Shadow of the Beautiful World

Sons of Hell has been pretty busy these days.

The Mechanic Cult in the wasteland hell is busy descending to the machine soul to expand its strength in order to face the fifth impact of the fire source that will soon come.

Icarus and the few mechanical sages under her command kept their feet on the ground. Even Zatanna and Ruiwen, who were in charge of making the Horcruxes, were forced to live in the mysterious house for almost half a month.

Their speed of making special Horcruxes is not slow, but compared with the huge demand of the Mechanicus, such a small number is far from enough.

In the end, even Merlin had to join in on this matter.

Outside the wasteland, the Queen of the Frontier received the promised reward, and brought the hell legion borrowed from the Two Kings Hell, and began to clean up the remaining zombies and demons in her own land on a large scale.

On the other side of the Twin Kings Hell, brothers and sisters Damon and Satana were even more busy fighting with the demon kings of hell who disobeyed them.

After snatching nearly 60 hell legions from Beret, the brother and sister finally had their own forces, with the help of the constantly fused power of hell.

After a while, they are estimated to be able to gain the upper hand in the infighting.

But to completely control the Hell of Two Kings, the siblings still have a lot to do.

Johnny runs between Hell's Border and Two Kings' Hell. He appears as a thug, either helping Liana burn zombies and demons, or helping Damon assassinate higher-level demons who disobey him.

Even Asazo, who has always been salty, also acts as a messenger between the three hells and the world.

Merlin urgently felt the pressure brought by the shortage of manpower, but he did not rashly accept more members into the organization of Hell's Sons.

His thinking is very clear.

After swallowing the big piece of meat of the Two Kings Hell, they must take time to digest it, and it is not appropriate to launch large-scale operations for the time being, and they really need to keep a low profile, so as not to be dealt with by other hell lords.

especially mephisto

After knowing that Merlin was resurrected and became the Lord of Hell, that bad old man would definitely not sit still.

There is no rush for many things, so we have to do it little by little.

swish

Merlin let go of his fingers, and the carving knife formed by the orange light dissipated. Amid the beautiful light spots, a Horcrux rune was inscribed.

The Horcrux needed by the Mechanicus is used to load soul fragments, so it is not as complicated as the Horcrux used by Merlin when he suspended animation.

On the whole, it looks like a small metal box.

It's almost like an enlarged version of the USB flash drive.

Magic runes are engraved on the metal surface to prevent the escape of the soul. This thing will be put into the omnic body like a special socket module.

As for the magic power to activate the Horcrux, it is provided by the omnic's own energy.

The instrument for energy and mana conversion has been made, and the blueprint was provided by Lord Doom.

Dum had researched the theory of energy and magic power conversion a long time ago. He used this theory to unite with Merlin to save the Fantastic Four who were radiated by cosmic energy in the Baxter Building.

But what the chicken thief guy handed over to the Mechanicus was the most primitive version of the blueprint of the magic power conversion instrument, the conversion efficiency was extremely low, and it was not very durable.

But Merlin's friends are not in vain.

After getting Doom's drawings, Merlin contacted Dr. Reed Richards through Fury and commissioned him to improve Doom's drawings.

It only took the doctor 2 days to send back the revised drawings.

This incident made Doom hate his teeth. The relationship between him and Dr. Reed is very complicated. Apart from being rivals in love, the intellectual confrontation between the two has never stopped.

In the eight months since Merlin's death, the Fantastic Four are also said to have had some conflicts with Doom.

Um?

Just when Merlin moved his fingers and was about to continue making the special horcrux, he suddenly felt a familiar aura descending on the wasteland hell.

To be precise, it was in the canyon outside the gate of hell.

There is the boundary of the wasteland hell, a buffer zone, and staying there will not be captured by the wasteland.

Merlin's figure disappeared in the laboratory, and when he reappeared, he came to the gate of hell. Sure enough, there was a guest waiting for him.

old acquaintance.

Archangel Gabriel.

Are your heavenly resources so tight?

Merlin landed on the ground, and said to the archangel who was wearing a suit and folded his arms in front of him:

I don't even have a messenger, so you have to go out every time?

Just showing respect.

