Marvel's Master of Heavenly Magic

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"It certainly looks impressive, but everything is done in gold, which feels a bit tacky."

The group followed Thor, Frigga, and the others towards the Immortal Palace. As they gazed at the blend of technological and mythical elements in the divine realm's architecture, they couldn't help but marvel in awe.

Even Tony Stark could only mutter a few complaints, remarking on minor flaws that didn't detract much.

As they passed through the Divine Realm Square, George spotted the massive body of the Frost Giant King, Laufey, who had been killed by Loki's surprise attack.

The Frost Giant race can vary greatly in size, typically standing at around 34 meters tall. However, they also have the ability to shrink their size to that of a human through their own power.

Loki, born with a natural defect and only able to achieve human size, had been abandoned as a result.

Laufey, in his attempt to assassinate Odin, had shrunk to human size before entering the Immortal Palace. After being killed by Loki, his body was discarded in the Divine Realm Square, where it gradually returned to its normal size of around 30 to 40 meters.

"Go!"

As they passed Laufey's body, George quickly used magnetic control to send a blade flying and drive it into the Frost Giant King's heart. Stealthily, he extracted some of the heart's nerves.

Despite Laufey's death at Loki's hands, it was primarily due to the loss of his power source, the ancient Winter Coffin.

At the peak of his strength, Laufey had even blinded Odin in one eye, a testament to his incredible power.

If George were to use Laufey's heart nerves as the core for a staff, it would likely rival Odin's hair in power.

Once inside the Immortal Palace, they were led to a luxurious room to rest, where a lavish spread of food awaited them.

"George, you all rest here. My mother and I will handle Loki's affairs."

After escorting everyone to the room, Thor and Frigga left to deal with the chaos caused by Loki, and the group began conversing among themselves.

Banner, who had been revived by George's Elbow Curse, remarked with a deep sense of awe:

"It seems our assumptions were correct. The Divine Realm is indeed a far more advanced alien civilization compared to Earth's technology. It appears that there are many other cosmic civilizations out there that we have yet to discover."

"But I don't think this is a good thing," Tony said, munching on a special fruit from the Divine Realm.

"From the internal strife in the Divine Realm and those highly aggressive ice blocks, it's clear that even though their technology is far more advanced, their mindset isn't that much more evolved than ours.

This means that, if they want to, they could invade Earth at any time, and we wouldn't be able to fight back.

Maybe it's time we start preparing for this?"

"Iron Man, do you have any ideas?"

Wolverine, slicing a piece of fruit with his claws, asked.

"This fruit is amazing! I need Thor to send me some when we get back," Tony replied, taking another bite.

"I think that maybe when we return, I could learn a few things from the scientists, create more robotic soldiers, and..."

"Absolutely not!"

Tony's sentence was cut off by George.

"Toni, you need to understand that robots are controlled by programming. And much of the alien technology is far beyond ours.

If they crack your programming, the robots you create will be immediately controlled by them, turning them into Earth's enemies.

Or, if some criminal were to crack your code, we wouldn't even need aliens to invade. We'd be in serious trouble."

George didn't want Tony to get carried away with building robots. The last thing they needed was another Ultron or a disastrous program that could wipe out humanity and begin a new evolution.

It was better to avoid such crises while they still could.

"Whenever someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent lives are always sacrificed. History has always been this way."

At that moment, Captain America spoke up. He too disagreed with Tony's idea of creating uncontrollable plans for a war that hadn't even begun yet.

"Alright, alright, don't get worked up. I was just throwing the idea out there."

Tony shrugged and turned his attention to the balcony outside the room, where ships flew through the air.

Seeing this, George furrowed his brow.

Tony is a very self-centered person. Once he has made up his mind about something, he will only change his views if he himself realizes he's wrong; he usually doesn't listen to what others say.

So, once the seed of creating robots is planted, it will inevitably grow in the future.

"It's not that big of a problem," George thought for a moment, reassured that it might not be as serious as he first feared.

Ultron was primarily the result of Tony researching the Mind Stone scepter. Without the scepter, Tony couldn't have developed the artificial intelligence neural network.

Additionally, Loki had already been imprisoned in the Divine Realm's dungeon, awaiting Odin's awakening to face judgment. With the Chitauri invasion of Earth no longer a threat, Tony wouldn't suffer any psychological trauma that could trigger the same sense of impending danger.

After considering it further, George realized that even if Tony did end up creating those robots, it would be a long time from now. By then, Tony's abilities would likely have grown significantly, making it easier to handle the situation.

About an hour later, Thor returned to the room.

"Father Odin has awakened. He wants to meet with you all personally to thank you for your help with the Divine Realm!"

"He woke up now?"

George was taken aback. He remembered that in the movie, Odin wouldn't wake until the next day.

"Did this old man wake up earlier and just pretend to be asleep all this time?"

A thought crossed George's mind.

In the movie, as soon as the Bifrost was destroyed, Odin immediately rushed from his slumber to catch Thor and Loki. It seemed too convenient. If Loki hadn't voluntarily let go, both Thor and Loki would have been fine. At worst, the Bifrost would have been damaged, but it would have been repaired eventually. It wasn't beyond repair.

And Odin would have gained the grown-up son and the son who recognized his mistakes.

It seemed Odin hadn't anticipated how extreme Loki's mindset would become, unwilling to acknowledge his own mistakes in the end.

"Truly worthy of being the father of the gods who united the Nine Realms, what a sly old fox!"

George couldn't help but admire Odin inwardly as he followed Thor and the others to the council hall of the Immortal Palace.

Upon further reflection, was Odin really a good guy?

Of course not. If he were, he wouldn't have led Hela to unify the Nine Realms, conquering countless kingdoms and using vast amounts of gold to create the now magnificent Divine Realm.

After sealing Hela away, he had even hidden the brutal facts of his conquests, adding a mural to the top of the Immortal Palace to deceive future generations.

Then there was the Infinity Gauntlet in Odin's treasure vault, which, though a replica, suggested that Odin had once collected the Infinity Stones but had ultimately given up for reasons unknown.

The peace now reigning in the Divine Realm was likely because Odin had only a few years left to live and wanted a successor who would maintain the status quo. He didn't want Thor to be as war-hungry as he had been in his youth.

Despite all of that, George thought it wasn't that big of a deal. Whether or not Odin was a good guy didn't matter—what mattered was that they had helped Thor and saved the Divine Realm, and those were real, tangible accomplishments.

(End of Chapter)