American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 556 The Mad Multiverse

However, Isoldre's efforts were not in vain. Eranikus managed to break free from Rune's grasp and then quickly flew high into the sky. In his eyes, the Emerald Dragonmen were being slaughtered on a large scale, and the Thunder Beast only needed to shake its neck to cause the deaths of a large number of dragonmen.

And what about the dragonmen? They could only charge forward with their blood and courage, trying to kill the Thunder Beasts and strike at the heart of the enemy with their numerical advantage, but it was nothing but a futile struggle, even with the addition of Terral's clones. This perfectly reflects the battle situation of the four Nightmare Dragons plus Eranikus and Rune.

Even if these five leader-level green dragons were thrown into a meat grinder like the Ancient War, they would definitely be a backbone force supporting a certain front. But in front of Rune, they were like chicks, wantonly trampled upon.

"That's enough!"

Eranikus realized that conventional dragon breath, magic, and even mental attacks were largely ineffective against this monster. He had to use the power of dreams themselves; he had done so once before, the same way he had banished the Blood God Hakkar from the material world.

Yes, that was his most glorious moment, but why did I do it back then?

A hint of confusion flashed in Eranicus's eyes, but he quickly became resolute.

Yes, it's to let the Emerald Nightmare cover Azeroth, so that everything will belong to its master!

Then, Eranikus opened his massive maw, gathering all his power, and finally spewed out a dazzling, purplish-red torrent of energy, condensed to its fullest extent.

But this torrent is no longer the power that once granted dragons courage and thwarted Hakkar's evil plots; it has become a pillar of light that attempts to distort everything, forcibly pulling anyone struck into the Emerald Nightmare and completely assimilating them.

The enormous beam of light struck Rune directly, and this time, Rune's powerful body was truly shaken. He was propelled backward by the powerful energy, his feet carving two deep trenches in the ground.

Even more terrifying, the space around him began to distort, reality became blurred, and a purplish-red nightmare scene tried to cover him. Irregular wriggling began to appear on the surface of Rune's body, as if some invisible insects had burrowed into his body and were gnawing at his flesh.

Many of the puppets affected by the beam of light immediately turned against their own people, causing a great commotion. The morale of the dragons was greatly boosted at this moment, and they shouted the name of the dragons who would surely win, and launched a desperate charge.

These pathetic followers believed from beginning to end that their inner beliefs, the goals they fought for, and everything they did was right. In their eyes, Malfurion was a believer seduced by a false god, and Ysera was an incompetent woman blinded by the Titans.

Believing their actions to be just, the dragons gathered their limited strength, hoping to seize the final opportunity for victory for their masters.

Rune endured the pain expressionlessly. The Emerald Nightmare's power originated from an Old God named N'Zoth, a powerful being capable of distorting the planes of reality, creating fear, and gradually bringing corrupted dark illusions into reality.

This also means that once the Emerald Nightmare invades a large portion of the Emerald Dream's territory, this terrifying realm will truly possess the power to overwrite the reality of Azeroth.

When that time comes, coupled with the Faceless Army and the fallen Naga from the depths of the sea, along with their leader, Azshara, the former Light of Light, the entire world of Azeroth will be completely corrupted into a monarch of dark forces, plunging into the abyss that Sargeras least wants to see.

The voice rang out again, but this time it wasn't the dark forces themselves speaking to the runes, but N'Zoth. The rustling voice described to the powerful mage the might of darkness and the dark future of Azeroth.

"Submit to me, and I will lead you to save this continent. Only darkness can save this bleak universe!"

Indeed, Azeroth had already suffered many hardships: the war raging instigated by the orcs, Sargeras and his Burning Legion, Arthas under the control of Jailer Zova and his Scourge—

Now, a large number of Forsaken from other universes have their eyes on this universe. What's worse, although these Forsaken are not as tireless and fearless as their native counterparts in Azeroth, their numbers are endless.

This is the terrible, dark future of Azeroth.

But it is precisely because of this that Rune was able to grasp the lies whispered by N'Zoth.

"Only darkness can save Azeroth?" he scoffed inwardly. "That only proves your stupidity and ignorance. In the coming catastrophe that will sweep across the multiverse, you, the Void Lords behind you, and the other five Forces—"

"If you don't cooperate, if you continue to try to fight alone, then only annihilation awaits you! N'Zoth, I know you are very intelligent, but without sufficient information, even the most intelligent being can be misled."

Half of Batman's failures stemmed from this.

"Of course—a powerful mage. I alone am certainly not enough, but as long as we overwrite the entire Emerald Nightmare into the reality of Azeroth, with the help of the Azerothian Star Soul, those Forsaken you speak of will surely submit to the endless void—"

Rune didn't even bother to reply. N'Zoth was the most troublesome of all the Old Gods. Besides the Naga race and the Emerald Nightmare, even the birth of Deathwing, the Aqir, and the Mantid were related to him, but that didn't mean he could sweep everything away.

Let alone the extraordinary figures like Eternity and Dr. Manhattan who might exist among the Forsaken, Rune suspects that N'Zoth might not even be able to defeat Darkseid and Thanos.

So Rune closed his mind and stopped listening to N'Zoth's seductive music. His body also underwent drastic changes. The bone spurs and thorns that were originally few in number and could only be considered decorations were increasing. His muscles were bulging, and his body even swelled slightly as he absorbed the energy in this torrent.

He's adapting, he's evolving! Rune's resistance to magical energy and his ability to resist reality distortion are increasing wildly in battle!

He braved the torrent of energy, moving forward step by step, with difficulty but determination. His skin was constantly damaged, healed, damaged again, and healed again under the onslaught of the nightmare energy, but with each healing, his resistance to the nightmare energy increased.

This is the monster that first broke Superman's undefeated record; this is the power of Doomsday, a force of evil that was ultimately used for good.

Yes, yes, the multiverse is just that crazy.