27. The last to go to the dead
On the cosmic furnace's scorching shell again, light and darkness are merging.
Two ignited outer gods are laying the foundations of reality for the reshaped stars, and the process is swift and takes only a few minutes to complete.
At this point in the matter, there is almost no suspense.
The Star Rebels, represented by Merlin, won.
They defeated the outer gods and saved their world and everything they cherished.
Despite the heavy cost, everyone who participated in the war was almost completely wiped out, and the entire 7,200 sectors of the stars were able to hold on to the current moment...
200 pcs.
On the scale of the stars, this result is no different from the extinction of all things.
But at least the earth was saved at the last moment.
That was enough for Merlin and the rest of the fighters.
"Merlin, you've done a feat that no one else does."
In this moment of victory, Cyber was ignited by Merlin with the flames of the core of the cosmic furnace. Hawke asked in a deep voice:
"But do you really think, did you win?"
"Do you still think I've lost?"
Merlin unceremoniously slammed back.
He looked at Cyber and said:
"Stop playing this riddle trick, just say whatever you want, I'll listen!"
"Speak all your preparations, say all your thoughts... I'd love to hear from the losers! ”
"Don't be so impulsive."
Cyber didn't care about his set fire on fire.
The power of the core of the projection was ignited, and he could no longer escape, he accepted his defeat very calmly, and then questioned Merlin's victory.
Like a friend chatting, he glanced at Carol who was holding Merlin. Danvers, who said to Merlin:
"I guess it's your wife who lit the cosmic melting pot, not you, right?"
"You cunning creature foresaw our preparations a little earlier, maybe a goddamn bastard reminded you, anyway, you dodged that terrible trap perfectly..."
"What is he talking about?"
Carol heard Cyber's words, and she looked at her husband beside her suspiciously.
She had long suspected that Merlin had asked her to light the fire in the furnace, and now it seemed that it was.
Merlin didn't answer Carol's question, but Cyber was happy to answer.
The outer god looked at Carol, his gaze falling on Carol's flat belly, and he said:
"First of all, congratulations on your pregnancy, ma'am, in 10 months, you will give birth to a healthy baby with raven blood, and you will be a mother."
"Then, please calm your mind, for I have to tell you a terrible truth that your husband is not willing to tell you."
"Merlin. Riley, born in 1971 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, is a direct line of the Riley family, and just days after his parents were killed in a terrible fire. ”
Seber endured the pain of being ignited, and he said softly:
"But that's just a scratch record, Carol. Danvers, you don't know where your husband really came from. ”
"He's not like you, he's from the same place as me, you know?"
"Your husband is not a native of the stars, he is an outsider like me!"
"You can understand him as an outer god who has also descended, but he has been disguised as the one who has been pretending to be the stars of this land, and he is disguised as you are."
Cyber's revelation made Carol's eyes wink.
The mistress clenched Merlin's fingers, and she said unceremoniously to the burning god:
"So what? I don't care what Merlin is, as long as he's by my side, don't try to stir up our relationship! ”
"No, no, no."
Cyber shook his head, and in the glow of the flames, he said earnestly:
"I'm not a gossip person, Ms. Carroll, please be patient with me."
"I'm telling you this because you're going to be separated from your husband soon."
"He knew that if he lit the cosmic furnace with his own hands, it meant that on a symbolic level, the cosmic furnace was still ignited by outsiders."
"If he did, then Tyrion and I wouldn't have to go through any trouble here!"
"By the time that flame is lit, we've already won!"
"It's a pity that he didn't do that, he avoided the trap of that identity."
"He's got a clever approach, he's a cunning guy."
Seber looked at Merlin's increasingly gloomy expression, and he snorted, and said:
"He asked you to light the fire, to let you, the native born in this star, light the fire, so as to symbolically give this star the freedom that comes from itself."
"This is indeed a perfectionism, but the premise of the reshaping of the universe into reality is that all outsiders must leave this world that is about to be reshaped!"
