Ambush

Three days later, Asgard, Rainbow Bridge.

"Hey, my friend – you should have stayed here for a few more days, you have to know that there is a lot more to Asgard that you haven't experienced!"

Thor looked at Asher and smiled, there was an obvious reluctance in his words.

For simple Thor, after becoming friends, there were no more bad memories.

The things Asher did for him on earth, they don't matter, they should be considered just games between friends, when you have a brother who has been trying to kill you since childhood, getting punched and fainting can be considered friendly games, except for embarrassment of course. .

Especially after getting along well these past few days, Thor, after drinking a few drinks, directly branded Asher as a ''good brother''.

"... Ahem, I'd love to spend a few more days in Asgard, but is it time to go back to Earth?"

Compared to Thor, Asher missed the calm that his ordinary days provide.

The Asgardians' temperament is basically close to that of the Vikings he knows - every day, except for ''glorious battles'', all that remains is ''wine and food'', in short, when they are not fighting, the Asgardians like to drink until it drops, and sometimes some evening entertainment.

If it were not for the title of divine race, with which to support this claim, Asher would see no problem in directly naming them as members of the Divine Alcoholics Anonymous society, with how much Asgardians drink, Asher cannot help but doubt that some of the strangest legends about the Norse Gods, were nothing more than stories told by a drunk Asgardian who decided to take a walk on Earth.

Furthermore, the benefits he received from Odin were sufficient, so Asher was very satisfied with his trip to Asgard.

"Asher, after returning to Earth, help me take care of Jane - this time I went back and forth in a hurry, it turned out I didn't have time to see her."

Thor didn't forget to ask Asher to help him with Dr. Foster.

Asher just agreed without saying anything, keeping his thoughts to himself, as he knew how painful a long-distance relationship could be.

After all the goodbyes were over, Asher turned his gaze to Heimdall who was at the side.

"Please, Heimdall."

"At your request my friend."

After a few simple words Heimdall inserted the sword in his hand that was the key to the Rainbow Bridge into the pedestal in front of him.

And then...

"Buzz!"

A huge beam of energy shone with a color similar to a rainbow, the crystal clear Rainbow Bridge stretched across the depths of the infinite universe.

This was the first time Asher witnessed the complete activation of the Rainbow Bridge, and for a while he could only sigh, the Asgardian Gods deserved to be feared in the universe.

He now knows that the so-called Rainbow Bridge is actually the flow of cosmic energy that circulates and permeates all of the Nine Realms, which was controlled and organized through Asgardian magic, giving rise to the creation of the Rainbow Bridge.

With the help of the flow of energy whose presence and speed is almost infinite, the Rainbow Bridge can almost instantly reach all the Nine Realms, which are originally extremely far from each other.

As Asher prepared to enter the energy flow, Thor approached.

"This time you are traveling alone across the Rainbow Bridge, be careful - do not approach the edges of the energetic flow, otherwise you may fall directly into the infinite universe."

"After all, you are still human, if you fall into space, even if Heimdall can see you, it will be difficult to save you."

At these rather ominous words from Thor, Asher rolled his eyes - human? His current body is capable of beating Thor with some ease, until he awakens his true power, Thor is doomed to lose one-on-one against Asher, and that's not even counting his Pokémon.

"See you later, Thor."

However, he didn't say much, just walked straight forward, being completely swallowed by the flowing energy.

"Boom!"

Then, a familiar feeling came, Asher's body was instantly surrounded by rainbow energy.

The colorful light around him was flowing rapidly, and Asher clearly saw the surrounding starry sky moving at an extremely fast speed – this sensation was like riding a high-speed train that accelerated at enormous speeds instantly.

But in the next moment...

"Boom!"

There was a sudden vibration on the Rainbow Bridge, which startled Asher, and in the next moment he saw that the flow of energy around him actually began to break!

"Duh!"

A crisp sound rang out, like glass breaking, the Rainbow Bridge's power completely dissipated!

"Shit, the first time I take the space express line, I end up in the middle of a cosmic transit rider?"

Asher instantly understood that he had something wrong.

It was quite obvious as the surrounding space was abnormally dark and surrounded by unknown distorted masses.

"The dimensional void?"

Asher instantly recognized where he was, this place had a very strong resemblance to the interdimensional void, which The Ancient One had shown him before.

"Sharp but imprecise."

It was at this time that Asher heard a deep voice behind him along with the sound of metal clashing.

And when he turned around, his pupils instantly shrank.

Not far away, a tall man wearing golden battle armor, with completely purple skin was watching him.

In his hand, a double-edged sword shone with a cold light.

"To be precise, this is the ''Ethereal Plane'' - here you cannot use magic to escape, this place also cannot be detected by the outside world."

"This is the best place for a Battle to the Death."

With every step the man took, a clear sound of scraping metal sounded, while Asher just watched the enemy approach.

In fact, since he came to this world, this guy in front of him has been his biggest imaginary enemy.

But he never thought he would meet him this way.

The leader of the Black Order, and Lord of the Universe - Thanos, The Mad Titan.

"Waiting for you to leave Asgard took me a long time."

Thanos walked to a stop in front of Asher, and his emotionless voice sounded deeply.

Wait?

Asher frowned, realizing the meaning of those words.

Thanos apparently didn't appear here by chance, but specifically came here to intercept him.

But then again...

"The Rainbow Bridge's security system is also very bad, if something like this can happen."

Asher gritted his teeth and muttered.

It was at this time that a second voice came from space.

"You can't say that, human."

"Odin's magic is very powerful, the speed and power of the Rainbow Bridge's energy are very difficult to block."

With a slightly smug voice, the figure of a demon appeared, it was Mephisto, Lord of Hell.

"If it weren't for a few little tricks I played when I greeted you before, I really wouldn't have been able to intercept you so easily."

In his hand, dark energy slowly circulated as if it were alive.

Asher recognized at a glance that it was the same dark energy that Mephisto used when he attacked him before.

At this point, Asher would truly be a fool if he didn't understand.

Mephisto's compliments at the time, the seemingly useless sneak attack, were only to create some kind of unknown magical mark on his body.

Asher can guess that this kind of magic must be harmless-because if there was even a little bit of damage to his body, Celebi who possessed the power of life would definitely discover that something was wrong!

And it was for such a mark that Mephisto even sacrificed a spirit of revenge.

"Don't be surprised, creating something like a Ghost Rider is troublesome, but it's nothing compared to the deal I made with Thanos."

Mephisto seemed to read Asher's thoughts, so he immediately showed a sly smile.

"I saw your soul and it is very....Very interesting....Ha ha ha ha"

At the same time as Mephisto's words ended, Thanos on the side also slowly moved his sword, preparing for battle.

"Alright, enough small talk."

The titan's voice was cold: "Asher Oaks, hand over the space jewel." "

"And as a reward - I will grant you a painless death."