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Chapter 293: Relationships (Subscribe, read, vote, comment)

The planes operated by Martin and Bruce landed at the airport one after another.

Bruce's private plane was very large and there were many things that needed to be packed, so he was a step slower than Martin, but he still caught up with him as soon as possible.

Then, they saw Diana, Zatanna and Rachel coming to greet them.

Diana's expression was extremely serious. She had been wearing this expression ever since she learned that Martin had found the remains of the Mother Box.

Even Zatanna could hardly stand Diana in this state, let alone Rachel.

The little girl was very happy to see Martin and wanted to rush over to hug him, but the little enthusiasm in her heart was ultimately unable to withstand the chill emanating from Diana, so she stood still obediently.

"Don't say anything, just follow me!"

Diana saw Martin and Bruce and told them not to say anything and just to follow her.

Martin and Bruce looked at each other and noticed the nervousness and seriousness revealed by Diana. Without saying anything more, they followed her out of the airport.

The group shuttled through the still chaotic ruins and soon came to a huge open space.

"I cleaned this place up by myself without asking anyone else for help. The fewer people who know about the Mother Box, the better. Apocalypse... I never thought I'd hear this name."

Diana obviously knows more about Apokolips than Bruno Mannheim does, and is therefore more cautious.

Bruce quickly observed the surroundings and found nothing else except the ruins.

"Although Martin has introduced the history of Apokolips to me, we still don't know the relationship between the New Gods and Earth."

Diana's eyes turned to Martin, who shrugged.

There are so many versions of Apokolips, and he certainly can't just tell Bruce a story when he doesn't have complete information.

Diana didn't want to waste time on things in the past because they were too far away and no longer had any practical significance.

But everyone except Martin had a curious gleam in their eyes, wanting to know the stories of the past.

"Ten thousand years ago, Apokolips invaded Earth. The various tribes of the Old Gods and their humans united to defeat Apokolips' attack. Darkseid, who had not yet ascended the throne, was seriously injured. The Apokolips army was defeated, and the three original mother boxes they used to transform the planet were left on Earth."

Diana briefly glanced over what happened ten thousand years ago, then changed the subject and introduced the Mother Box.

"The Mother Box is a magical creation that even the New Gods don't know the principle of. The New Gods use the Mother Box to manipulate the properties of material atoms to transform planets and destroy their enemies."

"Ten thousand years ago, the reason why the old gods and humans were able to win was because they were the first to interrupt the process of the Mother Box Trinity."

"The Amazons, Atlanteans and human kings were each given the task of protecting the Mother Box. I just didn't expect that the human kings would use this method to cut off the hope of the Mother Box's unification."

At this point, Diana stopped talking and looked at Martin: "Do you have anything else to add?"

Martin continued with Diana's words, "If you can't understand the power of the Mother Box, just think of it as an enlarged version of the Kryptonian world engine."

As he spoke, he took out the remains of the Mother Box from his robe.

"Now I am using the Force to control the remains of the Mother Box, so it can stop its activities. But this thing cannot leave me too far, otherwise it will become active again and send signals to Apokolips and its subordinate legions."

"This is why I came to you. I want to use magic to completely isolate the remains of the Mother Box from the outside world, so as not to attract the attention of Apocalypse."

Diana nodded: "I think so too. Although ten thousand years have passed, the situation on Earth is not better than before, but Apocalypse is getting stronger and stronger."

Bruce said directly: "But Bruno Manheim has been in contact with Apokolips for a long time. The remains of the Mother Box were suddenly sealed off. Will Apokolips just sit there and do nothing?"

Martin replied: "The Mother Box is sealed, and Apokolips can only watch! After all, Darkseid is not a god like Death. Without the Mother Box to guide him, he can only take the spaceship to Earth honestly."

With Clark's permission, Bruce connected the Batcave's supercomputer to the Fortress of Solitude and learned a lot of knowledge about the universe.

Although there is no record of Apokolips in Krypton's knowledge base, we can still use Krypton's technology to analogize Apokolips' speed.

