Chapter 704: Target— Odin''s Vault


    "You seem to dot over your women a lot. Even that Asgardian when she clearly does not need such considerations," Morgan and Nik sat on an isted seat in a nearby park while the streetmp buzzed slightly with a flickering glow.


    "Hmm? Is there a question?" Nik inquired.


    "No, there is not."


    "Then here''s one," Nik leaned back against the height of the bench, "You called Pickle a Klyntar. You must have quite a bit of knowledge about the symbiotes."


    "I..." Morgan looked a little bit distant, "I majored in identification spells under Merlin''s mentoring. Merlin, unlike the legends, was not a man that anyone should leave their daughter with. He was cruel in more ways than necessary but it was because of him that I have my current capabilities." .


    ''Um, so we are sharing our life experiences now?'' Nik looked doubtful while Morgan continued, "I came into contact with the spells rted to time using my identification spells. And once I mastered the ability to bend the flow of time, I saw them... two dragons formed from a long-forgotten realm, Living Abyss. These two were the pinnacle of darkness that Earth had seen. In some way, the era of destruction brought by these two dragons was far greater than I could ever achieve."


    ''So... that''s why she''s sad? Bested in not having the darkest reign of human history?''


    "The worst part is, these two dragons appeared long before I was born and I still couldn''t replicate their glory. Unlike your... Pickle, those two did not need to be bonded with anything. They were full. Complete. Destructive. But, one of them caught the attention of the Asgardian God Thor, who sted the ck dragon and until now, the dragon remains encapsted in ice."


    "So, no, I am not aware of the world of Klyntar, but I am knowing of the fact that these creatures are far more dangerous than the current generation can imagine and yet, without their ability to connect to the hive mind, these goops are not all that dangerous in a sense."


    "Hive mind?" Nik pushed further, slightly aware of the answer already.


    "Once Grendel, the ck dragon, was defeated, it remained in ice but the authoritative figure of the mortal world soon found the hibernating Klyntar and extracted a few portions of the living abyss. It was during the War of Vietnam when the soldiers bound with klyntar part of Grendel were let out. As you would expect, these soldiers went out of control and I took the chance to study eleven of them, realizing that every separated portion of the living abyss is a creature of its own right and its consciousness is connected to awork known as the hive mind."


    "The hive mind is where I made contact with the creator of the Klyntar race... the god of Symbiotes, in your word. As terrifying he may be, and even with his ability to control any Klyntar from the hive mind, he is still weak. Far too weak tomit anything substantial. Maybe that''s why you could sever the connection of other klyntars with the hive mind?" She looked towards Nik for answers. Seeing that she wasn''t stingy in exining stuff and even became patient with him during private moments, Nik nodded as he recalled the time when he tried to read the mind of one of the symbiotes and found himself facing that terrifying entity.


    "He called himself Knull," Nik spoke up as Morgan nodded.


    "I don''t know if it was his weakness that assisted me but severing the connection was rather simple. All I had to do was destroy their consciousnesspletely," Nik stated as Morgan frowned, "Then... those sections of Living Abyss on that mother-daughter pair..."


    "Is connected to their own consciousness," Nik replied, making Morgan''s eyebrows rise as she nced towards Nik, slightly impressed.


    "Then what about the one bonded to you. That one seemed rather lively," She looked to her left as Nik whispered, "She''s special. And Loki is here, too, so we''ll talkter."


    As expected, apanied by a golden glow, Loki appeared with a mboyant smile on her face and her dress a bit tighter than usual. Unlike Morgan, Loki had fairer skin and more mischievous features than the somber-looking and stoic Morgan.


    "She cannot see or feel my existence. Don''t react to my words. When she will teach you her Sorcery, I will inspect if she is even teaching you sincerely, as a form of my own sincerity. Then, we will discuss my coboration with you," Morgan continued to sit while without any change in expression, Nik stood up and grinned, "You''re here."


    "Hmm," Loki leaned forward while sniffing deeply, "I feel quitecking... was I not good enough that you smell of different women every night we meet?" This was her usual greeting but even when acting like a pervert, Loki made Nik feel as if he was a pervert.


    "And you... showered beforeing here," Nik shrugged, "Oh, before we begin, I want to change the terms of our agreement slightly."


    Loki''s expression fell slightly. Nik still detained her Chitauri scepter but now, Nik had proven to be an integral part of her n in conquering Asgard. She especially needed his ability to seduce even goddesses to be put into good use.


    "What is it?" She inquired as Nik sat down and patted the area next to him.


    Taking a seat quietly, she waited for Nik to continue.


    "It''s just that my interest in Kamar-Taj has waned quite a bit. This does take away my incentive to assist you and even if you are teaching me a lot about the general concept of spells, let''s face it, I was already able to slightly manipte time while the lessons itself number to three."


