American comics: I became a god at the beginning, I chose to practice both science and magic

"I don't know. The time was too short, and no one saw the other person's appearance, but we can roughly judge that the other person should be one person."

"One person?" Aquaman said in disbelief, even repeating, "One person?"

"Yes, according to witnesses, there was only one attacker, and he appeared very briefly, almost for a split second, and the damage he caused..."

Om gritted his teeth as he spoke: "He completely destroyed half of Atlantis. The casualties are still being counted, but more than half of our city needs to be rebuilt, and the economic losses are difficult to calculate.

Most importantly, if this incident were to become known to people from other kingdoms, it would be a major blow to Atlantis' prestige, and the nobles of the Kingdom Council would also confront you because of this matter..."

In this timeline, the underwater people declared war on the Amazons as an entire civilization, and because they had the support of Poseidon, Aquaman Arthur was the true lord of the seven seas.

During the war, all underwater kingdoms had to obey the orders of Aquaman Arthur, which is why his strength was able to expand to be on par with the demigod Diana.

The power of the old god system is inseparable from the belief system. Generally speaking, the more concentrated the belief, the stronger the gods or demigods who benefit from it will be.

Wonder Woman is very strong, but her strength comes more from the bloodline of Zeus, and the degree of benefit from faith is not deep. After all, there are very few Amazons. Even if the entire race believes in her, the enhanced power is not exaggerated.

But Aquaman Arthur is different. He is not the second generation of God like Diana. He belongs to God N. In terms of bloodline, his bloodline is not even as pure as Orm's, because he has a surface father. Strictly speaking, his bloodline is of a relatively low class.

The royal bloodline of Aquaman Arthur was not truly opened until he obtained the recognition of Poseidon's trident, but even so, it was still no match for a natural demigod like Diana.

Therefore, the reason why he was able to gain strength equal to that of Wonder Woman was closely related to his gaining the faith of the Seven Seas.

When he obtained the Trident of Poseidon and won the duel for the throne, his fame spread throughout the Seven Seas. Once he gained the recognition of all the Seven Seas Kingdoms, the fame he would gain could be converted into a power similar to faith.

Aquaman may not know how to use this power of faith, but Poseidon must understand. Since he is standing behind the Atlanteans and manipulating this war, he will naturally help Aquaman Arthur increase his strength.

Just like the heroes in Greek mythology, when they were on heroic adventures, various gods would always give them magical weapons and beasts, and let them wear divine costumes to complete their missions.

Wonder Woman is already of demigod bloodline, but isn’t she still dressed in divine attire and armed to the teeth?

So as the real mastermind behind this war, Poseidon naturally provided some help to Aquaman.

Not only did he help Aquaman purify his bloodline, bringing him closer to being a demigod, he also performed miracles in the Seven Seas Kingdom, allowing Aquaman to obtain true legal basis.

It is for this reason that Aquaman Arthur, as a half-blood, can sit firmly on the throne of Atlantis, and Orm and Black Manta are willing to submit to him.

The divine right of kings is the highest principle of power in a civilization with gods, and Neptune holds this great justice.

Because of his sense of justice, the Seven Seas Kingdoms have a high degree of recognition of Aquaman Arthur's identity as king. Poseidon uses this sense of identity and transforms it into a substantial force to strengthen Aquaman's strength, allowing him to fight against a true demigod like Diana.

But this is not absolute. Those who have read Homer's epic should know that even humans who believe in the Olympian gods do not have an indestructible faith, otherwise Zeus would not have destroyed the world with a flood and recreated mankind.

The fundamental reason why this happened is that humans began to question God over time.

Some human kings even openly declared that they did not believe in God and showed disrespect to the main gods.

Looking at Greek history and legends, many wars were essentially the result of the gods manipulating the direction of the war to maintain human awe of them. To some extent, they actually relied on human faith in them.

Aquaman Arthur also has similar characteristics. His strength is reinforced by the recognition of the Seven Seas Kingdoms, so once he loses the trust of the people, his strength is likely to plummet.

By then, he would be killed instantly by Wonder Woman without a fight, and Poseidon would have no way to help him make up for such a shortcoming. After all, if the Olympian gods combined couldn't do it, Poseidon alone would be even less likely to do it.

Chapter 523 The Tragedy of Atlantis

Because most of Aquaman's strength comes from the trust of the people of the Seven Seas, he attaches great importance to his reputation. The tragedy in Atlantis will seriously undermine his prestige, and therefore it has attracted his great attention.

In order to find out what was going on, he even put down his work and temporarily handed the doomsday device to the technicians, while he himself prepared to return to Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean with Orm.

After they left the energy room, the technician's eyes flashed. Even Aquaman Arthur did not expect that his subordinates had already changed their minds.

When he was alone in the control room, he couldn't help but say to Captain Atom who was unconscious in the energy room: "I'm sorry for everything I did."

Although as an Atlantean technician he shouldn't have too much sympathy for outsiders, he is not a cold-blooded scientist.