"Even if Apocalypse were to send troops to Earth right now, if nothing unexpected happens, even if they go all out, it would still take at least two Earth years."

"Two years!"

Bruce couldn't help but frown.

Rachel raised her hand and whispered, "Two years is too short. How can we be ready for an interstellar war in two years?"

What she didn't say was, why should the countries on Earth listen to the command of the Justice League? Do they really believe that there is such a thing as Apokolips?
“That’s something to consider later.”

Although Martin had already thought about how to take the next hundred or a thousand steps, he only intended to take this step.

"Bruce, you don't know magic, stay away."

"Zatanna, what's your plan?"

Zatanna: ?

"I don't understand or even see the Mother Box. Why do you think I can come up with a plan to seal the remains of the Mother Box within an hour?"

"You are a great wizard, you are knowledgeable and I trust you!"

Martin asked Zatanna to design a plan to seal the Mother Box because he trusted her.

But Zatanna said: "Thank you for your trust in me, but I really can't do this job. I have no problem with the physical effort, but I can't use my brain."

"Besides, in terms of knowledge and experience, I can't compare to you, a miracle person who changes his identity every day."

Zatanna already knew Martin's identity and felt a little resentful towards him.

After all, the two of them were friends for life, but he refused to tell her the secret in person.

Where is the trust between friends?
Of course Martin could see that Zatanna was dissatisfied with him, so he winked at Rachel who was hiding behind and asked her to speak for him.

But the little girl just made a face at Martin and had no intention of helping him.

Rachel said dissatisfiedly in her heart: Humph, I told you to abandon me today!

"Don't make things difficult for them!"

Diana stepped forward to help Martin. She looked at the remains of the Mother Box with deep cracks and sighed, "I have to admire the wisdom and courage of the human kings. They were able to give up everything they had and fight the Mother Box for ten thousand years."

“Yes, I admire them too.”

The human kings gave up not only their lives, but in order to destroy the Mother Box, they even gave up their own place in history and became existences worse than dust.

By using this huge gap, they were able to create magic that lasted for 10,000 years, and eventually split the Mother Box into three parts, creating a miracle that even the New Gods could not do. Diana quickly put away her sighs and said to Martin seriously: "When my mother took me to visit the Mother Box, she told me how to seal it. Although the power of the old gods has left the world, I can still call on some of the power to seal the Mother Box."

Martin suddenly realized why she had cleared such a large space.

Those guys on Mount Olympus care most about the pomp and circumstance. If the sacrificial ceremony is not grand enough, it is impossible to ask them for help.

Anyway, the old gods have already left the multiverse, and no matter how much trouble Darkseid makes, he can't catch all the old gods in one fell swoop.

Since it had nothing to do with them, the Olympian gods naturally kept aloof.

Maybe they also hope that Apocalypse will massacre some humans and then demonstrate the majesty of God.

Martin never hesitated to assume the worst of gods like Zeus.

"Diana, which Olympian gods are you going to summon?"

When Zatanna heard that she had to summon gods, she instantly became excited.

Although the origins of the Zatara family are very ancient, it is after all a thing of the past.

In modern times, the once-famous Zatara family is left with only Zatanna and his father. Although both of them are great wizards, they cannot change the reality of their small population.

Under such circumstances, War Wolf and his father seldom used dangerous magic, nor did they actively pursue the secrets of magic.

So when it comes to the legendary Olympian gods, Zatanna gets very excited.

Such opportunities to see the old gods without paying any price are very rare.

Of course Diana would not hide it, she said directly: "I will ask for help from Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, Artemis, the goddess of hunting, Polo, the god of light, Hephaestus, the god of fire, and Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and harvest."

The three virgin goddesses have always been the protectors of Paradise Island. Ten thousand years ago, these three goddesses have been protecting the safety of Paradise Island.

Apollo is the twin brother of Artemis. He has a rough life. After the era of the old gods passed, he has always been at odds with Zeus.

Hephaestus, the god of fire and forging, had always been excluded by the gods on Mount Olympus because of his ugly appearance, but he was very caring towards his sister Diana.

