Destiny Dominates (Lord of Destiny)

Li Mochen never expected that there would be more than one happy event today.

When the gods came to the twenty-eighth floor of the Magic Tower in the Land of Destiny, Li Mochen first received good news from Bethel Estantine. This ‘Master of Truth’ has achieved an epic breakthrough in his research on the power of evil.

“The magic circle I designed is based on some basic characteristics of the evil power of chaos, and the desire itself. When a person’s desire increases and his body is exposed to evil powers, then his body and soul will undergo some small changes. . This is like a drug addict, who will definitely damage his body and soul.”

“Besides, I have also incorporated your majesty’s emblem. As far as I know, your majesty is currently specializing in the identification and induction of divine power? I don’t know where your majesty is now, but I believe yours. Talent and wisdom will reach the culmination of this road sooner or later.”

“——It is estimated that this set of magic arrays can already help us identify the vast majority of evil believers, and the cost is not expensive. 300 million gold shields can be completed, which can ensure that all important places in major cities are installed. Let the son of evildoer have nowhere to hide.”

Next, Estantine took out a glass bottle filled with blood red liquid: “And if you want to do a more careful screening, you can let people inject this injection. Its main material is derived from the unicorn The blood. I have done careful experiments and found that the blood of these sacred creatures is completely incompatible with the evil forces of Chaos. They are two extremes. So theoretically, as long as you inject enough unicorn blood into people , Any evil person will have nowhere to hide. The problem now is that the number of unicorns is too small. They were rare in ancient times, and they have experienced large-scale hunting in modern times. The total amount we have There are no more than six hundred and thirty. You have to find a way to grow their population, Your Majesty! The faster the better.”

Then the report of Paracelsus of the “First Origin” also shocked Li Mochen: “My latest research results are based on the circle designed by His Highness Estantine, which helps us discover the foundation of many early polluters. On the previous page, I designed a complete set of healing and purification methods to allow those who have not completely fallen into desire and pleasure to get rid of the influence of evil. However, such people need long-term surveillance. They will be like drug addicts at any time. It is possible to fall again. This is a test of individual determination and will. So I suggest that after three treatments, they should be gathered together and managed in a unified manner.”

Li Mochen was overjoyed with the research results of the two men and was also troubled by the number of unicorns. Fortunately, the livestock industry in Amerika and Australia is very developed.

“The magic array must be promoted as soon as possible! All cities must be installed compulsorily. As for the unicorn, I will hand it over to His Royal Highness Artemis and His Highness Nightingale, and several deities related to animal husbandry will take care of them. , There is unlimited supply of funds.”

Artemis has always been a patron of the ‘unicorn’ tribe, a **** who can be trusted by unicorns, and Nightingale is in charge of fertility and nursing.

“I hope to complete the popularization of this magic circle within three months, and launch a large-scale cleaning operation around the world. At least to ensure the purity and reliability of the high-level governments of various countries and the church personnel.”

Li Mochen turned his head and told his assistant Alisha Targaryen: “Take some of the top biologists and build several powerful project teams. The goal is to increase the reproduction efficiency of unicorns. Test tubes, clones, etc. can all be tested. Give it a try. Or imitate them based on their blood characteristics and make drugs with similar effects.”

Especially with this method of cloning, waiting for the newborn unicorns to grow up, I don’t know when it will go.

Then the second good news comes from Carlson, the “God of Microbes, Viruses, Bacteria and Vaccines”. After experiencing the invasion of the blood feast, this man has made a breakthrough in microbes and has entered the stage of false truth. Bit.

With the promotion of the main priesthood, this will soon become a false **** king with the nineteenth godhead.

This is undoubtedly a strong needle for the Destiny God Element, and it greatly strengthened Li Mochen’s confidence in fighting against’Nurg.

In order to reward Carlson for his dedication, Li Mochen gave a powerful mythological weapon in public, possessing the ‘vitality’ of truth and the ‘vitality eye’ of the ‘life’ of false truth.

This is one of Li Mochen’s seizures not long ago. It can give people an extremely powerful vitality, but in the hands of the **** of microorganisms Carlson, it has even more powerful functions.

This thing is the envy of many gods, especially the’God of Surgery, Medicine, Modern Medicine and Medical Care’ Patrick. He knows that if his medical theocracy can precede Carlson to enter the pseudo-truth level, he may not be the first to gain the’eye of vitality’. ‘Reward.

