In March 2005, one month after the Hydra fortress in the small Eastern European city of Sokovia was killed, Merlin, who was supposed to stay in the office to prepare for the final liquidation operation, took his family to Europe on a trip when the grass was growing and the warbler was flying.

May and Ben, and little Parker.

Raven, Lorna, and Matt.

Daisy and her mom and dad.

Merlin used some "personal connections" to borrow the plane of the Monopoly Mr. Bruce, so a large group of people set off from North America and flew directly to Europe, starting a 15-day trip to Europe.

Of course, according to common sense, at this critical moment of eradicating the last remnants of the Hydra, Fury should not have given Merlin such a long vacation, but the problem is that Merlin has an important mission on this trip, in addition to traveling with his family.

He is to serve as an envoy to S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council, and to have an official, official meeting with General Asgard who is coming to Earth.

Although in the past, there were also Asgardians who traveled to and from Earth through the Rainbow Bridge, but those were private "smuggling operations", and the meaning of the Asgardian General that Merlin was about to receive this time was different.

To be precise, this is the first official diplomatic move.

The Asgardians believed that Earth was one of the nine kingdoms of the World Tree Cluster, and that Earth had been their subject for a long time, but this subordination had long since been broken off in time.

Judging by the meaning of what Merlin had told him before his departure, the World Security Council, including the higher United Nations organizations, would prefer that the earthlings and the Asgardians maintain a diplomatic relationship on an equal footing.

Of course, this relationship will not be revealed for a long time.

The Kree invasion in 1994 had already had a serious impact on the minds of the people, who were not ready to accept the fact that aliens had been on Earth for a long time and had been following the development of the planet, so it was not appropriate to talk about these things at this time.

In order to make Merlin better fulfill this diplomatic task, Fury generously gave Merlin half a month's vacation, and told Merlin to find a way to have a meeting between the Asgardian general and the members of the World Security Council.

"Seriously, I don't think an Asgardian would want to sit at a table and talk to a bunch of old men and women."

In the Randolph mansion in Spain, Merlin, who was wearing beach pants, was lying on a deck chair in the pool and basking in the sun, and said to the old Randolph who was also dressed next to him:

"I've seen Vostagg, and I've seen your son... I don't know if it's my delusion, but I always feel that every Asgardian has fire in their veins, and it's hard to be quiet. ”

"Well, that's not a bad thing to say."

Old Randolph drank sweet and sour lemon juice, and the Asgardian veteran said to Merlin:

"The vast majority of Asgardians are not very well-suited to diplomacy, but there are exceptions. The Warner Wizards are very knowledgeable, and they happen to complement the Asgardians in wisdom and strength, and I've heard that General Sif also has some Warner blood, so maybe she'll be a relatively mild person. ”

"But to be honest, your suspicions are correct, I don't think General Sif would be willing to speak to your councillors on behalf of Asgard, you don't know much about Asgard's polity, it prefers the traditional feudal system, a general cannot represent the god-king, and only the foreign affairs officer personally sent by Odin is qualified to discuss with you about the diplomacy of the two races."

The old man of Asgard laughed, he looked at the children playing in his large swimming pool, and said:

"It's okay to meet in advance, though, if your councillors are smart enough, maybe General Sif will come back and say something nice to you..."

"Odin, in my memory, he is actually no different from the kings and emperors of your earth's history, and he is probably willing to maintain a certain degree of contact with the earth... After all, the Norse mythology that circulates in this world is based on them. ”

The old man said in a strange tone:

"Who hates other people slapping them in mythical ways?"

"I have to thank General Sif Shif."

Merlin took the lemon juice from his hand, took a sip through a straw, and said to old Randolph:

"Her arrival gave me 15 days off to spend time with my family and friends... Speaking of, when will she arrive? ”

"This afternoon, 40 minutes to be exact."

The Asgardian veteran raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, and he said to Merlin:

"My son will come with her, I don't know what they're doing on Earth yet, she seems to have a secret mission."

"I'm curious, too."

