American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

The entire test proceeded without any surprises. Whether it was the Matador Bracers, the Evil Spirit Necklace, or the Holy Light Bracelet, all three pieces of equipment met the qualifying standards.

After completing the subsequent complete acceptance and other procedures, Nick would naturally reduce a portion of Osborn's loan.

"I didn't expect Osborn to take the lead. I thought Tony and Dr. Banner would be the first to produce a finished product," Nick said to Luke with some emotion on the way back.

"With Tony's personality, he certainly wouldn't be satisfied with simply understanding my technology and then manufacturing it. He and Dr. Banner are probably trying to find another way, developing their own technological systems based on my technology. One is simply copying and changing the appearance, while the other is desperately tinkering with your core, creating their own new core on this basis. The difficulty of the two is different."

Luke understood Stark and Banner's current silence. The birth of a new material like Hellfire Alloy showed that Tony and his partner didn't want to follow the path of Hebron. Once they found their direction, with their talents, they would quickly catch up in terms of progress.

No one doubted this.

"He's the kind of person who can do that," Nick thought about Tony Stark's proud nature and had to nod. Asking Tony to be a mere technology replicator would probably earn him a big eye roll. At least until there was no other choice, he would definitely disdain doing so.

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"Then, how do you plan to sell the products? SHIELD might be able to meet the demand in the early stages, but later..." Nick asked Luke after sorting out his thoughts. After all, once the products were produced, there needed to be buyers. SHIELD and the military could meet and undertake some orders in the early stages, but to be prepared and expand the market, they had to consider the future.

"The market is vast. The universe is full of weapon demand markets, and some can be dumped into the dimensional world. For example, Soul Crystals?" Luke calmly analyzed, "As a material condensed and processed after the death of living beings, Soul Crystals can not only be used as materials for creating extraordinary equipment but also for trading with demons in the Hell dimension. They still like this kind of thing that can be used as food to supplement energy. As long as enough targeted products are manufactured, there will always be one that can be sold in various dimensions."

"Do you think those dimensional demon gods really have no desires? Their thirst for energy and their subordinates' thirst for power are both greedy and undisguised. Those demon gods may not lack a few artifacts, but most of their subordinates are not so wealthy. These are our future customers. If they are allowed to engage in an arms race, I think the military and your SHIELD are familiar with how to operate."

Nick didn't mind Luke's slightly teasing remark at the end. SHIELD itself wasn't a truly righteous department. Like him, in many situations and on many matters, his heart was as black as his skin. If it were Captain, whose goodness was amplified by the serum, there might be conflicts with Nick in the future regarding his style of doing things and his philosophy, but Luke? He would automatically adapt to his moral bottom line.

The sale of violent products shouldn't involve too much morality and conscience.

"The only thing you need to consider is how to change the minds of those customers who only know how to rob. Most of them have no concept of paying."

"The demons and devils of the Hell dimension are considered high-quality customers. Although they habitually like to freeload, at least they understand a little about transactions, know the concept of currency and transactions, and choose to accept it when there is no other choice. Although there will definitely be some small unpleasantness and dirty calculations in the process."

Luke gave his evaluation of those future customers in the Hell dimension.

"What about the Nine Realms?" Nick didn't want to think about customers in the Hell dimension or other dimensions for the time being. He just wanted to stabilize the market in the Nine Realms, make some money, and ease SHIELD's increasingly large loan deficit.

Admittedly, on Luke's train, both he and SHIELD, which he led, were racing along. Their internal combat power, external power, and status had all risen to an undeniable level. This was something Nick hadn't dared to imagine before.

Even the surging undercurrent hidden within had calmed down and become much more obedient under SHIELD's dramatic changes. The so-called Council's ability to restrain SHIELD was gradually decreasing, while SHIELD's importance was constantly increasing. As a three-party partner, Nick himself, representing SHIELD, even though it was the weakest and least noticeable branch in Midgard, its importance was beyond doubt. With expectations in mind, the attention and resources SHIELD received became increasingly abundant, and Nick, who had single-handedly caused this situation, even if he acted unruly and went his own way, his position was as stable as Mount Tai until a replacement that satisfied all parties was found.

"The Nine Realms have been a little turbulent recently," Luke replied softly.

"Because of what?" Nick instinctively sensed something bad from Luke's words.

"How much do you know about Asgard's enemies?" Luke didn't answer but instead asked Nick.

"I've seen some of Asgard's shared historical data. If everything on those materials is all there is, then I should know everything. But I think there may be omissions due to various reasons, right?" Nick pondered for a moment and gave his answer. SHIELD's internal agents, like the new agents in the agent academy, had an extra history course on extraterrestrial civilizations. It was currently limited to the Nine Realms, but it might be expanded in the future. With the permission of the Ancient One.

Because for many dimensions, not understanding is a kind of protection for ordinary people.

"What about the Dark Elves?" Luke asked again.

"Creatures of Svartalfheim?" Nick tried hard to recall and finally found a few words about the Dark Elves in the corner of his memory. It was really just a few words, saying that Asgard's then-King defeated the King of Svartalfheim, who wanted to destroy the Nine Realms and plunge them into eternal darkness. And the creatures living in Svartalfheim were called Dark Elves.

"Yes," Luke affirmed Nick's words.

"I remember their king and army were defeated by Asgard. It's been at least five thousand years since then," Nick looked puzzled. "Why mention the Dark Elves? Could it be that Asgard's turmoil is related to the Dark Elves?"

