Chapter 1340: The Mystery of the Feast (Part 7)

Two days before the wedding ceremony, Schiller was awakened by the sunlight shining directly into the Xiangong outside the window. Asgard is an empty island floating in the universe, not orbiting a star. All the light here comes from the World Tree, and the sunrise and sunset do not carry any heat.

Therefore, the morning sunlight here carries a coldness. The fog brought by the abundant energy of the World Tree makes the sunlight shining through the curtains also exceptionally gentle. The gods from Northern Europe like this light atmosphere with melancholic blues.

The sound of knocking on the door sounded, Schiller said "please come in", a goddess smiled and pushed the door open, put an invitation on the table at the door, and said: "Hello, sir, there will be an Asgardian-style concert tonight, held in the Xiangong auditorium. If you are interested, please wear formal wear and ring the service bell around 7:10 tonight, and someone will take you to the auditorium."

Schiller felt surprised, so he asked: "Aren't entertainment activities like concerts held after watching the ceremony?"

"No, sir. I know this is not very similar to the etiquette of most civilizations. Asgard entertains guests first, and finally holds the wedding ceremony. This is to allow guests who come here to better feel our cultural atmosphere and have a deeper understanding of the wedding ceremony."

"Okay, I know. Then, besides the concert, what other entertainment activities are there?"

"After the concert tonight, there are no extra activities today, but tomorrow morning you can go to the Asgardian Expo Hall to participate in the art exhibition, or go to the library to read Asgard's history and cultural books."

"The night after tomorrow, we will hold a dance in the main hall of the Xiangong. This is the most important entertainment activity. The God King and the future Queen of Gods and all important guests will not be absent. Please be sure to arrive on time."

"Thank you, Your Highness Goddess, then can I go find a few friends to chat during the day today? I haven't seen them for a long time, and I won't miss the concert."

"Of course, sir. You can arrange your time during the day today freely. See you tonight, I wish you a good time."

After saying this, the goddess closed the door and left. Schiller breathed a sigh of relief. He had to admit that if Asgardians are willing to maintain a good attitude towards you, getting along with them is actually very comfortable. These gods are not only pleasing to the eye, but their temperament will also make people feel the boldness and enthusiasm of maritime civilization.

Schiller walked to the door and picked up the invitation. He saw the specific time and address written on it, and even included arrangements for the next two days. However, as the goddess said, most of the daytime is free, and guests can communicate freely.

Such an arrangement is very smart. Everyone actually knows that the theme of attending the wedding is not the wedding. People just need an excuse to put everyone together and solve the social problems of the interstellar society for the next ten or even decades.

Schiller naturally also has problems to solve, that is, matters related to Thanos and the Dark Quadrant.

I think someone still remembers that there were a few members of the old Skrull Empire who drifted to Earth. Although a stupid general's decision made most of them copy human abilities and were infected by human thoughts, now they all stand on the human side, but there are also a few members who are unwilling to give up and want to rebuild the Skrull Empire.

They don't admit that the current militaristic Skrull Empire is their home, nor are they willing to go back, but want to find a new piece of land to develop from scratch.

Although the universe is very large, there are not many places suitable for building a home, and more importantly, they must stay far away from the sphere of influence of the new Skrull Empire, otherwise they will inevitably be cleared once discovered.

At the beginning, Schiller pointed them to a bright road. At that time, Thanos had just angered Eternity, and Eternity directly cut the Dark Dimension out and hung it on the outer wall of the universe. The members of the old Skrull Empire settled there.

But now, Thanos has used the Shi'ar Empire's dimension cutting device to bring back the resources of Thanos from other universes, so he will definitely need a place to stay, and the Shi'ar Empire's dimension cutting device can just dismantle a piece of dimension and sew it back.

Then Thanos's best choice is to put the Dark Dimension back in its original place, but now the original place is occupied by others, so Thanos is a bit difficult to handle.

Perhaps someone feels that a Titan can't beat a few Skrulls? But don't forget, the object cloned by the veteran who led the Skrulls happened to be Captain America, and he is a 50-50 match against anyone.

What is even more terrible is that there is also a Schiller among the Skrulls.

At the beginning, the Skrull general who cloned Nick wanted to let the last member who didn't choose a cloning object to clone Schiller, but he was directly reverse-infected by Schiller.

Now he is a member of the Gao Ta personality. There are so many personalities in the Gao Ta, and it doesn't matter if there is one more Skrull personality. The only difference is that he has a separate Skrull body that can move freely, without having to fight for shifts with other Schillers.

But there is also a disadvantage that Skrulls can only copy abilities, not external equipment. This Skrull Schiller has no gray mist, and his self-protection ability is not very strong. The safety problem limits his performance, so so far he has only been active near the Dark Quadrant.

But this is enough to give Thanos a headache. In front, there is a 50-50 Captain who can't be beaten by anyone, and behind, there is a cunning Pope No. 2. If the Infinity Stones of other universes could be used, maybe they could fight, but they can't be used, so Thanos can only choose to take it wisely.

Because of this situation, Schiller didn't wait to find Thanos, but Thanos found him first.

