Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 230 The Abrupt Departure of the Heavenly Dimension (5K Long Chapter!)
Bonnie the Witch's barrier can bind vampires.

But it couldn't restrain Hawke.

Hawke took a step forward, and with the surge of his cosmic power, the witch's barrier before him rippled like the surface of a calm lake.

As ripples appear.

Hawke walked in without hindrance, his gaze calmly meeting that of Catherine, who looked wary and instinctively hissed, revealing her two sharp teeth like a ruffled kitten: "Hello, Ms. Catherine Pierce."

It is very impolite to call someone you don't know by their first name.

Especially when facing the opposite sex.

Hawke has no intention of having a harem, nor does he want to, and he certainly doesn't want Gwen to think he has any such thoughts.

So when he was at NYU, if female classmates came to visit him, or when he was with Gwen at Imperial College, he would always address her by her surname followed by "Ms." unless it was a woman they both knew who called her by her first name.

Just like Catherine in front of me.

After Hawke walked in, Catherine subconsciously took a step back, looking at Hawke with a wary and serious expression.

"Who are you, Klaus's man?"

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Hawke recalled the time when Damon mistook him for Klaus, and now Catherine was mistaking him for Klaus's man.

But he understands.

Just like his previous experience with the seventh sense.

Before he had even glimpsed a sliver of the Seventh Sense, he saw it as a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky—distant yet at least visible.

But the moment he glimpsed a corner of the Seventh Sense, he understood completely that he saw the Seventh Sense as a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

Damon and Catherine felt the same way when they saw him.

After all, in their minds, the Progenitor Vampire was already the most powerful vampire, and they found it hard to imagine that there could be someone more powerful than the Progenitor Vampire.

Hawke smiled and shook his head.

“I don’t know any Klaus, I’m here for you.”

"..."

Upon hearing Hawke's words, Catherine's delicate face revealed a charming smile, and her demeanor became alluring as she warmly and generously greeted Hawke with a smile.

Hawke watched this scene and took a few steps back.

He didn't want Gwen to smell a strange woman's perfume on him when he got back after finishing his business.

one more time.

He had no intention of having a harem, and he didn't want Gwen to worry, so he was very disciplined in his relationships with unfamiliar women when he was out.

Trust is never created out of thin air, but is accumulated little by little over time.

Just like today.

To put it simply, even if Gwen's best friend Mary came back from Los Angeles and confidently told Gwen that Hawke was seeing someone else, Gwen wouldn't believe it.

The reason is that Hawke always maintained a distance from other women.

This is why Gwen didn't ask him why he came out.

Because of trust.

Catherine glanced at Hawke, who had taken a few steps back, and the alluring expression on her face stiffened slightly.

Good grief, was your stepping back a real action?
Are you even a man?
Hawke looked calmly at Catherine and got straight to the point.

“Let’s make a deal, Ms. Pierce.”

"what?"

After Hawke took a step back, Catherine's alluring expression vanished, replaced by a wary demeanor, and even her aura became extremely cold.

Hawke was straightforward.

"I can get you out of here."

"In return, let me see your soul."

"how."

Yes.

That's why he came here late at night. The moment he saw Catherine, he confirmed that the soul of Dr. Merrick, whom he had captured, and Catherine's soul aura came from the same place.

Just like souls that come out of the hell dimension bear the mark of the hell dimension.

The same is true of Catherine's soul and Dr. Merrick's soul.

But it's not hell; it's another dimension that controls the laws of life and death.

Hawke was curious about this, while simultaneously looking down on Mephisto.

That old devil Mephisto still keeps saying, "The soul belongs to hell and is sacred and inviolable."

The results of it?
Old Mo, your house is about to be robbed.

Catherine was taken aback when she heard Hawke's request.

next second.

call out!
Catherine's figure blurred into an afterimage before Hawke's eyes.

Hawke's smile remained unchanged. With his telekinesis, he bound Catherine, who was still in her afterimage state, back to her original spot almost the instant she disappeared from the ground.

Catherine, who had reappeared, felt the invisible force coming from all directions, omnipresent, like a quagmire trapping her tightly. She struggled with fear and unease.

At this moment, Catherine lost all pretense and revealed her truest self: unease, fear, and resentment.

Hawke chuckled and withdrew his telekinesis.

One second Catherine thought she was really going to die, but the next second, feeling her freedom return, she was stunned again and looked at Hawke.

She had initially thought Hawke was going to kill her.

After all, Hawke's output is souls, so it's perfectly normal for her to want to escape from here.

But right now...

Catherine frowned as she looked at Hawke, who was still staring at her with calm eyes.

"You just said you wanted to..."

“I will examine your soul, and in return, I will take you away from here. Of course, you may choose to refuse.”

Hawke's tone remained calm.

He is now 100% certain that the captured Dr. Merrick is a clone with a soul.

Hawke is now simply curious about which dimension this soul comes from.