The doomsday device was activated twice. The first time, it destroyed the Western European continent, causing over 100 million casualties among the surface civilization, and thus declared war on them.

The technician could understand humans' actions very well. To be honest, he even felt that the people on the surface were very restrained.

When the Amazons occupied the British Isles, the human side was still very stable. If it were Atlantis, they should have declared war at this time.

However, this Atlantis technician did not know that the human world is not a monolithic entity, and the demise of Great Britain is not necessarily a bad thing for other human countries.

Human beings always have various political considerations, and these different demands will always make it impossible for countries to work together.

This time, if the sinking of the Western European continent had not touched the fundamental interests of mankind, perhaps the United States far away in America would still stand idly by.

This weapon test allowed the technician to see the terrible destructive power of this weapon. He knew that the first activation of the weapon had not reached the full power of the weapon, but even so, it had already sunk the continent.

Once this weapon truly unleashes its full power, not only the surface of the earth, but even the underwater world may suffer a devastating disaster.

As for the second attack that was controlled by the aliens, it was actually far from the level that this weapon should have, so the technician should be the only alien who knew that Wonder Woman was definitely not dead.

He had calculated the strength of the daughter of Zeus and believed that there was no way she could die from that attack, but the same could not be said for the other Amazons.

Therefore, the biggest achievement of this attack was that it angered the Amazons. He didn't know how the other party would choose to retaliate, but the innocent Atlantean civilians would always be the ones who got hurt.

So this Atlantean technician has an idea. He wants to destroy this weapon that could potentially destroy the world, but not now.

If he dared to do so now, it would only attract the attention of Aquaman. He knew very well that his role was not irreplaceable, so after Aquaman killed him, he could still quickly find a replacement to continue controlling the weapon.

"I must wait for the opportunity, for Atlantis and for the world, Your Majesty, what you are doing is wrong!" He looked at Captain Atom in the energy room and said firmly.

At this time, Aquaman and Orm had returned to Atlantis through teleportation magic in order to save time.

The trident of Poseidon has the power to command the sea. As long as it is an underwater world, the magic of the trident can take Poseidon to any place.

In the movie, Aquaman also used the trident to teleport himself and others, including the Karasen sea monster, directly to the battlefield between the Saltwater Kingdom and the coalition forces of Orm.

As soon as Aquaman returned to his kingdom, he was shocked by the scene before him.

The once prosperous city has disappeared, and there are ruins everywhere. A large number of marine creatures and the corpses of Atlanteans are floating everywhere.

The sea water was filled with a strange burnt smell, like the smell of flesh and blood eroded by magma.

Aquaman did not see any underwater warships around, which meant that the other party acted very quickly, and the guards who arrived here did not even have time to use their weapons and equipment.

But as he looked at the scene of half of the city being destroyed, he became a little skeptical. Even if Atlantis had foreseen it and made preparations in advance, could they stop the other side?

I'm afraid the result will not be much different from now.

The living people were busy salvaging the bodies. In an underwater environment, if the bodies were not dealt with quickly, it would easily cause large-scale pollution, and the epidemic would spread much faster and wider than on the surface world.

"Who did this and how?" Aquaman muttered to himself.

Even Wonder Woman, who broke into Atlantis alone, could not do what is happening now. Unless a real god comes, the underwater people will be able to resist any enemy for a period of time.

"Your Majesty!" A guard working nearby spotted Aquaman and Orm and swam over to salute.

The Sea King grabbed the guard with his big hand and brought him to him. His tone was not very gentle: "Did you see the attacker? What did it look like?"

The guard almost shed tears when he heard this, but unfortunately the ocean environment made it impossible for the underwater people to shed tears. His relatives and friends also died in the attack.

"The enemy arrived too quickly and moved too quickly. There were few witnesses, and even if there were, their impression of the attacker was vague. However, our surveillance system should have recorded the attacker."

“Take me to see it!”

So under the guidance of the guards, Aquaman and Orm came to the monitoring room, and the people here also followed others out to rescue. The attack caused a large number of casualties in their manpower, and the people working seemed to be insufficient.

Under the control of the guards, the specific appearance of the assailant finally appeared on the 3D stereoscopic image.

To be honest, the technology of the Atlanteans is quite good. Dane's appearance is very clear, and even after magnification, his facial features are still clearly visible.

"Is this the man?" Om gritted his teeth in hatred when he saw the attacker.

If Dane were in front of him right now, he would undoubtedly tear him to pieces, although he might not be able to do so.

Aquaman was also very angry, but he did not lose his mind. He had to find out the origin of this man and why he attacked Atlantis.

"Who is this guy?"

Of course the guards had no answer. Before Aquaman came back, they also tried to invade the human satellite and hack into their household registration system, but they did not find anyone who matched the appearance.

As for why they didn't think of Amazon, it was because Dane was a man, and they subconsciously excluded that race consisting only of women.

Neptune was not satisfied with the guard's answer: "Find out the man's movement trajectory and reverse the direction he came from."

