Chapter 203 An unexpected gain
Yongdu's blue face suddenly twisted into a ball, and he had to overturn his previous thoughts.
Even though he looks generous, but being able to say such things, this rising star general is not as easy to fool as he imagined!
Taking another look at Star-Lord who was chatting with the strange rabbit, Yondu knew that when the other party opened his mouth, he actually no longer had the right to choose.
He could only say dryly: "We haven't been in touch for a long time. I'm not sure if they will respond to me."
Levi snorted, "That's your business. Call the couple over. No matter how things end, I will treat that matter as if it didn't exist. Otherwise, you will have to face the wrath of both me and Jason at the same time."
He has no special interest in Star-Lord, the gigolo. Now that Rocket and Groot have been abducted by him and the Power Stone is in his hands, it is highly likely that he will not become associated with Thanos' adopted daughter, Gamora.
Whether the Guardians of the Galaxy can exist in the future is a big question mark. If he can go to Sparta to inherit the throne, it would be a very good choice.
However, he has an ambitious half-sister, Victoria, who may not allow him to ascend the throne so smoothly.
Yongdu was helpless, but now that things had come to this, what else could he say?
He could only nod and agree, and said that he would do his best.
Now he began to regret it. He originally thought that he was smart and thought that this was a good move, but in fact it might make him pay a very heavy price!
However, Levi did not do anything extreme. He gave Yondu tens of thousands of dollars in operational funds and kept a portion of the dark elves.
He only needs to capture two of them and send them back to Asgard as witnesses. Yondu can still sell the remaining dark elves to collectors.
This made Yongdu feel a little better. At least now he could earn extra money.
Just then, a cute girl with two ponytails and a very lively look came running towards them in small steps.
After bowing, the girl said cheerfully, "Lord Levi, welcome to the Land of Nothingness!"
Levi smiled and said, "You are Karina, right?"
Karina, who is the Collector's assistant only in the movie, is actually the Collector's daughter in other parallel universes, and the same is true in this world.
Collectors are basically only responsible for paying when buying things. Karina is in charge of daily dealings with other people and even managing the corresponding affairs in the Land of Nothingness. She can be regarded as a super executive housekeeper or a professional manager.
Unfortunately, she did not seem to inherit her father's gift of foresight or other special abilities, so she was not very attractive to Levi.
Karina was a little surprised: "I didn't expect that the famous new star general has heard of my name. It's really my honor~"
"Father has been waiting for a long time. He has prepared a sumptuous meal especially for you. Please don't refuse!"
Levi glanced at Yondu, signaling him to act quickly, and then, under the guidance of Karina, went to meet the Collector.
On the way, you will inevitably pass through all kinds of dirty streets and alleys and encounter aliens from many races.
Just like before, as soon as they discovered Levi and others, they immediately jumped away like rabbits.
Not to mention that Karina was not someone they could easily offend, most of them had criminal records and could not have any contact with the Nova Corps!
After turning around many times, they finally arrived at a place with a slightly wider view, and slightly better road conditions and sanitary environment.
The most conspicuous area in front is a small building about ten meters high, which is the territory of the collector Tanlia Tiwan.
After seeing it clearly, Skye, Daisy and others were a little disappointed.
I’ve heard from Rocket and others before that the collector is very, very rich, and Heart of the Universe has also confirmed this. But he lives in this shabby place that looks like an old neighborhood from a hundred years ago?
Levi couldn't help but grin. Even though he had known for a long time that the members of the Universal Elders Council had their own hobbies, when he actually saw that the Collector lived in such a shabby place, he still found it a little hard to believe.
At the same time, he has sensed that there is tens of thousands of times more space underground in this small building. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the collector's warehouse.
But judging by the current situation, don't expect it to be clean or tidy inside.
Seeing the expressions of Levi and others, Karina could of course understand, and she was also a little helpless. She had advised her father many times, both openly and secretly, but her father just wouldn't listen!
And to be honest, the number of collections is too large. Even if she really wants to sort them out, it will probably be a huge project that takes hundreds of years, and that is assuming no new collections appear in the meantime.
Since her father himself doesn't care, she doesn't bother to worry about it.
As the door opened, the collector, who had white hair and looked quite similar to Gao Tianzun, opened his arms exaggeratedly and bowed gracefully.
"It is truly an honor to have the famous General Nova and the new holder of Mjolnir visit me!"