With a cold face, Gabriel said:

After all, it's not appropriate to send an angel of the stars to meet a hell lord. Let's not talk nonsense. My lord agreed to your request last time.

The Spear of Destiny?

Merlin blinked in surprise, and said:

Is it so generous?

Of course it's not for nothing!

The archangel snorted, she looked left and right, and walked towards Merlin, a ray of golden light fell around the two of them, covering the canyon floor like a golden eggshell.

Merlin's expression also became a little more serious.

It was obvious that the Archangel had top-secret information to tell him.

My lord said that he will give you the Spear of Destiny at the right time, but this is not free.

The Archangel spread out his hands and explained:

My lord is a benevolent leader. He will not force everyone in heaven to do anything. Therefore, for things like sending the Spear of Destiny, you must come up with a reason to convince the crowd.

After all, it is one of the most sacred objects in heaven. Sending it out rashly will definitely cause unnecessary waves.

Gabriel looked at Merlin, who nodded, expressing his understanding.

So, my lord needs you to do one thing for heaven.

The archangel lowered her voice, and she said:

You have to bring back your exiled compatriots for heaven.

?

A trace of doubt flashed across Merlin's face.

He asked:

Why didn't I know that in addition to those fallen angels who rebelled with Lucifer, there are other exiled angels in your heaven?

It's normal that you don't know.

The archangel showed a slightly sad smile, and she said:

The tragedy that was covered up, in the whole heaven, only my lord and a few archangels know about it. If it wasn't about the Spear of Destiny, we wouldn't bring it up again.

Well, interesting.

Merlin's eyes narrowed.

He smelled gossip, and it was definitely a very hot secret.

Tell me.

Merlin waved his arms outward, and amidst the orange halo, two chairs appeared beside them.

Gabriel wasn't too polite, and just sat down on the chair. After sorting out her words, she said to Merlin:

That was a tragedy that happened in ancient times.

About 3000 years ago, the battle of eternity was still in full swing, and it was not a dispensable game like it is now. At that time, the battlefields of heaven and hell spread all over the world, and almost every god system was more or less Less involved.

That tragedy happened on a fringe battlefield.

With a flick of the archangel's finger, a projection of stars appeared in front of Merlin's eyes.

The latter looked at it, then frowned and said:

This is the territory of the World Tree. You are fighting at the door of the Asgardians' territory. Can Odin, who was still young and vigorous, bear this?

Of course he couldn't bear it.

The Archangel shook his head and said:

He has expelled us and hell several times, and even wants to expel us permanently, but the eternal war cannot be stopped by the king of gods. It is almost a rule among the stars.

In short, after several conflicts, my lord, hell, and the king of gods signed a treaty.

Gabriel's finger pointed to the corner of the projection of the stars, and she drew a small circle, and she said:

The scope of the battlefield is limited here, and neither side is allowed to spread the flames of war at will. There was no problem in the first few hundred years, but in a certain battle, Lucifer suddenly sent hundreds of hell legions to this battlefield.

The defenders we left there were beaten back.

The archangel seemed to recall the battle back then, and there was a trace of heaviness in her beautiful eyes. She said:

At that time, I was ordered to lead the reinforcements to rescue the legion trapped there, but the elite under Lucifer kept us out of the battlefield.

My sisters were forced to retreat on a planet. They were isolated and helpless. Perhaps a single attack from the fallen angels would be enough to completely wipe them out.

In that case, one of my sisters, Archangel Haven, asked for help from Chen Bing's Asgardian legion on the border of the battlefield, but Heimdall, the gatekeeper who commanded the legion, simply ignored him.

Fressed out of desperation, she made a reckless decision.

Having said that, the archangel paused.

She looked at Merlin, and she said:

Do you know how many children Odin has?

2.

Merlin says:

Everyone among the stars knows it.

wrong!

Gabriel held up four fingers, and she said:

Odin had 4 sons and daughters!

In addition to Thor and Loki, he also sealed the rebellious daughter Hela, the goddess of death, on Earth, but even the slayer Hela who followed him to conquer the world was not his first daughter.

go on.

Merlin's fingers flicked, and he became more and more interested in the story.

