From within the purple portal.
Caesar and Jean stepped out. His appearance caused Magneto to show a slight reaction, lowering his hands slightly. The X-n mbers, however, were delighted and called out in unison:
"Caesar!" "Master!" "Caesar!"
"I've taken care of the matter at side. Why hasn't yours ended yet?" Caesar scanned them and spoke with a disapproving look on his face.
"Taken care of? Taken care of what?"
The group was montarily puzzled. Only Magneto looked serious, murmuring, "Could it be..."
Before Caesar could respond, another figure stepped out from the purple portal.
The X-n mbers instinctively looked over and were thrilled to see Charles, who had been abducted by Apocalypse. Charles who was bald and pale but still spirited, looked at them and said, "You're all right. That's great."
"Charles!" Raven rushed forward and hugged him. Charles embraced her back, smiling, "It's all right now. Everything's fine."
"That's sothing we should be asking you, Professor," Hank, now in his Beast form, said with a wry smile. The others nodded in agreent. They had been worried about Charles's safety, fearing that Apocalypse might have taken his abilities or even his life.
"It must have been Caesar who saved Professor Charles," Alex said with a smile.
It was obvious that only Caesar could have rescued Charles from Apocalypse.
"Wait a minute. Professor Charles, Master Caesar, what about Apocalypse?"
Hank asked the question on everyone's mind, which was also what Magneto wanted to know. He fixed his gaze on the purple portal from which Caesar and the others had erged.
The mutant with teleportation abilities was—
"Apocalypse? He's behind us," Caesar said, pointing to the portal. The crowd thought he was joking until a small, simply dressed old servant stepped out of the portal.
"He is…" The X-n mbers furrowed their brows, unable to recognize the old servant, but feeling a sense of familiarity.
The old servant stopped behind Caesar, waved at the purple portal, and it imdiately disappeared from view.
Magneto Erik tried to call out, "Lord Apocalypse?"
Apocalypse glanced up slightly, nodded to Magneto, and weakly said, "I am no longer Lord Apocalypse."
"He is Apocalypse?" The X-n mbers were initially stunned, then they gasped, their bodies tensing into a combat-ready stance, and nervously warned Caesar, "Master Caesar, co over here. That person is very dangerous!"
After all, Apocalypse had almost destroyed the world, so wasn't he dangerous?
However, Caesar remained unfazed, and Jean next to him rolled her eyes.
Charles patted Raven's shoulder to let her release him, then explained to everyone, "Don't worry. The current Apocalypse is now following Caesar."
"Apocalypse has beco Master Caesar's subordinate?"
The X-n were stunned and speechless. It was too extravagant. While they could imagine Caesar rescuing Charles from Apocalypse, they never expected that he would also turn Apocalypse into a subordinate.
After all, Apocalypse was a nearly godlike presence!
"Indeed, you are the strongest," Magneto murmured to himself as he looked at Caesar surrounded by the others.
"Erik. It's co to this, and you still want to continue?" Charles and the X-n looked at Magneto, who stood alone.
"Why not? I've never fought for Apocalypse. I fight for my inner belief and for the future of the Mutants!"
Magneto took a deep breath. Even faced with the X-n squad, the newly returned Charles, Caesar, and Apocalypse, he stubbornly raised his hands, manipulating the surrounding tal items to float.
Even if he was alone against the whole world, his inner faith would not waver.
Because he was Magneto!
"Enough, Erik," Charles said, narrowing his eyes. "I know you very well. You deliberately caused a commotion in New York after learning of Apocalypse's sacrificial plan, allowing the city's people to evacuate. Then you ca to Washington, seeming to attack the White House, but you were actually just luring Hank and Raven here."
"Why would I do that?" Magneto asked blankly.
Charles continued, "Because you knew Apocalypse's strength. Even if the entire X-n team had co to save , they would have likely been lost. So you chose to be the villain to delay the X-n team's progress."
He paused, then added, "Even alone, you have secretly fought for us."
"Foolish!" Magneto scoffed, releasing his magnetic field, causing the floating tal objects to fall.
"Let's give up and rember that we have plenty of ti."
Magneto turned to leave when suddenly military vehicles and armored tanks began converging from the surrounding roads, with nurous warplanes and helicopters appearing in the sky.
"Look, these are the people you're protecting. No matter what, even if you've saved their lives, they still see you as a freak."
Magneto glared at the approaching military forces, his voice low, "Just because we have a different gene that is completely different from theirs."
With that, Magneto floated up and sped away.
Quicksilver watched Magneto leave but did not call out "Father." He looked at the encircling Arican military and then at the others, asking, "Shall we retreat as well?"
Charles shook his head. "If we want to leave, no one can stop us. But as Erik said, we've been avoiding this for long enough. Avoiding it further isn't a solution. If they want a fight, then we fight."
The others remained silent, standing quietly to show their stance. Eventually, the military vehicles and tanks stopped at the edge of the battlefield. Fully ard soldiers disembarked, hundreds of them, carrying specialized firearms, and began to encircle them.
A dozen military helicopters lowered in altitude, hovering fifty ters above the White House ruins.
Just as everyone thought a battle was inevitable, a bulletproof car unexpectedly drove into the area. After the car door opened, the President, dressed in a suit, along with several Congressn and military officers, stepped out.
"Lower your weapons!" The current President raised his left hand, ordering the soldiers to disarm. He then approached Caesar and the others with the Congressn and officers.
"Everyone—
Bow!"
As he approached, the President raised his voice, and he, along with everyone with him, bowed deeply at a standard ninety degrees toward the X-n team.
"On behalf of myself, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!"
(End Of Chapter)
I have finished translating this fanfic, IMUC (I Am In Marvel With Unlimited Cards) and have posted all the advanced chapters on Patreon. (/c/marvel6395). You can read all the advanced chapters there.
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