radicalducati Chapter 310 Tony Stark: Where are my teammates? Where are my teammates?
Chapter 310 Tony Stark: Where are my teammates? Where are my teammates?
Chapter 310 Tony Stark: Where are my teammates? Where are my teammates?
"In conclusion, that's how I got back."
At the funeral in Asgard, Thor's spirit floated beside Joey, explaining to Odin and the elders how he left Helheim.
Thor, who was initially skeptical, still wanted to resist, but in the Land of the Dead, even Odin could not contend with Hela, let alone Thor without his hammer.
Realizing this, Thor reached out and called out to Mjolnir, who was far away in Asgard, but his call went unanswered.
He received no response, of course, because firstly, he was already "dead," and secondly, the hammer was firmly held in Joey's hand.
As a temporary Thor with a verifiable record of slaying the Mortal Serpent, it was not difficult for Joey to gain the approval of the Mjolnir.
Having learned from their previous experience, Joey and Mjolnir established a connection with almost effortless ease, and the hammer that had been sitting in Thor's room untouched was thus summoned into Superman's hands.
Seeing Thor return in his spirit form, Joey silently snorted and pushed the hammer back to Odin.
Just now, Odin, that old man, was discussing with me whether or not he should become the new Thor!
Unfortunately, if Thor had returned even a quarter of an hour later, Ya's body lying on the ship would have been cremated by arrows soaked in oil.
If he wants to be resurrected in the mortal world, he'll have to wait until at least the next Ragnarok!
"What's with that regretful look on your face?!"
The usually obtuse Saul, however, keenly noticed the mischievous glint in Joey's eyes this time. When questioned, Joey's eyes darted around, and he quickly changed the subject:
"So how exactly did you get out in the end? Was the condition offered by the ruler of the Land of the Dead what I understand to be true?"
Hela, the Goddess of Death, meant that Thor should bring her a new life, right? Considering Thor is male and Hela is female, wouldn't bringing a new life mean...? At this point, Joey glanced around, and considering the presence of elders like Odin and Frigga, his super brain raced, fully utilizing his linguistic and sentence-making abilities inherited from his previous life:
"Hmm—it's like, something like connections between people, close physical contact, deep yet accessible communication, or venturing into a death cave—?"
Upon hearing these words, Saul's face flushed red and then turned pale, and he spoke through gritted teeth:
"I was initially against this kind of thing!"
But as he said before, Hela's power in the Land of the Dead is unprecedented and unparalleled. He ultimately can't fight city hall. "Thor, you—!"
Odin listened to Yang Yi's rambling for a long time before finally figuring out what the two were talking about. Then, when he heard his son give an affirmative answer, he immediately fainted.
"Father!"
Thor rushed forward to help him, but he was still in his spirit form and passed right by Odin's body.
"Why don't you go back into your body first!"
Faced with Joey's suggestion, Thor shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to go back, the problem is my body is still dead!"
Thor died from snake venom, and now his soul has escaped from the land of the dead, but his body is still infected with snake venom.
Jormungandr's venom contains a predetermined destiny, almost unsolvable, a fact that Joey has already learned in previous universes.
This is why Thor currently exists only as a Heroic Spirit.
"Even I don't know what can break the curse of snake venom."
Frigga, who was supporting Odin, agreed with this statement. She was already one of the most renowned witches in the Nine Realms, yet she still didn't know what could cure the World Serpent's deadly poison.
"Alright, now you know!"
Joey, who had been bitten by the World Serpent, suddenly remembered how he got here—wasn't he just like Thor, poisoned to death by the World Serpent's venom?
The snake venom was indeed potent; even with Joey's special constitution, it still took a long time for him to be replayed in Valhalla before he returned to the mortal world.
Having figured this out, Joey clapped his hands and pointed to himself:
"Is it okay if someone is poisoned to death by the World Serpent and still alive and kicking?"
Superman's words seemed true, and Frigga's hope was rekindled. She looked at Joey and asked him for something:
"Could I have a drop of your blood?"
Now it was Joey's turn to be in a dilemma: "It's possible, but—"
Joey wasn't unwilling to accept such a request; after all, he would do anything to help Thor win the revival match.
But now it's difficult to hurt yourself with ordinary methods anymore. If you want to get some blood, you have to make a huge commotion.
"That's not necessarily true; look at your neck."
Thor, glowing from head to toe, poked Joey's neck in his spirit form, where a large patch of flesh still bore the marks of sharp teeth: "Did some kind of vampire bite you?"
Joey reached up and wiped his neck, and sure enough, he saw a trace of blood on his fingertips. He immediately remembered what had happened.
The fact that a juvenile Celestial could easily break through the defenses of Joey, who had evolved to this level, with just his teeth when he was starving makes it hard to imagine how Joey and the original Celestial managed to force Galactus to retreat after they merged.
It's one thing for Galactus to leave, but he left Joey with a super-hungry dog that's always waiting to be fed, making Joey feel like a long-term, permanent nanny and meal ticket. Just thinking about it makes Joey angry.
"No, it's like being bitten by a rude, ungrateful mad dog."
Achoo!—Ganata, who was sprawled on Stark's priceless sofa in the courtyard, having just finished a hearty meal and watching short videos, suddenly sneezed.
"Damn it, Joey! Rebound!"
Just like with path dependence, Ganata immediately deflected the curse back—even without using her cosmic consciousness to probe, she knew who was behind her right now.
What Ganata didn't know was that her quick bite to prepare a meal an hour earlier had saved Asgard a lot of trouble.
