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Chapter 214: The Ebony Blade Slays the Solar Harbinger, and the First Empire Destroys Countless Gods!
Inside the Foundation records, an ancient anomaly was presented:
SCP-2481-1, a massive bronze structure located deep within SCP-2481 itself. The files showed a cube-shaped building held up by four bronze pillars, estimated to have existed around 1800 BC—long before any known advanced civilization.
What shocked everyone most was not its age, but the line written in the archives:
"The building appears to have been neatly cut off at the border of SCP-2481."
Tony Stark blinked at the screen.
"Hold on… cut off neatly? With what? A giant ancient laser saw?"
Colonel Rhodes frowned. "Why is that weird?"
Stark stared at him. "Rhodey, what technology existed thousands of years ago that could slice a bronze structure smoothly? We can barely do that today!"
Rhodes fell silent.
It was true—thermal cutting, pressure cutting, lasers—they were all modern inventions.
Yet this building was from 1800 BC.
More of the report appeared.
Parts of SCP-2481-1 resembled circuit boards, but heavily damaged. Based on patterns and internal layout, Foundation scientists believed the entire bronze building was actually an octal computing device—an ancient supercomputer made of metal.
The next item:
SCP-2481-2, a long beryllium-bronze device with a pointed tip, thirty-three meters long. Scientists suspected it was once attached to the bronze structure. Though fire barely damaged it, the object had been shattered by heavy blunt force, breaking it into dozens of fragments.
Attempts to move the larger pieces caused SCP-2481 to violently destabilize, so researchers only studied small fragments. Those fragments revealed something shocking:
Its internal working principle resembled a censored, classified Foundation technology.
Meaning—
SCP-2481-2 was designed to perform a function too dangerous to reveal.
Finally, the Foundation concluded:
SCP-2481-2 was the core of the entire anomaly.
The livestream audience went silent for several seconds before exploding into chaos.
"What do you MEAN the ancient First Empire had circuit boards?!"
"Is this sci-fi or history?!"
"They had electronics in 2000 BC?!"
Inside S.H.I.E.L.D., the reaction was the same. Agents were slack-jawed. The First Empire was usually described as primitive—no advanced metalwork, no machines, no electricity.
Yet now they learned:
The First Empire had high-tech bronze machinery thousands of years before modern civilization even existed.
Natasha muttered, "This is insane."
Nick Fury's one eye narrowed. Bronze circuit boards? Computing systems? Giant bronze mechanisms? It didn't match anything in Earth's known history.
Then someone else understood:
Kamar-Taj.
The Ancient One stared at the screen.
"…Broken God."
James had previously researched that ancient civilizations—including the First Empire—had encountered remnants of the Broken God. It meant one thing:
Their technology came from a deity that predated humanity.
More information appeared.
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A Mutated Entity
SCP-2481-3 was described next.
A humanoid creature with reptilian traits:
The head resembled a coral snake.
The upper body still looked human.
One arm was humanoid, but the other was scaled and clawed.
The lower body had fused into a snake-like tail.
The audience was shocked.
This creature could communicate by writing—yet it wasn't human anymore.
It had suffered horrific burn injuries:
Entire left side missing
Left arm gone
Part of throat, face, and internal organs missing
Wounds extremely hot, but not spreading
Despite this, the creature remained alive and aware.
Stark frowned. "Burns, huh… if this happened during the same period as SCP-1428, the Solar Harbinger… wait. Was it burned by the Solar Harbinger?"
The possibility made the hair on his arms rise.
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Message From the Past
SCP-2481-3 used a writing system similar to early ancient scripts but far more advanced. After months of study, linguists translated its words.
It claimed to be:
A scholar-official from the First Empire, under the rule of a tyrant king, sent on a mission to eliminate a hostile divine being.
It failed.
Because of that failure, the bronze superstructure and the massive device were destroyed.
Tony Stark's smile slowly froze.
"Don't tell me…"
Yes.
It was exactly that.
James tapped the archive attachment.
Ancient text appeared along with translations.
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"My name is Yi… I wielded the Ebony Blade to resist the Solar Harbinger, the Sun God."
The livestream went dead silent.
Then—chaos erupted.
"He was the official in charge of fighting a SUN GOD?!"
"The Solar Harbinger is literally a god of fire!"
"No wonder he's burnt like that!"
"What is this Ebony Blade? A weapon that kills gods?"
"The First Empire had a divine-killing sword?!"
Stark whispered, stunned, "I was right… the Solar Harbinger burned him."
But what shocked him deeper was this:
The First Empire had technology AND weapons strong enough to battle a god.
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Kamar-Taj Reaction
The Ancient One trembled slightly.
She had met many fire-powered gods—but gods were not beings mortals could fight.
But if the records were true…
The First Empire fought ten Solar Harbingers at once.
The power of such a civilization was beyond anything she expected.
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The Ten Solar Harbingers
More translated text appeared:
Ten Solar Harbingers appeared simultaneously.
One launched a devastating firestorm onto a sacred platform.
The operator failed to defeat it and became trapped.
Later, outsiders attempted to tamper with the area.
The Ebony Blade, although damaged, still emitted divine-killing power, scaring them away long enough for the site to be buried.
Inside S.H.I.E.L.D., silence fell again.
Natasha blinked rapidly.
"…Ten? TEN Solar Harbingers?!"
Nick Fury felt his mouth go dry.
Even one Solar Harbinger was classified as Keter level—apocalyptic in nature.
Ten appearing at once should have ended the world.
But somehow…
The First Empire survived.
The agents stared at the words "Ebony Blade" like it was some forbidden miracle.
Nick Fury muttered, "Could this weapon have stopped the Solar Harbingers…?"
But when the next message appeared, everyone's blood froze.
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The Ebony Blade Killed Nine Gods… and Then Broke
The final recorded lines were devastating.
"The Ebony Blade I carried held the power to kill gods."
"I never expected nine Solar Harbingers to fall by my hand."
"But the death of nine gods shook heaven and earth, allowing the last one to escape."
"The platform collapsed, the Ebony Blade shattered, and I alone survived."
"I have failed my king."
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The Marvel World Reacts
Everyone watching—S.H.I.E.L.D., Kamar-Taj, Stark Industries, civilians—fell into stunned silence.
A mortal, using an ancient divine-slaying weapon…
Killed nine gods in one battle.
Then:
The final god destroyed the weapon, the structure, and nearly killed its wielder.
Stark whispered:
"An ancient empire… killed NINE GODS with technology and a blade…"
Nick Fury stared at the screen, unable to speak.
The Ancient One closed her eyes.
Because this meant something horrifying:
The First Empire had fought—and beaten—divine beings long before modern humans had even learned to forge iron.
And the Ebony Blade…
A weapon capable of killing gods… originated thousands of years before even Asgard's weapons.
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