『 Verity looked at the Loki before her, who felt somewhat unfamiliar, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
She wanted to know where Loki had been for the past eight months and what had happened back then.
Loki did not hide anything from her. For the past eight months, his soul had been meditating and tempering itself in the Void, and this body was one he had created himself.
He was now both Loki and the God of Stories.
As he spoke, Loki turned and transformed into a somewhat bewitching female form. With a wave of her hand, she directly extracted Verity's soul and stored it within the magic stone on her wrist.
"This universe is about to collide with another," she said calmly. "Everything in the universe is about to be extinguished."
Extracting Verity's soul now was precisely to help her escape this catastrophe.
Then, Loki's figure flickered, and she arrived directly at the center of Asgard!
Under the shadow of Ragnarok, the entire Ten Realms were plunged into darkness. Divine blood stained every corner of the earth, and countless gods had fallen in this epic battle.
Loki appeared abruptly in the midst of the battlefield with a wicked, charming expression. With a casual wave of her hand, the scepter in the hands of Tyrant Loki flew toward her, completely out of his control.
"You, you are… No! You should be dead!" Tyrant Loki exclaimed in shock.
Moreover, sensing the divinity the other now possessed, Tyrant Loki's expression changed drastically. What on earth had happened to his past self, this young Loki?
"In any case, I am the God of Stories now. So, what exactly changed in between? What destined me to never become you?"
"Answer me, Tyrant Loki? Solve my riddle," Loki said with a playful smile. She looked at the flustered Loki before her, her eyes full of amusement. 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
How the tables have turned; fate is truly fickle.
Everyone sighed with emotion. The Tyrant Loki, who had been toying with Loki in the palm of his hand just moments ago, now found the situation reversed. The one being toyed with was now Tyrant Loki himself.
That's right. If Tyrant Loki was the future of the young Loki, he possessed not only the future memories but also the strength of the young Loki. But now?
The gears of fate had turned. Loki had once again become the God of Stories; all shackles and constraints were shattered, and the winds of inconstant fate could no longer reach him.
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『 Tyrant Loki was stunned for a brief moment, then launched a fierce attack!
But all his struggles were too feeble, like the wailing of the weak, revealing only his ugliness.
He tried to attack Verity, unaware that Verity was already dead beyond death.
Seeing this, Loki patted Tyrant Loki's shoulder with pity. "Please, who wants to be king? I don't play that game anymore. Stop playing with arrogance, jealousy, and revenge, and stop playing the game of making me king."
"I don't need all of Asgard to love me. I'm not that desperate for affection."
At this moment, Tyrant Loki finally realized that the Loki before him was no longer someone he could toy with. If this continued, he would surely be doomed!
Without the slightest hesitation, Tyrant Loki fled.
Upon realizing Loki's divinity and strength, both the Asgard side and Hela's side extended olive branches to him.
But facing both sides, Loki's expression remained unchanged. Even though he was in the center of the battlefield, he looked like a mere spectator watching the fight.
"I'm not picking sides," Loki said coldly.
"Make an exception. Join us. The question is simple, God of Stories: if Midgard dies, all other worlds will survive for one more day. Join us," Hela said in a deep voice.
"Goddess of Death, surviving for one day? Do you think your ethnic cleansing can make us live even an hour longer?" the All-Mother said with disdain.
Odin looked at Loki beside him. "If it must be so, then so be it. However, the multiverse has become smaller and weaker. No matter what happens now, the flame of life can only flicker for a moment before extinguishing."
"But why do gods die? One could recount their entire lives. Asgard will not become a sacrifice for those cowards. My son has lost his way."
"And my son, Loki, can finally prove that he is also capable! HE WILL FIGHT ALONGSIDE US—!"
Odin's eyes were filled with gratification, his large hand patting Loki's shoulder with pride. 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Is this old man Odin serious?!
Playing the family card, moral kidnapping? Where was he before? When Loki suffered through so much, he didn't step up to say a word. After he got a good beating, he stood up, offered some comfort, and sent him to Earth.
Isn't Loki Odin's son? Oh, wait, not biological.
Although it's hard to say anything, everyone's expressions were a bit strange at this moment. They all felt that Odin was a bit confusing, right?
So, what choice would Loki make?
After all, everyone knew that Loki had always craved and cherished family and friendship.
But the next moment, everyone felt satisfied.
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『 "You don't understand, do you, old man?" Loki brushed off Odin's large hand, saying impatiently.
