Chapter 476 - 476

This... is White Cloak?!

Staring at the colossal figure before him—a being so vast it seemed to encompass the entire universe—Nightmare's eyes filled with terror.

How was this possible?

Even if heknewwhat he was seeing wasn't real, a deep, instinctual fear still crawled up from within him.

The next second, before he could fully process the situation, Sydstruck first.

The cosmic, starry hand extended outward, grasping toward both the Earth and Nightmare himself.

In an instant, they were nothing more than specks within his palm.

"Ah—!"

Nightmare screamed as the massive hand clenched.

With a single crushing motion, both he and the Earth shattered into fragments.

As they disintegrated, the false dream realm also began to collapse.

Just before everything crumbled, Syd caught a glimpse—outside the dream—a middle-aged man in green clothing glaring at him furiously.

It was Nightmare, without a doubt.

Syd's expression remained cold. As the dream fully collapsed, he spoke one last sentence.

"Nightmare, I will come for you soon."

And with that, the illusion shattered completely.

...

—Reality, Earth's Orbit—

Bathed in the golden sunlight, Syd's eyes snapped open. His brows furrowed slightly.

"These dimensional gods are really becoming a nuisance..."

He pondered whether he shouldeliminate oneas a warning—to stop them from constantly bothering him.

As he considered this, elsewhere, a group of dimensional beings were in discussion.

"How did it go, Nightmare? Did you succeed?" A voice asked with a teasing tone.

Nightmare's expression immediately darkened. "Why are you even asking? You alreadyknowthe answer."

Indeed, when White Cloak had suddenly regained consciousness, they had already guessed the outcome.

Mephisto chuckled. "I never thought I'd seeyoufail, Nightmare."

"You couldn't handle Messiah, and now White Cloak is giving you trouble too?"

The other dimensional beings chimed in.

"Seriously, Nightmare? You'rethatuseless? You can't even deal with amutant?"

"A merehumandefeated you..."

As they continued to mock him, Nightmare finally lost his temper.

"You think it's so easy?! Then why don't you try yourselves?"

"You have no idea how strong his mind is!"

"Besides, he'snot justa mutant—he's also anAsgardian god! It'snota fair comparison!"

"And if I had dragged him into my Nightmare Dimension, Idefinitelywould have won!"

Hearing his excuses, the others merely rolled their eyes.

Even if what he said was reasonable, the fact remained—hehadbeen bested by White Cloak.

...

—Time Passed... Two Days Later... —

Syd opened his eyes.

【Energy Points: 34,686】

After glancing at his energy reserves, he couldn't resist dumping them into hisunlock progress.

(Unlock Progress: 93%)

Seeing howslowlyhis progress was moving, Syd's lips twitched.

"Over thirty thousand points... for just that little increase?!"

"At this rate, when will I even reach 95%? Let alone 100%?"

With a sigh, he muttered, "Looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow or the day after to hit 95%..."

As he contemplated his next move, another thought surfaced.

It had now beenfifteen dayssince he last met Hercules.

Hercules had mentioned that after fifteen days, he would come to fetch him for the gathering atOmniscient City.

Syd debated whether he should go.

If he skipped, he'd beditchingHercules.

But if hewent, it would interfere with his energy gathering.

Suddenly, a realization struck him.

"Wait... Omniscient City has sunlight."

"That means I won't be losing out on energy collection."

Moreover, he had another concern—if Hercules used some kind of divine artifact to track him down, it could expose his White Cloak persona.

Thatcouldn'tbe allowed.

With that in mind, before Hercules could make a move, Syd retrieved the Space Stone.

Under the watchful eyes of satellites, he disappeared from Earth's orbit.

After several relocations, using invisibility and shifting locations to evade all surveillance, Syd reappeared in hisMessiah attireat their last meeting spot.

With the warm sun shining down, he waited for Hercules.

...

—Meanwhile, Elsewhere—

Inside a bar, at the counter, Hercules sat drinking.

It was still early in the morning, so there weren't many patrons around.

Beside him, a woman in a black leather jacket with auburn hair was subtly trying to extract information from him.

"Hercules," she said casually, "I heard you're taking Messiah somewhere. What's the place called?"

"What are you guys planning?"

Natasha Romanoff—Black Widow—asked with feigned curiosity.

Clad in his battle-worn armor, Hercules downed another drink and shrugged.

"Can't tell you."

Natasha's brow twitched slightly. Damn it.

She had spentdaystrying to extract valuable intel from him.

All she had learned was his name—Hercules, son of Zeus, thelegendarydemigod of Greek mythology.

However, she had alsoconfirmedthat the Greek pantheon was real.

In fact, Hercules had evenhintedthat not only did the Greek gods exist, butmanydivine pantheons—some that humans weren't even aware of—were real as well.

Upon learning this, both Natasha and Nick Fury had been deeply shaken.

So many gods...

If one of themeverwent rogue, wouldn't humanity bedoomed?

TakeGod, for example...

Thankfully, Hercules had reassured them—most of these pantheons had long abandoned Earth and humanity.

Only afewgods still paid attention to this world.

If not for Messiah'sexistence, none of them would have evennoticedEarth again.

"Are yousureyou can't say anything?" Natasha pressed, unwilling to give up.

"Of course—" Hercules paused mid-drink, suddenly remembering something.

"Oh crap, I almost forgot! Today's the day I meet Messiah!"

Turning to Natasha, he realized that since the meeting time wasso close, there was no harm in telling her now.

"We invited Messiah toOmniscient City."

"It's a place where gods gather."

After saying that, he stood up.

"I need to go meet Messiah now. See you next time."

(End of Chapter)

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