Marvel : Mutant God

Richard teleported high above the Atlantic Ocean. Using his telepathic abilities, he scanned several hundred kilometers in all directions.

After confirming no vessels sailed within this vast perimeter, he channeled his mana—now expanded to an unprecedented 45,000 points. As the mystical energy circulated through his being, an ethereal blue-white light enveloped his form.

Under normal circumstances, manipulating mana produced no visible illumination. But Richard wasn't simply channeling mana for a standard Blizzaga cast—he intended to unleash the spell at its absolute maximum potential.

As the blue-white radiance intensified around him, signaling his magical energies operating at peak capacity, he proceeded without hesitation to cast the newly enhanced Blizzaga at its extreme limit.

Freeze!

He bypassed the spell's derivative techniques, opting instead for Blizzaga's most fundamental and devastating freezing capability. Though utilizing its simplest expression, the results proved nothing short of miraculous.

With Richard as its epicenter, the turbulent ocean surface crystallized at a speed that defied comprehension. Within mere moments, a radius spanning hundreds of kilometers transformed into a continental ice shelf rivaling Antarctica.

Observing the instantaneously frozen expanse below, a specific name involuntarily flashed through Richard's mind.

Aokiji!

The former Marine Admiral and wielder of the Ice-Ice Fruit. Though their powers stemmed from entirely different sources, the effect Richard now produced mirrored Aokiji's "Ice Age" technique—both capable of freezing vast oceanic regions in an instant.

As Richard surveyed the frozen landscape, he noted the ice sheet continuing to expand outward. Only when the frozen diameter reached an astonishing thousand kilometers did he cease channeling mana, halting the glacial progression.

After confirming the freezing's extensive range, a satisfied smile crossed his face. The Blizzaga spell, enhanced to its ultimate state, had exceeded expectations.

Though consuming the Frost Giants' artifact—the Casket of Ancient Winters—the results more than justified the sacrifice. To the Frost Giants, the Casket represented a priceless cultural artifact. To Richard, it served merely as a powerful magical item.

He wasn't a Frost Giant, but even if he had been, sacrificing the Casket to permanently enhance Blizzaga would remain an obvious choice. The reasoning was simple: no matter how formidable, the Casket remained an external object—something potentially stolen or lost.

Blizzaga, however, was different. This power now existed as an intrinsic part of him, belonging solely to him. As long as mana flowed through his body, he need never worry about losing access to Blizzaga or someone taking this ability from him.

After admiring the frozen continent he'd created, Richard once again activated his mana reserves.

Firaga!

As with testing Blizzaga, he eschewed Firaga's complex derivatives, instead channeling its most fundamental ability—generating flames of extraordinary temperature.

As mana surged through him, golden flames materialized around his form. They radiated outward in all directions like a solar flare, engulfing everything in their path.

Within seconds, the thousand-kilometer ice continent found itself completely submerged beneath golden flames. Though created through Blizzaga's extreme-state freezing, the ice shelf proved no match for Firaga's extreme-state conflagration. The frozen expanse dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than ten seconds, the ice continent that had covered half the Atlantic Ocean vanished completely—as though it had never existed at all.

When tranquility returned to the ocean surface, Richard teleported back to Silver Manor's training grounds.

Though he had only conducted elementary tests of Blizzaga and Firaga's extreme states, the demonstrations provided ample insight into the capabilities of both level 5 spells. This brief glimpse also sparked anticipation for what techniques like Octoslash and Judgement Cut End might achieve when similarly upgraded to level 5.

After tempering his excitement, Richard opened his system space and withdrew the golden brazier containing the Eternal Flame.

Despite absorbing enough of the Eternal Flame to upgrade Firaga to level 5, he had consumed less than half of the mystical fire's total energy. Unlike the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Eternal Flame possessed unique properties. Where the Casket existed as a physical object, the Eternal Flame manifested as specialized energy in flame form.

Though not truly infinite like the Infinity Stones, the Eternal Flame's power remained formidable. In the cinematic universe, Hela had used merely a fraction of the Eternal Flame to resurrect an entire army of the dead, including the monstrous wolf Fenrir.

Richard had used just a portion of the brazier's Eternal Flame to upgrade Firaga, leaving considerable power untapped.

After retrieving the golden brazier with its remaining Eternal Flame, Richard raised his left hand, summoning a sphere of Hellfire. With his right hand, he carefully extracted a small portion of the Eternal Flame from the brazier.

Studying both supernatural flames hovering above his palms, he exercised meticulous control over both energies simultaneously. Under his direction, the Hellfire and Eternal Flame ascended slowly, beginning to swirl and merge together.

Though representing two entirely different supernatural flame types, Richard's precise manipulation prevented any rejection between the energies. After mere seconds, the Hellfire and Eternal Flame fully integrated, transforming into a fist-sized golden lotus flower of fire that radiated an astonishing heat signature.

Sun of Judgement!

Gazing at the golden fire lotus hovering before him, Richard—reluctant to invest excessive effort in naming his creation—simply designated it " Sun of Judgement."

After admiring his handiwork momentarily, he channeled protective mana around himself, creating a 360-degree barrier without blind spots. With these precautions in place, he teleported from the training ground to the vacuum of outer space, taking the Sun of Judgement with him.

Upon materializing in space, he hurled the fiery creation outward without hesitation. The fist-sized Sun of Judgement streaked like a comet through the void, covering hundreds of kilometers in mere moments.

BOOM!

When the Sun of Judgement had traveled a safe distance, Richard decisively triggered its detonation. The fusion of Hellfire and Eternal Flame erupted in the vacuum of space.

