Chapter 3974

After hearing Constantine's account, Schiller wasn't surprised. Perhaps counter-intuitively, in most other universes, of the two brothers Loki and Lei Shen, Loki is more emotional than his brother. Although it seems he is always pursuing benefits, he is not a purely benefit-oriented person and likes to do things that are useless but can vent his emotions.

This is also the fundamental reason why Loki in most universes fails—he lets the emotions of love and hate intertwined in his heart control his brain, leading to mistakes in decision-making or execution.

People all think that those who have had shadows in their childhood and feel they are not loved should be more likely to seal their hearts and be more likely to become indifferent, able to abandon everything for the sake of benefits. But in reality, it is completely not like this. People who are not loved want to prove all their lives that they are loved, always proving that they can control something. Sometimes they don't feel it themselves, but this may have already become the underlying logic of all his behaviors.

The powerful emotional control required to remain indifferent and firmly benefit-oriented needs to be established in an environment full of care. People who lack care and love will precisely be deficient in this aspect. The point of them doing something is to prove themselves, not the result itself.

Conversely, the more love one receives and the sounder one's personality, the more one can remain objective and calm when grabbing benefits. Because they know that regardless of success or failure, there will be someone who loves them, and they don't need to prove anything. Because they have confidence, they won't be anxious about gains and losses, and the probability of being blinded by temporary setbacks is much lower.

The brothers Loki and Lei Shen are just like this. Loki looks more shrewd, like the kind of person who stops at nothing to achieve his goals, while Lei Shen is a bit emotional and reckless, otherwise he wouldn't have been thrown to Earth by Odin.

But when it comes to major events, the performance of the two of them is diametrically opposite. Loki begins to reveal emotional hatred and makes many unwise decisions for this; Lei Shen, however, can suddenly wake up in the extremely unfavorable situation of losing his divine power and weapon, realizing his mission and taking on his responsibilities.

But this is not to say that, in fact, Loki lacks love and Lei Shen doesn't. It is more like their understanding of feelings is completely different, and the shaping of cognition is a very complex subject, inseparable from the environment and education. It can only be said that the difference in background, Odin's choice, and the atmosphere of Asgard together led to this result.

However, this is the situation of Loki and Lei Shen in most other universes; the universe where Schiller is located is a bit different. Although a dozen years is just a snap of the fingers for the gods, gods in their youth have thinking as active as humans, and the speed of shaping personality is not slower than humans.

When Loki began to truly realize how much he possessed, he began to realize that he was also cared for and loved, and his personality began to gradually stabilize. Then, he inevitably possessed stronger emotional control, no longer needing to prove anything, but being able to purely pursue the realization of his own value.

In this situation, he had no need at all to attack Constantine to vent his anger. Although such a thing happened to the Sanctum Sanctorum, it might affect Earth and Asgard, and would also cause performance to stagnate in the next few months or even a year, as well as more trouble to clean up. But so what?

Loki knew that the Avengers couldn't hold her accountable, and the God King Lei Shen wouldn't care even more. In their eyes, this kind of thing can't even be counted as a mistake, let alone Loki's mistake. Since there is no mistake, there is no need to find someone to take the blame. Even if Constantine were caught back, there would be no anger that needed to be extinguished. So rather than attacking Constantine, it is better to find a way to cooperate with him and get more energy back.

And just as Schiller expected, Loki, who returned to Earth, explained the situation to Strange. After thinking for a while, Strange said, "I have had some dealings with Constantine. The most powerful thing about this person is that his magical talent can be said to be the strongest on that Earth, otherwise he wouldn't have been coveted by so many devils. But he is very good at solving problems using non-magical means. I'm afraid it's hard for you to understand what a rare talent this is."

"I can probably imagine," Loki said, "when facing existences like Demon Gods, humans are very powerless. Even mages, when dealing with Demon Gods like Mephisto, must be careful enough. He can make ten thousand mistakes, but humans can only make one."

"In this situation, survival pressure can drive everyone who deals with devils crazy. Humans will try every means to obtain power to solve the pressure, and as long as there is a method they can use, they will use it. Magic is undoubtedly the most powerful and convenient among them. In this situation, it is unimaginable not to use magic."

"Constantine isn't facing just one or two devils; he has offended almost all the mysterious existences in the universe," Strange continued, "Even so, when he can avoid using magic, he will avoid it as much as possible. And what's even more terrifying is that those non-magical tricks of his work almost every time."

"And, he also has a very chaotic private life." Loki curled her lips speechlessly and said, "Being hunted by so many devils and still being able to find time to love widely is enough to show how powerful this person is."

Strange sighed and said, "The end of those who cooperate with Constantine usually isn't very good. I advise you to stay away from him."

