Violence, killing and death are always the most effective threats.
Under the impatient urging of Gideon Malik, an unlucky guy named Alfonso finally drew a K and successfully became a "glorious and great victim."
And his wife, lover and children were all escorted in, allowing him to choose the one he cared about and loved the most.
I have to say that this is really a very cruel choice that directly attacks the weakness of human nature.
The most important thing is that there is no way to cheat, let alone choose a top-up amount that you least like.
Because Soul Stone will not accept any form of deception.
If Alfonso dares to sacrifice a lover or child he doesn't like, then Gideon Malik dares to kill all his lovers and descendants, and then choose a "glorious and great victim" by drawing lots.
In desperation, this old man who looked to be in his sixties tremblingly picked up his most beloved grandson and cried bitterly.
You know without asking that he has made the right choice.
Using the death of one descendant in exchange for the survival of other descendants is the same as exchanging smaller benefits for greater benefits. This is a required course for Europe traditional nobles.
Although after entering modern society, many people believe that the aristocrats who rule this land have gradually disappeared under the baptism of capitalism and modern communist revolutions.
But the actual situation is that they transformed into business and political circles, and not only continued in a way that no one expected, but also continued to grow and develop in secret.
After simple preparations, Gideon Malik and Crossbones finally escorted the prisoners and passed through the portal to Vormir at the other end.
As soon as they left, Allen arrived at the castle with Stephanie Malik on the back.
Looking at the huge portal standing in the courtyard, the corpses in the room, and the blood stains remaining on the ground, anyone who is not a fool will understand what happened.
"Uncle Alben...Uncle Leon..."
Stephanie stared at the two corpses lying on the ground with wide eyes, as if he couldn't believe that this was done by his father.
You must know the families behind these two people, but they have been married to Malick family for generations. From the perspective of genes and blood relationships, they have been relatives since more than two hundred years ago.
"In a sense, your father is indeed a ruthless tycoon. In order to get Soul Stone, he actually did not hesitate to gather all the Hydra senior officials of Europe as sacrifices." Allen commented meaningfully.
In fact, he himself was not surprised that Gideon Malik could behave like this.
Because in his previous life, he had seen too many incidents where relatives turned against each other for profit.
Some people can even start a business by pooling their entire family's money together for the sake of money, and hollow out the business bit by bit.
Then it is directly transferred to another company that belongs entirely to itself, making the original company insolvent and going bankrupt.
Even worse, it will put a heavy liability on the shareholders who originally invested.
"I have to stop him!"
Stephanie took a deep breath to force himself to calm down, his eyes flashing with anger.
Compared with her own father, she has obviously not become so bottomless.
In fact, most of the "second generation snakes" are usually very different from their parents who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
Some of them don't even know what their parents do. They just spend their money unscrupulously and live a life of drunkenness and dreams.
Although Stephanie was under the influence of Gideon, he always admired Inhuman Hive and was eager to welcome this "god" back one day.
But he doesn't agree with this approach of treating allies as victims at all.
"Don't worry, I will help you." Allen smiled and released Charm ability again.
Stephanie, who just happened to see this scene, suddenly blushed with excitement and excitement on his face. He knelt down on one knee and kissed the back of his lover Allen's hand affectionately, vowing. "Don't worry, Master, I will definitely get Soul Stone back for you."
"I believe you."
Allen reached out and stroked the other person's cheek affectionately, and smoothed back his long golden hair slightly.
This intimate act instantly made Stephanie's mental state extremely excited, and the entire brain was releasing various hormones uncontrollably.
Although she was very clear that Allen was just taking advantage of her, she didn't care at all.
I have to say that this is the scariest thing about this Charm ability.
It does not change a person's thinking and will, but uses Infinity to amplify the desires in the target's heart to make the other party do things that harm their own interests.
If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be sperm on the brain.
After getting rid of all the Hydra soldiers guarding the portal, the two quickly passed through the portal and arrived at Vormir.
Looking at the densely packed crowd at the top of the cliff that looked like black dots, Allen immediately said with a smile, "It seems that we came at the right time and did not miss the most exciting part."
"Who is that person wearing a shabby black cloak?" Stephanie asked with an uncertain tone, frowning.
She couldn't remember that there was such a mysterious-looking guy among the Hydra leaders in Europe.
"That is the leader of Soul Stone, and he has a very close relationship with Hydra. I am very curious about how your father will react after recognizing him."
Having said that, Allen began to climb up the steep steps.
You must know that when Gideon Malik was young, it was the moment when Red Skull was most arrogant and ruthlessly suppressed Malick family and squeezed him out of Hydra's core power.
But later, he witnessed the opponent being defeated by Captain America.
It can be said that Gideon Malik's feelings for Red Skull are extremely complicated.
On the one hand, he admires this man for being able to push Hydra to a position that can affect world change, and he also longs to be such a person one day.
On the other hand, he hated Red Skull for suppressing Malick family, and was very dissatisfied that the other party gave up searching for Inhuman Hive and instead looked for more powerful supernatural power from Norse mythology.
But unfortunately, Gideon Malik was too young at the time and did not have the qualifications or opportunity to talk to Red Skull face to face.
Now, on this extremely desolate and remote planet in the universe, they are miraculously reunited across time and space.
I have to say, this is like a huge joke played by fate.
"John·Schmidt..."
