Technomancer in MCU #120.2

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Chapter 120.2

Technomancer in MCU

Asgard

In the meanwhile, As Alfred was conducting the ritual, the force stationed outside had gotten nervous because of the sheer pressure that Ed's soul was exerting on Asgard. Then the leading commanders, Frank and Daisy had done something that created a curtain of blue light around the Palace, significantly reducing the pressure that the troops were feeling.

The atmosphere was tense in the area in front of and around the palace. All above the palace, the ships had been aligned in formation so that when the time came, it would be easy to target Hela once she broke out of her prison. 

Before going to the ritual room, Alfred had cast a space-sealing matrix on the entire landmass of Asgard which was being sustained by the combined energy outp[ut of the ships floating in the air. The reason for that was that the efficiency ratio of converting electricity to neutral dimensional energy was very bad. The ships sustained those runes which left only a single spot for Hela to emerge from.

The front of the observatory was closed down because of the emergency that was declared by Odin. Heimdall, along with his sword was safe because Heimdall had been armed with another sword and armour, making him indistinguishable from regular soldiers, and his sword, Hofund, had long since been transported to New Asgard on Earth along with the families of all the soldiers and all the civilian population during the evacuation procedure. Most of the dangerous items Odin had collected in his vault had also been safely transported to New Asgard save for a few items that would prove to be essential for Asgard's assured destruction. New Asgard, back on Earth, had been safely locked and loaded as a one-time spatial shield was activated using a precious relic that Kamar Taj lent to Ed only this once. That shield would prevent all forms of teleportation not powered directly by the Space Stone, ergo, all forms of teleportation. At this point, only Alfred would be able to open the shield as he was in the possession of the Space Stone.

Frank, Daisy, Thor, Loki, and Dr.Banner stood at the forefront or rather, floated on top of a platform and stood at the front of the army, waiting at the end of the bridge that connected the Observatory to Asgard. There were multiple units waiting behind them, all informed about the danger that was coming and how they were supposed to defeat them. Alfred had uploaded docs on the best possible strategies and how someone's power could amplify others. He had given Frank and DAisy all possible things they could do. IT was up to them what to choose and what to discard. In that situation, Frank and Daisy had chosen to do the wise thing and called upon Asgard's military generals to discuss the strategy more thoroughly. Since they were short on time, they asked them about their soldier's best qualities and prepared their own units for that.

Of course, the chance of their respective troops colliding was very low because they were not supposed to attack Hela all at once. No, that would end up killing her faster, increasing her integration with Asgard, which in turn, made her stronger. No, their prime goal was to slow down Hela and hold her there.

If Alfred had been there, he could have easily stripped her of her magical powers and held her hostage even if she had been connected to Asgard. It wouldn't have mattered that she was stronger than Alfred. It was only a matter of skill and when it came to mystical skill, there were few alive who could match him. He would have stripped her of her powers in an instant, leaving her powerless as her skillset was never really magic-heavy anyway, at least not magic that she was not born with.

Kamar Taj, back on Earth, was also on lockdown mode as the Sorcerer Supreme had left them or rather, Wong only a single note which read "Wait for me. Be back in a jiffy." Understandably, this left the Masters of the Kamar Taj flustered as without their undoubtedly powerful leader, they would be sitting ducks in case an attack from their strongest enemies occurred. And yet, when they tried to set out to find their leader, barriers sprung forth across all the properties of Kamar Taj, including the Sanctums. The barriers were made from energy that nobody in Kamar Taj had ever seen. It stopped the Masters from leaving at all from the premises. Even the sling rings didn't work. Leaving them trapped. The only good thing was that the Sanctums would be safe from attacks because even the strongest of the relics was unable to leave even a scratch on the barriers. Thus, Master Wong, the highest ranking Master at the moment, ordered everyone to return back to their duties and convened a meeting of the remaining Masters and told them to return to their respective Sanctums and resume their duties since the doorways connecting all of the Sanctums continued to function despite them being the easiest ones to shut down.

