Ragnarok?
Haven't we already solved that?
Your sister Hela is now training in the army in hell.
She's busy all day preparing to attack other dimensions, and you can't even look after your own Asgard?
Even Gorr the God Butcher…
Whether it's the Gorr from the comic universe or the Gorr from this universe, hasn't that all been dealt with?
A burp.
One went back to his home planet to raise a baby.
So tell me, who else could possibly bring you a Ragnarok now?
To Aron's many doubts,
Thor let out a deep sigh.
"My friend, Ragnarok… doesn't happen only once!"
Inside the Temple in New York.
Thor recounted his experiences during this time.
"Ever since the last great battle against the God Butcher, I set out on a journey to find my father Odin."
"In that process."
"I gradually uncovered the truth behind Ragnarok, it's a cycle!"
"Whether the Fire Giant Surtur exists or not, whether my sister Hela turns against me or not, and whether we defeat Gorr the God Butcher or not, Ragnarok will still happen!"
"This is the ultimate fate of the Norse gods."
"So far, no one has been able to rewrite that ending."
Thor, in a deep voice, revealed a shocking secret.
Norse mythology.
It was tragic from beginning to end…
Thor, the god of thunder, ultimately dies from the venom of the world serpent, Jormungandr, Odin perishes in the jaws of the giant wolf Fenrir, Loki dies together with Heimdall, and in the end, Surtur burns Midgard and the World Tree to ashes.
And the gods of Asgard in the Marvel worldview, though different in some aspects from the original mythology,
still cannot escape that fate.
"You mean… Ragnarok is being manipulated?"
Aron roughly understood what Thor meant.
If there is something that cannot be changed no matter what, then most likely, someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
like a puppet show.
"So how did you find that out?"
Aron asked.
"How did I find out~~?"
Thor repeated Aron's question, then answered:
"In my search for Odin, I placed my hope in the Well of Wisdom before the World Tree."
"Just like my father Odin."
"To gain the answer, I sacrificed one eye and hung myself on the tree for three days and three nights."
"In the end, my wish was fulfilled, and the Well of Wisdom flowed once more."
"After drinking from the spring, I received the answer I sought and stepped into a wondrous realm."
"There, I came into contact with runes and learned the knowledge known as Seidr."
"It is knowledge that knows the past and the present."
"It is the wisdom of the legendary Odin."
"Through it, I gradually uncovered the true Ragnarok…"
...
As Thor narrated, his voice slowly turned into an image.
A machine.
An ancient weaving loom.
And an endlessly stretching cloth.
Three goddesses sat silently before the loom, dressed in robes and masks, their true faces hidden.
One wove.
One pulled the threads.
One unraveled the fabric.
The previously woven cloth was being unraveled by the last one.
The silk was fed into the machine by the second, then turned into new fabric, passing through the hands of the first, and finally returned to the third, who unraveled it again and the cycle never ended.
On these fabrics were depicted scenes!
Thor, sent by the Well of Wisdom, saw the content of it!
On the cloth he saw…
Someone swung a hammer and slew the giant serpent, but unfortunately, he too died from the serpent's poison…
In the end, the Fire Giant appeared, and Asgard was swallowed by flames…
After seeing the contents of that fabric, Thor's gaze moved upward.
On another piece of cloth, a similar image appeared again.
Only with slight changes.
The man still wielded the hammer, but the opponent turned into an army of the dead, then giant wolves and giant serpents…
But the final result was the same the Fire Giant appeared, and Asgard was swallowed by flames…
Thor knew that the man wielding the hammer was himself.
The content on that fabric was Ragnarok.
All of it repeated endlessly!
A nameless flame ignited in Thor's heart, but he suppressed his rage and continued to watch.
The same beginning, only this time with a few changes.
He threw his hammer, and it was caught by a woman, it was Hela, who crushed Mjolnir with her bare hands…
Then the scene shifted to another planet, where he was captured, fighting the Hulk…
Asgard's army was slaughtered by Hela…
In the end, Loki released the Fire Giant Surtur, Asgard was engulfed in flames, and Asgard was destroyed…
Though many things had changed in the process, the end of Ragnarok never changed.
It was all a cycle.
Ragnarok had happened many times.
To Thor, who witnessed it all, words echoed in his mind.
Without his own will!
Under someone else's control!
Thor knew that his father, Odin, must have been here as well.
Precisely because he learned these secrets, the old man had been terrified for days.
"No! You must stop this!"
Thor roared at the three weaving goddesses.
But the answer was… silent contempt.
Thor's roar received no response.
Without a word, the three goddesses continued weaving the fate of the Norse gods.
And Thor's consciousness, as the Well of Wisdom once again dried up, returned to the real world.
However, Thor's consciousness had floated in the Well of Wisdom for only a short while.
For the real world…
A long time had passed.
And that was why Thor had been absent from so many major events.
...
Inside the Temple in New York.
When Thor slowly finished his story,
only then did everyone come back to their senses.
Aron expressionlessly stuffed popcorn into his mouth, fascinated.
And not just him, Gwen, Squirrel Girl, and Black Cat at the side were all entranced.
Even the Ancient One!
Even she was captivated by this legendary mythology.
They were all practically sitting on little benches,
listening to Thor's story.
"So those three old ladies are the real culprits behind Ragnarok???"
Aron: Come on, hurry up! Tell us! I can't wait to hear!, he urged.
"…"
Thor glanced around.
Fell silent.
He felt like a storyteller under a bridge.
But after a brief silence, Thor finally answered only Aron's question.
"No…"
"They're only following orders."
"The true culprit behind them is what stands behind them, the ancient gods."