"This is our Asgardian library where various magical books, histories, and records related to several other realms are kept."
Loki, whom Frigga had ordered to bring Alaric and Jane to the library, introduced.
"The Nine Great Realms? The ones from mythology?"
Jane recalled the Norse mythological tales she had seen on Earth and suddenly asked.
"You can read the book yourself, it's explained in detail here."
Loki remained frowning and replied nonchalantly.
If Frigga hadn't asked him to come, Loki truly would've wanted to stay far away from Alaric.
He can't defeat him, and now on top of that, he has to "respect him by generation"—which makes Loki extremely displeased!
"Loki, is that how you talk to your aunt? I'll go complain to my sister if you keep this up."
Alaric spoke up.
"Sorry, uncle! I take it back!"
Loki twitched his face, lowered his head slightly, and seriously apologized!
Damn it! This bastard is really pressing me with Mother!!
How old are you, you're not even out of school!!
Forced by Alaric's authority, Loki obediently began leading Jane to the books that introduced the Nine Realms.
And Jane also blushed slightly; looking at Loki felt awkward and extremely strange.
Getting a nephew over two thousand years old all of a sudden was just too bizarre, Jane felt completely confused!!
Especially since Loki is a god!
Jane looked at Alaric, her eyes full of stars!
My boyfriend is phenomenal!!
…
Alaric saw that Loki was obedient and smiled faintly.
"This uncle status is really convenient~"
And the "sister" in Alaric's mouth referred to Frigga.
At the banquet just now, Frigga suggested that Alaric shouldn't call her "Queen of the Gods" anymore, it sounded too cold and instead simply call her "sister."
Faced with kindhearted Frigga, Alaric accepted it with slight embarrassment.
And Odin didn't even object!!
At this moment, Alaric's status as "uncle" was fully confirmed.
Loki may not respect or acknowledge Alaric, but he couldn't oppose Frigga.
In Loki's heart, Odin's words didn't carry as much weight as Frigga's!
That's why Alaric completely hit Loki's weak spot!!
"Jane, you stay here and study whatever interests you; I'll go check out those books over there, if you need anything, just call me."
"I know!" Jane was immersed in the ocean of knowledge and couldn't pull herself out.
Luckily, as soon as she learned Alaric was going to the library, she came along; otherwise, she'd regret it!
"Loki, you can go do your own thing."
"Then I'm off!"
Loki nodded and immediately left.
Facing Alaric made him nervous, he'd long wanted to get away!
At the same time, he was thinking about how to find Alaric's weak point!
After all, it was truly difficult for Loki not to play tricks.
But Alaric wasn't afraid at all.
…
Alaric went alone to the section with magical books and began carefully reading.
There wasn't just Asgardian magic there, but even many books from Kamar-Taj.
Except they didn't contain specific spells, but separate analyses of the source of Earth's magical energy, how to access magical energy, and how to successfully use it.
Therefore, Alaric already knew all of this and had long since mastered it.
Obtaining magical energy through dimensional sources, Alaric believed no one understood that better than him!
After quickly going through the books on Earth's magic, he arrived at the part that interested him the most.
Asgardian magic!
Alaric was curious—how does Asgardian magic differ from the magic of Kamar-Taj and how is it cast?
After all, as far as Alaric knew, everyone who used magic in Asgard never mentioned whom they owed a price to.
Like Thor, as the God of Thunder, he can use the power of lightning at will, control storm elements of nature, and perform various powerful attacks.
And Loki and Hela, for example, can summon unlimited weapons and use different dark magic.
But none of them mention paying a price to anyone for it.
So Alaric wanted to understand the essence and see if he could adopt anything.
As time passed, relying on his powerful spiritual strength, Alaric read through almost all the magical books.
And gradually, he understood where Asgardian magic comes from.
"Odinforce… Asgard…"
Alaric sat in the air, closed his eyes, and pondered.
Based on this magical knowledge, he came to a conclusion.
Namely: all Asgardians who use magic rely on Odin.
More precisely, on the Odinforce in Odin's body.
It can also be said that the entirety of Asgard is the source of their magic.
Hela, for example, weakened when she was exiled from Asgard.
But as soon as she returned to Asgard, her lost power quickly returned, even surpassed Thor.
And the reason was the presence of Odinforce in her body.
And Odinforce is hereditary: like Thor, after Odin's death, he inherited the Odinforce and became the new God-King, and then the "Odinforce" became Thor's power.
Odinforce is extremely powerful and mysterious; it is a force that can fuse cosmic energy and the user's life force to achieve various unimaginable magical means!
Odinforce grants the gods of Asgard various abilities including teleportation, transformation, matter manipulation, enhancement of physical attributes, creation of powerful energy fields, launching devastating energy blasts, and enhancing the attributes of objects or beings.
Representatives of this are Frigga, Hela, Thor, Loki, and Heimdall.
Second tier, the Warriors Three and Sif.
Then soldiers and other residents.
All possess within their bodies more or less Odinforce, and combined with the strong bodies of the divine race, they turn into brave and skilled warriors!
When Alaric realized this, he literally wanted Odinforce!
"I really wish I had that!!"
However, since Alaric isn't an Asgardian, he hasn't inherited any Odinforce, so he can't use Asgardian magic.
Alaric had to find another way.
Or create some Alaricforce that belongs only to him.
But that's difficult.
Odin became the All-Father over 5,000 years ago and is unbelievably powerful.
And after more than five thousand years—since Asgard's strength is directly proportional to longevity, Odin's power is unimaginable.
Just based on the knowledge from these magical books, Alaric can't obtain Odinforce.
Alaric pondered as he wandered through the rest of the library.
Not long after, Alaric came across some books that recorded the Norn runes.
"Norn runes… Aren't those the ones on Mjolnir?"