Two days before the wedding ceremony, Schiller was awakened by the sunlight shining directly into Asgard from the window. Asgard is an island floating in the universe and does not revolve around stars. All the light here is
Coming from the World Tree, the sun rises and the moon sets without any heat.
Therefore, the early morning sunshine here has a chill, and the mist brought by the abundant energy of the World Tree makes the sunlight shining through the gauze curtains particularly gentle. The gods from Northern Europe like this kind of melancholy blue light.
atmosphere.
The sound of "dong dong dong" sounded outside the door, and Schiller said "Please come in." A goddess opened the door with a smile, put an invitation letter on the table at the door, and then said: "Hello,
Sir, there will be an Asgardian special concert tonight, held in the Asgard Auditorium. If you are interested, please wear formal attire and ring the service bell at around 7:10 tonight, and someone will take you to the auditorium.
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Schiller felt a little surprised, so he asked: "Aren't concerts and other receptions held after the ceremony?"
"No, sir, I know this is not similar to the etiquette of most civilizations. Asgard conducts reception activities first and then the wedding ceremony. This is so that guests here can better experience our cultural atmosphere.
I have a deeper understanding of the atmosphere of the wedding ceremony.”
"Okay, I understand, so what other entertainment activities are there besides the concert?"
"After tonight's concert, there will be no special activities today, but tomorrow morning you can go to Asgard's expo hall to participate in the art exhibition, or you can go to the library to read books on Asgard's history and culture."
"We will hold a dance in the main hall of the Immortal Palace the day after tomorrow. This is the most important reception event. His Majesty the God King, the future God Queen and all important guests will not be absent. Please be sure to arrive on time."
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Goddess. Can I go talk to some friends during the day today? I haven't seen them for a long time and I won't miss the concert."
"Of course, sir, you can arrange your time as you please during the day. We'll see you tonight. I wish you a good time."
After the goddess closed the door and left, Schiller let out a sigh of relief and had to admit that if the Asgardians are willing to maintain a good attitude towards you, then it is actually very comfortable to get along with them. These gods are not only pleasing to the eye, but also
The temperament will also make people feel the boldness and enthusiasm of marine civilization.
Schiller walked to the door and picked up the invitation. He saw that the specific time and address were written on it, and it even included arrangements for the next two days. However, as the goddess said, most of the daytime was for free activities, and the guests
We can communicate freely.
This arrangement is very smart. Everyone actually knows that the theme of attending a wedding is not a wedding. People just need an excuse to bring everyone together to solve the social problems of interstellar society in the next ten or even decades.
Of course, Schiller also has problems to solve, and that's about Thanos and the Dark Quadrant.
Some people must still remember that there were several members of the old Skrull Empire who fled to the earth before. Although a stupid general's decision made most of them copy human abilities and were infected by human thoughts, they are now standing
On the human side, there are several members who are unwilling to give up and want to rebuild the Skrull Empire.
They do not recognize the current militaristic Skrull Empire as their homeland, and are unwilling to go back. Instead, they want to find a new land and develop from scratch.
Although the universe is very large, there are few places suitable for building a home. More importantly, they must stay far away from the sphere of influence of the New Skrull Empire, otherwise they will be wiped out once discovered.
At the beginning, Schiller showed them a clear path. At that time, Thanos had just angered Eternity, and Eternity directly cut out the dark dimension and threw it to hang on the outer wall of the universe. The members of the old Skrull Empire settled there.
Home.
But now, Thanos has used the Shi'ar Empire's dimension cutting device to pack up Thanos' resources from other universes and bring them back, so he will definitely need a place to stay, and the Shi'ar Empire's dimension cutting device can just tear down a dimension.
Sew it back again.
Then Thanos's best choice is to put the dark dimension that was cut back to its original place, but now that the original place is occupied by someone else, Thanos will have a bit of a problem.
Some people may think that one Titan can't defeat several Skrulls? But don't forget that the veteran who led the Skrulls cloned Captain America, and he would be 50-50 against anyone.
open.
What's even more frightening is that there is also a Schiller among the Skrulls.
At first, General Skrull, who cloned Nick, wanted to let the last member who did not choose a clone target to clone Schiller, but was directly infected by Schiller.
Now he is one of the personalities in the tower. There are so many personalities in the tower, and there is no less of a Skrull personality. The only difference is that he has a separate Skrull body to be free.
For activities, you don’t have to compete with other Schillers for flights.
However, there is also a disadvantage in that the Skrull copy can only copy abilities, but not the external equipment carried on the body. This Skrull Schiller does not have gray fog, and his self-protection ability is not very strong. Safety issues limit his performance.
, so so far it is only active near the dark quadrant.
But this is enough to give Thanos a headache. In front of him is a 50-50 captain who can't be beaten by anyone, and behind him is a scheming Pope II. If the infinity stones from other universes can be used, he might be able to defeat him.
Fighting is useless, and Thanos has no choice but to outwit him.
Because of this situation, before Schiller could find Thanos, Thanos came to find him first.
Asgard's restaurant is located on the second floor of Asgard. The main color here is still gold, but the edges of the curved dome and the patterns on the walls are dark blue, while the armchairs near the golden table are dark red, and the walls are slightly darker.
The ancient milky white neutralizes the collision of these strong colors, making it look noble and gorgeous with a sense of weight.
