However, at this moment, Thor did not have any sinister intentions, but Tohru by his side was not so reassured. Thor's unusual behavior just now, along with the abnormal reaction from his Mjolnir, made Tohru feel that things were not that simple!
Tohru squinted his eyes, observing Thor's figure from behind, but Thor was unaware and did not react. He continued towards the next battlefield, ready to confront his next opponent, who was once a comrade of his.
With a loud "Bang!" at that moment, Tohru's figure flashed and disappeared from the spot, reappearing next to the unconscious Hogan. He punched Hogan in the stomach, piercing through it!
"Hmm?" Hearing the noise, Thor turned his head, looking puzzled, and asked Tohru, "Boss, what's wrong?"
Thor saw the injured Hogan, but he did not care because, in Thor's eyes, even if Hogan were dead, it was not as important as Tohru's orders and thoughts.
Thus, Thor did not even glance at Hogan, who had fainted and now had a pierced stomach, but looked at Tohru, waiting for new commands from his boss.
"Hmm, no big deal, just wanted to test his defenses, which seem quite good. Continue on…" Tohru looked at Thor and smiled, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe the blood from his hands and said softly, "Someone, take him back for treatment, and study this guy while you're at it."
"Yes! Boss!" Both Thor and a nearby Hydra soldier responded at once, each doing their tasks. Hogan was dragged away on the spot while Thor headed towards the battlefield where Fandral was.
At this moment, Fandral was in better shape compared to Hogan before him because after Tohru appeared, he had his subordinates surround but not attack, which didn't ease the situation for Fandral and his companions much, but it did give them a slight chance to catch their breath, at least preventing new injuries.
Of course, this also meant there were no new victories or chances to kill the beast warriors, as ever since the beast warriors changed their tactics, only Sif could manage to kill one or two of them, sadly not enough to turn the tides completely...
"Thor?!" When he saw Thor, Fandral's reaction was no different than Hogan's. Previously, when Hogan and Thor were fighting, due to being on different battlefields and the impossibility of being distracted by combat, he did not know of Thor's arrival. Now seeing Thor, he was understandably shocked.
"You came to rescue us? No, wait, why are they avoiding you, could it be?" Fandral saw a glint of surprise in Thor's eyes, as he had not seen Tohru there, but gradually, Fandral also realized something was amiss, since the beast warriors showed no intention of attacking Thor, even obediently shifting the battlefield towards Vostagg and Sif's locations.
Thus, even if Fandral was slow to react, he now sensed something was off and couldn't help but exclaim, his body instinctively retreating as he eyed Thor warily.
At this time, Fandral felt a pressure from Thor, but in his memory, Thor should now be a powerless mortal...
"What is going on? Thor, why do you seem like you don't recognize me and have become an enemy?" Fandral thought warily and confusedly, but soon he had no time to think further, as Thor charged towards him.
"Clang!" In the next moment, the Mjolnir collided with Fandral's longsword, emitting a harsh sound. Both weapons from Asgard did not determine a victor, but between Fandral and Thor, a victor was clearly decided!
Without Mjolnir, Thor's strength was on par with Hogan; if not for his superior combat skills, Hogan would not have been easily defeated by Thor.
But now things were different. Thor had picked up Hogan's Mjolnir, and with the weapon's enhancement, his strength had surpassed both Hogan's and Fandral's.
Thus, from the very first collision, Fandral felt his body weigh down, his arms numbing.
Facing this situation, Fandral felt a pang of terror, vaguely feeling as if Thor was as strong as before he lost his divine power, but why would such a Thor become an enemy? What was this mysterious, strange courtyard all about?
"Clang!"
"Bang!"
As Fandral's arms numbed and his mind was somewhat distracted by the huge change in his heart, Thor accurately seized this chance. The Mjolnir just raised, then hammered down again, smashing into Fandral's longsword!
At that moment, Fandral felt as if his arms had lost
all sensation, the area gripping the sword cracked open, and blood uncontrollably flowed from there!
But at this time, Thor's attack did not stop; he kicked Fandral, sending him flying...
One could say, compared to the fight with Hogan, Thor had spent a bit of time and effort, but in the battle with Fandral, Thor completely dominated!
There was no way around it; with both superior strength and combat skills, Thor simply didn't know how he could lose.
"You... why?" Fandral, somewhat disheveled, fell to the ground, looking confusedly at Thor and asked, "Since you've regained your divine power, why are you attacking me? Are you even the Thor I know?"
"I am Thor, the God of Thunder, but I am no longer the Thor you know! You turned me into what I am now yet didn't let go of me, one day I will return to Asgard, and let you see what a true Ragnarok is!" Thor's figure instantly appeared in front of Fandral, his fist slamming into Fandral's head, while his words echoed.
"Bang!" With that, Fandral did not hear everything Thor said, because before he could finish, Fandral's body was already slammed onto the ground, losing consciousness.
Such a battle could indeed be called an instant kill!
"Boss, should we keep this guy too? Or just kill him?" Watching Fandral lose consciousness, Thor turned his head to ask Tohru.
"Take him back. Their existence can help you understand the current situation in Asgard, and more importantly, they can also become our warriors at Hydra, helping us fight against Asgard, right?" Tohru slowly shook his head, smiling at Thor as he said.
