Chapter 1201 Shameless to the point of being outrageous, an innate privilege

The moment the words left his mouth, the ice sculpture suddenly transformed into a living, breathing being.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Odin's face, but he quickly concealed it. "Long time no see, Gaius."

"Father!" Thor and Loki stared at Odin in disbelief. "Father, you're not..."

“Dead,” Odin said with amusement. “Indeed dead, his physical body has died, but his soul has returned to Valhalla.”

What you are seeing now is merely a projection of my... consciousness, or rather, my will; it has little power.

"This is so lifelike!" Thor looked it over carefully from head to toe. "It's practically the real thing."

“I never expected him to have this ability, to turn stillness into movement, to give inanimate objects kinetic energy and life,” Odin said with a sigh. “The power I could feel in Valhalla was calling me back to the real world.”

At first I was reluctant, but... our father-son relationship can withstand the test.

“Odin!” Surtur, sensing the 'resurrection' of the god-king, roared angrily, “Have you come to witness the destruction of Asgard?”

Hahaha... Today is the end of the Aesir.

"Silently." Aaron immediately set up a barrier to isolate Surtur's voice, and the environment became much quieter.

“Father, you really didn’t need to do this,” Thor said embarrassedly. “I know him. He was just joking. He won’t really seal us away.”

“No, he will,” Loki said.

“Yes, I will.” Aaron nodded firmly. “I mean what I say.”

“So I didn’t refuse the second time.” Odin shook his head, a wry smile on his face, then looked at Aaron with a kind expression. “What kind of explanation do you want?”

"Was my first meeting with Hela in the Underworld your arrangement?"

“Yes,” Odin readily admitted. “You always have to take the first step when you go on a blind date.”

As expected, Hela fought with you, and you demonstrated your strength, successfully escaping from the Underworld.

To be honest, we were all surprised.

"Us?" Aaron raised an eyebrow. "Who else?"

"Frigga and Rocky."

"You're here too?" Thor looked at Loki in surprise. "So... I'm the only one in the whole family who didn't know?"

"Thor, you should think about your own reasons," Loki said seriously. "Why didn't you know?"

"If you had known a few years ago that we had an older sister who was put in solitary confinement by our father, what would you have thought? What would you have done?"

"Ah this..."

"Your father is already exhausted; do you want to make him even more worn out?"

"And if you knew Gaius's identity, the whole universe would know if he got drunk one day. Don't you know you have a habit of talking in your sleep?"

"Uh...it's not that serious, is it?"

"It's that serious, brother."

"What if I didn't hit her?" Aaron asked. "What if she caught me?"

"That's the second step of the blind date. Although the underworld is devoid of life, it's still a good place for you to develop your relationship!"

It's just that you'll have to stay there a few more days, but it's not like you're losing out!

puff!

Upon hearing this, Aaron nearly coughed up blood.

It's fortunate that he didn't lose, otherwise the story would have taken a completely different turn.

"What if she wanted to kill me outright?"

“That’s impossible,” Odin said calmly. “The Rainbow Bridge will take you back to Asgard the moment before she kills you.”

"I regret to inform you that the Rainbow Bridge is experiencing some malfunctions."

Fortunately, the repairs were completed in time, saving you from the underworld.

"As for Hela... she will find the spatial node left by the Rainbow Bridge in the Underworld, and then enter the Midgard through that wormhole."

However, due to the seal, her divine power remains in a semi-awakened state, roughly on par with Thor.

"Heh!" Aaron laughed in exasperation. "So, you're saying that her escaping from the Underworld and finding her way to my house... was also arranged by you?"

"No, that was her own decision."

However, if she doesn't come looking for you, after a while a group of Asgardian warriors will go to Midgard to hunt her down.

During this process, she will gradually approach your home, keenly sensing that it is the most suitable hiding place for her, and then... as you get to know each other, feelings will develop over time.

"Fuck you!"

Aaron immediately clenched his fist and swung it at Odin's cheek.

Thor and Loki stared blankly, and inexplicably did not stop them.

