“I didn’t expect this…” Hearing Leon’s voice, the Tree of Life said with great surprise, “I didn’t expect you to even know about Groot, young friend!” “Heh…” Leon did not answer the Tree of Life, because his eyes remained fixed on the little Groot floating in midair.
In the Marvel universe, Groot was a special existence.
He first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy and was reborn after protecting Star-Lord and the others.
But after Groot revived, his entire style changed.
He became both silly and adorable.
His image also became one of the biggest highlights of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
However, unlike his cute appearance, Leon knew that Groot was actually very strong.
According to Asgardian records, Groot belonged to the Flora Colossus race.
He possessed endless strength, was extremely intelligent, could control trees, fuse with trees to heal his wounds, obtain nutrients, and strengthen himself.
He was also unafraid of fire.
It was an extremely terrifying race.
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thor’s god-slaying weapon, Stormbreaker, had an axe handle made from Groot’s arm.
Even in the Nine Realms, where all kinds of gods and demons ran rampant, Groot was an extremely unusual existence.
“Senior…” After a long while, Leon suddenly came back to his senses.
He said to the Tree of Life, “You want me to take this little Groot away?” “Yes…” The ancient Tree of Life nodded without hesitation.
“If it stays with me, it will purely be wasting time.
Besides, I am finding the situation in the Nine Realms harder and harder to understand.
You come from Asgard, and Asgard is a major power among the Nine Realms.
Placing it by your side may be even safer than leaving it here with me.” Hearing the Tree of Life’s words, Leon could not help looking at it in a higher light.
In Leon’s view, his elder brother Odin unifying the Nine Realms was an inevitability of history.
But at this time, Odin had not yet displayed too much ability.
Outsiders’ impression of Odin was merely that he was a monarch no weaker than his father, Bor.
The Tree of Life was willing to place Groot by his side.
Had this old monster sensed something?
“All right!” Leon promised the Tree of Life, “As long as I am alive, this Groot will not suffer any harm.” The current era was still far too distant from the time of the Avengers.
Leon could not be certain whether this Groot before him was the same one who stayed beside the raccoon.
However, if the Tree of Life allowed him to take this little fellow away, Leon could guarantee that he would not let it walk its original path.
In the future, this little Groot would not suffer any grievance.
“Good!” Hearing Leon’s words, the Tree of Life smiled happily as well.
“I am currently nourishing this Groot.
You only need to wait another thousand years, and then you can take this Groot away!” “…” Leon blinked.
He thought he had heard wrong.
A thousand years?
Was this old bastard messing with him?
Who the hell could wait a thousand years?
Leon immediately began thinking of retreating.
“Senior, why don’t we forget it… I still have matters to attend to!” The Tree of Life smiled faintly, as if everything was under its control.
“Young man, have you forgotten?
Time here is different from the outside world.
A thousand years outside is only one year here!” “…” Leon’s pupils shrank.
For a moment, he actually did not know what to say.
That was right.
He did not need to wait a thousand years at all.
He only needed one year.
He only had to wait beside the Tree of Life for one year.
After all, one year here was equal to a thousand years outside.
From then on, Leon completely settled down in Alfheim.
Because he had the Reality Stone in his hand, the Tree of Life’s time flow did not cause him any substantial harm.
As for the soldiers who had followed Leon to Alfheim, Leon let them return home.
After all, he needed to stay in Alfheim for a thousand years.
These soldiers could not afford to wait.
Asgard’s new king had ascended the throne, and Leon had originally wanted to stay far away from the political storm.
For him, Alfheim at this time was definitely a good place.
A thousand years would be enough for Odin to firmly secure the throne.
“I am Groot!” Just as Leon was dozing beneath the Tree of Life, a childish voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
“I am Groot!” Hearing this, Leon’s entire body shook.
He immediately sat up.
Seeing the palm-sized little tree man on the ground, Leon said excitedly, “Senior, has Groot been born?” The moment those words left his mouth, Leon felt like an idiot.
Groot was clearly already standing in front of him, so how could he still ask such a stupid question?
Groot opened his obsidian-like eyes and looked at Leon.
“I am Groot!” When those words reached Leon’s ears, they turned into another sentence.
Leon froze slightly, then softly said to Groot, “Groot, from now on, you’ll come with me…” “????” Hearing the conversation between the big one and the small one, the dark dragon’s face was full of black lines, because it discovered that it actually could not understand their conversation.
