Chapter 328 S: Glorious Event (VII)

Strange walked on the bridge in front of the Asgard Palace. The afterglow of the setting sun made the Asgard buildings under his feet look more brilliant. He walked past the tall guards at the end of the bridge, walked up the stairs, and saw the beautiful fountains and flowers in the square in front of the gate.

Then, he followed the goddess who led the way into the wide hall of the palace. There, dozens of pillars were like towering trees, supporting the huge dome with intricate patterns.

Strange followed the goddess who led him into the elevator. The lifting platform slowly rose in the roar. Looking down from here, he could see the children laughing and making noises in the square of Asgard on the other side.

Soon, the elevator stopped and the door in front of him slowly opened. After walking in, two tall alien plants guarded the door. The Asgardian goddess in white turned around and said to Strange: "Cross this corridor and turn right. The tower is where His Highness is. You cannot enter without permission."

Strange nodded and said: "Thank you for leading the way. In addition, can I ask, is Loki okay now?"

The goddess in white shook her head and turned back to the elevator. Strange sighed. He could already imagine Loki's miserable condition.

He walked forward as the goddess said. This is a corridor located right behind the gate of the Asgard. The wall on the left is the corridor of the Asgard, the elevator behind him, and the railings and pillars on the right. If you keep walking forward and turn right, you can see the tower that the goddess said is independent of the Asgard.

Strange walked over. The gate of the tower was connected to the corridor bridge. There were two metal knockers on it. Strange picked up one of them and knocked on the door. Loki's voice came from inside: "Come in."

Strange was stunned for a moment and asked: "How to get in?"

"Push the door, what else?"

Strange took two steps back and looked at the gate. He realized that there was no protective magic circle on it. Even with his knocking, the door opened a little.

"The door is not locked?" Strange's eyes widened in surprise. He walked forward, pulled the knocker, and the door opened directly.

The scene inside was completely different from the black prison that Strange imagined. It was a round tower with corridors surrounding the walls, and a garden with Viking style in the center.

Many of the plants there are very similar to plants on Earth, a bit like the ancient version of Earth plants. There are also many slightly broken statues in the center. Loki is standing under one of the statues reading a book. Strange walked over quickly and asked him: "Are you okay?"

Before Loki could speak, Strange said: "Is your brain okay? You knew Odin would be so angry that he wanted to kill you, but you dared to go back to Asgard. Isn't this a trap for yourself?"

"I'm fine now, aren't I?" Loki raised his eyes and his voice was a little cold. Strange looked up and looked around. After a while, he said, "What is this place? Are all the prisons in Asgard so advanced?"

"Who told you that this is a prison? This is the site of our ancient royal garden, which preserves the traces of our time on Earth. Upstairs is the archives and library. I usually like to stay here the most."...

"Didn't Odin punish you? You have caused a huge disaster this time."

Loki sighed and said, "I am also surprised..."

Then, Strange heard from Loki what happened before he came.

The gods of Norse mythology came from the earth. They belonged to ancient civilizations. Therefore, like most ancient civilizations on Earth, there are mainly the following types of punishments.

The most serious of them is exile. In theory, Asgard does not have the death penalty, but exile is not much different from the death penalty. People who have committed huge mistakes are randomly sent to a dark universe. As for how he survives there, no one cares.

The second is expulsion. These two punishments are different. Expulsion means that as long as you don't stay in Asgard, you can go anywhere. The more serious one is that you are not allowed to enter the nine kingdoms, but as long as you don't come here, others will not bother you.

In the original comics, Thor was once expelled from Asgard by Heimdall. Although he came back in the end, this is also a more serious punishment in Asgard.

Then there is flogging. Asgard has flogging, and the reason why flogging ranks third in the severity of punishment is that the flogging in Asgard is not a human whip, but a thunder whip composed of the power of Odin, the father of the gods. Even if this whip is whipped on the Asgardians with extremely strong physical fitness, it is the extent of lying down for half a year.

The reason why this punishment is serious is that once you are whipped, you can't go to the battlefield for a long time and can only stay at home. This is a devastating blow to the Asgardians.

Before returning to Asgard, Loki thought he would be whipped anyway, after all, the trouble he caused this time was a bit too big.

He angered the princess who had rebelled before, and she almost broke the seal, and pulled the eldest prince who had returned to the world tree down again, and ended up stirring up the new and old hatreds between the two of them...

Considering that the Destroyer was thrown to Earth and Thor was sent to Sakaar, Odin's thunder that struck him was still on the way, which had already moved Loki very much.

Why did Loki return to Asgard? It was nothing more than thinking that she would die sooner or later, and she would be struck anyway, so she might as well get beaten up quickly so that she could go out and cause trouble.