Just like airplanes forming contrails when flying in the sky, as long as attackers move in the water, they will inevitably leave similar traces. They only need to roughly infer the opponent's origin based on these traces, which can at least serve as a reference for speculating the opponent's origin.

The guard did as he was told immediately, and soon the results of the computer comparison surprised him.

"Your Majesty, according to the system's calculations, the other party is coming from the direction of New Paradise Island."

Without any evidence, Aquaman almost instantly identified the murderer's origin.

"It seems that it was those damn witches who did it."

In terms of magic, Atlantis is still slightly inferior to the Amazons. After all, technology is the core technology of Atlantis.

This is reflected in the Warcraft competition between the two sides. The sea beasts of Atlantis are basically historical relics and are the bloodlines left by ancient mythical beasts.

The magical beasts of the Amazons are basically modern mass-produced. No one knows what kind of magic they have mastered that allows them to continuously produce magical beasts in large quantities.

It is precisely because of the existence of this kind of monster that Amazon’s numerical disadvantage does not seem so obvious.

And now, apparently, they have better tools.

Aquaman dragged the progress bar of the surveillance video and slowed down the video to the maximum multiple. Despite this, the attacker was still very fast.

It was as if he was in a different world from the rest of the world; when he was moving, the surroundings were almost still.

Aquaman and Orm only saw the man entering the city as if no one was around. He seemed to be overlooking the entire city from a relatively high position.

Then he threw it casually, and an unclear object broke away from his hand. That thing was like a human missile, exploding on one side of the city. The shock wave instantly destroyed everything near the landing point, and it was accompanied by a powerful shock wave and dazzling light.

After the light faded, the assailant disappeared, and half of Atlantis disappeared with him.

Everyone who watched the video was silent. Aquaman clenched his trident. Even he could never do such a thing in his prime.

Can someone who can do such a thing really be called a human? I'm afraid he's a humanoid doomsday weapon.

"Your Majesty, the Amazons have their own doomsday weapon!" It seems that Orm's idea is the same as Aquaman's.

He said worriedly, "And he's alive. It looks like he can come and go freely in our territory."

Aquaman interrupted him: "No matter what, he comes from Amazon and must be controlled by Amazon."

Otherwise, it would be hard for Aquaman to imagine how the Amazons could control such a dangerous person.

Aquaman suspected that even Wonder Woman's divine shield couldn't protect against the attack they just witnessed.

"Your Majesty, if what happened here gets leaked out, other kingdoms will have serious doubts about us," Om reminded.

Although the seven sea kingdoms were temporarily united under the miracle of Poseidon, recreating the splendor of the Atlantis Empire, this splendor was illusory and fragile.

After all, this is not the ancient times when humans obeyed the gods in everything, and mortals also have their own plans.

If Aquaman shows that he is not fit to be the ruler of the seven seas, it is very likely that the seven seas will abandon him, and even Poseidon cannot blame them.

Chapter 524 Discovery

Just as Orm had feared, the Kingdom Council attacked Poseidon over this matter.

Even if he is the Lord of Destiny appointed by Poseidon, he will still be scolded if he does not do well. The King of the Sea needs the support of these old nobles, which is determined by the source of his power. Therefore, when faced with the criticism of the council, he can only listen obediently.

But fortunately, despite all the cursing, the council still had basic political acumen. Even though they were dissatisfied with Arthur Curry's actions, they would not easily impeach the king during such a war. This would be a way to death.

So they quickly blocked the news about Atlantis and chose to keep it secret in order to prevent other sea kingdoms from knowing what happened in Atlantis.

Fortunately, the attackers acted quickly and the noise they made was not particularly loud. If it were human atomic weapons, it would be almost impossible for them not to be noticed by neighboring countries.

"So, we should fucking thank him?" Om's expression was as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly.

"This matter will not end like this." Aquaman looked back at the door of the meeting hall and sneered: "We need to transport the weapons to the Amazon territory as soon as possible."

The Atlanteans actually have the ability to tear open a temporary entrance in the protective shield outside the New Paradise Island. Not to mention the Atlanteans, humans also have this ability.

The biggest advantage of the magic shield is its wide coverage, but its biggest disadvantage is also its wide coverage.

A wide range means that it has local weaknesses.

Theoretically, as long as the enemy launches a targeted attack on the weak point, a gap will be created in the magic shield.

However, this gap will soon be filled by magic, which is why Atlantis's doomsday device and human atomic weapons cannot break through the magic shield.

Because the power of these two weapons is inherently dispersed, it is impossible to concentrate energy for a targeted attack, otherwise Amazon would have withdrawn long ago.

This leads to a very strange phenomenon. Weapons with power exceeding a certain level are almost useless when facing magic shields. Of course, there is an upper limit to this endurance. Aquaman's doomsday weapon almost broke it.

But in most cases, only an attack with a power that is neither too strong nor too weak, and falls within a certain range, can create a small gap in the shield for the invader to enter.

Attacks within this range need to have the characteristic of concentrated power, which human technology can achieve.

Laser weapons may not be suitable for use on the battlefield, but they can be used to open shields.