Chapter 1170 The Avengers, Banner's Monster Spaceship

"Well, how should I put it?" Valkyrie put down the sack she was carrying on her shoulder, opened the sack to reveal a head with its mouth gagged, "Perhaps we should thank him."

"Loki." Thor's eyes widened in surprise, and almost instinctively he grabbed a bottle from a nearby shelf and threw it at him.

Boom!

The bottle cracked Loki's skull, and he opened his mouth to curse but could only make a 'woo-woo' sound.

"Let me confirm." Thor stepped forward and removed the rag from Loki's mouth. "Looks like it's true."

“Surprise!” Loki forced a smile. “Good morning, everyone.”

“You, I’ve noticed something interesting, you always seem to get the short end of the stick with women,” Daisy said with a teasing laugh, then counted on her fingers, “Jane, Hela, and her.”

Loki: ...

It’s so heartbreaking!

"For years I've been living in a daze, trying to forget the past. Saka seemed like the perfect place to drown my sorrows in alcohol, forget the past, and just wait to die."

"Live a life of leisure? This place?" Daisy's eyes twitched slightly as she looked at the junkyard outside. "I don't think this planet is a good place to retire."

“It’s normal for Earthlings and Asgardians to have different perspectives,” Wanda said.

“I don’t like this awful planet either,” Thor interjected. “It’s terrible; no Asgardian would like it here.”

“That’s not the point, okay?” Valkyrie said. “The point is that I don’t want to turn a blind eye anymore.”

So, if I'm going to die, I'd rather plunge my sword into that butcher woman's heart.

“To describe Hela as a ‘butcher’s wife’…” Wanda hesitated, “Isn’t that a bit impolite?”

“No, her description is quite accurate.” Aaron looked at Wanda and Daisy seriously. “I know you may not want to believe it, but don’t forget Hela’s nickname.”

The Goddess of Death—a nickname she earned during her conquest of the Nine Realms in Asgard.

Regardless of the war's objectives, she likely killed more people than all of you have hairs on your head.

"No way, right?" Daisy asked incredulously.

“Not at all, haha!” Valkyrie sneered. “Ordinary soldiers can only kill a few people on the battlefield, but Hela can slaughter several legions.”

Gulu!

Daisy swallowed hard and shut her mouth in annoyance.

"What did Loki do to you that made you change your mind?" Thor asked.

“It’s a magical technique, and the process might not be particularly pleasant,” Loki grinned smugly, only to be met with a sharp smack on the head by Valkyrie a moment later.

"Are all Valkyries as short-tempered as you?" Loki said, annoyed.

“It depends on the person,” Valkyrie said bluntly. “You’re really unlikeable, and what you do makes you even more unlikeable.”

Loki shrugged. "I just reminded you of some things from the past."

"Yes! It's a past I don't want to look back on."

I saw that all the Valkyries were dead, killed by Hela.

I've been hiding for thousands of years, numbing myself with alcohol every day, but your magic has shattered my peace.

"People always have to face the past."

"To reopen old wounds and act so self-righteous," Wanda said disdainfully.

“Loki.” Thor shook his head helplessly at him, then gave him a thumbs up. “Well done.”

“Of course, my dear brother, I know you need help.”

"Does our team have a name?" Valkyrie asked.

"Hmm... call it The Avengers."

"The avenger?"

“Because I want revenge, and you want revenge too,” Thor said somewhat awkwardly. “And you, do you want revenge?”

"I don't want to." x4.

"Okay! Looks like it's just the two of us."

"There are three people, and one is in Asgard."

“Um…” Loki suggested with a smile, “maybe we can include me too.”

“He will betray you,” Banner said with certainty. “He will definitely do it.”

"Dr. Banner, people always change."

Maybe this time I'll have a change of heart. The people of Asgard are my people too; after all, I am the second prince of Asgard.

“Let me correct you, it’s the Third Prince,” Aaron said with amusement. “Now there’s a princess ahead of you two!”

"But that doesn't stop me from wanting to save the people of Asgard."

“If you believe him, the consequences will be severe,” Daisy muttered.

