Chapter 820: Loki is favored, why does the tyrant become merciful

Asgard.

An Asgardian guard walked into the king's hall. He looked at Odin, who had his back to him, "Excuse me, your majesty, I have news from the dark world."

"Thor?" Odin said in a muffled voice.

"I didn't see him, nor did I see the weapon, but..."

"what happened?"

"A body was found."

Odin was silent for a few seconds, "Loki?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard lowered his head, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Loki," Odin said again, his tone a little more certain than before.

The guard's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Odin with a dull expression and asked in a puzzled manner, "Your Majesty, do you want to check Loki's body?"

Odin looked at him deeply, then sat on the newly moved throne, "Where do you get the courage to think that your illusion can deceive the eyes of the Father of Gods."

"Your Majesty, maybe you have misunderstood something?" The guard knelt down anxiously, "Loki is really dead."

"Really? Then who is kneeling in front of me now?"

The guard wanted to continue explaining, but the Queen of Gods Frigga appeared beside him and helped him up. "Loki, I taught you magic."

Hearing this, the guard smiled shyly, a layer of green light flashed on his body, and he turned back into Loki, the second prince of Asgard.

"Okay! This was my mistake. I didn't expect that His Majesty and the Queen could see through my magic."

"It's father and mother." Frigga said with pretended displeasure.

"It doesn't matter." Loki didn't care, "Should I go back to my room now?

The bright cage, the table and chairs, and the books, I miss them for some reason!"

"Loki." Frigga glared at him. "Don't be disrespectful in front of your father. Do you really plan to stay in the dungeon forever?"

"Isn't it..." Loki paused, and a completely impossible guess suddenly emerged in his mind, "Is the Father of the Gods going to let me go?"

"What? You don't want to?" Odin struck the ground with the Eternal Spear in his hand. The majestic sound of the impact struck his heart directly.

Loki immediately realized that Odin wasn't joking, "Of course I do, but... why?"

"You are my son after all." Odin's tone was full of complexity, "even though you always get into trouble."

"Getting into trouble?" Loki didn't take it seriously and said angrily, "What trouble did I get into?"

"Killing people wantonly and starting a war without authorization." A hint of disappointment flashed in Odin's eyes. "Have you never reflected on yourself during this period of time?"

"I'm just taking back what's due to me? You told me more than a thousand years ago that I was born to be a king.

I've always believed that, but how did you do that? You gave all your preference to Saul.

Odin, All-Father, I don't want the throne at all. I just want to prove myself, to you and to Frigga, that I am no worse than Thor. "

"Is this what you think?" Odin asked in a deep voice. "How foolish, extremely foolish."

Odin raised the Spear of Eternity and slammed it heavily on the ground. "Preference? You said preference?

There is a preference, but it is for you, not for Sol."

"Because Thor is my biological son and you are adopted, you naturally think that I am partial to Thor? That's ridiculous."

"Is not it?"

“You, Loki Odinson, the second prince of Asgard.

You have always been a prince. For more than a thousand years, your food, clothing, housing, transportation, status, treatment, education, and family ties are no different from Thor's, or even better than Thor's.

How many pranks and mistakes have you done since you became the God of Trickery? All of these are enough to sentence you to death many times, but you are still standing here."

“Just yesterday, you showed the Cursed Warrior the way.

Thanks to you, the Dark Elves invaded the interior of Asgard and your mother was nearly killed."

Loki opened his mouth, speechless in rebuttal.

That was indeed the thing he regretted most.

"It's okay. I'm still alive," Frigga consoled with a smile, "but you can't be so willful in the future."

"Don't try to persuade him, Frigga.

If he could be persuaded with just a few words, he wouldn't be the God of Trickery. "

Hearing this, Loki's resentment, which had been extinguished due to guilt, was rekindled, "What about being born a king? You gave Mjolnir to Thor.

But after he made a big mistake, you exiled him to the Midgard, and it turned out to be just a ridiculous test. Does this mean that you have already designated Thor as your successor?"

"Yes." Odin nodded solemnly.

Loki was stunned for a moment. He thought Odin would make up some excuses to fool him, but he didn't expect him to admit it so readily.

"Are you surprised?" Odin looked at Loki's uncertain expression and patiently explained, "You are indeed born to be kings, because you have the status of a prince and the potential to be a king.

But I also said that it depends on how you two perform.”

"Is my performance worse than Thor's?" Loki asked unconvincedly, "Thor is just a reckless man who only knows how to solve problems with his fists."

"Yes, you are smarter than him, I admit that.

But what did you do? "Odin asked meaningfully, "Tell me what you have done that is meaningful to Asgard, even just one thing."

Loki: ...

"You can't answer that, right?

Thor was indeed a bit reckless, but you can't deny that he fought for many years to maintain peace in the Nine Realms. At least he took on this responsibility.

As for his arrogance..." Odin was silent for a while, then he sighed deeply; "It's not a big problem in my opinion."

"Huh?" Loki blinked in astonishment and couldn't help laughing, "Did I hear it wrong?"

“You heard me right, when I was your age, I was even more...arrogant than him.

Countless lives have been lost at my hands because of their refusal to surrender. The amount of blood on my hands is far more than you can imagine."

"Odin." Frigga shook her head slightly at him and said with some concern: "You don't have to..."

Odin waved his hand nonchalantly, "He has to know it."

"what do you know?"

"I know that your father was once a cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant." Odin's deep eyes became sharper, mixed with disdain and contempt, which was chilling.

Loki couldn't help swallowing his saliva, but Odin's sense of oppression came and went quickly, and the feeling of hair standing on end disappeared in just a moment.

"I've been through this, and I know that Thor's personality can be changed. How can it be changed?"

