Asgard Royal Palace.
Tap~tap~.
Odin stepped down from the throne, walking with Gungnir, the Eternal Spear, in hand, a gentle smile on his face. "You must be Ye Li?"
"Lord Odin."
Ye Li inclined his head; he had also changed into the World Weaver's divine attire with a black theme, looking rather formal.
"Your son Thor owes me a wager. You should be aware of that. I came this time just to collect it in passing and don't want any unnecessary complications."
The subtext was————
You'd better not play favorites with your son. I don't feel like throwing hands; it's best if everyone keeps things nice and peaceful.
However.
The All-Father Odin's attitude was a little surprising—he actually agreed readily————
"Rest assured, Mage Ye—Asgard will of course keep its word."
And he continued, "And since you helped Asgard eliminate the Dark Elves, our mortal enemies, I can make the call to let you pick one more treasure from my vault."
"Oh? That good?"
Ye Li asked, "No strings attached, right?"
"Of course not."
Odin shook his head with a smile. "But if you're willing to test yourself against me, I'll let you pick yet another. How about it?"
'As expected of one who rules the Nine Realms—quite shrewd....' Ye Li thought to himself.
Odin wanted to test his true level.
If Ye Li beat Odin, then Odin taking out three treasures to win over a powerhouse like him would still be worth it.
If Ye Li lost, well, that would be another story.... and would depend entirely on Odin's character....
Of course.
With Ye Li's current strength, there was simply no way he could lose no matter how they fought.
After all, Odin's power was no longer at its peak, and the Destroyer armor was also in Ye Li's hands.
…..
Seeing Ye Li hesitate, Odin proposed again, "If you don't want to go to the trouble, how about we just exchange a single move?"
Ye Li had no objection. "No problem."
"Father, are you really going to spar?" Thor's eyes went wide.
Though he was a rebellious, disobedient child, Odin had always been the authority on power in his eyes.
You could tell just from how Odin single-handedly placed a powerful seal-enchantment on his hammer.
But now his father was actually lowering himself to ask for a match with such a young Midgardian mage; it completely shattered Thor's worldview....
Yet the next scene.
Left him even more dumbfounded————
They only saw.
Ye Li and Odin simultaneously shoot a small wisp of divine power from their fingernails.
Bo~——
The purple-gold divine power and the white-gold divine power collided, but did not produce any earth-shaking might; instead, they only made a soft little sound, and if you had to describe it, you could say it was no more than kids horsing around.
Through this clash, Odin carefully felt him out, then nodded with a smile.
"I've lost. Thor, take this young man to my vault and let him pick any three items he likes."
"What?!!"
Thor's jaw dropped; his expression was incredulous, suspecting he'd misheard. "Father, how could you possibly lose?!"
"I am not invincible..."
Odin patted his son's shoulder and encouraged, "Thor, one day, you too will surpass me...."
"I can too?"
Thor was puzzled and wanted to ask more.
But Odin waved him off. "Go on."
"Father, at least tell me..."
Thor wasn't so obedient to his old man and kept pressing questions.
It was just that.
Ye Li had no interest in listening to Thor ramble on.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned over the Meow Meow Hammer that Thor was holding, took it in his own hand, and flew straight out of the hall————
"I'll go on ahead, Thor. If you want your hammer, keep up."
"Hey! Give Mjolnir back to me!"
Thor was stunned.
You actually snatched my hammer in front of my dad?!
Thor: Father! Look at him!
Odin: Don't bother—I can't beat him either.
Thor hurriedly took off after Ye Li!
…..
"Hehe~ So that's the child you said saved me. I thought it was another enemy coming to our doorstep again."
Frigga walked up to Odin, smiling as she looked toward the hall's entrance. "Young people truly are full of vigor."
As a fairly all-rounded All-Father -level -powerhouse, Odin could see the future to some extent.
Though he couldn't precisely see whatever he wanted, he did on occasion foresee the scene of Frigga being killed by a Cursed Warrior.
Just as he was about to act, he discovered the Dark Elves had almost been slaughtered by Ye Li....
Thus, husband and wife both knew Ye Li had effectively saved Frigga's life.
…..
"Making more friends is always good. In my youth I was too arrogant, and ended up with more enemies than friends.... though most of them are long since buried in Hel..."
Odin also smiled. "I hope he can become friends with Thor; that would be very beneficial for Asgard, Midgard, and even the Nine Realms as a whole."