"When Earth wasn't Earth yet, when it was still Midgard, it belonged to the World Tree parallel Universe, the one where Thor resides."
...Later, Earth fell from the World Tree, and at that moment, Earth was just Earth.
A seed also took root as Earth fell.
Jehovah brought His Heaven Dimension with Him.
He came with a mission.
Just as Mephisto is a Death Lord under Death, Jehovah was also created by someone.
...The 'little blacks' were their broiler chickens, responsible for providing life energy to that rooted and sprouted seed.
When Earth's life multiplied to a critical point, that sprouted seed would burst out of the ground.
This is also why the 'little blacks' don't fit the theory of evolution.
They are foolish, they are incompetent, they are intellectually inferior.
Because they are just broiler chickens.
Then...
Mephisto defeated Jehovah and His Heaven Dimension, gaining control of Earth.
Now, Jehovah and His Heaven Dimension have returned.
...That red apple is the best proof.
It must have been left by Jehovah when He departed, specifically for this day.
Because Merrick claimed that he received a divine oracle from God, using the red apples, continuously cloning, like money laundering, washing the formatted souls within the red apples, then killing them and casting these souls into Hell.
They were trying to create a Death Angel, and through this method, defeat Mephisto, seize Hell, and at the same time, reclaim Earth, allowing them to accelerate the growth of that seed.
This—
Is the truth of this dimensional war.
Hawk, sitting back on the deck steps, as he promised, recounted the entire story to Sharon without any concealment.
Sharon's expression, just as Hawk had expected, continuously changed as the story unfolded.
Shock.
Disbelief.
And confusion, these three expressions, constantly alternated on Sharon's face, as if performing a grand play.
Her heart was turbulent, and her faith, in the face of the truth, became precarious.
Sharon tried to steady her crumbling faith.
Unfortunately... a rout is like an avalanche.
Faith is also like that.
The moment Hawk's words fell, Sharon's faith collapsed!
After a while.
Sharon looked up at Hawk, her voice a little dry: "So God is here to destroy us this time?"
Hawk nodded.
"Yes."
"I..."
Sharon opened her mouth, looking at Hawk: "I need some time to process this news."
Hawk hummed.
"Understood."
"Thank you."
Sharon, her faith crumbling at this moment, forced a strained smile: "So, what does S.H.I.E.L.D. need to do?"
Hawk, getting up from the deck again, looked at Sharon, who, despite her faith crumbling, still held onto her profession, and said with a smile: "You don't need to do anything; this war has nothing to do with ordinary people."
This is a dimensional war between Hell and Heaven.
It doesn't concern ordinary people.
Sharon also stood up again.
"But you said that if God defeats Mephisto, He will destroy Earth."
"Uh..."
Hawk blinked, looking at the slightly agitated Sharon: "So, you don't want God to win?"
Sharon shook her head: "I want World Peace."
If she had to choose between faith and World Peace.
She would choose the latter.
World Peace.
She believed in God because her mother told her to when she was young, but believing in World Peace was a choice she made herself.
This was also her original intention for joining S.H.I.E.L.D..
If it's a choice between believing in God and believing in World Peace.
Again.
She chooses World Peace.
So...
Sharon exhaled a turbid breath, sweeping her crumbling faith in God into the trash, then looked at Hawk with firm eyes: "What can S.H.I.E.L.D. do to prevent this from happening?"
Hawk looked at Sharon, whose demeanor seemed to have changed in an instant, and raised an eyebrow in surprise.
But... "You really don't need to do anything."
"But..."
"Don't forget, God dragged me into this."
Hawk's lips curved upwards as he looked at Sharon: "Don't worry, when it's time for them to help, I won't be polite."
Sharon reacted upon hearing this.
Oh, right.
Dr. Merrick's clones were all Hawk's clones.
Good heavens.
Milking one sheep dry?
Sharon recalled the various Hawks, lying haphazardly and in different states of decay within the ruined mountain after the explosion on Molokai Island, then looked at the smiling Hawk in front of her.
For some reason, she suddenly envisioned Hawk destroying Heaven, just as he destroyed Wakanda.
Soon.
The story was finished.
Hawk stood up, soared into the sky, and sped towards New York City.
