Shadow of the Beautiful World

Crack, click, click

Heimdall, the gatekeeper of Asgard, whose body was soaked in blood and whose armor began to melt amidst the sound of armor leaves colliding, strode into the hall of the Great Rune Tower.

This brave general was fighting against the servants of the Lord of Fire before. After the arrival of omnic reinforcements, the situation in the entire Asgard battlefield became very favorable.

Except for the flame servants who were still madly resisting because of Surtur, the other invaders had already begun to be defeated because of the loss of their leader and the ancient times who were attacked by enemies.

Give the soldiers a few more hours, and they will be able to completely wipe out the defeated invaders.

But at this moment, Heimdall received an urgent call from the Queen of Heaven.

This made the general, who had experienced countless wars, feel a little bad.

Heimdall, with the current energy supply, how many people can be sent away from Asgard when the Rainbow Bridge is fully opened?

Looking at Heimdall after lying on the sickbed, she asked straightforwardly:

Can the people we stay on the island send out at once?

That's millions of people, Your Majesty!

The gatekeeper shook his head and said:

Although the Rainbow Bridge was originally designed, it could theoretically support that kind of intensity transmission, but in fact it also has a limit. First of all, the energy to support such a huge transmission is not enough.

Then I'll ask another question.

Looking at the map of Asgard in her hand, Tianhou said:

Is it possible to use the Rainbow Bridge to transfer those islands and the people on them without considering the damage or energy supply?

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Heimdall didn't answer right away.

As the gatekeeper of God's Domain, no one knows how the Rainbow Bridge works better than him. Facing the unimaginable question of the Queen of Heaven, Heimdall pondered for nearly a minute before giving an answer.

He raised his head, and the amber eyes under the battle helmet looked at Tianhou.

He said:

Yes, not just those few islands. If the energy system of the Rainbow Bridge is overloaded, the Rainbow Bridge can transfer one-third of the continent at once in a short overclocking state.

But, Your Majesty, that means we have to drain all the magic power nodes of God's Domain, which will destroy this continent, and even destroy its structure, and a big collapse will come.

Tian Hou nodded.

This answer was expected.

Asgard's Rainbow Bridge was designed for more than just a teleporter.

When necessary, the Rainbow Bridge can be turned into a weapon. Under the highest intensity energy bombardment, the opened Rainbow Bridge can tear a world apart in a short time.

Its working principle is similar to that of the cracking cannon of the Cree.

If it can be used to destroy the world, then in theory, the Rainbow Bridge can also teleport a continent when it is used as a teleporter.

Of course, such an extreme operation will definitely make the Rainbow Bridge completely scrapped.

But it's time to go all out, a mere rainbow bridge, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed.

As long as people exist, that kind of thing can be recreated sooner or later.

Let our troops withdraw from the battlefield!

Tianhou did not explain her purpose, she said to Heimdall:

Those omnics will take over your line of defense. It's up to you, Heimdall. In 30 minutes, let all our soldiers leave Asgard through the Rainbow Bridge and go to Earth.

The Great Rune Tower will start to extract the magic power of the world. After 30 minutes, we will supply that energy to the Rainbow Bridge system.

Tianhou picked up the map in hand and handed it to Heimdall.

On the map, an area has been outlined with a red pen, and she said to Heimdall:

After receiving the order, you must personally manipulate the Rainbow Bridge to transmit the land outlined in this area to the earth, and land at the center of the earth's Pacific Ocean. Someone will give you the specific coordinates.

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Heimdall looked at the map in his hand, he looked at the Queen of Heaven in disbelief, and said:

Such an extreme strategy!

With all due respect, Your Majesty, we have already defeated the dark coalition forces, and now only Surtur is left raging in the city, just wait for His Majesty to return! All this will be resolved.

Ragnarok will not come! At least not today, we don't need

I know!

Tianhou rubbed her forehead, she interrupted the gatekeeper sharply, she seemed to be enduring some kind of irritability.

