Marvel Magic Event Book

Chapter 1727 The King's Power Must End
Ikaros made his choice, and the emperor showed him the mercy he deserved.

Inanna, who had transformed into human form again, watched the emperor walk out of the cave holding a head. The blazing holy sword was put into the golden scabbard and no longer radiated heat. The scalding air no longer poured out of the cave. The evening breeze with residual warmth blew across the charred desert, bringing with it a lingering burnt smell.

The goddess Venus tilted her head, her long hair wrapped in crimson silk, like raven wings, falling with gravity. She did not have any feelings after seeing Ikaros' head. In her opinion, the death of the Eternals was already a matter of fate, and there was no need to have any emotions because of the death of an Inhuman.

"Have you found the location of the Earth Machine?" she asked curiously. "How many more people do we need to kill?"

"Ikaros asked me to show mercy to the Eternals, and I promised him that I would try to avoid spilling blood on the land." The emperor's tone was full of fatigue. "The most important thing is Kronos. As long as we kill him, our goal will be achieved. He does not have a physical body in the physical universe, but has become the machine soul of the Earth machine, so I must kill him in the outer dimension. As long as we have the Earth machine, we can train the legion and launch the most important expedition."

Ikaros' soul was completely burned by the holy sword, and the Eternals' Earth machine could not capture his soul. The attached activation chamber could no longer have a soul for Ikaros' cloned body. Before rushing to eternal peace, he told the Emperor everything he knew.

After the Eternals split, they all made their own decisions. One part of them, led by Zuras, reached a deal with the extradimensional entities worshipped by the primitive human civilization near the Mediterranean, and became containers for extradimensional entities that were relatively friendly to the human race (the so-called friendliness was not friendliness to humans), allowing those extradimensional entities to come to this world through the physical body of the physical universe.

This ritual of deep integration of extradimensional entities with the physical universe is called "incarnation".

There are two ways of taking on flesh: "possession" and "conception".

Inanna and the Eternals used "possession", that is, they possessed a body in a physical universe, and the soul of the extradimensional entity and the body merged and influenced each other.

The Olympian gods give power, the Eternals offer their bodies, and the fate of the two is deeply combined. After the possession is successful, the extradimensional entity will have the body of the real universe, and will immediately have the power that this body can contain - if the Olympian gods choose mortals as their possession, then they cannot exert much power, and Inanna rarely fully exerts her power, because this will only lead to powerful psychic energy burning this mortal body - if the Eternals who possess die, then the souls of the fused Olympian gods will also be reborn together, breaking away from the fate bestowed on the Eternals by the gods.

This influence is two-way. Not only will the body change due to the power of the outer dimension, but the soul of the outer dimension entity will also change due to the fusion of the soul. Such Eternals are no longer Eternals, because the body of the Eternals contains a brand new soul. Athena will work hard for the continuation of the Olympian pantheon and will have a sense of belonging to the Eternals, but she can no longer tell whether she is an Eternal or an Olympian god.

On the list given by Ikaros was the emperor's future mentor, Athena.

Another way of incarnation is "conception". Kamar-Taj believes that "conception" is when an extradimensional entity erases all memories and thoughts and is born through a deep combination in the physical universe - the emperor, or Salomon, came into this world in this way [Note 1] - this way of incarnation cannot immediately interfere with reality, but as long as there is enough time, the child born can gradually regain the wisdom from the extradimensional dimension and gain the power and mission it already possesses.

For example, the Emperor himself, the soul of this planet and the soul of the Creator, is destined to bear responsibilities and work that humans cannot bear. He is now an emperor alienated by power and strength, not "Salomon" from Kamar-Taj. This simple name has not flowed between the tongues and lips of others for a long time, as his power grows. Even Victor von Doom will not say his name, but use a code name instead, because the Emperor's name has enough power to kill mortals and extradimensional entities.

The fatigue was fleeting.

The Emperor's body would not feel tired, and he could work without sleep. This information shock was nothing to him. The news that Athena was an Eternal would not affect him at all. He didn't care at all. Athena was Athena. After so many years of dating, he already knew that Athena supported him wholeheartedly just like Bayonetta. He also planned to recruit some Eternals who were also immortals to join his project. Athena was one of them. These Eternals had the knowledge granted by the gods, which could greatly reduce the necessary working hours.

The emperor decided to find an opportunity to tell the truth to Athena, who would know more information than Inanna. This was not favoritism, or that he trusted Athena more than Inanna, who might be the founder of the witch school. It was just that everyone only needed to know the part of the secret that they needed to know.