Loki seemed to understand something, "So you arranged that test for him?"

"It's just natural!" Odin said undeniably, "Thor didn't disappoint me after all. From the moment he broke the Rainbow Bridge, he had the qualities of a king."

"As expected of the father of the gods," Loki said sarcastically, "you are truly far-sighted!"

"At least Thor has passed the test, but what about you?" Odin looked at him meaningfully, "You are smarter and more talented than Thor. Your mother is also a famous wizard in the Nine Realms. The entire magical knowledge of Asgard is open to you.

But how did you do it? For more than a thousand years, you are still like a child who has not grown up. "

"I am the God of Trickery, the God of Fraud." Loki smiled, half complaining and half self-mockingly said, "How can the God of Fraud be compared with the God of Thunder?

Wasn't this what you planned, Allfather?

You let me learn magic, but you gave the power of thunder to Thor."

"Do you think magic is worse than lightning?" Odin laughed out of anger.

"Is not it?"

"Then do you think Thor's lightning can hurt me?"

Loki pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer.

“Magic is a miracle that can do everything. Thor’s magical talent can hardly touch such a miracle, but it is possible for you. Although it is difficult, you do have hope of doing it.

I have always had high hopes for you, but you... don't say it." Odin shook his head in annoyance and said angrily: "The preference has always been on you, whether it is me or Frigga, but you seem to have never realized this."

Loki fell silent again, feeling dizzy.

Odin's words were like a needle piercing his heart again and again. It didn't hurt that much, but it was very cold, as if he had been deceiving himself all along.

"All right, Loki." Frigga patted his back soothingly, "You should apologize to your father."

"If..." Loki suddenly said, looking at Odin with an extremely serious look, "If my performance is no worse than Thor's, will you let me inherit the throne? The throne of Asgard?"

"You really want to know the answer?"

"I only have this one question, and I hope you can answer me honestly, Father."

"I am somewhat relieved that you still remember to call me father!" Odin showed a gentle smile on his face, "I have already told you the answer. You were born to be a king."

"I understand." Loki nodded slightly, "But now I have no chance of becoming king, right?"

"Yes, not just you, but Thor as well."

"What?"

"Things have changed, Loki," Frigga said patiently, "which is why your father has said so much to you."

"Wait, Mother, what are you talking about?"

Frigga looked at Loki and said hesitantly, "Ragnarok is coming, and Asgard will face destruction."

Hearing this, Loki was stunned for a moment, then he sneered, "Mother, that's a ridiculous legend. The fire giants are no match for Odin at all."

Frigga remained silent, and the mockery on Loki's face gradually solidified. "No way!"

He was obsessed with proving himself with the throne, but he failed again and again. However, Odin spoke so many "frank" words to him that he accepted the joke.

After all, he didn't really care about the throne. Besides, with Thor's brain, he could trick him into giving up the throne to himself in no time.

But now it seems that the throne of Asgard itself is a joke. This is too outrageous!

"I don't have much time left." Odin said easily, "After I die, Asgard will lose the power to resist Ragnarok and officially enter the countdown to destruction.

This is also the main reason why I am worried about you and Thor. You are still too young and do not have enough strength to protect Asgard, and as a father, I don't have the time to wait for you to grow up."

"But you are the Heavenly Father, my father." Loki was a little bit unbelieving. "Your divine power is so vast, your life should be longer, how could it be possible?"

"Why did a tyrant become a peace-loving emperor?" Odin asked meaningfully, "My ambitions were too great before, but on the road to war, I met terrible enemies."

"Wait, you said... scary?" Loki was stunned. In his impression, Odin had always been the pinnacle of divine power, an insurmountable mountain. How could there be an enemy that he found so difficult to deal with?

“They are gods, almost every one of them is a Heavenly Father, and the strongest among them is no worse than me.

I am not afraid of any of them in a one-on-one fight, but in order to stop my conquest, they sent out several gods.

I killed one and cut off his head, which frightened them.

But with my power greatly damaged, I had no choice but to negotiate." Odin spoke calmly, as if this humiliating history had nothing to do with him.

"Were you injured in the battle with the gods, so your life span was shortened?" Loki asked cautiously, and at the same time became wary of the gods.

"That's only part of the reason. Another part of the reason is that I used most of my divine power on a seal afterwards. The consumption of divine power that lasted for thousands of years is the key point."

"What seal?"

"Hades." Frigga said deeply, with a trace of resentment and sadness in her eyes.

"Helm?" Loki's eyes widened in astonishment, "What kind of devil would be sealed in the desolate and lonely place of Hell by my father, and suppressed by divine power for thousands of years?

Isn't this price too high? Can't we just kill him directly?"

"No, absolutely not." Frigga shook her head seriously, "Because the one who is sealed is your and Thor's sister, the goddess of death, Hela Odinson."

"Sister? Goddess of Death Hela?" Loki was confused. "I don't think I've heard of her."

"Of course you haven't heard of it, because your father erased this history."

"Not erased, Frigga," Odin corrected. "Just hidden."

"What's the difference?"

"Uh...it doesn't seem so."

"Did Hela commit a serious mistake?" Loki asked with concern, "She was suppressed in Hades by Odin for thousands of years."

Odin and Frigga looked at each other and said in a deep voice, "Hela's ambition. She is the pioneer of Asgard's external conquests. War, killing, conquest, and death have greatly expanded her ambition, even surpassing mine.

When I stopped conquering, she was the first to express her dissatisfaction, and I had no choice but to suppress her."

"Didn't you explain to her why?"

"Alas! She is too stubborn." Odin was speechless. "This is not the insignificant treason you and Thor committed. She really started a rebellion. The famous Valkyrie Army was even wiped out because of it. It is already a mercy to spare her life."