"Everything that does not belong to this group of stars will be expelled!"
Like a decryptor, Cyber said:
"Ganata, hoarfrost, phoenix power... And Merlin. Riley! Your husband. ”
"I guess he didn't tell you this, and he's leaving, probably forever."
"Probably to compensate you, that's why he spent so much effort to leave you a child... What a gentle man. ”
Carol's fingers gripping Merlin tightened suddenly.
She looked back at Merlin, and she said:
"Is he telling the truth? You're leaving us? ”
Merlin looked up, and he glanced at Cyber with a malicious grin, the guy had accepted defeat and was now adding to his blockage.
This bastard!
Merlin stretched out his hand and cupped Carol's cheek, and he said earnestly:
"Don't listen to his nonsense, I won't leave, I won't leave you, I'm not going anywhere, I'll be here with you until you hate me, until you drive me away."
"I swear!"
Merlin's fingers caressed Carol's cheek, and he said softly:
"Why am I willing to leave you?"
Carol looked into Merlin's eyes, she took a deep breath, and said:
"Okay, I believe you, let's go back to Earth."
She took Merlin's hand and was about to leave.
But Merlin stopped where he was.
There was a gloom, a regret, a pity, and an unbearable feeling in his eyes.
This tangled expression was seen by both Carol and Cyber at the same time, and a bad premonition rose in Carol's heart.
And Cyber whistled, and the outer god, whose body had been almost burned, said:
"Wow, if this answer isn't lying, it means... Things are about to come to an even more terrible end. ”
"Merlin, you are such a cruel bastard, how can you bear to treat a lady who is so affectionate to you? Are you a monster without a heart? ”
"What do you mean?"
Carol touched her heart, and she felt it beat faster and faster.
She looked at Merlin, then at Cyber, and she cried out:
"Tell me clearly, what the hell does that mean?"
"Mean, you haven't forgotten what I just said, have you?"
Cyber's expression also became serious, and he said to Carol and to Merlin:
"The flame at the heart of the cosmic furnace cannot be drawn to the outside world to burn, Merlin said he prayed to The One, the Crucible Consciousness, and that consciousness responded to him."
"But to do any impossible miracle, there is a price!"
"Merlin has won, and now, it's time for him to pay the price!"
The outer god sighed, and he said:
"I don't know what he promised to the Crible, but to allow the Cosmic Crucible to risk self-collapse and release the core flames..."
"I think it must have been a terrible promise."
"I'm convinced, Merlin."
At the moment when Cyber burned out, he straightened up and said to the silent Merlin:
"You are ruthless to your enemies, and even more ruthless to yourself, you are indeed a warrior."
"This time, I didn't lose unjustly."
At the moment of the end of this burning, this arrogant outer god leaned slightly towards Merlin, which was a warrior's respect, and had nothing to do with his position.
And as Cyber's burning body turned into the last light and merged into the stars, the darkness and light of this star field were completely balanced.
According to the process of reshaping the stars, it is time to enter the stage of regeneration of all things.
But it's weirdly stuck here.
It's as if something went wrong and the whole program went down.
In that halo of balance, Carol held Merlin's hand tightly, she looked at her lover, she gritted her teeth and said:
"You speak!! What exactly are you committed to this furnace? Tell me, tell me as it is! ”
"Uh..."
Merlin let out a long sigh.
He looked at Carol and said:
"Before the decisive battle, I defeated the Nightmare, and the Sandman, in gratitude, revealed to me a danger that I had not been aware of, the one that Cyber had just mentioned."
"I had to find someone who was truly born among the stars, who could withstand the power of the Ultimate Eraser, and who could ignite the furnace in my place, and I chose you."
"I made a deal with The One."
Merlin looked down at the unconscious Tony, who leaned down and helped him up, infusing him with magic and reviving Iron Man from his coma.