Looking at the terrifying face hidden under the hood, Gideon Malik finally couldn't help but use a slightly hoarse voice to call out the name that was enough to make the whole world tremble.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it. The man who was thought to have been dead for more than seventy years was not only still alive, but showed no signs of aging at all.
"You are..."
Red Skull frowned subconsciously, completely unable to recognize who the old man in front of him was.
After all, Gideon Malik was still a little kid when he was defeated.
Not to mention that the two parties have never met face to face, even if they have met, they would not be able to recognize each other.
"I am Gideon Malik, the current head of the Malick family family. Nice to meet you, Mr. John Schmidt. Or I should call you your nickname - Red Skull." Gideon gave a very elegant aristocratic salute.
Hearing the surname Malik, Red Skull suddenly showed an expression of realization on his face. "Ah! It's you. I remember that when I failed, you were just a child. Your father was always full of complaints and dissatisfaction. I think I have deviated from the original intention of Hydra. I can't believe that more than seventy years have passed so quickly and you have grown from a child to an old man. Tell me, what is Hydra's current situation?"
"It's bad!
Since the plane you were on crashed, many Hydra scientists and leaders have been arrested by United States and Soviet Union.
Some of them died for sticking to their beliefs, while others pretended to surrender to each other, lurked within the enemy, and gradually absorbed members and grew stronger.
Later, a junior named Alexander Pierce suddenly emerged, quickly completed the internal penetration of S.H.I.E.L.D., and developed it into an incubation base for Hydra talents.
Oh, the predecessor of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Strategic Scientific Reserve.
They used the algorithm invented by Dr. Zola and predictions of the future information society to create Project Insight.
To put it simply, it is to use powerful firepower Helicarrier or space battleships to implement strategic deterrence against the world from a high altitude, eliminate those who may pose a threat to Hydra, and then force those big countries to surrender.
Unfortunately, this plan failed.
Once again, it was destroyed by the sons of Captain America and Howard.
And this directly led to us being exposed to the world again.
International Security Council, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Avengers began to hunt down Hydra members around the world.
In just one or two years, our forces have suffered heavy losses. "
Gideon Malik didn't mean to hide anything. He spoke openly about the organization's current dire situation and even introduced the situation since WWII.
Although he doesn't understand how Red Skull got through these years, Hydra undoubtedly needs the wisdom and courage of this strong man to tide over the difficulties.
"Cut off one head and two will grow. It seems that those people did not let me down after I disappeared."
Hearing that Hydra was still tenaciously alive after suffering continuous heavy injuries, Red Skull's eyes flashed with relief.
But soon, he remembered his identity as the guide and asked directly, "Since you have found this place, you should know what is buried here, right?"
Gideon Malik nodded without thinking, "Of course! Soul Stone in six Infinity Stones is buried here."
"Very good! Soul Stone advocates fairness the most. If you want to get it, you must sacrifice your most cherished soul." With that, Red Skull stretched out his arm and made a gesture of invitation.
"Alfonso! For the great cause of Hydra, I now order you to make sacrifices."
Gideon Malik didn't even say a word of nonsense. He turned around and cast a threatening look at the unlucky guy.
The latter was obviously taken aback and immediately held his grandson closer, with a look of pleading on his face.
He tried to ask Red Skull for help, but this cruel man completely turned a blind eye.
As for the guys who were escorted as prisoners, they all turned their heads, unwilling to look at them.
In desperation, Alfonso could only hold his grandson tremblingly and approach the edge of the cliff step by step.
Just when he closed his eyes and was about to push the child down ruthlessly, a woman's voice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears.
"Stop!"
Following the direction of the sound, Gideon was surprised to find that his daughter was walking up the steep stairs.
"Stephanie? Why are you here!"
"I'm here to stop you! Father, I remember you always taught me when I was young. As a member of Malick family, you must first have fearless courage and an unparalleled spirit of sacrifice. But what about you? You actually chose to be a coward at this time." Stephanie's tone was full of anger.
In her opinion, this was simply a betrayal and humiliation of the family oath.
"No! You don't understand at all. Everything I do is for the family and for you." Gideon tried to defend his behavior.
But unfortunately, Stephanie has already been charmed by Allen. He has no intention of listening to these boring sophistry, and directly steps on High Heels and strides forward.
Before anyone could react to what was happening, she pushed hard with all her strength.
Bang!
"Ah! No!!!!!!!"
With a panicked scream, Gideon fell off the edge of the cliff on the spot.
That desperate and miserable voice kept echoing in the bottomless canyon.
When the head came into close contact with the ground, it exploded like a rotten watermelon on the spot, and a gem emitting orange light appeared out of thin air.
At the same time, Stephanie also fell to his knees on the ground with tears streaming down his face, staring at his hands with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Obviously, at the moment she pushed, Allen released Charm Magic's control.
Because according to the acquisition rules of Soul Stone, you must kill the person you care about most.
And if it remains in the charmed state, the most important person for Stephanie should be Allen.
It can be said that he took advantage of a loophole in the rules a little bit.
No hesitation!
While Stephanie was still immersed in the emotion of extreme grief and regret, Allen had already grabbed the last Soul Stone immediately, and immediately showed a faint smile, "Finally...six Infinity Stones gathered together. Now I am the most powerful existence in this unipolar universe..."
Before the words fell,
He took off his clothes and inserted Soul Stone into the last groove.
The next second...
Terrifying energy spurted out from the body!