Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 185 The Eternals, Icarus (Second Update!)

Its entire body is covered with a rough, black keratinous shell, riddled with cracks and grooves.

A dark golden light emanated from the cracks and ravines, as if magma was flowing within them; the number of limbs was asymmetrical, some with multiple arms, others with multiple tentacles...

When Hawke looked at the two mutants that appeared before him, he recalled Philia's description of mutants.

It's not that they're very close, but rather that they're exactly the same.

only……

The two mutants, who were facing him in battle stances and roaring at him, did not immediately launch an attack.

Is it that they don't want to?

No.

It's not that they can't, because these two mutants in front of them have already been kept in captivity.

Yes.

Captivity.

Hawke immediately noticed the chains on the two mutants.

Two thick, silvery chains, resembling adamantium, were firmly bound around the waists of the two mutants, while the other end was securely connected to the mountain behind them.

No matter how much the two mutants struggled, the chains connecting them to the other side of the mountain remained taut, showing no signs of collapsing.

"hiss!"

"Mutants, kept in captivity."

"Good guy."

After realizing what was happening, Hawke couldn't help but gasp and inwardly exclaim several times.

But this is not the point.

The key point is that as the two mutants struggled angrily upon seeing Hawke, the phosphorescent moss and outer layer covering the mountainside peeled off under the constantly rattling chains, revealing the mountain's true appearance.

Hawke was stunned when he saw the silver light revealed after the mountain's outer layer peeled off. Then, he walked to the mountain and pressed his right hand against it, and his six senses were activated.

Then--

He was shocked.

Good guy.

Is the entire mountain made of Adamantium?
So exaggerated?

Hawke was once again greatly shocked as he recalled the countless mountains that had floated in this lost world when he first came down.

To be honest, Hawke came down with the hope of finding Adamantium, but he thought Adamantium, like Vibranium, required him to be a cool miner and dig for it.

As it turned out, he didn't need to dig at all. These mountains, large and small, floating above the Lost World, were made entirely of Adamantium. However, over countless years, they had been petrified, forming the shapes they are today.

next second.

Hawke felt a surge of excitement and turned around without even glancing at the two mutated creatures that were being kept in captivity.

Although he didn't know what was happening here.

but……

Mind your own business!

He came here to find adamantium and had no interest in what happened here or why it happened.

I'll leave after I get the adamantium.

Hawke thought to himself, then walked straight through the white light and shadow in front of him again and returned to the temple.

boom!
Two golden energies struck Hawke in an instant, hitting him in the chest. Caught off guard, Hawke was sent flying like a meteor, returning to the tall valley where the two mutants were kept. His back, still moving at full speed, slammed into the mountainside, which was also made of adamantite.

The mountain behind them trembled instantly, and countless mosses and outer layers fell off the mountain, revealing a larger area of ​​silver light unique to Adamantium.

at the same time.

The two mutants, seeing Hawke suddenly appear in their attack range, didn't hesitate almost immediately. Roaring, they pounced on Hawke like chained hounds.

Hawke's inner universe ignited instantly. With a punch, he pierced through the body of a mutant in a flash. Then, with a graceful split kick in mid-air, he slammed another mutant that was rushing towards him to the ground.

Under the powerful impact, the moment the head of another mutant made intimate contact with the ground, it also revealed that the ground below was also made of adamantite.

Which is harder, the head of a mutant or adamantium?
The answer is beyond doubt.

With the sound of a watermelon bursting, the two mutated creatures that had been kept here were now dead, one with its belly pierced and the other with its head shattered.

The mutated creature, its belly pierced, had a mutilated skeletal reptile protruding from its abdomen.

obviously.

The swarm of skeleton crawlers outside and the skeleton crawlers that rushed onto Skull Island were mutated creatures born from the mating of these two mutated races that were kept here.

Hawke's thoughts raced, and his gaze shifted from the corpse of the dead mutant to the white light and shadow in front of him.

soon.

With the sound of footsteps, a man with a resolute face, black hair and blue eyes, a strong physique, and wearing a blue and gold uniform appeared before him.

The man's gaze first fell on the two dead mutant corpses at Hawke's feet.

next second.

The man who looked at Hawke again had his blue eyes instantly filled with golden power, and then two golden rays, like Superman's heat vision, attacked Hawke again.

