American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

As the crown prince of the Amazons, she had been educated by Hippolyta and therefore had some understanding of the power of the gods.

She knew that Ares could enhance his strength by absorbing the war frenzy that grew on the battlefield. The larger the scale and the higher the intensity of the war, the stronger his power would be.

When the other party was competing with Zeus for the throne of the king of gods, he relied on the power that had grown in this way to compete with Zeus. The power of "sky" is very powerful, but it is not invincible.

But Diana wasn't sure how much Ares' power could be increased by the power of "War".

"If a war of the magnitude of a world war breaks out, how much power can it provide to Ares?" Dane said lightly.

The Diana in this world had not experienced the world war provoked by Ares, so she did not think about this for a while.

When Diana heard this, she was suddenly shocked. If it was a war of this scale, it might really be able to provide Ares with enough power to break free from Tartarus.

But Diana had never seen Ares' power with her own eyes, so she was a little unsure about his power.

At this time, Circe, who was still studying magic, came over reluctantly: "Dain, you looking for me?"

Although there was dissatisfaction on her face, her tone of voice was very polite. It seemed that she had already figured out Dane's character.

"Circe, you are a witch who has lived from the Age of Gods to the present day. You must have witnessed the battle between Zeus and Ares firsthand, right?"

Cersei couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. "Dear Dayne, you think too highly of me. I'm just a little witch. How could I possibly get involved in a war between two gods?"

"You didn't even want to watch? That doesn't fit with your personality of loving to watch the fun."

"Oh Lord Dane, you are such a fool! How can you just make up a lady like that?"

"So, my dear lady, that great battle..."

"I saw it~ through the magic crystal."

Diana looked at Circe speechlessly. It turns out you really joined in the fun!

Dane was not surprised by this. Cersei was not a very disciplined witch in the past. The reason she had never been tied to a cross and burned to death was because she was very good at judging the situation.

The prerequisite for exercising this ability to "assess the situation" is to always clearly investigate one's own ecological niche in the world.

If there are many strong people in this world, she will hide herself; if there are few strong people, she will be a wanderer.

Therefore, Cersei is very keen on spying on the battles between the strong. She wants to know how powerful the strongest person in the current world is so that she can decide what kind of appearance she should show in the current era.

"Since you have witnessed that battle, in your opinion, can Ares' power infinitely enhance his strength?"

Dane actually has the answer to this question, so he asks it for Diana.

"From what I've seen, until the very end, Ares's power has never reached its limit in enhancing his strength."

The power of authority, as a manifestation of the rules of the world, has its limits, because the same power is not wielded by only one god.

For example, the power of the sun is held by different gods in different pantheons, such as Helios of Olympus, Ra of Egypt, Amaterasu of Takamagahara, and Kukulkan of Central America...

On Earth alone, there are dozens of gods who wield the power of the sun. According to local mythology, these gods have varying degrees of power, but they are all sun gods.

This does not include the gods from other planets. The Kryptonian god Rao is also a sun god, and one of the stronger ones.

If other planetary gods are included, the power of "sun" is actually shared by countless gods, which can explain why the abilities of some sun gods are extremely poor.

If a power is held by multiple gods at the same time, the share that each god can get will be of different sizes.

Dane believed that when the god of war Ares first mastered the power of "war", his share was not large, otherwise when the gods started those city-state wars on earth, he should have challenged Zeus, and there would be no reason to delay it.

Dane noticed that Ares challenged Zeus after they expelled Darkseid, and he thought that Ares' change might be related to this.

Darkseid began to conquer the entire universe shortly after his birth. He must have possessed some of the power of "war" because this power was naturally compatible with him.

But in the end, Darkseid chose "Dark Lord" as his name. Dane guessed that he might have reduced the power of "war" to make room for himself to accommodate other powers.

This is easy to understand. As a new god, Darkseid should not think highly of the power of the old gods. The old gods are heavily dependent on the faith of mortals, which is an intolerable flaw in Darkseid's eyes.

However, this approach may have indirectly helped Ares, causing his "war" power to expand.

The Olympian gods are a relatively powerful clan in the DC universe. Ares may have obtained a larger share of the "war" power, which is why he was able to almost kill Darkseid alive and almost snatch the throne of Zeus.

"But there is a problem here..." Circe frowned slightly, "Even if Ares' strength can be infinitely improved through power, how can he absorb the aura of war?

"Hasn't Zeus already banished him to Tartarus? In a place like that, it shouldn't be possible for him to receive the blessing of power, right?"

