Chapter 515: I Was Born Where the Gods Died

The storm composed of machinery tore apart all the energy entities present, and the phantoms behind the agents of the gods dissipated in an instant. Captain America raised his shield, herding the bewildered believers toward the back of the vehicles. Only after being freed from the gods' control did they realize that something far beyond their cognitive range had occurred.

Amidst such a storm, only Ammit was not killed in a single blow. Having descended in his true form, he had some capital to resist, but soon, he saw a pair of brown eyes watching him from the starry sky.

That gaze was like a death notice, and following it came an overwhelming swarm of birds.

When machinery and magic were perfectly combined, the endless mechanical birds produced by the Mother Nest had magnificent magical luster flickering on their wings. They surrounded Ammit in droves, forming a massive cyclone.

Purple beams of light burst forth from the dense swarm of birds, and Ammit let out a startling scream. Although the onlookers could not see the scene of Ammit being torn to pieces, they could tell from the sound he made that his death was far from peaceful.

The tornado-like swarm of mechanical birds ground him into fragments from the outside in. Even the magical energy that spilled out was unbelievably abundant.

Facing this scene, which was like the end of the world, a Great Mage stepped forward and said to Strange, "Fortunately, he is absorbing Ammit's energy, which proves that he has not yet ascended above the universe and needs energy to maintain his activities."

"What would happen if he really chose to become something above the universe?" Strange asked.

"He would have to choose a dimension as his dwelling place and the root of his existence, completely changing his life form to become like the Demon Gods."

"Why on earth is this? Why can't he just stay on Earth like the gods of the Egyptian pantheon?"

The Great Mage shook his head and said, "No, these Egyptian gods don't stay on Earth either; they still have a dimension of their own, they just live together in a group."

"Why can't the Demon Gods stay on Earth?" Strange continued to press.

"We have no definitive conclusion on this question. The former Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, once said that Earth is very special, and Kamar-Taj is merely one layer of protection; there are deeper secrets that we have yet to learn."

"But there is no doubt that any cosmic Demon God or extra-dimensional Demon God who wants to come to Earth must either choose an agent to project their power through or create an energy entity themselves. In any case, they cannot come directly, let alone live here."

"Then what about Ammit? Didn't he resurrect from within the Earth?"

"He was sealed," the Great Mage explained. "There are many Demon Gods sealed on Earth. A large part of the former Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One's work was to clean up these Demon Gods who awakened from their seals."

"External Demon Gods cannot invade, internal Demon Gods are all sealed, and newly born Demon Gods must leave..." Strange touched his chin, seemingly thinking of something.

But at this moment, the situation was not optimistic. After absorbing all of Ammit's energy, the Iron Demon God Stark had reached the pinnacle of a single universe. If he went any higher, he would once again ascend to become the 'One.' But if he did not want to do so, the destruction caused by releasing such vast energy would be shockingly large.

Suddenly, on the dark horizon opposite the sun composed of iron radiance, dazzling thunder ignited the flames of rebirth. The power of the God King of Light descended here. Thor, holding lightning and stepping on flames, stood opposite Stark. His voice came from the depths of the universe:

"Stark, calm down! You cannot release your power here, or the Nine Realms will be destroyed by you!"

A cold, indifferent voice filled with a mechanical sense and devoid of any emotion rang out: "Are you also one of those gods? Descending divine power, controlling believers, launching judgments—so arrogant, so foolish..."

"Divine power target locked... Cluster weapon silo preheating... Aiming..."

"Wait, Stark, wake up! I am not one of those Egyptian gods; I am Thor, the new God King of Asgard. Don't you remember Asgard?"

"You are all the same." Stark's voice could hardly be recognized as his original tone; it was replaced by an electronic synthesized voice more similar to Jarvis. He said:

"In the ignorant period of humanity, you used powerful strength to enslave humans, taking them as your believers, harvesting their faith, manipulating wind, frost, rain, and snow, and bringing down divine punishment. Seeing the weak humans praying and trembling at your feet, you then called yourselves gods."

"We reclaimed land on the ancient, wild earth, walking out of our own civilization step by step, lighting fires, blowing whistles. From then on, we no longer need to look at the celestial phenomena, no longer need to fear natural disasters..."

"Consequently, no one prays to you anymore, so you hide in the dark crevices, peeking out at this place, only daring to pull some petty stunts."

"And when humanity completely conquered this planet, smelting iron, casting ships, building weapons and cities, you descended here again, saying that humanity is guilty and that you want to judge us..."

Thor heard a sigh coming from the depths of the distant universe. He heard Stark's voice in it, but perhaps, there were also many sages who had walked along with human civilization, sighing in the upstream of history.

"I once had the opportunity to become a god, but I gave it up. I told others that this was because I was attached to human emotions, but in fact, I just disdained it."

"Those lucky ones who can control cosmic power by chance can never compare to the... humans who have built a great civilization step by step from the wilderness."

"A civilization composed of countless tiny individuals cannot speak and is destined to remain silent, so you want to judge us wantonly. Since that is the case, the most magnificent power of human civilization to date—machinery and iron—will tell you..."

"The gods will eventually crumble, and humanity will unite as one."

In Thor's field of vision, the rising sun became brighter and brighter. In the bustling city, everyone pushed open their windows and looked outside in surprise. They discovered that the sky outside did not match the current time. Even in some regions where dawn was approaching, this dawn was too bright.

