In the Holy of Holies Strange walked briskly through the brightly lit hallway, and after entering the meeting room, Loki was sitting on the couch drinking tea, and when he saw Strange enter, he stood up and asked:

"What the hell is going on? What the hell is Schiller doing? ”

"Who knows." Strange changed his panicked and sad expression before, and said: "If I guess correctly, he should have become a believer in the Egyptian god system, and then let an Egyptian god lure his soul to the underworld, which may be killing all sides in the Egyptian god system in the underworld or even the heavenly world." ”

He sighed, sat down on the opposite side of the sofa as well, and said, "For people like us, the death of the body is never the end, and the soul is all dissipated after five minutes of death? What about liars!

The two replaced the wine with tea, pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and began to speculate about what Schiller was going to do this time.

Strange knew a lot of information, so he started by saying:

"I don't know how Schiller got in touch with the moon god Kongsu, but obviously, that big bird's head has been fooled and lame by him, I just became a supreme mage, and I haven't had time to read so many files, what is going on with a large family of Egyptian gods?"

Loki reminisced for a moment, and then said: "I should not have been born when the Egyptian gods were active, but after that, I came into contact with several Egyptian gods, but they were all animal gods and did not live in the heavenly realm. ”

"As far as I know, there was a war in the celestial realm where the Egyptian gods lived, and after that war, most of the animal gods and some of the weaker gods on the margins were expelled." Loki recalled, touching his chin.

"In other words, the relationship between the gods of the heavenly realm and the animal gods we know is not good?" Strange asked.

"That's right, didn't you know that before? The Leopard God, the Lion God, the Vulture God, and the Eagle God do not live in the Heavenly Realm, they all have their own fragment dimensions, but they should have lived in the Heavenly Realm before, but they were driven out. ”

"The Egyptian god system is not strong in the first place, and it is still engaged in infighting?" Strange shook his head and said, "As far as I know, even their stronger sun gods and underworld gods can't compare with the main gods of Asgard, let alone Odin and the new god king Thor. ”

"In fact, no matter which god system, it is difficult to be stronger than Asgard, after all, we control the World Tree and rule the nine kingdoms in the true sense." Loki took a sip of hot tea, sighed, and continued, "After Thor purged the militants who had been lost in killing and destruction, Asgard was like a new life, and it will only grow stronger in the future. ”

"Then again, what god does Kong Su belong to?" Strange asked.

"Khonsu? I think he seems to be the moon god who represents the change of the phases of the moon, right? Loki is also worthy of the name of the universe's jack-of-all-trades, and he knows all the big and small demon gods, he said: "Since it is the god of the moon, it should be the god of nature, right?" ”

"But he has a falcon head, and he's a skeletal falcon head, unlike the humanoid nature gods I've encountered." Then Loki denied himself.

At this point, Strange and Loki looked at each other, obviously knowing that the other had guessed the same answer, and Strange tapped the table with his fingertips and said:

"The moon god Kongsu belongs to the Thebes Three Pillars God, but now it is the Nine Pillars God who rules the heavenly realm, and at the same time, Kongsu also has the appearance of an animal, as far as I can see, the gods in the heavenly realm have a very bad attitude towards him, and keep saying that they will arrest him and return him to trial."

"The demon gods don't know what to swallow, I guess Schiller must have succeeded in fooling him after a long conversation with Kong Su." Strange continued to speculate along this logical chain, saying:

"The Egyptian gods should have a place like your Asgardian artifact Valhalla, where their souls go when their believers die, which can also explain why Schiller's soul disappears immediately after the physical death......"

"After Schiller's soul is taken to the underworld of the Egyptian god system, the gods there will definitely be unlucky, and Khonsu may just want to use Schiller's power to take revenge on the group of nature gods."

"Khonsu's purpose doesn't matter." Loki shook his head, and then said, "What matters is Schiller's purpose, what does he want to do?" ”

"I've heard that the Egyptian gods have the power to resurrect believers, what's going on?" Strange asked Loki again.

"All abilities related to the resurrection must be approved by a mysterious being, and the same is true of Valhalla, which Asgard owns." Loki hesitated for a moment, then continued, "But this is a secret even in Asgard, and even Thor now doesn't know the details. ”

"Okay, let's put that on for now." Strange said while thinking: "After I detected Schiller's physical and soul condition, I knew that Stark would definitely think that he was really dead, because his mecha couldn't detect souls, do you think that Iron Man's outburst was not expected by Schiller?" ”

"Of course, why else would he kill himself? Wouldn't it be okay to just let Kong Su take him to the underworld? He faked the scene of death, and he must have wanted to provoke someone. Loki shook his head, then continued, "But from what I know about him, if he really wants to eliminate the sealed demon gods on Earth, he doesn't have to hurt Stark's feelings. ”

"That's what I thought, too." Strange confirmed Loki's speculation when he said, "Schiller once told me that he was not a man who would do anything to achieve his ends, or rather, he despised such a person, because once someone got to such a situation, it proved that he had been forced to have no way out, and Schiller would always have a way out." ”

"Even if it is necessary for human beings to eradicate these vicious seeds on the earth that have not yet grown into big trees, it is necessary for human beings to do before entering the universe, but the situation is not rushed to this extent, even if they take their time one by one, there is enough time, and there is no need to stimulate Stark, let him explode, and then end it in a pot."