"I'm done playing. My answer is no!" Loki turned and left. Seeing this, both sides were silent for a moment before breaking out into a fierce fight again!
And at this very moment, two Earths, two universes, collided with a boom!
In just a brief moment, the entire universe perished!
The world turned pure white. Only Loki and Verity remained, and the magic orb in Loki's hand recorded everything.
Loki had not participated in this epic war, Ragnarok, from beginning to end. He was merely a narrator, turning it all into a complete story.
And this was also the salvation of the gods, so that they could travel with him to the new universe!
This time, he jumped out of this space and arrived at a higher layer of the void. Loki seemed to sense something and looked up.
Verity followed his gaze, and at just one glance, the girl collapsed to the ground in terror.
There, above the shadows, perched one terrifying deity after another!
Those were the Gods of Gods! Deities lurking in the shadows, their terrifying divine power and majesty almost crushing this world to pieces!
They intimidated Loki, demanding that he hand over Ragnarok and bow down to them. The so-called Ragnarok was nothing more than a cycle they had orchestrated.
They constantly absorbed energy from this cycle, watching it be born and destroyed countless times. 』
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〜Marvel Cinematic Universe, Earth-????〜
At this moment, shock, rage, sorrow, and fear almost consumed Thor.
The so-called Ragnarok, the catastrophe they could never escape, was actually just food for these shadow ancient gods?!
In other words, all their suffering was brought about by these guys?!
Time Variance Authority—
The ancient gods, siblings of the ancient gods of Utgard, who descended to Earth?
Loki was lost in thought. If that was the case, the endless cycle of Ragnarok made sense. After all, his original destiny was to cause trouble and incite Ragnarok constantly.
Rather than the God of Lies and Mischief, he was more like the God of Ragnarok.
And all of this had been designed by fate. If he didn't jump out and break this wheel of fate, he, Thor, Asgard, and the Realm Eternal would cycle on forever!
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『 Faced with the threat of the Shadow Ancient Gods, Loki didn't even want to listen to a word.
He muttered to himself, "A long, long time ago, in the Nordic lands three thousand years ago, storms and thunder echoed across the wilderness. People were in pain and fear, until the first lie that dispelled fear appeared."
"One myth after another: the God of Thunder, the Valkyrie, the Warriors Three, the Gatekeeper brother."
Loki sneered at the Ancient Gods lurking in the shadows. "Do you even know where these gods come from?"
The previously arrogant Shadow Ancient Gods fell silent.
"My memory is a mess, but I still remember some things."
"Perhaps some stories are so beautiful, so yearning, that this universe believed in them. Beautiful enough to turn into magic."
"Beautiful enough to become reality."
And these lies—no, these stories—they traveled through time and space, ECHOING FROM THE RIVER OF AGES UNTIL THEY CROSSED THE FIRMAMENT—!
Everything returns to its source, mixes with new legends, new stories, and finally creates new chapters.
"The entire Ten Realms originated from an absurd utterance! And this is the essence of lies, the essence of stories!"
"STOP! STOP TALKING!!" The tone of the Shadow Ancient Gods finally changed!
They shouted, but Loki didn't stop in the slightest. He continued, "When the final storm knocks on his door? When all things reach their end?"
"Did you create us? You superiors who dwell in the shadows?"
"Or did we build you—"
"SHUT UP!!!" The fire of rage, which seemed to burn the whole world, erupted. The Ancient Gods' giant hands reached for Loki, but Loki's expression didn't change at all!
He said just one sentence, and it made the Shadow Ancient Gods completely terrified.
"Come and listen, Gods of Gods. Tonight, the God of Stories is going to tell your story." He was going to explore the origins of these so-called Gods of Gods from their very essence!
As his words fell, the shadows scattered wildly. The so-called Gods of Gods were actually scared away by a single sentence from Loki!
He found Tyrant Loki and affirmed him, and Loki also preserved Tyrant Loki within the scepter.
Everything seemed to be over, but Verity remained silent.
The entire universe had been extinguished, so where could they go?
Loki smiled. Stories are immortal. Aside from the stories here, stories elsewhere continue to circulate forever.
After saying this, Loki took a pen from his bosom and drew a door in this pure white space—
What was outside the door, no one knew. He looked back at Verity, or perhaps into the void. "I'm going on vacation first. Do you want to come along?" 』
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Has Loki directly ascended to become a conceptual god?
The power that wasn't displayed in the previous video was finally shown here. Although it might be slightly different, it was roughly the same, right?
Rewriting stories, writing origins—even those Gods of Gods and Shadow Ancient Gods were scared away by a single sentence from Loki, and he even seemed capable of traversing time?
