Chapter 019: The Arena

Inside the palace, Wang Bo pulled up a chair and sat down, crossing his legs as he watched Hela, whose face was full of nostalgia, her mind seemingly still wandering in the past.

Wang Bo did not disturb her, waiting quietly.

After a while, Hela came back to her senses, walked to a window, and pushed it open. A gentle breeze blew in, and what met her eyes was a beautiful garden.

The garden was filled with colorful flowers, many of which were species not found on Earth, but now they were in full bloom, showing off in the garden.

Hela looked at those beautiful flowers, her eyes flickering.

She spoke, “Don’t you have questions you want to ask me?”

“Sort of,” Wang Bo nodded, asking curiously, “Why did you set a three-day appointment with Thor?”

In fact, even if she hadn’t set the three-day appointment, she could still ascend to become queen, because Wang Bo had already defeated Odin.

After all, this was a world where the strong prey on the weak.

Wang Bo’s victory over Odin meant he had the right to dispose of Asgard. If Odin refused, he would die, and Asgard would be destroyed by Wang Bo.

Although Wang Bo would not do that, Odin dared not gamble.

So Hela becoming queen of Asgard was a foregone conclusion. Even if Odin disagreed, he would have to accept it reluctantly. There was no need for the three-day agreement with Thor.

In Wang Bo’s view, this was completely unnecessary—like taking off one’s pants to fart.

He remembered that in the plot, after Hela broke free, she first crushed Mjolnir, then beat Thor and Loki, and finally fought her way back to Asgard, unstoppable all the way, killing all the resisters in Asgard, ruling supreme, and even gouging out one of Thor’s eyes.

Why was she suddenly being merciful now?

Hela said calmly, “I just want to become the queen of Asgard in a legitimate way, nothing more.”

Wang Bo smiled, thinking, I don’t believe you at all.

But seeing that Hela was unwilling to say more, he didn’t ask further, only reminding her not to forget about the Space Stone.

Hela nodded, “Don’t worry, after I defeat my little brother, I will give you the Space Stone.”

Wang Bo said “Oh” and smiled with satisfaction.

Hela’s eyes flickered slightly. In fact, the reason she adopted such a troublesome method to become queen of Asgard was, on one hand, to prove to her old father.

She was always the most powerful heir.

On the other hand, she wanted to defeat her brother Thor and turn him into her subordinate, making him assist her.

Because she was unwilling to live under someone else’s roof.

This time, Wang Bo’s defeat of Odin made her realize the gap between herself and Wang Bo. To break free from Wang Bo and become his equal, she had to increase her own strength and that of Asgard.

So she wanted to subdue her brother and turn him into her right-hand man.

In this way, her strength would greatly increase, and she would have the confidence to turn against Wang Bo in the future.

After all, her brother’s strength was considerable.

If used well, he could be a powerful trump card.

As for Hela’s thoughts, Wang Bo naturally knew nothing about them, or rather, he didn’t care at all.

After all, his strength was growing stronger, and Hela couldn’t catch up even on horseback, so he naturally wouldn’t mind Hela’s little schemes.

Then, three days passed in a flash.

After three days, Wang Bo and Hela once again arrived at the largest arena in Asgard.

This arena had a European style, a stepped open-air arena very similar to the Roman Colosseum, built entirely of white stone, very rugged.

But its area was more than ten times larger than the Roman Colosseum.

From the outside, the arena consisted of a series of three-tiered circular arcades, with the highest fourth tier being the attic, an area accessible only to Asgard’s royalty.

When Wang Bo and Hela entered the arena, they found the surrounding stands already filled with spectators.

Obviously, the contest between the prince and princess for the throne had attracted the attention of a large number of Asgardians.

As Odin’s eldest daughter, Hela was greeted with a lot of boos when she entered.

After all, she had been imprisoned by Odin for too long.

So long that the younger generation didn’t even know Odin had a daughter.

Even Thor himself didn’t know he had a sister, which was enough to prove that when Hela was imprisoned, Thor had not yet been born.

So most Asgardians didn’t know of Hela’s existence.

Only some elders knew of Odin’s eldest princess.

When Hela entered the arena, these elders widened their eyes and looked at the eldest princess with complex expressions.

In the heyday of Asgard, this eldest princess was majestic, unifying the Nine Realms with Odin and laying the foundation for Asgard’s glorious status.

But later, because of her rebellion, Odin sent the Valkyrie Corps to suppress Hela.

As a result, the Valkyrie Corps was annihilated by Hela.

This led to the decline of Asgard’s most glorious Valkyrie Corps, and Asgard lost one of its greatest trump cards.

This infuriated Odin, who not only imprisoned Hela but also issued a gag order, forbidding any Asgardian from discussing topics related to Hela.

Over time, Hela disappeared from everyone’s memory.

These elders gradually forgot Hela as well.

But who would have thought that today, this eldest princess, long buried in their memories, would reappear? The moment she entered, the elders’ memories were finally awakened.

The proud goddess of death in their memories overlapped with the princess before them.

That peerless but bloodthirsty goddess of death had returned.

Unlike the young people who booed, only these elders knew how ferocious and terrifying the eldest princess was.

The goddess of death of Asgard was no mere vase.

Thor stood in the center of the arena, holding an axe, looking spirited at his sister, “If you beg for mercy now, I might still agree.”

He looked full of energy now, as if the embarrassment of three days ago had disappeared.

He was full of confidence.

Hela glanced at the axe in Thor’s hand and said with slight realization, “I see, Stormbreaker, that’s your confidence?”

As Asgard’s heir, she naturally knew of this weapon, which was no less than Gungnir.

She also knew that the maker of this weapon must be Eitri, the dwarf king of Nidavellir. Only that master could forge Stormbreaker.

Wang Bo sat in front of a stand, and when he saw the axe in Thor’s hand, he was momentarily stunned.

He hadn’t expected Stormbreaker to appear ahead of schedule.