The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

In the Holy of Holies, Strange quickly walked through the brightly lit corridor and entered the living room. Loki was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. When he saw Strange coming in, he stood up and asked:

What on earth is going on? What else is Schiller doing?

Who knows. Strange changed his panicked and sad expression before and said, If I guessed correctly, he should have become a believer in the Egyptian pantheon, and then asked an Egyptian god to cast his The soul has been led to the underworld, and it may be killing everyone in the underworld of the Egyptian pantheon or even in the heaven.

He sighed and sat across from the sofa. He said: For people like us, physical death is never the end. Our souls all dissipate just five minutes after death? What a liar!

The two of them drank tea instead of wine, exchanged cups, and began to speculate on what Schiller was going to do this time.

Strange knew more information, so he said first:

I don't know how Schiller contacted the Moon God Kongsu, but obviously, the big bird head has been deceived by him. I just became the Supreme Mage not long ago, and I haven't had time to read so many files. The Egyptian pantheon What’s going on with this whole family?”

Loki recalled for a while, and then said: I should not have been born when the Egyptian pantheon was active, but after that, I came into contact with several gods of the Egyptian pantheon, but they were all animal gods and did not live in the heaven.

As far as I know, a war broke out in the heaven where the Egyptian pantheon lives. After that war, most of the animal gods and some relatively marginal and weak gods were expelled. Loki touched his chin. recalled.

In other words, the relationship between the gods in the heavens and the animal gods we are familiar with is not good now? Strange asked.

That's right, didn't you know that before? The Leopard God, the Lion God, the Vulture God, and the Eagle God don't live in the heaven. They all have their own fragmented dimensions. However, they should have lived in the heaven before, but they were kicked out. ”

The Egyptian pantheon is not strong in the first place, but it is still engaging in internal strife? Strange shook his head and said, As far as I know, even their stronger Sun God and Pluto, and the main god of Asgard, are not the same. Fabi, not to mention Odin and the new god-king Thor.”

In fact, no matter which pantheon of gods it is, it is difficult to be stronger than Asgard. After all, we control the World Tree and truly rule the nine kingdoms. Loki took a sip of hot tea, sighed, and continued: After Thor eliminated the group of militants who had been lost in the killing and destruction, Asgard was like a new life, and it will only be stronger in the future.

By the way, what kind of god does Kongsu belong to? Strange asked.

Kongsu? I remember that he seems to be the moon god who represents the changes in the moon phases, right? Loki is also worthy of the title of know-it-all in the universe. He knows everything about demons, big and small. He said: Since he is the moon god, It should be a nature god, right?”

But he has a falcon head, and it's also a skeletal falcon head. It's different from the human-shaped nature gods I've encountered. Then Loki denied himself.

When speaking of this, Strange and Loki looked at each other, obviously knowing that the other had guessed the same answer. Strange tapped the table with his fingertips and said:

The moon god Kongsu belongs to the three pillar gods of Thebes, but now it is the nine pillar gods who rule the heaven. At the same time, Kongsu also has the appearance of an animal. As far as I can see, the gods in the heaven have a very unpleasant attitude towards him. Okay, keep saying that you want to capture him and bring him back for trial.

The devils don't know how to swallow their anger. I guess Schiller probably succeeded in deceiving Kongsu after having a long talk with him. Strange continued to speculate along this logical chain. explain:

The Egyptian pantheon should have a place similar to your Asgardian Artifact Hall of Valor. Their believers' souls will go there after they die. This can also explain why Schiller's soul disappears immediately after his body dies...

After Schiller's soul is taken to the underworld of the Egyptian pantheon, the gods there will definitely be in bad luck. Kongsu may want to use Schiller's power to take revenge on those nature gods.

Kong Su's purpose is not important. Loki shook his head, and then said: What is important is Schiller's purpose. What does he want to do?

I heard that the Egyptian pantheon has the ability to resurrect believers. What's going on? Strange asked Loki again.

All abilities related to resurrection must be approved by a mysterious being. The same is true for the Hall of Valor owned by Asgard. Loki hesitated for a moment, then continued: But this is a secret even in Asgard. , even Thor doesn’t know the specific details now.”

Okay, let's put this question aside for now. Strange said while thinking: After I detected the condition of Schiller's body and soul, I knew that Stark would definitely think that he was really dead, because His mecha can't detect souls, do you think Iron Man's outbreak was expected by Schiller?

Of course, otherwise why would he kill himself? Couldn't he just ask Kong Su to take him to the underworld? He must have faked the death scene just to stimulate someone. Loki shook his head and then continued: But based on what I know about him, if he really wants to wipe out the sealed demons on the earth, there is no need to hurt Stark's feelings.

I think so too. Strange confirmed Loki's guess. He said: Schiller once told me that he is not a person who uses any means to achieve his goals. In other words, he despises such people. Man, because once someone reaches this point, it proves that he has been cornered, and Schiller always has a way out.”

