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[Jotunheim Again]

After a while, under Forseti's reassurance, Hela finally temporarily forgot Udu's words and engaged in some casual gossip.

"I will go to Jotunheim next month, Forseti. Can you be my deputy commander?" Hela said suddenly.

"Of course," Forseti nodded. "Is Asgard planning to completely conquer the Frost Giants this time?"

"Yes. Laufey's eldest son, Byrest, recently strengthened for the second time and obtained second-order divine power," Hela said. "Byrest is strong and murderous, and my father thinks he should be eliminated as soon as possible."

During the War at Vanaheim, Laufey, the King of Frost Giants, disappeared and hasn't been heard from since.

But Laufey's wife, Fabti, holding the Coffin of Frozen Winter, and with the advantage of Jotunheim's terrain, is still a formidable powerhouse in the Nine Realms.

Therefore, among the Nine Realms, the Frost Giants remain Asgard's greatest enemy, or the only enemy worthy of attention.

Only by completely defeating the Frost Giants of Jotunheim can Asgard truly become the suzerain state of the Nine Realms and the upper state of the Celestial Empire.

When he got home, Forseti first looked at the crystal bottle containing the Venom symbiote.

When it saw Forseti, the Venom symbiote, which had been lying quietly in the bottle, immediately became agitated, bouncing around, causing the crystal bottle to shake.

It's not without reason that Venom is so cranky.

Initially, Venom proposed to Forseti that it hoped to be fed once every three days, a meal of holy light each time.

However, Forseti soon discovered that Venom could actually go without food for longer periods, so the feeding frequency decreased, resulting in it being fed only once every time Forseti returned from the moon. This made Venom very agitated.

Forseti opened the bottle, and the holy light lit up in his hand, signaling Venom to come out and eat.

But Venom didn't come out. Instead, it stayed close to the bottom of the bottle, looking stubborn as if saying, "Even if I die, I won't eat a bite of your holy light in this dead bottle."

Forseti shook the bottle, but Venom remained unmoved.

The two sides were deadlocked for a while.

Forseti thought for a moment and simply picked up the bottle cap, ready to close the crystal bottle again.

Venom saw this and stopped its wriggling.

Then, just as Forseti was about to close the crystal bottle, Venom suddenly gave up all its dignity, hurriedly emerged, and climbed onto Forseti's hand.

Forseti smiled, the holy light lit up again in his hand, and he fed the Venom.

"Can you feed me more in the future, or let me eat?" Venom said carefully while consuming the holy light. "I'm actually very powerful and can help you a lot."

"Like what?" Forseti asked.

"Like, um..." Venom was lost in thought.

"You can give the Kree superpowers, but I'm not a Kree," Forseti said.

"Asgardians can also gain more power through symbiosis with me," Venom said. "This has nothing to do with race, only the degree of compatibility. The higher the compatibility between the symbiote and the host, the greater the power that can be unleashed."

"How do we determine compatibility?"

"We're doing fine," Venom said.

Forseti asked again, "In terms of compatibility, where do I rank compared to your previous host?"

"Second."

"How many hosts have you had in total?"

"Uh... two."

Forseti was silent for a while.

Venom continued, "On the symbiote's home planet Klyntar, we don't need to symbiotically bond with other creatures. Only when we leave the home planet do we need to find a host. I used to live on Klyntar until I was captured by the Kree."

"Although there aren't many hosts for comparison, at least you and your body don't have a strong rejection reaction. This way, I can make you stronger and even help you recover from fatal injuries."

"But you are afraid of fire, and I have flame-based powers," Forseti said, igniting a few flames, startling Venom.

Although Forseti had kept Venom for several years, he had never used it in battle due to its fear of fire.

While Venom could greatly enhance his physical strength and self-healing abilities, its fear of fire meant Forseti couldn't use flame-based attacks without Venom retreating.

After a while, Forseti suddenly asked, "Can you transfer the holy light to me?"

"Yes," Venom said, "but you need to prepare more holy light in advance. I can return at most half of the holy light you send to me."

"Then let me see how much holy light you can store," Forseti said, then released the holy light from his hand and poured it into Venom.

Venom, which had been living near the food and clothing line for all these years, felt like it was experiencing a long-awaited rain.

After a while.

"Enough, enough... I can't hold any more," Venom said quickly.

Forseti stopped the holy light infusion, and his mana was less than 20% at this point.

According to Venom, it could deliver half of the holy light in reverse. With Venom's help, Forseti could have an extra 40% of his magical power in battle.

Considering the increase in physical strength with Venom, fighting symbiotically seemed like a good idea.

If he needed to use flame-based powers, he could let Venom leave temporarily, and it shouldn't cause any delays.

Forseti thought for a while and said, "I'm going to fight in Jotunheim next month. You can come with me, and I'll see your power."

"Where is Jotunheim?" Venom couldn't help asking.

"Home of the Frost Giants."

"Sounds like a cold place, yes, I like it."

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Forseti went to Hadiya's blacksmith shop and asked, "Mr. Hadiya, is what I requested ready?"

"Yes," the blacksmith Hadiya smiled and brought out a small silver round box.

Forseti took the small round box and inspected it, twisting it repeatedly. Following his movements, the opening of the round box opened and closed smoothly, leaving no gaps when closed.

"Excellent. How much?" Forseti nodded.

"This kind of gadget isn't worth much. I'll give it to you," Hadiya said.

Although Hadiya repeatedly insisted on no payment, Forseti paid before leaving.

When he got home, he opened the crystal bottle containing Venom, placed the round box at the bottle's mouth, and said, "Come in, Eddie. This is a new home for you."

Venom emerged from the bottle and entered the round box.

The round box was small, but Venom's body was flexible, allowing it to slip through easily.

Forseti locked the round box on one side of his waist, placing another on the side of his weapon, both within easy reach.

Then, with a twist, the round box opened, and Venom poured out, spreading over his body, turning Forseti into a golden symbiotic warrior.

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