Chapter 1167 The Wise Thor, the Secrets of Asgard

"How did you end up on this planet?" Thor asked, puzzled.

"Someone told me that the famous Thor has been sold to the Grandmaster and will even participate in the Championship Match. Of course I have to come and watch such an interesting match."

Thor paused for a moment, then tilted his head back seriously. "You all saw it, I won, right?"

"Judging from the result, you got crushed by the Hulk," Daisy said with a playful smile. "I recorded a video, and I'll definitely show it to them when I get back to Earth."

"Daisy, you can't be that bored, can you?!"

Daisy shrugged. "Just kidding, I'll only show it to Jane at most."

You haven't visited her in so long, you deserve a beating.

Thor: ......

"Fine, if you can come, you can definitely leave too, right?"

"of course."

"Great! Where's the spaceship?"

"Spaceship? What spaceship?" Aaron was confused, but he quickly realized, "For some half-baked gods, spaceships are indeed a necessity for traversing star systems."

But I don't need that thing; I have other methods, simpler ones.

"what way?"

Aaron took a step forward in front of him. "That's it, from Earth to Sakaar."

Click! Click!

Thor blinked blankly. "Are you kidding me?"

Snapped!

Aaron snapped his fingers, and a portal flashing with golden sparks appeared in front of Thor.

"Master?" Abe kicked away the rainbow sundae, which was more than ten times its size, and then obediently squatted on a sofa made of a flower.

Aaron rolled his eyes. "You really let loose while we're not home!"

"No, it's just a simple breakfast."

Aaron chuckled. "Don't go hungry."

"Don't worry, Master, it won't happen."

"That's your home?" Thor asked incredulously. "Your home on Earth?"

“Obviously.” Aaron casually closed the portal. “With accurate coordinates, traversing galaxies is just a step away.”

“Gaius?” Thor suddenly realized something and looked at Aaron seriously, asking, “This is magic, isn’t it? When did you learn magic?”

"There is a place on Earth called Kamar-Taj, which is responsible for protecting Earth from forces outside of reality and safeguarding peace on the magical side."

The Ancient One, the previous Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, was the true protector of Earth and a friend of Odin, the king of the gods.

And I happened to have had tea with her and visited the magic library.

Naturally, I learned something.

"This..." Thor chuckled dryly, "Isn't this explanation a bit far-fetched?"

You learned some magic, and now you can easily travel to other planets? That's ridiculous.

Thor is a man of great wisdom; please don't insult my intelligence.

"Heh!" Aaron couldn't help but chuckle. He wouldn't insult Thor's intelligence, but the word 'wisdom' seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Ahem! Do you know what a genius is?"

The Ancient One always hoped that I would inherit the position of the Sorcerer Supreme, but I resolutely refused her.

And this current Sorcerer Supreme... to be honest, I could suppress him with one hand.

Saul turned to Wanda. "Has he always been this arrogant?"

"In a sense, he was telling the absolute truth, without any embellishment."

"Alright! Alright!" Thor reluctantly believed him. "Then who told you the coordinates of Sakaar? And why did the Grandmaster show you so much respect?"

"Although Loki's intelligence is not as good as mine, his emotional intelligence is a little bit higher than mine."

He'll definitely do well on Sakaar, but you—no, you all arrived on this planet only a little later than me—yet the Grandmaster treats you much better than he treats Loki.”

Hearing this, Aaron raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Thor's ability to think of so many things was beyond his expectations. Could it be that his father's death had caused his walnut-sized brain to evolve?

“Let’s tell him!” Wanda said helplessly, “Otherwise, we won’t be able to explain it clearly.”

"Fine!" Aaron shrugged indifferently. Given Thor's current situation, it wouldn't matter if he knew Thor's identity.

Then, with a flick of his finger, he skillfully drafted a magical contract in mid-air.

"Once you sign this contract, I will answer everything you want to know without reservation."

