Shadow of the Beautiful World

Although Fury's performance is quite dramatic.

But he finally made a decision after a little thought.

I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back around noon. You don't have to wait for me for dinner.

He yelled at the top of his voice towards the kitchen window where the sound of cutting vegetables was coming from, and the next moment, a surprised woman's voice sounded, which made Merlin turn his head quickly.

To be honest, he was very, very curious about Fury's wife.

It's not that he has any unreasonable thoughts, it's just that he and Fury have been friends for almost 20 years, but he has never seen Fury's wife hide his wife like a code for hiding nuclear weapons. very well.

As far as Merlin knew, even during the period of Fury's fake death, Fury's wife was well protected.

Maybe Natasha knew the identity of this mysterious woman, but Merlin didn't.

Probably Fury is also very aware of Merlin's troubleshooter physique, so letting himself be a woman that a man must protect, and contacting a dangerous guy like Merlin is definitely a heart-testing thing.

The moment Merlin turned his head, Fury snorted. He grabbed Merlin's wrist, pulled Lord Raven, and rushed into the light gate behind him.

In the shining light, Merlin vaguely saw a slender woman with black hair open the door, but he couldn't see the woman's face in a blur.

Well, let's pretend we didn't see it.

Merlin glanced at Fury's gritted teeth expression, and he thought it would be better not to irritate Fury.

However, Fury, a guy with thick eyebrows and one eye

Yanfu is not shallow.

hum

Similar to the teleportation experience of the transfer spell, after a brief visual confusion, Merlin and Fury landed in a dark place.

There were no lamps and no light.

This place looks like an underground facility. According to Lord Raven's perception of the environment, it is not difficult for him to infer that this place is at least 1,500 meters above the ground.

Moreover, the darkness couldn't hide Lord Raven's gaze.

The moment he entered the predetermined coordinates, he clearly saw the configuration of this place, a huge building buried deep underground.

Just like a magnificent underground temple, the interior is full of Baroque columns and Victorian-style stained windows.

Merlin's perception was released at this moment, like an invisible wind, following the place where he was standing, and continuously spreading outward.

He felt it, an underground city.

In this 1,500-meter underground, there is an empty space that is the size of a small city. Nearly a hundred meters above the head, the very smooth underground excavated by some kind of force is shaped into a circular sky-like structure.

And around the temple, there are still many vacant buildings.

There are ancient Greek temples, Roman parliament halls, medieval pulpits, Renaissance dome rings, modern railway tracks laid on the ground, and even high-rise buildings similar to New York City.

It seems that the buildings of different eras are so mixed together, but they are not chaotic, but have a three-dimensional sense that transcends time, just like the manifestation of the time axis of civilization on the material level.

Merlin could feel that there were hundreds of ordinary people active here, and there was almost no noise in the hearts of those ordinary people.

This means that they are either believers of a group of mysterious churches, or they are members of a group of secret organizations with ascetic temperament.

Um

Lord Raven rubbed his chin in the dark, his narrowed eyes were full of thoughts.

It seems that he underestimated the Holy Shield Brotherhood.

The city smells of time, and it certainly wasn't built recently.

Combined with the traces of the Holy Shield Brotherhood's activities in various eras in the nearly 3,000-5,000-year timeline, perhaps, this underground city has existed for more than 1,000 years.

It must be protected by a very high-level concealment barrier, otherwise Lord Raven could not have discovered this singularity for more than ten years.

Beside Merlin, Fury also looked shocked.

Few people know that Braised Egghead has superpowers. Although the superpower is very weak, the strengthening of the eyes still allows Fury to easily see things in the dark.

Of course, his perception was not as strong as that of Merlin, he could only see the structure of this underground temple, but not the outside world.

hum

A blue ray of light lit up in front of their eyes, suspended on the 20-meter high platform, like a lamp, in the shining blue ray, the halo dispelled the darkness and brought light into the temple.

Among the shadowy buildings, an old man wearing an ancient ancient Greek-style robe and leaning on a pine stick appeared from the light.

