We have talked about loyalty before. It comes from the insistence of the heart. Most of the time, when facing a loyal opponent, it is difficult to get the information you want from him.
Of course, this kind of "loyalty" does not come from the heart.
In the dimly lit room, there was nothing but a table. Victor, who was wearing a black trench coat stained with blood, sat on a chair and wolfed down his dinner. To be precise, it was a takeout that he ordered from outside. But for him, who was now very tired, his body urgently needed to replenish his energy. The taste of the food was secondary.
On the chair opposite him, Saber supported himself with his arms on the table. He had a lit cigarette in his hand. He looked at the saber-toothed tiger in front of him and said in a low voice, "Victor, I didn't know you were a mercenary.
"Victor, how come I didn't know that you had changed from a notorious mercenary to a loyal warrior?"
The saber-toothed tiger glanced at him and did not say anything. Instead, he continued to eat his food. The bastard in front of him hung him behind the pegasus and flew across half of the Atlantic Ocean back to America. This journey almost suffocated him.
He did not want to say a word to Saber.
"Is it fun to be so stubborn?"
Saber took a puff of his cigarette and looked at Victor who was eating. He said in a low voice, "You and I both know that no matter what the process is, I will get everything I want to know. You know that I have the ability."
"Fufu …"
Saber-Toothed Tiger tossed his fork aside and wiped his greasy hands on his tattered clothes. Then, he took out a cigarette from Seiber's cigarette box and stuck it in his mouth. He lazily pointed at his own head and said, "Don't worry.
"Everything you want is here. Come and get it yourself … Oh, I forgot. Once you break through Ares' divine seal, everything will be over. That's why you are sitting here and talking to me. Much … I'll be direct, Saber Hawk."
A touch of calmness flashed in Victor's eyes.
"I have long been prepared to be tortured. But I have to be honest. My relationship with Ares is not as close as you think. In fact, I was only hired by him. I don't know much. If you want to get top-secret information about Ares from me, you will be very disappointed."
He waggled his finger.
"I haven't seen him for three months. No orders, no target, no contact. You see, I have been abandoned by him."
"Then tell me everything you know!"
Saber stared at the mutant in front of him impatiently. "What do you want? Just say it. Don't waste my time!"
The fiery red Ash Cross danced in Seiber's eyes. In the vision of the Eye of Repentance, Seiber could clearly see a layer of golden light covering Viktor's head, sealing his memories and soul. This thing was very tough, but it wasn't so tough that it couldn't be broken. After Seiber caught the saber-toothed tiger, he tried to forcibly read Viktor's memories, but the moment his consciousness broke through the divine seal, Viktor's soul showed signs of collapsing.
In other words, if he forcibly read Victor's memory, he would not be able to get anything. This was the reason why he was sitting here and chatting with Victor.
This guy in front of him was the only connection left in the real world by Ares. Once he died, no one would know what the God of War, who was like a ghost, wanted to do or had planned.
"Nice!"
A smile appeared on Victor's face. He put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at the rapidly recovering skin. He raised his head and shook his finger.
"First of all, you cut off my arm. The new arm is only bone, so you have to compensate me with enough alloy for another surgery. This is what I deserve!"
"You wish!"
Saber looked at the saber-toothed tiger in front of him. "You can only blame your bad luck for being cut in half by my sword. Also, this thing is not as strong as you said. Also, there is a lot of adamantium in the black market. I don't believe that with your connections, you can't even get some. Seriously, you are wasting our time. Or do you really want to see if I can break through that layer of light?"
He flexed his fingers and his eyes were filled with menace.
"You don't want me to try again, do you?"
Victor hesitated and shook his head.
"Fine, you stingy bastard! But don't think you can get away with the next thing. I want 'power'! "
"Power?"
Saber furrowed his brows. "What do you mean?"
"Power is power! Power that can make me stronger, no matter what form it takes! "
The saber-toothed tiger rested his chin on his hands and said casually, "I don't expect to become as strong as you all of a sudden. At the very least, I want to be stronger than I am now after the deal is done. The whole magic world knows that The Devil Gang is good at this. You see, I am not doing charity. I will never do a deal without a return."
"Well said, but I think you might have forgotten your identity. You are a prisoner."
Saber's tone became impolite. "And even if I am willing to give it to you, do you really dare to use it?"
"Whether you give it to me or not is your business. Whether I use it or not is my business. You don't have to worry about my business."
The saber-toothed tiger yawned tiredly. "Say, do you agree or not? And I think you are starting to become wishy-washy. Saber, you were not like this before. "
"Boom!"
As soon as his voice fell, a test tube shining with purple fluorescence was thrown in front of the saber-toothed tiger. Saber leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms.
"85% concentration of Extremis, inject it, and if you don't die, you will become stronger. This is my sincerity. Now let me see what you can offer in return. And I am also curious about one thing, Victor, in the past few years, you seem to have been working as a Grave Robber. I can tell from the unknown Hercules' divine power in your body that you are collecting these things. Why?"