Only Athena knew the truth about time travel, so she could pick up the young Salomon at the British Museum until he embarked on an expedition to the edge of the solar system in the future, completing this time loop.

He took a deep breath because things were really troublesome.

Damn Kronos, now an extradimensional entity fused with Earth's machinery.

Although he lost the essence of the immortals, it also made Kronos unable to die in the physical universe. In order to completely kill him without destroying the earth's machine, he could only be killed in the outer dimension or Kronos' soul was pulled out of the earth's machine. The latter method has a high probability of damaging the earth's machine. In order to ensure that he can obtain all the knowledge given to the Eternals by the gods, the Emperor prefers to use the first method, that is, to kill Kronos in the outer dimension.

This was a very troublesome matter, and even Agamotto did not want to do it. It was almost impossible to find a specific soul that had no connection with the caster in an outer dimension without the concept of space and time. If he had not carefully pinched fate and created fragile coincidences, this matter would not have been so easy to solve.

"Get on the warship first." The emperor said, "Everything in Eridu is coming to an end, and the kingship must end. There are too many rentiers in Eridu. If they are unwilling to follow orders and migrate eastward, then let them bear the consequences of our war with the Eternals."

The emperor's order meant that in the process of moving away from Eridu, the privileged classes who benefited from commerce and the well-field system would die. In order to produce and mobilize enough materials for the expedition, the emperor tolerated these people benefiting from the administrative system he constructed.

Now that the Egyptian expedition has ended, a new expedition is about to begin. Nothing will be left on this land except the culture and wisdom of Eridu. In the next month, the residents of Eridu will be able to see the giant warships hanging above their heads. Many people will look anxiously at the temple emitting soft light, trying to find some spiritual comfort from the gods living in the temple.

Especially those farmers who lived outside the city and provided agricultural products to Eridu, they would come to the temple to pray almost every day and leave cakes made of clay. The gods would soon leave the city, which was the news spread among the residents of Eridu. Every day they saw people riding "burning giant eagles" rising into the sky and sinking into the steel city in the sky. Many people said that the gods would lead his priests and the most devout believers to live in the steel city.

Not everyone was willing to leave, except the emperor's staunchest supporters.

The generations of students and their families who had received education were undoubtedly supporters of the emperor's decision, especially those students who came from farmers and craftsmen's families. As for the officials in the administrative system, some of them were taken away by the Guards, and these people were also supporters of the emperor.

For the remaining merchant families, the emperor's order was no less than the end of the world in their eyes.

Due to the sharp decline in the wealthy and educated classes, the total amount of high-value goods imported and exported by Eridu continued to decline. Gems from the turquoise steps and Egypt were no longer in demand, and deep-sea pearls were even a bit in excess. However, some of these merchants received primary education and were willing to follow the emperor on board the warships, believing that the emperor could give them a better life.

The once most pious residents of Eridu had completely different opinions from the farmers living around the city-state. If the emperor had not ordered the hoarding of food, even the farmers around Eridu who provided agricultural products to the city would have stood up against the emperor. No matter how pious the producers of this small peasant economy were, they would not give up their land for the emperor and follow him on the warship, because their livelihood came from the land under their feet and the water conservancy facilities built by the emperor in the past 30 years.

As for the slaves, they had no choice but to follow the Eridans onto the spaceship. After all, before becoming slaves, these slaves were still savages without complete language and writing. In the eyes of the proud Eridans, these slaves needed to be educated to become human beings, otherwise they would not even be qualified to be sacrifices. According to the statistics of the Guardian Order, there were only about 10,000 mortals willing to leave Eridan, which was already a quarter of the population of Eridan, and most of them were educated. If the emperor had not intentionally controlled the scope of education (mainly because the productivity of this era could not support such a large educated population), there would be more mortals on the warship - but 10,000 people were still too few for such a warship, and many functions could not be enabled, let alone used for interstellar warfare - even in order to allow the warship to sail above the atmosphere or within the solar system, mortals would need to be trained for a longer time, on a larger scale, and in a more professional manner.

This means a larger investment of resources, and the Order of the Guard must continue to be thrifty in addition to stockpiling supplies.

"We must first put the battleship into orbit." Constantine picked up the data pad and said to the emperor with a frown, "I believe the Eternals must have several more spaceships. According to the reproduction rate of mortals and the current population policy, our population will double in less than ten years. Unless you agree to reduce the learning cycle of minors, by that time, the proportion of negative assets on the ship who cannot work will exceed 50%."

