Chapter 304: The Wicked Will Be Judged
Black Adam is resurrected, and the wizard Shazam is bound to know, and will definitely look for the next anxious successor to the power of the six gods.
Arthur knew this, and so, he came.
He came to Philadelphia and found this ...... Child...
"You... Who are you?" Snowflakes are flying in the air, pedestrians are watching from a distance, the Christmas tree with colorful light bulbs hanging in the store display case is beautiful, Shazam, wearing a red bodysuit with a lightning bolt symbol on his chest, and a white gold-rimmed cloak on his shoulders stands on the snowflake-paved road, he looks at Arthur suspended in the air, his tone is full of doubt and puzzlement.
"I'm Arthur, a warlock. You can call me a mage." Arthur was still in the same mage suit.
"That's your uniform...? It feels cooler than me..."Shazam was surprised, then reacted and introduced himself, "I'm Billy Batson..."
"I know everything about you, Billy." Arthur said slowly, "Not long ago, the wizard Shazam bestowed upon you the power of the gods, giving you this powerful body."
"Yes!" Just a few hours ago, he was pulled into the Eternal Rock by the wizard Shazam, and with his incorruptible tongue, he moved the wizard and became his heir.
"Take me into the Rock of Eternity, Billy." Arthur said, "Shazam the wizard gave you his power, and he died. The Rock of Eternity is sealed, and now only you can bring people into it."
"Me? Wait, you're saying that weird old man is dead?!"
"Yes, all you need to do is go to the location, and with the faith to go to the Eternal Rock, call out the incantation." Arthur said unhurriedly, "The spell you used to transform into this form, the word Shazam."
"Oh~" Billy thought for a moment, but didn't find a loophole in Arthur's words, he turned around and said with a smile, "Okay! Let's go, go underground."
Arthur followed him, and Shazam headed for the nearest subway station, "Can I ask you something?" Why did you go there?"
"Why? You're having a strange question, because you have something to do, so you want to go."
"Mages are a bunch of weird guys...?" Billy muttered to himself as he led Arthur into the subway station and into the subway, explaining, "The first time I got in from the subway, I thought it would be safer."
"Let's get started, Billy." Arthur's gaze shifted: "The people in the car have noticed us."
「…… Shazam!" Billy invokes the spell, and the two enter the Rock of Eternity, where Billy meets Shazam, the wizard.
The familiar seven stone seats, the familiar seven stone platforms, the only thing that may be different is that the seven demon statues located on those seven stone seats are missing.
"Hey! We're really in!" Billy opened his eyes and was pleasantly surprised. Then he noticed the broken red robe on the ground, and the dead corpse under the red robe, and his heart sank.
He's really dead...
Magic retrieves Shazam's spear, and Arthur places him in the pocket universe.
"We're going to have to bury him." Billy muttered that he felt very uncomfortable, even though the old man was fierce...
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Shazam noticed Arthur walk out of the chamber, and he followed briskly to the spot where he had first come to the Eternal Rock. ….
It is an incredibly large hall with multiple exits and different types of "collections".
A huge keel, a mirror, a glass jar containing a green caterpillar, an old-time armor - all useless things by their appearances alone.
Especially that caterpillar.
But from a mage's point of view, these are powerful magic items, each of which seals a "demon".
Stopping in front of the glass jar, Arthur looked at the caterpillar inside, Shazam came over and stopped, he looked at a few items in front of him, frowned, and realized that things were not simple.
"Hello, Billy Batson." A woman's face appears in the mirror.
"It's you, the woman in the mirror, you're here." Billy was surprised.
"I've always been here, when you first came here,
I've watched you, but at that time, you didn't have a connection with magic." The woman's name is Francesca, and she is a witch who made a mistake and was locked up here by the council.
"You should be ready." Armor spoke, "That guy named Black Adam will find you sooner or later, you can't continue to play, you should be responsible for your identity."
"Hey! Brother, how long are you going to look at me, I won't call you." Caterpillar – Meditation mites open.
The meditative mite is an alien insect with intelligence beyond human intelligence and can control other people's brains.
Its origins have been revised several times, so Arthur is unclear which version of the current meditative mite is.
Either way, though, it's a sinful being, trying to conquer the universe, and the earth is its testing bed.
It's just that it's different from other alien criminals, it never commits crimes with its own hands, and has always acted as the mastermind behind the scenes.
The abilities are mind control, mind projection, evolution.
He's smart and likes to make some awesome gadgets.
Of course, its favorite thing to do, is to control the hero... We...
"Oh! Shet! The bugs are talking." Billy looked at it, he thought the mirror and the armor could talk, it was magical enough.
I didn't expect bugs to be too...
"Bugs?!" The meditative mite was a little angry: "Call me Mr. Heart!"
"The heart... Sir?" Billy laughed.
Pondering the mite's shame, Arthur closed his gaze: "You are dangerous, your spirit is very strong, and your heart is full of evil."
"......" the mite thought for a moment, "You're reading my mind."
"You want to get out." Arthur said that he had come not only for the Spear of Shazam, but also for the idea of taking the Spear of Eternity in his pocket: "I have always wanted to tempt a foolish man to do it for you, or for you to lift the curse."
"Completely seen through," Armor said.
"We do have this idea, but we have had enough of the eternal captivity of not seeing the future." Francesca said, "We want to get out, get out of here, why keep imprisoning us?! This is our punishment?! We've been around long enough."
"You don't want to—" Billy broke out in a cold sweat.
"Perhaps, the wizard Shazam imprisoned you here." Arthur said, "The wicked shall be judged."
"......" The three of them were speechless, and another little Jiujiu arose in their hearts.
They weren't the only ones who got into the Rock of Eternity, and the Black Adam.
Wait, they'll get out sooner or later.
"They don't speak—" Billy saw that the three of them were silent, and Francesca retreated from the mirror.
"Because there's nothing to say—" There was no need to talk to Arthur and the others again.
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