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Chapter 435

(The previous chapter title was misspelled; it should be "Chapter 433: The Dwarfs".)

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"No matter what, let's see Odin first."

Having set the tone, the dwarf king Eitrich, following ancient etiquette, ordered his men to present a letter of invitation to Odin, the supreme ruler of the nine realms and king of the gods.

In Odin's Garden.

After learning that the Dwarf King Eitrich had personally visited Asgard.

Odin dismissed the guards surrounding him, then frowned and said to Queen Frigga beside him, "The Dwarf King Eitri has come to visit? Interesting. Visiting Asgard at this time, does this Dwarf King Eitri also want to test the strength of Asgard?"

Upon hearing this, pop diva Fricka pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be."

"The dwarves are passionate about forging and have always disliked war. In your grandfather's time, they had already pledged allegiance to us, the Aesir, becoming our vassals in exchange for our protection. Over the years, the dwarves have become our most steadfast supporters in Asgard and the cornerstone of our Aesir's rule over the Nine Realms."

"Moreover, the current Dwarf King Eitri has a very good relationship with your father. Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, was commissioned by Odin to be forged by the Dwarf King Eitri himself."

"Regardless of the dwarves' usual practices or their relationship with Asgard, they have no reason to test us at this time."

Loki, disguised as Odin, looked at Queen Frieza with slight confusion and asked, "In that case, Mother, do you know the purpose of their visit to Asgard?"

Queen Frika shook her head slightly: "It's not clear yet, but before the Dark Elves invaded, the Dwarves seemed to have encountered some trouble. At that time, they even sent people to talk to your father, seemingly hoping that your father would send someone to Wat Ahlheim (the Dwarven Kingdom) to help them solve some problem."

"But before your father could send anyone over, the Dark War (the Dark Elf invasion) broke out."

"And after the Rainbow Bridge was destroyed, we lost all contact with Watt Alheim."

"I think this visit by the Dwarf King is related to the previous visit by the Dwarf race."

Thinking of this, Frika sighed softly and said, "It's a pity that I wasn't with your father when the dwarves visited, otherwise we wouldn't be making these wild guesses now."

Loki: "Besides my father, the King, wasn't there anyone else who knew what my father and the dwarves discussed?"

"Besides your father, Heimdall should also know about what happened back then, but..."

Halfway through her sentence, Frika shook her head, her face darkening.

As the gatekeeper of the celestial palace.

Heimdall perished early in the Dark War; otherwise, with Heimdall around, Asgard wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

Heimdall was both the gatekeeper of Asgard and Odin's most trusted confidant.

In addition, with his demonic eyes that can see through the nine realms, few things can escape the notice of the rulers of the nine realms.

If Heimdall were still alive, with his help, Loki might not be able to perfectly impersonate Odin, but at least he wouldn't be as ignorant of many things as he is now.

"Heimdall!"

Loki, who was wearing Odin's face, didn't feel much regret upon hearing this.

If Heimdall hadn't died, it would have been harder for him to portray 'Odin' and 'Loki' hidden behind Odin's mask, given Heimdall's eyes.

"Interesting. Did the dwarves visit Father before the Dark War broke out? It seems Father has indeed left me with quite a few problems."

This forced the Dwarf King Etri to personally lead his warships to visit Asgard after the Rainbow Bridge was destroyed.

Clearly, something extraordinary has happened in Watt Alheim.

Although Loki had no idea what had happened in Alheim or what the dwarves had discussed with Odin, he remained completely calm.

After thinking for a moment, Loki said to Fricka, "In any case, since the Dwarf King has come in person, let's go see him."

Fricka, unaware of what the dwarves and Odin had discussed, did not want Loki to encounter the dwarves at this moment, thus revealing a weakness.

But since the Dwarf King himself came to visit, no matter what, Odin, as the ruler of the Nine Realms, had to personally receive the Dwarf King.

At worst, I can just keep a closer eye on things from the side.

After a moment's hesitation, Frika nodded to Loki.

With the transmission of Odin's will.

