American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 392 The Possibility of Traveling to the Main DC Universe

Chapter 392 The Possibility of Traveling to the Main DC Universe

There were more than a dozen of these zombie giants, but they were easily killed by Rune's will.

Although Rune had previously killed Night Owl, Superpower, and Johnny Quick, this was the first time that Jester, Harley Quinn, and Deathstroke had ever seen the sorcerer unleash magic of this caliber.

"No matter how many times I see it, I'm always amazed," Deathstroke said. Not every place has skyscrapers for Rune to renovate; sometimes he takes materials directly from the earth.

Harley kept pestering Rune to learn magic, but her attention was drawn to the clown's invitation to the zombie killing contest. As they left, the clown even winked at Rune.

This Joker counterpart lives a surprisingly insightful life.

With a smile, Rune infused the clown with some magic, which would prevent them from being infected by the zombies. Even if any dark magic entered their bodies, it would be completely devoured by Rune's magic.

Three hours later, the zombies in the entire city were basically dealt with.

Cleveland, with a total population of over two million, now has only about 30,000 survivors. Deathstroke learned the timing of the virus outbreak from an adult male.

"It's already been half a month—" Deathstroke sighed.

If the incident had only occurred within a week, there would actually be many more survivors. Americans are accustomed to driving to large supermarkets on weekends to buy food and household supplies for a whole week or even longer.

If ordinary people see zombies ravaging the area outside, they can simply lock themselves in their rooms. If rescue efforts occur within a week, there will definitely be more survivors in Cleveland.

But this was already half a month later. As time passed, neither the US government nor the criminal syndicate came to the rescue, which directly caused panic among ordinary people in the city.

The power and water supply problems started after a week. Even if someone stored food for more than a week, some of the food that needed to be refrigerated would spoil directly, not to mention the water supply issues.

As a result, only about 1.5% of Cleveland's population survived.

"There's no news online, and the US government hasn't reported anything. What are you thinking?" Rune looked at Deathstroke, who sighed.

"It was the work of a criminal syndicate."

Only members of the criminal syndicate have the ability to monitor online messages across the entire United States, and only they can block the network of a city with a population of over two million, preventing any information from leaking out.

So much so that it wasn't until now that Deathstroke realized something was wrong.

Rune agreed with Deathstroke's idea, but—there wasn't a single mage among the members of the Crime Syndicate. If Constantine existed in this universe, and if this necromancy manipulation wasn't so crude, it was quite possible that he was the one who did it.

However, Constantine's spellcasting requires his life, so his ability to manipulate magic must be extremely powerful. It's impossible for him to create something that wastes so much magic and is utterly useless.

Did one of them choose to study necromancy? That would explain the poor maneuverability, but the other party clearly possesses sufficiently powerful magic.

Could it have been done by the Forsaken?

While Rune was deep in thought, Deathstroke had an idea.

"I heard that Luther was killed a while ago—" the man touched his visor, "but his body hasn't been seen by the public, right?"

The death knell's words reminded Rune.

Indeed, this world's Luthor possesses the abilities of the main universe's Shazam, and can even acquire the abilities of enemies he kills. Perhaps Luthor did kill a necromancer in the past and is now using this ability.

This explains why the opponent's magic is so powerful, yet their manipulation skills are so superficial.

While it's unknown who granted Zamza's powers on Earth-3, his abilities are likely similar to Shazam's. In the main universe, Shazam's powers originate from Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury.

Shazam was endowed with powerful magic by these gods, which strengthens his body and makes him a magical superman. However, apart from shooting lightning and calling out the name of Shazam to transform, Shazam has no other opportunity to use his magic.

All he needs to do is throw punches, throw punches, and throw punches again.

Therefore, Shazam's magic manipulation cannot be said to be bad, but it's more like it's practically nonexistent.

Moreover, Rune clearly remembered that although Super Queen appeared to be a domineering woman on the surface and secretly had an affair with Night Owl, the child in her belly was Luther's.

The Super Queen wanted her child to be the strongest person in the world, so she chose Luther.

This explains why Luther is loyal to the criminal syndicate.

With these conflicting thoughts flashing through his mind, Rune nodded thoughtfully to Deathstroke. "You're right. I have every reason to believe that Alexander Luther is the one who committed this heinous act."

Moreover, this Deathstroke is quite clever; perhaps he can become my strategist in the fight against the Forgotten Ones?

"But what about their purpose?" Deathstroke also had this idea, but he had far less information than Rune.

In Deathstroke's memory, Alexander Luther was still a key leader in the fight against the crime syndicate, and he believed that Luther had been coerced into doing this by someone.

Rune also fell silent.

Yeah, what's the purpose of a criminal syndicate doing something like this?

Could it be to delay the Gotham heroes' takeover of other cities and the complete overthrow of the crime syndicate? Yes, perhaps they are looking for ways to escape to other universes.

Even without the death knell, the tragedy in Cleveland would likely have been exposed soon by the remnants of the crime syndicate. And they certainly have surveillance systems targeting the city.

Otherwise, it's impossible to explain the zombies' targeted evolution. If they made the zombies evolve magic-resistant runes because Rune is a mage, then if Rune's Kryptonian physique were exposed, would they then strengthen the zombies' physique?

After arriving at his guess, Rune did not head directly to the headquarters of the Crime Syndicate, because he also wanted to travel to other worlds with the Crime Syndicate.

It's important to know that in the comics, the universe the Crime Syndicate escapes to is the DC universe, which will continue indefinitely with the help of some mysterious entity in a higher dimension. Therefore, it is definitely the Forsaken's most coveted prize.

Rune didn't want to take a slice of the cake; he felt his pudding was delicious enough. But to prevent the Forsaken from devouring his pudding, he felt it was necessary to help the big cake fight back.

While training for his own purposes, he can also catch up with his idols and maybe even ask Batman for some compensation—killing two birds with one stone.

Through the comics, Rune roughly guessed the other party's plan, and he casually answered Deathstroke's question, "They want to escape."

"Hmph, trying to escape?" Deathstroke sneered.

Upon learning of their utter disregard for human life, Deathstroke resolved to kill all—well, help Rune kill all members of the Criminal Syndicate, even if it meant escaping to outer space. And even if they wanted to escape, where could they possibly go?

Could they possibly escape this dimension?