“A contract?” Thor felt he had seen through the truth. “Gaius, you are Gaius, right?”

"I will only consider whether or not to acknowledge it after you sign it."

"Why bother signing anything? You've already admitted it."

"That's different; it's a confidentiality agreement," Aaron said with a nonchalant smile. "Friendly reminder: you're still on Sakaar, and you still have an electric shock device on your neck..."

Before he could finish speaking, Thor wrote his name on the back of the contract from the bottom of his heart: Thor Odinson.

The contract vanished as golden specks of light, and Aaron nodded meaningfully. "It seems Odin's death has matured you quite a bit."

"I have no choice, I'm in a hurry."

We need to leave this wretched planet as quickly as possible.

Aaron understood, then pulled up his right sleeve, revealing a mysterious tree-shaped symbol on his arm.

"You really are Gaius. I always thought it was just a legend."

Wait, I checked your arm before, and there wasn't this mark then!

"This is a symbol used by the Gaius family to prove their own identity, not to confirm Gaius's identity to others."

Therefore, whether the mark appears or not, and where it appears, depends on Gaius's own will.

I want to acknowledge my identity; this mark is proof. But I don't want to, and no one can prove it.

Thor nodded, seemingly understanding, "I think I get it."

“Loki is much smarter than you; he confirmed my identity a long time ago.”

But he also signed such a contract very early on.

"Is it really necessary to be so cautious?"

"It was a last resort. Gaius had many enemies in this universe, many powerful enemies, even more powerful than Odin in his prime."

To avoid being targeted by my enemies, I had to be extremely careful and didn't even dare to use magic.

To date, almost everyone who knows my identity has signed a confidentiality agreement.

"Do the other Avengers know about this too?"

“Banner knows,” Hulk said in a muffled voice.

"Yes, besides you, only Banner knows."

"How did he know?"

Aaron turned to Hulk and said, "You tell him!"

Hulk paused for a moment, then nodded hesitantly.

His body then rapidly contracted, and his green skin returned to normal, transforming him from the Hulk into Bruce Banner in just a few seconds.

However, Banner was perfectly sober and was wearing relatively clean clothes.

"Um... in this situation, should I address you as master?"

"Never mind, it's in front of acquaintances after all."

I'll give you some face, though!

“Master?” Thor’s voice rose a few decibels. “This joke has gone a bit too far.”

“This is no joke. As you can see, Bruce Banner is Aaron Gaius’s servant.” Aaron said casually with a smile. “He signed a contract, and no one can break Gaius’s contract.”

"If you're being threatened, just blink."

Banner paused for a moment, then chuckled. "I wasn't threatened. I did it voluntarily."

What benefits did he give you?

“I can’t refuse, and I can’t refuse, the benefits,” Banner said. “It allows me to communicate with the Hulk and take control of my body.”

I can transform into the Hulk at any time, and I can also end the transformation at any time, but I have no control over the transformation period.

To put it simply, given your intelligence, I can release the Hulk at any time, and I can also recall it at any time.

"Just because of this? You sold yourself?"

Banner rolled his eyes speechlessly. "You're not me. You don't understand what that condition meant to me back then."

We first met on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, but before that, I was constantly being held captive by the military. Can you imagine the despair of living in constant fear, where even suicide was an inescapable escape?

"Ah this..."

"you can not."

"If I can't even commit suicide, what can't I agree to?" Banner said confidently, then changed the subject, "Besides, Aaron's offer is much, much higher than you think."

“I resolved the troubles and problems Hulk caused him, gave him enough respect and autonomy, gave him a long lifespan, and the authority to grow into a Heavenly Father.”

"What? You gave him a godhood?"

"Uh...you could say that, but it's a little higher than a godhood."

With such treatment, who wouldn't be willing to go through fire and water?

"Okay! I think I understand. It's like you've hired Banner at a high salary, but a bit more thorough than those capitalists like Stark."