That’s all…

So if Catherine agrees, it's at most a bonus for him; if she doesn't, it's fine too, he's already gotten what he wanted.

Catherine hardly hesitated.

"Then I refuse."

"it is good!"

Hawke listened to Catherine's answer and was quite decisive, then turned to leave.

at this time.

Catherine watched as Hawke stepped out of the seal in just one step, seemingly intending to leave, and quickly spoke up.

"Wait a moment."

"..."

Hawke returned to the seal and looked at Catherine, who had called out to him.

Catherine said in a deep voice, "You said you want to see my soul, just to look, and you won't do anything to it?"

Hawke's answer was concise.

"will not."

"After you've seen this, will you help me leave here without asking me to come with you?"

"..."

Hawke looked at Catherine upon hearing this: "I have a fiancée, Ms. Pierce, and I love her very much."

Catherine's lips twitched slightly, and she took a deep breath.

"So what's your opinion?"

"Simple."

Hawke smiled slightly upon hearing this, extended his right hand, and his cosmos instantly flickered in his palm like a projection. Soon, the underworld seemed to appear in his palm.

The underworld in the palm of your hand.

All of a sudden.

Hawke activated his Law of Life and Death, and Catherine's eyes instantly went blank, while Hawke had already entered Catherine's soul world.

What does a vampire's soul look like?

ugly?

bloody?
It was full of filth.

Indeed, that is true, just like the soul of Damon.

But Catherine's soul...

Holy!

Light and warmth—no matter how you look at it, if you only consider Catherine's soul, you'd immediately think she's a vampire, or rather, she seems far more like one.

Angel?

Hawke's heart stirred. Looking at Catherine, whose eyes were slightly closed and whose true nature could only be seen by entering her soul, Hawke's mind first conjured up the image of the bound angel skeleton in the basement of the annex of Fox Manor.

Of course.

He wasn't saying that Catherine's soul was the soul of an underground angel's skeleton, but rather that he remembered a remark William Fox had made at the time.

Jesus died, rose from the dead, and ascended to heaven on the third day!
next second.

Hawke's mind conjured up Elena, who was not exactly the same as Catherine in front of him, but rather a carbon copy of her.

Immediately afterwards——

Doppelgänger!
This is one of the most mysterious settings in "The Vampire Diaries".

According to the original plot, a doppelganger is not simply two people who look alike. The true meaning of a doppelganger refers to a person chosen by fate who not only has the exact same DNA, but also looks, voice, and every other aspect identical, even their souls.

This is why Hawke immediately concluded upon seeing Catherine that the Dr. Merrick he had captured was a clone with a soul.

He did not compare Catherine to Myrick.

He made this judgment after seeing Elena first and then Catherine.

Because Elena's soul is exactly the same as Catherine's.

The only difference was that Elena's soul lacked the holy light he now saw deep within Catherine's soul. And...

Dr. Merrick, who was captured, did not seem to believe that he was a clone.

Hawke hasn't figured this out yet.

However, Hawke already had a hunch about why Catherine's soul possessed such a holy light.

It was because of the battle between the Heavenly Dimension and the Hell Dimension for control of Earth.

In that battle, Mephisto emerged victorious, while the Heavenly Dimension was defeated and forced to withdraw.

In that great battle, countless angels perished.

The number is certainly not small; this can be known from the fact that there is an angel skeleton in the basement of the annex of Fox Manor.

Theoretically speaking, the souls of those dead angels should belong to the new winner, Mephisto.

and so……

"Mephisto!"

After seeing Catherine's soul essence, Hawke thought to himself, and without hesitation, appeared directly in the spatial rift. Relying on the operation of the Law of Life and Death, he successfully located the portal to the Hell Dimension and threw a punch at it.

Well known.

He never lets his revenge linger overnight!
"Roar!"

"Hawk!!!"

The gates of Hell roared, and Mephisto instantly understood. He roared and revealed his true demonic form, staring at Hawke who had come to attack again and again. He howled angrily, "Do you really think I wouldn't dare to start a divine war with you?"

Hawke remained expressionless.

"Do you want to start a war of gods with me?"

"what?"

Mephisto, whose face was utterly bewildered, paused for a moment upon hearing Hawke's words, then roared angrily, "Do you think you can break the oath you made to the Goddess of Death like this? It's one thing for you to break your promise, but now you're slandering me too."

Mephisto—

He feels wronged.

If the Goddess of Death gave him another chance, he guaranteed that this time he would never want to be enemies with Hawke.

Without him.

Because this time he discovered that Hawke's strength seemed to have increased by some crazy amount.

This unscientific.

wrong.

This is not mystical at all.

Hawke raised an eyebrow as he listened to Mephisto's angry yet suppressed voice.

"You didn't do it. You didn't team up with Hydra to ambush me?"

"what."

Mephisto asked in a deep voice, "What is Hydra?"

Hawke frowned, fell silent, and instead lowered his gaze, revealing Catherine's soul below.