Demeter originally didn't care about such things, but after Martin pulled Persephone out of the underworld, she also favored Paradise Island.

Even with the help of the six main gods, Diana was still very worried. She said to Martin: "After all, the old gods are too far away from the human body. The help that the six main gods can provide may not be able to completely seal the mother box."

Martin sensed Diana's nervousness, grabbed her hand, and asked softly, "You have never been so nervous before. This is just a Mother Box wreckage. There is nothing to be nervous about."

In front of everyone, Diana leaned her head on Martin's shoulder and whispered, "I have listened to my mother telling stories about Paradise Island since I was a child. The most cruel one, besides Ares's massacre of the Amazons, was the invasion of Apokolips."

Martin didn't say anything, he could understand Diana's nervousness.

Throughout history, no one who was capable of fighting liked to fight.

Diana fought for thousands of years to hunt down Ares, and the few short decades she lived in human society were simply not enough to heal the trauma in her heart.

"If you're worried, I can add another firewall after the ritual is complete."

"Listen to you!"

Diana kissed Martin lightly on the face, took the remains of the Mother Box, walked to the middle of the open space, and began to prepare for the ceremony to call upon the power of God.

She presented the seeds to Demeter, which symbolized the libation of Hestia, the goddess of hearth, the olive branch of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, the antlers favored by Artemis, the goddess of hunting, the lyre favored by Apollo, and the sword made by Hephaestus for Diana.

After the six offerings were placed, before Diana began to recite the sacrifice to the gods, a flame spurted out from her sword, directly hitting the remains of the Mother Box, penetrating into the Mother Box, trying to change the material basis of the Mother Box.

The dry olive branch instantly regained its greenness, and countless green leaves fluttered in the air, transforming into a cooing owl that pecked hard at the remains of the mother box.

The antler dedicated to Artemis was pulled by an invisible force and instantly turned into an arrow made of gold. It was pulled by an invisible air bow and pierced directly into the side of the mother box wreckage.

The lyre emitted a dazzling light and turned into a silver longbow. The bowstring was pulled apart by the light and gathered into a silver arrow, which pierced deeply into the remains of the mother box.

The libation offered to Hestia was lit. Unlike the explosive flames of Hephaestus, the sacred fire of the goddess of hearth was very warm and gentle, shining on the remains of the Mother Box, as if it had been born from the Mother Box, occupying one side of the Mother Box.

Demeter finally accepted Diana's sacrifice. The barley seeds took root and sprouted in the air, and instantly produced fruits full of grains. They entangled and collided with the last blank side of the mother box wreckage.

Hephaestus' flame originally occupied all six sides of the Mother Box. As other main gods exerted their strength, his flame faded little by little, and finally retreated to the ordinary side, blocking the connection between the Mother Box and the outside world.

Zatanna was stunned when she saw this scene.

Not to mention ordinary wizards, even a great wizard would have to pay a considerable price if he wanted to summon some high-level magical life forms.

At least there are quite a few things needed for the ceremony itself and the preparation process.

But compared with the price the wizard himself needs to pay, the cost of the ceremony seems insignificant.

But Diana had nothing. She simply placed the sacrifice there, and the six goddesses released their power to respond to her wishes.

Even those offerings were not even average.

A person with connections! A person with connections!

Zatanna almost fainted when she saw this scene.

Although she was also a relative of Diana, she suddenly became a commoner compared to the demigod Diana.

"Martin, you..."

Zatanna turned around and saw Martin teaching Rachel how to control her power.

After the six main gods released their power and placed the first seal on the remains of the Mother Box, Martin took back his own Force and breathed a sigh of relief.

Rachel spread her magic wings, like two sharp divine swords, and cut several times horizontally and vertically in front of her, directly cutting out a separate space, putting the remains of the mother box in it, and completing the second seal.

"It's done!"

Martin snapped his fingers and used the Force to add another seal.

The triple seals are layered upon layer, and even the complete mother box does not have such treatment.

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