Chapter 217

Chapter 217

"I think we haven't met before, who are you?" Damian asked, looking at Wanda's group.

"I'm Wanda Maximoff, this is my brother Pietro, and she's Circe," Wanda said with a stoic expression.

"Those zombies are heading to my country," Wanda added, also stating the reason they were there.

"I would also like to know the cause of all this," Wanda said, looking briefly at Hela, wondering if this was some sort of counterattack.

"Girl, don't look at me like that, I'm not to blame for this," Hela said, looking at Wanda before turning to Pietro.

"Even if I were, I wouldn't be wrong to do it," Hela said with a playful smile.

Pietro couldn't help but feel uneasy as he looked around, ready to run with his sister and Circe.

"In reality, no one is to blame for this; it was a natural event caused by humans themselves," Cortana said.

"Magic is influenced by the will and feelings of people; the resentment formed from unjust deaths kept accumulating until it was unleashed in one person who started it all."

"We didn't foresee this," Cortana said, looking at Damian.

"Before magic existed, this resentment had no way of accumulating, but now it does; from now on, these kinds of things will happen occasionally."

"That's indeed the cause," Hela said, nodding; she saw the zombie army differently from the others.

She could clearly see the resentment on the zombies and the funereal aura, as well as traces of demonic energy.

"But it's not that simple; there's probably a third party involved," Hela said after seeing traces of dark magic.

"What if you give them to me?" Hela said, looking at the zombie army.

All eyes inevitably focused on Damian, wanting to see how he would respond.

Damian remained silent for a few seconds, thinking, before finally nodding.

"Fine, I'll give them to you to take care of," Damian said, nodding.

Hela gave a smile before a large wave of dark energy, resembling mist, emanated from her body and quickly spread over the zombie army.

When the mist returned to Hela's body, all the zombies had disappeared.

Damian raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, as he didn't know she could do that kind of thing.

"Alright, then I'll be going," Hela said, looking at Amelia, who quickly nodded before creating a portal.

"Um, see you," Damian said, nodding casually.

Hela gave one last look to everyone, lingering a bit longer on Wanda before entering the portal, followed by Amelia.

Seeing Hela disappear, Damian focused his gaze on Wanda and her group.

"Don't worry, she wasn't to blame for this," Damian said, smiling at the group to reassure them; he had noticed some tension between Wanda and Hela.

"Okay," Wanda said, not entirely sure what to say.

Circe, on the other hand, approached Damian and Cortana with a smile, much to Wanda's annoyance.

"Hello, I'm the witch queen, Circe; the world you've created is quite interesting," Circe said, approaching them both and greeting them.

"Witch?" Damian said, nodding slightly.

"Yes, surely you already know, but Arishem destroyed the Earth in the past; we hid in another dimension and returned when magic returned," Circe said, nodding amiably.

"And what are you? I'm really curious," Circe said, looking at Damian attentively.

"I'm a vampire, and she's Cortana, the system administrator," Damian said, dropping two bombshells, both for Circe and Wanda.

Wanda rigidly looked at Cortana, who smiled knowingly at her.

If it weren't for the character she had developed over time as the leader of Sokovia, she would have definitely blushed.

"So you're a vampire," Circe said, nodding as she placed her hand under her chin, exchanging glances between Wanda and Cortana with a smile.

When she looked at Wanda, it almost seemed like she was asking with her eyes if she herself should tell.

Wanda looked annoyed at Circe before approaching Damian a bit.

Pietro just watched the situation, a bit confused, while also looking at his sister with suspicion.

"I learned a magical system from a man named Harry; the system, or perhaps she... said a vampire had created it, is it you?" Wanda asked, extending her hand and creating a magical circle.

Damian looked at the familiar crimson magical circle with surprise before wordlessly looking at Cortana.

She just stuck out her tongue slightly.

"How's Harry?" Damian asked, nodding, admitting he had created the system of magical circles.

"He's dead," Wanda said uncomfortably.

"I guess," Amelia said, shrugging before sitting down.

"Why the hostility towards that girl, Wanda?" Amelia asked, looking at Hela.

"The silver-haired boy was the one snooping around here a while ago," Hela said.

"Oh, I see, we couldn't teach him a lesson since Damian was there," Amelia complained, unsatisfied with how he infiltrated so casually.

"But we know where he lives," Amelia said, giving her a suggestive smile.

"That's why I stayed with you," Hela said, laughing lightly.

"I'm not a pet," Amelia complained.

....

Damian, who had just returned home, was also questioned by Cortana.

"Why did you give her the zombies?" Cortana asked, looking at Damian.

"I'm a bit curious about what she can do with them," Damian said honestly.

"Maybe I should also ask you why you invited Wanda?" Damian said, giving her a slight smile.

"There are some things I need to set up to alert us about these kinds of situations, so I'll leave first," Cortana said, coughing lightly and escaping.

Damian just chuckled as he watched her flee; his gaze was suddenly drawn to the side, a young woman was walking by in a robe with a tub of ice cream.

"And you, when did you come back?" Damian asked, looking at her.

''An hour ago, I think,' Jane said, shovelling a spoonful of ice cream into her mouth.

"I thought you forgot where your home was," Damian said, giving her a smile.

"Don't be sensitive, I only left for a couple of months," Jane said, laughing as she approached Damian.

"Why did you come back?" Damian asked, opening his arms for a hug.

"I had a fight with that idiot Odin; he can be really annoying to listen to," Jean said, annoyed as she hugged Damian.

"And Thor, that idiot, even though I can see he's not entirely in agreement with his father, he doesn't say anything to contradict him; the atmosphere was really toxic, so I came back," Jane said with dissatisfaction.

"It was also really annoying the way he referred to me, calling me mortal, even though it's a fact, from his mouth it almost sounded like an insult; I wanted to ask him if he had seen himself in a mirror, he clearly looks like a middle-aged man entering old age,"

"Even if he magically rejuvenated, he can't fool me."

"You must avenge me, if you ever meet him, you must refer to him as mortal, okay?" Jane said, looking at Damian, who had no traces of time on his face.

"Sure," Damian said, chuckling to himself, amused by her rant.

"I heard you rushed out with Cortana; did something interesting happen?" Jane asked, curious, stepping back from Damian's hug.

"Something really unconventional, it turns out zombies appeared," Damian said, smiling ironically.

Jane's expression was first surprised before filling with interest.

"It seems magic and resentment don't get along very well," Damian said before creating a detailed illusion of the zombies that had appeared.

"Are they dead?" Jane asked, looking closely at the illusion.

''They have no soul,'' Damian said, not finding his question stupid.

"Well, with the existence of magic, the existence of zombies isn't too far-fetched; I just wonder how long they can function, do they absorb magic from the environment to sustain themselves?" Jane asked, letting out her scientific curiosity.

"If I had known you had returned, I would have brought you one," Damian said, chuckling slightly.

"Did you destroy them?" Jane asked casually; there was no point crying over spilled milk.

Damian hesitated for a moment before shrugging it off and just saying it.

"I gave them to Hela," Damian said.

"Hela?" Jane said, confused.

"Odin's eldest daughter, she tried to rebel and was exiled," Damian said, seeing clearly how Jane's eyes widened in surprise.

"I'm not surprised; he's a terrible father, just look at Thor and Loki, both were a mess," Jane quickly recovered from the news.

"Is she nice?" Jane asked with a smile, imagining some kind of shining Valkyrie blonde full of kindness, more like Frigga.

"Uh... not really," Damian said, making a slight grimace.

Jane could only look confused at Damian, not knowing that her image of Hela was completely different from reality.

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