Chapter 123: CH-123. Funeral
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With Luke around, Hela was careful when bullying Thor. It looked like just a little friction between siblings of the God Clan. At most, he would get injured, but he wouldn't die. As Frigga knew the inside story, she did not react too much to her son's hammer being crushed.
After all, Odin has left him a more powerful weapon. Now that Thor has become the successor to the King of Gods, he was qualified to obtain that weapon.
"Well Thor, you and Loki should go prepare for your father's funeral!" Seeing Thor holding the fragments of his favorite hammer and feeling sad, Frigga couldn't help but speak out. Hearing this, Thor finally realized that there were more important things to do. Looking at Hela, who was standing behind Luke with a look of sneer and disdain on her face, Thor's proud heart was once again frustrated.
Odin's funeral was extremely grand. Since his body had been integrated into every inch of Asgard, only a golden statue was made to commemorate him. Many racial forces and other pantheons in the universe sent people to commemorate the deceased God-King. Of course, their purpose was not just to express condolences, but also to confirm certain things. For example, the succession of royal power in Asgard. After all, Asgard's strength was not weak in the universe, and its reputation was earned by several generations of gods.
It was said that Odin designated two heirs before his death, preparing to have two kings coexisting. They don't know whether this was true or not. However, these were still secondary, their ultimate goal was Luke. Therefore, their eyes would occasionally pass over Luke inadvertently. Although they looked very secretive, Luke, who had super perception, noticed them immediately, but did not pay too much attention to it. Most of the other cosmic races that arrived had been protected by Asgard, but of course there were exceptions.
Because in the shocked eyes of many people, the Frost Giants who had always been hostile to Asgard also came. The person who came was none other than Odin's former mortal enemy - the Frost Giant leader Laufey. The arrival of Laufey made most people in Asgard more alert, and even glared at him. If this wasn't the funeral of the God King, many people would have already picked up their weapons and rushed forward to fight to the death.
However, when Loki saw Laufey an unnatural look flashed across his face. Although he was Laufey's biological son, he was abandoned on the battlefield and eventually adopted and raised by Odin. Even after learning his identity, he wanted to destroy the entire Jotunheim in order to prove to Odin that he only belonged to Asgard. But before he could implement his plan, Odin fell into a deep sleep. Now, watching his biological father bid farewell to his adoptive father at the funeral, the feeling was a bit complicated.
"Laufey, today is my father's funeral. If you dare to mess around, I will fight the frost giants to the death." Thor looked at Laufey and spoke word by word.
"As an old rival, I am here to see him off for the last time. At the same time, I am here to put an end to the war between Asgard and Jotunheim that has lasted for thousands of years. I swear in the name of Ymir that from now on, the Frost Giants will not set foot in any place protected by Asgard." After Laufey looked at Loki deeply, he swore an oath to Thor.
It has to be said that Odin's move of making Loki and Thor kings together before his death really worked wonders. Not only did it eliminated the rift between Loki and Thor, it also dispersed Loki's long-suppressed dissatisfaction and resentment in one fell swoop. It also made Laufey, the leader of the Frost Giants, officially express goodwill to the successor God-King of Asgard.
"I hope you can really do it." Thor had nothing else to say about this. After all, the other party came with peace, and it was impossible for him to provoke a war. The great elder of the Elf Kingdom, Sylphnia, came there personally with Ines. In fact, Odin was much younger than her, but he passed away before her. She presented a bouquet of exotic flowers from the Elf Kingdom to Odin's portrait and then walked straight towards Luke.
"Luke, long time no see." Sylphnia looked at Luke and sighed from the bottom of her heart.
However, it was only a little over 20 years, not even a fraction of the time these old guys had lived for, but the heights that Luke had reached were beyond their reach.
"Sylphnia, you seem to be getting more and more depressed." Luke only frowned when he saw the great elf elder. Because he could clearly sense the aura of old age emanating from Sylphnia's body, which seemed to be in its prime. This means that the elf in front of him has entered the countdown of her life.
Unlike Odin, whose death Luke already knew, Sylphnia was a character outside the plot that Luke actually met, and also her first friend outside the plot. So in Luke's heart, she was somewhat special.
"Theoretically, the longest lifespan of an elf is 10,000 years. Now I am almost at the limit of the elf's lifespan. I am already the longest-lived one. It won't be long before I die like Odin. When that time comes, the kingdom of elves will depend on you to take care of it." Sylphnia had no fear of her impending death.
"Would you like to die this way?" Luke asked her this question.
"Of course I don't want to, but life and death are the basic rules of the universe. I don't have the power to break the rules like you do, so I can only accept death calmly. Moreover, death is not the end for the elves, because every dead elf will eventually turn into an ancient tree and continue to live in the elven kingdom." Sylphnia expressed directly to Luke without any hesitation that she did not want to die, but she also calmly accepted the idea of death.
"Since you don't want to die then I will make it happen. I will come find you after Odin's funeral." Luke decided to borrow the Time Stone from Ancient One. With the power of the Time Stone, he could easily reverse a person's time. Although using stones would bring corresponding backlash consequences, for Luke now, the backlash damage might take less than half a breath to recover.
After all, Luke was different from a pure mage like Ancient One. Ancient One's strength was largely due to the strength of her boss Vishanti, while Luke has all the power within himself. In addition, Luke protected by the power of the immortal talisman, so he doesn't have to worry about the backlash of using the stone. Even if he collects all six stones in the future, he will not be like Thanos and the Hulk, who would cripple themselves with just one or two snaps of their fingers.
Sylphnia was stunned when she heard Luke say this. She knew that Luke was not joking, so there must be a way for her to continue living. Odin's funeral finally ended with the bright light released by all the people of Asgard! For Asgard, the upcoming ceremony of succession of the two kings was the real top priority. After all, Odin represents the past, while the two kings Thor and Loki were the future of Asgard.