While speaking, the collector did not forget to smile and greet Carol and others, which made Levi couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
The collector was tens of thousands times older than himself, but in this more formal meeting, he really put on a brave face.
Moreover, his dress and behavior were also very abnormal.
It was summer, but he insisted on wearing a big sweater with sequins, making him look like a gay.
Really, every one of these members of the Universal Council of Elders has something wrong with their brains.
But the other party was so polite, Levi certainly couldn't be rude on the surface: "Hello, Collector, I also respect the elders of the universe, so I just left Gao Tianzun and came directly to visit you."
But while speaking, Levi couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
After a systematic investigation, it was found that this old guy did not have the ability to predict the future as he boasted.
Sure enough, just as Gao Tianzun and the others thought, the collector just found such an excuse just to make his behavior sound more noble.
But that's true. In all the parallel universes, the Collector has only shown vague foresight once.
As for everything else, his ability to predict the future has never been used.
And if he was just collecting species for the sake of the continuation of the universe's creatures, why did he also collect all kinds of strange things? This is also puzzling.
Fortunately, as a time traveler, Levi's understanding of the future and various secrets is countless times better than that of the collector, so he is just a little regretful but not disappointed.
The collector laughed: "I have heard him say that. Please take a seat, please take a seat!"
But what he was thinking was completely different from his current expression.
It seemed that Gao Tianzun was planning something bad before. Could it be that this rising star general would propose some conditions that he could not tolerate?
For example, do you want to take away some of your collections?
He could accept a slow growth in his collection or for it to remain unchanged for the time being, but he didn't want the number to decrease!
Levi certainly knew the collector's concerns, so after a few simple pleasantries, he got straight to the point: "I want to see your collection. Creatures with powerful abilities or strange abilities, all are fine. I'm willing to pay a certain price for it."
As he said this, Levi reached out and took out several runes with different effects.
Their abilities are nothing special, but their rarity is their main feature.
Apart from Odin, the only people who know and have the ability to create runes seem to be the Enchantress Amora and Loki. Even the Queen Frigga doesn't know how to do it.
Amora and Loki had rarely left Asgard before, and had no chance to meet the Collector, and they didn't seem like people who were willing to share.
In this case, the value of these runes will undoubtedly be very high for collectors.
Indeed, the collector's eyes lit up: "Visit? Of course I can. I even think we can do some business!"
The problem would be much simpler if the total number of collections did not decrease.
At the same time, in order to save Levi's face, he was willing to pay a little.
The collector was so reasonable and considerate that Levi felt good.
Sure enough, when you become strong enough, you will be surrounded by friends everywhere!
Without further ado, everyone immediately began to go deep underground to visit the collector's treasure trove.
Just as Levi had previously speculated, the area underground was indeed vast and boundless.
This extremely huge space is already filled with billions of things that are so numerous that it is hard to tell how many categories they can be divided into, and some of them are even hard to tell how to classify.
Except for a small portion of items that are of higher value and can be used for display or to show off to guests, and some living things that need to be fed regularly, most of the other things are just piled there randomly.
They even piled up into a mountain, and it was difficult to find a path to walk on.
The collector really just collects them. He doesn't study them, doesn't use them, and is too lazy to take care of them.
Even if a thief sneaks in, he will probably be deterred because he has no idea which items are valuable.
In other words, his technological level is quite good. He has transformed the underground into a special sterile space, and the more valuable items are covered with a high-tech glass cover.
Otherwise, Levi felt that after many years, all kinds of rotten or corrupt things would make this place stink much more than a garbage dump.
But even so, the smell here is not at all pleasant.
But the collector seemed to be unaware of this. He began to introduce the collection to everyone very enthusiastically, starting from the origin of the collection, how he obtained it, the other party's abilities and so on.
If he really continued to listen, considering the number of collections here, he might not be able to finish in ten thousand years.
So after listening to a few words, Levi interrupted him and said he just wanted to take a look.
The collector felt a little sorry about this, but he didn't say anything and just asked his daughter Karina to accompany him.
In this way, if Levi really likes a certain collectible, Karina can open the protective shield on the spot and let Levi check it or take it away directly.
Levi allowed everyone to tour around freely, while he, under the guidance of Karina, went to those places that met his requirements.
Although the collector had many shortcomings, there was one thing that Levi admired about him, and that was the quantity and variety of his collection.
There were all kinds of monsters here, ranging from ants to mountains. It was quite spectacular at first glance, but there were relatively few that looked like humans. Moreover, under the effect of the special protective shield, no matter what abilities they had, they could only stay in the shield in a daze.
