Crack!
The Chitauri soldier, frozen in an attacking stance, had its head twisted ninety degrees in an instant.
Its compound eyes, resembling a fly's and glowing with an eerie green light, seemed to stare in disbelief at Hawk, who stood before him.
How did he suddenly appear behind me?
The Chitauri soldier didn't understand.
But he no longer needed to.
This was his last thought; after it flickered through his mind, an endless darkness instantly enveloped him.
The Chitauri soldier's body slumped weakly onto the rooftop floor, his energy weapon slipping from his grasp and clattering to the ground.
"Is that all?"
"Heh."
Hawk chuckled softly, looking at the Chitauri soldier whose neck he had snapped.
The next second.
He felt it: within his Cosmo, born after the Big Bang, a warm current suddenly emerged inside him with the Chitauri soldier's death.
As this warm current surged, it was as if a star had been lit within his Cosmo.
Simultaneously, with the lighting of this star, a piece of information was transmitted to Hawk.
Within the Cosmo, the ethereal projections of the forty-eight Bronze Constellations flickered into existence after the first star was lit.
Hawk closed his eyes, absorbing the information transmitted by his Cosmo.
Grow in countless battles.
Ascend in endless combat.
After all...
The method of cultivating Cosmo was born for war, for Holy Wars; it is the way of battle, the way of the Saint.
"So."
"If I want to light up my constellations within my Cosmo, I need to fight, constantly fight?"
In the Saint Seiya setting, the awakening of Cosmo has a profound relationship with one's assigned constellation, but it's not a simple one-to-one correspondence.
If the awakening of Cosmo is a liquid, then the assigned constellation is its container.
Constellations are both a symbol of a Saint's identity and a vessel for their power.
Bad news.
In the Marvel Universe, Saints don't exist.
Therefore, if he wants to have his own constellations, he needs to light them up one by one himself.
Good news.
Because Saints don't exist in the Marvel Universe, theoretically, Hawk can awaken all forty-eight Bronze Constellations.
Unlike the Saints in his memories, who were like a massive army crossing a single-plank bridge, tens of thousands vying for one constellation, with only one ultimate winner.
After all, in his memories, there were few constellations but many Saints.
But here, it's different.
He is the only one here who has awakened his Cosmo.
So...
He can be the Pegasus Saint, or the Phoenix Saint, as long as he can light up these constellations within his own Cosmo.
This is...
...amazing.
How does that saying go?
Children make choices.
Although he's only seventeen and not yet an adult, psychologically, he's already mature.
He wants them all.
Wait a minute.
Since he can choose to have all forty-eight Bronze Constellations, what about the twenty-four Silver Constellations?
And the Twelve Zodiac Palaces?
Gasp!
Hawk suddenly thought of this and couldn't help but gasp.
Just then.
He felt the wind outside, and with a swish, he opened his eyes.
He saw two Chitauri soldiers piloting flying vehicles.
Upon seeing the corpse of their comrade below, they instantly fixed their gaze on him, then, without a word, pulled their triggers.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Seemingly enraged by the sight of their comrade's corpse, killed by a weak human, the two Chitauri soldiers repeatedly pulled their triggers, unleashing their fury upon the rooftop.
Under the barrage of the two Chitauri soldiers' fury, the already crumbling rooftop finally gave way.
As the sounds of continuous explosions echoed, the apartment's rooftop collapsed.
The entire apartment building also began to totter.
Soon.
As the two Chitauri soldiers continuously fired around the apartment rooftop, the building began to collapse, caving in from top to bottom.
The ground seemed to tremble at that moment.
As a massive cloud of dust rose, the once five-story apartment building was utterly reduced to rubble.
Some residents who had managed to escape the apartment building before its collapse, but hadn't run far, now stared wide-mouthed and lost in shock at the apartment collapsing into dust.
But they quickly snapped back to reality.
Because the two Chitauri soldiers lowered their flight altitude, appearing in their line of sight.
They reacted, looking at the two Chitauri soldiers who, no matter how one looked at them, didn't resemble humans, and screamed, turning to flee.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
They had received orders from headquarters to kill Earthlings.
So, upon seeing these fleeing humans, they didn't hesitate, pulling the triggers on their weapons again.
Continuously exploding energy blasts.
Continuously dying passersby.
In just a blink of an eye, this already humble and not-so-bustling street instantly transformed into something akin to a war-torn Iraqi street.
After eliminating the humans there, the two Chitauri soldiers dismounted from their hovercraft, drew the energy weapons from their backs, and aimed their muzzles at the apartment building, which was now a pile of rubble.
Because they discovered that the life signal of the human who had just killed their comrade was still present.
And this life signal was not only not weakening but was even growing stronger.
Stronger and stronger.
The two Chitauri soldiers exchanged glances.
The next second!
"Boom!"
The rubble burst apart, and a phantom-like blur streaked past.
The Chitauri soldier on the right instantly vanished from its spot.
Following a deafening crash, the vanished Chitauri soldier was now plastered against the wall of the opposite apartment building like a fresco.
Eerie green blood flowed onto the ground.
The remaining Chitauri soldier stared wide-eyed at its comrade who had suddenly flown away.
Unfortunately, its eyes were too small; no matter how wide it stared, they still looked no different from mung beans.
The Chitauri soldier instinctively ran to support its comrade plastered against the wall, but before it could take a few steps, its vision blurred, and then it was sent flying backward.
At that moment, a loud crash finally resounded in its ears.
"Boom!"
"Thud!"
The Chitauri soldier's chest burst open in mid-air, and like a rag doll, it plummeted into the ruins of the apartment building, which had already become a wasteland.
Its corpse bounced like a pinball on the rubble, then settled within the ruins.
Motionless.
"Pat."
"Pat."
"Pat."
Hawk, who had appeared at the spot where the Chitauri soldier had just been sent flying, brushed off the dust clinging to him while curiously looking around.
Killed one Chitauri soldier, two more came.
Now he's killed two Chitauri soldiers, next, should there be three?
Hawk thought to himself, then looked up at the Leviathan beasts that had descended from the spatial portal above Manhattan...
His eyes burned with fervor.
Eager for action!
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(End of Chapter)
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