11. Little Hela's Great Sadness (5)

"You killed me!"

When being escorted by Venerable Skyhammer to the army formation of his dead bone army, Hela, who had just escaped from death, complained frantically to the King of Vanity in her inner world:

"Skadi will definitely not let me go just like that!"

"Well, look at what you said, little Hella."

To the childlike worry of the Goddess of Death, Merlin replied slowly:

"It's really like the typical words that children would say. They are both timid and cowardly. It seems that the time stone's seal on you is really all-round. Where did the courage to slaughter the entire Golden Palace go only for the will of becoming a king? gone?"

"One moment, another moment!"

Little Haila pursed her mouth and said:

"Back then I had strength and I wasn't afraid of anything, but now I don't."

"Now I'm just a weak kid who can be dismissed easily! This is not the time to be strong! It's all your fault! You bastard."

"Hey! I just saved you."

Merlin says:

"I also helped you fulfill your wish. That's how you thank me? Since you don't need it, shall I take Venerable Skyhammer away?"

"No, that's it."

Little Hela glanced back at Orm the Seabreaker behind her. An adult-only worry flashed across the 8-year-old child's face. She said:

"Now that I've reached this point, I can only follow you to the dark, but that big snake?"

"You don't know him?"

Merlin asked in surprise:

"He is your father's elder brother. You claim to be Odin's first child. You should have heard some stories about him, right? Those clues?"

"Absolutely not."

Walking along the frozen forest in the dark night, Hela shook her head, a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes.

She replied:

"Obviously, I'm not the first family member to be wiped out of existence by Odin."

"It probably has the experience of blocking the big snake's past, so the God King already has enough experience to deal with the betrayal I initiated."

"Less than a month after my defeat, all information about me disappeared in Asgard, like being wiped away with a rag."

"Well, Odin's chores are as thrilling as ever."

The king of vanity said softly:

"About Orochi, it's basically the information I just told Skadi. He was sealed on the earth like you, but he is more miserable than you, and he is on the verge of perishing forever."

"If Surtur really destroys the world of God's Domain, you may be seriously injured, but there is a high probability that the big snake will die."

"The 'death' I'm talking about is the kind of real death, the kind that disappears forever."

"So no matter what he really thinks, at least in the matter of facing Ragnarok, you can trust him, just like you trust me."

"I don't believe you at all, okay?"

Little Haila scratched her ball head, she complained:

"Don't think that you have won my trust. What you are doing now will only make me more wary of you!"

"Very good, great."

Merlin smiled and said:

"Continue to maintain this state, as I said just now, 'trust' Orochi as much as you trust me."

Hela's expression changed a bit.

She understood what Merlin meant, the King of Vanity was telling her that this big snake that suddenly appeared was not worth trusting at all.

This made little Hai La feel angry for a while.

The king of vanity who played the role of wish-fulfilling Santa Claus in front of her was obviously the kind of wily and calculating character who had to make several detours to say a word.

If she was in her prime, she would not be afraid to deal with such a character, her strength is her confidence.

But now, she is at the weakest time of her life, she has no confidence.

Just getting mixed up with dangerous people like this, and according to the current situation, the two sides have been completely tied together, which made Hela very worried.

Her little head was thinking.

What does he mean to the king of vanity?

Are you a collaborator? Or a friend?

Is it the kind of friend who can entrust fate to each other? Or the kind of 'friend' who can be thrown out as a victim at a critical moment?

Her mental activities were not hidden from Merlin at all.

The power of vanity exists in little Hela's body, like the best monitor, projecting Hela's thoughts into Merlin's mind.

So a few seconds later, he replied:

"It's the latter kind."

"Um?"

Hela made a nasal sound of confusion.

Merlin explained:

"I mean, we're collaborators now."

"Hella, but if you don't do what I say, if you can't accomplish what I want to do, then at the critical moment, just like what you just thought, I will throw you out!"

"you are bullying me!"

Little Hela felt angry in her heart, and she screamed like a real child:

"Why don't you play your tricks with Skadi? You just think I'm a better bully! You bastard!"

"That is nice."

There was a burst of applause in Hela's heart.

Obviously, her scolding didn't make the ruthless Merlin feel ashamed, the latter didn't even change his voice, and there was even a hint of joy and joy in it.

Like those weird uncles who bully helpless little girls.

In the grievances accumulated in Hela's heart, Merlin said:

"Don't be so pessimistic. So far, Hela, you have performed quite well."

"I mean, if you keep it up, maybe our relationship will turn for the better."

"It was you who brought the dark coalition forces to attack your hometown. You mixed with a group of dangerous elements who cannibalize people and tried to use their power to murder your father."

"It's also you who want to return to Asgard, hope to get back your own power, and the legion that accompanied you to fight in the world."

"You were a bad girl, Hella."

"I'm just reminding you in my way that when you are having fun with a group of bad guys, you should have the awareness in advance of being used by them, being used, and then ruthlessly abandoned."

The king of vanity said slowly:

"You hope that Skadi will achieve what you want for you, but you also know that that heartless and indifferent monster will eventually abandon you."

"You also saw just now, little Hella, after Venerable Sky Hammer appeared, when you got new power support, after you became 'useful', after your 'value' increased, Skadi The change in attitude towards you..."

"She is a thorough pragmatist, and the reality is incredible. There is no such thing as 'love' in her."

"If you are unlucky and fail, she will step on your corpse fiercely, and even use your corpse as a weapon to attack Odin."

Merlin sighed and said:

"Don't tell me, you didn't feel the killing intent of the Winter Goddess just now, after Surtur's death, after you disobeyed her ideas...she really thinks you are a burden, she really wants to kill you !"