But when Loki returned to Asgard, Odin was really angry, and it could even be said that his nose was crooked with anger. But when Loki half-knelt in the Asgard Hall, waiting for Odin's punishment, Odin directly asked him to go back to the room to reflect and not leave Asgard without his order.

Loki, who was kneeling on the ground at that time, was stunned. He thought Odin had not finished speaking, so he did not move at all. Odin became even angrier. The father of the gods was so angry that his hands were shaking. He stretched out his arm and pointed to the door and said: "Get out!"

So Loki got out with a confused look on his face.

Then, he saw in the elevator that Odin hurriedly put on his armor, took up his weapons and left.

You know, the father of the gods was still asleep before, and the armor was all found by Heimdall, and the weapons were not polished.

Before Loki could figure out what Odin was doing, Frigga came to his room. After seeing Loki, she burst into tears, and Loki had to comfort her mother quickly. …

Frigga wiped her tears and said: "How dare you? Do you know that even Odin, the father of the gods, had to avoid Hela's edge. She is the real Lord of the Dead. You messed with her, my God..."

"Are you injured? Where is your divine power? What is the new divine power in your body? Is it Thor's power? ... Where are others? Why doesn't he know how to protect his brother...sister?"

Frigga became more and more angry. She said: "Thor is just like his father! He only thinks about fighting. Every time he goes out, he doesn't know how to go home for hundreds of years, causing a lot of trouble, and then he hurriedly comes back for us to clean up his mess!"

"I didn't want to scold him before, because he is the future heir of Asgard and he has to learn how to fight, but this time he went a little too far! His sister Being hunted by the God of Death, he is still wandering in the universe? ! "

Frigga was so angry that her chest kept rising and falling. Loki walked up and patted her on the back. Frigga held her hand, touched her hair and said: "Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt my child."

"Even if I have never left the Fairy Palace or been on the battlefield since I married your father, I was the first wizard of the Ninth Session and the god of wizards respected by the nine kingdoms..."

Frigga hugged Loki and said to her: "Don't be afraid, I will always protect my family..."

"You know, in this atmosphere, how can I say that I have offended Balder? What if the Queen of Gods is too angry, the Father of Gods may really kill me." Loki sighed in the ancient garden, holding a book, looking a little helpless.

斯特兰奇却说：”这下你应该看出来了，你的父母都很爱你，虽然我和我父亲的关系也不好，但我觉得有个例子可以很好的描述你现在的状况。”

“当一个孩子把别人的车划花的时候，他父亲可能气的揍他一顿，可要是一个孩子把白宫炸了，那他的父母肯定会想方设法的保全他的孩子。”

“祸闯得越大，父母就越会和你站在一边，就像这次一样。”

“而且因为你之前都很听话，根本没闯过祸，奥丁可能会觉得这只是一次意外，他更多的可能不是在生你的气，而是想起当初他和海拉的事……”

“只是这一次，我就开始有些厌倦了这种反复的试探，宇宙如此之大，我去哪里找点事做，都比跟这群战争狂魔混在一起强。”洛姬显得有些不耐烦。

"It's good that you figured it out. So when do you plan to return to the Sanctuary? I'm going crazy!"

Loki walked to a bench nearby and sat down. She said, "I'm not going back to Asgard just to test Odin. More importantly, I can get news about Hela here without having to meet him in person."

Loki looked around and found that there were no servants nearby. He lowered his voice and said, "When I was chatting with Hela in the Kingdom of the Dead, he told me that his favorite place to go in Asgard was the Ancient Garden, and he once left a mark here."

"As long as I stay here and observe the state of this mark, I can judge whether he has escaped. Once this mark reacts, it means that the war is about to begin."

"Mark? Is it the one we saw in the cemetery last time?"

"Almost, but different, because in Asgard, Hela was not the God of Death, but the general shape is the same, and once he escapes, the mark will show his unique dark green energy..."

"Dark green energy? You mean... that kind of energy?" Strange said, looking at the back of Loki.

Loki turned around suddenly and saw thick smoke billowing out from under a sculpture in the center of the garden. The moment screams and wails sounded, most of the plants in the ancient garden were corroded by the energy of death, gradually withered and turned into ashes.

"Get out of the way!" Loki shouted.

Strange waved his hand, the portal flashed, and he and Loki disappeared together.

In Nick's office at SHIELD, Schiller and Nick had just sat down when they heard a "squeak" and then two "bangs". The portal appeared above the office, and then Loki and Strange fell down together.

Schiller held the water cup, tapped the rim with his fingers, looked down at the two, turned to Nick and said: "It seems that I don't need to say it."