After all, the two of them almost lost their minds listening to the old father tell the story of how he skillfully sold his daughter, from an outsider's perspective.

It's so dark! How can it be so dark?

The tall and imposing figure they remembered suddenly collapsed in their minds.

boom!

Odin neither dodged nor evaded, and after taking the punch, large ice cracks appeared on his face.

"Father, are you... alright?" Thor asked anxiously.

“What could possibly happen to him?” Aaron cursed angrily. “With his status, my magic can’t restrain him at all. His consciousness can leave this body at any time.”

“One last question.” Aaron took a deep breath, suppressing his anger. “My daughter with Hela…”

“This really has nothing to do with me,” Odin interrupted immediately. “It was entirely her own doing.”

"That's good. At least you weren't shameless to the point of being outrageous." Aaron breathed a slight sigh of relief. If even his daughter was part of Odin's scheme, that would be terrifying.

“Aaron, watch your words,” Thor said, mustering his courage. “No matter what Odin has done, he is still my father.”

"I was so focused on hitting him that I forgot to hit you, huh!"

Don't you think about it? If he were still alive, would I dare to curse him?

"Eh?"

Thor paused, blinking blankly.

How could he say such cowardly things with such confidence?

“Don’t have any hope for Thor’s reaction time, he…” Loki hesitated for a few seconds, then added, “has never been very bright.”

"Thanks, but you didn't need to remind me," Aaron said irritably, then looked at Hela, "Is there anything you want to ask?"

This is a one-time opportunity; he won't answer my call again.

Hela pondered for a moment, "You're doing all this to stop Ragnarok?"

"That's part of the reason. Of course, I also sincerely hope that my daughter can find a good home, as a small compensation."

"Heh! The compensation is good, but it's a bit awkward."

“I have no better way,” Odin said, looking at Surtur. “He is not so powerful as to be invincible, but my children are clearly no match for him in Ragnarok.”

"I've thought of countless ways to stop the apocalypse, but without exception, they can only delay it."

The only chance of success lies with Gaius.

He is not subject to fate, is unaffected by fate, and is the most likely to break the trajectory of fate.

“Father, we understand your good intentions,” Thor said sincerely, then changed the subject, “but aren’t these methods a bit crude? A bit unethical.”

“They have a marriage contract, a covenant that spans thousands of years,” Odin said matter-of-factly, without the slightest hint of guilt. “Besides, I’m not particularly competent at raising children.”

Marrying your sister off seems to be the simplest way to reconcile family conflicts.

Upon hearing this, Thor and Loki exchanged a glance, speechless for a moment.

"Any question?"

"That's all." Hela chuckled and casually tossed over a Night Sky Sword.

With a loud bang, Odin's body shattered and scattered into ice blocks.

"you..."

"Can't you?"

"Okay, but I originally planned to have some fun by myself."

If you kill him, who am I supposed to kill?

“Isn’t there another one over there?” Hela gestured for Aaron to look at Surtur. “Why don’t we take advantage of this opportunity to kill him? He might come back to life soon.”

“No, I need him to become stronger.” Aaron smiled mysteriously. “The stronger Surtur is, the more advantageous it will be for me.”

clatter! clatter! clatter!

An incongruous mechanical sound suddenly rang out, and a small spaceship flew over with great difficulty.

A short while later, the spaceship came to a stop on the Rainbow Bridge, and as the hatch opened, a cloud of dust was kicked up.

Rocket and Groot jumped off the spaceship. "Thor, we're here to save you."

"I thought you guys had already left!" Thor said with a smile of relief. "But why are you only arriving now?"

"We found a decent spaceship in the hangar, but before we could even get it out, the hangar was bombed and collapsed."

"We had a really tough time salvaging this spaceship, and we brought it over as soon as we finished repairs." Rocket said, noticing Aaron, "What are you doing here?"

"I didn't want to come either, but what can I do when my wife and kids are here?"

"Wife and kids?" Rocket glanced around; Hela was the only woman on the Rainbow Bridge who could be considered a woman. "Could it be her?"

"if not?"

