American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 197 The bold get rich, the timid starve.

When Erica returned that evening, Xiao Xian had just signed a contract with Jordan, officially announcing that Jordan could enter the Pure Land after his death.

To be fair, after comparing the value of Jigsaw's soul, Xiao Xian found that even without considering the value of Jordan's soul itself, the world origin transformed from the evil power generated by Jordan's fall far exceeded that of Jigsaw.

Although it hasn't been tested yet, Xiao Xian estimates that the evil power generated by Jordan's fall from grace should also exceed the value of Jordan's soul itself.

It seems that as the lord of the realm of color, the corresponding power of sinful Slaanesh yields greater benefits.

"Alright, you can go now." After dismissing Jordan and Naomi, Xiao Xian looked at Erica's spirit and asked, "How's it going? Have you gotten any news about Jenny and Amanette?"

"Found it, Master," Erica said respectfully. "The Bureau of Knowledge has found information about Amanette in the tomb of a Crusader knight and is planning to send Miss Jenny to Egypt to search for Amanette's tomb. Miss Jenny is scheduled to depart in three days."

"Looks like I've arrived at a pretty good time. Have you found out where the ceremonial dagger gem is hidden?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian stroked his chin and then asked, "The whereabouts of the ritual dagger gem is key to Seth's descent."

Based on the film's portrayal, it contains at least some of Seth's powers. After Tom Cruise undergoes the ritual, he will possess skills including life drain and resurrection.

The former is alright, but the latter clearly used Seth's powers over life, death, and the underworld to carry out his work. Not only did he revive the female lead, but he also revived her friends. Xiao Xian would never believe that such a feat wasn't done by someone with excessive power.

Even for Xiao Xian, unless he is in his own hellish space, to resurrect someone, he would need that person's soul, pay off a massive amount of world origin, and also depend on whether the world's will grant him that permission and agrees to the deal.

Given Xiao Xian's current wealth, he might be able to resurrect an ordinary person by gritting his teeth and spending a fortune, but if he wanted to resurrect someone like Tom Cruise, selling all the souls he had to the world's will wouldn't be enough.

"I've found it too. Shall I take you there?" Erica asked, bowing her head. She had done her best to complete all the tasks Xiao Xian had assigned her.

"Just tell me the address, there's no rush to take it out." Xiao Xian shook his head and said that once the gem was taken out of the coffin, Anmanette would be able to sense its whereabouts.

Although Xiao Xian had a thousand ways to stop Jenny and Nick from going to the ancient tomb, fate is something that cannot be stopped just because you want to.

More importantly, this world is Seth's home turf. If Xiao Xian doesn't use the Christian relic to block Seth's senses, he's not confident he can hide the gem from Seth.

As for destroying the gem, that would be a waste. As a dimensional demon god who steals souls from various worlds, Xiao Xian is very interested in Seth's powers regarding life, death, and souls.

Calling that gem a divine artifact would be an understatement. In the world of Dungeons & Dragons, it would at least be a treasure containing a portion of Set's divine essence and divinity; it could even be called an incarnation of Set.

In fact, Seth threw this ritual dagger into the material world with the intention of descending into the real world. If the material world had not rejected the descent of a god like Seth, the dagger would most likely have automatically transformed into Seth's avatar after entering the material world.

"Give me the scenery around the Sun Sutra," Xiao Xian said to Erica. One of the main tasks Xiao Xian sent Erica to the Broad Knowledge Department was to obtain information about the Sun Sutra.

"Yes, ma'am~" Erica transmitted a memory to Xiao Xian upon hearing this. In her previous life, she was just a mortal, but after her death, especially after Xiao Xian asked her to gather intelligence, he granted Erica a certain degree of spellcasting ability.

"Hmm~" After receiving the message, Xiao Xian drew circles in front of his hand and opened a small portal, which was the same book-stealing skill as Doctor Strange.

After taking the Golden Sutra of the Sun, Xiao Xian closed the portal and looked at the Golden Sutra of the Sun before him, quite certain that this was the genuine version.

From a mortal's perspective, this is just an antique book, but from Xiao Xian's dimensional demon god perspective, it is a miniature sun, and the power and divine force contained within it even moved Xiao Xian.

"It seems to be locked. I am incompetent and have not been able to find the key. It seems that there is no information about the key in the Department of Knowledge." Erica did not see anything special about the Golden Book of the Sun in front of her, but she had a vague feeling that this book was not ordinary.

"The key isn't the problem; mechanisms made in ancient Egypt aren't difficult for me. The trouble lies in the powers that come with them, which I doubt will be unlocked for me."

After obtaining the scripture, Xiao Xian realized that his plan to steal the master's teachings might not be realistic. This Golden Scripture of the Sun was imbued with authority and divine power, and most likely contained the will of the gods. It would be better if Xiao Xian, a dimensional demon god from outside the realm, didn't open it. Once he did, he would definitely awaken the divine will contained in the book and be discovered by the gods behind the book.

Considering that the book is called the Golden Book of the Sun and that its power is like the sun, Xiao Xian felt it was best not to disturb the divine will contained within it.

Moreover, even if he forcibly opened it, given Xiao Xian's status as an extradimensional demon god, he would definitely only see a blank space. He would be lucky if he wasn't scorched in the face by the divine will within, let alone try to steal the master's skills.

However, the fact that this thing is difficult to open now doesn't mean it's useless. When Xiao Xian went back that day, he secretly smuggled this thing into the dimensional space, and was able to use his authority in the hell dimension to analyze the powers and scriptures inside.

The only problem is that, in the eyes of the world's will, this thing might be more valuable than Tom Cruise, the male protagonist. After all, it contains power and divine strength, and it is the power and divine strength of a chief god. This is almost the same as stealing an ordinary god.

Xiao Xian was worried that if he smuggled this back to the dimensional space, he would be punished by the heavens the next time he appeared in this universe, and might even be besieged by a bunch of holy goddesses with divine artifacts.

"Never mind. The bold will get rich, the timid will starve. If I'm ever forced to run away, I'll take this with me, and the gem too. But if that happens, Seth can't just appear in my dimensional space, right? Never mind, even the powerful gods of this world wouldn't be a match for me in my dimensional space."

Xiao Xian thought for a moment and decided to be bolder. However, he dared not keep this thing near him, as it might attract attention at any moment. It was better to leave it where it was. As long as he knew where it was, he could simply open a portal, grab it, and run when he needed to escape.

After redrawing the portal, Xiao Xian silently put the Golden Sutra of the Sun back in its original place.

(End of this chapter)