On the cliff in Norway.
Hawk, dressed in a black suit matched by Gwen, with a rugged and handsome build, stands opposite Odin, who looks like a homeless man after losing his wife.
Just from their attire, you can derive a simple truth.
That is—
A man without a wife can't even take care of his own life.
But that's not the point.
Time trap!
That's the key point of their discussion.
Odin's wise single eye calmly looks at Hawk.
"What has already become the past cannot be changed in outcome; you can alter the process but not the conclusion."
"The Supreme Mage changed it."
"She's no longer on this timeline."
"..."
Hawk raises an eyebrow.
Yes.
Although The Ancient One evaded the clutches of time because of him, and seemingly survived.
In reality, The Ancient One is still dead.
Because in the time of the Main Cosmos, The Ancient One no longer exists, from a certain perspective, The Ancient One is indeed dead.
After saying this, Odin averts his gaze from Hawk and turns around to face the boundless sea before him, then slowly speaks.
A thousand years ago, in the World Tree Cosmos, was a barbaric era.
It was the same for Asgard.
Odin was initially a conqueror, together with his eldest daughter Hel, establishing Asgard for the Aesir Race through bloody conquest.
At that time, all regions that did not submit to Asgard faced brutal slaughter.
Hel was the same.
Odin was also the same.
After conquering the Nine Realms, Odin was no longer satisfied with the World Tree Cosmos; he wanted to conquer more, creating more land for Asgard with sword and blood.
He set his sights on the Main Cosmos outside the World Tree Cosmos, namely the Marvel 616 Main Cosmos.
But Odin encountered the same problem that Hawk did before obtaining the Reality Gemstone.
His power belongs to the World Tree Cosmos, not to the Main Cosmos. Therefore, to project his power into the Main Cosmos, he needs a medium.
So Odin cut Midgard.
Earth fell out of the World Tree Cosmos, and the power of Asgard could therefore manifest in the Main Cosmos.
But Odin forgot one thing.
When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
Before Midgard became Earth, Odin looked through time and saw his conquest of the Nine Realms was not in question.
Because while the World Tree Cosmos has a God of Time, he belongs to King of Gods Odin.
But when Odin stood on Midgard, which has become Earth, and gazed at the time again, the time had already become Eternal.
So...
Odin fell into the time trap.
He witnessed the Twilight of the Gods approaching.
The gods of Asgard were falling.
The people of Asgard were weeping.
The land of Asgard was cracking.
"Since I discovered I was caught in the time trap, I began to try to change."
"I laid down the spear and the sword."
"Picked up poetry and flowers."
"But..."
"My eldest daughter, Hel, I couldn't bear to hurt her, so I sealed her."
"In the days that followed, I tried to delay the arrival of the Twilight of the Gods."
"I tried everything to stop it."
"But, my wife, Frigga."
"That was time's warning."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Hawk looks at Odin, who turns back with a trace of sadness in his single eye, and can't help but frown.
"Frigga's death was caused by time?"
"My wife, Frigga, she was raised by the Witch."
As God King Odin's wife, Frigga was not just a trophy.
She was raised by the Witch.
Simply put!
No matter how she might falter, there's no way Frigga could be killed with one strike by a Doomsday Warrior created by Dark Elf Malekith.
And now Odin has given a more reasonable explanation.
He tried to resist his own end, and was warned by time.
But——
Hawk recalls the plot segments related to Odin in Thor 1 and Thor 2, frowning.
"What did you do?"
"I let Dark Elf Malekith come, trying to have them take Jane Foster and plunge the Nine Realms back into darkness."
"..."
Hawk's pupils slightly contract, looking at Odin's calm expression, and in a flash, he understands why Odin did it.
Indeed!
"Restart the Nine Realms, and naturally, there would be no Twilight of the Gods."
"Then the time of the World Tree Cosmos wouldn't be gathered by it."
"As a result, Frigga died."
"... Yes, the Nine Realms also didn't successfully restart because of you."
"Hey!"
Hawk, upon hearing this, is instantly displeased and looks at Odin: "Even without me, Thor and his girlfriend Jane would have stopped Malekith at the last moment."
Because that's how the movie plays out.
At the moment the Nine Realms are converging, about to be pulled into darkness by Malekith, Thor appears in time and resolves the crisis.
So...
Odin's scheme would have failed even without him; Malekith wouldn't succeed, and the Twilight of the Gods would still arrive.
Wait a minute.
"Hiss!"
"Looks like you've thought about it."
Odin looks at Hawk, who subconsciously gasped, and says: "I tried to change; I've also changed, but the outcome won't change. Either Thor stops Malekith, or you stop Malekith."
