Those time travelers that year

Heimdall left, but the blade he left behind began to emit a blazing white light. Under the influence of the divine power left behind by the gatekeeper, rainbow-colored light shone where the four were, and the Ginnunga Gap appeared in front of them. Then, a rainbow light extended from their location to the Ginnunga Gap in the Eternal Darkness.

The four looked at each other, and then walked toward the source of the rainbow without hesitation.

……

Sitting on his throne in the great hall, Loki, who had been contemplating his next plan, suddenly felt uneasy, as if something unfavorable was about to happen. Just now, using the secret passages connecting the nine kingdoms, Loki had first sent an illusionary clone to Jotunheim, luring Laufey to Asgard with a deal Laufey couldn't refuse.

Loki felt absolutely no affection for this biological father. However, putting himself in Laufey's shoes, Loki was perfectly confident that Laufey would fall into his trap, at which point Loki would completely break free from the influence of this biological 'father.' He would then use Laufey's life and the destruction of Jotunheim to ascend the throne of Asgard.

Thinking that the plan was going smoothly, Loki felt slightly relieved, but the unease still lingered. Suddenly, Loki stood up from his throne, his face ashen, and walked out of the hall onto the balcony. Looking out from the balcony, at the edge of Asgard, in that sea of ​​stars, a rainbow streaked across the endless starry sky, rushing towards the eternally dark Jinlunga Canal.

That's the Rainbow Bridge!

Loki, his face ashen, gripped Gungnir tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand. He coldly watched the rainbow light disappear from Asgard, then turned and left the balcony without a word.

Soon, Loki arrived alone on the Rainbow Bridge. Before him stood the fully armed gatekeeper, sword in hand, silently watching Loki approach. Behind the gatekeeper was the Rainbow Bridge, closed after the Warriors Three and Sif had departed, but Heimdall blocked Loki's path.

“Tell me, Loki…” Seeing Loki stop in front of him, Heimdall, the gatekeeper, showed no intention of moving aside, even though the person before him was now the true regent of Asgard. This god of dawn, this guardian god, questioned Loki, who had come before him, “How did you bring the frost giants of Jotunheim into Asgard?”

"Do you think the Rainbow Bridge is the only way in and out of the kingdoms?" Loki sneered. Since Heimdall already suspected him, he might as well just tear off the mask of civility. In the past, he might not have been a match for this gatekeeper, but now, things were different. "There are many secret passages between the kingdoms, passages that even you couldn't possibly see. But I no longer need them; now I am the king."

"I hereby declare that because of your treason, you are relieved of your post as gatekeeper and are no longer a part of Asgard!"

“Then I will no longer be under your command.” Similarly, Heimdall had long suspected Loki, but as the guardian of Asgard, he could not do anything to Loki no matter how much he suspected him. His duty was to protect the Bifrost, and now that his duty had been taken away, he was no longer required to fulfill his obligations.

Heimdall gripped the hilt of his sword with a backhand stroke, swinging it directly at Loki. The golden divine power of the God of Dawn, gathered on the blade, radiated a dazzling light, and the sword, imbued with boundless glory, fell upon the enemy before him, an enemy from the foreseeable future. Destined, the God of Dawn, as the gatekeeper, and the God of Deception, as the source of calamity, were mortal enemies. One day, in some possible future, at the arrival of Ragnarok, he would bravely stand guard on the Rainbow Bridge, perishing together with Loki, who had fallen and become a god of evil.

Now, Heimdall believes the prophetic moment has arrived.

However, he was met with a cold storm, the deadly chill emanating from the ice box that suddenly appeared in Loki's hand.

Before the gatekeeper could react, the guardian of Asgard was instantly frozen in unbreakable ice. Even the God of Dawn could not ignore absolute zero, the temperature that obliterates all life.

Loki coldly sneered as he passed Heimdall, who was frozen in ice, holding Gungnir, which could also open the Bifrost. Behind him, in the dim light, the figure of a steel giant appeared in the sight of the frozen gatekeeper.

Destroyer...

Second update!

184. The Arrival of the Destroyer (Part 2)

"Sir, there's a situation!"

