Adrian casually pointed toward the woman beside him.
"Her?"
"That's Hela."
"The Goddess of Death."
Carol blinked.
Her gaze immediately shifted from Adrian to Hela.
Then back again.
"And you?" she asked.
"Which character from mythology are you supposed to be?"
Carol's curiosity about mythology was actually secondary.
What truly puzzled her was Adrian himself.
The man in front of her clearly possessed extraordinary power.
Yet he insisted he was an ordinary human.
"I'm not in any mythology."
Adrian shook his head calmly.
"I already told you."
"I'm just an ordinary mortal."
"Yes."
Hela chuckled softly from the side.
"Just an ordinary mortal."
Her tone carried unmistakable sarcasm.
"The kind of ordinary mortal that Odin sealed together with his own daughter."
"Very ordinary indeed."
The way she said it practically screamed mockery.
Carol slowly turned back toward Adrian.
A faint smile formed on her lips.
It clearly said:
Your teammate already exposed you.
"If you can get me out of here," Adrian said calmly,
"I'll tell you everything."
He pointed toward the invisible barrier surrounding them.
The prison created by Odin's magic.
Carol stood up.
"Let me try."
She walked toward the edge of the seal.
Behind them, Hela raised an eyebrow.
"You're really going to help him?"
"What if he's some world-destroying demon?"
"If you release him, Midgard might not survive."
Carol did not respond.
Instead, Adrian answered casually.
"Maybe she's just very confident in her abilities."
He walked over to the barrier with her.
Carol placed one hand on Adrian's shoulder.
With the other, she fired a burst of cosmic energy into the invisible wall.
Her idea was simple.
Use the energy burst to weaken the barrier—
Then drag Adrian through it using momentum.
THUMP!
Adrian's forehead slammed directly into the barrier.
"…Well."
"That didn't work."
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Carol still didn't seem convinced.
She tugged harder several times.
Each attempt resulted in Adrian smacking into the seal again.
"Hey!"
"Stop!"
"Are you trying to play drums with my head?!"
Adrian finally grabbed Carol and pulled her back inside the barrier.
Carol stared at the invisible wall with a frown.
"It seems we failed."
The confidence she had earlier was fading.
Just minutes ago she had destroyed an entire Kree fleet.
But now—
She couldn't even break a single magical barrier.
"You thought you were invincible."
"And then you hit a wall."
"That must feel frustrating."
Adrian sat down on the grass again and smiled slightly.
Carol nodded honestly.
"Yeah."
"It is."
In truth, she had already been preparing to leave Earth again.
The Kree–Skrull conflict was far from over.
She still needed to help the Skrulls find a new home and expose the schemes of the Supreme Intelligence.
Carol had originally believed Earth was relatively safe.
But after encountering Adrian and Hela—
She realized how little she truly understood about her home planet.
"You don't need to worry about Earth," Adrian said.
"There are others protecting it."
"Others?"
Carol paused.
Then she suddenly understood.
If Adrian and Hela existed—
Then surely they weren't the only powerful beings on Earth.
But that realization only made the universe seem even larger.
If she didn't even understand the planet she was born on…
Then how many secrets must the cosmos contain?
Carol looked at Adrian seriously.
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
"I'll try."
"As long as you tell me a little more about what's going on here."
Adrian thought for a moment.
Then he said:
"Can you install an internet cable here?"
Carol blinked.
"…The internet?"
"Yes."
Adrian sighed.
"It's unbelievably boring in here."
"And that woman keeps picking fights with me."
"In every possible sense."
Hela slowly turned her head.
"…"
"The internet?"
Carol looked genuinely confused.
"You mean Earth's global network?"
"You think it can pass through this seal?"
"Why not?" Adrian shrugged.
"Air flows through here just fine."
Carol hesitated.
Something about that logic felt wrong.
This barrier had been created by Odin—the ruler of Asgard.
Even she couldn't break it with raw power.
So how could something as ordinary as a network cable bypass it?
"Why don't you call someone and test it?"
Adrian patted her shoulder.
Asgard possessed the ability for interstellar travel.
But their civilization relied more on magic than technology.
Because of that, their technological development was strangely uneven.
They could cross galaxies—
Yet they had no computers.
No internet.
Not even modern communication devices.
If Odin had never encountered something like the internet—
Then he probably never designed the seal to block it.
Data might pass through the barrier just like air.
"If that really works…"
Adrian stretched lazily in the sunlight and lay down on the grass.
"…then great."
"And if it doesn't?"
"We'll just stay here until Odin dies."
Carol left to contact someone who might help.
Adrian watched her disappear into the sky.
Then he grinned slightly.
"If I'm not mistaken…"
"…a bald-headed guy should show up soon."