"Thank you, boss! With your help, we will surely pull those hypocritical gods off their thrones!" Thor solemnly nodded, his eyes full of gratitude as he looked at Tohru.
Facing Thor's gaze, Tohru's earlier doubts slightly faded, and he amiably smiled, signaling his men to also take Fandral back.
After all, such valuable experimental subjects and the information about the powers behind the group of four from the palace were definitely not something Tohru wanted to miss!
"Bang!" As Fandral was carried away, Thor did not wait for Tohru to continue issuing orders, directly charging towards Vostagg's location.
Indeed, Thor had prepared for the order in which to confront the group of four from the palace; Hogan was dismissed because he was closest to Hydra's base, being right there when Tohru and Thor appeared.
It was not clear who was stronger between Hogan and Fandral, especially since Thor could instantly kill Fandral, partly thanks to holding Mjolnir.
But Vostagg's strength was somewhat stronger than Fandral's, and as for Sif, her strength was half a notch above the trio from the palace, Thor's current memory did not include these strength rankings, but he possessed a warrior's intuition...
However, Vostagg's situation was not even as good as Hogan's, because when Thor fought with Hogan and then Fandral, the pressure on Vostagg's side kept increasing. Even though the beast warriors were using a war of attrition and were not in a hurry to defeat him, facing more and more beast warriors, Vostagg's battle pressure was also increasing.
"Thor?!" Just like his previous companions, Vostagg showed a hint of surprise when he saw Thor, but soon he encountered the same treatment as the earlier companions. Facing Thor charging at him, Vostagg tried to fend off, but the effect was not much better than Fandral's.
After dozens of moves, Vostagg also fell down, lasting a bit longer than Fandral, but not by much.
The Hydra soldiers prudently carried Vostagg's body back to Hydra's camp as well, even lamenting that Thor, who had been promoted after being brainwashed, now almost had the status of Hydra's first warrior.
"Only one left, this one is even stronger than those three, this one, although a woman, is more like a warrior, even more so a deity!" Thor's gaze was fixed on the distant battlefield where Sif was. Sif, engrossed in battle, could not afford to be distracted to notice him, but that did not mean Thor could not pay attention to Sif.
"Clang!" However, just as Thor was about to move forward, he suddenly stopped, dropping the Mjolnir on the ground and picking up a nearby battle axe. For some reason, Thor felt that this battle axe might suit him better.
Though Thor felt that his most familiar weapon should still be a hammer, after all, Mjolnir was not just any ordinary hammer, and he had no interest in Fandral's longsword—it was simply not
his style!
"Hum!" Just like with Mjolnir, when Thor held the battle axe, a burst of power exploded from it, and a series of familiar memories appeared in Thor's mind, causing his body to tremble slightly.
"Sif? Hogan? Fandral? Vostagg?" In these memory images, Thor saw the figures of the group of four from the palace, saw the scenes of them spending day and night together, also letting Thor know their identities.
But still, Thor did not fully recover his memory, nor did he intend to let the group of four from the palace go or save them from Hydra.
Still, the brainwashing content of Hydra was too coincidental; if it had been the typical content for a Winter Soldier, Thor would have recovered his memory by now due to the successive memory fragments.
But unfortunately, Hydra's brainwashing content let Thor know he was Thor, the God of Thunder, who had been demoted to the mortal realm.
Therefore, when Thor saw the memory images of himself and the group of four from the palace, he had no intention of helping them, even becoming more angry!
Because in Thor's perception, if his relationship with the group of four from the palace was so good, then why didn't they stop him from being demoted to the mortal realm? Why were they now trying to kill him?
"Bang!" At this moment, the more Thor thought, the angrier he became, his foot heavily stomping on the ground, creating a large pit, his figure leaping towards Sif, his posture somewhat similar to when Sif had leapt into the group of Hydra soldiers.
When the surrounding beast warriors saw Thor coming, they all made way. Originally, Thor's strength was already considered among the best of the beast warriors, even said to be better than any beast warrior in a one-on-one fight.
But now, with Thor gaining the enhancement of an Asgardian weapon, his strength was clearly even stronger than before, which made the beast warriors somewhat wary of him.
Moreover, since Thor was now the main attack force, if they accidentally hurt him during the attack, no one would stand on their side and speak for them.
The status of brainwashed Winter Soldiers was not high, and the limited-lifespan beast warriors were also not much higher, especially since Thor was not just any ordinary brainwashed Winter Soldier.
"Clang!" As the beast warriors began to make way, Thor's battle axe had already collided with Sif's longsword, the two Asgardian weapons clashing, emitting a piercing sound.
However, this time, the clash of strength between Thor and Sif did not determine a victor. Although Sif was a female warrior, her strength was still above the trio from the palace, even with Thor's enhancement from the battle axe, he still could not surpass or overwhelm Sif!
"Thor?! What are you doing? Why are you attacking me? Have you gone mad?" Moreover, unlike the trio from the palace, Sif was not suppressed under Thor's hand, even having the capacity to question Thor, showing that there was not much difference in their strengths, which undoubtedly made Thor feel even more displeased…