After all, in terms of merit, he is only inferior to Carlson.

However, he is confident that the next person to receive the pseudo-truth-class mythological arms from the hands of the master of destiny will definitely be his Patrick.

“Your Majesty, we are already focusing on improving the health conditions in major cities and conducting public health campaigns around the world. We will improve the epidemic surveillance and corresponding mechanisms in various places, and I guarantee that they are all perfect and reliable, and can ensure that any plague is the first to break We can check the time.”

“We have also set up 3,200 epidemic hospitals all over the world, with a total of 9.6 million negative pressure wards. We also reserve a large number of container-style assembly wards and field tents, which can be used in emergency situations. The number of wards has increased to 20 million. There are still a large number of orders in production, and the number of wards can triple in the next three months.”

“A variety of medical devices that can deal with the plague are also under continuous construction. At present, our orders can guarantee the use of at least 50 million people.”

“Others are fine, but I see the report you submitted. Most of these hospitals are located in the old and new continents, right?”

Li Mochen frowned: “The specialized hospitals built by Santos and Afrikaans account for only 12% of the total. I remember that I mentioned that my Destiny Foundation can provide 40% for the construction of every epidemic hospital. % Funding subsidy.”

“I am very helpless, Your Majesty, even if you share 40% of the expenses, it will be very heavy for them.”

Patrick, the **** of medical care, spread his hands: “However, economics and financial resources are only one aspect. The more reason is the lack of manpower. We can’t find qualified doctors and nurses. In addition, the body poison **** system has made it clear. , Their believers don’t need us to worry about them. They have sufficient experience in dealing with nurture, and their body poison will never cause problems.”

Li Mochen’s face twitched slightly. He probably had heard of how the Poison God Element dealt with that plague king.

“Well, you don’t have to deal with the poison, but Africa needs to continue to strengthen it. The shortage of medical staff is to draw manpower from various countries to support. Your report mentioned that there is currently a large-scale training of backup nursing staff. This method Very good, but the scale is still small. Both nurses and epidemiologists need to increase.”

Li Mochen’s complexion was calm: “You design another plan to increase the number of nursing staff as much as possible. We must give the greatest attention to the Lord of Chaos.”

The fourth happy event originated in the dark world. The two Horus and Asa gods fought again and lasted for five days and nights. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Eventually, with the support of the gods of destiny, the Church of Light killed the two gods of the Asa **** family, the nineteenth gods, and forced the gods under Thor to withdraw to the sea of ​​darkness.

This record can be described as brilliant, but in the dark world controlled by the two gods of good fortune from the last era, these gods may be resurrected at any time. Just listen to the current record, don’t take it seriously.

However, from this battle, it can be seen that neither the Lord of Radiance nor the Asa God System has the power to interfere with the situation in the World of Light.

This can be seen from the frequency of the recent demonic disasters, and the number is at least half less than two months ago.

There is no doubt that the Battle of the Blood Banquet Demon Insects two months ago has exhausted the accumulation of the Asa gods and the Church of Desire. But if it weren’t for the two Horus to pull their energy, the gods of the dark sea of ​​evil will definitely intensify the killing, spread fear, and collect firewood for their resurrection.

This has greatly reduced the pressure on the intelligence agencies and disaster handling agencies of various countries, and the sub-groups of the Knights of the Wings stationed on all continents have not been dispatched for more than a month.

The next discussion is the casting of starships and various biochemical equipment, as well as magic armor.

Originally, the Destiny God System had a perfect plan. It was planned to build a total of 1,700 starships, 50 divine will legions, 70 divine wings knights, and 8 million foreign legions in the next five years.

However, cooperation with the Dark Warlord completely disrupted their plans. According to the preliminary intention he reached with the Warlord of Darkness, their military production capacity must be increased by more than three times in the next two years.

This requires a large number of factories, employees and industrial raw materials, involving all aspects.

“This requires a lot of funds for systematic training of workers. Whether it is magic armor or biochemical production, it is not something ordinary people can participate in. Most positions require extremely professional capabilities.”