His white hair fluttered in the energy distribution, and he looked at the two people standing in the middle of the hall with a gentle gaze that was not harsh.

Merlin patted Fury on the shoulder, took a step back, and his figure disappeared into the darkness.

Lord Raven is already a member of the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield, so Fury is the only one who will perform the next ceremony.

Blue light spreads in the darkness.

It illuminated the main body of the underground temple, as well as the marble slab under Fury's feet. Fury saw the pattern on the smooth slate under his feet, which was a golden giant eagle wrapped in several ring-shaped squares.

With Fury's shallow understanding of art, he can tell that this giant eagle is quite in the style of ancient Egyptian painting, full of symbolic meaning.

On the abdomen of the giant eagle, there is a circular shield, reflecting blue light on the ground.

The pattern itself is not the point.

What makes Fury's eyes tighten is that the composition concept of this pattern is almost the same as the black and white eagle logo of S.H.I.E.L.D., and that familiarity is definitely not an illusion!

The logo of S.H.I.E.L.D. is born out of this golden giant eagle badge.

How is this going?

Is there a mysterious source that I don't know about the secret service organization that I established by myself?

You have a lot of questions, 21st century candidate

Standing on a raised platform, the old man in front of Fury coughed lightly. He seemed to feel the doubts from Nick Fury. He said in a weak but still firm voice:

I will answer for you, and we will answer all your questions.

Let me introduce myself, Nick Fury, the recommender, this place is the immortal city, standing under the land of Rome in time, it has been 1700 years ago, in the past countless ages, here It’s our base camp and meeting place.”

In countless eras, countless actions to save the world were started from here, and countless decisions related to the future of the world were issued from here.

Don't doubt, Fury, in the past time, in the countless ages before you, there are many people like you who have tried every means to protect the world.

We call them fellow travelers, and those who know about our existence call us immortals!

The amount of information in just a few sentences is astonishing.

But Nick Fury couldn't be bothered. He took a deep breath, rubbed his forehead habitually, and put one hand on his hip.

In his one eye, there was a hint of suspicion and scrutiny that is the signature of an agent. He looked at the old man on the platform in front of him, and then looked around the temple. structure.

Theoretically, on each platform, there should be a member, or representative, of this organization.

The old man mentioned countless ages earlier

If what he said is true, then there is a great possibility that these platforms are arranged according to time, and each platform represents a special era.

Fury blinked, feeling a sense of emotion in his heart.

Merlin probably wouldn't lie to him.

That is to say, it seems that he has really come to a very incredible place, and he is about to see a very incredible secret, and he may join it and become a part of this secret that has been passed down for thousands of years.

tut tut

It's exciting just thinking about it!

Who are you?

Fury raised his head, his expressionless face well concealed his emotional changes, and he asked in a voice that was neither rude nor humble:

If you want me to believe all this, you have to be honest first, right?

I?

The old man laughed, his voice sounded like the wind in the temple, he tried his best to straighten his back, and introduced himself in a very calm tone:

My name is Pythagoras. I lived in the mythical age of the 5th century BC. I was the first member of the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield.

In addition to what you know about my life, I would like to emphasize that in addition to being a scientist and philosopher, I am also a spellcaster and a 'descendant of God'.

Fury blinked.

He fell into a short period of sluggishness. As an agent, he was very good at modern history, but not very interested in archaeology.

Even so, he had heard the name of Pythagoras.

boom

The wooden stick in Pythagoras' hand was lightly tapped on the ground, accompanied by a low, bell-like sound echoing in the temple, and clusters of light lit up in front of his eyes, on the platforms around Fury.

One after another, figures emerged from the light.

Come on, brothers, come to this era in my calling, and welcome new members to join us

While talking, the old man glanced at the expression on Fury's face, and he said in a joking tone:

By the way, let me introduce myself, so that Mr. Fury can have a general understanding of the organization I am about to join.

With all due respect, this will frighten him, or, this is your bad taste again, sage.

The second voice, also with an awkward ancient Greek accent, was a fat, unkempt-looking guy in a blue robe with a mess of black hair and beard.