The restaurant in Asgard is located on the second floor of the Xiangong. The main color here is still gold, but the edges of the arc-shaped dome and the decorations on the walls are dark blue, and the armchairs near the golden table are dark red. The slightly old milky white of the walls neutralizes the collision of these intense colors, appearing noble, gorgeous, and carrying a kind of heaviness.

When Schiller walked into the restaurant, he couldn't help but look up at the gorgeous palace decorations. The Xiangong of Asgard is also called Odin's Golden Palace. This palace lives up to its famous name. Schiller is also visiting this palace in such detail for the first time, so he watched it very intently.

It wasn't until the waiter in the restaurant led him to the dining table that Schiller came back to his senses, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a purple-skinned giant picking food at the dining table.

There are many Asgardian specialty diets here, most of which are roasted meat. Asgard belongs to maritime civilization and almost does not raise livestock, so meat sources are some monsters in the Nine Realms. Looking at many monster meats of unknown identity, Schiller was a bit at a loss, and at this time, a voice sounded in his ear:

"You can have some of that, it's very similar to lamb on Earth, coming from a kind of gregarious blue-eared sheep on the edge of the Nine Realms."

Schiller turned his head and saw Thanos standing beside him. Schiller said in a light tone: "Your Majesty Thanos, good morning, why did you come so early today?"

Thanos naturally heard the sarcasm in Schiller's words. He looked around and found that there were indeed few people in the restaurant, so his behavior of pretending to meet by chance seemed a bit awkward.

Schiller is a person who gets up at five o'clock without fail. Many people know this habit of his. It is not difficult for Thanos to investigate Schiller's work and rest.

But what surprised him was that Schiller's healthy work and rest is unique even in the universe. To be precise, there were only the two of them in the restaurant besides the waiter.

"Let's sit over there." Schiller took some simple pastries and walked to the window with the dinner plate. The two came to a dining table next to a tall statue and sat down. Schiller took the knife and fork from the waiter's hand and took the initiative to ask: "Are you going to the concert tonight?"

"Of course, I am very interested in Asgardian music. I like their assembly horn and war drums, which remind me of the days on Titan."

Thanos also picked up the knife and fork, and what is surprising is that Thanos used the tableware very well. He was like a gentleman in real human society, maintaining meticulous dining etiquette.

"Is it the kind of drumbeat that sounded when you destroyed Titan?"

"Destruction and art do not conflict." Thanos shook his head and said: "The civilizations and lives destroyed by Asgard are much more than mine."

"Indeed." Schiller turned his head to look out the window. In the distance, Asgard's buildings were even more brilliant in the morning light. Art will always grow more vigorously in two extreme soils, one is extreme hardship and cold, and the other is abundance and richness without worrying about survival.

Asgard is obviously the latter, so the art here is always passionate and magnificent. Whether it is architecture or music, it is pursuing to shock people's hearts. Perhaps the Eternal race was the same in the past.

"Humanity's solar system development plan should have already paid attention to Uranus, right?" Thanos asked with a smile that was not a smile.

"Are you worried that humans will discover the relics left by the Eternal race?" Schiller cut a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, saying: "To be honest, we are not very interested in this, and you didn't leave anything good... However, I am quite interested in the story of the Eternal race. Can you tell me?"

Thanos's hand holding the tableware paused. He looked at Schiller and said: "Didn't the Sorcerer Supreme tell you our story?"

"It is naturally different for the person involved to narrate. Perhaps another me would also feel some sympathy for your displaced situation after hearing your story of displacement."

Thanos showed an inexplicable smile. He lowered his head and looked at the food on the plate, saying: "I am a third-generation descendant of the Eternal race. I think you have also seen that the Eternal race is a race that walked out of Earth."

"Our living habits, etiquette, and culture have many things in common with humans. The City of Titanos established on Earth was a distant ancient civilization that was brilliant for a time."

"Most of the tragedies in this world come from greed for power. My grandfather, the leader of the Eternal race at the time, Kronos, triggered a terrifying explosion during an experiment on cosmic life power, and the brilliant City of Titanos was annihilated."

"Kronos's body was destroyed, but the Eternal race possesses powerful spirits. In the explosion, he transformed his life form, abandoned his body, merged with part of the time rules, and became a god in the universe."

"But unfortunately, he failed to save the tragedy of the Eternal race. After the terrible explosion, the Eternal race suffered heavy casualties. Just like all intelligent life encountering disasters, terrible civil strife swept through the ruins of Titanos."

"After the chaos ended, another problem plagued the Eternal race, that is, the cliché problem of establishing an heir."

"Kronos had more than one son, Zuras. He also had a younger son, Alars, but he was never liked by him, just like Loki's situation in Asgard before."

"Very interesting, isn't it? All the things in this world seem to be one cycle after another." Thanos shook his head and said with some emotion: "However, the little prince of the Eternal race, Alars, did not have Loki's good luck. After failing to fight for the throne, he was expelled from Olympus and exiled to Titan, the satellite of Saturn."

"At that time, Titan had the descendants of the Eternal race left by Uranos, so Alars merged his followers with this branch of the Eternal race and founded the Titan race."

"And this His Majesty Alars is my father." ===== CHAPTER 1341 =====

"At that time, Titan had descendants of the Eternals left behind by Uranus, so A'Lars brought his followers and merged with this branch of the Eternals to found the Titan race."

"And this Majesty A'Lars is my father."