Moreover, I don't know if it's an illusion, but they all felt that Loki's last sentence was directed at them!
Everyone was full of doubts in their hearts, but they just assumed it was an illusion.
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At the same time, the screen changed again.
[ MARVEL WORLD EASTER EGG—DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE! BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL! THE TRUE SAVIOR!!! ]
〜Marvel Cinematic Universe, Earth-????〜
A masked man in a flashy red suit, looking lecherous and wretched, held dual blades as he watched the screen, a sinister grin spreading across the corners of his mouth.
In an instant, the entire world stalled. They stared blankly at the figure and name on the screen, frozen in stupor.
Deadpool… killing the Marvel Universe?!!
The Marvel Universe was the world they were in, right? But how could this be possible!
But what made everyone even more collapsed and unable to accept was that Deadpool had slaughtered the entire Marvel Universe, yet was called a savior?!
In an instant, a shock and confusion even more intense than Loki becoming the God of Stories surged into everyone's hearts. Slaughtering… the entire universe, and being a savior?
The superheroes who knew Deadpool showed absurd expressions. Deadpool? Just an immortal, wretched guy with super-regeneration abilities.
All day long, it was either trash talk or suicide. Slaughtering the universe, a savior?! It didn't fit at all!
And what was "breaking the fourth wall"?
In the Outer Space—
He only killed half, and Deadpool killed them all? Could this be the reason Death liked him?!
Thanos was silent. Deadpool… that guy who only knew how to talk trash had slaughtered everyone in the universe, and was still a savior?
In an instant, Thanos thought of his own plan. Although he wanted to kill half of the people in this universe, his actions were to save the entire universe!
He was the undisputed savior!
Did Deadpool also realize this, and that's why he slaughtered the universe? Also, how did this guy do it! Did he also collect the Infinity Stones?
The purple-skinned head looked even more purple from thinking too hard.
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『 The destruction and rebirth of all things in the world—
Everything will be destroyed and return to peace, but destruction is inevitably accompanied by pain and terror.
The Watcher's body was surrounded by an incomparably terrifying and illusory aura. He just watched it all quietly. Everything in the entire multiverse was under his observation.
But he did not interfere with anything. From beginning to end, he was just watching it all. 』
『 .....』
〜Three-Body Problem World〜
The Returners fell into silence.
Another Watcher…?
Why did such powerful existences always watch after discovering new civilizations?
Whether it was the DC Universe or the Marvel Universe, it was the same.
According to their calculations, the Dark Forest Law should apply to the Myriad Worlds, right?
Even if they were generally different, the state of competition for survival between civilizations should be constant, right?
Even if they jumped out of this low-level struggle for resources, just watching… is that really okay? Or was the Watcher of that world also powerful to an unimaginable degree?
You must know, they were restarting this universe every moment, lowering the speed of light in local space through death lines constantly spreading in the universe.
The low-speed light regions turned into black domains, and the black domains constantly swallowed the universe, causing the entire universe to collapse together. This process even took trillions of years.
Finally, the entire universe collapsed into a singularity, the corresponding universe exploded, and a new world was born. And they were hiding outside the universe, watching it all.
This was their law, their way of observation.
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『 Inside the Mental Hospital—
Deadpool was forced into a mental hospital by the X-Men. Although Deadpool kept shouting that he was innocent, no one paid any attention to him.
Soon, Dr. Brighton came to the tightly bound Deadpool. Facing Deadpool's trash-talk output, Brighton didn't change at all.
Because his true form was a robot controlled by Psycho-Man!
He planned to brainwash all the supervillains in the universe and build an army to conquer the world!
And Deadpool was one of them!
But an accident happened! Just as Psycho-Man was preparing to brainwash Deadpool, all the voices that used to float above Deadpool's head disappeared.
Replacing them was a new voice. That voice said, kill everyone, let everyone be liberated; this is the only way to save everyone!
"..Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, KILL!!!"
Deadpool smiled. That's right, he was going to liberate everyone!
He collected a large amount of explosives and blew the hospital sky-high!
Looking at the lives liberated in the sea of fire, Deadpool was happy from the bottom of his heart. "Don't mention it."
And this was just his first step. What he wanted to do was to liberate everyone! 』
『 .....』
『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone was silent. So he really was an out-and-out madman!
The way to liberate others was to let them die?! This was simply too absurd!
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( Translator-kun: For some reason, this chapter got released 11 hours prior to the usual release time...)