NABC Chapter 93 For Asgard
Chapter 93 For Asgard
Thor raised Mjolnir, and a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, landing on its head: "For Asgard!"
"For Asgard!" thousands of soldiers shouted.
The Holy Lord stood at the very back of the crowd, a slight smile playing on his lips. He already knew the outcome of this war; now it was time for him to reclaim what was rightfully his.
Wanda stood behind Shendu, her body surging with chaotic magic, ready to obey Shendu's commands at any moment.
"Wanda." The voice of the Lord echoed in Wanda's heart.
"Owner?"
"When the dark elves begin their attack, stay by my side and don't leave."
"Yes, Master."
The Holy Lord raised his head and looked at the distant sky. Among the glittering stars, he could see a dark red dot of light slowly approaching Asgard.
That was Malekith's spaceship; he was the protagonist of this grand drama.
Dark clouds began to churn above Asgard. It was not the lightning summoned by Thor, but a more ancient and profound power. Celestial bodies were converging and approaching, and the gravity of the Nine Realms began to pull against each other. The land of Asgard trembled slightly.
"My Lord," Thor's voice came from the front lines, "my father commands you to proceed to the treasury immediately."
The Holy Lord and Wanda walked through corridors, past teams of Asgardian warriors heading to the front lines. Everyone's faces were filled with tension and panic, and no one noticed the two outsiders heading to the treasure vault.
"Master," Wanda whispered, chaos magic dancing in her eyes, "I can sense someone following us."
The Holy Lord did not turn around: "Loki."
"Has he been following us?"
The Holy Lord spoke calmly: "Odin ordered him to guard the treasury with us, but he arrived fifteen minutes late; he must have been doing something else."
Wanda frowned: "Master, should I take care of him now?"
The Holy Lord shook his head: "No need, he can't cause any trouble."
The two deliberately slowed their pace, allowing Loki behind them to overtake them and arrive at the vault entrance ahead of time.
"You're taking forever," Loki said impatiently. "I've been waiting for ages."
The Holy Lord glanced at him but said nothing, and walked straight toward the door of the treasury.
Above the entrance to the vault was a huge golden disc at least ten meters in diameter, engraved with various Asgardian runes, and guards holding spears stood on either side of the entrance.
Upon seeing the Holy Lord arrive, the captain of the guard bowed and said, "Lord God, the Allfather has ordered that the defense of the treasury be entirely under your and Prince Loki's command. We will follow your orders."
The Holy Lord nodded, his gaze sweeping over the treasure vault door. He could sense the newly set up alarm array. If he forced his way in without understanding the correct deactivation sequence, it would only trigger the alarm or even its self-destruct program.
However, the Holy Lord doesn't need to decipher them; the Dark Elves will do it for him.
"Everyone, stay at your posts." The Holy Lord's voice was calm yet authoritative: "Remain vigilant. No one may leave their post without my order."
The guards responded in unison and then returned to their posts.
Loki walked to Shendu's side and whispered, "Do you really think those dark elves can break through these defenses?"
The Holy Lord's gaze pierced through the treasure vault's doors and landed on the two talismans in the center of the vault: "They don't need to break through; they just need to create chaos."
On the outskirts of Asgard, the war horns have sounded.
The dark elves' ship, like a giant black whale, leaped out of the void and appeared above Asgard. Its surface was covered with sharp edges and runes, exuding a nauseating dark aura.
"Fire!"
Odin's voice echoed within the observatory, and Asgard's defensive turrets opened fire simultaneously, countless beams of light shooting towards the dark elf's ship.
However, an energy shield appeared on the surface of the spaceship, and the cannon fire could only create ripples on the shield, unable to cause any substantial damage to the spaceship.
"Continue the attack!"
Thor's voice came from the sky. He raised Mjolnir, surrounded by lightning, and shot towards the dark elf's ship like a shooting star.
Thor's hammer struck the shield with a deafening roar, causing the shield's surface to tremble violently and develop several cracks, but it quickly recovered.
Thor gritted his teeth and raised Mjolnir again, rubbing his fingers on the bull rune on the handle. Dark golden light instantly enveloped the entire hammer.
Thor roared, and Mjolnir slammed into the energy shield with devastating force. This time, the shield shattered like glass, and the ship's main body was completely exposed to Asgard's attack.
"Continue the attack!" Odin raised the Spear of Eternity, and a blinding beam of light condensed at the tip of the spear, shooting towards the spaceship.
Dozens of hatches on the spaceship opened simultaneously, and countless dark elves poured out and rushed towards the Asgardian soldiers.
The ground began to tremble in front of the Golden Palace Treasury.
The Holy One opened his eyes, his golden pupils gleaming in the dim corridor: "You've arrived."
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of hurried footsteps came from the end of the corridor. An Asgardian soldier covered in blood stumbled over, his armor had a charred hole from which blood was constantly flowing.
The warrior struggled to raise his hand and pointed to the end of the corridor: "Darkness... Dark Elves, they... they've broken through from the east... and are now infiltrating the Golden Palace..."
Before he could finish speaking, the soldier collapsed to the ground and never got up again.
The guards turned pale. The Holy Lord had warned Odin beforehand, and although Odin had taken the Holy Lord's advice, he only increased the number of troops by a small amount. Most of the troops were still gathered by Odin at the location where the Western Dark Elf ships had landed.
"Everyone prepare for battle." The Holy Lord's voice remained calm. "Guard the treasure vault doors and do not let anyone in."
The guards, gripping their spears, stood in formation before the treasury.
Loki walked to Shendu's side and lowered his voice, saying, "Your prediction was very accurate."
The lights at the end of the corridor began to flicker, then went out one by one, and darkness spread toward the treasure vault like a tide. In the darkness came the sound of dozens of people's synchronized footsteps.
"Fire!" the guard shouted.
The guards raised their energy weapons and fired beams of light into the darkness, but the beams seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness and there was no response.
The footsteps grew closer, and the red eyes of the dark elves appeared one after another in the darkness.
The Holy Lord raised his hand and summoned a large amount of flames, illuminating the entire corridor and revealing the figures of the dark elves.
Wearing a black combat suit and holding a black energy weapon, the one walking in front was taller than the other dark elves, with a blood-stained red stripe on his helmet.
"The treasury of Asgard," the leading dark elf said coldly. "Lord Malekith said that what we need is inside."