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This kind of game between higher levels isn't just about lives, morality, or simple decisions. The boundaries being crossed might include the fates of entire countries—or stretch across thousands, even tens of thousands of years into the future.

Only now did Natasha truly realize it. Her perspective had suddenly expanded, and she understood how limiting a narrow mindset could be.

Although she still had some lingering doubts, she couldn't help but take a deep breath as she imagined the three-way game between Leon, Odin, and the Ancient One. It was terrifying.

Now, she finally understood why beings like them were called God and Sky Father.

Decisions that seemed incomprehensible, even cruel, to ordinary people took on an entirely different meaning at this level. Too many thoughts lay beneath the surface—thoughts that defied description.

For example, Loki had openly declared war between Asgard and Muspelheim. Odin knew exactly what Loki was trying to do, yet he stood by and allowed him to seize the Eternal Flame and plunder untold riches.

Loki had chosen to free Surtur, igniting a war between Muspelheim and Asgard.

Because of that decision, thousands of Asgardian warriors had died.

And that was with the intervention of Natasha and Wanda. Had they not participated, the death toll would have been even higher.

Odin allowed the war to begin.

To an outsider, that decision seemed utterly cold-blooded. But for Odin, the All-Father—the ruler of Asgard—it was the only logical choice.