American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 268 Mephisto's Threat

Rune did not continue to forcibly bind the two death powers together. First, the battery that could supply him with countless magical powers—the Human Cube—completely disappeared. Even with his current magical power reserves and recovery speed, he could not restrain an artifact that was constantly killing everything around it because it was incomplete.

Secondly, he had no intention of becoming the god of death. Taking over a divine position often means being bound to a certain universe or a certain race. The most typical examples of the two are Galactus, who is bound to the entire universe, and Odin and Thor, who are bound to Asgard.

The stone giant had also lost its motivation to move. Because it was completely tainted by Rune's magic, it would not be recognized as a product of the cancerous universe. Therefore, it was not pulled back into the cancerous universe. Under Rune's will, the stone giant transformed into a sphere—one of the things Rune wanted—a sphere large enough to fit into the space he had previously created and to form a planet.

These things are really hard to buy normally, and Rune wouldn't do something like stealing a planet for no reason. Who knows how much impact taking a planet out of a star system would have on the surrounding area?

Mephisto and Hela also emerged from this sphere, which is a quarter the size of Earth.

"Tell me, if I killed you right now," Mephisto said with a sly smile, uttering something truly terrifying, "would I be able to obtain a perfect soul?"

Hela glanced at Rune, then at Mephisto, who winked at her. Having partnered with Mephisto many times before, Hela understood his meaning perfectly.

Mephisto wanted to extort one last time, and if Rune was truly unable to resist and had to offer a substantial reward to deal with this damned demon, then Mephisto would actually kill Rune.

He winked at Hela, hoping she would cooperate in putting pressure on him, with the reward split 50/50. If Rune really did launch an attack...

Then the two of them would cover each other's retreat.

Looking at Rune's right arm, now just bones, Hela sighed. She remembered Odin's last, meaningful words.

"Rune once said that he never does business for the last penny, and I think he's absolutely right. Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future," Odin said with a smile. "I really like that saying. What do you think?"

As for the reward, Rune was very generous. With the help of the other party's magic, Hela and Mephisto's concept of death could have killed the Horned One much earlier, but with the mutual consent of all three, Hela and Mephisto both asked for a lot more magic. Hela didn't know how much benefit Mephisto had gained, but she believed that Rune had already done more than enough.

All you have to do is make a trip and use the concept of death to get a lot of magic as a reward. If this kind of good thing were announced in advance, I wonder how many other gods of death would be scrambling to get it.

Finally, Hela made up her mind.

"I won't get involved in your affairs," Hela said, taking a step or two back. She hesitated for a moment before reminding Rune to be careful, and then returned directly to Niflheim.

After seeing Hela leave, Mephisto secretly despised the cowardly woman, then kept a close eye on Rune, afraid that he would run away.

Rune glanced at Mephisto.

What do you want?

"I want much more," Mephisto laughed.