"The same trick is ineffective against Saint Seiya."

"boom!"

Seeing this, Hawke threw a punch at the man while his figure flashed in place. When he reappeared, accompanied by the sound of the Phoenix Cloth flashing and constantly fitting against his body, Hawke, now standing in front of the man, also punched him in the chest. An eye for an eye!
The man with the resolute face showed a hint of surprise, and then, just like when he had knocked Hawk away, he himself was sent flying backward.

boom!
The man who flew backward from the white light and shadow crashed straight into a huge statue.

The petrified outer layer of the enormous statue peeled off amidst the tremors, revealing its original silvery essence.

Good guy.

This statue is also made of adamantite.
Hawke, who flashed out right behind him, gasped in surprise as he watched the statue crashing to the ground. He then reappeared in front of the man who had regained his footing in mid-air.

One punch!
"boom!"

"you wanna die!"

The man regained his footing, and golden energy flowed in his pupils once more, releasing scorching golden energy that instantly collided with Hawke's fist in mid-air.

A surge of violent energy erupted within the temple, causing the entire temple to tremble.

The petrified wood and moss covering the beams, walls, and even the ground fell away, completely exposing the original building materials of this temple.

Adamantium.

It's still adamantium.

Even more powerful and rarer than vibranium, adamantium, which is said to be completely indestructible once fixed, is as common as a ton of bread here.

Bang!
Hawke and the man were both sent flying backward by the shockwave from the collision of their fists and thermal vision.

soon.

Having regained their footing, the two, one at the entrance of the temple and the other at the entrance of the white light and shadow, floated in the air, facing each other across the vast and spacious temple space.

Hawke's inner universe burned brightly as he looked at the resolute-faced, black-haired man in the distance who was staring at him. His thoughts raced as he came up with a name.

"Icarus!"

"..."

Upon hearing Hawke call out his name, Icarus's pupils, which had been surging with golden energy again, paused their release.

But his eyes remained cold and sharp as he stared at Hawke, his voice low and menacing.

"Who are you."

"It's really you."

Upon hearing this, Hawke realized he had guessed correctly. His gaze swept over the ten statues and murals in the temple, finally settling on the skeleton that had just been completely disintegrated due to the tremor, the one that had died from a pierced chest.

"The two people depicted in this mural must be you and Cersei."

“The Ivi people living here are probably your and Cersei’s descendants.”

"I'm right."

As Hawke spoke, he looked back at Icarus in the distance.

Icarus's gaze was icy.

His answer was the same as before.

"who are you!"

"Hawk, a passerby."

"Passers-by?"

Icarus lowered his gaze slightly, then looked back at Hawke: "The people on this planet don't have energy as powerful as yours."

Hawke smiled and said, "I have my own destiny."

Look.

Even before he obtained the Reality Stone, Mephisto immediately recognized that his energy originated from an outer universe.

But after he obtained the Reality Stone and materialized his energy, Icarus before him could no longer discern any trace of his power.

Hawke now fully understood what had happened here.

Back then, after the Eternals' leader, Ajak, led his members to destroy the last mutated race, he scattered them throughout the world, awaiting the appearance of the gods.

Icarus and another member of the Eternals, Sersi, stumbled upon this lost world and settled there, giving rise to the Ivi.

But later, Icarus and Sersi left for some reason, leaving the Ivi tribe to fend for themselves.

Some time later, Icarus quietly returned, bringing with him the two mutants.

The Ivi were forced to leave this place and went to Skull Island. Under the influence of the flow of time, they gradually degenerated into the native inhabitants of Skull Island. Only the high priests of each generation knew the truth about the mutated race.

As for why Icarus did this...

Who knows? But one thing is for sure: it's a done deal that Icarus brought back the mutant race that they thought they had wiped out.

Because in the Eternals storyline, after the truth about Icarus using the mutants to kill Ajak was revealed, Cersei questioned Icarus: "Did you bring the mutants back?"

When confronted with Cecilia's questioning, Icarus remained silent.

Silence is already a very good answer.

Just like right now.

Upon hearing Hawke's reply that "it's fate," Icarus gave a cold laugh, and then his eyes once again gleamed with golden energy.

"Whoever you are, now that we know, stay."

"boom!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)