Saber tilted his head and looked at Victor in front of him:
"Why are you collecting power so crazily? Do you know something? Or do you feel something? "
Victor didn't answer immediately. He picked up the purple reagent on the table and spun it under the light. Looking at the light refracted by the liquid, his eyes narrowed, and then in front of Saber, he injected this thing into his arm.
"Click!"
The lava-like light began to flow in his blood vessels, like a burning light rushing down his arm into his heart, and then from the heart to every corner of his body. This process is undoubtedly painful. Victor's fingers clasped on the steel table in front of him, and a clear claw mark appeared on the surface of the table.
While enduring the pain in his body that seemed to be burning, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice:
"Ten years ago, I was still a butcher in Stryker's Special Operations Force. At that time, Jimmy had just left there. I wanted to get him back, but Stryker kept sending me missions. I remember very clearly that it was an assassination on the Greek peninsula. I seriously suspected that Stryker was sending me to my death. My operation failed, and I escaped. As a result, I met the remnant soul of Ares who had just awakened in a collapsed Greek temple."
"That was the first time I met him. He saved me and tempted me with power to serve him."
Victor leaned back in his chair, and his body temperature rose rapidly, causing the surrounding air to distort. He was like a hypnotized guy in an illusion, muttering to himself:
"I was eager to find Jimmy, so I agreed to help him, and then I helped him do some very strange things … such as provoking local wars in various countries, opening the closed Secret Realm in Europe, and provoking a civil war between Mutants … Why did Magneto's first invasion of New York go so smoothly? Why was Professor Charles captured by Hydra so easily? Why did Lucifer open the Gates of Hell in New York so accurately? "
His eyes rolled and finally fell on Saber, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:
"You heard his voice when Hell invaded Sanctum, didn't you? He used to favor you very much. He once said that you were more like a spokesperson for war, but unfortunately, after Ancient One also put his eyes on you, Ares gave up the plan to continue to contact you, but do you remember the broken body from the Abyss that you used all your strength to knock down? That was his real goal at that time. "
"There's also the Battle of Demon Island that you participated in, and the aborted U.S. military intervention in Mexico. Behind all of this, there's Ares's shadow, Saber Hawke. In a place you don't know, Ares is like a ghost, outlining the spider web of war throughout the world. At first, I just acted as an executor, but later, I began to understand the meaning of Ares's actions."
"He is the God of War, Seiber. He is the embodiment of war. If the world remains peaceful, he will weaken endlessly. However, once the flames of war ignite, his power will increase exponentially. Why did the First World War happen? Is it really just because of the shot in Sarajevo? No! "
Victor raised his arms:
"It's not like that! Ares planned all of this! At that time, he still had his own divine body and held the War Scepter. At that time, he was only one step away from destroying human civilization … However, it was destroyed by Princess Diana. She was a demigod with the blood of Zeus flowing in her veins. She was supposed to be his best ally, but because of the love of mortals, she became his opponent. In the end, with the help of Ancient One, Diana killed Ares … just a little bit. "
"Now, his power has been restored to what it used to be. He is even stronger than before. He wants to get back the half of his authority that was given to him. He wants to get back the War Scepter. He has a divine body that is even stronger than before. He wants to start his second revenge on this world. You might already know about the war between Atlantis and Paradise Island … Let me tell you about it. He told me personally that Diana will be the first sacrifice, and then this world will be next!"
"He is a rational lunatic! Saber, for revenge, he can plan all the details in advance, and then when necessary, completely abandon everything! But I am not! "
In Victor's eyes, the rational part slowly returned, and his breathing calmed down: "Fuh … I will not destroy the world for some damn hatred. He noticed this, so after I helped him retrieve the War Scepter, he cut off contact with me. But what he said, what he did, all proved one thing: this guy is really going to destroy the world."
Saber Tooth raised his hands and looked at the magma-like blood flowing under the skin of his ten fingers, and the uncontrollable power in his body. He clenched his fists and looked at Saber.
"I have followed that lunatic for ten years. I believe in his ability to execute and his judgment, so I crazily pursue all power. If he fails, in the coming chaotic world, power will allow me to live a better life; if he succeeds, in the face of the inevitable death, power will also allow me to die with dignity."
Saber-Toothed Tiger moved his arms. He placed both of his hands on the metal table in front of him and exerted force with his ten fingers. A scorching aura burst out from between his fingers and melted the sturdy steel. It was like butter that had encountered scorching flames, causing his fingers to penetrate deep into the metal.
Victor was satisfied and let go of his hands to let the temperature outside of his skin drop. He opened the window and felt the cold wind blowing in from outside. He looked back at Saber:
"As for what you want to know … Saber, I can only tell you that Ares last appeared near Rome. There, he made a secret agreement with some existence that spies on this world. I don't know the details, but once he is done preparing, even the Supreme Sorcerer can't stop what will happen next. And now, according to his ability to execute, this plan must have reached the final step."
"So hurry up and go to Paradise Island to save your little lover. The war between Atlantis and Paradise Island is 100% caused by Ares. There is only one purpose in all of this, and that is to lure Princess Diana, the only one who has the ability to stop him, into his trap. If you don't hurry, you may never see her again."
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