Skye blinked her big eyes, repeatedly nudging Coulson with her elbow.
"Go ask him! Ask Thor who Hermione really is!"
Coulson looked helpless. As far as the Avengers were concerned, he was still "dead," and he had no desire to reveal himself so soon.
"No. I can't 'come back to life' yet."
"Tch, coward." Skye pursed her lips. "If you won't go, I will!"
Skye was just about to step forward when the sky suddenly changed.
Countless enormous wormholes appeared in the previously clear sky.
These Wormholes were several times larger than the one that had appeared during the Chitauri invasion, like giant eyes staring down at Earth.
Within the wormholes, the scenery kept shifting.
Ice, darkness, flames, light...
Scenes from the Nine Realms appeared in turn. An invisible pressure settled over the earth, making it hard to breathe.
Everyone present was stunned into silence by the sudden spectacle.
"Wh-what is this?"
Skye forgot all about prying into Hermione's background and asked in a trembling voice.
Coulson's expression grew grave as he immediately realized what was happening.
"It's the Celestial Convergence! Hermione mentioned it-the Nine Realms overlapping! Those must be views of the Nine Realms on the other side!"
Before he had finished speaking, all sorts of bizarre creatures began falling out of the wormholes.
The monsters looked hideous. Some resembled giant lizards, others winged beasts, and some were nothing more than writhing lumps of flesh.
The moment they landed, they began attacking the humans around them in a frenzy.
"Awooo!"
"Roar!"
The monsters' roars mingled with screams, plunging the scene into chaos.
"Those are berserker beasts from Muspelheim!"
Thor shouted, forcing himself to rally.
He temporarily pushed Loki's death from his mind and charged at the monsters, swinging Mjolnir.
The nearby human troops reacted as well, opening fire and