Chapter 1352: The Mystery of the Feast (Part 2)

"Your Highness Hela, I have heard of your great name for a long time. I never thought I could meet you here. May I have the honor to chat with you?"

Stark, who was wearing a formal dress, raised his glass to Hela and asked with a smile.

Hela looked Stark from head to toe without any scruples. For a male approacher, such behavior can be said to be quite offensive.

This is also telling the approacher not to treat me as a socialite who is easy to hook up with, because only those who have been in the position of an examiner for a long time will be accustomed to looking at everyone with such eyes.

When Hela's eyes fell on those brown eyes, she paused slightly and said his name in a hoarse voice: "... Stark."

This is not a very loud name, which is only circulated in a very small circle, which of course also includes Asgard. When Hela called out his name, Stark understood that Hela's appearance here must be Loki's plan, and the two of them may have been in contact.

If we infer from this, it is normal. Hela and Odin have a very bad relationship, and they even regard each other as enemies. Hela and Thor have a conflict of interest because they were both the crown princes that Odin wanted.

But Hela and Loki have almost no conflict, or it is better to say that they share the same suffering.

Hela is even more unlucky. She has an inexperienced and bad-tempered father who doesn't know how to teach and doesn't know how to learn. The two inexperienced novices are both hurt when they meet, but the final consequences are borne by Hela herself.

In this case, Hela and Loki have the possibility of cooperation. Perhaps now, Hela and Thor can also reconcile. The Asgardian Gods' admiration for strength is engraved in their bones. On the contrary, Thor is strong enough, so there is room for other royal members to survive.

This information quickly flowed through Stark's mind, so he was more confident about the next conversation. He nodded and said calmly: "Yes, it's me. I didn't expect His Highness to have heard of my name."

"Iron Devil..." Hela raised her eyelids slightly and said: "When you were promoted for the first time, I felt that unusual breath. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Stark was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Hela to be so straightforward, but soon, he reacted. Everyone said that Hela and Odin were the most similar, and as a representative of the impatient character of Asgard, Odin never liked to talk nonsense with others and got straight to the point from the beginning.

"I do have something I want to consult with Her Highness Hela, but..." Stark paused and said, "I don't want the content of our conversation today to be known to others, including your blood brothers and sisters, or the rulers of Asgard."

Hela frowned slightly, but then she looked into Stark's eyes and said, "Before you ask me a question, I want to ask you a question. Have you ever fought with Thor?"

Stark opened his eyes wide. He didn't expect Hela to ask him this question at all, so he said, "We are friends, so of course we didn't."

"Who is stronger, you or him?"

Stark opened his mouth and closed it again. He sighed from his nose and thought, fortunately Loki is not Odin's biological son. The family of the father of the gods is really of the same lineage, and they are full of fighting.

"We haven't fought, and we don't need to."

"Then I can't promise you not to tell Thor about our conversation, because I may not be able to beat him, and if you can't prove that you can beat him, then I can't hide it for you."

Stark paused in his drinking and sighed in his heart. Hela and Odin are really similar. They are rough on the surface and casual, but their straightforwardness is not offensive.

"Okay, then I'll take a step back. You can't tell Loki what we talked about today."

"Are you saying Thor is stupid?"

Stark was helpless.

"But it doesn't matter. I think so too." Hela shook her head and said, "He is not good at understanding these complex hints, and Loki is just the opposite. Perhaps it is the real way out for Asgard for two people to be responsible for two aspects, and Odin has spent thousands of years and still hasn't figured it out."

Stark didn't know whether he should agree with Hela and complain about the education method of the father of the gods.

The strange thing about Odin's educational failure is that the three children represent three different routes of failure, perfectly excluding the correct answer and the fancy failure.

"It can be said that if there is no external interference, the tragedy of Asgard is doomed." Hela's tone is very calm, as if she is saying a fact that has been determined. She lowered her eyes and whispered: "And his biggest mistake is to underestimate Loki, thinking that this little prince who is not from the Aesir and has been weak and sick since childhood can't make any big noise."

