Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 232 The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend (5K Chapter! 1)

On the lawn in the backyard of the manor, Caroline was telling her cousin Gwen how she became a vampire.

Hawke, meanwhile, was in the bathroom, showering while replying to Mephisto, the lord of the Hell dimension.

Yes.

Mephisto sent him a message, inviting him to come to Hell for a while.

Normally, Hawke wouldn't really want to go.

but……

Hawke was indeed quite curious about the Heavenly Dimension, and there was a saying...

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

It's likely that Mephisto realized this after returning home, which is why he sent him the invitation text message.

Hawke planned to keep an appointment.

Anyway, Caroline's story is very long, a whole season long, and Gwen probably won't be able to digest it all in a short time. Since she's free anyway, she might as well go to hell for a visit.

and so……

After taking a shower and changing into a set of pajamas that Gwen had packed for him, Hawke found Gwen and told her about Mephisto's invitation to visit him in Hell.

Gwen, who was listening to her cousin Caroline's story, looked at Hawke and blinked.

Why is Mephisto here again?

"He got dragged into this."

"Ok."

Gwen nodded: "Can you be back before Christmas Eve?"

Hawke laughed and said, "It won't be that long. I'll probably be back before you've even finished listening to Caroline's story."

Gwen suddenly realized.

"Okay, go ahead."

"Ah."

Hawke nodded, preparing to head to the Hell Dimension for their appointment.

at this time.

Gwen raised an eyebrow, looking at Hawke who was about to leave: "Wait a minute, are you really going to wear this outfit?"

Hawke looked down at his pure black pajamas.

"Is there a problem?"

"Dress a little more formally; after all, you're the Lord of Hell."

"……OK!"

Eyes facing each other.

Hawke met Gwen's expressive emerald eyes with a slight smile, and with a thought, the Black Phoenix Undergarment, which had been nurtured in the Underworld Temple, appeared behind him.

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

"Qiang!"

One by one, the pieces of the Surplice were precisely applied to Hawk's body. As the last piece of armor fell off, Hawk, with a dazzling cosmic phantom projected behind him, raised his right hand, and the deep, dark gate to hell appeared in the torn void.

Hawke then looked at Gwen.

"Then I'll leave first?"

"Well, come back soon."

Gwen smiled and spoke calmly.

Hawk responded, and the moment his right foot stepped forward, the phoenix flames spread throughout the torn void, reaching the gates of hell: "Mephisto, open the gates!"

The gates of hell roared open.

Hawk, dressed in the Black Phoenix Suit, stepped inside, and the gates of hell slammed shut once more.

A hissing sound.

The entire space returned to calm once again.

Gwen smiled and looked away, glancing at her cousin Caroline, whose expression was already blank. She asked calmly, "Where were we?"

Caroline snapped out of her daze, the image of Hawke wearing the Black Phoenix Cloth playing on a loop in her mind, and stared at her cousin with her mouth agape.

"Cousin, where is Hawke going..."

"Oh, Mephisto took him out for drinks."

"This Mephisto?"

"Aren't you a vampire? Don't you know Mephisto? The ruler of the Hell Dimension, all souls on Earth are under Mephisto's jurisdiction."

Gwen looked at Caroline with some curiosity: "Hawk fought with him before, but it seems they've made up."

Her voice was very soft, as if she were talking about something very ordinary.

But Caroline...

She was completely devastated.

What does it mean to be the ruler of the Hell dimension? What does it mean that the souls of the Earth belong to Mephisto?

And what about Hawke having fought Mephisto before?

Caroline said that she recognized every word her cousin said, but when she put them together, she felt like her brain cells were being burned out.

finally--

Countless thoughts converged, causing Caroline to gasp in shock.

"hiss!"

"Yes."

Gwen smiled as she looked at Caroline, who was gasping for breath: "So, don't think I'm lying to you. If you don't behave, I'll have Hawke rip your soul out and throw it into hell for a few days."

Upon hearing this, Caroline shuddered, her eyes widened, and she shook her head repeatedly at Gwen.

"No, cousin!"

"Then continue."

"Ah."

Caroline nodded repeatedly. This time, unlike before when she was half-believing and half-doubting, she honestly recounted the vampires in the town and her own experience of becoming a vampire.

no way.

She believed that if she wasn't honest, Gwen really could do it.

In a word.

Others might not know, but she knew that her cousin was far from being as gentle as she appeared.

I originally thought my cousin had changed her gender.

result……

Hawke, who could casually talk about taking a trip to hell, seemed to be completely suppressed by his cousin.

So I'd better just be honest.

Caroline thought to herself.

Hawke, after entering the Hell Dimension, couldn't help but sneeze. He sat down opposite Mephisto, who was still disguised as a middle-aged punk rocker, in the same spot in the tavern. He said, "Why does this tavern feel colder than the last one?"

Mephisto handed the poured wine to Hawke.

"The last time this little tavern was on the line between life and death."

"now what?"

"Between death."

"Ah."