Anthony is delighted on the one hand, but also has a headache on the other: “I hope to let go of the immigration restrictions between America and the New World. It can be predicted that once this production plan is realized, our labor force will be seriously insufficient. There is also a dark world and Regarding the Misty Continent, we also need more hunting groups and more development companies.”

He is the master of machinery and industry, and any growth in machinery and industry can effectively enhance his power.

But the request of the Dark Warlord was indeed too difficult for him.

Bismarck added: “If we can really achieve cooperation, it will be of great benefit to us. This can effectively reduce the unemployment rate. At the same time, we must also guard against inflation and the influx of foreign funds will let us The money becomes less valuable. I suggest that the popularization of artificial intelligence in the major light industries, replacing humans with machinery, and reducing the cost of production. In addition, we have to strictly control housing prices. If the social atmosphere is too loose, Too leisurely, the power of evil will grow. But if people do not feel happiness, it will also make this society a hotbed for the growth of chaotic power.”

“We still have to grow the population. Our population is seriously insufficient.”

Athena thoughtfully: “Considering the future star field battles and the opening of the star field colonial era. The tens of billions of people currently controlled by the fate of the gods are completely insufficient, but it is regrettable that regardless of the old and new continents , The fertility rate has been declining year by year. Even China is not much better.”

Li Mochen wanted to face this problem squarely. The decrease in population was not conducive to the nourishment of the destiny.

After a long test, he made a decision: “His Royal Highness Athena, ask Venus, the goddess of love and desire, and Pandora, the goddess of hope, and ask if they are willing to come and join my **** system!”

Pandora is mostly willing. Her husband Epimetheus, the **** of hindsight, is Prometheus’ younger brother, and three of the four brothers in the family are working for him.

Venus was not sure, the goddess of love and desire still had great grievances with him.

Li Mochen robbed many of her believers, and once bombarded Venus with a sniper rifle to death.

In fact, if possible, he is more willing to dig inside the three priesthoods of love, desire and hope. But the problem is that it is absolutely impossible for his subordinates to reach the ultimate or even pseudo-truth level in these three divine powers.

These three priests are not only about the population, but are also closely related to resisting evil.

The best way to fight against chaos, in addition to maintaining social stability, is to use the gods of the same clergy as much as possible to intercept and usurp the source power of those chaotic evil gods.

But if the power of these gods is insufficient, how can they be qualified to fight against evil and evil?

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“You know everything about the frustration of the Lord of Destiny, right?”

On the 28th floor of the Magic Tower in the Land of Destiny, the meeting of the destiny gods was underway. A body of the Lord of Sex, came to a bay in the Antorian continent.

It’s a desolate place, and humans are extinct. There is only a small pier, a wooden house, and an old man fishing in a small boat.

“It’s an interesting situation. A dozen or so ancient gods with a godhead of nineteen or more were solved by him in a short time. Even a divine clone of the landless king was almost killed by a single shot.”

“I heard about it.”

The old man slowly threw a crab he had caught onto his boat: “But what do you want to express, sorrow? Are you asking for my help?”

“Help? If this makes you happy, I can accept this explanation.”

The lord of evildoers laughed: “I just want to remind you that the real king of destiny is not far away. Forget, you will predict, then you can predict and see when he can become the supreme in this world. God.”

“I know, I even saw the picture of him being crowned the Supreme God. Believe me, that day will come much earlier than you think. At that time, neither we nor the emperor can invade this world. The Supreme God in charge of timing and destiny, he can even be strong enough to face the Terra Empire and all chaos in this realm.”

The old man’s words obviously attracted the curiosity of the evil, but he smiled slightly: “I want to know is it? I won’t tell you.”

“Forget it, I don’t care.”

The lord of the evil spirit curled his lips, full of disdain: “Are you sure that the true prediction has come, or is it a “false view”? Can you predict the fate of the truth level?”

His tone also turned tough: “Listen, I don’t know what plots and tricks you are planning secretly, but if you need my power to help, please make a notice as soon as possible. That guy’s power is no longer among us. A single one can be suppressed. Of course, if you decide to make him the master of this world, then I have no objection. As long as those things are not obtained by the emperor, everything can be said.”

His voice has begun to disperse, and his consciousness has also left here.

“If I feel necessary, I will notify you.”

The old man smiled: “Besides, I suggest you stop some recently. I know that the guy’s ability to discern and purify has become stronger, and it’s beyond your imagination.”

