CHAPTER 166

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Knock.

Mighty Knock.

Mighty Knock Knock!

I blinked, opening my eyes, the sound of the door forcing my body to awake.

Sighing, I stood up, and checked on my map, to find Thor and Sif to be the ones responsible for my sudden awakening.

At least this time Thor had used the door, so that's progress.

"Brother!" Thor shouted, kicking the door away so fast, the door went past me faster than a bullet, gracing my cheek.

Forget my previous inner statement, Thor will never learn.

"Alex," Sif chuckled, waving at me, as Thor basically skipped towards me like a kid on drugs, and sight that made me shiver ever so lightly.

"So, what brings you two here?" I asked, yawning, ignoring Thor as he looked at me like a puppy waiting to be praised for something.

"Well, I wanted to see my boyfriend," Sif winked, "And Thor, wanted to see his… boy friend," she chuckled at that, laughing at her own joke.

"Very well," I chuckled.

"Enough of your flirting, you will have time to enjoy later, for now! Here!" Thor jumped in front of me, blocking my sight of Sif, basically shoving a big metal box on my face as he did so.

"What's that?" I asked.

"Open it!" Thor giggled.

I chuckled, grabbing the metal box from Thor's hand, as the God of Thunder himself took a few steps back in anticipation.

And while I had no idea what was happening, both the faces of Sif and Thor were enough of a giveaway to let me know this was a gift of sorts.

"Let's see," I muttered, looking at the box. Pure metal, all around.

Meaning, I had to break it.

With that thought in mind, I covered my hands with mana empowering my physical might, and tore the metal box apart like one would do cracking an egg, letting its contents fall into the floor of my room.

Two one-handed axes.

[Nameless Axes - Legendary Item

Material = Uru

Elemental Affinity = Thunder

Durability = N/A

Two axes crafted by no other than the King of Dwarves, Eitri, their power is unmeasurable, for they are as strong as their user. 

+500% Damage with Thunder Related Skills.]

"Look at his face!" Thor grinned, jumping up and down like a kid on a sugar rush, "I knew this was the perfect gift!"

I blinked, moving my gaze to Thor's, "This… just… wow,"

"I know, I'm amazing aren't I?" Thor's laugh boomed across my room, as I tried to grasp how to express my gratitude, I was honestly at a loss for words as I looked at Thor, and the weapons.

"What's going on?" Bucky said, walking to my room.

"Thor gifted Alex with two godly weapons," Sif replied, waving at him at he entered.

"Which means I win!" Thor barked.

"You win what?" Bucky raised his left eye brow.

"The bro contest," Thor nodded, as if Bucky was supposed to know that.

Bucky at this, looked at me, then at Thor, then back to me, then back to Thor, this continued for a few moments, until he simply turned around and said, "Ok, I'm out,"

"In your face! HA!" Thor however took this as a victory of some kind.

"Thor, I have no words," I muttered, feeling the weapons in my hands, they felt powerful, they were also very light, more light than they had any right to be, it almost felt my hands were naked, if it wasn't for the electric feeling I was feeling by holding them, I would've assumed I was dreaming in a way.

It would not be the first dream about weapons after all.

"Then don't say anything!" Thor grinned, giving me a one armed hug, using his other hand to point at my ceiling, "All you have to do is fight me with them!"

"What?" I chuckled.

"Well, I got you the axes, I got dibs in your first fight with them!" Thor nodded, as Sif shrugged in the back, like a mother saying just go with it.

"Sure, why not," I chuckled, "It would also be their first win with me,"

"HA! As if!" Thor laughed.

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[Thanos The Mad Titan POV]

The time for change was coming.

The time for salvation.

This universe needed me, I was the answer to the cosmic cry of agony that filled the universe.

Or maybe, I was the only one strong enough to heed that call, to understand the sacrifices that had to be done, to ensure the survival of the universe as a whole, the only one willing to do everything, even the greatest sin, for the sake of the universe.

"My lord," One of my most loyal servants, Ebony Maw kneeled before me.

"Any updates?" I asked, holding in my right hand, the first piece of six pieced puzzle to the universe salvation, the Mind Stone.

"None my Lord," Ebony shook his head, "I feel I have failed you, and if you so feel like it, my life is yours to take, as always has been,"

I smiled, there was no need for that, he was a loyal servant, a loyal son, but above all, a capable soldier, "No,"

"I'm not worthy of your mercy," Ebony replied.

"Don't worry about this little setback, time is what we have," I said, looking at the mind stone, "Soon, the Old King will die, and Earth will be unprotected, right now, all we have to do, is wait, after all, three of the stones are yet to be found, the reality stone, the space stone, and the soul stone, without those three, this universe won't have the release it so desperately needs,"

"Sources say the Skrull were the last ones to see the space stone, but that's so far nothing but a rumor, but one we can confirm for you, my lord," Ebony smiled.

"Do that," I nodded, "But leave the nine realms out of your search, the last thing we want is the Old King going after us," I was confident I would succeed, one day or another, but one thing was having confidence, and another was being a blind fool.

The Old King was powerful, more powerful than any other being in this universe.

I had seen his power in person, and I knew I was still not a match for him, but I also knew, his days were numbered.

And until his day came, I had no other choice but to wait.

"As you wish," Ebony nodded, before leaving the room.