Chapter 207

Chapter 207

After a sumptuous dinner, everyone rose from the table before walking to the living room.

At that moment, Ana stopped Cortana and asked her to take her to the Space Stone.

Cortana nodded and teleported them both to the main server.

"You're the first one to come here besides the Master," Cortana said, approaching the large pillar in the center of the room.

"Is this where you were born?" Ana asked, looking around.

"Well, actually, yes, I was born here as a regular AI and later gained consciousness," Cortana said as she took the Space Stone and removed it.

"Here, try to hurry," Cortana said, holding out her hand and handing her the stone, several red lights flashing behind her.

''Take me to the moon and wait for me, I don't think it will take that long,'' Ana said, looking at her and taking the stone.

"Alright," Cortana said, nodding before taking Ana to the moon.

Ana took a step back before summoning her familiar Jormur, extending her hand and handing him the Space Stone, which he immediately devoured with glee.

Her familiar already had space-related abilities, but they tended toward storage and capture.

She wanted her familiar to evolve similarly to what happened with Damian's familiar.

After devouring the Space Stone, her familiar body began to swell, and significant changes began to appear.

Previously a white serpent, it now began to take on a more gray color, and small horns emerged from its head, its eyes were no longer those of a serpent but seemed to contain space within them.

Its evolution finished, and it rubbed its head against Ana happily before circling around her as it levitated.

As it levitated, it teleported short distances, demonstrating its new abilities.

Ana smiled slightly, starting to feel space differently thanks to the feedback from her familiar.

Jormur took a couple of spins before returning to Ana once again.

Ana gently stroked its scales before running her hands over its horns growing backward.

Taking his head in her hands, she gazed intently into his eyes, which looked truly beautiful.

"Let's go back," Ana said, although her familiar had acquired the ability to manipulate space, it still needed practice.

Cortana nodded before the two appeared in the room; immediately, she gave Ana a look.

Ana smiled before extending her palm towards her familiar; it immediately opened its mouth and gently placed the space stone in her hand.

Cortana immediately approached and took it before placing it in the server slot.

Immediately, several alarms went silent and the system returned to normal operation.

Ana looked at the other three spaces on the pillar with some curiosity, wondering if Damian planned to gather all the stones.

"Thank you, let's go home," Ana said, smiling slightly at Cortana and patting her head.

''Don't treat me like a child," Cortana said, looking at Ana speechlessly as she removed her hand from her head.

"For helping me, I'll help you a little," Ana said, suddenly smiling as if she had thought of something funny.

"When you ask Damian for your reward, he'll try to give you a kiss on the cheek," Ana said in a low voice.

"What!?" Cortana exclaimed incredulously.

"Well, you never specified where the kiss would be, it's a bit naive for how smart you claim to be," Ana teased her with a slight smile.

Cortana put on a grumpy expression, looking at Ana.

"That's why I'll help you; when the time comes, you must close your eyes and pretend to expect Damian to kiss you, when he goes for your cheek, you must quickly turn your face so that he kisses you on the lips," Ana whispered.

"He really lets his guard down with his family, so he won't react until it's too late; don't forget to cling to his neck so he can't easily pull away," Ana advised repeatedly.

"As expected of a secretary," Cortana said, wordlessly looking at Ana.

Ana squeezed Cortana's cheeks with an annoyed expression.

"Let's go home," Ana said before letting go.

Cortana made them both appear back home; when Ana turned her back and left, she couldn't help but look at her with a little admiration, if she were as good as Ana, her master would have already fallen for her charms.

...

While the family lived peacefully, at that moment they were unaware of the impact Damian's fight against Arishem had had.

It had been a day since the battle in space, and on the internet, many people anonymously demanded that Madripoor explain what was happening.

Damian's face was captured by several telescopes and people's attention was focused on Madripoor.

Criticism poured in and Madripoor began to be blamed for many things that were happening in the world.

Two wolves didn't react in time and were consumed by the flames.

The howls of pain echoed until only two blackened bodies remained.

The other wolves immediately turned wild and lunged at Wanda, who levitated a few inches off the ground as she quickly backed away.

Making a hand gesture, she raised a small wall in front of the wolves before unleashing another column of fire on top.

The wolves running towards her quickly jumped over the wall, leaving them vulnerable in the air where the fire burned them.

The leader of the wolves whimpered slightly on the ground, its skin was burned but it was still alive.

Wanda didn't let it continue to suffer and quickly killed it; she could only sigh, feeling she was still too kind, she felt sorry for killing this small pack of wolves.

But she really couldn't let them go; they would advance toward the population and surely eat people.

"I see you're done," Pietro said, appearing next to Wanda; he had taken a little distance when the wolves attacked.

"Hm, it seems something made them come down from the mountain, I entrust you to find out," Wanda said, looking at her brother.

"Don't worry, I'll be back for dinner," Pietro said, nodding before disappearing.

Wanda only saw a slight silver trail in the direction of the mountain.

With her work done, she quickly flew back home.

...

Ross was sitting at his desk in the presidential house.

Looking around the room, he felt he had reached the top, there was no higher position than the one he had now.

But also his responsibilities had reached the highest, the pressure on his army was increasing, the beasts were getting stronger, and mutants occasionally caused trouble.

He even had to personally deal with several occasions where the situation exceeded his soldiers' capabilities.

At that moment, a small alarm sounded, making him sigh and stand up before walking to another room.

His trusted men were already waiting for him to have a meeting.

"We can begin," Ross said, sitting down with a sigh as he loosened his tie a bit.

"Then I'll go first," said a man in military uniform.

"The situation with mutant beasts remains a problem; magic seems to have caused an acceleration in the reproduction of most animals, causing overpopulation. This caused many predators to be forced out of the forests for food."

"It sounds contradictory, but many predators don't live in packs like herbivores, so they are expelled by their parents and have no choice but to leave the forest and inevitably have contact with humans," the general said.

"Meat sales have also decreased; several people have become mercenaries and hunt animals before selling their meat. At this rate, we can only decrease our prices."

"Alright, anyway, money is not as necessary anymore," Ross nodded, he needed it for his political campaign, and now it would be good for other projects.

"It's time to start recruiting; choose a type of meat and give it to the best students in the country to motivate them to join the army."

Since the world has changed, almost every country has added combat training as a mandatory subject in schools.

With the current situation in the world, personal defense is a priority.

"How is the strengthening of the soldiers going?" Ross asked, looking at another of his men.

"Meat has gradually become less effective; still, all soldiers have physical stats above 20," said a middle-aged man with glasses.

"We assume stronger animal meat is needed to continue improving, but these animals also have their risks; many have supernatural abilities and are immune to firearms."

He was the scientist in charge of improving soldiers with Ross's blood.

Ross nodded slightly, inevitably thinking of the Titans, colossal beings that moved from side to side almost ignoring humans.

He shook his head finally, there really was nothing he could do about them; he doubted that even with an atomic bomb he could eliminate them, and if they survived they could come back for revenge.

Even if he could use the Avengers, the damage and deaths would really affect the country and his position as president.

"Alright! Tell me, who's the young man next to you?" Ross asked, nodding satisfactorily before asking.

"He's a young and talented scientist, Reed Richards; he has been of great help to me," said Curtis, the middle-aged scientist.

"I'm getting old, and he will definitely do my job better," Curtis said with a proud smile as if he were seeing his successor.

"I see, then I'll count on you, Reed Richards," Ross said, nodding kindly towards him.

A talented scientist is what he desires most.

Reed Richards nodded kindly towards Ross, eager to get his hands on the research of enhanced soldiers.

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