He's in Marvel, working behind the scenes.

Even if you don't let your daughter help, you can still get other artifacts that can enhance Escanor's power!

Labor and management do not want your sword.

"Of course, that's not enough. I will send my daughter Hela with you to conquer Surtur!"

Odin paused, then said.

Oh my god, it smells so good.

Chapter 248 Listen to Me

"I am Hela Odinson, daughter of Odin and goddess of death in the Nine Realms."

A sexy young woman, dressed in black with a cloak, long black hair, and smoky makeup, introduced herself in a haughty tone, as if she were standing at the top of the food chain, looking down on all living beings, even more domineering than Odin.

Her disdainful gaze swept over Gu Qing and the others, lingering on Escanor for a moment before turning to Gu Qing, the one in charge. "I've already heard about the matter from my father, and I'm happy to get rid of that old bastard Surtur, so I'll do my best to help. But the operation must be centered on me, and you must follow my orders."

Hela's tone was unquestionable, as if she were everyone's superior.

Morgan frowned, about to retort.

Escanor stepped forward first, the sun's magic filling the air with temperatures high enough to melt steel. Taking advantage of the height difference, he looked down at Hela with disdain, "What makes you think you can command me?"

"I don't dislike characters like you."

Hela looked up at the Sun Knight, a smile playing on her lips.

Immediately, she ran her hands over her head. Her long, flowing hair automatically curled up, forming a crown-like hairstyle with many intersecting horns. An icy aura, as cold as a corpse, emanated from her, freezing everything in its path, rivaling Escanor's heat.

Hela is also the Heavenly Father.

Furthermore, in terms of pure power, he was even stronger than Escanor, who had just entered the realm of the Heavenly Father, and his icy aura subtly suppressed the heat.

Escanor frowned, about to unleash even greater power, but Hela suddenly asked, "Man, state your name!"

Escanor frowned and introduced himself: "I am Escanor, the Sin of Pride of the Seven Deadly Sins."

"Escano, what a nice name!"

Hela smiled contentedly. "A man like you was born for war. After this incident, come work for me!"

"I don't like people riding on my head."

Escanor remained calm.

Hela's smile widened. "What a coincidence, I love riding on people's heads the most."

"It seems we'll have to have a fight before we go to war with Surtur." Escanor's momentum was in no way inferior to anyone else's, and he was going head-to-head with Hela.

Upon hearing Surtur, Hela regained her composure and immediately withdrew her death power. "We'll talk about your matter later, but you must listen to me this time in the campaign against Surtur."

"Ms. Hela..."

Gu Qing called out from the side, and seeing the lady looking over, he smiled and said, "Following your instructions is not impossible, but you should at least show us some reasons that will convince us!"

“I am the Goddess of Death. I have helped my father fight for thousands of years and have also achieved great feats in the war against the demon god. Isn’t that enough?”

"not enough."

Gu Qing gently shook her head.

Hela laughed, unable to suppress a sneer, "If this isn't enough, then do you think you're qualified just because you've only cleared out some small fry?"

Gu Qing shook her head again.

Hela frowned, somewhat annoyed. "Then what do you mean?"

Gu Qing didn't answer directly, but instead asked another question, "Do you know why I'm the future savior, and not you?"

"Pfft!"

Hela couldn't help but scoff, "I thought you were going to say something, but this is all I got?"

Every so often, the world faces a crisis.

Since my birth, I have witnessed countless apocalypses and encountered countless saviors. For you humans, saving the world may be something to celebrate and rejoice over, but for us gods, saving the world is merely routine, nothing special at all.

"Are you mistaken about something?"

Morgan frowned at Hela and said, "You think the future Gu Qing is in is about the end of the world? Why don't you think about why Odin agreed to help us?"

"If you can take down Surtur, why not help him?"

"How were you able to kill Surtur?"

Morgan's tone was calm, but his words were sharp and confrontational: "If the two of you, who have just entered the ranks of the Fathers, plus a savior and Odin's sword, can defeat Surtur, why didn't he do it sooner?"

Hela was stunned upon hearing this.

Yes!

why?

Since the world faces apocalyptic catastrophes every so often, and saviors appear, why doesn't Odin use these saviors to eliminate Surtur, this great threat?

"That's because the future Gu Qing is in is facing an apocalyptic catastrophe that affects the entire universe, which is incomparable to the disaster that sweeps across the entire Earth. If you had Odin's strength, you would naturally be able to see that he is destined for greatness at this moment, and he will be successful in whatever he does."