The Lord of Sexuality heard these words after returning to the Pantheon. He immediately raised his brows and then sneered again.

“It seems that your majesty has gained something?”

Gaia has been paying attention to the expression of the evil lord, her eyes flickered: “That lord, really has entered this world, right?”

“It’s two!”

Xie Nie raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the Kingdom of Heaven and Destiny: “They can’t sit still. The Destiny Lord has gained tremendous gains outside and has the ability to discern the Son of Chaos. This will allow him to fight against us. To some extent, this will be a reminder for many people.”

Zeus’s spirit rejuvenated: “In other words, a new war will come again, right? When will it be?”

“It depends on the extent of their power to intervene in this world. As far as Tricky is concerned, with his foresight and strategy, as long as his power comes to the world of light earlier than 4000 years before the Guangxi calendar, Will allow the Lord of Destiny to grow to this point.”

The sorrows spread their hands: “But I guess it won’t be more than half a year, so wait patiently and give them some preparation time.”

This is actually to blame him and the emperor, the latter has been using his power to hide the world. And his evil spirits, after the fiasco of the dark journey to the sea thousands of years ago, he also tried his best to avoid this double-sided world from appearing in the vision of Trick and Nurgle.

Only the horror that he thought he could control was seduce here intentionally or unintentionally.

But now, Lunai regretted her past behavior a bit.

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On the 28th floor of the Magic Tower in the Land of Destiny, after all the agendas are over, the gods of fate gathered here have not yet dispersed.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes are filled with emotions such as envy, greed, and desire.

“This Judgment Hammer is temporarily lent to you, Your Royal Highness.”

Li Mochen on the throne raised his hand and sent his’hammer of judgment’ to Bethel Estantine, who is the’Master of Truth’ and the’God of Truth and Justice’.

“I hope you can handle this device, supervise the folk laws fairly, and give all of your strength for yourself and the destiny. Of course, remember that you need to pay a rent of one million soul gold coins every year.”

Since the “Divine Will” Spear and the “Dutianlei Martian Nuclear Sword Array” were upgraded to the pseudo-truth level, and they received the “Andre’s Root Hand”, the “Ancient Dust Mountain Seal” and the “Life Right Seal”, the “Judgment” The mythical weapon of “Hammer” is not very useful to Li Mochen, and it will even affect the use of other artifacts.

It is undoubtedly stupid to rot this thing in his hands, but currently no one in the Destiny God System has the merit of being able to obtain a artifact of false truth.

Even the angels under his command are in debt. The mythological weapons they got from Li Mochen before were obtained in the form of debts, and they haven’t earned enough merits to pay off this heavy debt.

Among them, the most frequently played ‘Battle Angel’ Robert and ‘Eternal Angel’ Atlas are almost the same, but they don’t need this thing either.

So Li Mochen thought of this method after thinking deeply. The right to use Estantine was granted, but the latter also had to pay a certain rent.

The rent of one million soul gold coins actually puts a lot of pressure on a main god, but Li Mochen had to collect it, otherwise there would be no way to stop the gods.

Not just the’hammer of trial’, Li Mochen also prepared to follow this method for the next few artifacts.

Now he has more than one powerful artifact in his hands. In addition to the ‘hammer of judgment’, Li Mochen also snatched a lot of good things from the Outland, and there was also a ‘Hand of Natural Order’, which was also an extremely powerful mythical weapon.

Li Mochen had already foreseen that the storms in the next few years would only intensify. Therefore, these unowned mythological weapons must be delivered to his subordinates as soon as possible. Only in this way can they be converted into actual combat effectiveness as quickly as possible.

“Yes! Your Majesty!”

Estatin bowed slightly and put the small hammer into the bag around his waist: “Your will will be carried out!”

Li Mochen could tell that the old man was still very happy, his face glowing. But whether it is for the increased combat power since the acquisition of the’Judgement Hammer’ or for a new research object, Li Mochen is not clear.

“His Royal Highness Artemis, Goddess of Nature, please come forward!”

Artemis seemed to have a premonition. She respectfully walked to Li Mochen and knelt down.

“I can lend you this ‘Hand of Natural Order’ for rent for 5 million soul gold coins per year. Is it acceptable?”

Li Mochen is actually very entangled with the’Hand of Natural Order’. This is because of Artemis’ merits, and it is too far away from this mythical weapon.