Though the explosion produced no sound in the airless void, the resulting fireball manifested in Richard's vision like a miniature sun, radiating blinding brilliance across the darkness. Beyond the expanding sphere of golden flame, the detonation generated a devastating shockwave that propagated outward for hundreds of kilometers.

Despite being detonated in the emptiness of space—causing no tangible destruction to celestial bodies—the demonstration provided Richard with clear insight into Sun of Judgement's devastating potential. Judging from the fireball's size and the shockwave's magnitude, the explosion's power rivaled or even significantly exceeded the infamous Tsar Bomba—history's most powerful nuclear weapon.

More impressively, unlike the cumbersome Tsar Bomba, Sun of Judgement required no complex delivery system. For anyone capable of precisely controlling the fusion of Hellfire and Eternal Flame, deploying this devastation presented virtually no technical challenge.

Once the colossal fireball had fully dissipated, Richard teleported back to Silver Manor—not to the training grounds as before, but directly to his study.

Blizzaga and Firaga had been upgraded to their extreme states. His mana capacity had surged dramatically to 45,000 points. The Hellfire and Eternal Flame had successfully merged into the formidable Sun of Judgement. With all intended tests completed, the time had come to focus on completing the "One-Winged Angel (III)" mission.

After opening the task panel for review, Richard confirmed that the mission requirements involved defeating—not necessarily killing—both Frost Giant King Laufey and Fire Giant Surtur. Satisfied with this clarification, he closed the panel.

Though he had never visited Jotunheim, realm of the Frost Giants, or Muspelheim, domain of Fire Giant Surtur, his lack of familiarity with these realms posed no obstacle. The Space Stone within the Cosmic Cube would resolve this issue. He didn't need to know their precise cosmic coordinates—merely the intent to travel there would prompt the Space Stone to generate the appropriate dimensional gateway.

After brief consideration, Richard decided to embark immediately for both realms, defeat Laufey and Surtur, and claim the mission reward. Resolution made, he retrieved the Cosmic Cube from his system space.

After mentally conveying his desire to reach Jotunheim, the Space Stone within the Cube generated a distinctive portal. Unlike conventional dimensional gates, this one appeared encircled by miniature thunderclouds and dancing lightning.

As the portal stabilized, Richard stepped through without hesitation. The moment he passed beyond its threshold, the gateway vanished from the study, leaving no trace of its existence.

The lightning-wreathed portal reappeared in the study. Richard emerged slowly, returning to the familiar surroundings of Silver Manor.

As the dimensional gateway dissolved behind him, he opened the mission panel:

[Mission "One-Winged Angel (III)" Complete!]

[Task reward: +10% Fusion Degree (Sephiroth template) has been delivered!]

[First Template: Sephiroth (75% Fusion)]

[Mana capacity increased!]

[Mana: 42,100/50,000 (recovery rate: 18,000 points per hour)]

After briefly reviewing the updated information, Richard closed the mission panel. Neither defeating Frost Giant King Laufey nor Fire Giant Surtur had presented significant challenges.

Neither opponent currently existed at their peak strength. Even if they had been at full power, Richard would have required only additional time to secure victory. Unless both had somehow ascended to the Skyfather level like Odin, defeating them remained relatively straightforward.

Though the mission merely required defeating both rulers, Richard had ultimately slain them to avoid potential complications, claiming their extraordinary powers in the process.

After closing the mission panel, Richard extracted his newly acquired trophies from the system space.

The Twilight Sword! And the crown of Fire Giant Surtur!

Though Frost Giant King Laufey had also fallen to him, Laufey left no spoils worth preserving. The crown Laufey wore had disintegrated upon his death, crumbling into mundane ice fragments.

Compared to Laufey, Fire Giant Surtur had proven considerably more "generous" with his possessions.

Richard first examined Surtur's crown briefly before returning it to his system space. Despite also storing the Eternal Flame there, he harbored no concerns about Surtur potentially resurrecting within the system space. The dimensional pocket existed as a completely isolated realm—items stored within remained unaffected by external factors and maintained fixed positions.

As long as he didn't place Surtur's crown atop the golden brazier containing the Eternal Flame, resurrection remained impossible.

After securing the crown, Richard extracted Surtur's Twilight Sword—a weapon that appeared forged from living magma. In the Fire Giant's grasp, the Twilight Sword existed as a colossal greatsword. Even in its diminished state without the Eternal Flame's enhancement, it had measured five to six meters in length.

At Surtur's peak—such as when he destroyed Asgard and fulfilled Ragnarök—both the giant and his weapon would grow to several thousand meters in height. However, now claimed as Richard's trophy, the Twilight Sword had adjusted its dimensions to a more manageable form: a two-handed greatsword just over a meter long.

Despite its reduced size, the Twilight Sword's power remained undiminished. In fact, with Richard's mastery of both Hellfire and Eternal Flame, the weapon's capabilities had actually intensified.

Richard had confirmed this before returning to Silver Manor, testing the sword against a fire dragon in Muspelheim. Wielding the Twilight Sword, he had effortlessly bisected the creature with a single strike. That same blow had continued beyond its target, destroying several nearby volcanoes.

After handling the meter-long Twilight Sword for several minutes, Richard channeled his mana to manifest a deep blue Phantom Sword. Looking at both weapons, he wondered if the Phantom Sword and Twilight Sword might be fused together, similar to his previous integration of Masamune and Yamato.

After several minutes of attempted unification, Richard realized his error. Masamune and Yamato could be merged because both qualified as "system-produced" weapons. Though the Twilight Sword certainly existed as a magical weapon, it clearly differed fundamentally from system-produced armaments like Masamune, Yamato, and the Phantom Sword.

Despite failing to merge the Phantom Sword with the Twilight Sword, Richard felt no particular disappointment. He returned the Twilight Sword to his system space and dismissed the Phantom Sword's manifestation.

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