"I don't like hearing that." A strange voice suddenly appeared in the Sanctum Sanctorum's office. Strange turned his head abruptly to look at Loki.

A small piece of paper suddenly fell from Loki's body. With a 'whoosh', a burst of flame burned, and Constantine's figure appeared in the office. He said with a cigarette in his mouth, "The magic defense network is not bad, but it's ineffective against dead objects without energy fluctuations. Let's talk about the details of the cooperation."

"Shit." Strange couldn't help but walk over and punch Constantine, "You have countless ways to enter the magic defense network through normal channels, yet you chose the most punchable one."

Loki looked down at herself; she also didn't understand how Constantine had put that small piece of paper on her. She had divine power protecting her, and Constantine hadn't even gotten close to her.

He really has some skills, Loki thought with her arms crossed. This is no longer an ordinary rotten person; I must strike hard. Once I find his true body, I'll let him see what Lei Shen's Hammer is called.

Wait, it seems I don't need to find him myself. Loki's eyes rolled. Half an hour later, he appeared in the hall of Xiangong, where Lei Shen had just been preparing the army.

"Good evening, Your Majesty."

Lei Shen lifted his eyes to look at her but didn't say anything, with an expression of "I'll just watch you perform quietly."

"I mainly came to explain the problems that have recently appeared in the Sanctum Sanctorum," Loki coughed twice and then said, "Simply put, there is a liar who scammed many of our members, causing relatively large losses, so there might be some Demon Gods wandering outside the Nine Realms recently."

Lei Shen frowned. He stood up straight from the desk and said, "A liar? You ran into a peer? To be able to take a piece of meat from your hands, this liar is quite powerful."

Loki couldn't help but roll her eyes. She said, "What do you mean by peer? That's finance!"

"Got it," Lei Shen waved his hand and said, "So you've been running out recently just to find this liar. Did you find him?"

"I found him, but I can't do anything about him," Loki shook her head and said, "John Constantine, do you know him?"

Lei Shen's eyes widened immediately. He threw down the pen in his hand, rushed to Loki's front at lightning speed, looked him up and down, and then said, "Constantine? Is it that notorious mage from the world next door?! You went to find him?!!!"

"I didn't go to find him on purpose; I went to find the liar. I didn't expect him to be that liar," Loki spread her hands with feigned nonchalance, "You don't know how long he stared at me, and he even put a magic paper on me, followed me into the magic defense network, and even scared Stephen..."

With a 'crack', there was a bolt of lightning in broad daylight outside. Lei Shen's face had already turned as black as the bottom of a pot. Loki pursed her lips and smiled in a place Lei Shen couldn't see. It seems Constantine is about to have trouble soon.

It's just that what she didn't know was that clear water has no fish, and the shameless are invincible.

When the God King's lightning struck down, Schiller's first reaction was to run, and Constantine's first reaction was to look back to see what had struck him. To be precise, he felt the aura of Lei Shen the Lei Shen, and between running and dying, he resolutely chose a third path—turning back to tease.

Constantine turned his head and saw a burly man wearing a robe, his brows like knife-carved axes, completely a classic Nordic look, his eyes deep in the extremely high forehead, brow bone, and nose, his lips tightly pursed, simply like a portrait in a mythology book.

And unlike other images of Lei Shen the Lei Shen, Lei Shen, who had become the God King, paid more attention to his appearance. Not only did he grow a beard like Odin, but his hair and beard were groomed meticulously, and he didn't wear Viking armor, but the robes of the Emperor of Asgard, which added three parts of holiness and majesty to his fierce momentum.

So, the moment Lei Shen landed, the first thing he heard was the sound of Constantine drooling. It wasn't obvious when the thunder was loud, but by the time the thunder dissipated, Constantine was almost pouncing in front of him.

Lei Shen took a step back to dodge, and with a 'crack', a bolt of lightning struck down. Who knew it only struck a paper man? After a flash of fire, only a pile of ashes remained. Constantine appeared not far away again, still waving at him with a face full of smiles.

"Buddy, what's wrong with your universe? Are you guys a fashion show organizer? Compared to superheroes, selling magazines is faster to make money, right? I have a faster way to make money here; do you want to hear it?"

With another 'crack', a bolt of lightning struck, but obviously this wasn't the true body either. Lei Shen snorted coldly, white light began to emerge from his eyes, and divine power continued to radiate outward until it covered the entire planet.

Constantine's expression suddenly changed. He cursed a dirty word, raised his voice, and shouted, "How could Lei Shen..."

The next second, accompanying the dazzling bright divine power that appeared before Constantine's eyes was Lei Shen's sandbag-sized fist.