American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 219 Offended me, I'll make sure you don't live past three chapters.

"Of course it's true, Hecate." Rune stored away the Vishanti's sword. In fact, one of the Vishanti, Oshtu, did have a sword, but that thing was one of the four cornerstones of creation in the Marvel Universe, symbolizing the element of wind. The Old Gods used these four cornerstones of creation to create life.

Rune knew, of course, that something of this caliber couldn't be a reward, and he was a content person. Good Year was an item that the system could recognize and evaluate, so even though he knew it was a perfunctory work by Vishanti, Rune was still quite satisfied.

After all, Rune's purpose in bringing in Cytorak, Vishanti, and Sithon was simply to find a suitable opponent for the Upside Downs, preventing Hecate from being directly devoured. The fact that Cytorak and Vishanti were willing to pay them was already quite generous.

To comfort himself, Rune looked at the rather emotional goddess before him. He didn't know if it was because she had been betrayed, but Hecate acted quite extremely, not at all like the embodiment of magic.

"I am not your enemy, or rather, modern humans are not the same kind of beings as those who proclaim themselves gods." Rune stood up, looking down at the goddess. "Although there are scoundrels among humans, you can certainly find trustworthy people."

Instead of assuming all other beings are traitors simply because one was betrayed by a particular race.

Hecate remained silent. After being bound by Cyttorak's ties, her face returned to its original appearance. It must be said that her face did have the potential to captivate even the gods. However, due to her anger, she had maintained her appearance as sinister and vicious for many years, which made her seem rather cheap.

"Besides, you've already been betrayed by the person you chose, haven't you?" Rune asked.

Hecate knew, of course, who Rune was: Cersei—that stupid, cowardly brat.

Rune continued, "It's completely understandable that she's not on your side. The power you left within her is enough to make any creature in the universe drool; they would dream of obtaining it, let alone Circe. But that power is ultimately yours. If you don't die, that power will never belong to her, but if you die—"

"Then how can you guarantee that those otherworldly deities can help resist the inverted humans?" Hecate interrupted Rune's words, but compared to her previous aggressive tone, her tone now sounded more like a normal inquiry. She was puzzled as to why Rune was so certain.

"Because of profit," Rune replied with a smile. "Because the benefits they gain from helping this universe outweigh those from fighting an evil god. And I haven't told you how they'll obtain those benefits yet, have I?"

Hecate nodded, and Rune continued, "Have you ever heard of the word 'loan'?"

With Rune's explanation, Hecate understood why they were willing to lend power to intelligent beings: because they could exchange a small amount of magic for a large amount of positive or negative emotions. These abstract emotions could naturally be transformed into concrete energy, thus enabling them to become stronger and creating a positive cycle. However, the concept of Hecate as a magical avatar was different.

"In this universe, you are magic itself. As long as the magical side of the entire universe prospers, you will become stronger." Rune shrugged. "You don't have any fundamental conflict with them, which is why I thought you probably wouldn't come."

If it weren't for the straps binding her, Hecate would have covered her face. After understanding Rune's words, she also felt that she was a bit stupid.

"I have a suggestion, would you like to hear it?"

Hecate nodded quickly.

"Although those people didn't mean you any harm, just in case, you'd better withdraw some of your power. That way, you'll have the ability to protect yourself, and those who come won't be afraid of you," Rune said, but in his heart he was thinking about Sithon.

In principle, Rune thought that Sythonn should not be able to come to the DC Universe through Scarlet Witch, and Scarlet Witch did not have a good impression of Sythonn either. However, he had to remind Hecate to be on guard, because who knew what strange methods that originator of dark magic and Old God might have.

Moreover, unlike the gods that Rune summoned, Xisorn is an extremely evil and corrupt god. He is arrogant, conceited, and ruthless. What is most dangerous is that he also likes to manipulate things from behind the scenes. He rarely takes action himself, but rather corrupts others through black magic and contracts, making them his pawns. It is extremely difficult to attack a player of this level directly by bypassing the pawns.

However, Rune couldn't directly reveal the existence of this god, since he himself had lured Xisorn here, and if he did, he might immediately anger Hecate. So he could only probe indirectly, giving Hecate a heads-up.

"Then whose power do you think I should take back?"

"Of course it's Cersei," Rune answered directly. "She's not loyal to you, and she has some friction with those gods who will help you fight against the Upside-Downs in the future."

Hecate nodded thoughtfully.

Cersei is a very vengeful person and extremely arrogant. This vengeful person is also a powerful mage, and Rune will not let her live.

After seeing that Hecate had calmed down, Rune pulled out the Crimson Ribbon. As he expected, the system gave him another prompt.

【Cathorak's Crimson Ribbon: Possesses extremely high resistance to both magical and physical attacks. Those bound by it will continuously lose magic or stamina and suffer the agony of being scorched.】

It looks just like Nezha's magic ribbon, both in function and appearance—Rune mused. There really is a Nezha in the DC Universe; maybe he could even fight him someday. After all, Nezha should be in his cell on Lhasa Island right now, trying to invent magic to escape.

Hecate, who had been released by Rune, stood up. Unlike Rune and the others, she could clearly sense Cersei's presence because the magic within her was part of her power. Even though Cersei was actually stronger in terms of pure strength, she had no chance of resisting Hecate.

"Open a portal for me," Hecate said coldly, her eyes blazing with boundless rage, not directed at Rune, but at that incompetent traitor. She then proceeded to recite a series of spatial coordinates.

"I am at your service." Rune gave a simple bow, then opened a portal according to the coordinates Hecate had given him.

"Ha, you slapped me not long ago," Hecate turned to Rune, "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you after I gain the power?"