American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

Malekith, empowered by the Aether particle, returned and officially initiated the long-planned War of the Realms. The first realm to be engulfed in the flames of fanaticism was Alfheim, the land of the Light Elves.

The once peaceful and serene realm of the Light Elves was now invaded by Malekith's dark alliance.

There was no declaration.

There was no negotiation.

There was no surrender.

There was only a massacre where the strengths were unequal.

This was not a glorious battle, but it was the origin of the complete opening of the curtain for the War of the Realms. Taking advantage of the special timing of the Nine Realms alignment, Malekith, after destroying and polluting all energy products belonging to the Light Elves in Alfheim, used the power of the Aether particle to bring eternal night to it.

The dark army ravaged the Light Elves' territory for more than ten days before advancing towards the next realm, leaving the fortunate survivors of Alfheim with intense hatred and a desire for revenge, licking their wounds while gathering strength to prepare for retribution.

Next was Vanaheim, the home of the Vanir, who, like the Asgardians, called themselves gods. They possessed powerful divine powers that were not inferior to those of Asgard, but in the face of the powerful dark alliance, the Vanir only resisted for a little longer than the Light Elves, inflicting slightly more casualties on Malekith and his forces.

The result remained the same.

They failed to stop Malekith's advance. Malekith, who had retrieved the Aether particle, possessed miraculous and incredible power. One by one, the Vanir gods with powerful divine powers fell before the alliance, and fell at Malekith's feet.

The order of Vanaheim completely collapsed under the invaders' rampage, and the source of energy was polluted and poisoned by Malekith, which severely damaged the Vanir's divine power.

Completely destroying a powerful planet is not easy, but if it is only to destroy the creatures on the planet that depend on certain resources for survival, Malekith stated: it is not difficult. He has rich experience and preparation.

Three months later, following Alfheim, Vanaheim also declared its fall. Even more tragically, the Vanir's source of power—nature—was severely polluted and damaged. To sort out and restore it would require a long and distant period, and an almost bottomless pit of investment.

Most terrifyingly, Malekith permanently imposed eternal night on Vanaheim, which rendered Vanaheim's self-cleaning cycle system almost useless.

Successive victories made the dark alliance's momentum like a rainbow, and the successive plunging of several of the Nine Realms into eternal night also increased the power of the Dark Elves.

The Dark Alliance's actions undoubtedly stimulated Asgard as well. Odin believed that he might need to have a face-to-face pre-war meeting with Luke and Gu Yi.

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"Indeed, war is the fastest way to increase energy."

Feeling the energy that was surging crazily every moment, Luke sighed. Especially the creatures of the Nine Realms with extremely high life levels, or with certain advantages, contributed emotional energy that was simply like a turbulent river. Unfortunately, there were not many positive emotions, mostly negative emotions. The residue discharged after filtration caused the Abyss Dimension to expand once again, and become more dangerous and dark.

"You don't seem worried?" Nick's voice came from the side. He stood beside Luke with a heavy expression, looking at Luke sideways, asking tentatively.

They were currently at the Avengers Center.

That is, the two floors that Stark specifically vacated for the Avengers. One floor was used for leisure and entertainment, and the other was used for work. Since the chaos in the Nine Realms began, the Avengers team and Nick's team had been busy.

The busy included Osborne and other giant companies that had mastered certain super-powered equipment technologies. Because Odin, for the upcoming war, had to start preparing more war materials and consumables. They invested with some crude technologies, provided certain resources, and handed them over to Midgard to be responsible for manufacturing some lethal high-energy weapons.

Even Odin, who had been epic-ly strengthened by Luke, couldn't help but feel more pressure in the face of the aggressive alliance. Especially with the prophecy of Ragnarok. Everything at the moment seemed like a sign of the beginning of this prophecy.

So Odin had to find allies and reserve more war materials to resist the Dark Elf alliance for a long time. The dwarves had high-end extraordinary equipment, but consumables such as magic arrows and [grenades] that were not technologically advanced and consumed a lot could be thrown to Luke's Midgard. This not only alleviated the dwarves' manufacturing pressure, but also gave Midgard a favor, silently binding the other party to Asgard's chariot through interests.

Therefore, the giants such as Osborne Industries were ecstatic during this period. They were fed such a big piece of cake for no reason, and they were almost driven crazy. This was an order settled with the new currency! Who wouldn't covet the magical items that the new currency could buy? The cake they ate this time could at least make them, who were short of new currency, a little more affluent. After repaying the loans to Heibo Lun and S.H.I.E.L.D., there would still be some left over. Of course, the repayment period was very, very long, and there was no need to rush to repay. Including Norman Osborne, they all planned to deposit their money in the so-called energy bank.

Yes, with Mephisto's rapid expansion of business, he didn't forget Midgard and the Nine Realms. Out of respect for Gu Yi and Luke, most of the salesmen active in Midgard were humans, and they had obtained permission from Gu Yi and Luke in advance. Mephisto also needed to pay a few messy residence fees, security fees, etc. for these employees active in Midgard every month.

But it didn't matter. Gu Yi and Luke oppressed him, and he could also squeeze his employees. Therefore, under high pressure, the well-informed employees of the Energy Bank's Midgard branch smelled the scent and found Osborne and the others, peddling their business to them.

"Tony and them wouldn't ask this question," Luke replied to Nick. "The meeting is about to begin. You, a small shareholder, should also sit in."

"Small shareholder?" Nick grinned: "I think I'm just an employee."

"Don't say that, the future will be sweet," Luke patted him on the shoulder, "After all, your current identity is a shareholder, isn't it? Even if the share you occupy is tiny, it is still a recognized shareholder."

"What are we discussing? And who are the participants?" Nick was a little tired. He hated the situation where he didn't know any information until the matter was imminent, but he couldn't deal with and solve it.

"Discussing the issue of alliance. Participants? In addition to us and Master Gu Yi, the rest are the initiator of the meeting, Odin, and Mephisto, who joined halfway, saying that he has a big business to discuss," Luke said.

PS: Thanks to the reward from Silent Peak...