Chapter 030: Nidavellir

Although the dwarves of Nidavellir excelled at forging and could craft all kinds of weapons, they were far inferior to the people of Asgard in combat.

Otherwise, they would not have become vassals of Asgard.

And the reason Asgard was willing to accept Nidavellir was precisely because they valued the dwarves' means of weapon-making.

The dwarves' unique forging techniques were truly formidable.

They could produce all sorts of divine artifacts with ease.

Odin's early conquest of the Nine Realms was absolutely inseparable from the dwarves' arms support.

However, the dwarves' fate was not good, because their excellent forging skills attracted Thanos.

Thanos had an obsessive-compulsive disorder: whenever he arrived at a planet, he would slaughter half of its life to balance the universe.

But when it came to the dwarves, Thanos personally broke his own compulsion.

Thanos made the dwarves forge the Infinity Gauntlet for him. After the gauntlet was completed, he deemed the dwarves too dangerous, so he slaughtered all of them except King Eitri.

He exterminated the life of an entire planet.

To prevent Eitri from forging any weapons, Thanos also crippled the Dwarf King's hands.

Thus it could be seen that even Thanos considered the dwarves too dangerous, that they would have a huge impact on his plan.

So Thanos violated his principle of killing only half the lives and slaughtered almost all the dwarves on the entire dwarf planet. Even the remaining Dwarf King Eitri had his hands ruined.

In his view, the dwarf race was finished.

With so many dwarves gone and even their leader's hands crippled, the dwarf race had been erased from the universe.

Perhaps before long, the dwarf race would cease to exist altogether.

His plan would then have no loopholes.

But Thanos never expected that even with his hands lost, Dwarf King Eitri still forged Stormbreaker for Thor, and this axe displayed immense power in the hands of Thor Odinson.

It was only one step away from cutting off his head.

If during that great battle, Thor Odinson had aimed at his head.

Although Thor Odinson was one move short, in the end, after Thanos destroyed the Infinity Stones, he used Stormbreaker to cut off his head—but by then it was already too late.

Of course, the above was only what happened in the original storyline. Since Wang Bo came to this world, the original plot had been smashed to pieces by him.

For example, he took the Mind Stone. Even if the Avengers destroyed Hydra's base in Sokovia, they could not find the Mind Stone, and thus Ultron could not be born.

The plot of Age of Ultron would never happen.

And Thanos was killed by him, the dwarves would not be slaughtered, and the universe would not lose half its life.

The plots of Avengers: Infinity War and even Endgame would not occur. Xandar would not be destroyed by Thanos, and the Collector would not be killed by Thanos.

Iron Man's fate was also reversed by Wang Bo; he would not snap his fingers.

The entire world began to run wild in an unknown direction.

Some things were destined not to happen.

For Wang Bo, this was not a bad thing.

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When Wang Bo and Hela arrived at the planet Nidavellir, Dwarf King Eitri greeted them immediately.

Wang Bo had great respect for this Dwarf King. He was definitely the most powerful forger among the dwarves. Even after losing his hands, he still forged a weapon like Stormbreaker for Thor Odinson.

Therefore, Wang Bo held some reverence for the dwarves.

He even wondered whether, after getting familiar with the dwarves here, he could bring the dwarves from Middle-earth to learn advanced forging techniques from them.

Of course, if the dwarves of Middle-earth entered Marvel and arrived at Nidavellir, they would be utterly dumbfounded.

Some dwarves might even curse loudly: 'What the hell are these? Dwarves? Do you have any misunderstanding about dwarves?'

That scene was unimaginable.

Wang Bo thought this was very likely to happen, mainly because the dwarves of Nidavellir were very special.

The dwarves of Nidavellir were all towering, with physiques more imposing than Wang Bo and Hela. In front of these dwarves, Earthlings were like dwarfs.

Even most life forms in the universe were dwarfs before these dwarves.

The dwarves of Nidavellir were basically several meters tall. Such height could be called giants, not dwarves at all.

But interestingly, although the dwarves of Nidavellir were tall and sturdy, they somehow gave people a feeling of being short.

Wang Bo thought for a moment and quickly reached a conclusion.

The reason the dwarves of Nidavellir gave this impression was mainly due to their body proportions.

Although these dwarves surpassed Earthlings in height, their body proportions were those of a dwarf.

It was like an ordinary dwarf scaled up proportionally. Tall they were, but they always gave a very short impression.

That was probably why they were called dwarves.

"Long time no see, Eitri."

Hela greeted Eitri calmly.

Dwarf King Eitri nodded warily and said slowly, "Indeed, it has been a long time, Hela. I heard you have become the Queen of Asgard."

When Odin conquered the Nine Realms, the dwarves had already submitted to him, providing a large number of weapons for Odin's conquest. Without the dwarves' help, Odin would not have been so successful.

After all, even weapons like Mjolnir and Gungnir were crafted by the dwarves.

At that time, Hela was still around, and Mjolnir's wielder was Hela herself, so Dwarf King Eitri was no stranger to her.

He was one of the few who knew of Hela's existence and was well aware of her temperament.

"That's right, I have become the Queen of Asgard. But I will abide by our agreement. As long as you do not intend to betray Asgard, Asgard will always be your ally."

Hela saw Dwarf King Eitri's wariness toward her and first gave her vassal a reassurance.

Hela also wanted to win over the dwarves, because their forging craftsmanship was too powerful.

Asgard could not expand without these dwarves.

Dwarf King Eitri breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Asgard was willing to continue protecting Nidavellir, he did not care who sat on that throne—whether it was Odin, Thor, or Hela made no difference.

Of course, if possible, he would prefer Thor Odinson, because he knew Hela's temperament well; compared to Hela, Thor Odinson was easier to deal with.

But since things had come to this, there was nothing he could do. After all, he was merely a vassal and could not decide the succession of the Asgardian throne.

Eitri asked calmly, "I hope you will remember your promise."

Hela nodded and said, "I will."