Sharon, standing on the speedboat, watched Hawk disappear into the distance, then withdrew her gaze, took a deep breath, and pulled out her satellite phone to contact S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.
High above the sky.
Hawk, while using the Reality Stone to lower his presence and flying towards New York City at a steady speed, also immersed his mind in his Little Universe.
Whoosh!
In the Underworld, within the Icebound Hell of the Eight Great Hells.
On the boundless permafrost, Alexander Pierce, who was originally alone, was no longer lonely.
Because there was another person beside him.
Merrick.
At this moment, Alexander Pierce was walking across the eternal permafrost with a numb expression, facing the swirling wind and snow, ignoring Merrick's shouts, who had just arrived and seemed still confused about his situation.
Just then.
Hawk suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.
Merrick stared at the sudden appearance of Hawk, instantly froze in place, and then immediately exploded.
"Samael, you truly are a rebellious Angel."
"God gave you a chance to start over, but you betrayed Him again..."
Bang!
Hawk's eyes narrowed, and he instantly blasted the idiot, who still couldn't recognize reality, tens of thousands of miles away, not bothering to speak to him, lest his own intelligence be lowered by doing so.
Alexander Pierce, on the other hand, raised his eyes, gave Hawk a numb look, then withdrew his gaze, not bothering to look at Merrick who had been blasted away, and walked past Hawk, continuing his mechanical march forward.
Hawk smiled slightly, turning to look at Alexander Pierce, who ignored him and walked past him.
Was he frozen stiff?
Hawk thought to himself, and with a thought, instantly froze the Icebound Hell temporarily.
"Pierce!"
...
Alexander Pierce, walking ahead, paused at the sound, feeling the sudden stillness of the blizzard and the omnipresent cold around him, remained silent for a while, then slowly turned around, meeting Hawk's gaze.
"Mr. Phoenix."
"Still calling me 'Mister'?"
Hawk looked at Alexander, whose voice was like dead wood, seemingly from not speaking for a long time: "How many times have you died?"
Alexander was expressionless.
"I don't remember. After I died thirteen thousand five hundred times, I stopped counting."
"That many?"
Hawk raised an eyebrow at the number Alexander Pierce reported, then said with a smile: "Do you regret it? If you do, I can let you leave here."
A flicker of light passed through the depths of Alexander Pierce's numb eyes.
Those who haven't experienced the Icebound Hell don't understand its despair.
Boundless permafrost that you can never walk out of, and blizzards that always howl and always fall.
Alexander Pierce once tried to commit suicide, attempting to escape from here.
But the truth was, he was overthinking it.
He couldn't escape from here, not when Hawk didn't allow it.
Now... Alexander Pierce almost subconsciously glanced at Hawk: "You're really willing to let me out?"
Hawk said calmly: "I've kept you here for so long, and you've died so many times. You should know by now why I confined you here."
Alexander was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Anna."
"Yes."
Hawk nodded, looking at Alexander Pierce: "Tell me where you imprisoned Anna, and I will pardon you, and you can leave the Icebound Hell. Perhaps you can't go to the Pure Land, but you can live in the Underworld."
Alexander Pierce's lips twitched, then he withdrew his gaze.
"It's good here."
Heh!
Hawk chuckled at that.
"Pierce, didn't you see Merrick?"
"I saw him."
I already know that Merrick and you were cloning me, and Merrick is already here, so you should know that your plan to clone me and then kill me has failed.
So...
Is there any point in persisting? I said before that I wouldn't give you any chances.
But I'm giving you another chance now.
Anna.
Where is she? Tell me, and I'll pardon you.
I never give anyone two chances, but you, I've given you two chances, Pierce, this is your last chance, don't disappoint me!
Hawk doesn't have many friends; they are few and far between.
No, that's not right.
Visibly few.
To this day, the number of people in his phone's contact list indicates how many friends he has.
And among these few phone numbers, there's one friend's number he can never reach.
So... yes.
He misses Anna, not for anything else, but for friendship, just as he always said, he never looks at factions when making friends; as long as he acknowledges them, they are his friends.
Anna is his friend, and Alexander Pierce in front of him is the only one who knows Anna's whereabouts.
Therefore, for Anna, he is willing to give Alexander Pierce another chance.
The last chance...
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