S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Clang! Clatter!
Crashhhh...
A group of people toppled under the table in shock, sending everything on top of it flying. The entire conference room turned into a chaotic mess, no different from a noisy street market.
"Motherf—!"
Even the usually composed Nick Fury couldn't help blurting out a curse.
What the hell was this?!
Just two silly-sounding incantations and a pair of dried pufferfish—that's all it took to take down the mighty Quetzalcoatl and the Norse God of Thunder?
Was there anything more ridiculous in the world than this?
Fury had been through a lot. He thought his worldview was already solid as titanium.
But this?! THIS?! He still couldn't handle it!
His whole belief system just shattered!
"The incantation is already known: 'Evil spirits begone, evil spirits begone~'"
"If we use dried pufferfish too, could we unleash the same kind of power? I mean, we're S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ace squad…"
"Exorcise Quetzalcoatl… beat Thor… fight superhumans…"
Nick Fury kept muttering to himself, clearly not in the best mental state.
Coulson wanted to say, "You're dreaming, man."
But!
For the sake of his paycheck, he held it in.
"If I speak up now and the egghead director gets pissed, my bonus is definitely toast. Definitely!" Coulson's mouth twitched.
"Magic? You call that magic?!"
As the saying goes, outsiders watch for fun, insiders watch for flaws.
But even Mordo, an expert in magic, could only admit—he didn't understand a damn thing.
Just wave around a dried pufferfish, chant a couple phrases, and you can seal and banish powerful beings?! What kind of cracked magic system is this?!
And worse—
The spell itself had no structure whatsoever! It sounded like something you'd use to scare kids!
"..."
It wasn't just Mordo who was speechless. Even the dozens of sorcerers and apprentices of Kamar-Taj stood frozen.
Even the Ancient One herself—
Yes, THE Ancient One, standing silently above them—
Couldn't help but pause.
Had she been in seclusion so long that the world had moved on without her?
Had magic outside evolved to this level?!
Fake magic: opens portals, summons arcane weapons, and battles hand-to-hand.
Real magic: waves around dried pufferfish while chanting gibberish, sealing gods and monsters like it's nothing.
"It's… just absurd!"
Even the eternally calm Ancient One couldn't keep her poker face this time.
In Hell—
"Magic? Banishment? Demons?!"
Hssss…
After watching the live stream, Mephisto sucked in a sharp breath—he wasn't feeling too good.
Exorcist magic? Suppresses demonic energy?
This magic…
It was clearly designed to target him!!
"Nope—!"
"I need to hide even deeper!"
Gritting his teeth, Mephisto immediately gave up on visiting the mortal realm. No way he was wading into that mess!
It confirmed his decision: he needed a mortal proxy, stat.
"Yeah!"
"That's it!"
"I'm a modern demon, okay? The whole fight-to-the-death thing is totally outdated. Gotta get with the times…"
A wisp of black demonic energy quietly slipped from his body—
And slid into the mortal realm through a dimensional crack.
"Holy—!"
"So this is the righteous faction? These are the good guys?!"
Wolverine's eyes bulged wide.
He almost dropped an F-bomb on the spot.
If he'd known the righteous side was this powerful, what was he even hesitating for?!
That Quetzalcoatl dude looked all mighty and fearsome, but he didn't even last a minute before the old man's magic banished him to another dimension! And Thor? He wasn't doing much better.
Lightning surged violently—but he couldn't break free. Meanwhile, those green magical waves only grew stronger. The outcome was already obvious: Thor was going down hard.
And right next to him—
With Quetzalcoatl dealt with, the old man now turned his sights… to him!
I'm choosing the righteous faction!!
Wolverine shouted in his mind, no hesitation at all.
He instantly picked the option.
[Ding!]
[Side Quest: Good vs Evil Alignment – Completed]
[Reward: 500 Points]
[…]
Thank God!
The system didn't bug out—feedback came right on time.
Wolverine could clearly feel the old man's hostility toward him vanish instantly.
He had no doubt—
If he had hesitated even a second longer, he would've ended up just like Quetzalcoatl—banished and forsaken.
He wasn't Thor—he couldn't take that much of a beating.
And even Thor…
Was on his last legs!!
"Hey, old man! I, Thor, God of Thunder, acknowledge your strength!"
Thor forced the words out, face stiff.
He wouldn't admit defeat out loud—but deep down, he was honest with himself.
"I choose the righteous faction!"
After noticing Wolverine's change in aura, Thor reluctantly made his decision.
He was stubborn—not brain-dead!
Charging into a fight you know you'll lose? That's just plain stupid.
The invasion was just beginning—
No way he was getting banished to some creepy black dimension like Quetzalcoatl. One look at that place and you knew it sucked.
[Ding!]
[Side Quest: Good vs Evil Alignment – Completed]
[Reward: 500 Points]
[…]
Thor kept a close eye on the old man. Forget the 500 points—the real test was whether his choice had any effect.
Sure enough!
The system came through once again.
Just as the chime echoed, the old man—still waving the dried pufferfish—suddenly stopped his bizarre dance. His magic withdrew instantly, and the restraints on Thor faded away.
"I'm alive…"
Feet back on solid ground, Thor let out a sigh of relief.
"Huh?"
"Gramps, why didn't you just finish them off? They were bullying Uncle Dragon!" Jade skipped over with a pout. "They even broke my Super Moose!"
She shook her little fists in outrage.
"I say we banish them, just like that snake god!"
"Hmm?"
The old man shook his head at Jade's suggestion. "Might've been a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?"
The battle now over, Uncle Dragon walked over.
"That's right."
The old man nodded. "I just sensed a divine aura on them… from the Undying Gods. They might be messengers sent after sensing the Holy Master breaking his seal. This whole conflict—it could be one big misunderstanding…"
Undying Gods?!
Divine messengers?!
Captain America, Wolverine, and the rest all looked at each other.
Those with quick minds already pieced it together—this must be the new identity given by the system after picking the faction.
"But still…"
"Undying Gods?"
"Could they really exist in this world?"
Wolverine's eyes were filled with awe.
Someone like Thor—sure, he was powerful, but Wolverine never saw him as a real god. But if even this mysterious old man was saying something like that…
He…
He couldn't help but waver.
Could it be…
That real gods—true Undying Gods—actually exist in this world?
Not just people like Thor who claim to be gods—
But actual, divine, immortal beings?!