The girl's words made Hela immediately look at Gu Qing, using her eyes of the dead that could see through the netherworld to observe his fate, and then she discovered the fortune gathering around him.

With such good fortune, as long as there is a possibility of success, success is certain.

Hela immediately understood, but did not change her mind, and smiled, "Even so, I will still be in charge."

“Ms. Hela, if you can convince us, then it’s not impossible.” Gu Qing shook his head slightly and sighed, “However, in the future, you will die at the hands of Surtur, so I naturally cannot hand over command of this operation to you.”

"What did you say!?"

Hela's eyes turned fierce, like a cat with its fur standing on end, and a terrifying aura of death emanated from her.

"Even if you say it a hundred times, it will be the same."

Gu Qing looked at her calmly and said, "Your future self was destroyed by Surtur along with Asgard—even ten thousand years later, you were no match for him, let alone now. Naturally, I cannot listen to your opinions."

Hela stared intently at Gu Qing, her Eyes of the Dead revealing the essence of his soul: he had not lied.

At that moment, she understood what Gu Qing meant when he said, "Why is the savior me, and not you?"

In the future, she has already perished.

With this in mind, Hela withdrew her magic.

She frowned, remained silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said reluctantly, "Then this time, you'll take the lead!"

"Ms. Hela will definitely not regret it."

As they spoke, Gu Qing opened the latitudinal passage and took the lead in walking inside. "Let's go, let's go get Surtur's dog head."

"Your kind of savior is quite special."

Hela smiled and followed, her tentacle-like hair ornament automatically falling down. "You told me about the future, so let me tell you something too."

"what's up?"

"You'd better not use my father's Odin sword lightly."

"why?"

"That is a cursed sword. The prophecy says that the person who uses this sword will successfully kill the enemy that brings about the apocalypse, but the person who wields the sword will also die after the battle."

Worthy!

Chapter 249 Encirclement and Slaughter of Surtur

Odin, you scoundrel, is trying to harm me...

Gu Qing certainly wouldn't have such thoughts just because of Hela's words.

It's not that Hela was lying to him, but that even though Odin is now a powerful ruler, he's not so crazy as to harm someone with whom he has no vested interests or whom he dislikes.

Moreover, they are currently in a cooperative relationship.

For Odin and even the gods of Asgard, they were more eager to kill Surtur than Gu Qing was, and they would never stab him in the back in such a matter.

But Odin still gave him the cursed sword.

That only proves that Surtur is truly powerful. Even with the help of two Heavenly Father-level experts like Escanor and Hela, they still needed the sword's assistance to kill that ancient demon god.

"Tell me more about Odin's sword." Gu Qing thought to himself, but on his face he wore a casual, nonchalant expression.

Hela was slightly surprised, then smiled. "This is a doomsday prophecy about devouring the World Serpent. It requires my unborn brother Thor to wield Odin's sword to kill it. But after killing the World Serpent, my brother will also die."

After listening, Gu Qing remained silent for a while, then sighed, "...Your Immortal Palace has so many doomsday prophecies."

"..."

Hela was speechless.

If the content of a prophecy could be changed by will, she would have already foreseen that the future goddess of death, Hela, would conquer the universe and unify the world.

As they spoke, the group had already walked out of the latitudinal passage.

……

This is a world of fire.

Earth cast from lava, rivers flowing with magma, air thick with smoke and sulfur, a hellish place where fire demons howl wantonly.

As soon as they emerged from the latitudinal passage, they were met with an overwhelming wave of heat. After a brief moment of stunned silence, countless fire demons charged forward, brandishing sharp forks, broadswords, and other melee weapons.

Hela smiled confidently, took a step forward, and an endless chilling aura erupted, her cloak of death billowing in the wind. "You vermin of Muspelheim, your queen has arrived! Kneel and submit!"

Faced with this terrifying aura, the fire demons were not afraid at all; instead, they roared excitedly, "Daughter of Odin, it's great that you've come to die!"

Gu Qing sighed speechlessly.

As the one destined to be ended in the prophecy of Ragnarok, you still think you can intimidate the Terminator with your own aura? You're dreaming!

"court death!"

Hela's face was frosty. She flipped her right hand, and Thor's hammer appeared in her palm. Then she raised it to the sky.