They were all obviously under anesthesia, hypnosis and illusion, completely losing all ability to resist, and could not get out once they went in.
More importantly, with the help of the system, Levi just took a quick look and saw at least hundreds of super powers that could be replicated.
Although none of these abilities are useful to him now, they are definitely worth copying even if they serve as consumables!
As for getting the other party to agree to be friends, that is not a problem either.
He can directly use mind control techniques in conjunction with Kate's fantasy space to make the other party admit that she is his friend in his mind, and even Karina who is following next to her will not notice it obviously!
So everything that happened next seemed a little strange to Karina.
Levi seemed not satisfied with just watching. He kept asking to open the protective shield so that he could have close contact with those strange collections, and physical contact occurred almost every time.
This is somewhat dangerous for her who is not good at fighting.
Some of the collections, when in their best condition, could completely destroy this treasure house, or even wipe out the entire land of nothingness.
Fortunately, Levi's enthusiasm faded quickly, and he lost interest in almost every collection after just touching it briefly.
Then he would choose a new target so that she could close the shield again before the collection actually woke up.
In this way, after 2023 times, Levi came to the last target worth copying.
It was a female bird-man, or an angel, with a beautiful face and wings on her back.
But unlike the angels in the legend who represent light and holiness, she was covered in golden light, and wore all kinds of gold and jewelry on her hands, arms and neck.
The styles, designs and workmanship of these accessories are all different. They are obviously from different places and do not match each other at all, making her look very vulgar overall.
At the same time, even in a special state of half asleep and half awake, her face still showed expressions of greed, cunning and cruelty.
Levi began to find it interesting: "Where did the collector buy this special angel? Was it in the hands of a demon?"
Karina shook her head: "No, my father encountered it by chance."
"At the time, she and her people were robbing and slaughtering some exiled Skrulls. Seeing that they were powerless to resist, the Skrulls chose to let their spaceship self-destruct. She was the only survivor of both sides."
"So my father brought her back, cured her injuries, and made her a special collection piece."
As for whether she is willing or not, it doesn’t really matter. Her father is not the one who always reason with others.
Levi suddenly felt something was not right. Angels only appeared on Earth most of the time. They were not particularly concerned about spreading their faith, but were very keen on fighting demons.
Even those fallen angels would not run into the universe to rob. What use is money to them?
Even the souls of aliens seem to have no meaning to them.
There are only a few billion human beings on Earth, but there are probably trillions of intelligent humanoid creatures in the universe. However, a large number of hell lords and gods of death are collectively only interested in the souls of Earthlings.
Levi could roughly understand it. In the comic: Star Sign and Night Mask, it was clearly revealed that the earth is the heart of the Five Gods - Eternity. Of course, this place is full of outstanding people and even the souls are different from other places.
So has this angel undergone special genetic modification, or are these angels and God's servants similar only in appearance, but are actually a different group of people?
Without saying a word, he used telepathy to begin investigating the other party's true identity.
After a few breaths, even with Levi's calmness, he couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.
The other party is indeed an angel, but she has nothing to do with God. She belongs to the tenth realm - Havenheim!
Outside of the Nine Realms, there was originally a tenth world, which was once the territory of angels.
They are not creations of magic or God, but are of the same origin as the Inhumans in the Blue Zone of the Moon and are the products of experiments by the Celestials.
After a long time, the two sides took completely different paths.
They have no need for Terrigen crystals or anything like that. Instead, the entire clan is extremely greedy for wealth.
They make a living as mercenaries in the Ten Realms, and may fight for both sides of a war at the same time, depending on who pays more.
Moreover, they had no professional ethics. In another war, because the opponent offered more money, they openly betrayed Odin and even stole Odin's daughter, Angela, and lied that they had killed her.
In terms of age, it is not clear who is younger between Angela and Hela, but she is definitely the sister of Thor and Loki.
So the furious Odin "cut" Helheim off the World Tree and threw it away.
At the same time, he also exerted extremely powerful force to completely block Havenheim. He wanted the angels to never harm other races again.
After losing the energy provided by the World Tree, one day, Havenheim, like a rootless duckweed, will completely run out of resources, and all the Haven angels will be buried with it.
Since then, the Ten Realms have gradually become the current Nine Realms, and Havenheim has become deserted and even unknown.
In fact, Odin's strategy has been partially successful.
