Ryuuto had Thor by the throat. Not metaphorically. Literally. One hand locked around the God of Thunder's neck like he was grabbing a misbehaving rooster.
Thor's face went crimson as he choked out, "M-Malekith! A little help…!"
His voice cracked. Understandable. Dying tends to do that.
"What a mess," Ryuuto muttered, tightening his grip. "I just got here and you're already calling for your mom."
Shion yawned into his mind.
[Host, could you maybe not choke out the blond himbo? He's expensive to respawn.]
"Funny," Ryuuto whispered back. "I wasn't planning to kill him. Yet."
Malekith panicked instantly. He hadn't expected anyone to manhandle Thor like a misbehaving puppy. Their big plan evaporated the moment Ryuuto crashed in.
"Everyone, ATTACK!" Malekith screamed, hurling a sphere of dark energy so dense it made spacetime hiccup.
Dark Elves. Asgardian soldiers. Every combatant within shouting distance surged forward to turn Ryuuto into a smear on the ground.
Ryuuto sighed as Thor tried raising Mjolnir for a heroic counterstrike.
"Nope."
He flung Thor like a trash bag at recycling day. The god crashed into a squad of Asgardians, bowling them over and carving a crater into the enchanted ground.
Even Malekith froze mid-charge, digging his heels into the floor.
Because Ryuuto… vanished.
"Master, up here."
Ryuuto dropped from the sky like a divine punishment. His fist smashed into Malekith, cratering him into the earth and blowing apart the dark energy orbs the Dark Elf had been charging.
The backlash tore Malekith bloody. Half his strength evaporated in an instant.
"Tsk. Paper villain," Ryuuto said, brushing off his knuckles.
He turned his gaze on the battlefield. Every Dark Elf and Asgardian soldier instinctively backed up like a tide retreating from a tsunami.
Too slow.
Ryuuto blurred forward, fists and sand swirling in violent arcs. Screams echoed. Bodies flew. The battlefield turned into a red-stained nightmare.
Shion clicked her tongue.
[Host, you're turning this place into a horror movie. Try to pace yourself.]
"Then tell them to stop exploding when I tap them."
Thor snapped back to his senses as his elites dropped like wheat. "All units, FIRE! Full bombardment!"
Battleships screamed overhead, cannons igniting the air with blinding beams. Dark Elves unleashed their strongest spells, black magic boiling outward in crushing waves.
Through the chaos, Ryuuto walked forward as if out for a morning jog.
Seventh Gate wide open. Muscles burning. Aura warping the air.
Every beam bent around him. Every blast ricocheted off his skin.
"He's rushing the warship!" an Asgardian pilot shouted.
"Let him! We'll vaporize him first!"
They did not.
Ryuuto leapt once, the world blurring beneath him.
His heel connected with the hull.
BOOM.
The entire battleship blew apart into a fireball and rained molten debris across the battlefield.
Everyone stared. No one breathed.
Malekith whispered, trembling, "What… what kind of monster…?"
A flaming chunk of the ship spun toward him.
He barely dodged. Barely.
"Thor! Stop him! We'll lose everyone!"
Thor's eyes went bloodshot. Watching his army crumble under one boy's fists crushed something in him.
"No more!" he roared. "For Asgard, I condemn you—"
"Can you shut up?" Ryuuto cut in. "You yell like a broken megaphone."
He downed multiple healing potions in one go, aura flaring black and furious. Crackling chakra spilled off him like stormfire.
Thor responded by calling every bolt of lightning he could reach into Mjolnir. Sparks tore the air. Divine thunder shrieked.
They met in the center of the battlefield.
A shockwave split the ground.
And under Malekith's wide, horrified stare…
Ryuuto punched Mjolnir out of Thor's hands.
The god froze. His eyes went empty.
"This… impossible… I am the God of Thunder… I cannot lose to a child…"
Ryuuto shrugged. "Cry about it."
Then he spin-kicked Thor squarely in the holy jewels.
The god let out a strangled squeal and collapsed, curling like a dying shrimp.
"Stay down. Don't make me feel guilty," Ryuuto muttered.
Thor did not argue. Mostly because he was unconscious.
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