Chapter 91

Ymir's whole body trembled; he never expected that the Church would have the audacity to monitor the actions of American government special agents. But thinking about it, it was not surprising that an organization which had endured for twenty centuries in human history would possess such formidable hidden power.

Only an organization like this could secretly investigate S.H.I.E.L.D. without making a sound.

"During World War II, the Führer of Germany needed a power even greater than military might to help him rule the world. He therefore sent Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, twice into China's Tibetan region to search for Shangri-La, sent Johann Schmidt, the leader of HYDRA, to Tangshi Castle in Norway to seize the Cosmic Cube, and dispatched a large number of scientists and archaeologists to the Egyptian desert to search for the 'Lost Ark of the Covenant.'"

"He spared no effort, sending his most elite subordinates to search for the powers that had been passed down through myths," Father Terence said with lingering fear. "It was truly a dark day."

Even the Church's influence had to yield to the advancing German war machine.

The Third Reich invaded Vienna in 1938, and the Nazi Party stole ancient relics of the Holy Roman Empire, including the Spear of Longinus, which belonged to Ymir's ancestors.

This holy spear, which had been born to judge the life of Jesus Christ, fell into the hands of evil two thousand years later.

Hitler, who obtained the Spear of Longinus, was deeply fascinated by it and saw it as the key to ruling the world.

Some believed that the holy spear helped the dark Führer achieve victory in the war, but that was all. When the holy spear fell into the hands of the U.S. military in 1945, Hitler committed suicide by shooting himself, less than 90 minutes later.

Later, although the U.S. military returned the Spear of Longinus to Vienna, after the Church's secret agents appraised it, it was confirmed to be a fake.

The true Spear of Longinus disappeared from the world after World War II, and the three parts lying in the museum were merely lifelike replicas.

This was a great disgrace to the Church, and in the peaceful years after the war, each generation of the Knights of St. George searched tirelessly for the spear's whereabouts.

It wasn't until Father Terence discovered that Ymir possessed the bloodline of the Longinus family, and Magdalena sensed the aura of the holy spear in Ymir, that they found some clues. No wonder Father Terence still harbored resentment when he mentioned it.

"Johann Schmidt, that's the real name of the Red Skull, right? Indeed, one cannot underestimate the Church's accumulation over thousands of years. It's hard for anything to escape their notice." Ymir didn't speak, but thought to himself.

As for the whereabouts of the Spear of Longinus, to be honest, Ymir didn't care. He hadn't forgotten how his previous life ended tragically due to the Spear of Longinus.

It was the weapon that killed him!

"Child, do you know about Norse mythology?" Father Terence asked.

"Norse mythology?" Ymir shifted in his chair. Could it be that Father Terence was going to tell him that the Church had already discovered that the evil power窥探地球 actually originated from the evil god Loki? That would be too fantastical. He hadn't expected the Church's intelligence network to extend to the realm of the gods.

"Yes, in Norse mythology, from the beginning of the world, there have been four treasures that have always protected our world from the giants. They are the Eternal Spear Gungnir, the Flame Sword Laevatein, the Elf Bow Yew, and the Dragon Gem Aurboda."

"I always thought you were a Christian, Father." Ymir touched his nose, silently criticizing.

It was unclear whether Father Terence heard Ymir's muttering, but his eyes grew increasingly excited: "Among these four Norse treasures, the Eternal Spear Gungnir is the weapon of the Norse god Odin, and the Flame Sword Laevatein is the weapon of the fire giant Surt. Only the Elf Bow Yew and the Dragon Gem Aurboda have no known owners, and even their records have not been passed down."

This was a hard thing to imagine. As one of the four great treasures of a mythological system, they had left no other records besides their names.

"How incredible," Father Terence said. "Two thousand years ago, when the Holy Son descended, the Vikings offered their faith to the Lord. At that time, the records of the Dragon Gem Aurboda were erased, making it disappear from the flow of time. Do you know why?"

Ymir frowned, unable to understand why Christianity allowed the records of other Norse treasures to be passed down but erased the existence of the Dragon Gem. However, he was clear about one thing: "That Dragon Gem, is it the Cosmic Cube you mentioned?"

"Exactly, they are just two names for the same thing. The ancient Norse gods and their Viking believers on Earth communicated through the Dragon Gem, the Cosmic Cube."

Father Terence said, "No one knows how the Cosmic Cube was formed, but it contains infinite energy. In the hands of the Norse gods, they could use its energy to open the Bifröst Bridge effortlessly and travel between the present world, Asgard, Hel, and the land of the giants through the World Tree."

"I see! What a despicable yet ingenious method!" Ymir marveled. He finally understood why the Church, after unifying the Vikings' faith, had to forcibly erase the existence of the Cosmic Cube and even seal such a powerful artifact in a small church in Norway.

Only by doing so could they completely sever the connection between the Vikings on Earth and the Norse gods. From then on, only the Norse gods could come to Earth, but that would require a great deal of divine power.

"The Church has always known the whereabouts of the Cosmic Cube. During World War II, the Führer's subordinates excavated it in Norway. However, it was soon taken away by America's first superhero, Captain America, and remained buried under the Arctic Ocean."

Father Terence smiled, satisfied with Ymir's insight: "The line of holy spear nuns, who lost the guardian holy spear, have guarded the place where the Cosmic Cube fell. Therefore, we were able to obtain detailed intelligence as soon as the U.S. government salvaged the Cosmic Cube."

"I see, so Magdalena came to New York to retrieve the Cosmic Cube?" Ymir was not optimistic about this plan. No matter how powerful Magdalena was, she couldn't fight against all the superheroes of the Avengers.

Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and many other soldiers could overwhelm Magdalena just by sheer numbers.

And if they didn't want to risk infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Cosmic Cube fell into Loki's hands, they would have to face a "god" and an entire race of alien armies. Even if this "god" was essentially just an enhanced alien.