“It’s very serious, very, very serious,” Banner said. “He has the chance to kill you.”

“He did try to kill me,” Valkyrie nodded.

“Yes! Me too, many times!” Thor said. “When we were kids, there was a time when he turned into a snake, and he knew I liked snakes.”

I picked up the snake to admire it, and then it turned back into its original form, yelling, "Great, it's me!" and then poked me. We were only eight years old then.

“He is not trustworthy,” Valkyrie said.

“You need help,” Loki said calmly. “If I join, the Avengers will have a sorcerer.”

“Give me a reason to believe you, Loki.”

"The Grandmaster's goodwill towards me is slowly fading; I need to leave this planet as soon as possible."

"Then there's no need for us to come to Asgard!"

"To avenge my father."

"Heh! Do you think I believe that?"

"Okay! Okay! I'll tell you the truth."

Because my mother is still there, and you know her place in my heart.

“Frigga?” Valkyrie stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment. “She was a virtuous goddess, but… how could she have such a son?”

“He’s adopted,” Thor said casually, then untied Loki’s ropes. “For my mother’s sake, I’ll trust you one more time.”

But if you still stab me in the back, I guarantee you'll regret it.

"Don't worry, I will definitely cooperate fully."

“There are four of us now, and we still need a spaceship,” Valkyrie said. “Sakaar and Asgard can’t get any further apart. The best way is to go through a wormhole outside the city, refuel on Xandar, and we can return to Asgard in eighteen months.”

“We don’t need to go to Xandar, we can take a shortcut.” Thor pointed to the largest red wormhole outside the window and said, “That’s the shortest route to Asgard.”

"Devil's ass?"

"Great name, Thor, you have a good eye for names."

"Just to clarify, I didn't know it had this name when I made the selection."

“It looks like a neutron star collapsing inside an Einstein-Rosen bridge (wormhole),” Banner said.

"What do you mean?" Wanda asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It means the spaceship has to be reliable, otherwise it will be torn to shreds if it goes down this road," Daisy explained, "not even a trace left."

"you know?"

Daisy chuckled and shrugged. "My education level is just a little higher than yours."

Wanda: ...

It's a bit awkward to suffer from this lack of education!

“My ship can’t get through,” Valkyrie said bluntly. “If your friend can’t handle the ship either, we might have to take a risk and steal one from the Grandmaster’s hangar.”

“No need to take risks.” Thor looked at Aaron. “You can handle it, right?”

“Of course, who do you think I am?” Aaron winked at Banner, who then placed the universal capsule containing the spaceship on the table.

“A universal capsule?” Valkyrie raised an eyebrow. “It looks like a top-quality product made on Planet Bohart.”

"To be precise, it's the finest of the finest, a limited-edition collector's item that I specially equipped for my subordinates to meet their needs during space travel. However, it seems that someone hasn't used it yet," Aaron said meaningfully.

"Huh?" Banner paused for a moment, looking embarrassed. "I don't think I need to travel through space these days."

“You’ll need it in the future. You should be glad I’m not short of money. Other bosses wouldn’t give their employees this kind of benefit,” Aaron said irritably, then looked at Thor. “This spaceship can meet all your requirements.”

But let me make this clear from the start: after I send you off from Sakaar, I will not concern myself with anything else.

I still want to advise you: don't go back to your deaths.

“We’re not going there to die,” Thor said earnestly. “We’re going there to save the people of Asgard.”

"Suit yourself!" Aaron sighed softly, then took out his flintlock pistol and fired a shot at the window.

The glass shattered with a crack, and a not-so-gentle wind blew into the room.

“I still want to ask, where did the big guy go?” Valkyrie said.

"He... he's probably gone to sleep!" Banner said with a sheepish grin. He never dreamed that Hulk would make friends on this planet.

"Let's get ready to go!" Aaron pressed the cap of the capsule, about to throw it out the window.

"Wait, wait a minute," Valkyrie hurriedly stopped her. "To be on the safe side, we can set off at night. That way, even if the Grandmaster wants to send troops to stop us, it won't be enough time."

"There's no need for that." Aaron waved his hand and threw the capsule away.

boom!

