Chapter 3: The Covenant of Salvation
"Thanos!" Ares was not surprised, but looked at the visitor calmly: "You don't appreciate the defeat of your Thanos Sons Legion from your throne, and you dare to come to the Holy Mountain of Olympus?" ”
Thanos smiled and said, "In this splendid palace, Olympus has everything that mortals ask for, Ares, as a god, why are you so dissatisfied?" Forcing Zeus to confine you to this glorious palace, what is it that makes everything here unattractive to you, so that you would rather hang out with mortals? ”
Ares sneered, "Thanos, you didn't come here to tell me this, did you!" ”
Thanos said: "I'm just picking out the fact that war, Ares, you are thirsting for war, thirsting for killing, you are a god of war, but Zeus has grounded you in this boring place." You should belong to the battlefield...... Like Thor of Asgard......"
"Thor!" Ares' face was gloomy, and he said jealously, "Odin is so partial to him. And my father, it's just going to trap me here! ”
Thanos exclaimed, "I brought war to you!" ”
"There's no way Zeus will allow me to ......," Ares said angrily.
Thanos interrupted him: "I came here to explain Zeus's attitude. You know, I wouldn't be here without his acquiescence. This time the target is the Nine Kingdoms, the Atrium Midgard. Ares, you're free! ”
Ares smiled, he looked at Thanos and smiled at his sharp teeth, "Is our god-king crazy?" He had always forbidden me to provoke the false gods of Asgard, the lustful old ghost, who was afraid that Hela and that madwoman would die. ”
Ares recalled the past and sighed, "Nine kingdoms, there is our hometown. ”
"Back then, your Titans were the most powerful, Olympus, Warner, Nine Pillars, and Aesir, and humans, elves, dwarves, and giants ruled the solar system together, and at that time the nine planets were called the nine kingdoms, and the Titans were once the well-deserved rulers of the nine kingdoms, however, just when the Titans were at their strongest, the apocalypse disaster destroyed everything."
"Only you, the last Titan, are left to hide in the middle of the universe, and never dare to step into the Nine Kingdoms."
"Later, the group of Aesir Protoss, under the leadership of Odin and Hela, the mad woman, expelled the dark elves, subdued the elves and dwarves, and started a war with the giants, and at the same time exiled us and the Nine Pillars Protoss, and merged with the Warner Protoss to become the Asgardians, and from then on Odin became the ruler of the Nine Kingdoms, replacing the divine right of your Titans."
"It's a shame I wasn't born in that era!" Ares licked his lips and said excitedly.
Thanos smiled: "But when Asgard's divine power declined, Olympus had quietly grown and grown, and when he started the war with Odin, Olympus was still the triumvirate of the God King, the Sea King, and the Hades, the new twelve main gods, only Apollo was still young." But now that you, Athena, and even Hercules have it, Olympus is full of talent. And Odin was already dying, Thor could not support it alone, and Hela, the goddess of death who was skilled at the time, was feared by Odin and imprisoned in Asgard. ”
"Asgard's theocracy is already unstable!"
Ares lifted his tomahawk and smiled bloody, "So, as you wish." I will join this war. But Thanos, on the condition that you help me challenge the theocracy of Asgard. ”
Thanos said calmly, "I will...... And I have good news for you. Hela, who was imprisoned by Odin, may not be willing to be lonely. Perhaps the prophesied Ragnarok of Asgard is coming......"
"Asgard has long been destined to be my enemy." Thanos smiled cruelly: "With your help may not be enough, I still have to convince a few helpers." ”
Ares said disdainfully: "Odin is old! Thor is the only one left, do you look down on my strength? ”
"Thor is not to be underestimated, and the Midgardians have some good people...... What's more, there is such a thing as the catastrophe of the apocalypse in the Nine Kingdoms. It is not so simple to obtain the six Infinity Stones that have fallen on the Nine Great Kingdoms and start a war that will sweep the universe. Thanos said.
"Pick it up, who are you going to?" Ares walked out of the Palace of the God of War, and when he found that Zeus had indeed not stopped him, he laughed insolently.
Thanos calmly stood out with a name - "Mephisto!" ”
"The old devil who smells of sulfur?" Ares said contemptuously, "He's a conspirator who only has some intrigue behind his back. ”
Mephisto, as a contractor between demons and magicians, a demon who seduces humans to fall, has many of his famous works, all of which are for seducing fallen human souls, the most famous of which is the contractor known as the Ghost Rider. He was once the god of magicians, and in the wizarding world, the European wizarding world represented by the London Sanctuary had long relied on the power of the contract with him.
Until the Supreme Mage Ancient One established a new magical system with the existence of a trinity called "Vishandi" composed of Agomoto, Hogos and Ohit.
The European magician, who no longer had to sell his soul, quickly abandoned Mephisto.
This is also one of the few failures of this great devil in the human world, so it longs to get the soul of the ancient one.
When Mephisto appeared in front of Thanos, he was not a terrifying demon, but a middle-aged man with a thin body, a slightly hunched back, and a hooked nose, with a mocking smile on his eyelids.
"I know you're trying to maintain the great balance." Mephisto approving, "You are a victim, Thanos. ”
"But I'm not going to help you in vain!" Mephisto pondered for a moment and said, "I want the soul of the Ancient One!" ”
Thanos did not hesitate to betray this powerful mage that he had heard of, and he said cheerfully: "No problem, as long as the Eye of Agomoto falls smoothly into my hands, your wish will be fulfilled." ”
"I'll help you when the time is right." Mephisto is cynical and seductively depraved, but he is calm, deep, humorous, and witty, at least when Thanos exchanges conditions with him, very easily. Devils are always like this, they always make you calm and relaxed before signing the contract, but when it comes to executing the contract, it's a different story.
As Mephisto himself said, "I am the spirit of eternal denial!" As long as everything is generated, it is natural that it will be destroyed, so it is better to have nothing happening. You call it destruction, crime, and simply put, evil, and that's what I am. ”
Thanos didn't have many people to contact next, and after receiving a promise from the Lord of Chaos and the Lord of Order, he opened a portal to the Dark Plane, where he met his third ally, Dormammu.
Dormammu, who is greedy for the earth, did not hesitate to agree to Thanos' request for an alliance, and after obtaining the tacit consent of Zeus, the god king of Olympus, Ares is the thug, uniting Mephisto, Dormammu, and the three messengers under the Star Swallower to help, a coalition of destruction against the nine kingdoms has been officially formed.
They each have their own interests, Olympus is to regain the divine power of the Nine Kingdoms, Star Swallower and Thanos are all to maintain balance, Dormammu is to get the earth, Mephisto is to maintain the balance in the underworld, and by the way, to get the soul of the Supreme Mage Ancient One, which it has been planning for a long time.
For these ulterior motives, they joined forces and launched the Cosmic Rescuers Alliance.