Even if uprooting these vicious seeds on the earth that have not yet grown into big trees is what humans must do before entering the universe, the situation is not so urgent. Even if we take our time one by one, time will be enough. It's enough without irritating Stark, making him explode, and then doing it all at once.

For human civilization, Stark is more important. Loki made this judgment. From an outsider's perspective, he could see more clearly. He said: It's not even because he can become Iron Demon God, just because of his wisdom and vision.”

Then it's more likely that Stark's outbreak, to wipe out the earth's demons, and to spread magical power to lower-level organizations is actually just a secondary goal and incidental. Strange touched his chin. Frowning, thinking hard.

...What is the main goal? Strange asked this question, but he did not expect Loki to answer, but to his surprise, Loki gave a different idea.

In this entire chain of events, there is only one thing that is shrouded in mystery and is not clear.

Loki drawled a final note, the two looked at each other, and Strange said: ...the secret of how the Egyptian gods can resurrect their believers.

Different from the atmosphere of quiet reflection in the reception room of the Holy of Holies, the earth at this time has become a mess.

Of course, in most countries of order, this matter has nothing to do with civilians. Official organizations are dispatched to deal with those demon gods who suddenly break through the seal. Although there is no large-scale war, local battles are very fierce.

The Avengers and the group staying at the German-Austrian border were thinking about how to calm down Stark when Steve's phone suddenly rang. He took the phone and heard Nick's voice on the other end.

Captain, send members of the Avengers team back to defend. Demons have broken through the seal in 12 states in the United States. We don't have enough manpower!

Steve took a deep breath and said, Okay, I'll send someone back.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Matt and said, Matt, you take the others back. SHIELD needs your support.

The situation was urgent now, so Matt didn't say anything. He just asked: What about you?

I have to stay here. On the one hand, I want to ensure that Stark will not lose his temper and endanger the earth. On the other hand... Steve turned to look at Schiller's body lying on the cold ground. What did he say? He didn’t say anything, but everyone understood what he meant, so Matt waved to the others and turned to leave.

Spider-Man looked back frequently and seemed very reluctant to leave. Matt pulled him while telling him about the possibility of the demonic outbreak harming ordinary people. After pulling for a long time, the two finally got in the car.

After everyone left, Steve showed a tired look. Sadness flowed upstream along the rain line and crawled into his eyes.

The instinct of a veteran who returned from the battlefield prevented him from showing his sorrow for the sacrifice in front of his teammates, because it might arouse despair in others, but after everyone else left, Steve could no longer control himself.

He walked to Schiller's body, half-knelt down, and then put the shield on Schiller's chest, covering the huge wound, but even so, he could not hide the fact that this was indeed a corpse.

Steve closed his eyes hard, his knuckles protruding too much when he exerted force, and the dirt in his hands was mixed with rain and blood.

Steve had never felt that he would still be unaccustomed to the smell of blood, but at this moment, even though the blood stains had been diluted by the rain, Steve still felt that the overly strong smell made him dizzy.

His chest heaved violently and he began to hyperventilate again. He covered one of his eyes with the end of his hand, trying to fight back the memories that came flooding back to him.

Suddenly, he felt a shadow falling in front of him. Steve looked up and opened his eyes wide. The hazy rain lines flickered in front of him. At that moment, he thought he was hallucinating, because it appeared in front of him. Yes, it's Stark without a suit.

He just looked at Stark blankly, but Stark also knelt down. He stared at Schiller's face, and then said: ...You don't believe he died like this, right? Me too...

But... After Steve uttered the first syllable, he fell silent. The two were silent for half a minute. Stark spoke again: Both Jarvis and Strange told me that Schiller already dead.

He does...

No, I have one last way to confirm.

What is that? Steve looked into Stark's eyes, seeking answers from Stark for the first time in a long time.

Stark stretched out his hand, pointed to his temple and said:

Remember? Schiller has a huge tower reaching the sky in his own conscious world. If we can find this tower in the conscious world, it means that his soul still exists, and then the death of the body is not a problem.

Steve thought for a moment, and then his eyes slowly lit up. He said, Yes, we can go to Professor X. He may be able to find Schiller's existence in the conscious world!

No. Stark denied this method, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched, and then said:

I go by my own.

Steve looked up at him. He wasn't sure if he saw guilt in Stark's eyes, but he stood up, looked at the real sun that had just appeared on the horizon, and said:

I will go with you.

For the first time, Stark did not refuse Steve's proposal, or mock him as usual. He stood up, pursed his lips and said: I am not a psychiatrist, and I have never done relevant research on consciousness and dreams. The world is very dangerous, you'd better not...

Tony Stark, do you really think that I am a person who would run away in this situation? Steve asked, looking into Stark's eyes.

Stark had never heard Steve ask such a serious tone, and the moment he heard this question, the answer given in Stark's heart made him speak: ...you just need to sleep and dream. , I will use the power of magic to pull you over.

Stark glanced at Schiller's body lying on the ground and said slowly:

Have a sweet dream.