"Yes, that Dark Elf King has returned," Luke affirmed Nick's words again. "Recently, the situation in the Nine Realms has been unstable. Many realms have experienced rebellions and resistance. Thor has been acting as a firefighter, busy putting out fires everywhere, but the situation hasn't improved much. Asgard's Heimdall discovered the abnormality of the Dark Elves in Svartalfheim. Then King Odin went to confirm it and discovered the traces of the return of the former Dark Lord Malekith."

"How do you know this?" Nick stared at Luke with a strange expression. Although he knew that their interests were currently closely related, could this kind of information be obtained in real-time?

"Of course, it's from communication," Luke spread his hands. After all, earlier in Asgard, they had agreed on a set of follow-up process plans. As a result, both Mephisto and his side were gradually advancing the plan vigorously, but Odin, as an important combat force, had a problem. He had to remind his partners more or less.

Of course, mainly the Ancient One and Luke. As for Mephisto? Anyway, he was wholeheartedly focused on enriching the energy bank's pie and didn't need to be paid attention to in the short term.

"So, you plan to sell extraordinary equipment to Asgard in exchange for resources from the Nine Realms?" Nick asked tentatively. He felt that Luke wouldn't say these words for no reason.

"Why sell to Asgard?" Luke gave Nick a strange look. "They have the Dwarves, an extraordinary artisan race, under their command. They don't lack extraordinary equipment. As long as Odin has a need, he can pick out the corresponding materials from his treasury at any time and hand them over to the Dwarven masters to create an artifact. Over thousands of years, Asgard has obtained a large number of spoils and resources from the Nine Realms. These resources have been processed by the Dwarves and turned into various powerful extraordinary equipment. Even without the Dwarves' crafting skills, Asgard itself has its own extraordinary equipment manufacturing system. Even if they need to purchase powerful equipment from outside, they wouldn't be interested in something like the Evil Spirit Necklace or the Matador Bracers. These are too common."

"If you don't sell to Asgard, are you going to sell to those rebels?" Nick looked at Luke's smiling face, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"You really think so?" Nick lowered his voice and stared at Luke in shock.

"You're overthinking it," Luke denied.

"That's what you think!" Nick carefully observed Luke's expression and said affirmatively.

"Could it be that this is your idea, and because you're unwilling to admit that your thoughts are dirty, you're transferring them to me?" Luke put forward a hypothesis.

Nick was amused by Luke's counterattack for a moment. "There's no need for that. I'll take the blame that should be taken. I know what kind of role I and SHIELD should play now."

"Thank you for your hard work," Luke patted Nick on the shoulder.

Nick almost couldn't help but burst into curses, his face as constipated. After scolding Luke in his heart, he took a long breath and calmed down his emotions. "What exactly are you thinking? Aren't we partners with Asgard?"

"Yes," Luke nodded.

"If you do this, won't Odin have any objections?" Nick was secretly wary of that powerful god-king hidden behind Thor. Even if they had the Sorcerer Supreme on their side, that sorcerer's style of doing things was too Buddhist. Perhaps only the invasion of dimensional demon gods, or perhaps only the destruction of Midgard, would prompt her to come forward to rescue it.

"What do the things Osborn and his partner do have to do with my Hebron?" Luke gave Nick another strange look and said something that made his blood pressure soar.

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Nick supported his forehead and didn't want to speak.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore," Luke's opening made Nick, who was adjusting his emotions, a little unstable again. "According to the contract, after ensuring SHIELD's priority supply, we have no right to interfere with who the rest of the output is sold to. As long as they have a channel to sell it. And once the Nine Realms War begins, Midgard will inevitably be one of the battlefields. We are also a member of the Nine Realms. If Asgard can't quell this storm as soon as possible, we can't escape it."

"Do you think Asgard can't achieve final victory?" Nick asked. He knew very well that Luke had more information than him, so he was willing to listen to his opinion.

"Asgard may be able to achieve final victory, but I don't think it will be easy to cleanly resolve the current trouble. According to the latest intelligence, the Dark Elf King Malekith returned with his men and raided Asgard, but the damage was not great. King Odin and Thor were strengthened by me before.

But Odin failed to keep Malekith, giving him the possibility of making a comeback. Although Odin didn't say anything, I got a piece of information from the straightforward and lovely Thor, that is, Malekith found foreign aid. He roped in the giants of Muspelheim, the land of flames, and the king of Jotunheim, where the Frost Giants live. Adding his Svartalfheim, the kings of the three major kingdoms that are at odds with Asgard have unprecedentedly joined forces to fight against Odin, whose strength has greatly increased. The other kingdoms, except for a very few peaceful kingdoms that are unwilling to participate in any war, are mostly swaying in the face of the solicitation of the opposing sides, wanting to observe the situation more."

"I think we belong to one of the countries that are unwilling to participate?" Nick raised an eyebrow.

"No, simply in the eyes of Malekith and those people, we in Midgard are too weak and there is no need to bother to win us over," Luke said cruelly, making Nick feel helpless.

"After all, thousands of years ago, they used Midgard as a battlefield for both sides. Humans at that time had no room to participate. They could only passively accept the final result. Presumably, they still think so now. After all, as a race with a long life, although the humans of Midgard are a member of the Nine Realms, they are a short-lived species with little power."

"So your public authorization is also to deal with this situation?" Nick had a new guess about Luke's behavior of publicly authorizing technology, which made him slightly overestimate Luke's moral bottom line. Really, just a glance, no more.

"It has nothing to do with these. It's just a coincidence. Don't overthink it," Luke denied Nick's words again.