After the chaotic situation the night before last, Coulson, after much deliberation, finally released Thor and handed him over to the scientist who came to retrieve him. Although the excuse the scientist gave was so lame that Coulson almost couldn't maintain his composure, considering the issue of Thor's identity that someone had mentioned, Coulson felt it was better to let things be until his boss fully understood the situation and gave orders on how to handle it.

Anyway, Old Bridge City is so small, and Thor, having lost his divine powers, probably wouldn't be able to escape S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance. Besides, there's another 'ally' here with sufficient capabilities, although Coulson has always felt that this person has ulterior motives and is extremely dangerous.

However, this world is always about who has the bigger fist. At least Coulson knew that if someone didn't want to say what they wanted to do, their few men were powerless to stop them. Perhaps, some big green guy could do something, but releasing that green guy would cause no less harm than that guy.

Something was bound to happen. Coulson had been thinking that since last night, but to his surprise, the accident actually happened, and it happened very quickly.

"Twenty-three kilometers to the northwest, a huge energy reaction suddenly appeared and then disappeared. That place is where that strange pattern is located."

Coulson's expression turned serious as he looked at the graphic on the monitor. What it displayed was exactly the same as the data he had obtained from the female scientist named Jane Foster.

"The gates of the Rainbow Bridge have opened!" Ciel, who had somehow appeared beside him, looked at the graphic image and whispered, "Someone has crossed the Kinlunga Gap and come from Asgard to Midgard."

“I’m increasingly feeling like Earth is a public toilet!” Coulson shook his head. “Do we have any of our personnel over there?”

"No, sir! It's too open over there. If a battle breaks out, there will be no cover."

“If I were you, I wouldn’t send people to their deaths,” Charles said, looking at Coulson. “Instead of letting these mortals die in vain, we should find a way to… evacuate the residents of that small town.”

"Mr. Gret, do you mean, war?"

"Who knows!?" Charles said nonchalantly, completely ignoring Coulson's ugly expression. "Perhaps you could send tanks over, but like I said, every Asgardian warrior is essentially Iron Man in a Mark III suit. That's all I have to say. Do what you think is best!"

"Oh, OMG, send men! Get everyone moving! Send the third and fourth squads to the city and evacuate the residents quickly!" After much hesitation, Coulson was unwilling to gamble on Charles's words. Just in case, he felt it was better to prepare first. At least, if another 'individual' battle resembling a war were to occur, he wasn't confident he could protect the ordinary citizens between two monsters.

"Execute the order immediately! First and second squads, follow the tanks to alert status. If you encounter any unknown or dangerous targets, you are authorized to fire first, provided your own safety is guaranteed. God!"

……

Meanwhile, in Old Bridge City, after experiencing despair and despondency, Thor rallied with the comfort of Jane, a female scientist with a strong thirst for knowledge. Especially since things like love, which can appear out of nowhere, always arrived here quietly.

If the original Thor was reckless, arrogant, and stubborn, then after experiencing setbacks, none of those traits are now visible in him. However, this is ultimately a positive change, so both Jane and Daisy accepted it. Although at first, it always felt incongruous, as if someone had switched him out.

But after accepting him, to Jane, who had just taken a liking to him, the previous Thor seemed like a willful child, but now he had matured. Besides, some women like gentle men, while others prefer strong men. And when a man is both strong and gentle, that's often when he captures a woman's heart.

Unfortunately, Jane was one of them.

Thor felt he could calmly accept the reality that he couldn't return to Asgard. Since he couldn't go back, living a good life in this world as an ordinary mortal, spending his short life with this mortal woman before him, wasn't that an option?

If no one had come looking for him, Thor might have chosen to forget his memories of Asgard and live out the rest of his life in peace. However, four uninvited guests from Asgard disrupted the peaceful life of the mortals Thor had expected to meet.

The knocking sound caught Thor's attention, and when he turned his gaze there, he was surprised to find four familiar figures.

"My friend, my brother..." Thor was overwhelmed with surprise and joy upon seeing his friend and comrade-in-arms again.

"Aha! Thor, we've finally found you!" The Warriors Three of Asgard, clad in armor utterly out of place on modern Earth, embraced Thor, their joy mirroring Thor's. After all, in a sense, Thor was not only their comrade-in-arms, but also the lord they had chosen and would follow in the future. Their relationship was incredibly complex; in terms of intimacy, they were second only to Thor's family. Therefore, they were the ones in Asgard who most wanted to bring Thor back.

