The goddess of death descends, the timeline's erasure order
The sword tip hovered less than half an inch from between his eyebrows.
There was no wind, but a fine layer of white frost instantly formed on Lynn's eyelashes. That extreme cold, carrying an intense, unyielding stench of decay and putrefaction, abruptly severed the already scorching air inside the bomb shelter.
The excruciating pain of being pulled apart by Female Venom, Wanda, and Gwen Stacy was temporarily paralyzed by this absolute Death Force.
"Crack--"
The Special Alloy armor on the ceiling was torn apart like a biscuit. Accompanied by eerie green Underworld flames, a pair of long, straight legs stepped out of the void first.
The dark green, form-fitting War Armor outlined an imposing silhouette, and the exaggerated black, sharp antler helmet on her head seemed to pierce the sky. Hela looked down at the basement from her high vantage point, her pale face displaying an arrogant and domineering air.
"A bunch of lowly insects."
Hela's voice wasn't loud, but it resonated deep within the soul. She didn't even glance at the Ancient One; her gaze swept over Female Venom and Gwen Stacy as if it were tangible, finally fixing on Wanda.
"You dare touch my Throne?"
The moment the words fell, the Night Sky Sword hovering between Lynn's brows trembled violently, bursting forth with a blinding black light!
"Hiss--!" Female Venom let out a shrill scream. The black Symbiote tentacles wrapped around Lynn's left wrist were instantly shredded by the sword's edge. Those black slimes, which were said to have devoured the Hell's Essence, withered and fell off rapidly in the face of the Death Force, like snow meeting boiling water.
Gwen Stacy's Specialized Silk snapped one by one under the Impact of this energy. She groaned and was thrown backward, crashing heavily against the wall.
Only Wanda did not back down.
"Your Throne?" Wanda's eyes were Scarlet with a crimson hue. Chaos Magic was compressed wildly in her palm, the surrounding Gravitational Field completely collapsed, and rubble and metal debris rose into the air as if defying the laws of physics.
He is my whole world!
Wanda screamed and shoved her hands forward with all her might. A Scarlet Energy, powerful enough to pierce the earth's crust, roared as it hurtled toward Hela in mid-air.
"Ignorant mortals." Hela sneered. She didn't dodge or evade at all; with a casual grab in the void, two enormous Night Sky Sword materialized out of thin air, crossing over each other to meet the Chaos Magic.
"Boom!"
The energies of red and black collided violently in mid-air!
The entire blast room collapsed completely, and the massive Impact blew the manor ruins off the ground. Starlight poured down, turning the New York night sky into an eerie dark red and ghostly green.
Lying in the hospital bed, Lynn felt as if his internal organs were about to shift. His Chaos Magic Affinity Physique was operating wildly, barely managing to protect his heart.
This is a real battle of gods!
Lynn gritted his teeth, his mind racing. Hela's arrival had shattered the previous balance. This Goddess of Death wasn't like Wanda, a Yandere driven by emotions; she was a pure, domineering dictator. If he didn't quickly appease her, he might really be done for today.
"Cough cough..." Lynn coughed violently on purpose, spitting out a mouthful of blood that landed precisely on the Night Sky Sword hanging between his eyebrows.
Fresh blood slowly slid down the black blade.
Hela's gaze was instantly drawn to the glaring Scarlet. The moment she saw Lynn cough up blood, an extremely fine crack appeared on her usually aloof mask.
Lynn seized this fleeting opening, struggled to lift his head, and looked directly at Hela in mid-air, his gaze passing over the raging energy turbulence. He did not cry for help, nor did he show fear, but instead spoke in an extremely weak tone, yet one that conveyed helplessness and indulgence.
"You still... like pointing your sword at me so much, Hela."
This was the last line he uttered in the Asgard simulation before he shielded Hela from Odin's Gungnir.
It was as if a forbidden switch had been pressed.
The arrogance in Hela's eyes crumbled instantly, replaced by a twisted, morbid obsession and fear. The horrific memory of Lynn turning to ashes in her arms during the simulation engulfed her sanity like a tsunami.
No... I won't let you die again!