"Wait..." Thor suddenly realized something and looked at Banner in surprise, "If you can control the Hulk's appearance, then during the match..."

"This is because Hulk wanted to prove he's the strongest Avenger, so I gave him this opportunity," Banner said, spouting nonsense with a straight face. "Who would have thought the process would be so convoluted?"

"I won," Thor said stubbornly. "If the Grandmaster hadn't cheated."

"Yes, you won, but it's really... ridiculous that Thor was electrocuted."

"But you really should thank me. If it weren't for the fight with Hulk, you don't know when you would have awakened the power of Thor."

Thor then came to his senses and excitedly opened his arms to feel his divine power, but all he released was a fleeting blue arc of electricity.

“This thing should be able to charge my iPad,” Daisy said with a sheepish grin.

"Haha, I'll take that as you trying to comfort me."

“Alright!” Thor pursed his lips and strode over to Aaron. “None of that matters. I need to get back to Asgard. Help me.”

“I refuse,” Aaron said without hesitation.

"Why? My people need me; they are waiting for me to save them!"

I know a little about Asgard.

Odin is dead, you've lost your hammer, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, your sister, Hela, the goddess of death, is now on the throne.

"That's why I need to go back."

“That’s why I don’t want you to go back.” Aaron patted him on the shoulder. “You’re no match for your sister, and going back would just be walking into a trap.”

My advice is to spend a few hundred years honing your skills, fully mastering the power of Thor, becoming strong enough, before reclaiming your throne.

“I can wait hundreds of years, but my people cannot.” Thor hesitated for a moment as he spoke. “There is also Ragnarok, the prophecy of the destruction of Asgard, and the end of the world.”

“Then there’s no point in you going back,” Aaron said dismissively. “Hela may not value the people of Asgard as much as you do, but she values ​​Asgard more than anyone else.”

When Ragnarok arrives, she will assume the responsibilities of a king.

"Ha! Haha! This joke isn't funny at all."

She killed Odin, she killed our father...

“It’s understandable,” Wanda couldn’t help but interject, then glanced guiltily at Aaron. “I guess you could say that!”

"I won't comment on that. From Hela's perspective, she can't be too harsh on Odin no matter what she does."

“Watch your words, Odin is my father.”

“Then Hela is your sister!” Wanda retorted directly. “You’ve lived for over a thousand years, aren’t you surprised that I’ve never heard of you having a sister?”

Thor frowned slightly. "What do you know?"

"Hela made a contribution no less significant than Odin's to Asgard's unification of the Nine Realms," Aaron stated bluntly. "However, Odin's subsequent stop at the Nine Realms displeased Hela."

Father and daughter naturally fell out. To curb Hela's ambition, Odin sent a large army to conquer his eldest daughter and then sealed her in the Underworld, where she remained hidden for thousands of years.

"Therefore, Hela's hatred for Odin is understandable."

Upon hearing this, Thor fell into a brief silence; he had no idea that his sister and father had such a deep conflict.

"Wait, shouldn't these be considered Asgard's secrets?"

I have no idea, how did you find out?

“Because I’m unlucky enough,” Aaron said irritably. “A few years ago, I accidentally entered Helheim. Hela made me kneel down as soon as she saw me. Do you think I’m the kind of person who would easily bow down to a woman? I have my pride.”

"and then?"

"Then I had no choice but to fight her."

To my shame, I was no match for her back then.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, I can't beat her either."

"Don't compare me to you. Even if you still had your hammer, I could crush you with one hand."

"Who are you looking down on?"

“Aaron is telling the truth,” Banner said awkwardly. “You haven’t witnessed it; you have no idea how powerful he is.”

"Really?" Thor asked with some skepticism.

"At least I fought her for three hundred rounds, and even after exhausting my magic, I was able to barely escape unscathed."

Unlike someone who couldn't even last a single round, whose weapon was even destroyed.

Thor: ......

Feeling offended.