American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 208 Unable to Save Him, Farewell

The following plot unfolds just like in the movie. The Ansar bandits remain true to their nature and disregard local taboos, directly breaking the seal, which leads to the scene where Mair is bitten. They then hoist out the coffin containing Amanette, intending to take it back to London under the guise of archaeology, but in reality, it's a robbery.

During this time, Xiao Xian clearly felt that a high-ranking being was looking this way, especially the five statues that sealed Anmanet. They must have noticed the commotion, but for some reason, no god intervened to stop it, allowing Mair to break the seal and the soldiers to lift Anmanet's coffin out.

In addition, another entity sent a consciousness message to Xiao Xian, but it was blocked by the Fear Garment surrounding Xiao Xian. Xiao Xian did not activate the Fear Garment, after all, he was still very wary of the methods of the gods.

"This is really strange. Iseth is so unpopular that he's been ostracized by the Egyptian gods and is now considered a foreign god. Yet, no god in Egypt is stopping him?" Xiao Xian stroked his chin, looking at the coffin being hoisted up, feeling quite puzzled.

Or do the gods also know the trajectory of fate? It's clear that Seth's arrival this time was a waste. Not only did he not have a body to move freely in the material world, but his power and authority were also controlled by a mortal, and the protagonist was used to deal with various supernatural forces in the real world.

Regardless of the gods' intentions, Xiao Xian was determined to have Seth descend. Since the gods weren't intervening, Xiao Xian was happy to have some peace and quiet. He could use his negative energy to bully mortals, but dealing with the gods would require him to expend a lot of corrupted power and even the soul of the chosen one.

Because of the time constraints, although Xiao Xian signed soul contracts with various characters in the story through various means, the points those characters had accumulated with the World Will had not yet been reduced. If Xiao Xian forcibly consumed their souls, he would lose a lot of points with the World Will.

Too many demerit points can easily lead to trouble within the world, and may even result in being blacklisted, making it much more difficult to enter the country again.

Before Jenny and the others could get out of the cave, Xiao Xian glanced at the two crows at the entrance. The crows had dazed eyes and seemed to be being controlled. Xiao Xian felt that the two crows were Seth's doing because they had a faint aura of divine power on them. It seemed that Seth was quite concerned about his arrival.

Of course, it could also have been done by Amanette, since she was given some power and divine strength by Set.

On the base's runway, a massive transport plane was stubbornly resisting the onslaught of a sandstorm. Its wings trembled in the gale-force winds, as if it might be swept away at any moment. The increasingly violent sandstorm blotted out the sun and sky, threatening to engulf the entire world.

Xiao Xian sat in the cockpit, quietly watching the endless sandstorm outside the window, a cold light swirling in the depths of his eyes.

Xiao Xian clearly felt the divine power contained in the sandstorm. The divine power in the huge sandstorm even disrupted the laws of the world. Xiao Xian saw Superman's heat vision light up for a moment in his system panel, and Green Goblin's super strength and super reaction became constantly lit. The cost required to cast various spells also decreased drastically.

If previously consuming one unit of World Essence could move a fist-sized rock, now consuming one unit of World Essence can move a boulder weighing hundreds of tons.

In addition, the sandstorm also obscured the gaze of the gods, and Xiao Xian clearly felt that several faint gazes that were watching Anmanette had disappeared.

Even Xiao Xian, looking at Anmanette's coffin, didn't find anything special about it. There were occasional communication invitations from the soul level, but they were all blocked by Xiao Xian's Garment of Fear.

If it were Seth who did these things, Xiao Xian wouldn't be surprised. What surprised Xiao Xian was that the sandstorm contained more than one kind of divine power and authority. The highest-level and most oppressive divine power was even the same as the divine power that Xiao Xian felt in the Golden Scripture of the Sun.

Although this divine power is not abundant, its very existence speaks volumes, because if Xiao Xian is not mistaken, this divine power comes from Ra, the chief god of the ancient Egypt.

"Seth, you actually managed to get the support of the Egyptian gods?"

Xiao Xian stared incredulously at the sandstorm outside, thinking in shock that Set was clearly a villain in ancient Egyptian mythology, the kind of person who wasn't well-liked during sacrifices.

Shocked as he was, Xiao Xian understood that this was a good thing. Upon reflection, it made sense. Without the support of the Egyptian gods, Seth would have had absolutely no chance of winning in London, not even the right to fail. After all, London was Jesus' territory.

In this world, Set is indeed a true god, but it is the world's largest religion with believers all over the world, unlike the ancient Egyptian pantheon where believers have almost all died out and even the native Egyptians have converted. Thinking about this, Xiao Xian felt that he seemed to understand why the Egyptian gods helped Set descend to earth.

According to the white jade pages, this world once experienced a long period of demon-suppressed era, during which almost all supernatural powers were shut down and even the gods were not allowed to interfere with the world. It was only in recent centuries that things gradually recovered.

Although it's still nothing like the mythical era, and the cost of using various magic spells is terrifyingly high, at least the authority has gradually been restored. As long as the gods are willing to pay a huge price, they can still interfere in the real world.

A pantheon like the Egyptian pantheon, whose followers and descendants lost a great deal of influence during the era of the extinction of demons, and whose earthly stronghold was destroyed, would certainly be unwilling to let its followers perish and gradually disappear into the long river of history.

Set may not have been very popular within the ancient Egyptian pantheon, but the patriarch of the pantheon is still alive. As the saying goes, "Even if brothers quarrel within the walls, they unite to defend against external threats." It is reasonable for the Egyptian pantheon to unite in the face of major issues.

It's quite a strange story. According to the movie's plot, the reason Set spent a lot of money to bewitch Ammanet and turn her into a mythical creature was because Set was ostracized by the Egyptian gods and given the title of a foreign god, so he received very little faith. Therefore, he wanted to personally overthrow the rule of the Egyptian gods, led by Horus, over Egypt. However, now the Egyptian gods are helping Set descend.

After the plane reached London airspace, Xiao Xian turned to the co-pilot next to him and said, "I personally suggest you parachute out as soon as possible."

"Huh? Are you out of your mind?" The passenger looked at Xiao Xian, who was wearing a gas mask and talking nonsense, with a bewildered expression.

"You might as well just wait to die." Xiao Xian's lips twitched. The young man had narrowed his path; as expected, there was no saving someone who was going to die.

Before the co-pilot could say anything, a black, eerie dot attacked the plane. As it got closer, the co-pilot realized it was a flock of crows, charging towards the plane relentlessly.

Xiao Xian sat in his seat, his eyes calm and composed, and said in a calm tone, "The engine has failed."

(End of this chapter)