Suddenly, Strange felt the fluctuation of magical power. He was stunned for a moment, looked at the Great Mage beside him, and shouted: "Oh no! Stark is trying to shake the seals of the Demon Gods. Stop him quickly!"

Several mages behind him flew up one after another, and magical signals were transmitted to every sanctuary on Earth. Looking from the Earth's surface, one point of light after another lit up, like stars flickering on the surface. Roars kept sounding in the mages' communications:

"That damn monster has broken free! Stop him quickly and drive him out of the city!"

"Kowloon, Kowloon underground has erupted! The sanctuary's manpower is not enough, call the S. P. E. A. R. Bureau quickly! We need support!"

"Night Parade of One Hundred Demons! Damn it! Seal the source of the shrine quickly; the Great Demon must not be allowed to break free!"

Afterward, accompanied by a burst of static, a communication was forcibly inserted. Strange picked up the phone, and a man's voice came from the other end. He said: "I am Zheng Xian, Director of the S. P. E. A. R. Bureau. The Demon God seals around the world are loosening on a large scale. Kamar-Taj, what is going on?"

Facing the rising sun, Strange's hair and cloak were blown into the air. He said in a low tone:

"Perhaps Stark is right; these foolish gods have never looked at our civilization squarely..."

"Don't ask for the reason," Strange said quickly.

"In the name of the Sorcerer Supreme, I order all human organizations that belong to or are related to the mystical realm: no matter who the Demon God about to break free is, or what they want to do, as long as they dare to take half a step out of the seal..."

Strange took a deep breath, and while exhaling, he said in a tone like a sigh: "... humanity will no longer need this god."

His words spread to every corner of the Earth with the energy of magic. All humans in the world who used divine power, magical energy, and other mystical-type energies heard the Sorcerer Supreme's sigh.

On the human side, some people hurriedly contacted their gods, some looked at their wands hesitantly, and some snorted and picked up their weapons.

However, all the Demon Gods who heard these words acted in unison: finding their believers, forcibly controlling them, infusing power, breaking free from the seals, and then descending to Earth.

It was not that they wanted to do this; the fierce reputation of the previous Sorcerer Supreme let them know that if they did not resist, they would die.

But what surprised them was that the seals set for various reasons began to loosen. A strange magical energy swept over the seals, destroying some of their structures and making it easier for them to break free.

These Demon Gods felt puzzled, but the temptation of freedom was too great. Thus, the vast majority of them began to struggle to break free from the seals.

Some of these sealed Demon Gods could not even be called Demon Gods; they were just monsters composed of energy. Although Demon Gods were just larger energy monsters, these weaker Demon Gods, after breaking free, did not think about slaughtering humans first, but about finding a place to hide quickly.

The notoriety of the former Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, was known to everyone, so the Demon Gods had no intention of staying on Earth at all. As long as they rushed out of Earth's defense network, they would be free as birds.

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Their ideas were very good, but after the actions of breaking free, gathering energy, igniting, and accelerating, they hit a copper wall and iron barrier with a "bang."

That's right, Strange had adjusted the intensity of Earth's magical defense network to the maximum and poured all the excess energy from the Knull event into it.

At this time, the intensity of Earth's magical defense network, which had reached its maximum output, was something even extra-dimensional Great Demon Gods like Mephisto or Dormammu would have to weigh carefully; hitting it head-on would result in a bruised head.

Demon Gods with too small a volume disappeared directly upon hitting it. Demon Gods with some strength were knocked dizzy and were finished off one by one by the mages of various sanctuaries, then packed up and taken home for a meal.

The more powerful ones, the gods who had names in various regions, started running around wildly after hitting it and finding they couldn't get out.

The matter of breaking the seal and being able to escape prison was not in their plan at all. The vast majority of gods didn't even have time to summon believers; they were lone commanders when they came out.

Not to mention that countries with agencies similar to the S. P. E. A. R. Bureau had all received messages from Kamar-Taj, uniting the capable people in their country's mystical realm, squatting at the nodes of their country's magical defense network, holding sacks, knocking one dizzy and catching it, knocking one dizzy and catching it...

Previously, those who benefited from the Knull event were mostly existences with higher energy levels, such as Kamar-Taj, Asgard, and so on.

But this time, with the Iron Demon God erupting and purging the Earth's gods, the beneficiaries were more mainstream organizations, such as mystical scholars around the world, rogue mages, and even S. H. I. E. L. D., the S. P. E. A. R. Bureau, and security agencies of other countries that did not use magic as their main management object.

Even rogue mages had more or less ways to store energy. At the current stage, humanity could not utilize magical energy on a large scale, and obtaining this energy was mainly for research.

Although Kamar-Taj's research level was very high, Kamar-Taj was more like a national-level scientific research institute in ordinary society, researching extremely high-end and sophisticated technologies.

But in fact, there was no lack of inventors in the ordinary mystical realm; it was just that because the energy that could be obtained normally was too little and materials were very scarce, their wisdom could not be developed on the largest scale.

And this time, as Demon Gods broke free around the world, mages gathered in various places, the magical defense network provided a bottom line, the Iron Demon God fired cannons, and the Sorcerer Supreme blew the horn, the flowing feast belonging to the ordinary human mystical and magical world had begun. ===== CHAPTER 516 =====