"Slaves cannot fly spaceships, nor can they become soldiers, let alone genetically modified warriors." The Emperor took the Sword of Promised Victory and the Holy Lance of Storm from the priest, then bent down to let Inanna buckle the cloak on the armor. "Continue your work, it's time to solve the last problem of the Eternals."

"My lord——"

The Emperor walked down the steps of the throne and stood in front of the grand staircase of the temple.

As far as the eye can see, shepherds drove their flocks through the city gates and into the city before the sun was swallowed by the earth. He stood there, watching the neatly planned houses below the temple light up, the night life of the Eridu people officially began, and countless wisps of smoke rose from the city.

The priestesses wore translucent tulle, their skin painted with perfume gleaming in the light of the fire and sweat. Every priestess belonged to the temple, and these beautiful girls would resign from all their duties in the temple at the age of thirty and train new girls in the academy to ensure that every girl who appeared before the emperor was young and beautiful enough.

The brides of these gods burn expensive blends of spices in the temple's bronze cauldrons, as they have done every day for the past thirty years. Inanna has trained them well enough, including the young girls captured from the wild tribes, to become qualified life assistants.

The emperor was pleased with their medical knowledge and accounting skills.

They can also take up arms when necessary.

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"Hammurabi has found his target." The emperor lowered his eyes and mentioned the only missing guard in this expedition. Constantine's face was expressionless. He knew that the emperor had arranged everything, including Hammurabi's disappearance. He knew that the emperor was manipulating the invisible destiny, and everything was leading the human race to the Manifest Destiny of ruling the galaxy.

The era of mankind is about to begin, and the gods are gradually retreating into the background until all faith is lost. The glory of mankind will come, but despite this, the residents of Eridu still believe that they need this temple.

As long as the temple shines at night, the city walls will not collapse, wild beasts will not break through the door and eat their families, and fresh water can be scooped out of the well. If the light of the temple disappears one day, Eridu will have no guardian, the well water will become salt water, floods will submerge farmland, and wild people will take crude bronze weapons to capture the city.

The Eridu people believed that as long as the gods stayed in the temple, the light of the temple would eventually go out, leaving only believers and priests. Now, every Eridu resident who was reluctant to leave looked at the light of the temple eagerly, praying that the light would last for another day, so that they and their families could live safely for another day.

The emperor took one last look at the gradually brightening city, then turned and walked into the temple.

He has done enough, now it depends on how long Hammurabi can hold on.

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[Hunting Hydra Operation] Day 315.

Hammurabi glanced at the date on the holographic screen, his face expressionless, and continued to focus on the vast wilderness in front of him. Behind him, the footprints of combat boots extended all the way back to the flat skyline, and weird and deformed corpses with superfluous organs were scattered on both sides of the road.

He doesn't care about time. In this place, the concept of time in the physical universe loses its meaning.

Before his heartbeat counted for a day, the date displayed on the screen was the twenty-seventh day of the combat operation. After the heartbeat count exceeded a day, this time might become the first day. Time was chaotic, and the only person he could trust was himself. The function of the power armor relying on the star coordinates had completely lost its meaning. Space was chaotic. Hammurabi felt that he had walked more than the circumference of the earth's equator, but here, he saw his footprints extending from the horizon to the sky, and the direction support system was completely useless.

He didn't know what time he was in, let alone whether he was still on Earth.

But he knew that the emperor was watching him.

Before the Hunt for Hydra, the Emperor gave him a bolt pistol.

Each bullet in the magazine of this pistol has dense prayers engraved on the bullet head. The bullet head is not equipped with the nuclear fusion explosives unique to the Guard Order, but is filled with conventional explosives, ashes from the burning incense in front of the temple, and bone powder from executed psykers. For creatures in the physical universe, such bullets are just large-caliber ammunition, but for extradimensional beasts, the Guards are always accompanied by a dazzling light that scares them.

Extradimensional entities continued to appear in his path, and without exception they fell before his garrison spears and grenade launchers.

Although the reactor core behind the power armor provided an endless supply of energy, the combat potions in the power armor had been used up, and there was only one spare magazine left for the bolt pistol. A total of thirteen rounds of ammunition were his last weapons to completely kill the extradimensional creatures - extradimensional creatures were immortal, but there were always exceptions in this world - the moment all the ammunition was used up, it would be the moment for the extradimensional creatures to launch a general attack.

No matter how powerful the guards created by genetic alchemy are, they cannot defeat the endless number of immortals.

"My Lord," Hammurabi said to himself, "How should I act?"

[Go on, find the enemy, and I will come to you. ]