Chapter 188: Conflict
"Mom!?"
Raven was surprised and quickly calmed down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info It looks like it's her mother, Angela, but it's not actually her mother, at least not herself, it's just a mental body formed by her mother's residual consciousness, a small spell from Azeroth, which seems to have been set to trigger whenever Raven gets close to it.
"Raven, long time no see." Angela smiled lovingly, "You've grown so big." ”
Raven reached out to touch her, but his arm went straight through her like a ghost.
"You're dead, aren't you?" Raven said gloomily.
Angela nodded, "Yes." Not long after you left, the Lord of the Three Houses set foot on Azeroth and destroyed all living beings in the Holy Land......"
"I'm sorry." Raven hung his head in frustration, "It's all because of my ......"
"It's not your fault, Raven." Angela sighed, "Even if I had to say something wrong, it would be my fault." It was I who foolishly and ignorantly recruited Sannomiya and was foolishly bewitched by him...... I've done countless wrong things in my life, and I have so many regrets. ”
She paused, then shifted, "But there's one thing I don't regret - that's giving birth to you, Raven." ”
"You don't have to comfort me, mother." "I know, I was born by mistake. ”
"Not really, Raven. Although you have the blood of the third house in your body, you are completely different from him. At heart, you are a gentle, kind child, and you have been like that since you were very young. "I've always seen it that way - your birth is not a curse, it's a gift. The Lord of the Three Houses is always a threat to all dimensions of the earth, and even without your birth, he will one day find a way to invade our dimension. And you, you are a gift from God that can stop him. ”
"I ...... I can't, Mom. Revan whispered, "He's too strong for me to contend with." ”
"You can." Angela smiled, "I've been watching your growth, Raven. You've met people who really care about you, and you've made friends who deserve to be protected. I know you've been trying to keep your distance from other people, but you don't have to, Raven, you can be one of them. It's the desire to 'who you want to protect' that brings out the best in you. ”
Speaking of which, Angela's body has begun to further blur, and the original transparent body is becoming more and more assimilated into the barren background, and it will soon be difficult to find.
"Mom, wait a minute!" Raven subconsciously tried to reach out and grab her, "I...... I still have a lot to ask and a lot to say......"
"The person you need to rely on is no longer me, Raven." Angela laughed, "It's too late for Azeroth, but Earth can be saved." Cherish what you already have, Raven, and don't let Earth repeat the mistakes of Azeroth. Something that can stop the three houses...... Right here on Earth. ”
With these last words, Angela's shadow vanished completely, and a dazzling light suddenly released from the place where she had just been levitated, causing Raven to close his eyes. The bright light instantly engulfed her form, and the invisible hand dragged her into the passage through the dimension again, like a soul stumbling and flipping forward in the chaos.
The swirling passage swirled open, and Raven fell from it to the dark ground. She scrambled to her feet, her eyes taking a moment to adjust to the darkness.
A huge circle was carved into the ground, and she fell right in the center of it. It looks like a dark cave, as if it was used for some special ceremony, and rows of extinguished torches are neatly inserted in the shelves on the stone walls on both sides of the cave, which sets off a tall and solemn atmosphere, like an ancient place of sacrifice.
This is where Revane came to Earth in the first place, and it's one of the places she is most reluctant to return. The endless darkness inhabited every corner of the cave, as if all of them were eyeing Raven and waiting for an opportunity, and a strange and tense atmosphere lingered in his heart.
Raven sighed slightly, got up and walked along the passage outside. Coming to a boulder on a stone wall, she recited a spell, and a lilac halo suddenly held the entire boulder, and "boomed" it to the side, making way for Raven, and as soon as her heel left the cave, the stone wall slammed shut.
Outside here is an abandoned library of considerable size. The dirty shelves were now empty, and the dust was so heavy that it was crushed into the cobwebs that filled the room, and the dust that was even discernible to the naked eye dispersed in the air. Raven walked briskly out of the library, put on his hood, and flew into the night sky.
She didn't notice that less than a minute after she left, another dark shadow came out of the abandoned library, staring in the direction of her vanishing with those four scarlet eyes, and grinning in a low voice.
New York, Playground.
Eric has tried to call Raven's cell phone several times, but has not heard back so far. He tried to locate her with the location function, only to find that she was no longer in the amusement park - no, the signal was completely lost.
If he didn't realize that something had happened at this point, he would be too dull to relate to Raven's unusual behavior today......
Eric gritted his teeth.
Could it be that "that day" came so soon?
"Hey, little ghost, what are you going to do?"
Hearing what seemed to be calling himself, Eric turned around to see Tony Stark waving to him in a luxury car across the street.
"Tony?" Eric stepped forward quickly and asked, "Time is short, I don't have time to explain." I remember that the Desperate Virus gave you access to all the networks, all the satellites in the world, right? Raven she's missing, I need you to help me ......"
"Calm down, calm down, kid, I'm here to talk about it."
Eric stared at him suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”
Tony thought for a moment, sighed, and said, "About Rachel Rose...... You better leave it alone. ”
After a moment of silence, Eric asked coldly, "What do you mean?" ”
"That girl could be in great danger, a great danger that could threaten the planet." "And there's intelligence that she's probably on the verge of an outbreak recently, and neither the Avengers nor Aegis can sit idly by......"
"Konstantin, huh?" Eric frowned, "I should have thought of that." ”
"The source of the intelligence is not important." Tony said, "Anyway, both the Avengers and Aegis have to do something against her, and I'm here to inform you as a friend - don't do anything stupid." We just wanted to keep her under control and make sure it was safe......"
"No, you're here because you know I'm going to do that." Eric stubbornly said, "I don't trust Aegis, who knows what Raven will do to her if it falls into their hands?" ”
Tony sighed.
"I vaguely guessed it would be like this." "I just hope things don't get to that point," he said. ”
"I don't want either." Eric dropped the sentence and turned to leave.
(Raven's birthplace is the Temple of Azarath, which can also be translated as Azeroth, but not Azeroth.)