She calmed herself down, and after a few seconds she said:

I know that as long as Odin comes back, we can solve Surtur in a very short time, but Heimdall, we can't just look at the present, we have to take a longer view.

You mean the big snake?

Heimdall is Odin's confidant, and he almost immediately understood where Frigga's worries came from.

After all, he also saw with his own eyes the Venerable Sky Hammers who held the Dread Hammer.

You are also a warrior who followed Odin to face the big snake. I was there that day. We all know what the return of the big snake means.

Tianhou nodded, and she said:

I made this decision not just for Thor, and I can't guarantee that such a decision will defeat Orochi, but this is an opportunity.

We're going to avoid that future, we're going to find a new future, and if the prophecy is inevitable, then we're going to find another way.

For the sake of the future, temporarily give up the present.

She looked at Heimdall, and she said:

Odin cannot be allowed to make such a choice. It will make the people resent their king, but I believe you can understand, Heimdall, why I should do this.

I came to bear the infamy, for my husband, for my people, for my son

Get ready, General.

Tianhou waved her hand, she was already very tired, she said:

Do this in my name, and I will bear all the results!

Heimdall hesitated.

Of course he would hesitate, who would not hesitate to smash the world with his own hands?

But after more than ten seconds, the general still accepted the order silently. He bowed to the Queen of Heaven to salute, and then quickly walked out of the big rune tower.

A shadow appeared behind Tianhou.

Lord Raven stretched out his hands, and gently placed them on Tianhou's shoulders. He watched the door of the Great Rune Tower close slowly, and said:

Don't worry, Your Majesty the Queen of Heaven.

Everything will be fine. Your people will eventually know that it was your decision today that rescued them from the abyss of doom in the future, and Odin will understand.

Thor has a perfect mother like you, he should really feel extremely lucky.

Faced with this kind of comfort, Tian Hou didn't care.

She is like a person in deep sleep, saying in a sleepy voice:

I have done what I should do, Your Excellency Raven, now it is time for you to fulfill your promise.

Merlin behind the queen nodded.

In the link of the soul, he said to the glasses girl who was waiting to command the omnics on the battlefield:

Icarus, planb

Execute.

retreat?

General Sif, who was riding on the back of the mechanical triceratops Iron Slag, commanded his legion to hunt down the fleeing invaders, suddenly received an order.

From her brother, Heimdall the Gatekeeper.

The order came so suddenly that Sif forgot to swing her sword for a moment.

But it doesn't matter, the mechanical beast under her crotch is powerful enough, under the unparalleled wild impact of Iron Slag, no frost giant or flame element can hurt the female knight behind it.

Well, even though I just met her, Sif's heroic appearance on the battlefield really suits Tie Slag's appetite.

It is also the kind of reckless man who is desperate when he enters the battle, and he is very suitable for the reckless general Sif.

Why retreat? We are winning!

Sif asked in an unbelievable tone:

And where are we going to retreat? Brother, we are on our own land, where can we retreat? Are we just abandoning our hometown like this? Like cowards?

I don't have time to explain so much to you now!

Heimdall usually spoke very gently to his sister, but at this juncture, the gatekeeper's tone was extremely indifferent.

He said in a deep voice:

This is the Queen's order! Immediately take your legion and move towards the Rainbow Bridge. The omnics have already cleared the way, and their transportation equipment is already in place. Don't waste time!

But we retreated, and the invaders will come after us!

Sif gritted her teeth and said:

They are also fighting to the death, and they will not let us withdraw so easily.

You don't have to worry about that.

Heimdall hung up the communication without further explanation.

Sif clenched the sword in her hand. As an excellent Asgardian general, she was really unwilling to give up the victory she had won.

But also as a general, Sif is also very clear about the price of disobeying military orders.

retreat!

The female general gave the order reluctantly.

The warriors of Asgard didn't react for a while.