A cloud of smoke exploded, and a huge, silver-white spaceship appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Watfa!"

Daisy stared wide-eyed in astonishment, her face filled with disbelief.

The others were also dumbfounded, too shocked to speak.

This spaceship is so luxurious it's almost unbelievable. It has the shape of an orca, is divided into three levels, is 300 meters long and about 100 meters wide, has a lookout cabin and observation deck on the back, and is covered with energy cannons on both sides. Moreover, it is energy-driven, which is more than a level higher than the turbine-driven one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier.

"Is this a spaceship?" Banner swallowed hard. "This is clearly a warship!"

"I had the base manufacture it for space tourism, not simply... to carry out missions."

At this moment, the bottom of the spaceship opened, and a blue beam of light descended, drawing everyone inside.

During the elevator's ascent, the group got a brief look at the spaceship's interior: the captain's cabin, cockpit, engine room, mess hall, dormitories, aircraft, energy system, supply system, warehouse, and so on.

"How does it feel?" Aaron asked Banner. "It was originally yours, but you gave it to Thor."

Click! Click!

Banner blinked blankly. "Huh?"

“I didn’t say that,” Banner immediately retorted. “I meant to leave him a multi-purpose spaceship capable of space travel, not a warship!”

This spaceship is practically S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier, no, it's several levels above the Helicarrier, there's simply no comparison.

If I didn't know, that's fine, but if I did know, there's absolutely no way I would give it away.

“That one,” Banner pointed to a spaceship that was several tens of meters long in the hangar, “I think that one is good enough to leave for them.”

"Banner, do you have to be so stingy?" Thor said speechlessly.

"I don't want to be stingy! But I just can't bring myself to be!" Banner explained awkwardly but politely. "If I had tens of thousands of dollars, I wouldn't hesitate to give it to a friend in an emergency."

You know me well; I'm telling the absolute truth.

But the reality is, I have trillions of dollars. If I gave it all to you, I'd slap myself in the face in my dreams. That's not how you squander money.

"I'll lend you this spaceship for now, and I'll return it to you immediately after I've dealt with things in Asgard."

Is that alright now?

"this..."

"Banner, we've been through thick and thin together, and you won't even grant this small request?"

"Okay..." Banner was about to agree when a new voice came from the spaceship.

"Hello, Master. I am the artificial intelligence of the Monster spaceship. You can call me Prophet."

“I think I need to think about it.” Ban’s expression immediately changed, and he said seriously, “I feel guilty about lending it to you like this.”

Thor: ......

"Does the spaceship have artificial intelligence?" Wanda asked.

Aaron shrugged. "The only things that Bohart has in abundance besides delicious food are money."

And in this world, there are very few things that money can't buy.

"Do we have a spaceship like that too?" Daisy asked curiously.

"No," Aaron said bluntly.

"There's none?"

"You are goddesses, what do you need this thing for?"

However, if you wish, I can have a ship built that is more befitting of the Queen's status.

Daisy nudged Wanda's arm excitedly, "It sounds like a dream."

Entering the spacious captain's cabin, Banner looked at a sphere of light on the main control screen, enveloped by countless flowing blue particles of light.

"prophet?"

“Greetings, Master,” the prophet said respectfully, “and welcome, Great Creator.”

"The Creator?" Valkyrie raised an eyebrow at Aaron. "Are you talking about you?"

"Isn't it similar?"

“It doesn’t seem like it,” Valkyrie said sincerely. No matter how she looked at Aaron, he seemed like an ordinary person, and she couldn’t sense any threat from him.

"But that's who I am."

“He really is,” Banner said.

"It's strange, I feel like I know you."

“I think so too, but that’s normal,” Banner chuckled, then looked at the ‘Prophet’. “Well, this is my first time on the Monster, so I don’t know it very well yet.”

If possible, could you please provide a brief introduction?

"Okay, master."

“Excuse me for interrupting,” Loki interjected, “Are you sure you want to learn about its functions at this time?”

"This spaceship is too conspicuous; the Grandmaster must have already spotted it and might have sent people to hunt us down."