As a direct descendant of the Dragon God Nidhogg, it actually could not understand the language of these two.
At this moment, the dark dragon was very hurt.
Leon crouched down and waved at little Groot.
“Come.
Come to my side…” As a member of Asgard’s royal family, Leon was proficient in all the languages of the Nine Realms.
Although he was not the first heir to Asgard’s throne, what he possessed was not lacking compared to his elder brother at all.
Back then, the teachers who had taught Leon the languages of the Nine Realms alone numbered in the dozens, and among them was the language of the Flora Colossus race.
Groot happily did a somersault, then jumped directly into Leon’s palm.
Leon carefully placed little Groot onto his shoulder, afraid that he might accidentally hurt the little fellow.
After more than ten minutes, Leon ended his playtime with Groot.
At this moment, he looked at the Tree of Life with a serious expression.
“Senior, now that Groot has awakened, I should leave Alfheim.” Only one year had passed here, but outside, a thousand years had already gone by.
To say he did not miss home would be an enormous lie.
Besides, Groot had already awakened now, so Leon had no need to continue staying.
Hearing Leon’s words, the Tree of Life looked at Leon, then looked at Groot.
Its eyes immediately filled with reluctance.
Groot seemed to sense the Tree of Life’s emotions as well.
The little fellow pouted, tears in both eyes, looking pitiful.
“Wah!” Groot shouted at the Tree of Life in a milky voice, “I am Groot!” “Groot, don’t cry…” Seeing the expression on Groot’s face, the Tree of Life comforted him.
“If you miss Grandpa in the future, don’t forget to come visit me!” “…” Leon blinked.
He carefully said to the Tree of Life, “Senior, you may have misunderstood what Groot meant.
What the little fellow said was… after leaving you, who is he supposed to go to for milk?” “Pfft… hahaha…” The dark dragon laughed so hard that tears nearly fell.
It excitedly flapped its wings, its body constantly circling in the air, and its laughter was as deafening as thunder.
“Get lost…” The Tree of Life’s face flushed as it said, “Little bastard, hurry up and get lost…” Leon gave the Tree of Life a serious bow, then turned and walked out.
After leaving the forest, Leon had a serious conversation with the Grand Elder of the elves.
He told the Grand Elder about the Tree of Life’s situation, including the fact that the Tree of Life possessed consciousness.
Leon warned them not to disturb the Tree of Life in the future unless there was nothing important, because the ancient Tree of Life currently had no way to stop the accelerated flow of time.
However, what Leon did not expect was that when the Grand Elder learned that the Tree of Life possessed consciousness, the old man was so happy that he could not control himself.
He solemnly promised Leon that the elves would no longer disturb the Tree of Life in the future.
The Grand Elder’s actions left Leon somewhat confused, but he did not pay too much attention to it.
After all, this was the elven race’s own matter.
After that, Leon bid farewell to the elves and returned to Asgard.
Boom!
A dazzling light suddenly bloomed on the Bifrost.
Before Leon could even look around, a mocking voice immediately reached his ears.
“You actually still know how to come back.
Everyone in Asgard thought you had died in battle outside.” Hearing this, Leon immediately rolled his eyes.
“You thick-browed, big-eyed guy really don’t know how to speak nicely!” Leon looked back and discovered that Heimdall had already walked to his side.
Leon smiled.
“It’s been a thousand years, Heimdall…” Golden armor, a dark face, and bright eyes.
This person was none other than the guardian of the Bifrost, Heimdall.
If one wanted to enter Asgard, it was very difficult without this person’s permission.
Leon knew he could not hide from him.
Heimdall’s face was cold as he said to Leon, “You didn’t even know to come back and visit.
You stubbornly stayed in Alfheim for a thousand years.
I truly don’t know what you were thinking…” What was he thinking?
Every family had its own hard-to-read scripture.
Leon shook his head and said nothing.
If Asgard were still ruled by his father Bor, then Leon might truly not have stayed in Alfheim for a thousand years.
However, now that his elder brother was in charge of Asgard, Leon knew that during the first few years after Odin had just ascended the throne, his elder brother definitely would not have wanted to see him.
Rather than that, it was better for him to go outside and avoid the storm, saving himself from becoming an eyesore.
“Hurry back.” Heimdall poked Leon with his longsword.
“Your father and mother both want to see you.” Leon nodded.
“All right, Heimdall.
In a few days, I’ll come find you for a drink…” After saying that, Leon turned and walked toward Asgard’s royal palace.