When Schiller walked into the restaurant, he couldn't help but look up and look at the gorgeous palace decoration. Asgard's Asgard is also called Odin's Golden Palace. This palace lives up to its famous name. This is the first time Schiller has painted it in such detail.
I visited this palace and was fascinated by it.
It wasn't until the waiter in the restaurant led him to the dining table that Schiller came back to his senses. When he raised his eyes, he saw a purple-skinned giant picking food at the dining table.
There are a lot of Asgardian specialties here, most of which are barbecues. Asgard is a maritime civilization and almost no livestock is raised, so the meat sources are monsters from the nine kingdoms. There are many unidentified monster meats.
, Schiller was a little at a loss what to do, and at this time, a voice sounded in his ears:
"You can have some of that. It's very similar to the mutton on Earth. It's a kind of blue-eared sheep that lives in groups on the edge of the nine kingdoms."
Schiller turned around and saw Thanos standing next to him. Schiller said in a brisk tone: "Your Majesty Thanos, good morning. Why are you here so early today?"
Of course Thanos heard what Schiller said. He looked around and found that there were indeed fewer people in the restaurant, so his behavior of pretending to meet by chance seemed a bit embarrassing.
Schiller is a person who always wakes up at five o'clock. Many people know this habit of his. It is not difficult for Thanos to investigate Schiller's daily routine.
But what he didn't expect was that Schiller's healthy routine was unique in the universe. To be precise, apart from the waiter, they were the only two people in the restaurant.
"Let's go sit over there." Schiller took some simple pastries and walked to the window with the dinner plate. The two of them came to a dining table next to a tall statue and sat down. Schiller took it from the waiter's hand.
Passing the knife and fork, he asked proactively: "Are you going to the concert tonight?"
"Of course, I am very interested in the music of Asgard. I like their rallying horns and war drums very much. They remind me of the days of Titan."
Thanos also picked up the knife and fork, and what was a little surprising was that Thanos used the tableware very well. Like a true gentleman in human society, he maintained meticulous dining etiquette.
"Is it the same drumbeat you played when you destroyed Titan?"
"Destruction and art do not conflict." Thanos shook his head and said, "Asgard has destroyed many more civilizations and lives than I have."
"Indeed." Schiller turned to look out the window. The buildings in Asgard in the distance were even more brilliant in the morning light. Art will always grow more vigorously in two extreme soils. One is extreme hardship.
and severe cold, and the other is abundance and abundance without worrying about survival.
Asgard is obviously the latter, so the art here is always exciting and magnificent. Whether it is architecture or music, they all strive to shock people. Perhaps the Eternals were the same in the past.
"Humanity's solar system development plan should have paid attention to Uranus, right?" Thanos asked with a half-smiling expression.
"Are you worried that humans will discover the remains of the Eternals?" Schiller cut a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and said: "To be honest, we are not too interested in this, and you didn't leave anything good.
...However, I am quite interested in the story of the Eternals, can you tell me about it?"
Thanos' hand holding the tableware paused for a moment. He looked at Schiller and said, "Didn't the Master Supreme tell you our story?"
"It's naturally different to have someone who has experienced it tell the story. Maybe after hearing your story of being displaced, another person like me will have some sympathy for your displaced situation."
Thanos showed an unexplained smile. He lowered his head and looked at the food on the plate and said: "I am the third generation descendant of the Eternals. You must have noticed that the Eternals are a race that came out of the earth."
"Our living habits, etiquette and culture have many things in common with human beings. The city of Titanos that was built on the earth at that time was a glorious ancient civilization on the earth."
"Most of the tragedies in this world come from greed for power. My grandfather, Kronos, the leader of the Eternals at the time, triggered a terrifying big explosion while conducting experiments on the life force of the universe. The glorious Titan
The city of North was destroyed."
"Kronos' body was destroyed, but the Eternals had a powerful spirit. In the explosion, he changed his life form, gave up his body, merged with part of the rules of time, and became a god in the universe.
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"But it is a pity that he failed to save the tragedy of the Eternals. After the terrible big explosion, the Eternals suffered heavy casualties. Just like all intelligent life when they encounter disasters, terrible civil strife swept the ruins of Titanos."
"Uranus, the younger brother of Cronus, believed that his brother was irresponsible and was the culprit for the heavy casualties of the Eternals, so a fight broke out between them, but unfortunately Ouranos failed to defeat Cronus.
After the defeat, he was exiled and led a group of Eternals to Titan, the satellite of Uranus and Saturn, and rebuilt the city."
"After the destruction of Titanos, Zuras, the eldest son of Kronos, led a group of Eternals to flee from the ruins of Titanos and came to Mount Olympus in Greece. They established the Olympus pantheon and did not agree with it.
His other three ethnic groups took root in three different places."
"After the chaos ended, another problem plagued the Eternals, and that was the commonplace problem of standing reserves."
"Kronos not only has Zuras as a son, he also has a younger son Arals, but he has never been liked by him, just like Loki's previous situation in Asgard."
"It's interesting, isn't it? Everything in this world is like reincarnation one after another." Thanos shook his head and said with some sigh: "However, Arals, the little prince of the Eternals, is not like Loki.
As luck would have it, after failing in the fight for the throne, he was expelled from Olympus and went into exile on Titan."
"At that time, Titan had the Eternal race left behind by Ouranos, so Arals took his followers and merged with this Eternal race to create the Titan race."