In the pocket dimension that Alfred had taken Jane and Strange for training, Jane was currently in the middle of a meditation battle with Stephen Strange. Alfred's clone had since collapsed and left them with only a single final test: "Get out before the dimension collapses". Yes, Alfred had left with the time stone and since then, the dimension had borne the brunt of the time dilation, reducing its integrity. It was only a matter of time before the dimension collapsed on them and as mighty as they had become in their three years of training, they would still die or be lost to the void without any way of going back. Thus, Strange and JAne had joined hands for the first time in their time in the dimension to combine their powers and leave that place. Jane's powers would have helped a lot but the Reality Stone's powers were considerably weakened once they were taken out of the home universe and her powers in particular were weakened by the seal that Alfred had placed on it, allowing him to draw on its powers without needing Jane's consent. Strange had figured out a way to ping one of the things that he loved the most, the watch that Christine had gifted him. It was still in one of the rooms in Kamar Taj and he had confidence that he could use that connection to forge a path back home. It was just that he needed Jane's innate Asgardian internal energy to power that spell because her energy was just that much denser than his own.

Meanwhile, back in Asgard, Thor, and Loki were engaged in a discussion about the sudden breaking of the prison that held their elder sister. They were aware of Hela's existence and her eventual return but they were not yet aware of Odin's death which would be the prelude to Hela arriving on Asgard. Frank and Daisy were aware but the decision to withhold that information had been taken by Frank because he did not want Thor or Loki to head inside the ritual room to try and stop it. Odin had also agreed to this because he was aware that his death was nearing anyway, at least this way, he would be able to do something before dying instead of rotting away in a bed, powerless to do anything about his regrets. In the middle of their discussion, however, Thor jolted as if he had been physically struck in the stomach. Loki's confusion turned to shock as Thor turned back to the Palace with tears in his eyes and a sad resigned look on his face. Before Loki could ask anything about that, he jolted as well as his magical senses were bombarded with vast amounts of death energy. He snapped his gaze to the observatory only to see a green portal opening which seemed to eat even the surrounding light as the decorations at the gate of the observatory began withering away from the sheer aura of the portal. Through that portal, came the zombie-looking face of Hela, The Goddess of Death who was looking at the assembled army with a smirk on her face, as if the gathered forces were not enough for her.

"Finally kicked the bucket, did we? Such a shame," HEla muttered but it was heard by everyone in the arm. Thunder rumbled all over Asgard as Thor's energy churned at the blatant insult to his father.

"Now then, let's get started, shall we?" Hela spoke softly yet the impact was felt all over Asgard as she spread her arms and spread her necromantic energy all over the surroundings. Everybody in the army looked around as to what was going to happen but it was Daisy who pointed at the ocean and shouted for everyone, "Watch out!"

Everybody leaped off the floating platform that they were standing on as a spike filled with death energy stabbed through it. As the leaders of the army floated up in the air because of the armour that was gifted to them, they watched in horror as the water surrounding the observatory began churning, creating disturbances on the surface of the water. Soon, thousands of skeletons, filled with the same death energy began swimming towards the surface of the bridge and even to the coast. All of the soldiers watched in mute horror as huge abominations rose from underneath the bridge, reminiscent of the Fire Giants that they had seen in Muspelheim. Two particularly large giants rose from the two sides of Hela and crossed their arms, standing guard for Hela. Hela watched on as an unending stream of skeletal warriors rose from the waters surrounding Asgard and headed straight towards the allied army.

"For Asgard!" It was the moment the first skeletal soldier had touched the coast that somebody shouted the signature slogan of the Asgardian Army and headed straight to the incoming horde of skeletal soldiers.

"For Asgard!"

"For Asgard!"

"For Asgard!"

The fight between Hela and the defenders of Asgard had begun. All they had in mind was to stop Hela for as long as they could before Hela figures out that there was something going on in the ritual room and tries to stop it.

Word Count - 1751

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