Chapter 3813
Main Universe Batman's first reaction was that Owlman exploded again. But his keen hearing and judgment told him that this explosion sound was a bit different from Owlman's kind of explosion.
Before he could react, a familiar figure was blown away by the explosion and flew directly out from above the corridor bridge. Main Universe Batman turned his head to look; it was Owlman.
He turned his head slowly again, and when he saw the figure standing up from the smoke and dust of the explosion, exuding a biting murderous intent, he couldn't help but swallow.
Arkham Batman was covered in blood, covered in wounds cut by the fragments of the explosion, but stood up as if nothing had happened, still holding a shining gem in his hand.
"My God!!!" Wanda was the first to discover the abnormality here; she hurriedly flew over, rushed to Arkham Batman and said, "What's going on? Why are you injured?!"
When she was treating Arkham Batman with Scarlet Power. Other professors also arrived one after another. The Hippo Goddess, who came from another direction, found Owlman who was blown unconscious again.
"I don't know what's going on," Arkham Batman said, "We had a bit of a small conflict, argued a few words, and then he reached out to me, but I don't know why, he suddenly showed a somewhat painful expression, and then the explosion happened..."
The professors looked at each other, their faces a bit heavy. They all knew about the explosion in the Magic Forest; although it was said to be a magic element riot in the Magic Forest, everyone knew it was these Batmen who were playing tricks.
At that time, Owlman was the most severely injured, and they thought Owlman was the victim, but now it seemed that wasn't the case—the explosion was triggered by him.
Wong hurriedly went to find Strange. Strange heard that it exploded again, and this time it exploded near the castle, and his whole head was buzzing. He called Mephisto over and scolded him bloody:
"I warned you, Mephisto! The premise of me allowing you to be active within the castle range is that you are absolutely not allowed to take action against students! How dare you! How dare you!!!"
Seeing that magic light had already begun to emerge in Strange's eyes, Mephisto hurriedly shouted at the top of his lungs: "It wasn't me!!!"
"You still dare to quibble?!!!"
"No! The explosion in the Magic Forest was indeed my doing, but that was a plan studied with Schiller; if you don't believe me, go ask him!" Mephisto hurriedly explained, "This explosion in the school really wasn't my doing. What good would it do me to blow up the school?!"
Seeing that he was so certain, Strange was also a bit shaken. Mainly because Mephisto really didn't have a motive—he blew up the school, the movie filming would be postponed again, and then the release time might also be affected, so how could he still circle fans?
Now Mephisto hoped more than anyone that the movie would be filmed quickly, because his main scenes were concentrated in the later parts. The faster the movie was filmed, the earlier he would become famous; there was no reason to do such a thing to delay the filming progress.
Mephisto was also almost aggrieved to death: I, the dignified Lord of Hell, the devil leader who does all kinds of evil, how could I be wronged one day?!
Just as he thought this, it was another "BOOM". Now the two couldn't care about arguing here, and hurriedly flew toward the direction the sound came from—this time it was on the lawn, and it was Owlman lying there again.
Strange just wanted to fly over, but stopped his steps again. He looked left and right; the surrounding students looked very terrified. He saw an acquaintance in the student group and pulled Gwen out:
"Gwen, did you see what happened just now?"
Gwen nodded and said: "We were originally just walking forward at the edge of the lawn, suddenly heard an explosion there, and then saw that person fly out."
Gwen pointed at Owlman lying there. Mephisto hurriedly ran to Owlman's side, conducted an inspection on him—because he was wearing Schiller's appearance now, no one suspected him—and shook his head at Strange.
Strange walked over and also checked Owlman's body with magic power, but didn't find any traces of energy running wild. But the environmental damage around was indeed caused by magic power riot.
It was said before that the materials for building the castle were all magic materials; if it was a physical explosion, it was absolutely impossible to cause damage. The only thing that could cause damage to the buildings in the magic school was a magic power explosion. But if it wasn't Mephisto, how did this explode?
Strange was clearly still suspicious of Mephisto. He said to Mephisto with a straight face: "You don't come over for the time being. Wong, you take this student to the meditation room."
Mephisto opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything. Walking to a place where students couldn't see, he slowly disappeared—he left the school completely and returned to his Hell dimension.
Owlman was taken to the meditation room. The meditation room was a room completely isolated from the outside, actually equivalent to a small black room. However, this wasn't punishing Owlman, just out of safety considerations, only letting him stay here temporarily.
These two explosion cases made some people in the school panic. A rumor spread from the senior students: some people said Owlman violated the contract, but couldn't control the power, which led to a magic power riot.
The school spirit of this school was still good; if this was just a groundless rumor, then professors would definitely come out to criticize those who spread rumors. There had already been several such things before. But this time the professors all kept silent, which made the rumors even more real.
The professors knew in their hearts that this rumor was true. Students couldn't see it, but couldn't they see it? Owlman clearly obtained Mephisto's power.
It was just that before in Kamar-Taj, there were indeed students with great talent who contacted demon gods when they were very young, and even many great mages who were professors were like this. So they couldn't scold Owlman, and could only pretend not to know.