Tartarus is located at the bottom of the underworld, the deepest part of hell. Dane once fell into that place when he was fighting with the First Fallen. Divine power and magic cannot be used there. Logically, Ares could not absorb any war spirit from the human world.

Otherwise, Zeus would not have imprisoned him here.

But Dane didn't think there was anything strange about this question.

"I think Ares and Hades have teamed up."

Dane had already seen it once, these two gods had colluded once before he became a demon, so why couldn't they do it again?

"Hades..." Diana frowned, "Zeus told me that he is neutral."

According to Diana, Hades announced that he would remain neutral long before the war between the Amazons and Atlanteans broke out, which is why soldiers on both sides were able to be resurrected.

You know, the souls of the dead are under the jurisdiction of Hades. If Hades does not agree, even Zeus and Poseidon cannot resurrect the dead soldiers so easily and do it again and again.

As the God of Death, Dane is a little uncomfortable with this behavior.

Chapter 545 Execution

In the human world, the execution time announced by Atlantis to the world has finally arrived.

The location is in Metropolis, a city that is half submerged.

During this period, human fleets continued to rush over to challenge the sea people, but without exception, they were all repelled by the sea people.

In the process, Orm became proficient in the use of the Trident of Poseidon. At first, he could only assist his fleet in attacking human warships.

Later, gradually, Om's role began to change from an assistant to a main attacker.

The Trident of Poseidon can control the sea at will. When he first obtained the trident, Om could only control the sea area within a radius of less than 100 meters centered on himself, and could arbitrarily change the shape, hardness and temperature of the sea water in the area.

The continuous use of the trident these days has greatly increased his proficiency in using this artifact, and now he can control the sea water within a radius of one nautical mile.

In this area, everything in the sea is under his control. He increases not only the scope but also the intensity. In the sea area he controls, human warships are as fragile as paper and can be easily torn apart by the ocean currents he controls.

Aquaman may have such ability, but he can never be so precise. This is a technical gap.

Compared to the half-human, half-sea hybrid, Om, a sea creature who had received the most orthodox royal education, was the true expert in using the trident. In addition, he was absolutely pious to the trident of Poseidon, so the power he unleashed was almost beyond his brother.

To a certain extent, the Atlanteans still retained the traditional cultural characteristics of the feudal period, and their worship of personal force is incomprehensible to modern human rulers.

The more Om demonstrates his dominance over the army on the battlefield, the higher his status in the soldiers' minds and the more solid the foundation of his rule.

Not only him, but even the black manta who followed him like a ghost was respected by the entire Kingdom United Army.

Of course, the premise is that the people of the Fisherman Kingdom don't find out that he was the one who killed their former king.

Under the testimony of King Nereus, the Fisherman Kingdom believed the lies fabricated by Orm and poured their hatred on humans.

Driven by hatred, even the mermaids who never liked fighting took up arms to fight. After observing these days, Om felt that these mermaids were not so bad, although they were still the weakest in the joint army.

After suffering heavy casualties, the human fleet failed to achieve the expected results and had no choice but to retreat.

In fact, the top leaders of the United States did not care about the prisoners captured by the Atlanteans. Since they went to the battlefield, it was natural for them to die on the battlefield.

But the prerequisite is that he cannot die in public, especially in front of the people of the whole country.

It is not difficult to guess what Orm's plan is. He wants to use the deaths of those well-known superhumans to undermine the self-confidence of the people of the United States.

Of course, the gentlemen in Congress cannot let this happen. You have to know that "confidence" is the foundation of everything in human society. Once it is lost, apart from anything else, all stocks will plummet the next day, and the impact will be very bad.

In the world of capital, the failure of a business is never more serious than the collapse of the economy.

That's why they sent out the fleet, but not to rescue the superhumans who were about to be executed, but to kill them before they were publicly executed.

As long as I kill the hostages, the enemy will not be able to threaten me.

This rough style of action has a kind of rugged beauty unique to the woolly bear, but unfortunately they did not succeed due to the strict defense of the Atlanteans.

"You said, things in this world are really strange." Orm sat in front of the bound superhuman. "Your people are trying every possible way to kill you, while we, as enemies, are doing our utmost to protect you. This is simply too strange."

He held a glass of red wine in his hand and took a sip as he spoke.

"I haven't tasted this kind of thing since our ancestors migrated to the sea. I have to say, it's not as good as I expected."

The wine in Om's hand came from the city that had just sunk. It was unknown which unlucky guy's collection it was.

"Maybe you should try my cellar, if my home still existed." Thomas deadpanned.

Om sneered: "Batman, ha! I have investigated you and heard that you are very famous in the human world.

But what makes me curious is that you don't seem to possess any superhuman powers. Unlike your teammates, you are an ordinary person."