"Although I don't know who turned the situation in Asgard around, it can be said that without this behind-the-scenes mastermind, Odin will sooner or later be in trouble because of Loki."

Stark couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and look at Hela more highly. He didn't expect that the eldest princess imprisoned in the kingdom of death would have such a strategic vision.

However, it is normal to regard her as a female version of Odin. Hela did not lose because of stupidity. In the final analysis, it was because Odin was too powerful at that time.

Odin said that Hela was blinded by the desire for destruction and lost her mind, but history is also written by the victors. No one knows what happened between the father and daughter.

Stark was more confident, so he said directly: "Yes, I want to hide it from Loki because he is too smart. I don't want people to know the intention of my current actions because it may alert the enemy."

"What do you want to do?" Hela frowned and looked at Stark. From beginning to end, there were few people that the princess could not see through, but Stark in front of her was one of them.

"Whatever you want to do, I don't want to get involved." Hela pursed her lips and turned her head to one side, showing a resistance. She said, "If Loki hadn't insisted on me coming, I wouldn't be here. I'm no longer interested in the future of Asgard."

"Not in Ragnarok?"

Hela's fingers stiffened for a moment, and Stark took a step forward to close the distance between the two, looking into Hela's eyes and said, "Now your only concern is Ragnarok. In the prophecy, you are the one who brings destruction to Asgard, but from the current situation, you can't beat Thor, so you feel confused."

"Is Ragnarok really necessary? Is your existence really meaningful? Should you follow the prophecy or resist it?"

"Don't say it." Hela's tone contained a hint of annoyance. She turned her head a little further and said, "Just say it, what do you want to do?"

"I just I want to ask about the origin of the Assassin. I know that Rock is not the Assassin, and Tror does not know this issue, and it is more specifically ... I want to know the world tree. Body is too greedy. "" You misunderstood, I didn't mean this. "Stark shook his head and said," I don't want to wait for the gods to die, and then snatch your resources. He said that these things were listened to Rocky, but she hadn't seen it with her own eyes. She thought Stark had the idea of ​​playing the energy of the world tree. "So what do you want to know?" Hela asked again.

"I want to know, if the World Tree is a tree, then who planted it? What did it rely on to grow? How does it support the nine kingdoms? When does it grow, when does it wither, and what special properties does it have?"

Stark's series of questions stunned Hela. The eldest princess was silent for a long time, and then she said:

"I seem to know what you want to ask, but I'm afraid I can't answer you. All the knowledge of the Asgardians about the World Tree is more like a legend, rather than really knowing the truth."

"Even if your power comes from the World Tree?"

Hela nodded and said, "Divine power is our gift. Gods are intuitive animals. We have this power, but we don't get to the bottom of its source. We hope to be more powerful and use it more efficiently. All our technologies are developed around this point."

"As for tracing back to the source and studying history... Do you think the warriors in Asgard look like historians? We don't care about the past, we just want a stronger future."

Listening to Hela's words, Stark frowned. He really couldn't imagine how a nation could have such a huge secret at its doorstep but not study it?

"But..." Hela suddenly changed the subject and said while thinking: "In the years in the Kingdom of Death, I have also thought about this problem. I am mainly thinking about the prophecy of Ragnarok. No one knows where Odin got this prophecy from, and no one knows why he believes it so firmly."

"But I know him very well. I think this is most likely a signal sent by the World Tree to him, but the World Tree has no wisdom. How did Odin understand this prophecy through the World Tree?"

"I think maybe he discovered some clues by observing the World Tree or feeling the connection between them. This prophecy may not have a specific inscription, but Odin's own discovery."

Stark's face became serious, but Hela showed a smile that was close to a sneer. She looked at Stark and said, "You want to study the truth of the World Tree? Why?"

Stark covered his mouth with a wine glass, then raised his eyelids, looked at Hela from above his eyes and said, "I want to do more than this, and obviously, Your Highness, you are also interested in this."

Hela's expression remained unchanged. She just lifted her long hair by her ears and exposed them. She looked at Stark and said, "So, do you want to invite me to dance?"

"Can I have such an honor, Your Highness?"

"Of course, Your Majesty the Iron Demon Lord."