Hawk frowns, looking at Odin.
"You can tell Thor."
"No."
"Why, you and The Ancient One already told me."
"You can condense your own time, but Thor is different. Once I tell him, it equals dragging him into the time trap, and time won't spare him."
"Eternal?"
"Time is time, eternal is eternal."
Odin shook his head: "Eternal is merely the abstract embodiment of time in the main multiverse; eternal is time, but time is not eternal."
Hawk listened to Odin's words, raising an eyebrow.
He thought of someone.
Hongjun is the Way of Heaven, but the Way of Heaven is not Hongjun.
See.
Ancient civilizations have their profound foundations, no matter what the situation is, one can always find 'lessons from the past' and thereby become a 'guide for the future' from vast history and mythology!
Hawk's thoughts turned as he listened to Odin's words, then looked at Odin.
"You couldn't inform Hela, and Hela wouldn't heed advice, so you chose to imprison her rather than kill her."
"She is my daughter."
"Although the original main god's twilight I witnessed was triggered by my eldest daughter."
"But that's the process, not the end."
"Twilight of the Gods, World Tree Cosmos being devoured, that's the end, and Hela causing it, is the process."
"Even if I killed Hela, it wouldn't change the outcome of the main god's twilight."
"But I can delay it, though I can't tell Hela the truth."
"So I can only seal Hela, hoping that while I'm delaying, I can find a way to resolve it."
"Unfortunately, I still failed."
"Moreover, Hela!"
Odin's voice was calm: "I cannot imprison her for much longer. As Midgard falls into the torrent of time, my power is rapidly fading, and my time is running out."
He is the main god of the World Tree Cosmos.
But the World Tree Cosmos was not created by Odin.
To put it simply.
It was the World Tree Cosmos that created Odin, not Odin who created the World Tree Cosmos. Therefore, Odin's power is bound with the World Tree Cosmos.
Glory shared, loss shared.
Unlike Hawk!
He creates!
So when Midgard fell into the torrent of time, Earth's connection with the World Tree was completely severed.
Although Earth had previously fallen from the World Tree, Earth's essence still belonged to the World Tree Cosmos.
But now, the World Tree Cosmos has completely lost Earth, like a balloon with a large hole punctured.
The Main Cosmos is accelerating its devouring of the World Tree Cosmos.
Naturally, as the main god of the World Tree Cosmos, Odin bears the brunt of it.
So...
Yes.
Odin is about to take his bow.
Hawk was silent.
He looked at the Odin in front of him, and after a moment of silence, said: "Sorry!"
Otherwise, what else could Hawk say?
Hey, friend, don't be sad, I can help you.
Don't kid around.
Have some dishes, even if drunk, don't get drunk like this.
The only thing Hawk could do was one thing.
Offer his condolences, allow Odin to mourn and adapt.
As for the rest, he was helpless.
Odin listened to Hawk's words; his already aging face revealed a trace of peaceful smile and he changed the subject.
"Are you here for 'life'?"
"Yes."
Hawk nodded.
Just as he was about to speak, Odin slowly started telling Hawk his understanding of the 'Sense of Life'!
But Odin's insights differed from Ego's.
If Ego's understanding of life focused more on self, then Odin's understanding is more about utilization.
But this is normal too.
Ego's life came from himself, so he focused more on himself.
But Odin... he comes from the World Tree Cosmos, thus he focuses more on utilizing.
So...
For Hawk, Odin's insight was a completely new area.
Take notes, take notes.
Hawk looked serious, attentively listening to Odin's insights on life.
After all, Odin is nearing his end, and missing this chance might mean there will never be another.
Hawk listened very attentively.
Odin also spoke in great detail, giving Hawk a feeling of complete openness.
Time flowed.
A blink of an eye.
The sunset fell.
Hawk reopened his eyes, ensuring all the information was remembered, ready for contemplation later, then looked at Odin.
"Thank you for passing on knowledge and resolving doubts, so, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Haha."
"I'm nearing my end, I don't need to do anything, nor do I need you to do anything for me."
Odin looked at the serious Hawk, laughed and shook his head after speaking, then looked at Hawk.
"If you could, watch over Thor for me."
"I will."
Hawk nodded without hesitation, then looked at Odin, said nothing more, turned around, and prepared to leave.
Just as he was about to leave.
Odin spoke again.
"Phoenix!"
"God King Odin."
Hawk turned around, looking at Odin who called him.
Odin's sole eye stared at Hawk.
"Remember, the trap of time is everywhere; it won't allow anyone to escape its control."
"..."