Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 512 Mephisto's Ecstatic Joy

Yes.

disappear.

Hawke was right in front of him, sitting cross-legged under the sycamore tree.

but--

Qin felt that her father was disappearing.

It was a very strange and indescribable feeling.

Jean immediately realized something was wrong. She stared intently at Hawke, who was sitting cross-legged under the sycamore tree, afraid that he would disappear completely the moment she turned her head. At the same time, she called out loudly for her mother, Wanda, who was inside the house.

Wanda came out of the house upon hearing the sound.

Her eyes immediately fell on Hawke under the sycamore tree, and she seemed to sense that something was wrong with Hawke, her eyes narrowing slightly.

While looking at Hawke, Jean asked Wanda, who was standing next to her.

"Mom, Dad..."

"His soul is being refined."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Qin subconsciously looked at Wanda, who had spoken, and exclaimed in surprise, "What do you mean by 'Dad's soul is being refined'?"

Wanda's expression remained unchanged: "Your father wanted to live in the face of death; this was something he had to go through."

Qin's eyes widened.

"What if Dad's soul is refined?"

"He will be forgotten, and no one will remember him anymore."

Wanda said expressionlessly, "It's either live towards death or return to silence in death. There are only these two choices."

There is no third option.

Between life and death lies great opportunity, but also great terror.

Moreover, this time the terror will be even more terrifying.

Because Hawke last time snatched a great opportunity from the brink of death by cheating and trickery, naturally, if Hawke wants to snatch a great opportunity again this time by relying on his strength, he will have to go through even more difficult times than last time.

After all, life and death won't let you play with them a second time.

Qin, the daughter, frowned as she looked at Hawke, who seemed so close yet so far away in the blink of an eye: "But Mom, shouldn't you have a way to bring Dad back?"

Wanda's expression remained calm.

"I can."

"That……"

"But not this time."

Wanda changed the subject and looked at her daughter Jean: "This time, Hawke can only rely on himself."

She exists in every corner and time period of Hawk's time because she repaired Hawk's river of time.

She even knows every dangerous moment Hawk has experienced and has not yet experienced, and she can appear in time to help Hawk turn the tide whenever he is in danger.

Time is irreversible.

But she exists in Hawke's timeline, so while time is irreversible, she can reverse it.

However, this also has limitations.

such as--

She could stop others from courting Hawke's demise, but she couldn't stop Hawke himself from courting his own demise.

In a word.

Wanda could ensure Hawke wouldn't die at the hands of others, but she couldn't guarantee Hawke wouldn't commit suicide.

At present, Hawke, who is living towards death, is, to put it bluntly, courting death.

and so!
Hawke can only rely on himself right now.

As Jean listened to Wanda's explanation, she pursed her lips and looked at her father, Hawke, with worry: "Mom, do you know what Dad is going through right now?"

Wanda's eyes were fixed on Hawk, and her gaze seemed to see through Hawk's body as he repeatedly tried to save his sister Anya.

"Your father is making up for his regrets."

"Regret? To make amends?"

Qin raised an eyebrow: "That's a good thing, right, Mom?"

Wanda smiled.

"A regret is called a regret because it is irreparable."

"Remember, once regrets occur, all you can do is let go of them; don't try to make up for them."

"Because regrets are irreparable."

"Just like time."

"What has already happened, no matter how you change the timeline, what is destined to happen will happen."

“Your father once said that when a person reminisces about the past, it is always when he is most vulnerable and wants to escape.”

"..."

As Qin listened to Wanda's story, her mind was a little confused, and she asked, "Since Dad knows that regrets cannot be undone, then why is he trying to make up for them?"

Wanda smiled, looked away, and looked at Qin: "Because of this regrettable person."

Qin Liu raised an eyebrow.

Thoughts raced through his mind at that moment, and then a name popped into his head.

Qin looked at her mother Wanda: "Aunt Anya? Dad's regret should be Aunt Anya."

Wanda nodded.

"Yes."

"hiss!"

"Then Dad's regret must be about Aunt Anya's accidental death that year. But Dad should have let go of this regret long ago, since Aunt Anya has been brought back to life."

Qin was very puzzled.

It is true that Aunt Anya died in an accident, and Hawke and Anya were each other's only family, so it is also true that Anya would be Hawke's biggest regret.