Mephisto followed Hawke's gaze.

next second.

The moment Mephisto's gaze fell upon Catherine's soul, his expression froze, and then, as if he had thought of something, his voice became even lower and more furious!

"Jehovah!"

"..."

Hawke's heart skipped a beat. Hearing Mephisto's seemingly genuine anger, he looked at Mephisto and asked, "Didn't you drive the Heavenly Dimension out of the world?"

Mephisto sneered, staring intently at Catherine's soul: "Clearly, they've sneaked in again."

The words fell.

Mephisto's demonic hand opened, intending to take Catherine's soul.

but……

Hawke's mind raced, and with a loud bang, his right hand clashed with Mephisto's demonic palm the instant he opened it.

Turbulent vibrations occurred within the spatial rift.

Mephisto roared.

"Hawk!"

"What are you yelling about?"

Hawke subconsciously picked at his ear, then looked at Mephisto, who was always shouting: "You're a Dimensional Lord, can't you be a little more mindful of your image? She's not dead yet. Only the dead belong to you."

Mephisto sneered, continuing to stare intently at Catherine's soul.

"She's dead."

"She's a vampire, and she's not dead yet."

Hawke shook his head, corrected him, and then talked about how Dr. Merrick was a clone who seemed to have a soul. He came here and found that Elena and Catherine's souls were the same. After seeing Catherine's soul, he thought of the war between the gods of Hell and Heaven, which is why he mistakenly thought that Mephisto and Hydra were working together to do something.

After listening, Mephisto fell silent, his demonic eyes, like those of a dead fish, fixed on Hawke.

Eyes facing each other.

For some reason, Hawke felt a little uneasy looking at Mephisto this time.

I don’t know how long it took.

Mephisto's voice was melodious.

"Hawk!"

"Ah."

"I am a god. Hydra, a bunch of rubbish created by humans, are not worthy to join forces with me."

"What did Ghost Rider say?"

“That’s my messenger. You think I would join forces with an organization put together by an ordinary person to deal with you? That’s an insult to me. I am indeed trying to find a way to deal with you, but I haven’t stooped so low as to join forces with a bunch of my prey.”

When Mephisto said this, his voice was calm, no longer showing the anger he had shown before.

who is he.

The ruler of the Hell dimension.

What is Hydra? It's a villainous organization of an ordinary person who struggled twice but still couldn't figure things out.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Let alone Hydra, even the Five Good Men, in Mephisto's eyes, all share a common name.

food!

He might stop at nothing to get food, but he would never go along with the food.

Hawke met Mephisto's calm, devilish eyes: "I'm sorry."

If you're wrong, admit it; there's nothing to be ashamed of.

He can be a tyrant, but he cannot be a foolish ruler.

only……

After apologizing, Hawke quickly steered the conversation toward the two identical souls.

"I thought the soul was unique."

"indeed so."

Mephisto said in a deep voice, "Except for the souls of those birdmen in the Heavenly Dimension."

Hawke raised his eyebrows.

Mephisto looked at Hawke.

“Every dimension has its own characteristics, just like my Hell dimension, whose characteristic is demons.”

"Demons neither eat nor drink; their primary purpose is to tempt and steal souls."

"The bird-men in the Heavenly Dimension also have their own unique characteristics."

"The dual state of the soul".

"It is by virtue of this characteristic that this group of birdmen has silently invaded and ravaged many other life-bearing planets under the jurisdiction of death lords."

Simply put.

Angels' souls have two states. If placed on a life-bearing planet under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Dimension, the characteristic they exhibit is that even if an angel dies the first time, he will be resurrected and reborn.

Just like Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven on the third day after his death.

However, if placed on another Earth ruled by a different Death Lord, the outcome would be different.

After all, it's someone else's territory. If you stage a resurrection on the spot, aren't you just blatantly telling the Death Lord that you're here to take over their territory?

Therefore, when the angel's soul arrives in another place, the duality of its soul changes.

Just like Catherine.

Catherine used to be an ordinary person, but she became a vampire. Although vampires are extraordinary beings, they are also known as living corpses.

and so……

The angel's duality took effect, creating an identical soul. To avoid alerting the local death lord, this soul went to Hell in place of Catherine, then underwent reincarnation and was reborn. This soul had a completely new soul named Elena.

This is how the Heavenly Dimension invades the territory of other Death Lords.

A soul tainted by the aura of hell may not be much.

But two, three...

By the time the local death lords realized what was happening, the Heavenly Dimension was already sharpening its knives.

"no!"

"I have to go now."

"I never intended to scheme against you, at least not this time."

"Stop knocking on my door!"

After Mephisto finished speaking, he seemed to realize something when he thought about the hidden methods of the Heavenly Dimension, and then he left without saying anything more.

As for Hawke...

He ignored it completely.

even!

Mephisto was secretly delighted, eagerly anticipating Hawke's war against Heaven.

……

(End of this chapter)