In short, when my sisters were trapped by the army of hell and almost perished, and the Asgardians looked on coldly, my sister, Archangel Haven, received a message.

Gabriel sighed, and she said:

The daughter of Odin and Frigga was born, and the whole country of Asgard celebrated. Even the Border Legion held a large-scale celebration.

One side is in desperation, but the other side is celebrating. In addition, General Heimdall has repeatedly rejected my sisters' requests for help, which made my sisters completely lose their minds.

She made a terrible, reckless decision.

She sneaked into Asgard God's Domain alone, and snatched Odin's daughter from the Golden Palace, in order to coerce the God King to send an army to save those desperate sisters.

Even though 3,000 years have passed, the Archangel still clenched his fingers in pain when talking about this matter.

She said to Merlin:

I admit that she did something stupid. This is a sin that even my Lord cannot forgive, but what could she do at that time? Close her eyes and wait for death?

Merlin declined to comment.

But if it was him, under the circumstances at the time, maybe

what's next?

Merlin asked:

Has Odin sent troops?

The Archangel shook his head.

The God King didn't send troops, because my sisters couldn't get out of the Golden Palace at all.

What happened that day is still a mystery. No one knows the whereabouts of Hai Wen. She may have been killed by the God King, but Odin also lost his daughter. Heaven and Asgard have been at odds ever since. Even that A battlefield, also

Gabriel shook her head, she sighed, and said:

I was under the stars that day, and I saw that scene with my own eyes.

The angry king called upon the power of the World Tree, tore the planet my sisters were hiding from the branches of the World Tree, and threw them, along with the world itself, into the storm of the void.

And his wife, Frigga, who lost her daughter, released a terrible curse on my sisters in rage and despair.

They are no longer noble, and the holy blood has turned into a common body, and they will have sins and cannot be relieved.

They will suffer in life, and they will have no peace in death.

They are cursed and cannot return to heaven, and their souls can only fall into the hell of the Asgardians, where they will suffer forever.

But they're still alive.

Merlin interrupted Gabriel's hymn-like words, saying:

Otherwise, it is impossible for your Lord to ask me to bring them back.

Yes, they are still alive.

Archangel said:

Wandering in the shadow of the World Tree territory, we have been trying to bring them back for thousands of years, but Odin does not allow any angel to set foot on God's Domain.

Are you so cowardly?

Merlin says:

Haven't you ever thought about breaking into the territory of the World Tree?

You think it's simple.

Gabriel glanced at Merlin, and she said:

I think you've been guessing why the Eternal War, which was still in full swing thousands of years ago, turned into such a tepid ceremony now, right?

Let me tell you, the turning point in the Eternal Conflict was the moment Odin joined the fray.

The loss of his daughter made Odin very angry. He led the people of God's Realm to join the eternal battle brazenly, not only attacking heaven, but also hell. Do you know how many archangels died under Odin's gun, and how many demon kings of hell fell? In war?

The archangel snorted, she pointed to Merlin, and she said:

You don't know anything at all!

Odin's great reputation was not obtained by relying on kindness and strength. It was piled up with the bones of countless angels and demons that fell at his feet.

When Odin was at his craziest, Heaven and Hell even had to unite against him and his terrifying group of God's Domain warriors.

Not to mention his second daughter Hela, the death godhead she possesses is simply unstoppable!

If it wasn't for Hela's troubles with Odin in the end, and the father-daughter fight that caused Asgard's vitality to be severely damaged, and he had to withdraw from the war, the Eternal War would definitely not be what it is now.

Okay, I get it now.

Merlin stood up, and he said in a strange tone:

So the 'Agreement of Armistice' was actually prepared for Odin in the first place?

Gabriel nodded.

She flicked her hair and said to Merlin:

This is the whole story, because of the past grievances, there is no way for heaven to intervene directly in this matter, unless we plan to have another all-out war.

But you can. You have a good relationship with Odin. Although he killed you once, he also helped you. My lord means, no matter what method you use, stealthily, or openly negotiate.

As long as you can bring back the angels exiled by Odin, the Spear of Destiny will be given to you!

Merlin didn't hesitate too long.

After a few minutes he stood up and said to the Archangel:

Go back and tell your Lord.

I'll take this job.