Chapter 124: I Love You
Go with you…?
Hearing Frigga's final teasing remark, Heisenberg sighed softly.
This goddess of yours is truly a master at lightening the mood.
To those who know, it's clear I'm going with you to retrieve the rune power, but to those who don't, it sounds like you're taking me on a pilgrimage to the Western heavens!
This, this, this…
Heisenberg swallowed, shaking his head.
No matter how beautiful the goddess is, I won't play the role of a widower!
So, he straightened his expression, as if Frigga had never joked with him before, and followed her through the palace treasury.
As they walked, Frigga softly introduced the surroundings to Heisenberg.
"That's the Infinity Gauntlet. It's said Odin once used it to collect five Infinity Stones, though I can't confirm that.
After all, I'm only over three thousand years old, still young, and Odin's stone-gathering happened over five thousand years ago."
"Hmm, I've heard of that!"
Heisenberg nodded, casually pulling out Thanos's double-bladed sword.
"I defeated Thanos in the future and heard this history from him. Odin defeated him once."
"Oh?" Frigga looked slightly surprised. "I didn't expect you to have such an experience. But Thanos…"
"Don't worry. It's 2012 on Earth now, and in two years, Thanos will go to a parallel universe to meet his end at my hands!"
Heisenberg smiled, tucking Thanos's sword back into his waistband.
Frigga, wise as she was, instantly understood the implication of his words and nodded knowingly.
"Then it seems we won't need to wage a large-scale war against Thanos, as his fate will end in two years."
"Indeed."
Heisenberg nodded, his gaze drifting to the burning flames in the distance.
Noticing his gaze, Frigga explained softly.
"Surtur's Eternal Flame, the core of his power.
In countless prophecies, Surtur is the destroyer of Asgard and one of the executors of Ragnarok.
So, Odin long ago seized his core and stored it in the treasury, hoping to delay Ragnarok a little longer."
As she spoke, Frigga waved her hand, using magic to open the gate to Yggdrasil.
Heisenberg bypassed the Eternal Flame and followed Frigga into the magically concealed portal.
In an instant, they arrived in another realm.
What lay before them wasn't a tree in the conventional sense, or even a tree in the broadest sense!
Heisenberg saw a tangled mass of wormhole rivers connecting countless spacetime dimensions, with the center of this vast, majestic wormhole cluster filled with countless fragments of spacetime, like shattered glass.
Seeing Heisenberg's astonishment, Frigga pressed her lips together.
"Legend says Yggdrasil is a towering tree bearing the Nine Realms, but in reality, it's a chaotic yet patterned high-energy source connecting the Nine Realms.
The Bifröst relies on Yggdrasil's energy for large-scale, long-distance teleportation.
The Aesir's rune power and Asgard's light-energy technology are all derived from their study of Yggdrasil!"
Frigga extended her hand, gently taking Heisenberg's right hand.
"Your Majesty, let me guide your movements. Don't refuse my lead."
As she spoke, invisible energy began to coil around Heisenberg's right hand.
He passively extended his hand, placing it on the stone memorial in front of Yggdrasil.
The moment his hand touched the stone, the spacetime energy source of Yggdrasil erupted in turmoil.
Watching the energy source's explosive agitation, Frigga's eyes widened in awe.
"This is incredible. Your potential has Yggdrasil unusually excited.
When I received the runes in the past, Yggdrasil was as still as a pool of dead water. You truly are exceptional."
She spoke reverently, then placed her hand beside Heisenberg's.
In an instant, a dark energy appeared before Frigga, extending and linking to Yggdrasil.
"That's my love rune. Since I'm not of the Aesir, I can't fully wield rune power.
You'll likely face this challenge too, but your foundation far surpasses mine. No matter what, your runes will be far more brilliant than mine!"
Boom!!!
As Frigga's words fell, Heisenberg's heart surged violently.
Then, an invisible energy entity silently infiltrated his heart.
In a brief moment, Heisenberg's body, which never sweated, inexplicably exuded two drops of sweat. He felt as if a sun had lodged in his chest.
He even felt as if he'd gained an infinite source of power!
Of course, that was just an illusion. But the Aesir runes genuinely contained the power of the sun, and that power indeed enhanced a Kryptonian's strength!
This realization sparked Heisenberg's thoughts.
It seemed that traversing multiple worlds with deities and seizing solar godhood could become his regular method of enhancement!