As he performed the action, he continued:
"I pray that The One will draw the core flame out when necessary, and only that pure fire of creation will have the potential to ignite the bodies of the outer gods on contact, forcibly turning them into firewood."
"It's a backup plan, and I wouldn't have used it if it wasn't for an emergency."
"You see, there's a crack in the furnace."
Merlin gestured to the ground beneath their feet, and Carol looked down.
Sure enough, a crack appeared visible to the naked eye above this astral furnace, and that was the price that The One paid for luring the core flame out of the combustion chamber.
In just a few seconds, the extracorporeal combustion brought the cosmic furnace to a desperate collapse.
Merlin paused, and he continued:
"I promised The One that I would find new firewood for it to burn, repair all the damage to it, and restore it from its dying state to its perfectly burning form."
"To do this, we need to find more firewood than two outer gods..."
"But no!"
Carol shouted:
"There are only two outer gods here, are we going to perfidiously throw the beast and God into the furnace and set it on fire? They are our comrades-in-arms! We can't do that! ”
"You made a promise that you couldn't keep! Merlin..."
Merlin was silent.
After a few seconds, he smiled palely.
He stretched out his finger and pointed to his heart, and he said to Carroll:
"Yes."
"Am I not?"
"You've heard Cyber say that I'm also an outer god who has descended, and my soul doesn't belong to the stars, even if I think it's my true home."
"I choose to be on your side, I choose to be on your side..."
Carol listened calmly to Merlin's description.
She didn't erupt, she didn't lose control, but turned and flew towards the stars, only to be grabbed by Merlin.
"What are you going to do?"
Raven asked.
"Go kill God or the beast!"
Carol said without looking back:
"Throw them into the furnace in your place, anyway... Anyway, they're the ones they want to reshape the stars, aren't they? ”
Merlin's expression froze for a moment.
Immediately after, a smile lit up on his face.
He tugged at Carol's wrist, who struggled frantically, screaming and wailing like a she-wolf.
"Let go of me! Let me go! I'm saving you, bastard! ”
"Elsa! Violin! Come and help! You little. Son, I know all about you and Merlin in the spirit world! Get out there and help! ”
"Whew, Whew"
The light of the White Frost and Phoenix Fire quickly fell on Carol's side, and the two women punched Merlin.
Obviously, they also supported Carol's plan, and above the stars, God and the giant beast stared at each other in amazement.
These two guys, who maintain the battlefield and do not let the real erode the illusory, are already exhausted, and are silently ready for battle.
If Merlin can't control his crazy wives, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end this matter today.
"Enough!"
Merlin, who has always been very gentle with his wife, was rarely angry at this moment.
He yelled, startling the insane Carol and Elsa.
"It's none of your business, just play!"
Merlin to the piano again. Grey shouted, the phoenix girl pursed her lips, she obediently stepped aside, and entered the part of eating melons and watching the play.
She came from outside the stars, so naturally she wanted to leave here and return to the main universe.
Everything that happens here has nothing to do with her.
It's the same with Elsa.
Her complete fusion with the hoarfrost meant that she would also leave the stars after a while.
Of course, Elsa has her own thoughts.
She stole a glance at Merlin, who she hoped would accompany her away from the stars.
That means that in the future, in the main universe, by Merlin's side, there will only be one wife for her.
Merlin, on the other hand, took a deep breath, looked up, smiled apologetically at God and the beast, and reached out and twisted Carol's cheek.
He looked at his wife and said:
"The reshaping of the stars must be completed, and the result of you forcibly leaving me behind, the victory we have earned with so much sacrifice, will become worthless."
"I'm either going to leave forever, or I'm going to sit back and watch everything stay forever in the gap between reality and illusion at this time..."
Merlin bowed his head, and he begged:
"I don't want to leave you, please let me stay, please let me see my child born, please let me grow up with her, Carol."
"I'd rather die here than leave you..."
"Please don't drive me away."
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