Thwip! Thwip! Thwip!
The moment Loki went down, the woman flicked out three more neurotoxin discs.
Targets: Leon, Tony, and Thor.
Thor, gripping Mjolnir, lightning crackling around him, reacted instantly.
Learning from Loki's mistake, he unleashed a sharp EMP burst—a technique he'd picked up from Leon.
The electromagnetic pulse fried the discs' internal circuitry before they even got close.
They dropped uselessly to the ground.
Leon blinked.
"You've mastered that already?"
Thor shrugged. "I've been practicing. It's… usable."
The EMP didn't raise his ceiling—but it refined his control over lightning, making his power more precise.
Leon, watching, suddenly remembered—
His own Storm Template granted plasma manipulation.
Technically a lower-tier variant of Tony's magnetokinesis.
Maybe he should… consult Stark sometime.
Meanwhile, Tony had already picked up the three disabled discs.
Valkyrie—Scrapper 142—recognized Mjolnir instantly.
Seeing her attack fail, she moved to retreat toward her ship.
Leon raised a hand.
Invisible telekinesis pinned her midair.
Tony glanced sideways while dismantling and reassembling the discs.
"I've been meaning to ask. The giant lizard transformation and telekinesis—where exactly did those come from?"
"Long story," Leon replied smoothly. "Arcee's preparing The Homelander III. You'll get the origin story there."
Tony sighed. "Sure. Can't wait."
He was long past questioning Leon's unreasonable power spikes.
A moment later—
Snap.
The three modified discs fused into a single neurotoxin collar, which Tony magnetically snapped around Valkyrie's neck.
Leon released her.
She dropped back into the junk heap, scrambled up, and bolted for her toad-shaped ship.
She jumped inside—
"J.A.R.V.I.S.."
Tony didn't even raise his voice.
Zzzzzzt—
She spasmed and fell back out.
"Damn it!"
Loki, now freed from his own obedience disc thanks to Thor, stormed forward, humiliated.
"You dare lay hands on a god?!"
He drew Lion's Fangs, ready to carve her in half—
Two fingers caught the blade's tip.
Leon.
"Hold on. Didn't you notice something?"
He gestured.
Valkyrie was pulled forward again.
Leon tore back the leather guard on her right arm.
A rune.
The crest of the Valkyrior—Odin's elite warriors.
Thor froze.
"Oh. My. God."
"You're a Valkyrie?!"
"That was Father's finest legion!"
He looked like a kid meeting his childhood hero.
"You know, when I was young, I always wanted to be a Valkyrie!"
Leon released her jaw control.
She glanced pointedly at Thor's lower half.
"So you're saying you're secretly a woman?"
Loki nearly choked holding in laughter.
Thor glared at him.
"No! I meant—I admired you! I didn't know they were all women at first!"
"I'm Thor. Son of Odin. What's your name?"
"Odin's son?"
She studied him. Didn't contradict him.
"Valkyrie."
"That's the unit name. I'm asking your name. And the others? If Father knew you survived—"
"There are no others."
Her voice went flat.
"I abandoned my old name. Valkyrie is enough."
Loki's blade hovered threateningly at her throat, ensuring cooperation.
Thor's unease deepened.
"What do you mean 'no others'?"
Before she could answer—
A roar of engines.
Dozens of Sakaaran fighters swept overhead.
"Outsiders! Release Scrapper 142! As an employee of the Grandmaster, she is not under your jurisdiction!"
Thor ignored them, eyes fixed on Valkyrie.
"Explain."
She laughed bitterly.
"Pitiful."
For Odin's throne, the Valkyrior had bled nearly to extinction.
Their names erased.
Their graves unmarked.
And Odin's son stood here—ignorant.
The loudspeaker repeated its warning.
"Outsiders—"
Thor finally snapped.
"Shut. Up."
Mjolnir launched skyward—
BOOM!
The broadcasting fighter detonated into raining scrap.
The rest immediately shifted to attack formation.
"Hostile engagement authorized!"
Leon pinched the bridge of his nose—
Barely hiding a grin.
He had originally planned a diplomatic infiltration.
Win the Grandmaster slowly.
Seize Sakaar's control—and that theoretical cyber-artifact capable of deleting Thanos in one move.
Well.
So much for that.
No need to overthink it now.
Time to go loud.
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