Aunt Anya has been resurrected, that's for sure.

So—where is the regret?

Wanda looked at her puzzled daughter, smiled slightly, and did not answer.

Although she knew why.

But this is Hawke's problem. If Hawke has let go of this regret, then whether or not he talks about it is no longer important. But if Hawke is consumed by this regret, then whether or not he talks about it is even less important.

and so--

"You can wait until your dad comes back and ask him."

"Really?"

Qin snapped out of her daze, and upon hearing this, her eyes lit up as she looked at Wanda: "Mommy promises Daddy will definitely come back?"

Wanda chuckled, tapped Qin's forehead, and then turned to continue walking into the house: "Your father's regret is something only he can help with; I can't do anything about it. But you can."

Qin turned her head to look at Wanda, who was walking into the house.

"really?"

"Okay, you can stay here. When your dad comes back, you can tell him that you've been watching over him. He'll be very happy to know that."

Wanda spoke without turning her head, then went back inside.

Only after Wanda disappeared did Jean turn her gaze back to her father, Hawke. Thinking about what her mother Wanda had just said, she blinked, then knelt down in front of Hawke and placed her hands on his knees.

"Dad, you must come back."

"..."

Hawke, currently in hell, cannot hear the sound of the harp; in fact, he is now trapped in a death loop.

But Hawke knows how to break this vicious cycle.

But he refused.

Or perhaps, Hawke's rationality and sensibility are currently at odds with each other.

Reason was telling Hawke that he couldn't continue like this, because if he did, Mephisto of this universe could obtain his soul effortlessly.

But Hawke's emotions were at play, and he kept searching for a way to save his sister Anya and make up for the regrets of that year, even in the face of the impossible.

Meanwhile, Mephisto was silently observing all of this from the edge of Hawke's death loop world.

He watched Hawke try again and again, only to die time and time again, at the cost of Hawke's immense soul power being constantly absorbed by his hell.

The power of a supreme god's soul!
Mephisto's gaze was fixed on Hawk, who was repeatedly courting death. He greedily licked his lips, as if he could already see the moment when he would ascend from a dimensional god to a true deity.

After all, if the soul power of a chief god is fully absorbed, it can at least make him a true god.

Once again, in the eyes of ordinary people, dimensional gods are also gods.

In the eyes of the dimensional gods themselves, they are not gods, but they are only one step away from becoming gods, so they yearn to become gods more than any other extraordinary being.

Now, once Hawke has completely squandered his vast soul power, he will become just one of the many souls in Mephisto's Hell.

As for Mephisto, he was able to ascend to godhood by using the soul power that Hawk had squandered.

and so--

"Squander it!"

"How dare you!"

"Sinking into extravagance, sinking into debauchery, Phoenix God, your soul is about to become mine."

Mephisto murmured, like the whisper of a demon.

Time ticked by.

soon.

Under Mephisto's unwavering gaze, Hawk, lost in a world of regret, transformed from his initial overwhelming power into an infinitely listless state.

The most obvious change is regrettable.

At first, Hawke saw a world of regret that felt infinitely real, but now, although the world of regret still exists, it feels fake at first glance.

how to say.

The world seems to have gone from being 4K high-definition and uncensored to being 720P with pixelation.

Hawke collapsed onto the ruins of the high-rise building.

The world froze at that moment.

"It's over, Phoenix God."

Mephisto appeared silently before Hawke, his expression one of uncontrollable elation: "Your soul is mine now."

Hawke, slumped on the ruins with a listless look in his eyes, glanced at Mephisto with a detached expression.

"Congratulations."

"But may I ask a question?"

Mephisto's expression was a mixture of ecstasy and confusion: "You know perfectly well that every attempt to change brings your soul one step closer to me, yet you still do it without a second thought."

Upon hearing this, Hawke looked up at Mephisto again.

Eyes calm.

"Regrets need to be made up for."

"Regrets cannot be made up for."

Mephisto said seriously, "If regrets can be made up for, then there's no need for regrets."

Hawke nodded.

"I agree, but I'll still give it a try."

"But you still failed."

"Not counting."

"Oh."

"How can you put something down if you haven't even picked it up?"

Hawke said this, then looked at Mephisto: "I've tried everything I could, and the result is still the same, so this is no longer my regret."