Chapter 3059: The Mercury Record (56)

"The Olympian pantheon doesn't have much contact with the ancient Babylonian pantheon, so I don't know much about Nabu's background. I only know that he didn't die and is still active on Earth." Hera said in a low tone.

"Active on Earth?!" Dick raised his voice in surprise and repeated it.

Hera nodded and said, "I don't mean to boast, but the Olympian pantheon was indeed the most powerful pantheon at the time, while many other pantheons withered away in the thousands of years that followed and no longer formed a system. The ancient Babylonian pantheon where Nabu was is one such example; they can no longer be called gods."

"Is there any way to find this Nabu?"

"Nabu is one of the founders of the Human Mage Alliance. If you can find a great mage, perhaps you can find out his whereabouts." Hera continued, "As the culprit who imprisoned Hecate and made her sleep back then, the Lords of Order must be the group that least wants the Goddess of Magic to return. As long as you can find Nabu, they will definitely do their best to help you."

With a new direction, the group didn't delay any longer. If it had been before, it would have been a bit difficult for them to find a great mage, but now they had a ready-made toad.

Besides wanting to ask Faust about Nabu's whereabouts, they actually held some hope, wanting to know if Faust had any insights into the occult sun. If they could really control that mysterious spear, maybe they could solve Hecate directly.

Hera sent them back to Earth with divine power. Dick and his team gathered at Wayne Manor with Funa and Billy, who had been waiting for a long time. Dick told Faust what Hera had told them.

Faust was silent for a rare moment after hearing it, then said, "I have heard of this Nabu god, but if there are no accidents, he should have had an accident."

Dick and the others immediately became nervous. Funa squeezed the toad hard and said, "Stop selling suspense!"

Faust was dissatisfied, kicked his legs to break free from Funa's pincers, jumped onto the table, and said, "I'm not joking. This Nabu likely died many years ago."

"Died? But Hera clearly said he was still alive!"

"I mean, his body might have long ceased to exist. However, for such old and cunning ancient gods, it's unknown if they survived using other methods."

"How do you know?"

Faust sighed, and another secret of the past was displayed before everyone. As everyone knows, those immortal great mages don't come out of the mountains not because they really don't care about fame and fortune, but because they owe too many debts from their early years and can't pay them back, so they can only use various means to avoid creditors.

The Lords of Order's power was all given by Hecate. Hecate slept, so they had no creditors, and their days were very relaxed.

But the Goddess of Magic slept for longer and longer, and their power gradually weakened, finally reaching the point where they couldn't maintain their own existence.

And many years ago, the Lords of Order and their sworn enemies, the Lords of Chaos, broke out in a war, consuming some of the remaining ancient gods.

This war was very famous in the occult world. Faust, who constantly collected magic items all over Earth, had also brushed shoulders with them. And as the most powerful one among the Lords of Order, Nabu had had no news since then. The magic world believed he had already died in this war.

Faust thought for a moment and said, "At that time, because they were worried that the war would affect their people, a certain generation of Master of the Night participated in it. He might know Nabu's whereabouts."

Unexpectedly, these clues went around and around and returned to the starting point. Dick had no choice but to lead the team to the Oblivion Bar again.

Jim, the Master of the Night, welcomed them warmly. After hearing their experiences along the way, Jim said, "Yes, Nabu is indeed dead. To be precise, his body has been destroyed. Now his soul is deposited on the helmet he had during his lifetime, and the helmet is with Doctor Fate, the spokesperson of the Lords of Order."

"Then where is Doctor Fate now?"

Jim looked at them quite strangely and said, "To find Doctor Fate, you shouldn't come to me, but should go find Professor Schiller?"

"Ah?"

Dick and the others looked at each other, not understanding how it circled back to Professor Schiller again.

Jim said with some surprise, "You don't know? Nelson is a well-known psychiatrist and is also a junior fellow apprentice of Schiller. Their relationship is much closer than ours."

Dick's mouth opened wide enough to fit a whole egg. So this series of puzzles was another circle, and the answer was still written at the beginning!

"I have never heard Professor Schiller say he had any junior fellow apprentice..." Aisha was also shocked.

"Maybe it's because Nelson is younger and works in Metropolis," Jim shrugged and said, "And I remember him saying that at the time Schiller was going to Cat Getan, he strongly disapproved. The two might have had some conflicts because of this, so they haven't been in contact since."

Jason covered his mouth, because he dealt with Schiller the most, so he knew some old stories. Before Schiller came to Cat Getan, he went to Metropolis. No one knew what he went to Metropolis for. Could it be that he really went to see his junior fellow apprentice?

Regardless, this Doctor Fate, Nelson, must be a key figure. They rushed back to Cat Getan without stopping and headed to Metropolis at top speed.

