This... is White Cloak?!
Staring at the colossal figure before him—a being so vast it seed to encompass the entire universe—Nightmare's eyes filled with terror.
How was this possible?
Even if he knew what 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, Syd struck 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 scread as the massive hand clenched.
With a single crushing motion, both he and the Earth shattered into fragnts.
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 co 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 dinsional gods are really becoming a nuisance..."
He pondered whether he should eliminate one as a warning—to stop them from constantly bothering him.
As he considered this, elsewhere, a group of dinsional beings were in discussion.
"How did it go, Nightmare? Did you succeed?" A voice asked with a teasing tone.
Nightmare's expression imdiately darkened. "Why are you even asking? You already know the answer."
Indeed, when White Cloak had suddenly regained consciousness, they had already guessed the outco.
phisto chuckled. "I never thought I'd see you fail, Nightmare."
"You couldn't handle ssiah, and now White Cloak is giving you trouble too?"
The other dinsional beings chid in.
"Seriously, Nightmare? You're that useless? You can't even deal with a mutant?"
"A re human defeated 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's not just a mutant—he's also an Asgardian god! It's not a fair comparison!"
"And if I had dragged him into my Nightmare Dinsion, I definitely would have won!"
Hearing his excuses, the others rely rolled their eyes.
Even if what he said was reasonable, the fact remained—he had been bested by White Cloak.
...
—Ti 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 his unlock progress.
(Unlock Progress: 93%)
Seeing how slowly his 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 been fifteen days since he last t Hercules.
Hercules had ntioned that after fifteen days, he would co to fetch him for the gathering at Omniscient City.
Syd debated whether he should go.
If he skipped, he'd be ditching Hercules.
But if he went, it would interfere with his energy gathering.
Suddenly, a realization struck him.
"Wait... Omniscient City has sunlight."
"That ans I won't be losing out on energy collection."
Moreover, he had another concern—if Hercules used so kind of divine artifact to track him down, it could expose his White Cloak persona.
That couldn't be 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 his ssiah attire at their last eting spot.
With the warm sun shining down, he waited for Hercules.
...
—anwhile, 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 ssiah sowhere. 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 spent days trying to extract valuable intel from him.
All she had learned was his na—Hercules, son of Zeus, the legendary demigod of Greek mythology.
However, she had also confird that the Greek pantheon was real.
In fact, Hercules had even hinted that not only did the Greek gods exist, but many divine pantheons—so 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 them ever went rogue, wouldn't humanity be dood?
Take God, for example...
Thankfully, Hercules had reassured them—most of these pantheons had long abandoned Earth and humanity.
Only a few gods still paid attention to this world.
If not for ssiah's existence, none of them would have even noticed Earth again.
"Are you sure you can't say anything?" Natasha pressed, unwilling to give up.
"Of course—" Hercules paused mid-drink, suddenly rembering sothing.
"Oh crap, I almost forgot! Today's the day I et ssiah!"
Turning to Natasha, he realized that since the eting ti was so close, there was no harm in telling her now.
"We invited ssiah to Omniscient City."
"It's a place where gods gather."
After saying that, he stood up.
"I need to go et ssiah now. See you next ti."
(End of Chapter)
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