Soon, Asgard received King Eitre and his entourage of the dwarves with the highest honors.

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Guided by the "guards" of a series of magical flying boats.

The massive Forge metal airship slowly entered Asgardian airspace.

After flying a considerable distance, the metal airship, its top chimney constantly spewing black smoke, finally came to rest in the vast plaza in front of Odin's Gardens.

"Snap!"

"Snap!"

After coming to a stop, a huge metal door quickly opened on the belly of the Furnace.

Immediately afterwards, with the turning of a series of gears, a long metal staircase emerged from the Furnace.

"call out!"

Before the dwarf king Etri and his men could even step off the Forge.

Thor, draped in a red robe, flew aboard the Forge, hammer Mjolnir in hand.

"Hey, Thor."

Upon seeing Thor suddenly fly onto the Forge, the dwarves gathered by the gate were not nervous at all; instead, they breathed a sigh of relief as if they had seen an old friend.

As the heir to Asgard.

After Thor gained some power, Odin paved the way for him early on, allowing him to appear in the Nine Realms from time to time to make a name for himself.

Thor led his people to quell both the space pirate invasion of the dwarf kingdom and the monster uprising in the dwarf kingdom.

In addition, due to his possession of Mjolnir, Thor was quite familiar with the dwarves he visited.

Bourne Bronzebeard, the red-bearded dwarf elder, was Thor's drinking buddy.

So when he learned of the dwarves' visit, Thor, who had just returned to Odin's Garden, volunteered to take on the task of receiving them.

"It's so good to see you."

As soon as Thor, who had been brought aboard the Forge by Mjolnir, stood firmly on his feet, Bourne Bronzebeard, a red-bearded dwarf elder whose height and width were almost proportional, pushed aside another dwarf elder, Kree Greybeard, who was blocking his way, and rushed to Thor's side, giving him a warm hug.

Although Thor was a head taller than Bourne Bronzebeard, Thor, who was also quite strong, looked like a little chick compared to Bourne Bronzebeard's exaggerated physique.

"Bang bang bang!"

As Bourne Bronzebeard enthusiastically patted him with his fan-like arms, Thor, not to be outdone, began patting Bourne Bronzebeard's back.

Ok.

This is absolutely not retaliation.

Rather, it is the highest form of courtesy that dwarves show to their friends.

After a warm hug and pats, Thor, whose back was aching slightly, calmly pushed away Bourne Bronzebeard, who seemed completely unaffected.

Then he said, "Long time no see, Bourne. After you've met with your father, let's have a good drink tonight."

Bourne Bronzebeard: "Of course, my friend, but this time you can't be like last time, getting knocked out after only half a drink."

Thor, who had been smiling when he heard the first part of the sentence, immediately said after hearing the second part, "Hey, buddy, you're already drunk before we've even started drinking? I remember you were the one who passed out first, Kerry can vouch for that."

As he spoke, Thor gestured toward the gray-bearded dwarf elder, Kree Greybeard, standing to the side.

Hearing this, Kerry Greybeard chuckled and said, "I can vouch for Thor. You were the one who passed out first last time. Heh heh, if you can't hold your liquor, don't be stubborn. Bourne, I'll get revenge for you this time."

No sooner had Kree Greybeard finished speaking than Bourne Bronzebeard, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, bristled and said:

"Bullshit, that was only the first half. In the second half, I single-handedly drank Thor and the others under the table. Kerry, you who ran away halfway through the game, what do you know? If you don't believe me, ask Thor if we drank in the second half."

"Drink my ass, who knows if you're just hallucinating from being drunk."

"You're the one hallucinating..."

Just as the bristling Burn Bronzebeard and Kree Greybeard were about to escalate their verbal sparring into a physical fight.

Thor, as the host, immediately stepped forward, standing between the two to stop them, and said:

"Hey, hey, stop arguing, buddy. Forget who got drunk first last time. Let's have another contest tonight. It'll be a good opportunity for you to see how Asgardian wine compares to the dwarven kingdom's strong liquor."

