American Comics: Borrowed Magic By Skill, Why Should I Return It?

Time Gem is responsible for time regression.

Reality Gem is responsible for constructing scenes...

Soon.

The scene before Ajak's death appeared before everyone's eyes in the form of a reality projection.

Everyone quickly glimpsed the scenes recorded in the river of time.

First, there was a scene of Ajak before his death, in front of a wooden house.

"Ikaris!"

"You were there at the time!?"

Thena saw the images displayed by the two Infinite Gems together.

She was instantly shocked.

Chu Xiu's premonition was indeed correct.

The last person Ajak saw before his death was the counterfeit Superman, Ikaris.

The two sat on a bench in front of the wooden house, chatting like old friends.

"Ikaris, I hope to have your support."

Ajak sat on the bench.

Facing Ikaris beside him, he said with great emphasis,

"You know, Ikaris, the Celestials will destroy this planet."

"I have followed the Celestial Arishem for millions of years, never doubting him, but this time..."

"I have lived among humans for thousands of years, witnessed their conflicts, lies, and killings."

"But I have also seen them, laughing and loving, and witnessed their dreams."

"This planet should not be destroyed."

"317, this is not only my conclusion, but also Tiamut's conclusion."

Ajak spoke slowly.

But Ikaris beside him had a slight change in expression.

"You want to stop the emergence of the Celestials?"

"To prevent Tiamut's birth?"

Ikaris didn't believe Ajak's words, especially that it was Tiamut's decision.

Because stopping the emergence of the Celestials would be equivalent to self-destruction for Tiamut.

As an unborn Celestial.

Tiamut would forever sleep deep in the Earth's core.

How is this any different from suicide?

To kill a Celestial in order to save a group of worthless weak humans?

That's right!

Ajak is the leader of the Eternals on Earth.

But this time...

Icarus couldn't understand Ajak's decision.

However, he didn't argue.

"I believe in you, Ajak. I will continue to follow in your footsteps."

"Thank you, Icarus."

Ajak looked relieved.

Because stopping the birth of the Celestials was an extremely difficult task.

This could likely lead to their superior, the Celestial - Arishem, coming to stop them.

For this reason, Ajak had to seek help from all sources of power.

Including the various forces on Earth.

"Icarus, I have contacted the members of the Avengers.

"Next, I am planning to go to Kamar-Taj to seek the help of the human magicians there."

Ajak explained her upcoming journey.

But Icarus had a gloomy expression.

"Ajak, I support all your decisions."

"But..."

"I have to show you something first."

"Where did they go?"

Seeing the screen temporarily disappear, Sersi anxiously asked.

She desperately wanted to know the truth about Ajak's death.

"Don't worry, they went to Alaska. I'll skip ahead to the scene where they're on their way."

Chu Xiu manipulated the Eye of Agamotto.

Turning back, he couldn't help but tease the gloomy-faced Icarus.

"Little Superman, you don't mind if I maliciously edit it, do you?"

Icarus had a gloomy expression.

His fists clenched tightly.

He never imagined that there would be such an artifact on Earth.

Thinking about what he had done, about to be revealed to the world, made him nervous.

Although he disguised this nervousness well.

But in front of his Eternal companions whom he had been with for thousands of years, there was nowhere to hide.

"Icarus, you!"

Sersi felt incredulous.

But it didn't matter...

Chu Xiu had already edited the remaining scenes and presented them through the Reality Gem.

Alaska.

Ajjak and Icarus arrived at the foot of a snowy mountain covered in white snow.

Standing at the edge of a cliff, below was a frozen lake.

Several dozen grotesque figures were running on the surface of the lake.

"Mutants!?"

"How can there be so many?"

Ajjak widened his eyes.

"They were frozen at the bottom of the lake. We overlooked this area back then."

"As the manifestation of the gods approaches and the Earth's core warms up, they have been awakened." (cjcj) "And then, as usual, these mutants dig tunnels underground, reproduce, and expand their population."

"What you see now is just the tip of the iceberg."

"At the bottom of the lake, in the tunnels they dug, their numbers increase dramatically every day."

Icarus had a gloomy face, seemingly talking about the threat of mutants.

But his gaze was always fixed on Ajjak.

"Icarus! We must contact the others!"

"I knew mutants would appear, but I didn't expect them to appear so soon."

"Nor did I expect their numbers to be so many..."

While saying this, Ajjak walked to the edge of the cliff.

He leaned out to look down.

However, at that moment...

Two golden lights burst out of Icarus's eyes.

"You..."

Ajjak was about to turn his head.

But he was hit by the two beams from Icarus's eyes.

With an expression of disbelief on his face, propelled by the impact of the beams, he crashed straight into the ice lake.

Bang!

The moment he fell into the ice lake.

Ajjak immediately broke free from Icarus's beams and was about to fly away.

But dozens of fierce mutants surrounded him.

They pounced on him from the air.

Then they launched an attack.

Ferocious biting.

At the same time, the ice layer on the lake surface gradually cracked.

In the pitch-black lake water, countless mutants received the message and swiftly swam up.

"Icarus!"

Ajjak fought desperately.

But her Eternal Clan Ability is to heal others, belonging to a support role, and not good at fighting.

Faced with the siege of more and more mutant clans.

Soon.

Ajak became exhausted and eventually fell to the ground.

"Roar——!"

A special mutant clan approached.

Its tentacles pierced into Ajak's body from behind, absorbing the Eternal Clan Ability within Ajak.

As this special mutant clan finished absorbing.

Including itself.

All the mutant clans present seemed to be evolving.

Golden energy emerged from their bodies, and their appearances changed slightly.

Soon, all the mutant clans possessed Ajak's Self-healing Ability.

As if the Ability was shared!

One prospers, all prosper!

"Roar——!"

"Roar——!"

The evolved mutant clans collectively roared.

As if in a frenzy.

However, in the midst of their frenzy.

A figure swiftly passed by, flashing between the mutant clans, snatching Ajak's body.

It was Icarus.

Chu Xiu deliberately came to confront them, allowing everyone to see Icarus's expression.

Only to see Icarus, who killed Ajak, had no trace of sadness on his face.

Just a gloomy expression, even with a hint of a sickly smile.

Swish!

After watching the surveillance footage.

Everyone's gaze turned to Icarus.

Seeing the plan exposed.

Icarus looked around with a gloomy face, his gaze carrying a hint of killing intent.

No other choice!

Must kill to keep it quiet!

But when Icarus's gaze fell on Chu Xiu's face, the killing intent in his eyes instantly disappeared.

Oh no!

In trouble!

Forgot there's someone unbeatable here...