Hawk's energy came from his Little Universe.
Mephisto's energy came from the Hell Dimension.
Dormammu's energy naturally came from the Dark Dimension.
Theoretically, an Angel's energy should also come from the Heaven Dimension.
But that was not the case.
An Angel's energy came from his wings.
The more wings he had, the stronger his energy.
Moreover, an Angel's wings were not only the source of his energy but also the medium through which he communicated with the Heaven Dimension.
An Angel who lost his wings lost his energy, and an Angel without energy would become no different from an ordinary person.
They would get sick and even age more easily than ordinary people.
Hawk did not recognize this bird-man who had just grown wings.
But… after seeing the hollowed-out area on the bird-man's back that he had torn open, he suddenly remembered an acquaintance from St. Paul's Church.
Father John.
A priest who came to take over St. Paul's Church after Father Moses, who had adopted them, passed away.
However, by that time, Hawk and his sister had already moved from the church to a designated foster family.
But he would still often go to the church.
Because it was Father John who gave him the opportunity to earn money by singing in the choir.
Father John would always praise his faith, and he would declare his unwavering faith in God, then, with a grateful expression towards God, he would take the ten U.S. dollars he deserved from Father John's hand.
Hawk was quite fond of Father John.
He even went to St. Paul's Church one Sunday two months ago specifically to pray with Father John, whose hair had already turned White.
But this was not the point.
The point was—
As Hawk's eyes narrowed, the handsome face of the bird-man, whose neck was pressed by his toe, gradually began to overlap with the image of Father John in his memory.
Hiss!
Hawk gasped when the bird-man in front of him transformed into Father John in his eyes.
This bird-man was Father John from St. Paul's Church in the future.
Hawk was shocked.
At the same time, everything was explained.
The reason he and his sister Anya appeared at the entrance of St. Paul's Church was because Jehovah wanted to cross the timeline and kill him.
"I knew it."
"Most of the choir members were children from faithful families in the nearby community, and I was the only orphan."
"I trusted you so much back then."
"So, you were trying to brainwash me through this method, huh?"
Hawk's thoughts raced as he looked at the bird-man, who had completely fainted from the pain in his back under his foot, and spat at him.
The next second.
He directly grabbed the bird-man, and, following his will, instantly arrived in an unknown alley, opened a trash can, threw the bird-man into the trash can, and then left.
And the moment his figure disappeared from there.
The scene was like a freeze-frame.
Hawk, sitting cross-legged on the river of time, opened his eyes, and the only loophole in his timeline was now visibly repairing itself.
He had chopped down Jehovah; Jehovah tried to cross the timeline to subdue him, sending the bird-man whose true name was unknown but called Father John.
Hawk appeared, directly tore off Father John's wings, completely trapping him on the past timeline.
But he did not forget his responsibility, and after Father Moses passed away, he came to St. Paul's Church to try to gauge Hawk's faith in God.
Hawk, for the sake of money, believed in God.
Father John thought Hawk truly believed.
But Hawk did not believe; his sister died, the system came online, he awakened his Little Universe, and then he chopped down Jehovah… thus.
Time closed the loop again.
Buzz!
As Hawk completed this time loop initiated by Jehovah, the last temporal loophole was completely sealed at this moment.
The next moment.
Boom!
The gate of the Seventh Sense collapsed in response, turning into endless golden light that merged into the golden light expanding outwards to the Universe.
Hawk, sitting cross-legged in the secret room of the Kamar-Taj library, at this very moment, his own time from the past, present, and future was constantly manifesting on him.
After a while.
Hawk opened his eyes.
The eye of agamotto, suspended between his brows and emitting the light of time, also slowly closed, resealing the Time Stone within the eye of agamotto.
It seemed… as if it was afraid he would use it for one second longer.
Hawk looked at the eye of agamotto, which had automatically closed and then fallen back onto the stone platform, smiled, rose from the stone platform, looked at the mural of the Vishanti Trinity behind him, and slightly twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Why so stingy?"
"I don't have a hoarding癖."
"As long as you lend me the Time Stone when I need it, I won't think about keeping it for myself."
He already had the Reality Stone and the Mind Stone.
The Reality Stone helped him project one hundred percent of his strength and would help him materialize his Phoenix Universe after he comprehended the Eighth Sense in the future.
The Mind Stone, on the other hand, helped him nourish his mind, helping him better comprehend the Eighth Sense.
That was enough.
As for the Time Stone.
Next time he came, if the new Sorcerer Supreme didn't lend it to him, he would just take it back, and it would be the same.