"For human civilization, it's still Stark that is more important." Loki made this judgment, and from an outsider's point of view, he was able to see more clearly, saying, "Not even because he was able to become the Iron God, but simply because of his wisdom and vision." ”

"Then it is more likely that Stark's outburst to wipe out the Earth Demon God and spread the magic power to the lower levels of the organization is actually a secondary goal, which is incidental." Strange touched his chin, frowning, trying to think.

“…… So what is the main goal? Strange asks the question, but he doesn't expect Loki to answer, but to his surprise, Loki comes up with a different line of thought.

"In this whole chain of events, there is only one thing that is shrouded in fog and is not yet clear."

Loki prolonged a note, and the two looked at each other, and Strange said, "...... The secret of the Egyptian gods who can resurrect believers. ”

Unlike the atmosphere in the reception room of the Holy of Holies where you can think quietly, the earth is already a mess at this time.

Of course, in most of the order countries, this matter has nothing to do with civilians, it is the official organization to deal with those demon gods who suddenly break through the seal, although there is no large-scale war, but the local battle situation is very fierce.

The Avengers, who were staying on the German-Austrian border, were thinking about how to calm Stark down when Steve's phone rang suddenly, he took the phone, and then heard Nick's voice.

"Captain, send the members of the Avengers squad back to defend, there are 12 states in the United States where the demon god has broken through the seal, and we don't have enough manpower!"

Steve took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll send someone back." ”

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Matt and said, "Matt, you take the others back, S.H.I.E.L.D. needs your support." ”

Now that the situation is urgent, Matt didn't say much, he just asked, "What about you?" ”

"I've got to stay here, on the one hand, I want to make sure Stark doesn't lose control of his emotions and endanger the planet, and on the other hand, ......" Steve turned his head to look at Schiller's body lying on the cold ground, he didn't say anything, but everyone understood what he meant, so Matt waved to the others and turned to leave.

Spider-Man turned back frequently, seemingly very reluctant to go, Matt pulled him while telling him about the possibility of the Demon God outbreak endangering ordinary people, the two pulled for a long time, and finally got into the car.

It wasn't until everyone was gone that Steve looked tired, sadness going up the rain line and creeping into his eyes.

The instinct of a veteran returning from the battlefield prevented him from showing sadness for the sacrifice in front of his teammates, as this could cause despair among others, but after everyone else left, Steve could no longer control himself.

He walked over to Schiller's body, half-knelt down, and placed his shield on Schiller's chest, covering the huge wound, but even that could not hide the fact that it was indeed a corpse.

Steve slammed his eyes shut, his knuckles protruding too much as he strained, the dirt in his hands mixed with rain and blood.

Steve never thought that he would be uncomfortable with the smell of blood, but at this time, even though the blood stains had been washed away by the rain, Steve still felt that the smell was too strong and made him dizzy for a while.

His chest heaved violently and began to hyperventilate again, and he covered one of his eyes with the end of his palm, struggling to resist the images of memories that came flooding back.

Suddenly, he felt a shadow fall in front of him, Steve looked up, his eyes widened, the hazy rain line flickered in front of him, and for a moment, he thought he was hallucinating, because it was Stark, who was not wearing a suit, appeared in front of him.

He looked at Stark in a daze, but Stark also half-knelt down, he stared at Schiller's face, and then said, "...... You don't believe he died, do you? Me too......"

"But......" After Steve uttered the first syllable, there was silence, and the two of them were silent for half a minute, and Stark spoke again: "Both Jarvis and Strange told me that Schiller is dead. ”

"He did ......"

"No, I have one last way to confirm."

"What's that?" Steve looked into Stark's eyes, and this was the first time he had asked Stark for answers.

Stark stretched out his hand, pointed to his temple, and said:

"Remember? Schiller has a huge tower that reaches to heaven in his own world of consciousness, and if we can find this tower in the world of consciousness, it means that his soul still exists, and then the death of the body is not a problem. ”

Steve thought for a moment, then his eyes slowly lit up, and he said, "That's right, we can go to Professor X, he may be able to find Schiller's existence in the world of consciousness!" ”

"Nope." Stark denied the method, the muscles in the corners of his mouth twitched, and then said:

"I'll do it myself."

Steve looked up at him, he wasn't sure if he saw guilt in Stark's eyes, but he stood up and looked at the real sun that had just appeared on the horizon, and he said:

"I'll go with you."

For the first time, Stark didn't refuse Steve's proposal, or taunt him as usual, he stood up, pursed his lips and said: "I'm not a psychiatrist, and I've never done relevant research, the world of consciousness and dreams is very dangerous, you'd better not ......"

"Tony Stark, do you really think I'm someone who would run away in this situation?" Steve asked, looking into Stark's eyes.

Stark had never heard Steve's serious inquiring tone, and the moment he heard this question, Stark's answer in his heart made him speak: "...... All you need to do is fall asleep, dream, and I'll use the power of magic to pull you over. ”

Stark glanced at Schiller's corpse lying on the ground, and said slowly:

"Have a good dream."