    To Nik''s words, Loki furrowed her brows and inquired slightly, "And? What do you want now?"


    "That''s the thing. You won''t reveal the treasures of Asgard and I don''t know what should I get in return, which makes this entire process a moot point," Nik smiled as Loki stirred up with a smile, "I would say that Asgard has never seen a treasure as valuable as me."


    Morgan and Nik both looked at Loki. However, their reactions were the opposite. While a scowl emerged over the usually stoic Dark Sorceress, Nik only smiled and chuckled brightly.


    "You? A treasure? Some treasure you are, making ns to overthrow the current rule and being an adoptive prince and all that," Nik snickered but Loki''s eyes turned slightly cold as she sneered.


    However, Nik only continued, "I know someone who is capable of being royalty. They need ambition. In fact, even for a few seconds, I did help a woman kill her father so that she can be the next queen but you know what, Loki, forgive me for saying this, but you''re probably trying to be a... queen just to stick it up to your family''s butt."


    Loki''s mood soured as she leaned back, "Yeah, right. Like such an event won''t be spread all over the news. Anyway, you wouldn''t be able to handle me even if I did give you"


    "I did handle you," Nik interjected as Loki''s scowl grew deeper, "I am willing to share a few items from my father''s fond treasury."


    "Asgardian treasury... Odin''s Vault," Meanwhile, Morgan informed Nik, making the apostle wonder however did the woman even get to know so many things.


    "Your father''s treasury?" Nik wondered if it was really worth it. ''Well, let''s see. Seeing Thor and Ang... even when only considering Ang and her rapidly improving physique in terms of devouring spirit beasts, it is easy to see that she could reach the level of rank 5 at the very least but... her bloodline is extremely strange. It has the unlocking potential of five shackles which means that the highest this bloodline has ever reached is rank 6... then, a treasury belonging to an apparent Rank 6 god...'' Nik recalled the auction where he met Adapt.


    He remembered how ''varied'' all the possible rank six and greater hosts looked. He had even seen Khooni in the front row for the first time in that very auction.


    Loki and Morgan both looked towards Nik while he gazed at the thicket in front of him absentmindedly. He also wanted to divert his attention once again. If Strange doesn''t have a library, then he does have a collection of extremely potent trinkets, the Eye of Agamotto being the prime example. But the reality of the situation was that he was trying to overestimate his own worth.


    And he knew that.


    Strange has always treated him with courtesy because he was different and clearly neutral. He helped Strange with Garuk and in return, got ess to the entire spell library of Kamar-Taj avable to the disciples of magic. ''Should I really step on his toes? I also need to confirm if Felicia''s theft will now trace back to him or not... But, the Supremes have a method to unshackle themselves. Strange and Newton have already achieved quite a bit in this aspect... meanwhile, the Transmigration Heart''s method is still to travel worlds andplete Karma. The Transmigration Paradise''s method was to support the host by making them go through a rank-up quest. That part is still a mystery to me.''


    But Nik''s major thoughts still fell on if he should burn bridges with Strange or not and finally, he decided against it. Most of the girls were still present on Earth and even in the same city. Not to mention, if he does ept Loki''s proposal, he would be offending...


    "Loki," Nik turned to the ravishing woman, "Tell me how many realms am I offending while helping you take down Asgardian force?"


    "If we seed, then none... but in failure, it depends on the progress of our n. At the very least, we risk offending... 2 realms," Loki grinned.


    Nik slightly nced towards Morgan who looked deep in thought before speaking up.


    "Loki is lying. Gods like Odin have strange, unique forces to their lineage, something, this frost giant can never understand. So, it isn''t just two realms that you both risk offending, it is the realms that solely you offend. Loki will always return to Asgard alive... of course, this is assuming that you two fail."


    "Let''s do it," Nik shrugged. For him, it''s only the difference betweenpensation and as he looked towards the cackling Loki, Nik himself couldn''t help but snicker. It helped calm his nerves to do crazy things with an equally crazy... and deceptive person.


    As for Strange, Nik felt that aggravating someone like him was not really worth it.


    "Alright," She stood up while her dark, glimmering eyes focused on Nik. "I''ve taught you the spell structure of Asgardian Sorcery and described to you the Celestials and other concepts that are alive and control the fabric of reality. From today onwards, till the Chitauri army reach earth in three weeks, we will train in temporal spells. Mind you, I''m only so adept in such spells myself."


    As Loki began, Morgan also perked up slightly while Nik started to learn the first temporal spell with a dubious heart that if his maniption was even skillful enough to seed in... well, to him, it would be quite excitable if he managed it on his first try but...


    It took Nik 13 minutes to understand that he did not have any form of talent when it came to Chronokinesis/Time Maniption even after continuous suggestions from both, Morgan and Loki.


    At least, Nik did find out that Loki was sincere in teaching him spells.


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