Hawk said so, smiled slightly at the Vishanti mural, then turned, stepped out, and had already arrived in the reception room.
Gwen, who was having tea with Ancient One, first froze when Ancient One suddenly stopped speaking, then turned to look.
The next second.
Gwen rose with a surprised look and hugged Hawk.
"God, Hawk, you're finally out! Do you know how many days you've been in there this time?"
"Ten days."
Hawk said without hesitation.
Having control over his own timeline, he was now very sensitive to time, and he knew how long this seclusion had lasted the moment he stepped out with his right foot.
But… he had actually comprehended for over a hundred years this time, it was just that the Time Stone had infinitely stretched his time.
But that wasn't important.
What was important was.
He, Hawk, a Gold Saint!
Hawk pulled Gwen, and after they reseated themselves at the tea table, he looked at Ancient One opposite him.
"Thank you."
"Please."
Ancient One smiled slightly, accepting Hawk's thanks, then placed the poured tea in front of Hawk.
Hawk took a sip, then drank it all.
After a while.
Gwen got up to pack some clothes in the room.
Hawk, meanwhile, looked at Ancient One: "Sorcerer Supreme, you knew my background was problematic early on, which is why you reminded me that time needed to close the loop?"
He initially thought Ancient One's reminder was for him to remember to close the loop on the timeline between him and Jean.
In fact, even if Ancient One hadn't reminded him, he would have thought of this during his comprehension of time.
But after seeing a loophole in his timeline, and indeed finding the invading virus bird-man in his timeline, he once again recalled Ancient One's reminder.
Only!
"When did Jehovah invade my timeline?"
"About a month ago."
After pouring the tea, Ancient One said: "Any fluctuation in time is within the eye of agamotto; the past cannot be changed."
Hawk smiled: "I never thought of changing it. Andrew's Death is a temporal anchor, and I'm very clear about that."
He was not the Flash, who relied on his speed to reverse time.
It was well known.
You never knew how many Flashes there were on the night of the Flash's mother's Death.
Barry Allen tried to change time.
What was the result?
He messed up his own timeline, and each change brought a powerful enemy.
Why did that happen?
However… Hawk thought for a moment, then looked at Ancient One: "Knowing that we weren't deliberately abandoned, this matter will surely make my sister Anya feel much better."
Ancient One held her teacup, smiling as she looked at Hawk who had spoken.
"What about you?"
"Me."
Hawk heard Ancient One's words, smiled slightly, and also picked up his teacup.
"The past cannot be changed."
"So…"
"To the future."
Hawk raised his teacup towards Ancient One, clinked cups, and after drinking it all, said with a smile: "When will I see you next?"
Ancient One refilled their tea, then naturally lowered her hands and looked at Hawk.
"You really didn't look at any of the future?"
"No."
Hawk shook his head decisively, then thought of that future node that was like a seductive hussy posing for him: "I don't want to see my entire future at a glance. I prefer the unknown, because that keeps me passionate about the future forever."
Ancient One listened to Hawk's description of being unmoving in the face of the future's temptation on the timeline, and shook her head: "Odin and I are not as good as you."
Because the temptation Hawk spoke of, she and Odin had experienced.
But unlike Hawk.
Both she and Odin, when faced with the temptation of the future, chose to look.
After all, Odin at that time had just ruled the Nine Realms, was ambitious, and in his prime, Odin took the fruit of wisdom, believing himself to be supreme in Heaven and Earth, and took a glance at the future, then saw Ragnarok.
She was the same.
But she and Odin were somewhat different.
Odin was in high spirits, wanting to see the future of the Nine Realms, and thus saw the Ragnarok of the Nine Realms.
Ancient One, on the other hand, wanted to see if her future self had protected Earth.
She recalled that at that time, she had just been chosen by the Vishanti, and relying on the Time Stone, she suppressed all dimensional demon gods, completely restoring peace to Earth, and then was tempted by the future on the timeline, and then she saw the scene of her Death.
Since then, she had used the Time Stone to see all of the future, wanting to extend her own timeline.
And then… she saw Hawk coming to her, seeking the Time Stone as promised compensation.
As they spoke.
Gwen had already finished packing her things.
Seeing this, Hawk drank the last cup of tea, rose from the cushion, and as he was about to leave, he looked at Ancient One.
"Is there anything I need to do?"
"See you in the future."
Ancient One stood with her hands behind her back, a slight smile on her face.
Hawk understood, chuckled, and also said "See you in the future" before walking over to Gwen.
Gwen, with a single-shoulder bag containing a few clothes on her back, opened her arms.
Hawk embraced Gwen.
He took a step!
Whoosh— (End of chapter)
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