Merlin held the straw in his mouth, a glint in his eyes jumped, but he didn't say anything more, but waved his hand and swayed a wave of magic to sweep Matt, who was sitting by the pool in a daze, into the water, causing the girls to laugh.

"Don't act like a nerd, Matt."

Merlin sat up from the chaise longue and said to Matt:

"It's fun to come out on a trip, don't pretend to be drowning, everyone here knows you're a good swimmer..."

After playing with the child, Merlin looked back at old Randolph and said:

"In the past few days, my family has entrusted you."

"Well, I've got the perfect ride, don't worry."

The old man waved his hand at Merlin, and he said:

"With me in my place, they will be safe, go, Mr. Envoy, on behalf of your world, go and greet the guests from Asgard from afar."

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40 minutes later, on a remote sea cliff in the Norwegian Strait.

Merlin, who was sitting on a stone reading a book, sensed the energy fluctuations coming from the sky, and when he looked up, he saw that above the clouds overhead, a golden, intricate circle of runes had been lit up, like the most beautiful and brilliant arc of light beating in the clouds.

A few seconds later, a thick pillar of light shot towards the earth like a war spear, and those brilliant lights hit the ground, setting off a surging storm of energy, blowing the broken hair on Merlin's head and the windbreaker on his body constantly flying.

He put away the magic book, and stood in place with the blood jade's cane, waiting.

In the midst of the leap of light, an extremely slender and athletic woman in a silver battle dress, a ruby helmet, a blue cloak, a long sword, and long hair flying, walked out of the light.

Skorch, who has several ties to Merlin. Randolph, the son of old Randolph, followed the lady without leaving an inch.

Since the last time Skorci relayed the news of the Cybertrons' invasion of Earth to Thor, and followed Thor to win the counterattack, this originally unknown servant of the Golden Palace has quickly risen through the ranks at a rocket-riding speed, and with the support of Prince Thor and General Vostag, he has quickly become a real prince's bodyguard.

He was wearing golden, mighty armor, a red cloak, a long sword at his waist, and a battle axe, looking majestic, but his strange hairstyle still did not change, which really deducted points for his mighty image.

"Buzz"

The light of the Rainbow Bridge quickly converged after a few seconds, as if it had never appeared, and disappeared into the sky, and on the ground of the sea cliff, there was a trace of a magic circle that seemed to be burned, and the ashes of the ground were quickly blown away by the blowing of the sea breeze.

Erase all traces of the existence of the Rainbow Bridge.

Speaking of which, according to the elder Randolph, if the coordinates of the Rainbow Bridge are not deliberately changed, then when it is connected to the earth, it will be instinctively projected in the Nordic region, which is also the coordinate chosen by the Asgardians when they first landed on the earth, which is also the origin of Norse mythology.

As the light of the Rainbow Bridge faded, the face of the lady standing in front of Merlin became clearer.

Well, melon seed face, big eyes, high nose bridge, long black hair like a waterfall, and a beauty mole on the face.

Plus a perfect body, standard big beauty.

But the seriousness she exudes hides her soft beauty as a woman, in fact, when you first see her, you will instinctively know that this is a tough battlefield killer.

"Hello, General Sif Sif."

Merlin leaned slightly in medieval etiquette to welcome the guest from afar.

General Sif glanced at Merlin, she looked back at her temporary retinue, and Skolch nodded to General Siff, who also bowed his head to Merlin and replied in a strange Old Norwegian pronunciation:

"Good day, Lord Merlin."

The grammar of this ancient language is strange and difficult to understand, but fortunately Merlin has Miss Icarus as his companion, and Icarus explains General Sif greetings to Merlin with a simultaneous interpreter.

"Mr. Randolph has conveyed to me the meaning of His Excellency Heimdall, so I will serve as your assistant on Earth."

Merlin said to the Asgardian female general in front of him:

"My organization is the most professional and largest intelligence gathering unit on Earth, and I believe that whatever you are looking for on Earth, we can help, and we are happy to help, and we are happy to reshape the friendly relationship between Earth and Asgard after the Rainbow Bridge has been cut off for thousands of years."