Unexpectedly, a Kryptonian's physiology could be strengthened by the solar godhood of Earth's mythological systems!
"Alright, Your Majesty, withdraw your hand."
Seeing Heisenberg absorbing the power, Frigga softly reminded him.
Heisenberg nodded, gently pulling his hand back to his chest. He clenched his fist, and the air instantly exploded with a loud bang.
The veins on his right hand bulged, his heart's blood-pumping capacity increasing at least twofold!
Simultaneously, his ability to absorb solar radiation increased by at least threefold!
The path to becoming a golden superhuman grew shorter…
But it wasn't perfect yet. After all, Aesir runes were only compatible with Aesir bloodlines and physiology.
So, Heisenberg needed to fine-tune the runes for himself!
He called upon the system in his mind.
He couldn't alter his Kryptonian bloodline—it was a precious lineage capable of ascending to higher-dimensional life.
So, if the runes didn't adapt to him, he'd make them adapt!
"System, adjust the Aesir solar rune to suit my physiology!"
"Acknowledged. This will require 3.42 million units of origin matter."
"OK!"
The price wasn't cheap but was acceptable. After all, Aesir rune power had at least a multiverse-level potential!
In the comics, Thor used the Rune King state to end Ragnarok's destiny!
As the system modified the solar rune, Heisenberg's body instantly erupted with endless flames.
The flames forced Frigga to retreat several steps, her mouth agape in stunned disbelief.
"You've awakened already? This… how is this possible?!"
…
Meanwhile, on Earth, in Norway…
Thor and Loki stood on either side, supporting their father.
The three stood by the lighthouse on the shore, Odin silent, gazing at the vast, deep ocean.
Loki looked at his adoptive father, still unable to understand.
If Odin was so powerful, why had he allowed Loki's schemes all along?
Reality gradually made Loki realize that, despite his hatred for Odin, Odin truly loved him.
Even if that love was unbearable and caused lifelong pain.
As for Thor, the poor God of Thunder's mind was a complete mess.
He looked at Odin, wanting to say something but unable to speak.
His mouth kept opening and closing, as if countless words were on the tip of his tongue.
Odin glanced at his two sons from the corner of his eye as he stared at the ocean.
After several minutes, he shook his head helplessly.
"You two have deeply disappointed me!"
At these words, Thor and Loki lowered their heads in shame.
Odin continued to criticize them softly.
"Thor, I've always wanted you to be brave and decisive—only then would you be fit to face Ragnarok's destiny.
But you've mixed bravery and decisiveness, turning these virtues into your lifelong flaws.
Recklessness!"
Hearing Odin's assessment, Thor instinctively raised his head, as if to rebut.
But the next moment, he powerless lowered his head again. Because now, he knew Odin was right.
After countless setbacks, Thor finally gained the rationality to see the world clearly. Unfortunately, it came too late.
Finished with Thor, Odin turned to Loki, chiding softly.
"And you, Loki, do you understand what it means to be a king?
A king, even in failure, must bear the burden personally, not rely on others for victory!
When you chose to ally with Thanos and serve Heisenberg, you lost all qualification to be a king!
This is Asgard, the Nine Realms—not a game of kings among mortals.
Mortals can rely on lies, deceit, even betrayal to gain power.
But in the Nine Realms, before the throne of the king,
power is pure strength!
Thor lacks your intellect, so I wanted him to be decisive. That way, even if he's truly foolish, he won't hesitate!
And you, with your intellect, I'd rather you be reckless!
That way, you wouldn't fall from a god fit to inherit the throne to one who merely follows orders!"
At this, Odin sighed deeply.
"Never mind. Now that neither of you will sit on that cursed throne, even as I die, I won't worry about your futures.
I… I fear I've failed as a teacher. Otherwise, I should be sharing happy memories with you, so you'd still hold this old man in your hearts after my death.
Sigh…"
Odin sighed, his body gradually dissipating into thunder and light, slowly vanishing between his sons.
Thor instantly burst into tears, and Loki's expression wasn't much better.
At that moment, Odin spoke his final words to them.
"Go, my children. Fear not, for the one who constrained you has found his best resting place.
A glorious battle and death on the battlefield let me live out the Aesir way—that was the life I sought.
And you, pursue the lives you desire!
Thor, I won't hinder your love for the Earth girl.
Loki, I won't scold you for past trivialities.
Find a lover like Thor, have children, and experience fatherhood.
I love you…"