"You killed Surtur! Not me!"

Hela screamed:

"Don't put a blame on me, that matter has nothing to do with me!"

"Oh, you really look like a child."

Merlin laughed and said:

"It's come to this point, you are still entangled in this matter, I just let you see Skadi's true face through this matter, and you have seen it."

"For that evil spirit, any friendship, any agreement, or any contract is meaningless. She only has her goals in mind, defeating Asgard and killing Odin. In order to achieve this goal, she can sacrifice everything. "

"I'm like that too."

Hella pouted and said:

"I don't think that's a mistake. If you want to get things done, you have to be ruthless. Skadi is just more pure, even you are... everyone is like that, and they will use whatever means to achieve their goals."

"Even including threatening to take advantage of a cute 8-year-old girl."

Hella complained:

"Do you really think that in my heart, you are more trustworthy than Skadi? Don't be stupid! You two are the same thing, and you are more dangerous. Skadi admits more frankly that she will not play these schemes."

"Hehe...there's a lot of resentment."

Merlin was amused by Hella's complaint, and he said:

"Well, if you regard yourself as a harmless little girl, then I will accept your accusation. But you and I both know that you are not..."

"You're still a ruthless goddess of death at heart."

"I don't want to discuss these worthless things with you, girl, and I don't believe that you don't have any resentment against Skadi."

"The reason why I tell you so much is just to tell you that she is not the only choice you have now."

Hella blinked her big eyes.

Did she really have no resentment towards Skadi?

How can it be!

As Merlin said, she was trapped in the temple by black ice just now, and she really felt the killing intent surging in Skadi's heart.

It's just because the more valuable Surtur died, and that was Surtur's own plan, but because Hela was involved in this matter, and because Hela is now weak and worthless.

So the evil spirit planned to kill her on the spot to appease the Fire Lord's servants.

hell...

What did she think of the goddess of death?

Hela knew very well that the essence of what Merlin said was to sow dissension, a very old-fashioned way.

But the problem is, after witnessing Skadi's cold and impermanent thinking like winter, Hela's heart was also shaken.

It seems really unreasonable to just follow Skadi all the way to the dark.

"She is not worthy of trust! Wait until I return to Asgard, wait until I have power, wait until I become the goddess of death again!"

Little Hila clenched her fists. In this cold and gloomy forest, she said:

"Naturally, I won't make a fuss with Skadi again. In fact, our agreement is limited to that step. After entering Asgard, I have nothing to do with her anymore!"

Hella said to Merlin:

"She will take me into Asgard soon. At this juncture, you let me betray her? You are just letting me die."

"Who told you to betray her?"

Merlin said helplessly:

"You little girl, don't think wildly, don't be so strong in your brain, I never asked you to betray her...Listen to me, what I asked you to do is very simple."

The tone of the King of Vanity became cloudy, and he said softly:

"As for me, I just need you to stab Skadi... at the right moment. It's as simple as that, that's all."

"Why would I do that?"

Hela sneered, and she said:

"Skadi's goal is to kill Odin, and that's my goal too!"

"Yes, but this is the only thing you have in common."

Merlin says:

"And after Odin dies?"

"What you want is the throne of Odin, what you want is to rule your hometown and become the queen of God's Domain."

"But what about Skadi? You have been with her for so long, she must have told you countless times that she will kill Odin with you, but after that?"

"Aren't you curious what Skadi will do after Odin's death?"

The King of Vanity smiled in a low voice:

"Do you really think that the grievances between Skadi and Odin are only driven by hatred? I think there are also records about the mysterious things like ancient hoarfrost in the great library of Asgard."

"I believe that, as the goddess of death, it is impossible for you not to know what Bai Shuang has done among the stars."

"Hella, you thought that after Odin's death, you and Skadi could part ways and live your own lives, but you are wrong, Odin's death is just the starting point."

Merlin says:

"Let me tell you a secret that only I know, silly boy."

"Odin's death will open the door for Skadi to fully merge with Ancient Rime."

"She is an evil spirit born from Hoarfrost. What she wants to do is definitely not just to kill a hapless god king."

"When she is free, it means that the entire World Tree territory will usher in a complete winter era. Of course, you will rule Asgard, and even the entire Nine Kingdoms."

"You will rule over death, death in the true sense of the word."

"You will be the queen of a desperate winter, sitting alone on the throne, with no subjects, no friends, no enemies, no goals, no hope, no despair."

"Even you yourself will become the most beautiful statue of the queen under the ravages of hoarfrost, staying with the frozen corpses of your father, mother, and younger brothers, waiting for the life of the next era to comment on you. "

"That's what Rime will do to you and your world."

Having said that, Merlin paused.

He looked at Hela who was frowning tightly, and said:

"You scolded me and said, I am using you, yes, I am indeed using you, Hella, but I am also saving you! Silly boy..."

"You should trust me more than an evil spirit who will bring about the end of all things."

"Why should I trust you?"

Hela asked back:

"Such a terrible accusation, you have to produce evidence!"

"You don't have to believe me, I didn't even think about a few words to make me give up on me, that's impossible, little Haila."

Merlin yawned, and he said in a lazy tone:

"This is the best part of the real world. When faced with things that you are uncertain and difficult to decide, you can choose to take a gamble and put everything you have on it, Stud."

"Either you win a lot, or you lose nothing."

With a malicious laugh, Merlin said:

"Anyway, it was you who died in the end. As for me, you see, I have nothing to lose."

"She promised to take you into Asgard, and I can easily fulfill your wish, so choose her or me?"

"Think about it, little Hila."

"I'm waiting for your answer."

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