novelhk Chapter 177 A new face joins the team!
Chapter 177 A new face joins the team!
Chapter 177 A new face joins the team!
"Foolish!" Magneto said, but there was no contempt in his tone, only some indescribable emotion. He had seen countless people evade responsibility, make excuses, be angry, and fearful—but he had never seen anyone voluntarily step forward to trial and calmly accept everything about themselves.
Blaze, now back to normal, sat down opposite Rune. Rune glanced at Magneto, knowing what the other was criticizing: "If I don't even dare to accept a soul trial, how can I gain the trust of all these nobles present? If I lack the courage to accept a soul trial, how can I ensure I don't degenerate into that Oedipus complex who gains power through injecting compounds?"
Magneto didn't know that Rune was referring to Homelander, but he roughly understood what Rune meant, so he remained silent.
"Look, after I underwent the trial of my soul, everyone knows I meant them no harm. This is actually the best way to bridge the gap between me and them. In fact, if I hadn't killed people, I would have been one of these heroes long ago." He curled his lip. "I want to control my power, not let the power control me. Magneto, a person's life should be lived in such a way that when he looks back on his past, he has no regrets for wasting his years, nor shame for having accomplished nothing."
"How confident are you?" Magneto asked.
"At least 60%, I mean, what are your chances of surviving the Soul Judgment?" Magneto interrupted Rune impatiently. Rune gave him a seven-finger gesture, then handed a charm that could resist telepathy to some extent to Blaze, and beckoned to the next hero.
"My name is Danny Rand."
After the other person finished speaking, Rune looked the man up and down. He was wearing a classic half-covering bright yellow mask and a light green bodysuit, looking exactly like a pervert.
"How is Kunlun?"
Although it was strange that Rune knew about Kunlun, Danny answered truthfully, "Not bad, at least three weeks ago, it was as peaceful as ever there."
He wasn't afraid that Rune harbored any ill intentions towards Kunlun; such a person couldn't withstand the judgment of the soul. Rune was also very familiar with the Iron Fist's abilities, so in addition to the amulet against telepathy, he also gave him a pair of knuckle dusters imbued with magical power. These knuckle dusters imitated the powerful weapon Satan had given him. Although the attribute of the transmitted power couldn't be changed by embedding items, they could fully convert the magic power within a mage's body into destructive force.
Of course, for Tekken, it is the brass knuckles that can fully unleash the energy of "ki".
This man's abilities are full of Western stereotypes about "martial arts." He can enhance his strength, speed, stamina, endurance, agility, and nerve reflexes by concentrating his "qi." He can also concentrate his "qi" in his hands to emit supernatural heat. He is also proficient in fighting techniques such as White Crane Fist, Wing Chun, and Shaolin Fist. He can use "qi" to heal wounds. However, overall, his abilities are rather mediocre, making him a typical street hero.
Magnet and the White Queen watched as Rune provided amulets to each hero and distributed various strange magical items according to their individual powers. Only after the last person left did the White Queen sit down in front of Rune.
"Red Skull has turned into a berserker, hasn't she?" Rune said, then carefully observed her expression. Emma herself had telepathic abilities, and quite powerful ones at that. It was said that her abilities were comparable to Charles's own, so Rune didn't think he could know her thoughts through Legilimency.
But Emma's expression confirmed Rune's thoughts, which made him sigh. Instead of instructing the Avengers to capture Magneto to prevent the stubborn old man from going after Red Skull, he told them not to try to persuade Magneto—because the old man was very stubborn and powerful. Rather than fighting him and ending up with both sides injured, letting Red Skull be the one to suffer the consequences, it would be better to let Magneto go and see if he could kill Red Skull.
It seems the outcome wasn't good, otherwise the White Queen and Magneto wouldn't have come here.
"Yes." Emma made no attempt to hide it: "Although that Berserker was just a defective product, Red Skull already has six Infinity Stones, and he's surrounded by a bunch of villains."
"Why not seek out the Avengers?" Rune asked.
Emma had clearly done her homework on the way, so Eric sneered, "They have a mole in their team, and they haven't found out yet. I don't think they're going to be able to save the world this time."
"Hmm." Rune nodded. "So you came looking for me?"
Emma nodded, her high heels subtly hooking around Rune's calf, and she made a flirtatious expression: "Yes,"
"Right now, perhaps only you, a mage from another world, can help us, can you?"
Rune retracted his legs expressionlessly.
"I bet you have a trump card up your sleeve, and you're probably waiting for Berserker to appear, right?" Emma's eyes lit up at Rune's reserved demeanor; she loved these innocent lambs. She then asked with a smile, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have rallied the other heroes here. You're waiting for the Avengers to fail, and then, at the critical moment, when Berserker thinks victory is assured, you'll descend like a divine intervention to ultimately save the world."
She licked her lips: "You're so naughty!"
"Then do you want to guess what my trump card is?" Rune looked at Emma with a smile, but his expression made Emma a little confused. The next moment, she groaned urgently.
"What you see is what I made you see." Rune's expression returned to its usual blankness. "And what you shouldn't see, you'll never see in this lifetime. Before someone who dares to accept the judgment of their soul, telepathy is still not a complete solution."
Rune strengthened the Occlumency spell; indeed, no one should be underestimated. Emma's abilities could actually bypass Occlumency.
She managed to glean a small portion of his thoughts, but her abilities didn't go very far; otherwise, Rune would have already discovered it.
Magneto helped Emma up. He wasn't angry that Emma ate; he only cared about Rune's chances of winning against the Berserkers.
"What are your chances of defeating Red Skull?" Magneto asked.
"Before, we only had a 60% chance of winning, but Johnny's arrival has raised our odds to 70%," Rune said calmly. "If you are truly willing to join us and assist us, then our chances of winning will reach 90%."
Magneto paused for a moment, then whispered, "I want Red Skull dead!"
"He will not only die, but he will die by your hand," Rune replied with a smile.
"I've joined." Magneto nodded, then helped the slightly dizzy Emma to sit down on the sofa next to him.
"Everyone, I need to go out for a bit," Rune said to the others. "You can go to the kitchen and find something to eat. If I'm not mistaken, we're about to have our final battle. Until then, you can all relax a bit."
After saying that, Rune left. The person or organization he was looking for was quite far from the United States, but he believed that the reward he would receive would be worth the long journey.
Avengers Tower
At this moment, Iron Man was fiddling with the symbiote tissue samples that Rune had mentioned. That's right, Tony hadn't originally intended to connect symbiotes, nanotechnology, and AI systems together; he was just being stubborn. But the most amazing thing was that after Rune pointed it out, the idea of a symbiote armor instantly popped into Tony's mind.
"Pfft!" Tony irritably carried out the experiment according to his own ideas, and what annoyed him even more was that the results were exactly as he expected, which meant that there was an Iron Man in the multiverse who was smarter than him.
No, that's not right! He would never admit it.
Think about it, Tony, think about what your strengths are. Stark suddenly had a flash of inspiration. That's right! In one world, if he were the Sorcerer Supreme, could he connect magic, symbiotes, nanotechnology, and AI together?
This time, no particular piece of knowledge suddenly popped into Tony's head—which should mean that no Tony Stark in the current multiverse has thought of this idea, right? No, it should mean that definitely no one has thought of this brilliant idea!
"Aha!" Stark laughed. "I knew it! I knew I was the smartest Stark in the entire multiverse!"
"Stark," Hawkeye poked his head out and called out to Tony.
"What's wrong? Since I'm in such a good mood, don't tell me bad news. Let me keep this up—." However, Stark only saw a serious face.
"Oh dear, they really don't let people live in peace."