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This is a world without a sun.
The brown earth has long withered, and full of sinister scars.
The gray wind is bone-chilling, capable of turning even souls into powder.
The black rivers flow like thick corpse oil, filled with skeletons.
In the chaotic sky, dense dark green energy roils and roars, occasionally transforming into terrifying green lightning and crystals that fall, leaving more scars on the ground.
This place seems even more terrifying than hell!
At least demons can survive there.
Yet, in the center of this terrifying world, there stands a magnificent and splendid, almost divine platinum beam of light that reaches the sky, emitting waves of energy!
The originally terrifying dark green energy around it seems to come to life, becoming extremely docile.
Looking down along the beam of light, you'll see a gigantic golden egg, hundreds of meters in diameter.
Its entire body seems to be made of gold, covered with various strange patterns and mysterious symbols, with colorful energy occasionally surfacing and then fading away like breathing.
Around it.
The ground, influenced by this strange power, has healed its once sinister scars, now covered with grass, flowers, springs, and forests.
Compared to hundreds of kilometers away, it's like two different worlds!
At this moment, a woman in green leather armor walked out of the forest.
She scooped up a handful of sweet spring water and drank it, casually sitting on a white rock nearby, watching the world of life slowly spread in all directions.
Although she had seen this sight for over five hundred years, Hela still couldn't stop the shock in her heart each time.
This place is increasingly becoming unlike the underworld.
And all of this was because of the god sleeping inside that giant egg!
Her brother... Balder!
Hela turned to look at the golden egg emitting waves of energy, her thoughts drifting back to the past.
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A thousand years ago.
The seal of the underworld suddenly broke open, a rainbow light descending from the sky!
Hela immediately recognized it as the transmission of the Bifrost.
With a thunderous roar, Odin, wearing golden armor, walked out alone, holding a seemingly unconscious blond child.
The Aesir only reach adulthood at three hundred, and the child in front of her looked no older than twenty.
Seeing this, Hela gave a disdainful smile, not hiding the hatred in her eyes, mocking:
"So, has the great king of gods now started banishing even children?"
"Or is this your illegitimate child from outside, afraid to be found by that jealous woman Frigga?"
Although she was once the eldest princess of Asgard, she was not Frigga's child.
Though her mother was also from the Vanir, she had long since passed away.
Odin, unfazed by his daughter's sarcasm, calmly explained:
"First, I'm not that cruel."
"Second... he's Frigga's child."
Hearing this, a trace of coldness flashed across Hela's face as she sneered:
"So you're here to show off, letting me know you have an heir?"
Odin shook his head slightly: "Of course not... and before him, you already have two brothers."
Hela immediately sneered:
"Don't tell me you want me to teach him?"
"Haha, Odin, do I look like a nice person?"
However, as soon as she said this, she noticed Odin still shaking his head.
She had guessed wrong again.
Hela couldn't help but frown, completely unable to understand what he was up to, especially since he didn't even bring a guard.
At this moment, Odin's expression became solemn, very seriously saying:
"For the foreseeable future, I'm going to leave this child in the underworld."
Hela immediately showed a look of disbelief.
But she quickly seemed to think of something, her face filled with coldness:
"So, Asgard faces an unbeatable enemy and you want to hide him here with me?"
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