The fine wines of Asgard.

The two dwarf elders, who had been arguing, stopped arguing instantly upon hearing the word "fine wine," and both swallowed hard.

The Rainbow Bridge collapsed, severing the dwarves' connection with Asgard due to the distance. In order to resolve their internal troubles...

Under the direct leadership of the dwarf king Eitrich, they drove the Forge to Asgard.

Although the Furnace had prepared a large quantity of fine wine, it couldn't withstand the debauchery of the entire ship full of drunkards.

Even the dwarf king Etri did not expect that the Forge would run out of alcohol halfway through its voyage.

This greatly distressed the dwarves who were addicted to alcohol.

So when Thor mentioned the wine, not only the two dwarf elders, but all the other dwarves around them swallowed hard.

"Shut up, you guys."

Standing over five meters tall, a height disproportionately large for dwarves, as if due to a genetic mutation, the dwarf king Eitri glared angrily at his drunken subordinates before addressing Thor:

"We can discuss the wine later. Let's go and pay our respects to the great Father of the Gods first."

Upon hearing King Eitel bring up serious matters, Thor also adopted a stern expression and said solemnly, "Of course, Father is already waiting for you in Odin's Garden."

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Under the guidance of Thor.

King Eitel of the Dwarves soon led his entourage of dwarves into the Gardens of Odin.

Although it is called a garden, Odin Gardens is actually a magnificent palace complex nestled amidst a sea of ​​flowers.

This palace complex, though not as grand and solemn as the former celestial palace, is even more majestic and magnificent, and is by no means inferior to the celestial palace, further embellished by a sea of ​​flowers.

This left the group of roughnecks from the dwarf kingdom completely dumbfounded.

While the Dwarf King and his entourage were admiring the vibrant and colorful palace in Odin's Garden, many others in Odin's Garden were also observing them.

Beneath a palace in Odin Gardens, Tony Stark, now dressed in traditional Asgardian attire, stared at the over five-meter-tall, giant-like dwarf king Eitri and scoffed, his lips twitching.

"Ha, someone that tall is considered short? It must be a genetic mutation!"

Arryn, leaning against a huge Roman column beside Thor, said, "The one you're talking about isn't just the most authentic dwarf, but the king of the dwarf race."

"Yes, he was also the forger of many divine artifacts, including Thor's hammer 'Mjolnir'."

Tony, who was initially wondering how such a tall guy like Eitri became the Dwarf King, had his attention diverted when he learned that Eitri was also the forger of many divine artifacts, including Thor's hammer "Mjolnir".

After the Battle of New York.

Tony, who was unusually interested in Thor's hammer "Mjolnir," had secretly studied Mjolnir during the time they were investigating Loki together.

But to this day, Thor still doesn't understand how Mjolnir was forged.

So when Tony heard that Mjolnir was forged by the dwarf king Etri, who was as big as a giant, he instantly became extremely interested in the dwarf king Etri.

And they were planning how to get closer to the Dwarf King Etri and exchange forging experience.

If we can master Mjolnir's forging techniques and incorporate them into the Mark armor...

Tony believes that the strength of the Mark Armor will be greatly improved at that time.

Maybe I'll even get a set of magical armor someday.

Seeing Tony Stark deep in thought, Arryn's gaze followed the Dwarf King and his party to the oval-shaped metal airship that stood tens of meters tall behind them.

"Since the dwarves can travel from Nidavellir, where Watt Alheim is located, to Asgard using this metal airship, then this spaceship should also be able to fly from Asgard to Earth!"

Just hours before, Arryn and Thor were discussing how to gather a group of craftsmen to build a spaceship capable of interstellar travel.

But to their surprise, just a few hours later, a spaceship appeared in front of them.

Of course, the spaceship was now available.

But whether the dwarves are willing to send Arryn and his companions back to Earth is another question.

Earth and Watt Alheim are not on the same path.

but.

This is not a big problem.

Arlin believed he would eventually persuade the dwarves.

(End of this chapter)