken by their friend's death.

The bearded Volstagg's eyes turned red, and a fierce and violent aura surged from his body.

"Go to hell!"

At that moment, a hint of wine-red hue appeared on Volstagg's body. His speed and strength suddenly increased dramatically. With a speed completely disproportionate to his tall stature, he instantly covered a distance of dozens of meters, wielding his powerful battle axe and smashing it down on the Destroyer's head with the force of splitting mountains and seas.

His movements were as swift as a rabbit, covering dozens of meters in an instant with terrifying speed, making it impossible to tell that just a moment ago he was the wounded man who had been slapped away by Destruction, crashing into the front of the car and unable to even get up.

However, as Volstagg's companions, how could Thor, Hogan, and the others not be familiar with Volstagg's current state?

Berserker's Wrath.

This is Volstagg's most powerful, and final, desperate measure, as a descendant of berserkers.

With his severely wounded body igniting the rage of the berserker, Volstagg's ultimate fate is only one: either victory or death!

If Volstagg cannot defeat the Destroyer within the duration of Berserker's Wrath and quell its fury with glory, then only death awaits him.

How could Volstagg possibly win against the powerful Destroyer?

"Ding!"

With a blinding flash of sparks, Volstagg's battle axe struck the Destroyer's head, sending up a shower of sparks.

The extremely violent power caused the Destroyer's head to seem to dent slightly, and the shockwave even caused the Destroyer's body to sway slightly.

"Hmph, you're asking for death..."

Upon receiving the feedback from the Destroyer, a cold glint flashed in Loki's eyes.

The next second, the Destroyer's metal hand gleamed with a cold light and instantly reached for Volstagg's heart.

But before the Destroyer's claws could reach out, Volstagg's obese body swayed slightly and vanished instantly in front of the Destroyer.

Before Loki could react, Volstagg reappeared behind the Destroyer, wielding his battle axe and unleashing a barrage of attacks on the Destroyer's back.

In an instant.

A barrage of axe shadows rained down on the Destroyer.

In just a few seconds.

The Destroyer suffered dozens of ferocious attacks from Volstagg, but Volstagg always managed to narrowly evade the Destroyer's counterattacks at the last moment.

In an instant.

The incredibly powerful Destroyer seemed to be overwhelmed by Volstagg, who had activated Berserker's Fury.

But Thor, Hogan, and Sif all looked extremely grim.

Despite the increasingly ferocious attacks from Volstagg, and the intensified crimson aura emanating from him, a closer look reveals...

Volstagg, whose body was wreathed in raging blood flames, was visibly losing weight despite his previously obese physique.

In just a few seconds, Vostagg lost a lot of weight.

If this pace continues...

Vostagg will likely die of exhaustion soon.

However, the Destroyer opposite him had no other injuries except for a few dents from Volstagg's slashes.

Even the dents were quickly repaired by the Destroyer's engraved repair magic.

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"Very well, you've angered me, Volstagg."

Seeing his Destroyer being overwhelmed by Volstagg, Loki, far away in Asgard, felt deeply humiliated, and his face darkened.

Then he slammed Gungnir heavily into the ground.

"Annihilation Mode, activated!"

Under Loki's orders.

The energy furnace inside the Destroyer suddenly shone with a blazing light.

Thin beams of destructive light burst forth from all parts of the Destroyer's body in all directions.

Not far away, Torton, who witnessed this scene, immediately shouted sternly at Vostagg:

"Volstagg, get out of the way..."

Because of Fandral's death, Volstagg, who had unleashed his Berserker Rage, saw a glimmer of clarity in his rage-filled crimson eyes after hearing Thor's call.

But upon seeing Thor, Sif, and the others not far away...

That rare moment of clarity led Vostagg to make the most rational decision.

"I'm sorry, Thor, but this time I'm afraid I can't obey your orders. For the glory of our ancestors, Berserker Technique—Storm Axe!"

With a roar from Volstagg, the scorching blood flames rising from his body surged out and transformed into a terrifying crimson giant axe. With each swing of Volstagg, hundreds of axe shadows were instantly unleashed.

With each swing of his axe, Vostagg grew thinner and thinner...

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No sooner said than done.

From the moment the Destroyer activated its Annihilation Mode to Volstagg unleashing his Berserker Technique "Storm Axe" at the cost of his life, only a brief instant had passed.

But this brief collision unleashed a terrifying and astonishing power.

next second.

Countless tiny beams of destructive light collided with hundreds of blood-red axe shadows.

boom!

With a deafening roar, a terrifying shockwave swept across the sky, creating a fierce wind that spread in all directions in an instant.

In the midst of this terrifying shockwave, the simple crossroads of the town of Puens cracked inch by inch.

The cars surrounding the center of the battlefield were blown away.

"careful······"

Just as the shockwave was about to engulf Thor, Sif, who had been blasted away by the Destroyer, pounced on Thor and pinned him beneath her.

While shielding Thor from the oncoming shockwave with her body, a yellowish-brown light membrane rapidly spread from Sif's hands, covering Thor's body.

"Wow!"

Sif, who was already seriously injured, vomited a mouthful of divine blood under the shockwave.

On the contrary, Thor beneath her was not seriously harmed under the protection of Sif's divine power.

Before Sif could get up.

Then she heard Hogan's mournful roar.

"Volstagg..."

Upon hearing this voice, Sif and Thor, their hearts skipped a beat, and they quickly rolled over and got up.

After they got up.

Suddenly, they saw the Destroyer, radiating intense heat that distorted the very air, holding a massive head in its hand.

Below that head was a charred, shriveled corpse riddled with holes.

Meanwhile, the entire battlefield...

Apart from the fan-shaped area where Thor and his group were located, most of the town was reduced to ruins by the Destroyer's countless beams of destruction.

The reason Thor and his group remained unharmed was because Volstagg's final, desperate attack successfully blocked the thousands of destructive beams that shot towards them.

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"Snap!"

Under the watchful eyes of Thor and the others, the Destroyer, exuding a terrifying aura, crushed the enormous head in his hand with a single blow, then tossed Volstagg's corpse aside like a rag doll.

But the next second after discarding the corpse, Loki, feeling that he hadn't vented his anger enough, fired a destructive beam that blasted the riddled corpse in mid-air into ashes.

"Volstagg!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Thor's eyes flashed with extreme anger and endless guilt.

Driven by extreme anger and guilt, the divine power within Thor, which Odin himself had sealed, slightly broke through Odin's seal.

A barely perceptible glint of electricity flashed in Thor's eyes.

Sensing that familiar divine power, Thor reached out and instinctively summoned Mjolnir.

But Thor's hammer, far away in the S.H.I.E.L.D. temporary base, only trembled slightly after sensing that fleeting, faint power of Thor before falling silent again.

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Most of the town of Puens was reduced to ruins by the Destroyer's attack, and some civilians who were unable to evacuate in time were buried by the thousands of beams of destruction.

Even several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who accompanied Hawkeye in evacuating civilians were blasted into ashes by that terrifying beam of destruction.

If Hawkeye hadn't reacted quickly and pounced under cover, he might have followed in the footsteps of those S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

All of this caused Hawkeye's gaze towards the Destroyer in the distance to be filled with an undisguised killing intent.

(End of this chapter)