A Bouquet for Rocky [Comprehensive British and American]

The monarch of the clock tower, El-Melloi II, came to the United States from England, and besides his own several large boxes of cigars, he also brought a container covered with sealed spokes.As soon as he entered the room, he kicked and kicked the box directly under his bed, and didn't touch the box again for the next few days.

"Sir, the scan result has been sent to your computer."

The smart housekeeper reminded: "But it is unreasonable to spy on other people's personal belongings privately."

"Come on, look at the long list of unintelligible ancient Greek."

Tony Stark dismissed this: "Where is the personal item, I thought he would bring some magic weapon that often appears in novels, such as the Medusa that can be turned into stone at a glance The head... What happened? He took care of that little box in a terrible way, but he never opened it once."

"According to the test results of Stark's direct-reading spectrometer, the ingredient contained in the sealed box carried by Mr. Weber El-Melloi Velvet is gold."

"The one in the metal sense?"

Stark raised his eyebrows: "You mean the general equivalent of the nuclear charge number 79 in the periodic table of elements?"

"That's right, sir."

Smart Butler draws a positive conclusion.

Eve got up from the sofa, lifted the blindfold on her head, and happened to hear the conversation between Stark and his smart butler.The magician just came back from the dream, and he hasn't fully gotten used to the light outside the blindfold, rubbing his eyes and said, "That's something my master helped me bring back from London, and it's usually in a sealed state. There is a certain degree of danger, so don't move around when you are free."

"Miss Evelia, please elaborate on what you mean by the 'certain danger'. If it is radioactive, it is recommended to transfer it to the underground storage space of the cement exterior wall."

The smart butler spoke immediately.

"It doesn't matter what's in the box as long as you don't reach out and touch it."

Eve finally recovered from the dream: "That is a limited-use dress for artificial humans. If a human touches it, it will be completely assimilated into gold."

It sounds safe as long as you don't touch it, the smart housekeeper silently lowered the security alert level.Tony Stark sounds very interested in this substance: "Can it turn other things into gold? Can animals do it? Only for humans? This is also a way of alchemy?"

Tony Stark imagined the financial market fluctuations caused by transforming large animals into gold, and guessed: "I think it should not be equal volume into gold, but equal quality, but I don't know whether alchemy also obeys the principle of matter." The law of conservation...should be to change into a small piece of gold ingot with the same weight as the original human being."

The red eyes blinked, and the magician didn't answer his words, but quietly waited for the next one. For a moment, the sudden silence between the two made Stark slightly embarrassed.After a stalemate for more than ten seconds, Tony Stark was defeated, and he raised his hand: "Well, to be honest, I don't particularly want to know these... I just want to ask, you and that, Sol's How is the negotiation going, brother?"

"He said, since the prophecy is to be fulfilled completely in one go..."

The magician recalled Loki's saying: "When the torch of the cunning god rises from the eastern horizon at dawn, that is the moment when the fire giant Surtur descends."

"What the hell does that mean?"

Tony Stark frowned: "What torch? What kind of riddle are you playing?"

"The unobservable nature of the future."

Bruce Banner closed his computer, and interjected, "He probably couldn't explain the time in too much detail for various reasons. But even if there is a sudden riddle like this, it's really..."

"This is very much in line with my brother's personality, my friend. He has been like this since he was a child, leaving half of what he said for others to guess... He really enjoys the feeling of making up his own puzzles for others to scratch their heads and solve."

Sol is not surprised by this. If his brother can cooperate well with the Avengers, he may have injured his brain in the Holy Grail War.

"Lokabrenna, Sirius."

At the moment when everyone was having different opinions, the magician suddenly spoke and uttered the first key word: "In the culture of the earth, the torch that symbolizes Loki is the fire from heaven that will descend in the prophecy. But his puzzles should not be so good. Guess."

"...Since it is related to astronomical phenomena, it may be related to the professional scope of astronomy. I will contact Animsfia."

After receiving the call, Strange said very succinctly: "I don't know much about celestial magic...but I can go to the library of Master Ancient One to look for it, and Wang will be with me."

"Maybe it's not that complicated?"

Eve thought for a while: "I remember that he was quite dismissive of the celestial magic in the atrium..."

So it shouldn't be a reference to the concept in magic.

Then, back to science, the pool of people who can help is much wider.SHIELD is like a huge and comprehensive machine in the process of saving the world, and it quickly finds its way from the prompts like wedges.

Nick Fury's expression in the video call was rarely relaxed: "We found three professors whose research fields are related to Nordic mythology, two researchers in the field of astronomy, and even visited some academic leaders in folklore. "

"It is recorded in the ancient Egyptian astronomical calendar that every time Sirius rises from the eastern horizon at dawn, it is the season when the Nile River floods."

Bruce Banner's fingers are running fast on the keyboard: "The time when the Nile River floods every year is probably in summer and autumn, from June to September. In northern Sudan, the water usually starts to rise in May, and in August every year The water level reached the highest level on the left and right... The time given is too vague, and it is almost August now."

"Isn't there a possibility of a crisis at any time?"

Gold Mujik took a step back and put his hands on his chest: "Hey, tell me, is it a good idea to hand over the first responsibility of saving the world to a legendary evil god?"

The crimson eyes swept over everyone, and finally stayed on Mujik's body for two seconds.The magician lowered his eyes, recalling what Loki had said in an understatement in the dream.

The weak are always afraid, he said.

Human beings describe their fear of nature in the starry sky, and human beings will use the star trail to pass down the fear of disaster prophecy from generation to generation until it becomes a symbol.Then, the fears that such symbols and labels symbolized were also passed down, like your magic sigils.

"Wouldn't the gods be like this?"

Eve asked: "Or, as long as enough power is captured?"

"Sol probably has nothing to fear."

