American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 454 The Current State of the DC Wizarding World

From this day forward, Naboo will no longer exist in this world, but Doctor Fate will remain.

Rune did not kill Kent. During this time, Kent's body was not under his own control, and Rune also needed Kent's title of Doctor of Fate to continue to promote reforms in the magical world.

Naboo's deliberate slowdown of reforms in the magical world has put the new magical schools in an extremely awkward position. Their rise will threaten the interests of the older generation of traditional mages, and without the support of respected figures, their existence will naturally be marginalized.

These actions quickly escalated into bloodshed, which is the problem Constantine mentioned earlier.

Rune was well aware of this, so he prepared to emulate his actions in the Harry Potter world. With a slight wave of his hand, a strangely shaped sphere appeared in Rune's hand.

The dark mage simply closed his eyes, sensed the magic of the sphere, and then used one hand to grab the magic around him that was communicating with the sphere.

"come over!"

On the other side, Constantine, who was being brutally beaten by Zatanna, inexplicably became suspended in mid-air.

Zatanna, furious, glared at the frivolous man, thinking that Constantine was about to run away because he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Holy crap, something's happened, help—"

Swish!

Zha Kang then vanished from the spot, and Zatanna realized that he might have been kidnapped by someone.

At this moment, she was hesitating whether or not to save this lecherous man.

Ultimately, Zatanna's experience of fighting side by side on multiple occasions convinced her to help.

So, here's the question.

Who arrested Zha Kang, and where is he now?

"Damn it, bro, no, no, I'll call you dad, okay?" Constantine clutched his lower back; Rune had just used magic to grab his waist and yank him over. "Just tell me, and I'll come running. Don't do this!"

"Does it hurt a lot?"

"Nonsense!" Constantine cried out in pain again, looking as if he had suffered greatly. However, Rune knew his true nature; this guy was probably faking the pain to soften Rune's heart and gain benefits for himself.

He's a bastard, but at least Rune can trust him. Right now, he has some important things to discuss with Constantine, so Rune ignored his feigned pain and got down to business.

"Constantine, how many years have we known each other?"

This serious question made Constantine frown; he sensed that Rune was about to talk to him about something—something very important.

"Three or four years, right? You know, for a mage, especially for a bastard like me who goes to hell all the time, time means nothing."

The time span in the Hell dimension is different from that in the real world.

Rune turned to look at the mage. "Three or four years? Then how long did it take me to implement reforms throughout the magical world?"

"————" Constantine's clever little mind only needed a slight turn to know what Rune wanted to talk about, but he didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, he said, "About a year or so ————"

"How's the progress?" Rune asked, something flickering in his eyes. "You know, I usually just stay at home researching magic and making puppets. I rarely go out into the magical world, so I don't know much about the current state of the magical world."

"—The results were minimal."

Constantine wasn't lying; in fact, Doctor Fate was very hardworking at the beginning. He was even willing to let Rune and Scarlet Witch serve as professors.

At the time, opinions about the magic academy were mixed throughout the magical world. Some wizards believed it was a groundbreaking achievement that would usher in a true period of prosperity for the magical world, while others thought it was a scheme by Doctor Fate to steal their knowledge.

This is precisely a phenotype of the backwardness of the magical world in the DC universe.

In the Harry Potter world, any energetic student at a magic school like Hogwarts or Ilvermorny can learn all the spells and find all the potion recipes—they're in the library.

Only evil, dangerous, or unethical magical research and knowledge are placed in the restricted area; however, students can still learn these spells under the supervision of professors.

In some ways, the magical world in the Marvel Universe is even better than the Harry Potter world, for example, the Sorcerer Supreme unified the magical world in all regions.

However, overall, the development of the magical world in the Marvel Universe still lags behind that of the Harry Potter world. For example, Kamar-Taj has a knowledge blockade and lacks effective means of finding magical talent from the general public.

The most backward magical world is DC.

Doctor Fate is merely maintaining order in the magical world, Rune thought darkly. Perhaps Naboo simply doesn't want any more beings as powerful as himself to be born on Earth, which is why he keeps the magical world lagging behind, thus solidifying his own unique and powerful status.

"—I don't know how to say this, Rune." Constantine shook his head, "but Doctor Fate seems to have suddenly started to slack off."

After a certain point in time, Doctor Fate stopped actively promoting reforms. He abandoned the completed academy and even gave up on finding professors in the wizarding world.

Constantine offered his speculation: perhaps Doctor Fate—or rather, Naboo—wanted to take a break or something.

“There’s no need.” Rune shook his head. “Naboo is dead, but Doctor Fate is not. Tell me, Constantine, if Doctor Fate fully cooperates with us, can the reforms in the wizarding world be implemented over the next three years?”

"Why three years, Rune?" Constantine asked cautiously, but Rune didn't want to hear that answer.

"Do I need to repeat the question, Constantine?" Rune's face showed no doubt, only calmness, but Constantine felt a chill run down his spine.

The atmosphere at the scene became oppressive.

Constantine swallowed hard and replied softly, "I think it's unlikely that the reforms can be completed in three years, even with the help of Doctor Fate himself—"

"The new spellcasting system you've discovered is indeed excellent for warlocks like us who have demonic or angelic blood in our veins. Really, the cost of casting spells is much lower, but—"

Constantine carefully chose his words, "But ordinary mages don't think that way—"

This brings us to the question of the source of power. The top leader of the spellcasting system to which Constantine belongs is God. It comes at a high cost but also has great power, making it the spell system with the highest potential in the entire DC Universe.

Therefore, Rune believed that for someone as intelligent as Constantine as Batman, there was nothing he couldn't do if he made up his mind.

However, this system has very few members because the requirements are extremely stringent.

Moreover, Rune had no intention of replacing them with Kamar-Taj magic. These mages wouldn't lose their spellcasting abilities because of the Hanged Man's attack.

The largest group in the magical world is actually Zatanna's faction. They receive family education from a young age and have a large amount of magic power from the Hanged Man within their bodies.

The Hanged Man is currently outside the universe, so these mages don't need to pay a price for casting spells, or the price is very small. To them, the new spellcasting system brought by Rune is just usury.

If you have money, why don't you borrow money to spend it? Isn't that insane?

But Rune knew that the Hanged Man would eventually enter the main universe and settle accounts with them.

"It seems I was too kind." As he said this, Rune made a certain decision in his heart.