Lucas was quite satisfied with this lottery draw. Pulling a fragment of the Plasma Spark from the Land of Light had saved him a massive amount of growth time.
Compared to when he first arrived in Asgard, he was now at least twice as strong. That doubling was built upon his already formidable baseline. It was easy to imagine just how much his raw power had surged.
Lucas stretched his body. A series of satisfying pops and cracks echoed from his joints. He felt genuinely refreshed, both physically and mentally.
He planned to leave Asgard tomorrow. Deciding not to stay up late, he headed back to his room to rest.
The next day, Lucas went to bid farewell to Thor.
"Are you really leaving so soon? I still have so much fine wine you haven't tasted. Asgard has countless delicacies you haven't even tried yet!" Thor tried his best to make Lucas stay.
Aside from genuinely wanting to milk Lucas for more future information, Thor had actually grown to like him. They had built a solid relationship during his stay. He might have had his own little schemes, but at his core, Thor was still a grand and hospitable Asgardian prince.
"There will be other opportunities in the future," Lucas replied with a smile.
Asgard was certainly beautiful. It was a paradise of singing birds and fragrant flowers. The very air was saturated with profound magical energy. If Lucas lived here long-term, his strength would slowly increase even without training or basking in the sun.
However, it was not his home. Lucas needed to return to Earth.
Of course, his promise of "next time" was just empty politeness. Who knew if there would even be a "next time" for Asgard?
After all, Asgard's destruction was practically inevitable. That is, unless Thor could achieve an astronomical breakthrough and reach the Skyfather Level in a ridiculously short timeframe.
Otherwise, who could possibly suppress Hela when she finally broke free?
The Skyfather Level might seem like just the power ceiling for Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It looked like there were several tiers above it waiting to be explored. But in reality, even in the later stages of the timeline, it remained the absolute dividing line for cosmic powerhouses.
The comic universe was a different story entirely. Everyone there was absurdly overpowered. Any random character could casually reach the Skyfather Level. Some even breached the single-universe or multiverse tiers. Even a weakling like Deadpool had slaughtered the entire Marvel Universe at one point.
In his own comic runs, Thor had also been completely invincible. But that was the comic medium. The writers never had to worry about CGI budgets or overarching narrative coordination. Every superhero could receive ridiculously overpowered upgrades.
In the Cinematic Universe, every power had a strict limit. No matter how massive the budget was, studios could not just burn money blindly. They had to consider the return on investment.
Therefore, the Skyfather Level would remain the absolute ceiling of power for a very long time. Reaching that peak would be incredibly difficult for these superheroes.
The vast majority of them would be written out of the story long before they ever touched that ceiling. Just look at Tony Stark. Or even Thor, who experienced a massive power spike later on.
Hela's eventual death was essentially a plot kill. The narrative demanded that the prophecy of Ragnarok be fulfilled.
At first glance, her power being bound to Asgard seemed like an incredible buff. The longer she remained in the realm, the stronger she became. It looked like a formidable setup.
However, this connection also gave the otherwise flawless Goddess of Death a fatal weakness. Asgard itself. As long as Thor was ruthless enough to destroy his own home, Hela would die with it.
Without that specific weakness, Thor would never have been a match for her. Even after awakening the Odinforce and realizing the true source of his power, the gap between them was just too massive.
Compared to a supreme conqueror like Hela, who had followed Odin to subjugate the Nine Realms, Thor was still far too green.
In short, it was impossible for Thor to catch up to Hela's power level anytime soon. He did not even have the potential to get close.
After all, not everyone was a walking cheat code like Lucas. He could grow infinitely stronger just by sunbathing. He even had a lottery system that constantly compressed his required growth time.
Truthfully, facing an unsolvable problem like Hela made even Lucas feel a headache coming on. Preventing Ragnarok seemed impossible.
Hela was bound to Asgard. While this gave her a fatal flaw, it also meant she was completely unkillable unless the realm was destroyed. As long as she stood on Asgardian soil, she drew upon a limitless well of power.
If she were easy to deal with, Odin would have eliminated her ages ago. He would never have left her alive to trigger Ragnarok in the first place.
Even if Lucas eventually reached the Skyfather Level, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat her on Asgard either. It was a literal bug in the world's established rules.
Those Fourth Wall Writers really worked overtime to come up with such an absurdly broken mechanic.
So, after much deliberation, Lucas concluded that destroying Asgard was still the most realistic solution.
Of course, there was one other possibility. Lucas could simply grow powerful enough to surpass the Skyfather Level entirely. He was highly confident in his ability to break through that ceiling.
The Skyfather Level was absolutely not the upper limit of the Kryptonian bloodline. Plus, he still had his System Lottery. God only knew what else he might pull from it.
But all of this required one crucial element. Time. He needed time to grow.
If he had transmigrated a century or two earlier, he would have nothing to fear. Aside from the omnipresent TVA, he would be able to solve every single problem by the time the main plot started.
Thanos? Curbstomped.
Hela? Curbstomped.
The Ancient One? Curbstomped.
Odin? Curbstomped.
Yes, he would absolutely demolish all of them. The Kryptonian bloodline was just that tyrannical.
As for the rest of the cast, they wouldn't even qualify to be curbstomped by him. Take the Hulk, for example. In the early stages, he seemed like a terrifying, unstoppable monster. But the moment he met Thanos, he was beaten so badly he developed deep psychological trauma.
Bruce Banner used to have to suppress his anger to avoid transforming. Later on, he actively wanted to transform, but the Hulk was too terrified to come out. He had been thoroughly subjugated. That was the reality of a massive power gap.
Unfortunately, Lucas had not arrived a century early. For now, he could only plan his steps carefully. Until he had accumulated enough absolute power, he needed to avoid crossing paths with these Skyfather-level titans at all costs.
If he caught their attention too early, it would bring endless trouble.
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