"Hiss!" Rocket gasped, giving a thumbs-up and saying insincerely, "A keen eye, a truly keen eye!"

Aaron chuckled. Knowing this raccoon as he did, he knew that if Hela hadn't been standing there, he would have laughed at himself for having the worst luck imaginable.

"Loki, the spaceship has arrived. Go and call Mother over!"

“Uh…” Loki hesitated for a moment, looking at Aaron with a half-hearted expression, “You should have a way to make the process easier, right?”

Aaron rolled his eyes, then snapped his fingers to open a portal in the teleportation room. "This portal leads to Bohart Planet. It's a bit safer there, but..."

"Goodbye."

Loki turned and ran without the slightest hesitation.

"Aren't you leaving?" Thor asked.

"Things have developed to this point, and I can't just leave whenever I want."

"Stopping Ragnarok and killing Surtur is a necessary condition for me to return home." Aaron sighed deeply. "I had no choice."

"Then, sister, you..."

"roll."

Thor sullenly shrank back, grabbed Rocket and Groot, and rushed toward the portal.

"Go to my divine kingdom first!" Aaron said, opening a golden portal. "I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you after this."

"Are you confident?" Hela asked with some concern. "None of your enemies are easy to deal with."

“I have no chance of success on my own, but…” Aaron looked at the giant slowly rising from the endless flames, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his face, “He gave me a 30% chance of success, a 30% chance of escaping unscathed.”

Hela didn't understand, but she still chose to believe.

"Don't die, I don't want my daughter to lose her father right after she's born."

"Will not."

......

The Thought Entity stood calmly at the top of the spaceship, with the Raven Guardian perched on its shoulder, releasing rings of holy white energy that enveloped the spaceship.

Thanos, on the other hand, stood on a giant meteorite, his face clearly showing his exhaustion.

He just used every means at his disposal: the Power Stone for energy bombardment, the Reality Stone for altering reality, and the Space Stone for compressing space...

But the opponent just stood there, effortlessly deflecting all his attacks with various means. What's even more outrageous is that it was just a clone.

But he did nothing but defend, which left him completely confused.

Thanos glanced at the orange Soul Stone on his left pinky finger; it was the Infinity Stone he had obtained by sacrificing his beloved daughter.

He hadn't originally planned to use it, at least not before snapping his fingers to decide the fate of half of all life in the universe.

But now it seems we have no choice but to try. Power, reality, and space can't harm the other side, so we can only start with the soul.

"You forced me to do this, but I won't regret it." Thanos said, clenching his left fist. The Soul Stone shone with an orange light, attempting to control his soul.

The thought tilted its head, a mocking smile flashing across its lips.

A moment later, the thought entity was still standing there perfectly fine, seemingly unaffected.

"That's impossible! Don't you have a soul?"

"Of course I have a soul, and it is an immortal soul."

Unfortunately, my soul is very special, so special that it is immune to all attacks on the soul.

"This is an innate ability, or rather... a privilege," the Thought Entity scoffed. "A mere Soul Stone trying to absorb my soul? What a joke!"

"Tell me, who are you?" Thanos asked in a deep voice, his voice trembling without him even realizing it.

He felt as if he had fallen into a huge misconception; Aaron might not be the sorcerer of Kamar-Taj, or perhaps it was just a false identity he used to disguise himself.

Kamar-Taj's magic is just one of the many skills he possesses.

After a moment of contemplation, Si Nianti rolled up her sleeves, revealing the mark on her arm.

"A tree?" Thanos paused for a moment, then suddenly the ancient book he had found in the royal vault of Titan when he was a child flashed into his mind. Goosebumps rose uncontrollably on his skin, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"The Tree of Omniscience, the family mark of Gaius."

So you're Gaius? Aaron Gaius?

In that instant, all the questions seemed to be answered. No wonder he had so many abilities, no wonder he only used Kamar-Taj magic in battle before, no wonder...

"No wonder I had a strong feeling that you would ruin my plans." Thanos chuckled self-deprecatingly. "According to some legends passed down from ancient times, Gaius seems to have been called a savior!"