Loki sneered: "But that may be because he has no brains."

Asgard is fearless. They have been the leaders of the Nine Realms for thousands of years. The peace brought by Odin has lasted for too long. Under the protection of Rune and the huge divine power, it seems that only the future Such a little bit of prophecy can pry the nerves of the Asgardians who have been relaxing for too long.

"—Then you too?"

The God of Trickster froze for a moment, then shook his head slightly.

"I'm not Asgardian."

Of course, he also once dreamed that he was born Odinson, but the reality cannot be assumed, and those predictions have gradually become clear and cannot be mistaken.

Of course, artificial humans have never felt fear.Green eyes looked at the magician around him. In the few days after the agreement was reached, they had several short talks in the dream space, with the purpose of exchanging information between Kadafers and S.H.I.E.L.D.The undead magus seems determined to use the Holy Grail to seize the true Third Law, thereby bringing relief to his long, struggling life.

"If you can't live forever in peace, death is actually not bad."

In the busy process, occasionally Cadafels would express such emotion.This indifferent attitude towards life and death made him inexplicably feel very close to an artificial human.

The young gods couldn't understand.

In their long life, the age of more than 1000 years is actually not long after they reached adulthood.Thor is now [-] years old, even so, he is just a guy who finds a girlfriend in the atrium and takes her to Asgard rashly, and then is ridiculed by Odin as "not being able to sit on the dining table." lamb meat" bold youth.

And death is a more distant term. He and Sol killed many enemies on the battlefield, but they were just alien monsters in their eyes.At an age when he was not as tall as a broad sword, Thor learned to wave his fists to be a hero in front of his younger brother, declaring that he would kill those monsters.

"Slaythemall!"

Said young Saul: "One day I will..."

Because of the negativity that came with these memories, he sternly declined an invitation to go to the Avengers Tower until his fateful moment.

"There are no doors!"

The scenes in the dream can be freely changed according to the mood, anyway, the command spell of the Holy Grail War will firmly link them together.So in several meetings, according to personal preferences, the scene switched to Asgard's garden, Frigg's magic workshop, Einzbern's Winter Castle and El-Melloi II's empty modern world. Magic classroom.The god of trickery raised his chin high, saying that if he was forced to be in the same room as that stupid Saul, he might as well run over his corpse first.

And Eve is obviously used to such exaggerated rhetoric: "I know I know, but it's very dangerous to have you stay around Cadafels now. That guy's curse is a problem..."

"You don't know anything at all!"

Green eyes swept across the artificial man with "what the hell did I do and why are you angry again" written all over his face like sharp swords, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became.

He must be cursed by something to worry about the life and death of an artificial human, right?

"Remarkable progress has been made in the research and development of Surtur's battle suit. After incorporating the rune formula into it, the high heat resistance of the suit has been greatly improved."

The magician reported the progress of the Avengers Alliance: "It is almost certain that the other party will appear in the form of Berserker, because the master has tried many times to simulate the summoning test, and the possibility of establishing a servant contract with the King of Conquerors More than 98%. However, the temperature limit that can be maintained today is still not up to the standard for facing Surtur. In terms of the adaptability of runes, the spells that rely on the source of Egyptian magic and Greek spells are relatively ineffective. So we want to ask you to be able to..."

"It's long-winded, sure enough Sol can't help you at all!"

Loki volleyed down the symbol of Rune: "Just memorize it and use it, don't think about the specific principle - if you want to go blind before the battle."

It is of course very happy to be able to copy homework. Copying other people's source code and running it directly is a lot of happiness.Eve carefully memorized the original rune.The location of the dream meeting this time is decided by Loki. The top floor of the Golden Palace overlooks the entire territory of Asgard, and the vast galaxy is in the sky.

"I don't know exactly how to summon me."

Loki frowned: "We still need to observe for a while, but since the three goddesses said that this incident will be caused by me, the worst result, if it is caused by Surtur without my own awareness." come, then I will make an emergency contact through your magic engraving."

There will be no outsiders intruding in the dream, and the huge Asgard is even more empty and lonely.The little prince of Asgard sat on the high window sill, not even looking at the deserted lonely throne.

"The scenes you choose are all in Asgard."

Eve raised the corners of her eyes and looked at the other party from bottom to top.

As if remembering the defense of "I'm not from Asgard", Loki's face changed slightly, and he stretched out his hand as if trying to cover up something: "That's because I have stayed in Asgard for a long time! Of course, If you want to see other scenery, the Elven Forest in Alfheim actually looks pretty good..."

The hand covered with the command spell lightly pressed the arm that wanted to cast the spell.

"It's all right, Mr. Caster."

She couldn't say any words of consolation, the other person's life experience was completely different from her own, which was another kind of heaviness that could not be experienced with the short life of an artificial human.But there is only one thing, the white-haired magician can promise with enough certainty.

"Scotti and Belldandi's prophecies are by no means complete."

The magician said in a very slow but sure tone: "Bet on the name of Einzbern in 2000, even if it is a fate that is impossible to see in the future, it will never let your name be dusted again."

After the magician said his goodbyes, he left the dream in a hurry, leaving Loki sitting alone on the top of the Golden Palace in Asgard, overlooking the empty dream world.

Asgard is the pinnacle of the Nine Realms.

There is no change in the seasons of the year here, every day is as warm as spring, and the golden palace casts a long reflection.

With the blessing of everyone, the souls who died in battle will be sent to thousands of galaxies in a flat boat, and finally reach the other side of Valhalla.Considering that his personality is very different from that of most Asgardians, he once worried whether Valhalla would open the door to him after thousands of years, but the situation took a turn for the worse after that, and he no longer had the time to think about it Death thousands of years later.

Loki stood up, took one last look at this Asgard drawn from his own memory, and turned to leave.