The Three Warriors of Asgard—Volstagg the Lion of Asgard, Hogun the Grim, and Fandral the Dashing—alongside one of Thor's devoted companions, the valkyrie Sif.
All four were close friends of the God of Thunder.
They had previously followed Thor in his reckless charge into Jotunheim.
In the original Marvel films, this group didn't arrive on Earth until after discovering Loki had usurped the throne. But now, with the Ancient One's sudden disappearance and Yamanaka Shinno assuming the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme, Odin—who knew little about him and had only met him once—naturally found it hard to fully trust a stranger. So, along with casting Mjolnir and a depowered Thor to Earth, he quietly sent Fandral along as a hidden protector.
The reason Shinno had added the Asgardian bloodline to the trait selection list earlier was precisely because he'd seen Fandral during the trial.
This was his first time launching [Divine Entertainment Trial].
To make it exciting, the prizes needed to be high-tier items that the audience could immediately recognize. That way, he could stoke interest in future hundred-player competitions.
If he had listed something like the bloodline of King Jagugan, who the hell would even know what that was?
How could anyone look forward to the next event like that?
As for the true purpose of [Divine Entertainment Trial]...
Shinno looked at Black Widow—Natasha—whose eyes were shut tight as she fused with the [Asgardian Bloodline] trait. Her aura was surging wildly, and a faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
[Beep—Major alteration to a key character's destiny detected. Minor shift in worldline trajectory. Reward granted: Trait Duplication ×1, Trait Extraction ×3, Trait Gift ×2,Just-In-Time Trait Search and Navigation Opportunity ×1, Trait Downgrade ×1, Trait Removal ×1, Trait Reset ×1.]
A familiar system prompt chimed in his head.
As Shinno eyed the cascade of rewards, his smile widened.
With returns so wildly exceeding the effort, [Divine Entertainment Trial] was practically a cheat code—a tool for rewriting destinies and farming system rewards.
He didn't need to make deep connections with the target, didn't even need to know them personally. No need to nag, guide, or convince anyone. As long as he tweaked the rewards just enough, he could steer someone's fate with minimal effort.
And whether the winner was someone whose destiny he wanted to change…
It didn't really matter.
After all, the trial space of [Divine Entertainment Trial] was now fully integrated into the dimensional layer of the Hunyuan Realm.
Not only could he adjust each contestant's power up or down by 20%...
He could also employ subtle tricks behind the scenes.
Who would ever notice?
Of course, under normal circumstances, Shinno didn't like interfering directly with the process or outcome of the trials.
Because the unknown—that's where the real fun lies.
If someone who never appeared in the original timeline ended up winning the trial?
Then that person clearly had unique potential that no one else possessed.
Giving them the chance to rewrite their destiny—and letting them be grateful to him for it?
What could be better?
As for those antagonistic villains who constantly tried to oppose him...
Shinno glanced at his personal panel, which displayed a ridiculous number of negative traits with nowhere to go, and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Putting negative traits in the final reward pool… that kind of killed motivation.
What if he just called it something else?
"Penalty for rule-breaking?"
Tch—
I really am a genius.
A string of thoughts ran through Shinno's mind, and he immediately issued a command to the system:
"System, use the three Trait Extractions now."
[Congratulations, host has obtained the following traits—Green: 'Cheering Alleyway', Blue: 'Inflatable Sprite', White: 'Firestarter Princess'.]
Cheering Alleyway (Green): This ride burns your ass~ Aah! Little windmill~ With your versatile vocal cords, you can easily produce loli, mature, or seductive tones. Slightly boosts vocal appeal, clarity, charm, and approval from the opposite sex. In tense situations, you may unknowingly start "cheering."
Inflatable Sprite (Blue): A sprite born of rage, capable of converting anger into energy. The higher the rage, the higher the energy threshold. In a furious state, boosts strength, speed, reflexes, and energy.
Firestarter Princess (White): Fanning the flames is your specialty. Sowing discord is your instinct. With seductive flair and a sharp tongue, you excel at provoking, inciting conflict, and drawing aggro. Boosts taunt effects, provocations, charm, and toxic vocabulary; also increases chances of getting hit, injured, and surviving beatings.
"System…"
The second Shinno read the descriptions, he was immediately reminded of those voice-mod freaks he'd encountered in online games back in his previous life.
Absolute pros at messing with people's minds.
If traits like these ended up on someone like the big, beefy Thor…
The citizens of Marvel's 2011 Earth probably weren't ready for that kind of whiplash!
And that second trait—Inflatable Sprite.
Despite the ridiculous name, the actual effect was solid. A high-performance combat trait.
But the name... man. It was hard not to laugh.
Inflatable toys were way too common in his past life.
As for Firestarter Princess...
If someone managed to survive a day outside with that trait, it would probably be due to sheer toughness alone.
Shinno glanced at the blue Trait Upgrade token in his system interface, then at the long list of dormant traits waiting to be activated.
Without hesitation, he used it on Inflatable Sprite.
[Beep—Congratulations, host. Blue trait 'Inflatable Sprite' successfully upgraded. New Purple Trait acquired: 'Flame That Burns Cities'.]
Flame That Burns Cities (Purple): With rage as its source, and fire as its weapon, your fury becomes destructive flame. In a furious state, dramatically increases strength, speed, reflexes, and energy. Greatly enhances fire control and fire-elemental affinity. Can absorb and command any fire that does not exceed your endurance threshold.
...
"Hm?"
Shinno raised an eyebrow as he finished reading the upgraded description of the purple trait, Flame That Burns Cities.
The existence of the Hulk had already proven that anger could be a powerful, if unstable, source of strength.
But what surprised him most...
Was that this trait also came with the ability to absorb and command fire.
His rainbow-colored trait, Primordial World Sovereign, already gave him tremendous control over elemental energies—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin, and yang.
But when it came to dealing with primordial flames or fire infused with unique rules, even that trait had its limitations.
Now, with this new fire-absorption and control ability...
Under the amplification of Primordial World Sovereign, he might finally be able to absorb the Eternal Flame wielded by Surtur, the Fire Giant!
Shinno's eyes gleamed with anticipation. He immediately chose to activate Flame That Burns Cities.
A torrent of information flooded his mind.
He quickly mastered the conversion between rage and energy, along with the absorption and control of special flames.
[Detection: Purple trait 'Flame That Burns Cities' can be fused with rainbow trait 'Primordial World Sovereign'. Proceed with fusion?]
"Yes."
Under the amplification of the rainbow trait...
Flame That Burns Cities evolved its rage-to-energy ability into complete dominion over the emotion of "rage" within the Seven Emotions spectrum.
Not only could he absorb his own anger—but he could even draw in others' fury, stoke their emotions, and make them erupt with rage.
The fire absorption and control aspect also leveled up significantly.
As long as the flames couldn't kill him outright...
He could completely absorb and wield them as his own!
The so-called Eternal Flame? The only real difference from other fires was that it just took a little longer to absorb.
Just a little longer.
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