American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 423 Is it true that demon horns increase attack speed?

Chapter 423 Is it true that demon horns increase attack speed?

He collapsed to the ground, Fiendfyre, Cytolas's Crimson Ribbon —

These spells, which were previously used to attack enemies, were now being used on Rune himself. The different magical attacks he received caused Rune different sensations, but no matter the pain, the powerful force from Doomsday allowed him to quickly adapt to and ignore the damage.

However, Doomsday's power is not invincible. For example, no matter how many times Rune casts Astral Projection, he cannot be immune to this magic. He guessed that this might be because this magic is not an attack in nature.

Strange once used this magic to accelerate his learning progress; for example, while his body was asleep, Strange would cast this spell to study magic books with his soul.

Rune seemed to be deep in thought. In other words, if someone had enhanced his senses to the fullest extent, making every second feel like an eternity, no matter how many times he had experienced it, he would not be immune to such an attack.

Because this is not a harmful skill in essence, but rather an enhancement of the perception of "for your own good".

Indeed, every ability has its limitations.

One last look at himself in the mirror. His reflection was enveloped in black and red flames, but Rune's body showed no sign of catching fire.

With a thought, the fierce fire was extinguished instantly, and the levitation cloak then wrapped around Rune's head as if complaining.

"Alright, alright, sorry, okay?" Rune patted the cloak helplessly, and the cloak transformed back into his usual casual clothes.

In a sense, the cloak nurtured by runic magic is already a kind of artifact. Its previous mages didn't have enough magic power of their own, so it was difficult to bestow more magic power upon it beyond keeping the cloak in operation.

But Rune is different. His magic power grows too fast, and his recovery speed is frighteningly high. The Levitation Cloak can eat its fill every day. Under such circumstances, the Levitation Cloak's already powerful abilities are constantly being enhanced.

However, to the dismay of this levitation cloak is that while its abilities are increasing, its master's abilities are increasing much faster. Its greatest function now is to prevent Rune from being naked when he is attacked.

"Wow!" Clark blinked, looking at the horns growing from Rune's head, and asked in surprise, "Are you, uh—a dragonman? But you look different from dragonmen—or rather, do you have demonic blood?"

Clark, who was addicted to games, had the impression of dragonmen as the half-lizardmen from D&D, who were terribly ugly. However, the runes did have white armor plates on their bodies, which puzzled him. So Clark broadened his scope to include demons.

To a demon, no matter what he looks like, it won't surprise him.

"No, I don't have dragon or demon blood." Rune shook his head. He only used stealth magic on ordinary people, not on superhumans like aliens or magicians.

Clark didn't believe Rune's nonsense; he was a sorcerer! Superman's mind instantly conjured up countless stories of a sorcerer craving power who, in order to become stronger, inoculated himself with the bloodlines of other creatures, thus unleashing a catastrophe.

He had played similar scenarios when he and his friends were running a tabletop role-playing game.

But Clark shook his head. He didn't believe Rune would do such a thing. Besides, Rune had been with him for so long. Where would he have found the time to search for the bloodlines of those magical creatures?

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Unbeknownst to Clark, his previous guess was actually quite close to the truth. But he had no other thoughts now; he licked his lips, a hint of longing in his eyes, "Then—can I touch it?"

"What are you touching?"

"Your horns!" Clark exclaimed. "A friend of mine once said that demon horns increase attack speed!"

Rune was speechless.

He gave Clark a lot of pocket money, which greatly improved Superman's originally impoverished life. Besides his love for buying designer clothes and shoes, Clark's biggest interest was spending money.

Especially considering that the robots in the Boys universe have been mostly eliminated.

After receiving free injections of Compound V, ordinary people who gained superpowers and developed an extreme hatred for robots began to spontaneously attack all robots. The Terminators were quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of people and were soon slaughtered.

So, bored, Clark once again became addicted to video games.

The next-generation console Tony gave him and the games on it made Clark lose interest in most current games. Even disregarding graphics, the mechanics and controls of future games will be far more sophisticated than current ones.

So after a period of intense gaming, Clark also developed an "electronic stomach ailment."

Ultimately, Clark chose to have fun with his friends, and often made sure that Clark's son would pay for everything that night, which led to him being surrounded by a bunch of shady characters.

"Touching is fine, but you better distance yourself from those bad friends right now."

"Huh?" Clark's gaze darted back and forth between Rune's horn and his own toes, stammering, "But I—I don't think they're a bunch of bad friends—"

"What about Lana? What did she say?" Rune asked helplessly, patting Clark on the shoulder. The boy was incredibly stubborn, but fortunately, Rune knew who could handle him.

Women mature psychologically faster than men, and Lana, having lived a life of dependence on others, must have seen a lot of the wickedness in people's hearts. She should know very well who is genuinely good to Clark and who is only approaching him for personal gain.

At this point, Clark's lips curled into a pout.

Just as Rune guessed, Lana had also told Clark about it, but Clark didn't think it was a big deal. He was just buying friendship with money. Luther had said that this kind of thing was normal, as long as you didn't have too much hope for this kind of relationship.

Luther often said that money can buy everything! Clark agreed.

That's what he thought, and that's how he refuted Rune.

This made Rune rub his temples. He thought that perhaps Clark's optimism could inspire Luther and make the future Luther more humane.

The future Luther is actually very good to some of his family members, for example, he dotes on his sister, but he is too ruthless to most of them.

For Luther, the label of humanists was that of big capitalists, and few could persuade him to give up his interests. But this was not in Luther's interest.

As a result, Clark is now being influenced by Luther, which won't do.

Where's the story of the passionate male lead always managing to influence the gloomy second male lead? Oh right, that seems to be a trope in Japanese manga, but this is American comics—

Miscalculation —

"You're not allowed to hang out with Luther anymore either." Rune interrupted Clark, and before he could object, he continued, "Tell me, was your relationship with Lana built on money?"

Clark seemed to be deep in thought.

Of course not. It was only after he and Lana confided in each other and shared their secrets that their relationship improved.

"Did your parents adopt you and me because of money?" Rune asked without giving him time to think further.

Clark was completely speechless.

He himself was an alien; at least he had a spaceship when he crashed on Earth, but Rune—

At the time, Rune was being hunted by the Gotham mob and had nothing on him. According to Luther's theory, the child was a complete liability, and the Kents should never have adopted Rune.

"Okay, I was wrong—so, can I touch your horns?"