Chapter 331 |
“What’s going on here?” Soon, a teleportation portal opened beside Josh, and Margot hurried over to ask.
“God knows what provoked that brat to come here and show off!” Josh said, sneering at Thor. He didn’t understand what was wrong with him.
“Then why aren’t you doing anything? Those are your son and daughter!” Margot glared at Josh. “And look at the palace—what a mess it’s been turned into!”
“Hey, don’t be so anxious. This is a rare chance for the kids to get some training, especially Ben. His power is growing fast. It’s hard to find a worthy opponent to spar with him!” Hearing this, Josh quickly put his arm around his wife’s shoulder to comfort her.
Margot’s expression then slightly relaxed, focusing all her attention on her son.
As Josh said, the two sides fighting were evenly matched. Due to the weapons involved, Ben had a slight advantage.
Weapons like the Barbarian King’s Divine Sword and Thor’s Hammer are almost weightless to their wielders once bonded, and their materials are not very different.
Thus, the principle that “an inch longer is an inch stronger” was vividly demonstrated in their battle.
The Barbarian King’s Divine Sword is much larger and longer than Thor’s Hammer.
At this moment in the battle, Thor was getting increasingly anxious because he couldn’t take down Ben, while Ben was growing more and more excited.
“That kid has unlimited potential…” Even Hogan, one of the Three Palace Warriors, had to express admiration seeing Ben’s brave performance.
“Yes, Thor was a bit reckless this time. Making enemies with this Midgard divine family isn’t worth it!” Fandral’s expression was serious.
Volstagg… no one knew where he found a bunch of food, but he was eating while watching.
Sif watched the fight with both surprise and joy.
Joy because the boy from years ago had grown up to be a tremendously strong warrior, just as she had encouraged.
Surprise because the opponent was someone she had admired all along.
“This can’t go on. We have to stop them!” Sif said.
“Too difficult… this kind of fight we can’t intervene at all!” Hogan shook his head and sighed.
“Also, Josh Kane is here. Why isn’t he taking action?” Fandral frowned, noticing Josh’s arrival.
“He probably wants Thor to be the test stone for that kid!” Hogun said grimly.
His words made the others look even worse.
Making Thor the test stone? Wouldn’t that be an even bigger humiliation for them?
But there was nothing they could do. They couldn’t intervene, not even get close to the fight.
Fortunately, their dilemma didn’t last long.
A brilliant light descended from the sky: the Rainbow Bridge was opened again.
At the same time, a powerful golden beam shot between Thor and Ben, separating the two locked in fierce battle!
It was Odin, Lord of Asgard, arriving on his eight-legged flying horse!
Loki and Frigga followed behind him.
As soon as Loki appeared, he rushed toward Carol’s direction but was quickly blocked by the maid beside Carol.
Only after Carol’s permission was he allowed to pass.
Then the two quietly started talking, though what they said was unknown.
“Josh…” Margot looked a little nervous.
“Don’t worry, he’s not here to fight. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be just the three of them. We’ll go meet them!” Josh reassured, then formed an energy disc under his feet that supported him and Margot as they floated toward Odin.
“Father…” Seeing Odin, Thor was somewhat at a loss.
But Odin didn’t even glance at him. Instead, after admiring Ben, he looked at Josh who was approaching.
“King of the gods, it’s an honor to meet you!” Josh greeted first.
He wouldn’t call Odin the “Father of the Gods”—now that he was somewhat a ‘god’ himself, calling Odin that would be like acknowledging him as his dad.
“Josh Kane, I’ve heard much about you. The kid is immature and misbehaving; please don’t mind him!” Odin said kindly.
Old Odin still had a good temper.
There was no real grudge between them, and since Odin was somewhat at fault, his attitude was naturally calm.
“That’s natural. Kids fooling around is no big deal. But the damage…” Josh said casually.
His words made everyone present speechless because Josh was basically placing himself on Odin’s generation. Not only Thor, but Sif, the Three Palace Warriors, and others were downgraded to the children’s generation…but in reality, the Asgardians present were dozens of times older than Josh!
But thinking about if Loki really “married into” the Kane family, apart from Odin and Frigga, the rest would really be a generation below Josh. That feeling…was quite unpleasant!
“Don’t worry, Asgard will bear the cost of the damages caused!” Odin didn’t care—just a mortal palace, easy for Asgard’s craftsmen to rebuild. It wouldn’t take much time or money.
“Father!” Thor got anxious. They hadn’t even won the fight yet, and now it seemed they had to pay compensation. Wasn’t this humiliating?
“Shut up!” Odin immediately turned and scolded him.
Being shouted at publicly by his old man, Thor was quite resentful and wanted to retort, but Frigga, who was nearby, quickly held him back.
“That’s better. But speaking of which, Thor really needs to control his temper, or he’ll suffer big losses in the future!” Josh said in a senior tone.
“…I have failed to discipline him properly!” Odin, who had been polite, was stunned by Josh’s matter-of-fact attitude and pulled a wry smile.
“Ah, I actually understand how His Majesty feels. My own kids are also quite troublesome…” Odin was about to lose it, while Josh kept chatting like it was casual talk, complaining about troublesome kids, yet his smug expression made Margot, standing nearby, nearly pull his sleeve to stop him.
“Hehe, Lord Kane, you’re too kind…Asgard still has many things to handle, so I’ll take this unfilial son back first! As for the damages, I’ll send people to handle them later!” With that, he hurriedly activated the Rainbow Bridge and pulled Thor and the others back.
But Frigga and Loki did not leave!
“Lord Kane, I’d like to continue discussing the marriage of the two children!” Frigga approached while glancing at Loki and Carol, who were affectionately close in the distance.
Following Frigga’s gaze to see this scene, Josh suddenly felt his fists hardened!