novelhk Chapter 425 The Council of Gods
Chapter 425 The Council of Gods
Chapter 425 The Council of Gods
Billions of years ago in the Marvel Universe, a god known as the Creator visited Earth and used his life force to create the first life on Earth—the Old Gods, including Gaia, Sithon, and Set.
These ancient gods multiplied and ruled the Earth for hundreds of millions of years, until the ancient god Set discovered that by devouring other ancient gods, he could seize their life force and increase his own power, so he went on a killing spree.
Set started a bad trend, and almost all the ancient gods began to kill and devour each other, slowly degenerating from gods into demons, but Gaia was not among them.
To end this dark fate, Gaia called upon the Creator, and together they gave birth to the first new god.
This new god, named Atum, has a mission to kill the fallen ancient gods and absorb their life force. However, his physical body has limited capacity, so after devouring some ancient gods, Atum needs to enter the sun to release this life force.
These life forces are what enabled the birth of new gods such as Odin and Zeus.
However, Atum absorbed too much corrupted power and eventually turned into a powerful God Eater, relentlessly hunting down the corrupted Old Gods.
That's right, the reason why Sithon dares not stay on Earth for long is because he is being hunted by the God Eaters. However, judging from Scarlet Witch's current spellcasting abilities, the process of the destruction of the Marvel multiverse and the pursuit by the God Eaters have not affected Sithon for the time being.
When Rune arrived at the palace in Asgard, the gods seated there nodded to him as a greeting, and Rune returned the greeting in return.
Most of the gods who came to this place were rulers of a pantheon, varying in strength, but most possessed divine power at the level of a heavenly father.
Strictly speaking, the Marvel Universe doesn't have a very strict power division. Even the most powerful beings can sometimes be defeated by weaker creatures.
For example, an ordinary mutant named Squirrel Girl once defeated Thanos with a single punch. In addition, her defeated opponents include Galactus, Doctor Doom, and Enchantress, among other well-known figures.
Aside from her enhanced physique, Squirrel Girl's only abilities are communicating with and commanding squirrels. Her strength primarily stems from her comedic character design and her popularity among certain higher-dimensional beings.
Similarly, there's Deadpool, this rotten avocado who once slaughtered people in a parallel universe.
There weren't many pantheons that could afford to withdraw from the Secret Wars. Besides the Norse pantheon, which is the lineage of Odin, there were the Greek pantheon, the Indian pantheon, the Chinese pantheon, the Egyptian pantheon, and the island pantheon.
Of course, due to Rune's personal preferences, Odin never consulted island pantheons or Hindu pantheons.
Therefore, only Odin, Zeus, the Jade Emperor, and ———— were present.
Rune glanced at the deity dressed in white with a bird's head in surprise. "I thought the Egyptian god who came here would be Osiris, what are you doing here?"
In Atum's absence, shouldn't the person in charge of the Egyptian pantheon be Osiris, the lord of the underworld? Although I'm not very familiar with Egyptian mythology, Rune is certain that the person in charge of the Egyptian pantheon is definitely not Khonsu.
Kongsu is just a moon god. He has three artifacts that can manipulate time, which sounds impressive, but he is actually quite weak. There are too many items and spells in Marvel that can manipulate time.
Rune himself possesses time magic, but manipulating timelines is a very dangerous act, so he has always been reluctant to use it.
"I was surprised too, but my brothers and sisters all wanted me to come." Kong Su was pretending not to know what was going on.
In other pantheons, the king of gods coming in person is naturally to show his respect for Rune, while the Egyptian pantheon sent Khonsu mainly because he had met Rune before, and Rune seemed to have a good impression of him.
Simply put, those old fogies wanted Kong Su and Lu En to get closer.
Rune nodded, not pressing the matter further. Those old fogies are all filthy.
"Alright, enough of the reminiscing, let's get down to business." The speaker was Zeus, who had red hair, wore silver armor and a green cloak, and apart from the hair, his color scheme was somewhat similar to Doctor Doom.
Rune sat down and nodded. "I'm here hoping you can do me a favor."
Odin paused for a moment, then asked, "Is this the magical disturbance you mentioned before? I can personally intervene and deploy a portion of the Asgardian army."
The Jade Emperor then said directly, "I can give you the Ten Commandments to help you overcome this difficulty. If you wish, I can also personally intervene."
In Marvel comics, the Ten Commandments are transformed from the Universe Ring held by Nezha. Back then, a kind of insect launched a large-scale attack on the Jade Emperor's territory and even devoured the Weaver Girl and other gods. It was Nezha who used the pocket dimension inside the Universe Ring to seal the insects.
As time went by, the insects from the Pocket Dimension affected Nezha, forcing the Jade Emperor to seize the Universe Ring and divide it into twelve rings, which were then scattered throughout the Three Realms. Over the long years, only ten rings returned to the Jade Emperor's hands.
The Jade Emperor had a good impression of Rune himself because during the transaction between him and the Ogon, the Ogon had clearly stated that the mysterious otherworldly mage had already paid for him.
After the Jade Emperor heard Odin's terms of the deal from the other god-kings, his impression of Rune improved even more.
That's cosmic energy! Even a god-king would find it extremely difficult to obtain such energy.
After learning what a magic surge was, Kong Su immediately patted his chest and said that as long as Rune gave the word, he would not only personally take action, but also persuade his brothers and sisters to help.
Odin sighed as he watched Kongsu casually agree. The moon god was unaware of the current power of Rune.
But in reality, Kong Su knew just how strong Rune was. Don't forget, he also had a subordinate who participated in Rune's actions, but he just wanted to act like he would go to great lengths for his brother.
These god-kings were unaware of the importance of choosing sides; they were born powerful and had no need to worry about their divine power dissipating. But for a minor god like Kong Su, knowing how to choose the right side and how to please other gods was simply an essential survival art.
Zeus pondered for a moment, then said, "If you join us on Olympus, I will immediately bestow upon you the title of God of Magic, and you can use divine power to quell the restless magic. Of course, if you do not join, I am willing to take action myself."
Upon hearing this, Odin and the Jade Emperor both sneered. Only Zeus, that old scoundrel, could utter such a thing. He actually wanted to use the position of the god of magic to win over a sorcerer. And if Rune really agreed, whether Zeus would still be the king of the gods would be another matter entirely.
Who doesn't know that the other eleven Olympian gods are now dissatisfied with Zeus?
But to the surprise of these gods, Rune rejected their offer to take direct action.
"I'm telling you this just in case," Rune said. "This is the perfect time to unite the potential forces of this universe. You should all know something about those guys lurking outside the multiverse, right?"
The Marvel Universe doesn't have the Source Wall for protection, so these gods are more or less aware of the existence of the Forsaken. However, they don't know the details of the Forsaken, so they don't consider those beings as powerful opponents.
There are plenty of threats in the Marvel Universe. Even if they invade, what can they do to the Marvel multiverse? Do they really think the One-Above-All (OAA) is inactive?
"But this is another universe, and the facilities protecting this universe will be completely destroyed in three years—" Rune said slowly, observing the changes in the expressions of the god-kings. "At that time, they will definitely intervene in this universe—"
"They emerged from a forgotten or soon-to-be-forgotten history to replace us and gain the right to live. Perhaps, you will each encounter another version of yourself."
Rune said calmly, and the faces of the gods suddenly turned ugly.
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