"Did you do this?"
Natasha looked suspiciously at the Mind Scepter in Ye Li's hand.
"You learned magic for just a short while, and you're already this powerful? No way... Is this really magic, not some special technology?"
Although she asked that out loud, deep inside she was secretly thinking: 'Can I learn this kind of magic...?'
The recent battle between the Dark Elves and the Clone Troopers made the super-hero Black Widow realize—
With her current strength, it was becoming increasingly difficult to influence major alien invasion events...
Ye Li naturally picked up on this beauty's thoughts, directly held her hand, pulled her aside, and asked, "Do you want to become stronger?"
"I..."
After some hesitation, Natasha nodded slightly, "A little bit..."
Because of her personality, she wasn't particularly obsessed with extraordinary powers.
She didn't have a strong desire for power.
"Heh... Come with me."
Ye Li flashed a bright smile, placed his hand on the sexy beauty's shoulder—
And disappeared with her from the spot.
Only Barton was left, looking completely dumbfounded...
'What should I do now...? Can I take a vacation and go back to my wife and kids...?'
The good man Hawkeye looked around and, seeing Zero preparing to retreat, gathered his courage and called out.
"Hey, buddy, mind giving me a ride? The plane I was on just got wrecked…"
…..
A Few Minutes Ago
The Planetarium
With the help of Jane and the others—
Dr. Selvig had completed setting up all the devices to stabilize the dimensional point.
Now, they just needed to activate them.
Selvig: "Are you ready, Jane? In a moment, I'll press here, and you press there."
Jane: "Mm-hmm... Darcy, go over there and flip that switch."
Lewis: "Did you hear that, intern? Hurry up—!"
Ian: "..."
As the lowest rung in the research group, the intern could only run miserably to the other side.
But just as Ian was about to press a switch—
Bwoop~~ ROAR!!
With a ripple in space and a deafening beastly roar—
A gigantic, gray-blue-skinned beast charged out from a spatial wormhole!
Clearly, this creature came from one of the Nine Realms...
Ian had no idea what this drooling, red-eyed monster was.
All he knew was—
He was probably about to get eaten...
"Run, intern!"
Lewis saw Ian frozen in fear.
She pulled out a taser, aiming it at the giant beast with trembling hands.
"Hey, Darcy!"
Jane quickly pushed down her gun, "You want to use that on it? It won't work, and it might even make it angrier."
Lewis's face stiffened.
"I... I thought it worked against aliens last time, so I wanted to try..."
"..."
Jane was speechless.
"Do you know what an ant biting an elephant is? That's what you're trying to do."
"But... the intern is about to get stomped by the elephant!"
Lewis suddenly pointed—
The beast sniffed the air—
It seemed to find Ian's scent edible.
It opened its mouth, ready to bite—
"AH!!"
At this moment, adrenaline kicked in—
Ian let out a scream, his weak legs regaining strength to run!
But it seemed too late...
Whoosh—Splat!!
A long spear pierced into the beast's red eye.
Sif arrived, riding a Durok boar, and gasped.
"A Frost Beast!?"
She had once ventured into the realm of the Frost Giants, Jotunheim, alongside Thor and others.
At that time, they had been chased by a Frost Beast raised by King Laufey.
Except for Thor, none of them could deal with the beast.
Its strength was evident.
This Frost Beast that had broken through the barriers was smaller than the one Laufey raised—it seemed wild and not as strong.
Therefore—
With Sif and the arrival of the Warriors Three, they were finally able to stall the beast.
ROAR!!
Whoosh—!
BANG!
"Ha… Ha…"
After fighting for a while, Sif and the others were exhausted.
Yet, they still couldn't take down the beast.
Instead, it had knocked over several pillars, causing parts of the planetarium to collapse.
"Watch out!"
Dr. Selvig, lying on the back of Durok, clung to the flying boar and shouted:
"Don't let it crush the equipment!"
Whoosh~~
Just then—
The Frost Beast flickered—
And suddenly vanished...
"Huh?"
From a distance, Jane frowned.
"Did someone activate the device?"
Lewis shook her head.
"Not me..."
"Is It Over?"
Seeing that the Frost Beast had not reappeared, Sif decided not to worry about it anymore.
She walked over to Dr. Selvig's research team and asked:
"Has Thor returned?"
"The big guy?"
Lewis asked, confused.
"Nope. Why?"
"He went to fight the Dark Elves, and then he just vanished..."
Sif frowned. She was clearly worried about the prince.
"What about Li?"
Jane was more concerned about Ye Li.
"He was with Thor, right? What happened to him?"
"That guy..."
Sif recalled.
"Before we went looking for Thor, he was being chased by the Dark Elves...
"But since he's a mage who can teleport, they probably couldn't catch him."
"You don't have to worry too much."
"Li is a mage?"
Lewis scrolled through her phone.
"Oh, someone uploaded a video online... Take a look—are these the Dark Elves you're talking about?"
Sif glanced at the blurry footage and nodded.
"Yes, that's the Dark Elves… It looks like they're fighting someone. What's the situation now?"
Lewis checked again.
"Huh? The latest report says... All those Dark Elves just disappeared together, as if they left..."
Volstagg: "They left?"
Fandral stroked his chin.
"Those Dark Elves must be up to something again..."
"Doesn't seem like it..."
Hogun, who had watched the footage most closely, said, "It looks like they were forced to teleport away… Maybe we can ask Heimdall where they went…"
"Since you say Li is a mage..."
Lewis speculated.
"Could it have been him?"
Volstagg: "Impossible!"
Fandral: "That's absolutely impossible!
Even the usually calm Hogun slowly shook his head, "Indeed… I've never seen a mage capable of such large-scale, precise teleportation across the Nine Realms… Especially someone of that Midgardian's age…"
"Tsk~"
Lewis, having no real concept of magic, boasted recklessly.
"Li is that powerful. If he learned magic, it must have been easy for him."
"We still need to find Thor. We'll take our leave first."
Sif, unwilling to explain the mysteries of magic to mere mortals, chose to take the three warriors and continue searching for Thor.
"Where the hell did Thor run off to? If he were here, we could've taken down that Frost Beast much faster..."
Volstagg muttered, shaking his head.
…..
Svartalfheim
Somewhere in the dark world—
A certain Asgardian prince, holding his hammer, was shouting—
"Volstagg!"
"Fandral!"
"Hogun!"
"Sif!"
"Durok!!"
"Are you guys here?!"