Of course, Thor didn't think much of it. He assumed his companions were only visiting him out of concern for him, completely unaware that even greater trouble was about to unfold. Therefore, Thor happily introduced the Warriors Three and Sif to his friends he had met on Earth.

After introducing his friends from both worlds to each other, Thor smiled and said to his companions in Asgard, "By the way, guys. I'm glad you came to see me! But you shouldn't have come. I've been banished, and you're doing so against my father's orders."

"No, Thor, you don't know what happened in Asgard!" Seeing this, the four who had unknowingly brought great trouble upon arriving in Midgard quickly explained the reasons and origins to Thor.

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With a deafening roar, the steel giant emerged from the tornado falling from the sky.

Immediately afterward, the steel giant turned its head directly towards the location of Old Bridge City and began to stride forward. Despite its massive body several meters tall, the steel giant's speed was anything but slow. With each step, its form was like a cannonball being fired, accompanied by a thunderous roar, covering a distance of tens of meters in an instant.

However, this high-profile approach was quickly discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D. security personnel.

"A steel giant?" On the other side, Coulson frowned upon receiving the notification. He turned around, only to find that Shire, who had been there the whole time, had suddenly vanished. "Oh God!" Coulson's unease grew after the troublemaker disappeared. "Was it something Iron Man created?"

“I don’t know, sir. It doesn’t seem like Tony Stark’s style.” The special forces team leader’s voice came through the walkie-talkie. “That steel giant seems to be heading towards the city… wait, he stopped…”

Boom!

"Hello, hello, can you hear me? Second team, second team, please respond, second team, please respond." The conversation was abruptly interrupted, and the final explosion made Coulson tense up. He immediately shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Please respond, second team. Damn it!"

zizi~

At that moment, the walkie-talkie rang again, and the voice of another squad came through.

"Sir, this is the first team. We have observed an explosion at the location of the second team. Repeat, a violent explosion has occurred at the location of the second team."

"Damn it! The enemy is here! All units, be alert!" Coulson roared into the walkie-talkie. "First team, set up a defensive line and, while ensuring safety, delay the enemy's advance as much as possible."

"The rest of the groups, speed up the evacuation! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Understood, first team received."

"Third group received, over."

"Fourth group receives orders, over."

"Hopefully, it's not too late!" Coulson put down the walkie-talkie and looked in the direction of Old Bridge City with a grim expression. "Calling headquarters, we're in big trouble here. Requesting support from the nearest air force."

185. The Destroyer's Attack

Click, click...

Firearms, invented by humankind as we entered a new era, are tools of killing. From the earliest muskets, it was ordained that firearms would eventually replace cold weapons. No matter how sturdy the armor, it's nothing more than a coffin lid against the overwhelming superiority of modern firepower. However, recently, things seem to have changed somewhat. For example, Tony Stark became Iron Man, wielding his Iron Man armor and engaging in a war of words with a group of people who were eyeing his technology.

Here, another suit of steel armor was putting the S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces team in a tough fight. Of course, it was a one-sided struggle; the silver-gray steel giant strode towards Old Bridge City with thunderous footsteps. In front of it, in the open terrain with almost no cover, the special forces had to use vehicles and sand dunes as cover to fire.

Clearly, the power of their weapons seemed to have no effect whatsoever. Countless bullets struck the steel giant, only to bounce off with a series of crackling sounds, completely futile. If they had known that this was an Asgardian weapon—the Destroyer—they would have immediately chosen to run as far away as possible, but unfortunately, they didn't.

At that moment, the Destroyer's helmet tumbled open, followed by a burst of crimson light from its body. The next instant, a focused beam of energy erupted from the helmet, sweeping towards the special forces team surrounding it. A flash of light, then a deafening roar—the vehicle used for cover shattered, engulfing the three team members who couldn't escape in the intense heat of the explosion, leaving no trace of their bodies.