But it was still the same problem as Venus. At present, besides Artemis, there were no other natural gods available under his command. In addition, behind this one, there is a sun **** who needs to draw in.

Therefore, Li Mochen’s offer is extremely high, five million soul gold coins. Before taking Australia, Destiny’s income for a whole year was nothing more than that.

Of course, the price is reasonable, renting for three thousand years is 15 billion soul gold coins, enough to buy this mythical weapon.

Artemis agreed very simply: “I accept, Your Majesty, this is a fair deal!”

She now has less than six million soul gold coins in her treasure chest, and she can only rent it for one year at most. But in Artemis’s view, only one year was enough for her to gain a lot from the laws of nature. She will also try to obtain enough merits during the year to offset the rent, or exchange it directly.

Next, there are four people, including Paracelsus of the ‘First Source Quality’, who have to rent a truth-level artifact.

Then there were nine ultimate mythological weapons, which were also given to their temporary owners by Li Mochen.

When the gods dispersed, Li Mochen obviously felt that the divinity of almost all the gods had changed slightly.

This was reflected in the meeting. Thirty powerful gods and above-ranked gods successively found Bismarck, trying to take additional tasks from the latter in an attempt to gain more merits.

In the past, this was a scene that only appeared in Li Mochen’s dream. These age-old gods are often lazy to be worse than sloths.

In the past, Li Mochen’s divine decree would probably only be executed in ten and a half months. Only the angels under his command will execute his instructions at the first time.

In addition, the overall centripetal force and loyalty of the gods have also been significantly improved. Li Mochen did not feel this, but the report submitted by the ‘Secret Angel’ Reinhard Heydrich showed this change.

The daily talk of the gods, the spontaneous actions of defending the gods, etc., are all changing in a good direction.

Of course, this is also predictable. Everyone likes leaders who can bring them security and benefits, and Li Mochen is undoubtedly now.

And after this day, Li Mochen benefited from his own increasingly powerful sensing and discerning ability. He clearly sensed that the chaotic power of the entire world was growing and growing in a corner where his brilliance could not shine.

Although the entire destiny system is in full swing, various measures to fight against chaos are being implemented tightly outside the loose and inside, and the progress is fairly smooth. But at the same time, Li Mochen’s premonition of danger in his mind became stronger and stronger.

The danger is approaching, but this time Li Mochen can only wait passively. He temporarily can’t think of a suitable method to actively attack the enemy’s power.

Li Mochen also couldn’t predict how the opponent would make moves, of course, he couldn’t judge which targets and levels under his banner would become the opponent’s possible attack points.

The most dangerous situation since his ascension is coming.

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In February 4113 of the Guangming Calendar, just three months after Li Mochen’s return, at the Nathan Headquarters Building, Carl Holden, Chairman and CEO of the Nathan Military-Industrial Complex, walked into the conference room next door to his office. , And then smashed the documents in hand on the conference table.

“Who made this production plan? Not enough! Not enough! Whether it is the construction of the factory or the number of employees we recruit, it is far from the number of our future needs.”

Holden tapped the long table with his fingers: “Our production task is very heavy, everyone! This is only the first cooperation between us and the Asera people. It is expected that in the future, the scale of our cooperation will continue to expand on the basis of the present. Double! There is also the Pangu God System. It is said that they also have plans to cooperate. We need more factories, more employees, and more manpower reserves.”

Just two days ago, the God of Destiny guided the governments of various countries, and the major military industrial enterprises formally signed equipment supply agreements with the Asera people.

This is a substantial deal, including 1,500 starships of various types, 30 million sets of magic armors of various types, and many weapons including heavy tanks and armored vehicles, with a total value of 1.2 billion soul gold coins, and It is a full cash advance payment. It also provided a large amount of technical information, as well as precision machine tools and production lines from the Terra Empire and major technological civilizations.

As one of the most loyal allies of the ‘Light and Magic-Rising Sun’ alliance, the Nathan Military-Industrial Complex has a 7 percent share.

This is a fortune that made everyone stunned, and it made the entire group feel like chicken blood. Everyone was excited, passionate and uncontrollable.

“I agree, but it is hard to understand that the personnel recruitment plan for this year is actually only 270,000.”