Merlin conveyed the official words that Pierce had told him almost exactly as he had told him, and General Sif nodded, and she glanced at Merlin, and then suddenly smiled, as if the snow had melted in the cold winter and a beautiful spring had suddenly arrived.

Her serious expression became a little more alive at this moment.

She looked left and right, lowered her voice and said:

"Before I came, Vostagg told me that you are a very good earthling... But he didn't tell me that you're so old-fashioned, just like those old men. ”

"Well, actually, that's what an old man told me to tell you."

Merlin smiled too, and he pushed his glasses and said to General Sif :

"My friend General Vostagg, are you still having a good time in your hometown?"

"He's fine, he can eat, sleep, and fight like before, and he asked me to bring you a gift."

Sif took a box from his waist pocket and handed it to Merlin, who took it in his hand and smelled a rich and mellow smell of wine before he could open it. Sif explains:

"This is the wine made by the people of Voldag, the dwarves of Mythril Castle, and it is very precious."

"I thought he was just joking."

Merlin put the wine away, and he gave Sif a thumbs up, and said with a sincere expression:

"The Asgardians, if they say what the myth says, keep their word."

This natural compliment made General Sif nod, she looked around, and then said:

"Of course, the Asgardians never make promises lightly, and if Vostagg thinks you are a trustworthy friend, then I also consider you trustworthy. But Merlin, we've got to get down to business first. ”

Sif raised her hand, golden light dancing on her jewel-embellished bracers, and a map of the world appeared before Merlin's eyes, Sif pointed to the position of the sea near the British Isles, and said to Merlin:

"A few days ago, Gatekeeper Heimdall saw a vibration of anomalous energy erupting in this place, according to the speed of time in your world, it should have happened more than a month ago, and there was some information related to the Asgardian Divine Domain in that energy outburst..."

"Well, this place, I know."

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he said to Sif with a calm face:

"More than a month ago, some terrorists on Earth tried to summon a foreign evil god into the world, and many heroes participated in that battle, and I was a participant in it, and my intelligent assistant recorded the scene of that battle, which may help you."

"That's great."

Sif nodded, and she said to Merlin:

"Let's go to the place where the battle is going to take place first, and I'm going to make sure of something."

"Okay."

Merlin took his wand from his belt, he glanced at Sif and said:

"Shall we teleport?"

"Oh, I almost forgot."

Sif stopped summoning her horse, she looked at the dark red wand in Merlin's hand, and said:

"Vostagg told me you're a wizard."

"Yes, I'm a wizard and I use the power of magic. Come, grab my hand. ”

Merlin smiled implicitly, and held out his hand to Sif and Skoltsch, the two Asgardians, one left and one right, on his wrist and palm, and with the wave of his wand, the light around the three distorted, and in a few seconds, they appeared on the battlefield where everyone had fought against the hive.

The remote sea has long since returned to its former calm, but the wreckage of the small islands that were sunk by energy fragmentation told General Schiff the tragedy of the war that day.

With a serious expression, she landed on a reef just big enough for her to land, then took out a stone engraved with runes from her waist and silently chanted some kind of spell to activate her magic.

A blue aura spread out from Sif and soon enveloped the entire sea.

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he saw that between the blue light beating, a touch of illusory, almost vanishing purple lines were outlined, which should be the remnants of the power of fear.

These Asgardians, sure enough, have a way to track down Kuhl's divine power!

But he was not worried, but let the blue light sweep over his body, and there was no trace of purple lines on his body, because he had not really accepted the godhead of the Fear Serpent at all, and under the washing of the mad magic of the Three Palace Demons, those insignificant remnants of divine power had already been washed away.

General Sif had come to Earth in search of the possible Dread Venerable, a warrior who had inherited the power of the Great Serpent.

Unfortunately, Merlin was not a true Dread Venerable.

"There's a remnant of the power of fear here..."

Sif looked solemnly at the beating purple lines in the blue light, she whispered, and then turned to look at Merlin, the general's eyes were full of seriousness, and she said:

"You said your smart assistant recorded the battle that day?"

"Let me see!"