Chapter 157 Baron Strucker's Secret
Since Levi had already visited Stark's base before, with the power of the scarlet cloak, he was able to return to the base.
However, this time he did not choose the place where Wanda and Pietro had been before, but another more remote corner.
Just think about it and you will know that as long as the enemy is not stupid, they will definitely set up various traps there. Although he is not afraid, there is absolutely no need to do so.
If he were to be hit by a strong attack, even if it did not break his defense, he would still feel some tingling or itching.
Although it was already night, the entire base was brightly lit as if it were daytime, and a large number of troops were on high alert, several times more than the number announced on TV.
But for Levi, it was useless.
Just like before, with his super high speed, he entered the place like an empty space, and soon found the Dementor that Lena mentioned in a large hall.
He was checking the surveillance video, apparently trying to find out what had happened before.
Even if all surveillance cameras were destroyed where the accident occurred, he could try to check the nearby videos to find clues.
What bothered the Dementor was that he had not found anything suspicious so far.
Whether it was an external enemy or an internal traitor, the other party did not leave any clues, and they were never able to figure out how the other party left.
Even if Pietro has good speed, there is no way he can take Wanda with him without being captured by surveillance cameras!
Levi turned around the hall several times. Thanks to his super speed, the other party was unable to notice anything. After thinking for a while, he activated the hellfire and transformed himself into Ghost Rider.
He didn't think of killing all the Hydra here at once. After all, he had to leave some for revenge on Wanda and Pietro, so he needed to conceal his identity a little.
Although the hellfire had no temperature, the sudden burst of flames still made the Dementor aware of it. He subconsciously wanted to jump to the side, showing quite amazing combat experience.
It’s a pity that the speed is too slow.
He completely ignored the many guards around the Dementors and several modified Iron Overlords. Oh, no, according to Hydra, they call them Dreadnoughts.
In short, Levi easily crossed the distance of hundreds of meters and grabbed the Dementor's neck as if he was carrying a chicken.
Then he used mind control magic to control it forcibly. The dementor suddenly became like an idiot, with his eyes wide open and no focus at all, allowing Levi to start reading its memory.
It was not until then that other people in the hall discovered Levi, the uninvited guest, and they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Oh my God, is this a demon from hell?"
"Who the hell are you?"
"Damn, is that an attacker?"
"Let go of Lord Dementor!"
"Report to Lord Baron Stark immediately!"
But even though they were all shocked and angry, facing Levi, who looked like a skeleton bathed in fire and had hostages in his hands, they did not dare to make any unnecessary hostile actions, for fear that Levi would kill the Dementors.
Levi didn't bother to respond to them, but he didn't like having a gun pointed at him.
With a quick glance, he used some emotional manipulation to amplify the fear in the hearts of these soldiers, first absorbing it and then amplifying it back.
The next moment, there were ghosts howling all around.
No matter whether they were soldiers holding guns or operators sitting in fearless mechas, they were all going crazy, either crying bitterly or yelling wildly.
What's worse, they just started pulling the trigger, launching indiscriminate attacks on everything within their sight.
This attack soon attracted imitation and stress reactions from other people around, and the hall instantly turned into a huge melee.
Although ordinary bullets could not penetrate the armor of light that Levi had cast in advance, it was deadly enough for others.
And when they are affected by fear, they will not even think about hiding, but will just follow their instincts and pull the trigger frantically.
So in just a few breaths, hundreds of soldiers in the hall were killed or wounded, leaving only a few fearless mechas with stronger defense, still insisting on fighting for life and death there.
When those seriously injured but not dead gradually recovered from their madness due to the severe pain, they looked at Levi with fear in their eyes.
They simply couldn't understand why the other party was like this.
What they couldn't understand even more was why they and others went crazy just by taking a look?
Seeing the outstanding effect, Levi was also a little surprised. He knew that as his strength continued to increase, the multiple of his fear would also increase, and these ordinary soldiers would have no way to resist.
But he never expected that in the form of Ghost Rider, the effect of this move was more than doubled!
At this time, the Dementor, who was very unlucky and had been hit by several bullets, gradually regained consciousness in the severe pain.
Levi's mind control skills are still at the elementary level, and he really doesn't have much talent in this area, so it is still possible to get rid of the pain.