But when they looked at each other, a flying omnic flew over the sky above the battlefield, and in the way of airborne combat, the group landed in front of the legion.

Amidst the low, weird roar, Sif also saw a terrifying orangutan nearly 100 meters high running wildly from the direction of the coast, jumping up like a meteorite, and hitting the ridge in front of her.

In the earthquake-like vibration, thousands of missiles were ejected from the hundreds of weapon slots on the back of the orangutan covered with mechanical metal, bombarding the position of the dark coalition forces.

In that wild landscape of land bombardment, the horrific creation of the gods began its own unparalleled killing.

That scene made the well-informed Sif feel a little shocking.

That's Behemoth.

The Mechanical Triceratops Iron Slag seemed to have received the order as well. While shaking its head, it turned around and carried Sif and some soldiers towards the Rainbow Bridge, explaining in a low voice:

It is a creation of the gods of the Mechanicus, a secret weapon. This time it is used for combat experiments. With them joining the battlefield, you can safely evacuate.

We're leaving, are you still here?

Sif patted the Triceratops on the head, and she asked:

Aren't you leaving?

Don't worry about us.

Slag snorted in his earthquake-like run, and the bestial Cybertronian said to his new friend:

Each legion of omnics has a special type of 'Mechanical Herald'. They are loaded with transmission modules, which can open the sonic tunnel leading to the wasteland when necessary. Although it is only a trial version, it is not stable.

But the speed of our evacuation must be much faster than yours.

Aww!

Just when Sif led her legion to the evacuation point arranged by the Mechanicus, she heard another deep roar, echoing on the land of Asgard like a drum of war.

Sif stood on the head of Triceratops Iron Slag, looked back, and saw another worm-like creature made of metal.

Muto.

The bug propped up its limbs like metal pillars, raging through the dark coalition army's position at a slow and heavy speed.

Every time it takes a step, the weapon slots all over its body will shoot missiles like a storm, and the rising flames will light up the earth and the sky.

Although it was several kilometers away, Sif could still clearly see that there were many floating cannons floating around the metal worm's body, making this huge monster like a moving destruction platform.

Is that also your god's creation?

Sif asked the Triceratops at her feet:

How many of those do you have?

This is a secret, General Sif.

Triceratops Iron Slag didn't answer, and Adam, the mechanical sage guarding the withdrawal point, replied:

We can't tell you this. It's time to leave, the Rainbow Bridge has been opened, and there is not much time left for you.

At Adam's urging, Sif jumped off the head of the Triceratops. She patted the sharp horns of the iron slag as farewell, and then boarded the omnic's troop carrier with her soldiers.

It's just a huge black metal plate with propellers underneath, without any manipulation device, it looks like an enlarged version of a mechanical magic carpet.

This thing can carry more than 50 soldiers at a time, and the flying speed is very fast, even reaching near the speed of sound.

From Sif's line of sight, thousands of transport boards were being launched from various parts of the Asgard battlefield, carrying batch after batch of bloody fighters to the Rainbow Bridge hub.

According to this efficiency, at most 15 minutes, several legions on the entire Asgard battlefield can be sent out of the battlefield.

At the end of Sif's line of sight, the Rainbow Bridge was shining brightly. Obviously, the first batch of soldiers of the great retreat had already passed the Rainbow Bridge and headed to Earth.

But when she was already sitting on the transportation board and flying towards the Rainbow Bridge, Sif was still confused.

She could not understand the reason for this retreat at all.

This is less like a planned evacuation and more like a sudden situation.

So, what happened?

The female general looked back, and the continent of Asgard was getting farther and farther in front of her eyes. She could see the flame giant raging like a mountain in the center of the city, and Surtur was roaring and waving a giant sword like a pillar of fire, as if To set the whole world on fire.

This scene reminded Sif of the prophesied Ragnarok.

Could it be

Is today the time when the prophecy will come true?