Hawke, who had raised his glass and clinked it with Mephisto's, glanced at the drink in his glass and said, "This drink wasn't spiked like the previous ones, was it?"

Mephisto laughed and said, "Yes, do you dare to drink it?"

Eyes facing each other.

Hawke and Mephisto laughed heartily, then each downed their drink.

The wine glass was placed back on the table.

Hawke said directly, "What the hell are you up to with the Heavenly Dimension? And now you're thinking that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so you're planning to form an alliance with me?"

Mephisto grabbed a bottle of wine from the side, chuckled, and refilled the bottles for the two of them while glancing at Hawke.

"Do you know what methods those bird-men from the Heavenly Dimension like to use to steal the life-bearing planets of other dimensional lords?"

"Is it related to their soul characteristics?"

"Yes, and they want more than just a life-bearing planet."

Mephisto nodded, put the bottle aside, picked up his glass, and began to explain the attack methods of the Heavenly Dimension to Hawke.

Simply put.

If we compare a life-bearing planet to grains in a pot, then the dimension that governs this life-bearing planet is the pot itself.

And heaven!
He needs the food.

He also wanted to take the pot away.

They rely on the soul characteristics of their heavenly dimension.

"Generally speaking, wars between dimensions occur between two dimensions."

"Whose dimensional foundation is deeper, whose dimensional power is stronger."

"But the birdmen in the Heavenly Dimension are different."

"Their method of attack is like that of the cuckoo on Earth."

"Instead of attacking from the outside, they used despicable means to attack from within."

"They will release their souls, silently infiltrating into life-bearing planets, allowing the souls belonging to them to merge into the dimension of death in an imperceptible manner."

"And when their number of souls has accumulated to a certain extent."

"Their killer move is about to come."

"They will activate these souls, merge these souls, and create an angel that bears the mark of the dimension of death, but is loyal to them."

"Angel of Death!"

"A new Angel of Death has been born. Because it also belongs to the dimension of death, this Angel of Death is qualified to launch a war against the Lord of Death for control of the dimension."

"By then——"

"The dimension of death will become theirs, the planet of life will become theirs, and all the souls on the planet of life will be transformed into a continuous source of fuel for their attack on the next planet of life under their unique brainwashing."

"..." After three cups of wine.

Mephisto has finished telling the story of how the Heavenly Dimensions fought for ownership of a life-bearing planet, and what fate would Earth face if the Heavenly Dimensions conquered it.

The story is exciting.

Hawke's mind remained completely unmoved.

So be it, let them conquer.

None of his business.

It's as if the little planet wouldn't have suffered so many misfortunes if there were no heavenly dimension.

However, Hawke understood the core of Mephisto's story.

"Brother, I'm in big trouble! Help me!"

This is Mephisto's subtext, and the reason why he invited him to drink.

Clearly, Mephisto, who had just returned home, must have already sensed something, which is why he hurriedly invited him over.

but……

Hawke snatched the bottle from Mephisto and poured him a drink, all the while looking on with curiosity.

"What did you find?"

"..."

Mephisto's lips and eyes twitched involuntarily at Hawke's words. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Hawke and said, "The seed of the Angel of Death has been planted by this group of birdmen."

Hawke raised an eyebrow: "The seed of the Angel of Death, I remember you said that this method seems to require several hundred..."

Hawke paused at this point.

Because if Katherine Pierce's dual-body state is indeed an angelic soul from the Heavenly Dimension.

So Catherine Pierce wasn't the first doppelganger.

The earliest doppelganger, before Katherine Pierce.

This means!

Hawke looked at Mephisto's serious expression and couldn't help but chuckle.

Mephisto frowned slightly.

Hawke quickly reached out his hand: "Sorry, I didn't mean to. After all, you've always told me that the soul of Earth is your private property. As a result, a bunch of birdmen have been busy right under your nose for almost hundreds of years, and you only found out now, and only after I reminded you?"

Mephisto's expression was dark.

"I thought they would keep their promise and give up this planet."

"Please, you're the devil! You don't even keep your promises, how can you expect them to?"

Hawke muttered to himself, speechless.

Mephisto's face darkened further.

"I called you over not so you could complain about me."

"Feel sorry."

People do not blame.

Putting aside the fact that Mephisto wanted to kill him, and also putting aside the fact that he wanted to take over Mephisto's Hell, his relationship with Mephisto was actually quite good.

So Hawke readily apologized again, then raised his glass, clinked it with Mephisto's, downed his drink in one gulp, and looked at Mephisto pouring more wine from the bottle: "So, you want to form an alliance with me, the two of us, against those birdmen in Heaven?"

After Mephisto poured Hawke a drink, he looked at Hawke.

"Yes, they've got their eyes on you, haven't they?"

"I'm not sure about that yet."

Hawke smiled slightly and looked at Mephisto: "Perhaps it's just a misunderstanding. Besides, why shouldn't I ally with a winged angel? Give me a reason why I must ally with you."

After pouring the wine, Mephisto stared intently at Hawke: "Because you won't ally with these birdmen."