Thomas stared at Om through his red goggles. Even when he was silent, he had an aura of majesty without anger, but unfortunately the person standing in front of him was a king.

Moreover, the king had just single-handedly destroyed a human fleet and was feeling very proud of himself, so he had no reaction to Thomas's gaze.

He was in a good mood at the time, so he didn't care about the other party's rudeness.

"A mortal, you used lies and disguises to disguise yourself as a hero, and now you are about to be executed. You should thank me, human. Although you are just a liar, I let you die as a true hero. Be thankful, your life full of lies and hypocrisy will now have a perfect ending."

Just as Om was being sarcastic, Thomas suddenly said, "You hate me so much, is it because I let someone slip away from under your nose?"

Om's voice stopped abruptly.

To understand what happened, we have to recall the moment when their assassination attempt failed.

When Shazam smashed Orm's ice sculpture with one punch, Thomas immediately realized that it was a trap, but he had no intention of escaping. Considering how deep they were at the time, the possibility of escape was not great.

But there is one exception, and that is The Flash.

As the fastest metahuman in the world, he's perfectly capable of escaping the trap.

But the Flash's speed is not enough for him to rescue his other teammates at the same speed, and he can't even save Batman alone.

These people are different from babies. The huge difference in weight will seriously slow down his speed, especially now that he can no longer perfectly connect to the speed force. If he rashly rescues other teammates, he will only put himself in danger.

Thomas knew the Flash's abilities, so he didn't ask him to rescue him and the others. Instead, he made a gesture to him as soon as he discovered the trap, letting him escape by himself.

This was something they had discussed long before they set out. Once Thomas made the gesture in an emergency, no matter how reluctant the Flash was, he could not hesitate and had to execute it immediately.

Barry did a great job and managed to escape from the sea just before Orm pulled everyone into the sea.

Om couldn't keep up with the speed of the Speedster, so he didn't notice that one person was missing from the team and thought that he had been eaten by the squid.

It was not until his men checked the records and slowed down the speed thousands of times that they vaguely discovered the Flash's escaping figure.

Of course, even at this magnification, the Flash's figure is still blurry, but Batman's gesture to the other party can be seen clearly.

Orm realized later that one of the enemies he had captured had escaped, and this person was let go by Batman.

He made Orm's otherwise perfect plan flawed.

Moreover, judging from the speed of the Flash, it seems that it poses a great threat to Om's safety. At that speed, if it were on land, Om would not be able to react at all.

After knowing this, Om was even more reluctant to leave the ocean. At least underwater, the Flash's speed would be directly destroyed.

Although there is nothing wrong with this method of dealing with the problem, it inevitably appears a bit cowardly, which thwarts Orm's original plan to make a public appearance in front of humans. He can only execute these people in the form of remote control, so yes, this is why Orm hates Batman so much.

Moreover, he couldn't understand why a mortal, a mortal without any ability, a surface person with no noble blood, could be so calm when facing him.

He didn't like the man's temperament and his indifferent attitude. He should be more afraid of himself.

"The time has come." Orm sneered and ordered his personal guards to capture these superhumans and bring them to the surface, where there was an execution platform specially prepared for them, surrounded by the sea. Black Manta would supervise the execution on behalf of Orm.

As for Om, adhering to the principle of "a son of a wealthy family should not sit idle in the hall", he did not leave the ocean, but watched them in the water.

Since he is invincible in water, he will not leave underwater unless there is absolutely no danger.

At the same time, the images of Batman, Cyborg and others being bound by metal shackles were presented to thousands of households through Atlantis technology. As long as humans had a smart phone, they would be forced to watch this execution.

At Orm's command, Black Manta removed Batman's cowl, revealing the face of Thomas Wayne.

When those people who had successfully escaped from Gotham City saw this face, they were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

"Thomas Wayne! Turns out he is Batman!" Commissioner Gordon was lucky enough to survive and he also watched the execution through the Internet.

When he saw Thomas's face, he was shocked beyond words.

Come to think of it, he and Thomas could even be considered friends, or at least drinking buddies, but he didn't expect that the person he wanted to catch was right next to him all along.

Orm's voice rang out on the screen: "Batman, formerly known as Thomas Wayne, the actual controller of Wayne Group in Gotham City, a clown dressed as a bat, an ordinary person without any super powers.

I have to admit that you humans have succeeded in making me laugh. I understand from your culture that you call people like him heroes and even add the word "super", which makes me laugh. "

His voice was not loud, but it sounded so harsh to all human ears.

"His actions may represent the history of your human race, which is false and full of lies!"