American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 427 Rune: Naboo is dead, I said it.

Stark hadn't expected that so many girls would be among the reinforcements Rune had brought, and that they would all be stunningly beautiful. However, he immediately spotted the woman in armor in the crowd.

So Tony immediately went up to Wonder Woman.

In his eyes, she was a woman with a classical and noble temperament, completely different from any of the girls he had ever met before. Her eyes were deep and aggressive, like a Valkyrie surveying a battlefield.

Tony's face lit up with a smile of discovery of a "new challenge." Even though he had settled down with Pepper, this girl was just too alluring!

Behind him, the other Avengers didn't stop him; instead, they sighed and rubbed their foreheads. The superhero group even looked away, pretending they didn't know Tony.

As for Rune and Doctor Fate, they looked at him with pity.

Wonder Woman's exact age remains to be determined, but some comics have suggested that Diana was over 3000 years old when she left Paradise Island, but her appearance has remained around 20-30 years old.

Rune doesn't know whether Diana's origin in this world is a clay baby or the illegitimate daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, but whatever her origin, Wonder Woman will not age.

In other words, Wonder Woman is a woman who could be Stark's great-great-great-great-great-grandmother.

Just as Doctor Fate and the others were about to step forward to interrupt, they were stopped by Rune.

Why stop us? Isn't watching the show more fun? Rune's face lit up with anticipation.

"Good morning!" Tony flashed his classic smile, a mix of confidence, curiosity, and a touch of reserve. "Tony Stark, I must admit, your outfit—it's impeccably tasteful."

Wonder Woman looked at Tony with interest, but ultimately looked away with some disappointment.

After the end of World War II, Diana worked at the Louvre as a cultural appraiser and sometimes traded artifacts, all of which came from Paradise Island. She also shipped various modern products to Paradise Island to improve the lives of her sisters.

Logically, having lived in the human world for a long time, Diana's aesthetic sense should have been influenced by human society. However, unfortunately, her criteria for choosing a partner still leaned towards Amazons, and the Amazons' aesthetic sense...

It's all about muscles, lots and lots of muscles, the bigger the better, the thicker the better!

This applies not only to male aesthetics but also to female aesthetics. During non-essential times, there are no men on Paradise Island, so women naturally engage in activities like "girls' friendships."

Even so, muscular women are more popular. Women like Wonder Woman, who are not at all muscular, are not on the hunting list of female friends.

Wonder Woman doesn't dislike her girlfriends, but she still prefers men.

So after seeing through Tony's true nature, Wonder Woman lost interest. Confidence and demeanor are certainly a plus, but no muscles? Sorry, immediate pass.

However, due to Doctor Fate's invitation and the etiquette of human society, she needed to politely decline.

"Diana Prince. I prefer to call my clothes—armor," her voice was deep and magnetic, with a slightly strange accent, "the word 'armor' might be a little too—dangerous for you."

Although Diana treated him as equally as possible, Tony still felt a sense of superiority from her, an attitude that reminded Tony of someone, or rather, a god.

"I'm not a coward, but I assumed a mage's friend would also be a mage. So, you are—" Stark thought for a moment, then asked, "A warrior? Or perhaps, you have some divine blood—"

Stark was referring to Thor, of course, but Thor was still under house arrest. Odin might let Thor escape out of momentary pity, but the punishment afterward would be severe.

Especially since Asgard itself was already safe. To prevent himself from softening, Odin even allowed the serpent to punish him personally, on one condition: don't kill him.

As long as Thor doesn't die, Odin has plenty of ways to bring him back to life.

Diana didn't directly answer Tony's question; she didn't like the blood of Zeus within her. So she simply looked at Doctor Fate and asked, "I only answered your call because you mentioned a crisis that's about to engulf the entire planet, but there doesn't seem to be a problem here?"

———— Changing the subject isn't fun anymore.

Rune sighed helplessly, while Doctor Fate pointed at Rune.

"Look, he's the culprit behind this crisis."

brush!

Diana had already drawn the Vulcan sword and slashed at Rune with a speed that exceeded the reaction speed of almost everyone. Clark tried to step forward to block it, but before he could, Rune easily dodged the attack.

Wonder Woman's Hephaestus sword, crafted by Hephaestus, is capable of cutting at the subatomic level, making it a true divine weapon. However, even divine weapons depend on the disparity between the wielder and the enemy.

"Naboo, did you do this on purpose?" Rune asked Doctor Fate after dodging the sword.

Rune realized that the other party was deliberately ignoring the important points.

Doctor Fate is a kind old man; he would never do such a thing, but Naboo would. He has been high above others for countless years, accustomed to playing the role of a god, and has forgotten that he was originally a despicable thief.

Under Rune's questioning, the edge of the helmet containing Naboo's soul began to twist.

"No, no, no, it was just a slip of the tongue—" Nabu immediately said. He certainly didn't care what the helmet itself looked like, but when Rune used Transfiguration to distort the helmet, the will contained within it was also burning his soul.

As one of the few beings who had ever forced out runic magic and physical strength, Nabu also witnessed the unusually rapid increase in the opponent's strength.

That's why Nabu was a little unsure of himself, which is why he wanted to use the strongest warrior in the human world to test Rune's strength.

Moreover, if Rune were to kill Diana outright, the Greek gods would not let him off the hook. If the Greek pantheon could not defeat Rune, then Naboo could go to Hecate to claim credit.

If the Greek pantheon had defeated Rune, given their nature, they would surely have killed Rune, thus avenging Naboo's imprisonment by Rune.

This was a plan that killed three birds with one stone. But Nabu hadn't considered Rune's feelings.

Rune was unaware of Naboo's full scheme, but he thought Naboo would become more obedient because he had let him go. However, he did not expect Naboo to be so ungrateful.

Who gave you the audacity to provoke me, Naboo?

Is it the special magic you possess—or Hecate?

Wonder Woman wanted to continue her attack, but Zatanna, who had already reacted, immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her to a corner. She then quietly explained to Diana why Doctor Fate had called them there, which calmed Diana down.

After learning everything, Diana immediately apologized to Rune, who accepted her apology.

He wasn't going to blame Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman is a very combative woman, which was later identified as a weakness by Batman's Babel Project. With just a simple holographic projection, Wonder Woman could be made to become engrossed in battle and eventually exhausted.

Moreover, it would have been very simple to avoid such a misunderstanding; Doctor Fate could have simply explained it beforehand. However, Nabu wanted to test Rune's strength, so instead of explaining, he deliberately provoked the situation.

There is no doubt that Naboo has crossed the line.

Rune only wanted to use his prestige to change the entire magical world, which is why he was spared. Now Naboo has gone and courted disaster again.

Rune gave Nab a deep look.

Once this is over, we'll kill him. As for whether the entire magical world will cooperate with the "reform" then—they won't have a choice.