Hawke's smile remained unchanged.

"reason."

“I am merely manipulating people’s hearts, while they are manipulating faith. I am simply using the life-bearing planet as my pasture, while they are using it as their fuel.”

After saying this, Mephisto looked directly at Hawke.

Hawke and Mephisto stared at each other.

after awhile.

Hawke chuckled, picked up his glass, and looked at Mephisto: "If, and I mean if, I were to ally with you, what would I gain after resolving the Heavenly Dimension?"

Mephisto also raised his glass, clinked it with Hawke's, and said with a smile, "If you want your universe to materialize, you need a real coordinate system. The location of the Heavenly Dimension is a good choice."

Hawke's eyes flickered upon hearing this.

Yes.

For his microcosm to materialize, it needs a real-world coordinate system.

Let's say that.

It's like applying for a homestead. Hawke is now able to apply for a homestead, but all the land has already been taken. In this situation, if he wants to build his own universe, he either has to buy someone else's homestead or steal someone else's.

No one would sell it.

Hawke originally planned to wait until after Thor: Ragnarok was released and the Yggdrasil universe was destroyed, and then go and put his Phoenix universe into it.

Because after the World Tree universe was destroyed, that land became unclaimed territory.

Since it is unclaimed land, it should naturally be occupied by the virtuous.

This is why Hawke isn't in a hurry to awaken his seventh sense yet.

Without him.

Even if he awakens his seventh sense now, and then quickly awakens his eighth sense, and can materialize his own universe, he still has nowhere to build his own microcosm.

and so……

There's no point in being anxious.

However, while Hawke was somewhat tempted by Mephisto's suggestion, he still had a question: "The dimensional world can't accommodate my universe, can it?"

What he wanted to materialize was a parallel universe, a universe no weaker than our own.

Only the universe can contain it.

Dimensional world...

It might burst from being so full.

Furthermore, if dimensional worlds are comparable to the universe, why would Mephisto still be concerned about his divine authority?

Hawke strongly suspected that this was also a tactic by Mephisto to deceive him.

After all, this guy has a criminal record.

Mephisto smiled at Hawke's suspicious gaze: "Other dimensions won't work, but I guarantee the Heavenly Dimension will. Do you know the origin of the Heavenly Dimension?"

Hawke shook his head.

"do not know."

"I can't say."

"what?"

"You can see for yourself, it's in the deepest part of the soul in heaven, the very deepest part. Once you see it, you will know."

Mephisto said mysteriously, "After you've finished reading this, I guarantee you'll come over and ally with me."

Say it.

Mephisto downed his drink in one gulp, then rose and left the tavern.

Hawke turned to look at Mephisto as he walked out of the tavern, raising an eyebrow.

Deepest, most profound part of the soul?

What is it?
Hawke frowned slightly, downed his drink in one gulp, then got up and left the tavern.

hum!
The space on the lawn was torn apart once again.

The moment Hawke stepped out of the spatial rift, the Black Phoenix Underworld Cloak instantly disintegrated and returned to the Underworld's temple.

Seeing this, Gwen came over and wrinkled her nose.

"Drinking?"

"Ah."

"Don't let it be spiked wine again."

"fine."

Hawke waved his hand, glanced at Caroline who was watching him, and changed the subject to Gwen, saying, "Is the story finished?"

Gwen nodded, then seemed to remember something and looked at Hawke: "My cousin said that the Catherine you let go deliberately killed her, which is why she became a vampire."

Upon hearing this, Hawke looked at Caroline.

Caroline met Hawke's gaze and quickly looked away.

Hawke laughed and looked at Gwen: "Katherine Pierce was actually a pitiful person too."

As he spoke, he briefly recounted Katherine Pierce's story to Gwen.

When she was first born as a human, she was considered a disgrace and a burden by her father because she could not bear children. In the end, she was given to the progenitor vampire Klaus by her own father.

To escape her fate as a sacrifice to Klaus, she transformed into a vampire, but this was not liberation, but the beginning of a nightmare, a nightmare that would last for five hundred years.

As Gwen listened to Hawke's story, her brows furrowed, as if she were deeply sympathizing with Katherine Pierce's fate.

Even Caroline, seemingly hearing such a detailed account of Katherine Pierce's fate for the first time, couldn't help but empathize with her.

She realized that if she were in Katherine Pierce's position, she would probably be dead long ago, hunted down by Klaus.

The story is over.

Gwen glanced at her cousin, then looked at Hawke: "You seem to sympathize with this Ms. Pierce. Could she really be your ex-girlfriend, as your cousin suspects?"

Hawke looked at Caroline again.

Caroline's gaze shifted away.

Hawke chuckled and said casually to Gwen, "Gwen, I don't think you and your cousin have a very deep relationship."

Gwen raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by that?"

Hawke shrugged.

"If Caroline were my own sister, and I knew she had been hypnotized and toyed with by a vampire for months, I would tear that vampire apart with my bare hands."

"..."

(End of this chapter)