Behind this fat guy there is another person dressed similarly to him.

He walked out of the light, holding the wide cuff with his left hand, and putting his right hand on the armrest. He nodded politely to Fury, and he introduced himself:

I am Socrates. Behind me is my student. You should have heard his name. His name is Plato.

A third voice sounded in the light, very serious, and he said besides his own name:

Archimedes.

Then came the fourth one, an oriental man in a robe, a high crown, a beard, and holding a strange bamboo stick. He introduced his name in ancient Chinese.

I am Zhang Heng.

The fifth person who appeared was Merlin's theoretical father-in-law, Leonardo da Vinci. He was still wearing his weird diving suit-like uniform. He said to Fury with a little regret:

Nice to meet you, Mr. Fury, I'm Da Vinci.

I should have had several companions before, but unfortunately, just 3 hours ago, a large-scale split and reorganization occurred in the timeline from 100 AD to 957 AD.

The companions in that time zone are busy, and they don't have time to come and participate in this ceremony.

An elegant, tall man in a noble dress took off his hat after Da Vinci finished speaking, and said to Fury:

The timeline of the end of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century has also been loosened, so I can only represent my era. In addition, because of my stupid mistakes before, the Nostradamus brothers are still in a weak cultivation During this period, he will not be able to come to the meeting.

Finally, hello, Fury, I'm Isaac Newton.

Fury was completely sluggish.

Of course, he was not familiar with the first few people, but he had at least seen portraits of people like Da Vinci and Newton in elementary school.

Well, it's not very similar, but considering the painter's technique at that time, it can be forgiven.

The ones who appeared next were all guys that Fury was familiar with, even familiar.

A polite, petite lady with a cane, said to Fury:

My name is Marie Curie, and my first advice to you is to stay away from anything that emits radiation.

You should know me.

An old man with messy hair, a chic beard, and a gentleman's attire shrugged. He leaned on the railing and said to Fury:

I'm still regretting making the atomic bomb. In addition, the relationship between Monroe and I is really pure. You juniors like to think wildly, and you can do whatever you want. You are very good at making these tabloids.

That's right, Einstein.

Fury was very familiar with this person and recognized him at a glance.

Then there were two people who made Fury gnash his teeth.

Holding a glass of red wine, Howard Stark, dressed formally and coquettishly, and Nathaniel Richards standing behind him.

When he noticed Fury's eyes, Howard put one hand in his trouser pocket and raised the wine glass in his hand to Fury, as if saying hello.

Fury curled his lips, and he turned his head again, looking at the platform further back.

As a result, he saw two people who frightened him.

Ms. Peggy Carter leaning on crutches, wearing a World War II women's military uniform, and crossing her head.

There is also the old Captain America, Steve Rogers, standing behind her, standing straight, holding a buckler in his hand, with the same white hair.

Ms. Carter waved at Fury sheepishly, and Steve shrugged.

On the next platform was Merlin.

Behind him stood a modern-day assassin in a white hood, and a guy in leather armor with two swords on his back.

That's a guy Fury hates too much.

Yo, Fury, are you here too?

Former senior agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., former senior member of Hydra, and current master of the contemporary wolf school demon hunter, John Gartler waved at Fury angrily. He said:

You came a bit late, and you are now my junior.

There are only so many people here, but it doesn't feel good to be surrounded by big shots from all ages. Fury said while sorting out his uneasy emotions:

Is this the end? Are you looking for someone to scare me? To be honest, if you call out a few more legendary gods, I probably won't be surprised.

you sure?

Merlin asked quietly.

You really have?

Fury suddenly paled in shock.

have!

Pythagoras, who appeared first, let out an old man's laugh, and in the brightly lit temple, he winked at Fury, and he replied:

But it's definitely not the kind of 'god' you imagined.

Okay, the meeting ceremony is over, next, Nick Fury, I know you have a lot of questions.

Before you join us, before you become a timeline maintainer, before you become an immortal, ask your questions, and we will answer them truthfully.