Since the blockade, the birth rate of Haven Angels has begun to gradually decline, and the proportion of male births has also dropped significantly.
Several hundred years ago, the last male angel there died, and now there are only tens of thousands of female angels left.
Originally, the Haven angels would hold competitions regularly, which involved many killings and deaths. However, such activities are rarely held now as they need to conserve their manpower.
Levi didn't expect to unexpectedly find an angel from the collector here.
Even more interesting is that this angel named Isa and her companions accidentally entered the universe from Havenheim through a special space wormhole.
However, the hole is not always open, so she and her companions need to obtain some supplies in order to survive.
For the Haven angels, the fastest way is of course to plunder, and then it is what Karina said to Levi.
Since such a space wormhole exists, theoretically Levi can also go to Havenheim through that coordinate!
Normally, the blockade of Hevenheim will gradually become ineffective only after Nicki Minaj regains the ether particles and causes trouble, and after Odin dies.
Levi is not sure for the time being whether this is some kind of butterfly effect brought about by him, but for him, it undoubtedly has considerable benefits.
The personalities of Haven angels are generally very bad, much worse than ordinary plunderers, that is, they only love gold and other treasures, and killing people is just a procedure in the process of getting more treasures, not their special hobby, otherwise they would have to sit at the same table with the dark elves.
Because of this, Levi had no guilt at all about using force to conquer them.
At that time, he could capture them to be his subordinates, or brainwash them and throw them into other worlds to serve as his messengers. All is possible.
If we ignore their bad character and only look at their appearance, they are more like angels than Walter's guy code-named Faith. After all, there are no black angels in mythology and legends.
In addition to being good at using common cold weapons, the Haven angels also master some basic light spells.
It can't be compared with the light elves, but if you go to ordinary worlds such as the Black Robe and pretend to be God's messenger, there will be absolutely no problem.
At the same time, Angela who was captured by the Queen of Angels was also quite special. After Havenheim was blocked, the Queen of Angels used hatred to educate her, hoping to let her kill her biological father and the enemy of the entire Havenheim - Odin with her own hands one day.
However, in the memory of this angel Isa, the efforts of the Angel Queen were obviously not very successful.
Angela is not a fool. She has always seemed out of tune with the entire Havenheim and has no interest in gold. She may not have felt much when she was a child, but when she grows up, she will naturally have her own ideas, even doubts.
But no matter what, as the daughter of Odin, even though she had never received a day of education or training from Odin, she was guided by the Angel Queen who was much weaker than her.
Even though Havenheim was far away from the World Tree, she was not able to receive any blessing from it.
With just the power of her bloodline and her own efforts, she still grew to be very powerful.
A bit like Thor now, she can't fly and has no interest in magic.
Her attributes and skills are all focused on melee combat. As the only "wingless angel" without wings in Havenheim, Angela has defeated almost all Haven angels, and all of them were one-sided beatings.
All those who had looked at her differently, discriminated against her, or doubted her existence were beaten into submission by her.
The only exception was the Angel Queen who raised her and never fought her in person.
At the same time, Levi also knew that in more than one parallel universe, Angela single-handedly killed Hela and took her place, becoming the ruler of the underworld and the new god of death.
Even her brain is about the same as Thor or Carol, she is good at fighting but pretty average in other aspects.
In addition, the Angel Queen had no good intentions towards her from the beginning, so it was naturally impossible for her to receive any truly excellent education. She had always been trained as a weapon or a killer.
It's okay when Havenheim only speaks with his fists, but after the Haven angels return to the World Tree, Angela's weakness will become very obvious.
She was so bad at interacting with Asgardians or Earthlings that she didn't dare to face her own relatives and just kept choosing to escape.
Later, she was even persuaded by Star-Lord to join the Guardians of the Galaxy and act as a front-line meat shield, more than once.
But this is actually a good thing for Levi. If Star-Lord can do it, there is no reason why he can't do it.
It is even possible that he could go one step further. His code name on the black robe side is also "Angel", okay?
There are no men in Havenheim now. If he can reach Havenheim, what kind of treatment he can enjoy can be completely referred to the Tang Monk who went to the Kingdom of Women.
Levi is now beginning to be a little curious. With Sif in front and Angela behind, if both of Odin's daughters follow him, what will Odin's expression be when he arrives in Asgard?
What should he use as a reward for himself, or to recruit himself?
When he thought of this, Levi couldn't help but smile.
"Karina, let this angel out, I want her!"
(End of this chapter)
