Chapter 3620

But when it came to the most brilliant performance, it was naturally the magicians. After several years of recuperation, the magical world did not make a sound, but once it did, it amazed everyone.

The essence of magic was still borrowing; this point had not changed at all. The source of the magicians' power was either the devil or mysterious existences from outside the realm, and it was still the same old story.

However, the difference was that humans had united and collectively negotiated terms with the devils. The devils' greed for human souls and the newly built magical defense network were both good bargaining chips. At least humans were quite satisfied with the negotiation results.

The contracts on the DC side were much stricter than those on the Marvel side. The devils wanted souls, and they wouldn't give an inch on this. However, the vast majority of devils agreed to take their souls only after the magicians died naturally, and while they were alive, they would try their best not to torture them and give them more power to call upon.

And humans used more scientific methods to pick out the agents most suitable for a certain devil. This was the significance of the existence of the Cat Getan Academy of Magic.

Don't look at it as still very unfair on the surface, but in reality, for devils, human lifespans were really too short. They finally picked an agent who was very suitable for their own power and temperament, and they didn't even live to be a hundred years old before they had to die. It was equivalent to the devil taking a nap, and the agent was gone. They didn't like this either.

So many devils would choose to extend the lives of their agents. Although the soul was still in the hands of the devil, it could basically be called an infinite lifespan.

For example, Pamela; the Green of All Things favored her. Every universe looked for her, so of course, it was impossible to let her die naturally so easily. Pamela now wouldn't age at all, and even a hundred years from now, she would still be a youthful and beautiful girl.

Surely someone would worry: "With the soul in the hands of the devil, isn't it destined to do things for the devil?"

Then this depended on what the core interests of the devil were. They wanted more believers, so they would let the agents proselytize. That sect was mostly not a good sect, and most of them were crazy evil ways. But this was not the key; the key was the existence of the Earth, so they could have more believers.

If the Earth was gone and not a single human was left, where would they go to find believers? Could they count on the Parademons created by Darkseid to believe in the devil?

Humans were indeed relatively weak, but it was precisely because they were too fragile that they needed to seek emotional comfort and would seek those evil ways, giving the devil an opportunity. It wouldn't work for the devil to go proselytize in that kind of all-mechanical civilization.

So essentially, on the core interest of ensuring the existence of the Earth, the devil and humans were consistent.

For example, in this great war, the magicians really experienced the pleasure of an infinite budget. Almost all devils expressed in unison: spend as much as you have, don't save for me, you must teach these bastards who want to destroy the Earth a lesson!

So even the magic apprentices who had just signed the contract had divine artifacts in their left hands and forbidden spells in their right, with magical energy flashing all over their bodies, throwing it at the opposite side as if it were free.

Moreover, both devils and angels wanted believers, so naturally, the better they performed, the more humans would believe in them. If you showed miracles at the moment of human life and death and saved humans, then it was indeed not wrong for humans to call you a "savior."

They not only gave generous budgets but also racked their brains to come up with fancy tricks, just to make their believers perform better. On the devil's side, there was the descent of hellfire, and on the angel's side, there was the Great Chanting Spell; the Green of All Things created a plant army, and the Red of All Things brought a beast stampede.

They were the main reason Brainiac could defeat so many enemies in such a short time. After all, each one was a multiverse-level big shot, and even if they didn't take the field themselves, their agents were not to be trifled with. After a round of chaotic punches, even Darkseid would be dizzy for two days.

But it couldn't be said that this wasn't Brainiac's credit. You have to know, he was a pure logic machine; he actually couldn't understand things like mysticism, and he was the exact opposite existence of chaotic magic.

He was able to utilize this power and even arrange them step-by-step to the battlefield most suitable for them. It could be said that the Brainiac in the universe where Schiller was located had initially broken away from the innate limitations of artificial intelligence and taken a step toward becoming a pure intelligent life.

And precisely because the magicians performed well, after the war ended, almost everyone knew about the existence of the Cat Getan Academy of Magic. Because many magicians who took the field wore the same school uniform, and Brainiac didn't hide it, directly stating that they were all students from the same magic academy.

Moreover, Brainiac also started selecting students suitable for practicing magic globally, letting them come to the Cat Getan Academy of Magic to study. And to facilitate magicians from all over the world to come and exchange learning, Brainiac also specially set up a "Ministry of Magic" to serve the students of the magic academy and other biological creatures of the magical world.

Quite a few magical creatures also participated in this war; some were purely bored, some had a good impression of the Underworld and the magic academy, or had a close personal friendship with a certain magician. For example, this time, the Master of the Dark Night led the troops of the Maia to help in the battle, and they were still staying in the Underworld and had not withdrawn.

The Underworld was becoming more and more prosperous, and the street where Schiller owned a shop could be said to have become a veritable Diagon Alley. Now basically every shop had opened, and the street was full of people coming and going; Merkel couldn't even deliver flowers fast enough.

In general, this was the most united period for the Earth and the various races and forces related to the Earth. Considering the scale of this invasion, it could be said that humans made a huge profit.

Don't look at how lively it was on the surface, with both Darkseid and the Emotional Spectrum Corps, but in reality, neither of them was serious. Darkseid himself and the Apokolips realm did not appear; the main generals only included Granny Goodness, and at most one Desaad commanding from behind.

