Nine Realms

"The King of the Gods, Odin, Thor… they were all divine figures from myth and legend. Did they really exist in this world?!"

Kyle exclaimed, his handsome face filled with shock.

"You are the first human in all of history to enter Asgard. Of course, aside from those of Asgard, there are not many races in the universe capable of setting foot here."

Thor gazed calmly at Kyle and smiled. "Through Asgard’s Bifrost, we can travel instantly to every corner of the Nine Realms."

Kyle’s heart stirred slightly. Thor referred to the universe as the "Nine Realms," a term that was somewhat thought-provoking.

The Nine Realms, also known as the Nine Kingdoms, represented the territory Odin had led Asgard to conquer and reclaim over hundreds of thousands of years. They encompassed more than half the universe, including the Milky Way Galaxy.

The universe was essentially divided into these nine star domains: Asgard, the Human World, the Fire Giant World, the Frost Giant World, the Dark Elf World, the Undead World, the Dwarves’ World, the Light Elf World, and the Wise Man’s Homeland World.

The Milky Way Galaxy, including Earth, was merely an exceedingly tiny part of the Human World!

Though the nine star domains existed within the same universe, Spatial Barriers lay between them. Ordinary spacecraft could not travel back and forth between different domains; one could only do so through methods such as the Bifrost, Space Wormholes, and Space Jumps.

Under normal circumstances, Asgard, which ruled the Nine Realms, did not interfere with the internal wars between civilizations and races within the star domains. Only when a race from one realm crossed over to invade another would Asgard lead its army to suppress them.

For example, several hundred years ago, the beings of the Frost Giant World invaded Earth in the Human World. That was a bottom line Odin could not tolerate!

Thor walked ahead, leading Kyle halfway across the Bifrost when the sound of hooves came from ahead. A bearded man in silver armor charged toward them on horseback.

The tall, sturdy white horse stopped roughly five meters before them. The bearded man nimbly dismounted, his armor clanking in the faint light, then respectfully dropped to one knee before Thor. "Your Highness, you have returned!"

"Mm." Thor answered, then turned to introduce the bearded man to Kyle. "This is my Deputy God General, Fielder."

Fielder proudly lifted his head. His ruggedness was even more pronounced than Thor’s, his thick black beard weathered and ancient-looking, while intense killing intent and divine power filled his body.

Divine power?

Kyle nodded in greeting, and with a thought, the cards on Fielder’s body immediately surfaced.

Aside from several hundred white and green Ability Cards, one blue Ability Card stood out in particular, representing his race’s primary genetic ability.

Asgardian Gene: The racial gene of ordinary Asgardian citizens. Rare blue Ability Card.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the earliest group of humans in the Human World had been relocated by Odin to live in Asgard. Their evolution far surpassed that of humans, and they had broken away from the original human race to become an independent new race.

Their strength, speed, physique, vitality, and natural lifespan were five times those of ordinary humans. They possessed extraordinary resistance to physical strikes and elemental damage, as well as a certain affinity for divine power and magic.

"Interesting." Kyle’s eyes lit up slightly. The physical genes of ordinary Asgardians were not much different from those of Super Soldiers.

The important question was this: they clearly were not of the God Race, so why did they possess such dense divine power? Like the soldiers he had encountered earlier on the Ancient Battlefield, they too bore obvious traces of divine power.

It’s borrowed divine power. Does Odin have some way of granting others divine power enhancements?

Kyle pondered inwardly. Both he and Thor possessed complete God Race Genes. They could produce divine power at any time and controlled it with ease, so Kyle had kept his divine power hidden within his body. Even Thor had yet to discover that he too belonged to the God Race.

Deputy General Fielder was different. The divine power on his body was far too obvious, as if it had merely been smeared onto him. Once it was consumed, he could not generate more on his own.

"This is Kyle, a human from Earth. He just saved my life."

Thor introduced Kyle to Fielder. Upon hearing the first half, Fielder looked disdainful and unconcerned. But upon hearing the latter half, he stared at Kyle in disbelief. "A mere human saved His Highness Thor?"

Faced with the doubt, Thor nodded again and patted Kyle on the shoulder. "Do not underestimate him because he is human. His courage is no less than that of the warriors in our army."

Fielder still seemed unconvinced, but then he appeared to recall something and quickly reported, "Your Highness. His Majesty is looking for you right now. He specifically sent me to notify you to proceed to the palace at once."

"Father King is looking for me? Why didn’t you say so sooner?!"

Thor was greatly startled. Clutching Mjolnir, he rose into the air and instructed Fielder from above, "Deputy General, Kyle is my honored guest. Take him around Asgard first. Once I obtain Father King’s permission, I will use the Bifrost to send him back to Earth."

Before he had even finished speaking, his red cape snapped in the wind as Thor rapidly flew toward the Golden Palace at the highest point.

"This deputy general obeys." Fielder accepted the order with slight helplessness. Rising from the ground, he looked at the silent Kyle ahead of him and gestured. "This way, please."

"Then I’ll trouble you." Kyle smiled calmly and followed Fielder from the rainbow bridge toward the Golden City, where Asgard’s residents lived.

Upon entering the Golden City, Kyle found it even more peaceful and tranquil than he had imagined. Along the way, soldiers clad in silver armor and armed with silver spears quietly stood guard and patrolled.

On the bustling streets lined with buildings, most civilians, both men and women, wore old-fashioned robes. Their faces bore gentle, happy smiles.

As the place that ruled the Nine Realms, Asgard had not been touched by war for tens of thousands of years. It was a paradise beyond the universe.

Yet as Fielder passed through the streets, the residents cast curious gazes at Kyle beside him. There were only tens of thousands of Asgardian civilians, so they were exceptionally sensitive to unfamiliar outsiders—especially one like Kyle, dressed so oddly in a leather jacket and jeans.

"You are the first human to enter Asgard. That is the highest honor. If you can return to your home planet, it will be enough for you to brag about for the rest of your life."

Fielder’s tone carried a trace of mockery. He truly had little regard for the weak human race.

Kyle did not mind. He swept his gaze around and asked, "Asgard does not seem to pursue technological advancement. Do you only use cold weapons when conquering foreign battlefields?"

"Firearms are things only weak creatures need to rely on."

Fielder snorted disdainfully and declared proudly, "We Asgardians are born with superior physiques. With refined weapons and the blessing of divine power, we are invincible against any enemy force!"

"Impressive." Kyle gave him a thumbs-up, making Fielder swell with even more pride. Secretly, however, Kyle and Visi were investigating the composition and structure of Asgard’s forces.

Every Asgardian Soldier possessed a physique close to Captain America’s. Add in semi-divine artifacts comparable to a vibranium shield, along with great gods such as Odin and Thor, and they truly were not an existence that any ordinary racial force could oppose.

Unfortunately, they were complacent, looked down on technological progress and other races, and forever relied on borrowed divine power. Once they lost Odin’s protection in the future, their decline after Ragnarok would be inevitable.

This chapter contained a great deal of refined information and fit the settings of the Marvel films very well.

After reading this chapter, one should be able to roughly understand how the Thor series and the Avengers series were integrated.