Chapter 367 Malekith: We've been tricked, turn around!
Chapter 367 Malekith: We've been tricked, turn around!
Seeing Strange fall silent, Toby stopped joking and said seriously:
"Alright, let's get down to business. Where are Kaecilius and those human traitors he recruited? I'll go kill them first, then use soul searching to find the coordinates of the Dark Dimension and go there."
Strange's eyelids twitched upon hearing this: "The Ancient One told me before that you wanted to fight your way into the Dark Dimension, and I thought you were joking. Now it seems you're serious?"
"Of course, I never joke about such things. If I say I'll do Dormammu, I will definitely do it," Toby said calmly.
It was as uneventful as discussing what to eat for the next meal.
Upon hearing this, Strange's expression turned unusually serious:
"I think you'd better think this over carefully. After all, fighting Dormammu in the universe is completely different from fighting Dormammu in the Dark Dimension!"
"Entering the Dark Dimension is like entering someone else's magic circle, which is extremely disadvantageous for you, but for Dormammu, it will receive an epic boost!"
Toby glanced at him sideways: "When did you become so timid? You used to dare absorb the power of dark creatures. Has Christine's return made you weak?"
"How about I send Christine on a year-long trip to another planet, so you can regain your former unruly ways?"
Upon hearing this, Strange's body stiffened, and he shouted sternly, "If you dare do that again, I'll fight you to the death!"
Toby smiled slightly: "Isn't that settled? The difference in strength between us is so vast, yet you dared to fight me to the death. It's not even certain who's stronger between me and Dormammu. What do I have to be afraid of?"
Strange: ......
What he said made so much sense; I was speechless...
But Strange still shook his head: "When Casillas finally escaped, he used that mysterious woman's ability to tear space to get away. I've lost track of them and can't be sure where they are now..."
"The only thing that's certain is that Kaecilius said Dormammu will descend upon Earth tomorrow!"
Hearing this, Toby nodded: "Alright, it's only one more day anyway, and I'm too lazy to go find those little minions. Let's wait until Dormammu arrives tomorrow. You go back to making your little people~"
With that, Toby grabbed the two Gwens and disappeared from the spot.
This left Strange completely bewildered.
They're leaving already?
Shouldn't they gather everyone together to discuss how to deal with Dormammu tomorrow?
But then he thought about Toby's incredibly cool outfit and the six Infinity Stones embedded in his left hand, and Strange realized he was overthinking it.
With Toby's strength and this divine equipment, if he can't even defeat Dormammu, then gathering more people would just be sending them to their deaths, which would be pointless.
With that thought, Strange shrugged and opened the portal back home.
"Christine, I'm here!"
Strange went back to continue his unfinished battle.
As for Toby and the two Gwens, they naturally went home and began their battle.
After all, the two Gwens had just reached an astonishing level of physical strength. As the only instructor for the practical training, Toby had to train them properly so that they could quickly become familiar with their increased power.
As for how to train, that's none of your business!
Meanwhile, two fierce battles are raging on Earth...
Deep in space, at the original location of Klinta, a fleet of T-shaped dark warships sailed in.
Malekith, the Dark Elf King, stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows of his flagship, gazing at the desolate landscape except for meteorites floating in space, and fell into deep thought.
His assistant glanced at the instruments, then looked at Malekith: "My King, we've been traveling according to the address you sensed, and there haven't been any mistakes. But why is there nothing here? Are you sensing something wrong?"
Malekith wanted to curse.
I'm not blind, of course I can see there's nothing here. Why did you have to bring up the wrong thing?
But since he gave himself the coordinates, he couldn't very well criticize others.
Malekith closed his eyes and felt it deeply.
"That's right, there was indeed an aura of ether particles being used here, and that aura only disappeared recently. The person who possessed the ether particles was definitely here, but has now left!"
Hearing Malekith's certain tone, the large second-in-command asked again, "So where did the Aether go now?"
Malekith fell silent and sensed for a long time before he finally detected the distant, faint signal coordinates.
A coordinate they just came from!
Malekith's already dark face darkened further, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "We've been tricked! The coordinates of the Aether particle are now back within the Nine Realms, currently in Midgard!"
"Huh? That mortal kingdom?" The second-in-command was also surprised. "But how is that possible? At our ship's speed, we jumped between spatial nodes several times and it took us several days to get here. How could he have run back to Midgard in an instant!"
Malekith's eyes also showed a thoughtful expression. After a moment, his expression turned serious as he guessed a possibility:
"Then there's only one possibility: that guy not only possesses the Aether particle, but also the Cosmic Cube. Only the Cosmic Cube could traverse infinite distances in the universe in an instant!"
The second-in-command was shocked: "He has the Tesseract? But isn't that one of Asgard's most precious treasures? Could it be that the one who obtained the Aether is from Asgard?!"
Malekith nodded slightly: "That's right, I think so too. Furthermore, the Aether was originally sealed away by Asgard, so it's very possible that the one who currently possesses the Aether is also an Asgardian!"
"And this person lured us to this godforsaken place with the Tesseract, and then to Midgard, this mortal kingdom, most likely to buy time for Asgard to prepare a trap for us in Midgard!"
"Hmph, those treacherous Asgardians think they can fool me with their petty tricks, but as astute as I am, I've already seen through their scheme!"
"Boss is brilliant! Boss is a genius!" The deputy applauded respectfully.
But then, the deputy asked in confusion:
"But boss, now that we know Midgard is a trap, should we still go to Midgard to retrieve the Aether?"
"Go! Of course we'll go!" Malekith immediately affirmed, but then added, "However, we can't go as planned with a big fuss. We have to go quietly and carefully!"
"Huh? How exactly do I do it?" The deputy was clearly not quite there yet and didn't understand.
Malekith gave his not-so-bright second-in-command a deep look, then pulled a dark red crystal from his armor:
"I need you to take the Cursed Crystal, infiltrate Midgard first, find the holder of the Aether Particle, and then bring him back to me. Once I have the Aether Particle, I will be invincible. Do you dare to take on this heavy responsibility of revitalizing the fate of the Dark Elves?"
Malekith's courage and righteousness were so overwhelming that his already dim-witted lieutenant accepted the cursed crystal without a word, patting his chest and declaring, "For the glory of the Dark Elves, I am willing to die!"
Upon hearing this, Malekith's lips curled into a smile.
That big oaf is so easy to fool. Now he can get the Ether and also get a smarter deputy!
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