But what was more troublesome was that although Tim retrieved Kent V. Nelson's identity information, this guy worked at Luthor Hospital. Tim wasn't sure he could contact him directly without being discovered by Lex Luthor.

If they were caught red-handed, Lex might not dare to do anything to Bruce, but he was generous to them. Tim was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold back. If he was also pried away by Lex, Bruce would go crazy.

Dick also felt that since he worked in someone else's hospital, it wasn't very good to suddenly visit him behind his boss's back. It was necessary to inform Lex about these things. Business was business, but in terms of protecting Earth, Lex was still trustworthy.

So they went to Luthor Manor.

Lex received them in his busy schedule. He was always at odds with Bruce, but his attitude toward these good nephews of his was not bad, and he prepared a table full of delicious food.

The Young Avengers team, who had been running for several days, finally had free time to sit down and feast for replenishment.

Dick and Lex talked about the process of them building the team and the journey of collecting clues along the way. Lex nodded frequently and indicated that he could fund the Young Avengers team.

Dick felt that having one more sponsor was also quite good, and by then the Young Avengers team's scope of activities would definitely not be limited to Cat Getan. Basically, it could cover the entire East Coast, including Metropolis, and could help Lex. This sponsorship wasn't too hot to handle.

Until he saw the sponsorship amount, Dick realized what Tim meant by always telling them to stay away from Lex. He gave really too much.

After eating and drinking, the group discussed in Luthor Manor. The topic was still centered on the Hecate crisis. Luthor expressed affirmation of Dick and the others' inferences along the way, and then talked about Doctor Fate.

"When investigating Kent Nelson's background, I knew he and Professor Schiller were fellow apprentices, and their research directions were also very similar. In terms of academic level, Professor Schiller is better, but Dr. Nelson is stronger in the application field. He can be said to be the best psychiatrist in the world right now."

Lex put his five fingers together, tapped lightly, and said, "Nelson is much younger than Schiller. Besides being fellow apprentices and having similar research directions, there shouldn't be much intersection between them."

Jason immediately thought of the fact that Schiller had been to Metropolis before coming to Cat Getan. He said, "I heard Dr. Nelson strongly opposed Professor Schiller going to Cat Getan."

"I don't know where you heard that, but I have no understanding of their personal relationship. If you want to find him, be prepared that he won't help."

At that time, Dick and the others didn't understand what Lex meant by this. After all, they were prepared that whoever they asked for help wouldn't help.

Helping wasn't an obligation. Even if it concerned Earth's safety, for various reasons, it was normal for the other party not to be willing to help. They didn't engage in any moral kidnapping—they chose to kidnap directly.

But clearly, they thought of things too simply. Nelson wasn't just unwilling to help; he directly took action.

In the office of the psychiatry department of Luthor Hospital, a brilliant golden light flashed. Before Dick and the others could see the man's face clearly, a golden helmet appeared on his head, followed by a blue and gold interwoven uniform, and a golden beam of light flew toward them.

Raven waved her hand, a magic shield blocked in front of them, and Aisha grinned, viciously revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and pounced on Doctor Fate without showing weakness.

Doctor Fate didn't choose to fight them here, but turned and flew out of the window. Raven hurriedly followed, and the two sides fought back and forth over Metropolis.

Dick stood anxiously by the window. Funa stuffed the toad to Jason. Now Faust couldn't use magic power, and he wasn't afraid of him running away. Then she twisted her body and joined the battle.

It could be clearly seen that Raven's power was strong enough, but she lacked combat experience. Funa was good at fighting, but her power level was far worse than Doctor Fate's. On the contrary, because of Aisha's special nature, she couldn't be hit, and every time she bumped into him, his head buzzed, which instead restricted Doctor Fate.

Dick followed Raven's figure with his eyes, but Jason had already started making a phone call. He dialed Lex's phone and said to the other side: "Nelson took action directly. I don't understand what deep hatred he has with us, but if he doesn't stop, your hospital might have to be redecorated..."

Not long after, Doctor Fate, who had just dodged Aisha's headbutt, flashed to the side, picked up the ringing phone, nodded continuously at the phone, hung up after a while with a bad temper, and flew back to the office.

As soon as the helmet was taken off, everyone was shocked. This guy was about the same age as them, looking like he had just graduated from college. This was too young.

This young man had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked quite sunny, but his eyes looking at Dick and the others weren't very friendly, and looking at Aisha was full of fear.

Dick and the others were stunned. Didn't they say he was a fellow apprentice of Professor Schiller? This was completely two generations.

"Being fellow apprentices means we were taught by the same teacher, which has nothing to do with age, understand?"

Nelson's voice rang in their ears. Dick was startled and said, "You can read minds?"

"This isn't mind-reading; it's psychology."

"You really are a fellow apprentice of Professor Schiller." ===== CHAPTER 3060 =====