Beams of light energy swept out from the Destroyer, these beams, powerful enough to shatter molecules and even atoms, were released by the Destroyer as if they were free. A mere graze or contact would be fatal. After the Destroyer launched a counterattack, the special forces began to retreat in disarray. Bullets, grenades, pulse bombs... all kinds of weapons could not leave even a mark on the Destroyer.

Boom!! In the distance, a flash of light appeared. A heavy tank was firing, launching a shell with an armor-piercing warhead. Driven by kinetic energy, it charged towards the Destroyer with tremendous force.

With a deafening boom, the cannonball that was heading straight for the Destroyer stopped abruptly. A silver-gray steel arm, moving faster than the Destroyer, caught the incoming shell. Then, a flash of fiery red light streaked across the steel arm, and the shell, now in the Destroyer's grasp, instantly shattered into fragments. The next moment, the fiery red light transformed into a beam of energy, instantly destroying the tank.

"Sir, First Team requests backup, repeat, First Team requests backup!" The special forces commander shouted into the walkie-talkie while he and his team continued their futile firing.

"Our weapons are unable to harm the target. Repeat, our weapons are unable to harm the target..."

"First team, retreat." Coulson's voice came through the walkie-talkie. "Get out of there immediately, retreat back to the city, quick..."

"Understood~"

"God, God, God..." the special forces commander shouted. "Retreat! Retreat!"

These special forces teams decisively threw out smoke grenades. With a hissing sound, large plumes of black smoke billowed out of the grenades, engulfing the Destroyer. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the special forces began an emergency evacuation. If they could have seen the flashing, fiery red light within the black smoke created by the grenades, they would have known that there was no difference between fleeing and not fleeing.

In an instant, the flashing, blazing red light tore through the black smoke. Unlike the focused beams of light from before, this time it was a 360-degree spread of light. Wherever the blazing red light passed, all obstacles seemed to melt away, instantly turning to ashes. After the light disappeared, everything here, except for the still-bright Destroyer, had vanished completely.

……

"First team, please respond! Repeat, first team, please respond!" As the fiery red light flashed in the distance, Coulson's heart leaped into his throat, and he frantically shouted into the walkie-talkie. However, all of this was to no avail; silence fell over the radio. There could only be one explanation for this.

"Fuck!" Faced with this situation, even Coulson, who had maintained a good-natured expression, couldn't help but get angry. But what was the use? It was completely meaningless.

"How is the evacuation of the third and fourth groups progressing? The first group has been completely wiped out. Repeat, the first group has been completely wiped out. Speed ​​up the evacuation."

"Third team received, currently in emergency evacuation, over."

"The fourth group received the message, but the city officials here are refusing to cooperate, saying..."

"Whether he cooperates or not, fourth group, if he's unwilling, just shoot him dead."

"Yes, sir..."

"This is a mess!" Coulson put down the walkie-talkie, crossed his arms, and looked utterly embarrassed. Facing an enemy who wouldn't listen to reason, for the first time, Coulson felt his own technological level was incredibly low. If he had a whole army of Iron Man soldiers at his disposal, the situation probably wouldn't be so bad. However, he didn't, and even if he did, it probably wouldn't have made a difference.

The energy levels monitored by satellite over there have far exceeded the critical threshold. In other words, Coulson wouldn't be surprised if a nuclear explosion occurred here at any moment. In fact, the temporary research base has already begun an emergency evacuation; these researchers have told him before to leave immediately.

"You seem to be in trouble!? Coulson." Just then, Charles's calm voice rang out. Coulson was startled and turned his gaze toward the source of the voice.

"It's a cat!?" Coulson stared blankly at the completely black-furred feline, who sat calmly on the table, looking at the idiot human in front of him. And that idiot human was probably Coulson himself.

“This is my familiar,” Ciel’s voice rang out, coming from the cat’s mouth.

"Alright!" It's not entirely unacceptable that a cat could speak human language. Coulson wasn't going to get involved in such unscientific matters; after all, enough unscientific things had happened these past few days. "Mr. Gretel, what exactly happened over there?"

"In the latter part of the family drama, some guys came from Asgard, wanting to take Thor home. Unfortunately, the god of deception I've fought before didn't want his brother to come back and compete with him for the position."

"So he sent an assassin!" Upon hearing this, Coulson already guessed the rest of the story. "This is no longer a family drama; it's a palace coup."