Marvel Book of Magical Events

Looking at the emperor's tired face, Lara Croft suddenly felt a little embarrassed. No matter what Natasha Romanov said about the emperor's intentions, the fact is that he spent a lot of time and paid a lot of money to solve the Quetzalcoatl problem, and only he had the ability to solve it ("Perhaps So can Thor?" Laura thought), being too harsh is nothing less than ungrateful.

"I would say that I actually enjoy the adventurous life." She held a ceramic cup filled with hot coffee and added some gin to it as usual. She suddenly realized that this bottle of gin shouldn't be here, and the wine cabinet behind her wasn't open at all, but now she couldn't think about it at all. "But I should take a break now and go back to the manor to see Winston (referring to the old butler of the manor). Now that Holy Trinity has almost been wiped out, I have time to sort out the documents left by my father and look at them over the years. What did I miss when I was adventuring outside." She lowered her head in embarrassment, "I heard that you have also moved to England now. You can come to see me at Surrey Manor. You should know the address, right?"

"Yeah, I will go to Surrey to visit You and Winston. He gave me a lot of advice on gardening layout and variety selection, but he certainly didn't expect that those flowers would be eaten clean by the sheep I raised." The emperor was careful. He moved his body on the sofa. This time he was really injured too badly. The healing magic was taking effect slowly and could not solve the wound problem in the blink of an eye. The medical staff were baffled that he was not in shock. Normally he would have been in the intensive care unit, instead of walking around talking to others.

"I heard that you want to adopt a shepherd dog. Although I don't need to interfere with such a small matter, I still use my little power to help you solve this problem. It is a gift, as long as you can fill out the observation form and submit it on time. Be careful. The animals coming out of the laboratory have undergone genetic modification and they are very smart, just like Lassie the spirit dog."

"Are you injured?" Lara Croft frowned, "Is it serious?"

"It will probably heal in a few hours. If you can have some gin, it may heal faster." The emperor raised his eyebrows pretending to be relaxed, "Can you get me a bottle from the wine cabinet? I I’m almost fed up with the Enuratu and Yasok people, and I’ll go crazy if I don’t drink some wine.”

"Isn't there a bottle on the table?" Lara Croft stretched out her hand very naturally, but her fingers did not touch anything except the air. She suddenly froze in place and looked at herself in disbelief. palm. There was no bottle and there was no smell of gin in the coffee. "What's going on?" After a brief moment of panic, she quickly regained her composure, "There should be a bottle of wine here. Is this some kind of prank?"

"Is it this?" The emperor snapped his fingers. The wine cabinet opened automatically, and a bottle of gin floated out on its own, landing lightly on the spot in Lara Croft's memory. "This is not a prank, but a sequelae. You have been exposed to too much extradimensional energy. No one knows what the consequences of long-term exposure will be. You may have accidentally seen the future, or your brain is sending you reminders. , I suggest you go to the infirmary for a mental check-up before leaving the space station to make sure that your brain is not affected by extradimensional energy."

"What other symptoms will I have?"

"Don't be nervous, I can make sure you are safe, Laura." The emperor seemed to know something, but was unwilling to say it. He ordered his invisible servant to pour a glass of wine for himself and Lara Croft, and then drank it in one gulp. "You linked me to the past, so you'll be fine. Have a good sleep, you still need to help the Yasok people explore their gate to the underworld." He said in a pleading tone, "That's what I'm doing here The last task given to you in this stage is that although there are still extradimensional creatures in the jungle now, the knights will protect your safety, and we also need to figure out the secret behind the gate to the underworld that Yasok said."

Lara Croft nodded. She had never seen her sponsor speak so softly. She even saw wrinkles in the corners of the emperor's eyes, knowing that he was even three years younger than her now. "I will do it. I will not allow any mystery to remain in the adventure," she said. "I will give you a report."

"I have never been a strong person, Laura. I hate those politicians who have no regard for life, those villains who drag others into the abyss because of their own selfish desires, and even more disgusted with thugs who destroy lives because of indulgence. You have seen how I treat those people. You should also know how much I hate their irresponsible attitude." As the conversation was about to end and Lara Croft was about to leave the room, the emperor suddenly said, "I just saw something that others wouldn't. Believing in the future, I saw the disaster that was about to happen, so I had to make some cruel and contrary to human moral decisions to save more people. If possible, I would prefer to live a peaceful country life in the manor, but there must be someone Taking responsibility, someone has to do what others don't want to do, I can only make sure that the process is fairer and more people can survive."

"Is this a confession?" Lara Croft asked, "or an apology?"

"No, this is stating the facts." The emperor's expression became as cold as steel, as if the weakness caused by the pain was re-buried under the rock formations. As a ruler, he was not allowed much time to relax, and that time was now over. "I will never regret what I have done, will never excuse the evil deeds I have committed, and will never be praised for the good deeds I have done to save lives. My function is to keep the human race alive, nothing more. .”

This conversation did not make Lara Croft relax. On the contrary, she felt a chill that penetrated into her bones.

She couldn't think of what kind of person would use the word "function" to describe themselves. This word has never belonged to humans, especially when it comes from someone who describes himself. There is no word that is more cold, mechanical and sad than this word. This is the most complete denial of a person's own soul. She doesn't understand what kind of crisis is worthy of a wise person who sees the future clearly and does not hesitate to deny his own free will.

"Do you know how many times the human race has faced extinction crises in the past hundred years?" On the way to adopt a puppy, the guard Hammurabi who escorted her to the space genetic laboratory asked in a chatting tone, "Excluding the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear weapons of the United States and the Soviet Union at that time could not all be thrown at the enemy's heads and would have to self-destruct. They could not affect too many countries at all. I am referring to global events such as Quetzalcoatl's awakening. Crisis...at least ten times, madam, the human race is always lingering on the edge of the abyss. So please be tolerant to our monarch. The disaster we are about to face is far more terrifying than the awakening of Quetzalcoatl. Those in the Avengers cannot understand This pressure to be responsible for all life and the resources that life needs to live a healthy life. They are just little punks who go their own way and boast about themselves. Except for the incident in New York in 2012, they have never undertaken any action to save the world.”

"I'm afraid no one in the world has ever described the Avengers that way."

"This is my Lord's attitude towards them. Tony Stark's anti-terrorism operations create more vendettas, Steve Rogers only acts under the baton, and Natasha Romanoff doesn't even have a target. Street crime can feed their sense of justice. Our Lord's respect for them is entirely due to the humanitarian spirit they showed in 2012, nothing more." Hammurabi's face resembled that of an ancient king. With a disdainful expression, "They have not rebuilt the houses destroyed by the war, have not fed the hungry war survivors, and have not completely ended the war weaved by lies. They simply do not understand how those things can oppress people's minds to madness. The situation, not many people in this world can bear it. The war that our Lord ended is not limited to the Balkans. If you have the opportunity, you should go to the Middle East, Afghanistan and West Africa to take a look. You will find that our Lord’s wings actually protect and feed you. How many people have been killed is something the Avengers will never be able to do."

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