With the blood of Joey, a survivor of the venom of the Midgard Serpent, Thor's mother, Frigga, finally had a suitable medium to release the antidote and eliminate the effects of the venom.
Soon, under the influence of magic, the venom that had killed Thor and kept him alive until the next era completely dissipated from his divine body, and the heroic spirit Thor was finally able to return to life.
Thor rose from the Viking longship where the body lay, kicked over the bouquets, mead, and axe at the bow, and shouted at the crowd that had come to mourn the Asgardian prince:
"Put away your flowers, get out your drinks, it's party time!"
Seeing Thor rise from the dead, the people of Asgard erupted in cheers that resounded throughout the realm of the gods, their roar so powerful that it even shook the end of the Rainbow Bridge, which Heimdall guarded.
"Whoosh! Homage to the resurrected Thor!"
The thunderous roar even reached a corner of a cave beneath Asgard, where Loki was bound and suffering from the venom piercing his heart, but no one cared.
And so, the horns of celebration replaced the mournful music, and what should have been a funeral for mourning was transformed into a celebration of Thor's rebirth.
All the Aesir gods present were delighted, except for one god who was not so happy: Odin, the god-king who had just been drawn.
Awakened by the cheers, Odin, struggling to maintain his swaying divine body, grabbed Joey's cloak tightly:
"Bring that unfilial son over here!"
"Salute to Superman!"
The drinking customs of these Norse gods are just as wild as Joey's stereotypes suggest, basically aiming to drink to the point of death as long as they don't die.
They just pick any excuse and start a new cycle. Now it's back to Superman, then Frigga, then Heimdall, then Baldr, then Odin's steed, Tyr's beard, Thor's goat—all sorts of random stuff coming back in a loop.
"A salute to Superman."
After an unknown amount of time, Thor, who had been pulled aside by Odin for a private conversation, rejoined the drinking party, holding a ram's horn cup.
Joey, who wasn't drunk at all thanks to his special constitution, could tell that Thor was preoccupied and asked in a low voice, "Is there a big problem?"
"Yes." Thor downed the drink in his glass in one gulp, but even the mead couldn't soothe the bitterness in his heart.
"I should have listened to you more back then."
Odin just called Thor into the house to tell him a shocking secret—
Hela, the ruler of Helheim, did not exist in Helheim from the beginning, and she herself had many connections with Thor.
Even before Thor and Loki were born, Hela was raised by Odin as their father.
However, her ambitions gradually exceeded her abilities, and after a rebellion, Odin had no choice but to banish his daughter to Helheim, the land of the dead.
So, theoretically speaking, Hela could be considered Thor's sister?
The hierarchy of the gods is an extremely complicated matter. Thor felt that his old man was not like the King of the Gods next door, who used to be able to understand it, but now he couldn't understand it at all!
Putting aside the ethical issues that Thor's actions in order to leave the Underworld might raise, Hela's ambition alone makes the whole affair a conspiracy that Thor cannot see through.
Thinking about the potential problems Hela might cause in the future, Thor, after a few glasses of mead, suddenly became unrestrained in his speech, completely forgetting his previous decision not to tell Superman anything about the future.
Thor had to admit that Joey's words had indeed come true, including Loki's rebellion and what was happening to him now.
"But sometimes you really should speak more clearly."
Saul, who thought he had figured things out, complained to Joey:
"Back then, you insisted on telling me you slept with your own sister and got a good beating from the Queen of Paradise Island. I thought you were just saying it drunk, but I never expected you were hinting at something!"
Thor felt he had completely figured everything out—with his superhuman physique, even wine stolen from Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, might not make him so drunk that he would utter the truth.
Superman at that time was completely biding his time, and using him as an example was a subtle way of implying Thor's own situation!
Unfortunately, Thor treated it all as a joke; he was cheering on Wonder Woman when she beat up Superman.
Looking back now, Thor deeply regrets not understanding Superman's good intentions!
"what?"
Slightly tipsy, Joey understood Thor's meaning—his future self had drunkenly told Thor about Kara!
Why didn't Thor say something so important sooner?!
The thought that this could have been avoided fueled a surge of anger in Joey's heart.
Joey, who had been troubled by this matter ever since arriving on Planet F, immediately cursed and snatched the bottle from his hand, shattering it into pieces right in Thor's face:
"If you knew, why didn't you say so sooner! I'll fucking kill you!"
Wow!
Joey and Thor suddenly started fighting, drawing gasps from the crowd, but within two seconds, those gasps turned into cheers and shouts of encouragement.
"Beat him up, Superman, and send him back to Helheim!" — This was the female warrior Sif.
"Son of Odin, cheer up, don't embarrass yourself!" — This was Baldr, the god of light.
"Anyone want to place a bet?" — This was Tyr, the guarantor of the contract and the guardian of the oath.
Everyone quickly made way, clearing the center of the venue, seamlessly transitioning from banquet guests to noisy, clamoring spectators.
After all, in their past experience, drunken brawls were an essential part of a celebratory banquet.
However, today's heavyweight fight came a little too early; we haven't even finished half of the mead yet!
The first and unparalleled Kryptonian vs. Asgardian Unrestricted Fighting Tournament has officially begun—the exact number of tournaments depends on which side's perspective it is.
While Joey and Saul were elbowing each other over some common issues, everything seemed to have temporarily settled down.
Ultron was shut down, Puck was absorbed into the Green Lantern Spider Army, and Thor was resurrected.
This can be considered a relatively satisfactory ending.
But in another distant parallel universe, in a secret base that no detectors can find.
Tony Stark, about to be interrogated by his cyborg self, inwardly groaned, "Where are my teammates? Where are they? Help me!"