Hela let out a roar unlike any human's. She abruptly withdrew her defenses, letting Wanda's Chaos Magic graz her shoulder, taking away large chunks of War Armor and flesh. She didn't even flinch; instead, she transformed into a green lightning bolt and instantly appeared before the hospital bed.
"Get out of here!"
Hela grabbed the neck of the Female Venom who lunged at her again and slammed her into the ground. Then, she knelt on one knee beside the hospital bed and, with a rough yet trembling motion, pulled Lynn from the rubble into her arms.
The cold War Armor clung to Lynn's skin, and Hela's breathing became rapid and erratic. She stared intently at Lynn's pale face, her fingertips greedily tracing his contours.
"I ravaged the Nine Realms, slaughtered every demon in the Underworld, only to find this trace of your presence." Hela's voice was filled with a chilling obsession. "This time, no one will take you from me. Even if Odin were to rise from the dead, I would skin him alive to make a carpet for you!"
Wanda, left standing to the side, went completely insane.
Seeing Lynn being held in another woman's arms, Wanda's last shred of reason snapped cleanly. The Chaos Particles were no longer shields or rays, but began to frantically erode the surrounding Spatial Barrier.
"Release him... or I will wipe you out along with this universe!" Wanda hovered in mid-air, like a true world-destroying demon.
Gwen Stacy also crawled out of the rubble, her mask torn in half, revealing bloodshot eyes. Without a word, she gripped the Scalpel in reverse, her muscles taut to the limit.
The Female Venom wriggled and crawled out of the pit, her black, viscous fluid boiling wildly. "Eat... eat you all!"
The four Yandere simultaneously locked onto each other, causing an energy reaction capable of destroying the Multiverse to surge dramatically in the Outskirts of New York.
In the distance, the Ancient One clutched her chest, staring at the wildly flashing Time Stone, her face ashen. "It's over... the Dimension capacity has reached its limit, the Timeline is about to collapse!"
Lynn leaned against Hela, his back soaked with cold sweat. He knew he had to come up with an even bigger lie to deflect attention, and just as he was about to speak...
A sudden change has occurred!
"Buzz--"
A piercingly low-frequency electrical hum suddenly erupted from the hospital bed beneath Lynn without warning.
There were no magical fluctuations, nor the oppressive force of divine power. It was a pure, rule-based power that transcended the current Dimension.
A rectangular, orange-yellow light portal suddenly opened in the void.
From inside the portal, two masked soldiers wearing heavy bomb suits with the word "TVA" printed on their chests strode out. One of them held a Pruning Baton with purple arcs of electricity flashing at its tip.
"An extremely dangerous Time Variant has been detected. ID: L-001. Erasure Protocol initiated."
The soldier's voice was flat and monotone, like a machine reading a verdict.
Hela, Wanda, Gwen Stacy, and Female Venom's movements froze for an extremely brief moment. They simply couldn't comprehend the logic behind the door's operation; even Hela's divine power was rendered useless upon contact with the orange light.
"What are you? Get out!" Hela roared, swinging her sword at the soldier.
But it was too late.
The soldier completely ignored Hela's attack, and his Pruning Baton, with an absolutely irreversible and regular trajectory, precisely bypassed the multiple defenses and struck Lynn in the chest.
"Sizzle--!"
Purple arcs of electricity instantly pierced through Lynn's entire body.
Before Lynn could even scream, he felt an irresistible tearing sensation erupt from the depths of his soul. He looked down and saw his hands and legs rapidly pixelating and disintegrating, like the static on an old television screen!
"Lynn!"
The screams of the four women overlapped at that moment, piercing the night sky.
Hela frantically tried to hug Lynn, but her arms passed right through Lynn's pixelating body. Wanda's Chaos Magic surged toward the Pruning Baton like a tsunami, only to be swallowed up by the orange light.
No... no!!
Under the desperate, terrified, and even furious gazes of the four women, which could tear the Omniverse apart, Lynn's body completely transformed into a ball of purple light particles and was forcibly sucked into the orange-yellow light gate.
The portal closed instantly, as if nothing had ever happened.
The night wind blew through the ruins.
A full two seconds of deathly silence followed.
Then, an apocalyptic killing intent, deeper than Hell and more terrifying than a black hole, erupted simultaneously from the bodies of the four irrational women. At that moment, the entire New York sky shattered completely.