Chapter 298 Knowledge is power (please order in full!)
"As I said just now, I don't like others looking at me like this."
Russell put the Vulcan Sword back into the system space and said to Yvette who had just stood up.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Although she felt unhappy, Yvette knew that now was not a good time to provoke Russell.
"Didn't you hear it already? I want books that record the knowledge of divine power."
"Although it may seem a little bit different, I am a person who loves learning."
Russell said calmly.
It was a rare trip to Vanaheim, and he planned to bring some loot back for himself.
The divine power books of the Warner Protoss are a very good trophy.
knowledge is power!
For those who want to awaken their divine power, or who have already awakened their divine power, learning relevant divine power knowledge is a good way to improve their own divine power.
Of course, not every divine awakener likes this method of improvement.
For example, Sol.
Although Russell also likes to improve his own strength through fighting and training, he also does not exclude improving his strength through learning.
Speaking of which, this has a lot to do with him being accepted as a student by Gu Yi.
If Ancient One hadn't accepted him as a student, he wouldn't have discovered that he had magical talent that came out of nowhere, and he wouldn't have liked this method of improving his own strength through learning.
Learning makes people progress!
Especially for mages and divine awakeners.
"Is this why you came to Vanaheim?"
A trace of doubt appeared on Yvette's delicate and fair face.
"Of course not. The books that ask for your magical power are just incidental."
After answering Yvette, Russell turned his head and looked around.
"Your bodyguard won't be back for a while, so go sit inside and wait!"
Russell pointed to the hall behind him and said.
Although he didn't mind standing among the corpses, the smell of blood still somewhat affected his mood.
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the tower hall behind him, not worrying that Yvette would take the opportunity to escape.
Even if Yvette wants to escape, she must have this strength.
Even if Russell asked her to run for a minute, she would not be able to escape.
Even though there is a teleportation magic circle in Storm's End that leads to Nootong, the royal city of the Warner Protoss.
When Russell found a place to sit down in the hall of the tower, Yvette walked into the hall reluctantly.
Then, he sat down two or three meters away from Russell.
"Didn't your father already agree to cooperate with Thanos? Why didn't Thanos send anyone to assist you?"
Russell asked Yvette.
"The daughter of Thanos has left Vanaheim, and our cooperation has been cancelled."
Speaking of this, Yvette looked at Russell with a dissatisfied look.
"Don't tell me that this was caused by me. I don't have that much power."
Russell said calmly.
"You are quite humble at this time!"
"Our cooperation with Thanos has been cancelled. Although it is not entirely because of you, it cannot be separated from you."
Yvette said slowly.
"Isn't it just that Ebony Throat died? What a big deal!"
"If your cooperation is canceled because Ebony Maw is dead, it only means that your cooperation is not reliable in the first place."
Although Ebony Maw is one of Thanos' more valued subordinates, he is just a subordinate.
To put it simply, Ebony Maw's life is nothing in Thanos' eyes.
Except for Gamora, Thanos doesn't take the lives of other people very seriously.
In other words, even Gamora's status in Thanos' heart is not as high as that of the Infinity Stones.
Otherwise, Thanos in the movie universe would not have traded Gamora's life for the Soul Stone.
Although Thanos looks quite simple and honest, he is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.
Even if it's his own life, he doesn't take it too seriously.
"Ebony Maw's death is just one of them. Thanos canceled cooperation because he recognized you."
Yvette continued.
"Just because Thanos recognized me and Ebony Maw died, the cooperation between you was cancelled?"
Russell asked doubtfully.
"This is part of the reason, but the main reason is that my father took the initiative to cancel the cooperation with Thanos."
"Why?"
"Because my father knew about Thanos sending troops to attack New York."
Yvette frowned slightly and looked at Russell with a complicated expression.
Although the Vanir do not visit the Earth from time to time like the Asgardians, their understanding of the Earth is no less than that of the Asgardians.
If nothing else, there is still a small number of Warner Protoss living in seclusion on the earth.
They may be spies hidden on Earth by the Warner Protoss, or they may simply be bored and travel around the Earth.
After hearing Yvette's answer, Russell did not continue to ask further.
Although Yvette didn't go into details, he could already roughly guess the reason.
The reason is very simple, that is, the Lord of Storm's End feels that Thanos' army is not as strong as the legend says.
When a partner's strength is not as strong as one imagines, it is normal to cancel the cooperation.
The reason why the Lord of Storm's End cooperated with Thanos was to seize the opportunity to gain a higher status and greater power by provoking an all-out war between Asgard and the Vanir.
However, the premise of all this is that Thanos can provide him with sufficient support.
Otherwise, the Lord of Storm's End would not risk offending both Asgard and the Vanir by provoking an all-out war.
He does desire power and status, but he has not yet been completely carried away by his ambition.
"It doesn't matter if the cooperation is cancelled. Thanos is not a reliable partner. You will definitely be glad of this decision in the future."
Russell said to Yvette.
Yvette said nothing and looked at Russell with a complicated expression. The atmosphere of silence began to spread in the hall.
Time passes little by little.
After a few minutes passed like this, Russell asked again: "What's the name of your bodyguard? It's rare to find bodyguards who have awakened their divine power."
"His name is Francis. He was my father's subordinate in the army. He later left the army and became a bounty hunter."
"When he came to Storm's End to perform a mission, my father found him and let him stay at Storm's End on a long-term commission."
Veteran?
After listening to Yvette's introduction, Russell became more interested in Francis.
Francis is a retired veteran, which means that he only awakened to his divine power after retiring. The fact that he does not have a divine power book in his hand also confirms this from the side.
Otherwise, the armies of the Warner Protoss would never agree to his retirement so easily.
Yvette's father is a good example of this.