This is an executive director present here: “According to what I have learned, the Aseras have more than 2,000 warlords in the entire star field, and each of them has an armed force of more than 30 million people. Most of them need to be replaced. Taking into account the consumption in the war, this is a business that we can’t finish in 10,000 years. And the Pangu God system, their order size will only exceed that of Ashela. Only relying on Huaguo can not completely swallow their orders.”

“I think Director Li De is right!”

Holden looked at everyone present with a stern look: “Gentlemen, this will be a splendid carnival that you can’t imagine. In the near future, the whole world will worry about the shortage of labor. If we If you cannot seize the first opportunity, then the Nassen Military-Industrial Complex will definitely be at a disadvantage in the future share of orders. This is unacceptable to me, and it is also a crime against all shareholders of the Nassen Military-Industrial Complex.”

“The question is, where should this employee come from? We also need to consider practical issues.”

A middle-aged man in the upper right corner of the conference table smiled bitterly: “This year there are only nine million American graduates of science and chemistry and magic patterns—I mean those who can meet the requirements in terms of professionalism, not including those communities. Schools. Most of these nine million people will be divided between Light and Magic Industries and Rising Sun Industries, and the rest will be our turn to the three major military-industrial complexes. And if there are not enough employees, we can’t talk about expanding production. .”

At this time, complaints and abuse sounded in the conference room.

“The **** happy education has left most of our labor force lacking sufficient quality. Before we could move to China, but now they are also full of orders. We can relax immigration restrictions, but the quality of these immigrants Not too high.”

“Mr. Holden, we visited all California schools. The current situation is really not optimistic. The number of 270,000 people is already doing our best. We even plan to persuade retirees to resume work.”

“At present, it is impossible to imagine in the job market. On the one hand, there is too much manpower in the service industry, and on the other hand, there is an extreme shortage of qualified industrial personnel.”

“Then increase your salary!”

Holden’s voice was deafening, and several directors present were discolored: “Don’t think that this breaks the rules of the industry. The battle for talent in the future will intensify, and poaching between major companies will be the norm. So the salary structure The adjustments are foreseeable. If we cannot stabilize our workers, we will fall into an extremely passive position in the future. I can guarantee that Light and Magic Industries and Rising Sun Group already have plans to increase salaries. Everyone, please. It is important to realize that the world’s golden age has come, and the future unemployment rate will be horribly low.”

Seeing that many of the people present fell silent, Holden meditated again: “We can also build our own professional schools and recruit young people from the society for professional training. Depending on the level of education, it can last for three months. Half a year, one year or even two years of education. We can waive certain tuition fees, provide loans, and sign a longer-term practice agreement. They will accept it, and this is their opportunity to change their destiny. Funding is not a problem, Ashela People’s prepaid soul gold coins have arrived.”

“In addition, we can also sign talent supply agreements with universities in various countries. By providing scholarships and working visas for America, book some of their outstanding students. There is also artificial intelligence, which needs further promotion. We need to More funds will be invested in this area. Of course, this is just my personal vision, how to implement it, and if there is a better way, you can add.”

“I think it is feasible. Although the chairman’s proposal is a little bit radical, it does no harm to prepare more now.”

This is another director, wearing a general costume ~www.mtlnovel.com~ but not wearing a badge of rank: “The production capacity needs to be expanded on the current basis. In addition, there are raw materials -“

He paused: “Although the people of Ashela promise to provide sufficient raw materials, I think the company also needs to expand its material supply system. On the one hand, it is profitable and on the other hand, it is just in case. Tianwanyu, our products should not worry about sales. I think that as long as there is sufficient material supply, the company will not be damaged even if the Asera people stop cooperating with us in the future. So I suggest that the company add more funds , The armed forces and pioneering companies used in the dark world.”

“This is the second thing I want to say–“

Holden just said this when he heard a ‘bang’ from outside. He walked towards the glass window on the inner side in shock, and looked towards the central patio below.

Then I saw that there was already a mess, twenty or thirty people lying nearby, not knowing whether they were alive or dead, and there was a blood-colored figure rushing towards the stairs.

However, this man was quickly intercepted, and the three demigods sitting in the Nathan Headquarters building quickly pushed this man to despair. As a mass of flesh exploded, a huge wave of air was set off inside the headquarters building, triggering screams of several floors below.