Fortunately, almost at the same time as the Dementor woke up, he had successfully dug out part of the truth from the other's mind.
Strucker possesses a powerful weapon called Satan's Claw. In addition to being able to serve as a prosthetic limb and be used for attacking and discharging electricity, he also accidentally obtained a special, strange object that looks like stone but has some metal features.
After being identified by Hydra experts, it was found that there was a rune on it - jrea, which means harvest.
This is nothing. In the Middle Ages, runes were once popular in Scandinavia and the British Isles.
But the key point is that this rune is not only extremely hard and cannot be damaged by cannons, but it also emits a faint light that can be seen by the naked eye.
Combined with the Cosmic Cube that Hydra once obtained, they knew that this thing was definitely not an ordinary item. It might be related to Odin, the king of gods in Norse mythology!
Legend has it that Odin poked out one of his own eyes, pierced his body with the divine spear Gungnir, and hung upside down on the World Tree, before he finally realized the power of the runes.
If this rune really has the power of harvesting, it will undoubtedly be a very rare treasure!
So Strack began a series of complex experiments and rituals, including but not limited to having voodoo shamans from Africa and Haiti cast spells, holding evil sacrificial ceremonies, etc.
The process was quite difficult, but the result was good. Stark finally succeeded in obtaining the power contained in the rune - Harvest, and embedded it in the Claw of Satan.
He can use Satan's Claw to reap the lives of other people, and then transfer the other party's remaining lifespan to him according to a certain ratio. This can not only prolong his lifespan, but also make him return to youth.
So even though he was born in Germany in the late 19th century, was very active during World War II, fought against the Red Skull many times, and is now nearly years old, he still looks like a young man in his thirties.
The scene that Lena described before was actually Stark regularly absorbing the vitality of other people.
However, the Dementor was not sure what the specific ritual was and when Stark started using the Claw of Satan. After all, he was not an old antique who survived World War II.
Levi was quite curious about this, but also felt it was a bit troublesome.
Because he knew more than Strucker.
First of all, the rune is made of a special material, which is very similar to Urumqi, one of the four major metals in Marvel.
The four major metals include the adamantium alloy in Wolverine, which is characterized by being indestructible and indestructible;
The second is Captain America's shield, and Wakanda's greatest wealth - Vibranium, also known as sound-absorbing steel, which can greatly reduce impact force, etc., and is most suitable for making armor, etc.;
As for the carbon steel alloy that makes up Deadpool's twin swords, its hardness and other aspects cannot compare to the first two, but it can effectively restrain the self-healing ability.
The last one is Urugol from Asgard. Its characteristic is that it can store energy. It is said that Thor's hammer and Odin's spear are both forged from Urugol.
In this case, the runes that Strucker obtained must be a product of Asgard.
But this leads to another problem. In the Marvel Universe, Asgard's World Tree is an ancient demon who is similar to a vegetative person and has no clear self-awareness.
It is precisely because of its existence that Odin and later Thor, the god of thunder, were able to obtain powerful rune power from it by sacrificing their own eyes.
At the same time, many wizards in Asgard, such as Loki, can use magic at will without paying any cost.
Because the ignorant World Tree will not ask them for debts.
You can refer to Dormammu who failed to collect the debt but was beaten up by Ancient One more than once. If the creditor fails to collect the debt, the caster naturally does not need to pay the price.
However, the power of the World Tree has always been given only to Asgardians. How can Strucker, an Earthling, use the power of the Rune?
And according to the Dementors' memories, the rate of harvesting and conversion is very low.
For example, Stark had just taken the life of a teenager a few days ago. Theoretically, the teenager could have lived for at least another 40 to 50 years, but in the end he only took away about three months of his life.
Roughly speaking, the ratio is about 1:200.
This is not an isolated case, but a basically fixed ratio. Since obtaining that special rune, Stark has carried out hundreds of harvests in order to prolong his life.
So where did the rest go?
This made Levi suspect that Stark might be working for someone else, and there was probably someone from Asgard behind the harvesting of runes.
For example, the god of trickery - Loki!
So this is the problem. If we are really entangled by Loki, unless we kill him in one go, there will be endless troubles in the future!
(End of this chapter)