Strange held another all-school meeting, repeatedly emphasizing the danger of contracts. This time most people listened—after all, if that rumor was true, then wasn't Owlman a walking bomb because he contracted a demon god too early and caused magic power to lose control? Then violating the contract was indeed very dangerous, after all, no one wanted to become a walking bomb. Most students became honest.
This didn't include Arkham Batman.
On the night the explosion incident appeared, he entered a strange dream. In the dream, he saw magma, ashes, and souls struggling painfully in Hell.
He just floated above the abyss, watching everything with a blank expression. Compared to the figure on the throne in the distance, he looked more like the master of this place.
"The explosion case was your doing, right." Mephisto's voice sounded in his ear, "You are really vengeful."
"I am never vengeful." Arkham Batman looked at him and said, "If I have a grudge, I generally report it on the spot."
Mephisto was speechless. Arkham Batman reported his grudge really fast—Owlman had just blown them up once in the Magic Forest, and he backhanded and blew Owlman up twice, pinning a big black pot on Owlman and the Mephisto behind him, which led to Mephisto being expelled, Owlman being locked in a small black room, and also being treated as a negative example.
Actually, being blown up or being locked in a small black room wasn't that fatal for Owlman. The truly key thing was that he was treated as a negative example—this meant the Sorcerer Supreme and professors, and all students who would become great mages in the future, would know he was a reckless and stupid person.
The mages of this universe didn't discriminate against evil. To be precise, many of them contracted objects that were evil devils in the eyes of the public. Some things they did didn't look that righteous either. There were many bad guys among them.
But they discriminated against stupidity. Magic is a game for smart people. If you aren't smart enough and will be played around by others, it means you might betray the Earth's interests to a demon god one day. No mage would tolerate the existence of such people.
This made it impossible for Owlman to get any help from any great mage in his future study life. Students wouldn't associate with him either. And, the Sorcerer Supreme would definitely treat him as a pig teammate and exclude him from the human alliance.
Mephisto wasn't much better. The Sorcerer Supreme knew this matter might not be his doing, but a dignified devil being calculated by others to carry a black pot, and being expelled was also deserved.
How could Mephisto swallow this breath? So he came to find Arkham Batman that night. Although the avatar had left Earth now and he couldn't do anything, adding a block to Arkham Batman in his dream was still doable.
"You once felt very guilty, that kind of guilt almost destroyed you. Is that person you felt guilty for okay?" Mephisto looked at Arkham Batman and asked.
"He is very good." Arkham Batman replied.
"Don't deceive yourself. You know the harm you caused him can never be recovered. You didn't realize this point, is it because you aren't willing, or did you do it subconsciously?"
"This has nothing to do with you."
Mephisto laughed and said: "I can't leave this universe, and might never be able to reach him. So you don't need to be so guarded against me, and I couldn't possibly use him to threaten you. And facing me, a strange existence from another world, you can completely open your heart. I wouldn't betray your secrets."
"A devil?" Arkham Batman said with great disdain.
"Your talent is very good." Mephisto said, "If we sign a contract, you definitely won't be defeated so easily like that idiot. As long as you become my apostle, you can possess the most powerful strength in the universe. You can even go back to the past to reverse those tragedies, or erase his memory, making him no longer hate you. How about it?"
"Compared to this, I am more concerned about how you appeared in my dream." Arkham Batman said.
"Just a little means." Mephisto looked down at his fingers and said, "The magic defense network can indeed prevent most powers, but Earth cannot have no energy exchange with the outside. If it's just a little bit of power mixed in other energy, the Sorcerer Supreme also closes one eye and opens one eye. Even if you go to complain, he will only let you improve your willpower and not be tempted by the devil."
"I don't need to improve my willpower." Arkham Batman said, "I'm here to tell you the answer—you will appear in the dream because I deliberately let you in. You can have time to say so much here because I want to find the energy channel for communication between the Hell dimension and Earth."
Mephisto's movements stiffened. He looked at Arkham Batman with disbelief and said: "You want to find the road to the Hell dimension? You wouldn't be thinking of coming to the Hell dimension, would you?! Don't dream. The Hell dimension is my domain; as long as I don't allow it, no one can come in. And, you are just an ordinary human without a contract, where would you get the power to perform dimension travel?!"
Suddenly, Mephisto heard a tooth-aching sound, as if something was tearing space. He turned his head abruptly, only to hear a "BOOM", and the dimension space above his head was directly shattered. A space rift the size of a sling ring portal appeared above Mephisto's head.
A Batmobile covered in magic light rushed out from the space rift, hitting Mephisto directly on the waist.
"BANG!!"
"AH!!!!"
The metal armor reflected the raging flames of Hell, and the pitch-black cape fluttered in the ashes. Arkham Batman walked to Mephisto, who was hit and flipped over, and slowly squatted down:
"Now, who is the apostle?"
?? Some people are still thinking, some people have already pushed the house.
End of Chapter
