100. The Land Before Our Past (Part 2)(2/2)
"At that time, your father got knowledge from the fountain of wisdom, but the burden of knowledge left Odin no longer smiling."
Mimier talked:
"In fact, in my opinion, Odin did not understand the role of knowledge, although that knowledge made him the most powerful creature among the stars."
The giant shrugged and said to Thor kindly:
"The purpose of pursuing knowledge is to find wisdom, and searching for wisdom is to explore the truth."
"Knowledge is only a tool, truth is the goal."
"It's a pity that your father, like your ancestors, only stayed at the level of wisdom and did not go deep into the truth."
"He went further and further on the stubborn path derived from his own wisdom, and he did not realize his fallacy until after you were born."
"But he has missed the only opportunity to transcend, so he can only place his hope on you."
The giant's evaluation of Odin made Thor frown.
He leaned on the eternal gun and said to the giant:
"The more you say, I'm more confused."
"It's okay, it's okay if you don't understand."
The giant waved his hand, and pointed at Thor at the sea of stars in front of him, and said:
"Go, listen to the spring of wisdom, drink that spring, and you will understand what I am talking about."
Thor wanted to ask more, but the mysterious giant Mimeer stopped talking, just like a stone. Thor had no choice but to turn around and step closer to the place where the stars gathered in front of him.
He walked into the stars, which surrounded him like living creatures, but did not open the way to him.
Thor knew that this was a ceremony.
His father gave his eye in exchange before "drinking" the spring of wisdom, which is also the tradition of the kings of the divine realm.
It is not just a simple sacrifice, but also a meaning of "exchange".
Only by abandoning part of the body can more wisdom be integrated into the individual.
Thor took a deep breath and placed his hand on his left eye.
In the flash of the rune halo, violent pain burst out in thought. Thor pushed the things he held into the starlight. The moment the left eye dissipated, the satisfied starlight gathered and merged into Thor's body.
He lost one eye.
But there is a bright light in front of you.
Countless pictures bloomed in front of Thor's eyes, and countless Thors were moving in that picture.
He saw himself holding a warhammer and joining the Avengers in New York to fight the invading Zitaris.
He saw himself standing in the ruins of Asgard, his parents and family fell at his feet, and in a sea of panic, the roaring Sirtel roared and stabbed the Twilight Branch into the divine land.
He saw himself and Loki fighting the awakened dark elves in a deserted world, and saw Loki being killed by the dark elves.
He also saw himself overturned to the ground by Thanos, holding infinity gloves, and most of the Asgardians who followed him were slaughtered by purple flames.
He saw another one-eyed self holding a storm-whistling battle axe, cutting off Thanos's head in anger, beside him Carol, Tony, Steve, and Natasha.
There are more pictures, more incredible stories, and Thor is fighting in each picture.
These pictures are so real, it is like Thor personally experienced it.
But in fact he has never experienced these...
Thor also noticed that in these scenes, there were everyone he knew, including Hela, who slaughtered the entire Asgard, but there was no trace of Merlin at all.
The raven never seemed to have appeared.
"These are me, all Thor Odinson."
Thor looked at the scene shining like a stream of light in front of him, and he had a wonderful experience.
"Countless worlds, countless destinies, countless Thors, everything I see should be the path of fate that Thor takes..."
"But I didn't walk any."
“My fate has been changed.”
Thor said softly, all the pictures solidified at the same time, turning into flying stars and dissipating. In that light, he saw the scene when he first met Merlin.
In the sunshine of the small Texas desert town of San Van Gonza, he saw Merlin for the first time, and the waves of fate also emerged at that time.
At this time, looking at his memories from a third-party perspective, Thor's eyes fell on Merlin at the beginning, as if another scroll was opened.
In the reversing stream of stars, Thor saw Merlin's life trajectory.
It is backwards.
From his joining S.H.E.D., all the way forward, those lives Merlin never talked about to others, go back and forth.
In 1973, in the Wisconsin fire, Thor saw the mysterious figure appearing in the flames, holding the newly born Merlin in his arms.
The picture is frozen here.
Between the starlight throughput, it seems that it is waiting for Thor to make a decision.
Do you still want to continue to read forward?
Should we make up our mind to enter the state that our predecessors have not reached and truly see through the secrets of the origin and end of these stars?
Thor was hesitant.
In the process of "drinking" the spring of wisdom, he had a premonition.
If he goes further, he will become the second creature after Merlin to know the ultimate mystery of the stars.
Starlight was surging, the secret of the original Lun had been opened to Thor, and the divine power of the World Tree was slowly blessed, and he had completed the purpose of this trip.
It is not impossible to stop there.
All secrets come at a price, Thor knows this very well.
He looked at the still light in front of him, and once he stepped into it, he could no longer look back.
But Merlin and his father secretly spent so much energy to send him here at this time, which also meant that they wanted him to see the truth.
Chapter completed!