American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 225 The Goddess of Educational Magic

Chapter 225 The Goddess of Educational Magic

With the three parties deadlocked, Rune ultimately opted for a 4-3-3 split plan: Rune would take four, while Orochi and Odin would each take three, but with one condition.

"You must swear an oath before the World Tree that you are protected by another world, and therefore you must help it when it is in crisis." Rune stared intently at the two old foxes. Indeed, this ticket would bring enormous benefits. Silver Surfer and other powerful beings from various pantheons were willing to pay a huge price for it. Even if they only extracted one ten-thousandth of it, it could create a Captain Marvel-level figure. If Rune could fully digest this forty percent of the benefits, perhaps he could even rival Darkseid's true form.

However, even this 40% gain is destined to take a long time to digest. The magic system that Rune needs to study right now includes the Lord of Order and Kamar-Taj. So even if he only takes 10% of the gain, it will be enough for him to spend a lot of time converting it into combat power. But if it cannot be exchanged for a treasure of strength in a short time, it will only become a crime of possessing a treasure.

Rune was willing to use this crime in exchange for the protection of two powerful beings at the level of Godfathers; he needed time to become stronger.

For Odin and the Serpent, this was even less of a problem. They had no idea what kind of terrifying enemy the future universe would face; they simply viewed it as adding another realm to the existing nine.

The two sides finally reached a final deal: the serpent and Odin would act as guarantors in the name of the Norse gods, selling tickets to powerful and friendly beings who could afford the price, while Rune would contribute his technology of opening portals across multiple dimensions.

"Don't be too greedy. The more you exploit them, the higher the chance of being isolated afterwards. Finally, I advise you not to go after cosmic gods like Galactus or the Celestials." Before leaving, Rune warned, "Those behind-the-scenes manipulators, in order to achieve their goals..."

"Those who are committing mass slaughter, if you had gone there—"

Thinking of the power surpassing that of the gods, Rune shook his head. That wasn't a gap in combat strength that could be bridged by numbers or trickery.

He was able to defeat the Red Berserker, who had already obtained six Infinity Stones, by using the comics he had read before, but the Protoss was simply incomparable to the former.

The only weakness of the gods is time, and Rune currently has no specific means to counter this.

Odin and the serpent frowned upon hearing this, suddenly realizing that perhaps they were alive because they were too weak? This fact was truly [laughable].

Rune didn't cross the Rainbow Bridge. He'd seen the magnificent scene a few times, and that was enough. He had more important things to do—such as creating a vast space in the DC Universe that could accommodate a large number of gods and other powerful beings. In terms of knowledge alone, Rune could theoretically do it, but he needed a large enough sample size to make up for the lack of practical experience.

Such a space was created to prevent some friendly beings from going crazy and discovering that the DC Universe is full of dark energy, so they want to purify the entire universe and end up attracting powerful enemies like Barbatos and the Anti-Monitor.

Moreover, he hadn't even sent Raven to the Scarlet Witch to learn dark magic yet, but when Rune returned to the workshop, he discovered that Hecate and Raven's relationship had inexplicably improved considerably.

Despite Rune's annoyance with the goddess of magic, he was quite pleased that Hecate had willingly come to his doorstep to be monitored. Having experienced betrayal, Hecate was fierce and easily angered, and to make matters worse, she was a powerful being who controlled the entire universe's magical concepts. Who knew what kind of trouble this woman could cause?

However, expecting Rune to give Hecate a good look is unrealistic. Judging from her direct revelation of Clark's background, she is quite self-centered and likely enjoys watching others have fun.

"Let's go, you should go study." Rune called to Raven. To his surprise, Raven nodded but didn't come over immediately. Instead, he said he needed to change his clothes and went to the dressing room.

While Raven was changing clothes, Rune sat down opposite Hecate with a serious expression.

"You can stay here, but we must agree on three rules." He looked at Hecate. Rune wasn't afraid of her. Although she was indeed the embodiment of the abstract concept of magic, if he really wanted to, Hecate would have a grand funeral—even if her death would have a profound impact on the DC Universe, it wouldn't be worse than the scene in the comics where she was devoured by the Upside-Downs.

Hecate, on the other hand, put her feet up on the table. Her skin was fair, with faint blue veins visible. As the embodiment of magic, every inch of her skin and every organ was perfect. This was not just a simple description; in fact, when people saw her, the visual signals they received were their ultimate fantasy about women, a perfect face automatically generated according to their aesthetic standards.

This made her nonchalant demeanor at this moment all the more charming.

"It's your honor that I'm willing to stay here." Hecate gave Rune a wary look, then smiled contemptuously. "You think you really have the right to refuse? Your three-point agreement is ridiculous."

"Do you really think that as the embodiment of magic, no one can replace you?" Rune looked coldly at Hecate. "I can summon those powerful otherworldly gods, so I can certainly summon another you from the Dark Multiverse. If you can't cooperate with me, I have plenty of partners."

As he spoke, he deliberately extended his left hand—on which runes invisible to ordinary people were shining brightly.

"Then I'll kill you right now!" Hecate immediately flew into a rage, her magic surging violently around her, glaring at Rune like a hunting dog.

Faced with the tingling sensation rising all over her body, Rune merely glared at Hecate. His eyes showed no fear whatsoever; on the contrary, they seemed to be expecting her to make a move. This made Hecate freeze in place.

"You wouldn't dare, would you?" Rune not only failed to appease the goddess, but continued to taunt her: "Get your facts straight, Hecate, it was I who saved you."

He stood up, reached out, and pinched Hecate's cheek: "I don't expect any reward from you, but you can't push your luck."

Hecate, I know your past, that's why I haven't killed you. But I beg you, don't give me reason to kill you again and again. The reason I didn't treat you like a servant or have you warm my bed every night wasn't because I couldn't, but simply because I pitied you!

"Is it because of that man?" she asked after a moment of silence, her face full of confusion. Why? She was clearly prettier and stronger, so why did Rune still care more about that man named Clark?

But for Lu En, and even for Daniel Wu who is reading this book, the reasoning behind it is actually quite simple.

Because everyone grew up watching that man with his underwear on the outside, Superman is someone everyone knows. Although Clark Kent is an alien, he fights for peace on Earth. The evaluation Superman receives is simple and pure—he is a symbol of hope and redemption, and represents the hero in humanity's ideal.

So, even though Superman's perfection caused him to rank low on Rune's list of most admired heroes, Rune was willing to give this boy, who was still growing, a chance—after all, he was Superman!

As for Hecate? Sorry, I'm not familiar with her.