On the side of the Emotional Spectrum Corps, most of the corps listened to orders but did not declare. For example, the Red Lantern Corps and the Orange Lantern Corps couldn't be commanded by the Guardians of the Universe at all. The main force was still some members of the Green Lantern Corps who opposed Hal, as well as the Yellow Lantern Corps, which didn't get along with the Green Lantern Corps in the first place.

The Guardians of the Universe also didn't intend to fight the Earth to the death. After the full-scale war started, they didn't send any other reinforcements, and they didn't appear from beginning to end, and they didn't even use the technology they mastered.

These enemies were indeed very strong for the surface civilization of humans, but if compared in parallel to disasters in other universes, it could be said to be a piece of cake.

The main universe fought Darkseid himself head-on and even went to Apokolips; in other universes, whenever a disaster broke out, they were besieged by several parties, and most of them were miserable victories.

And in the war fought by the universe where Schiller was located, the one with the greatest loss was Brainiac; his system was almost scrapped. Next were some superpowered people and alien races; the magicians who died were basically resurrected by the devils, so the actual loss was not great.

Ordinary humans had even less loss because most of them were working on screws and did not participate in the fighting on the front lines. The number of people who died was not even as many as in an invasion war of Metropolis in other universes.

And the benefits humans gained were obvious. Although it did delay some time, the Earth basically completed integration, and this political system could be considered acceptable to the vast majority of ordinary people. Under Brainiac's rule, global industrialization was only a matter of time.

Since the Second Industrial Revolution, humans had not had any breakthrough reforms in either technological level or social system. This time could be said to be the largest-scale reform in human history. Even counting the reset time, it only took a short three years. Compared vertically in human history, it could be said to be extremely efficient and could be called perfect.

Let's put it this way: as long as you don't consider Brainiac's mood, it could be called the greatest victory in the history of the Earth and all forces and organizations related to the Earth.

Of course, if you add the Justice League into the consideration, that record would probably be broken soon. Whatever monsters the Justice League brought to him, Brainiac wouldn't feel surprised anymore.

After the public office was basically decorated, Schiller still had to decorate his personal office. Although he didn't want to decorate it at all, Brainiac emphasized that students might come to give him gifts, so he still had to decorate it a bit.

Schiller placed the huge Christmas tree by the window, not far from his desk, to ensure that every student who came could see it. Then he put a pile of decorative gift boxes under the Christmas tree and hung the colored balls and bells on the tree.

After finishing, he took a look and nodded with satisfaction. The lights outside the window combined with the Christmas tree inside really had a bit of a Christmas atmosphere.

Soon it was time to get off work, and Schiller took another shuttle bus, the one heading to the East District where Billy's school was located, and arrived at the entrance of Billy's school.

The children carrying schoolbags poured out. Even though there had been fierce fighting in the sky above the Earth for several months, it had nothing to do with these elementary school students. Except for the way they went to and from school changing to taking a shuttle bus, their lives had hardly changed at all.

Schiller waved at Billy, and Billy ran over. He wasn't surprised; clearly, Brainiac had told him.

"Good evening, Professor Schiller," Billy sniffed and said, "Victor just called me; he said he has returned to Earth, he's a bit busy today, and will come to see me tomorrow."

"Yes, there was an accident in his laboratory..."

"An accident? Is it serious? Was he injured?!"

"Of course not, it was his student who suffered a minor injury," Schiller took Billy onto another school bus and then said, "You can see him at home tomorrow."

Billy nodded, wiped a piece of water vapor off the glass with his hand, and looked out the window. Schiller asked him: "How are your studies recently? Can you keep up with the courses?"

"It's okay," Billy scratched his head and said, "My exam ranking improved by two places compared to last time, from last place to third to last. Brainiac even praised me for making progress."

"That's pretty good," Schiller touched his head and said, "What about your relationship with your classmates? Do they still mock you?"

"No, Brainiac won't let them do that. Once someone made a face at me, Brainiac told the teacher. Haha, then he was scolded," Billy laughed twice and said.

"You're not angry with him anymore."

Billy was a bit embarrassed and said: "Victor told me that going to the battlefield to fight is not child's play. Although I became Shazam and am an adult, I am still a child. Children cannot go to such dangerous places."

Schiller felt that Victor was still quite good at raising children, actually being able to convince Billy. Before, when he applied for a visa, Billy also heard about the fighting in space and insisted on becoming Shazam to beat up the invaders, but he was firmly held down by Brainiac, who was determined not to let him go, and he was angry for a long time.

Schiller suspected that this might have been instigated by the old Shazam, but unfortunately, he had hit a copper wall. The convincing thing about Brainiac was that as long as he set the rules, they had to be executed meticulously. The objects of restraint were not only humans but also himself.

Saying that mental patients and minors were not allowed on the battlefield meant they were not allowed; even if you had the ability to poke a hole in the sky, he wouldn't issue a visa. So even though Brainiac had just learned that Schiller actually had superpowers, as long as Schiller mentioned the mental evaluation report, he had nothing to say.

Even if he did it all over again and knew Schiller had superpowers, as long as the evaluation didn't pass, he still wouldn't be allowed to go.