Also awakened to divine power, Yvette's father is the city lord of the twelve main cities of Vanaheim.
Even if Francis's hurricane power is not as good as Yvette's father's storm power, there is no way he could be reduced to being a bounty hunter to support himself.
The Warner Protoss would not treat the people who have awakened their divine power like this!
"A long-term commission has made a high-level warrior who has awakened his divine power become his de facto subordinate. Your father is quite good at doing business."
Russell said with a smile.
"This is not a business. He agreed because my father once saved his life."
Yvette said with an unhappy expression.
Obviously, Yvette began to respect her father.
Russell saw through Yvette's thoughts at a glance.
However, he did not intend to expose Yvette.
Who knows if the Lord of Storm's End has ever saved Francis' life before? Even if he didn't, he has no way to prove it now.
After waiting in the hall for a while, Francis, wearing golden armor, flew back to the tower carrying a big bag.
Although Francis has awakened his divine power, he still does not have an extremely convenient storage item like a space ring.
Not only Frances doesn't have it, but Yvette seems to have it too.
After returning to the hall, Francis threw the bag filled with magical books forward, so that the bag landed just in front of Russell.
"These are all the magical books in the city lord's mansion!"
Francis said with a gloomy face.
"good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Russell used his mage's hand, opened the bag on the ground like taking something from the air, and took out a brick-thick book of divine power from inside.
After flipping through a few pages, he nodded with satisfaction.
Although the Vanir Protoss has many similarities with the Aesir Protoss, it is obvious that the cultures of the two sides are not exactly the same.
Even though the strength systems of both sides are dominated by divine power, their research directions on divine power also have their own focuses.
To give a simple example, most of Asgard's divine power books focus on the divine power in the lightning field.
Because both Odin and Thor hold authority over the lightning field, Asgard has a more in-depth study of the divine power in the lightning field.
The god king of Vanaheim is Niord, the god of the ocean, so Vanaheim's research on divine power is more focused on the fields of divine power controlled by Niord, such as oceans, storms, and summer.
To put it simply, the field of divine power of the God King determines the research direction of divine power.
But if you think about it carefully, this is also normal.
After all, compared to studying other divine powers, it is undoubtedly much easier to study the divine power possessed by one's own God-King.
More importantly, you might even get personal support and help from your own God-King during the research process.
After confirming that what Francis brought was indeed a magical book, Russell put the bag full of magical books into the system space in front of them.
After seeing the bag on the ground disappear out of thin air, both Yvette and Francis couldn't help but frown.
With their eyesight, they can certainly see at a glance that this is a means of space storage.
But the problem is, they didn't see the corresponding storage props on Russell.
Russell had no idea of explaining the system space to Yvette and Francis, and said to Francis: "Since you brought the magical book, Yvette will return it to you."
After saying that, Russell, who was sitting in the hall, disappeared instantly.
flash!
At the beginning, he really planned to regard Yvette as his second target.
But he was quite satisfied with the attitude shown by Yvette and Francis, so he planned to let Yvette go temporarily.
When Russell's figure disappeared, Francis quickly came to Yvette and said to Yvette: "Miss Yvette, you are not suitable to stay on the front line now, I will send you back now."
Before Yvette could answer, Francis used the power of hurricane and surrounded Yvette with a whirlwind, causing her to fly up under the entanglement of the whirlwind.
Then, he raised his right hand and pointed it at the giant sword outside the hall door, making a gesture of grabbing it from the air.
With the blessing of divine power, the giant sword stuck diagonally on the floor flew up out of the air and flew towards his right hand.
After getting back the giant sword, Francis left the hall with Yvette without any hesitation.
Russell didn't care where Francis would take Yvette. After casting flash magic and leaving the tower hall, he first cast an invisibility magic on himself, and then flew towards the city at high speed.
Although the siege battle on the city wall has not yet reached a fever pitch, for the sake of safety, Russell decided to do another small favor for Saul.
Destroy the teleportation magic circle connecting Nootong, the royal city of the Warner Protoss!
In this siege, the Asgardian side had no numerical advantage.
If Nootong's reinforcements arrive at Storm's End through the magic circle, it will undoubtedly make things worse for the Asgardian army that is attacking the city.
Although Storm's End has not yet asked Nootong for help, destroying the magic circle in advance can fundamentally solve this potential risk.
Not long after, Russell arrived above the giant teleportation magic array.
After observing the magic circle with complicated patterns on the ground, he landed directly in the center of the magic circle without any hesitation.
After landing on the ground, he released the invisibility magic on his body, his right hand glowed with golden magic light, and he pressed it on the ground.
There are two very simple methods to destroy this giant teleportation magic circle.
One is to directly cause physical damage to the magic circle.
For example, completely destroy the ground where the magic circle is located.
The other is to apply magic damage to the magic circle.
To be precise, it uses magic power to destroy the internal links of the magic circle, making it impossible for the magic circle to operate normally.
In normal times, Russell would use more simple and crude physical destruction.
But now, he plans to use gentler magic to destroy it.
The reason is simple, because he is very interested in this giant teleportation magic circle.
While observing the magic circle in the air, he had already memorized the lines and spells of the magic circle.
But with only the lines and spells, he couldn't perfectly recreate the magic circle.
Therefore, he needs to let his magic power run in the magic circle for a period of time and figure out the energy running route and some key nodes in the magic circle.
These things cannot be seen with the naked eye.
As soon as Russell landed, the Warner Protoss warriors stationed around the magic circle saw his figure.
After seeing the golden magic light shining in his right hand, these Warner Protoss warriors ran towards him without any hesitation.
Russell didn't take these Warner Protoss warriors too seriously. He raised his free left hand and cast spells with one hand. He instantly cast several defensive spells to protect himself airtight.