The first thousand seven hundred and eighty-two chapters, the final decision
"If I heard it right, little wizard. You mean, you want to treat the stupid humans who believe in him as the target of salvation, right?"
"Isn't this a sure thing?"
Facing this sneer, Strange immediately refuted righteously. Looking at his righteous look, the mockery on Xia Kela's face became even better.
"Listen, little mage, I don't know who taught you. But I believe that if your teacher heard what you said, he would regret that he would have taught you such a fool! Who told you that humans who believe in the devil can still be regarded as humans? Don't you know the style that your Kamataj's mage always maintained when facing these evil believers?"
Kama Taj's usual style? Strange certainly understands. For these humans who devote themselves to evil, Kama Taj's mages have always treated them as hidden dangers that may cause damage to the world. They would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. This is the usual style of mages in dealing with such issues. And for this kind of thing that is natural in the eyes of mages or in the eyes of ancient mythological creatures like Xia Kela, Strange cannot agree with it.
For the past thirty years, his greatest understanding of mankind, who claimed to be a human elite, is the so-called civilization. Civilization should be reflected in the law and benevolence, rather than in barbarity and cruelty. This is also the reason why he has never agreed with the practices of the wizards, because in his opinion, this is simply an ancient bad habit that has been spread.
What is the big problem when a belief is wrong? Compared with a felonious crime such as murder and arson, this kind of mistake is not worth mentioning at all. Even murderers can sometimes be forgiven and released. So why can't people who make mistakes in faith be able to do it? It's said that it's a precaution, but it doesn't make sense. You must know that compared with criminals who have actually made mistakes, they have done nothing? In the laws of any country in the world, there seems to be no regulations that convict people because of a person's ideas.
Strange's idea was very simple, that was, he treated these so-called Satanic believers as patients with psychological problems. In his opinion, finding a psychologist to help them change this psychology is a more effective and civilized approach than completely destroying them and making them no longer exist in this world.
This is the most correct behavior and the most advocated practice. He wanted to argue, but Stark shook his hand at him and said.
"This is not the question we should consider now, doctor. What we should consider now is, if this ceremony can be stopped, will it really prevent Satan from coming? Is this ceremony really the key factor that allows Satan to intervene in the world?"
"If so, then why did he make such a decision today? Shouldn't he have many better opportunities in many years in the past?"
Stark has always been very keen, so he pointed out the problem as soon as he opened his mouth and found such a doubt from the information provided by Strange and Xia Kela.
A ceremony can bring a powerful demon king to this world? To be honest, he was a little suspicious.
You should know that the past history of mankind is full of ignorance. Especially in the Middle Ages, that kind of ignorance developed to a limit. From the so-called Holy See to the countryside, almost everyone engraved their superstitious thoughts in their bones. He believed that in such an era, it would never be difficult to hold a large-scale Satanic ceremony.
Any small lord with a territory can find enough sacrifices in more than ten years. As long as they are cautious, even with the dominance of Catholicism in that era, it is impossible to dig them out.
It is true that in the Middle Ages, many so-called evil sacrifice rituals were interrupted and suspended by the churches. But in such an era, no one could say for sure that they had blocked all rituals. Several popes in the Vatican could not have the confidence. Similarly, even the mages of Kamataj, including the existence who claimed to be the supreme wizard, could not have such confidence.
Humans cannot fully consider the plan. There will inevitably be fish that misses the net. Then the problem comes. If there is fish that misses the net, even if there is only one, Satan should have already arrived in this world. So why did he hear of such a threat for the first time until today?
He was very curious, or rather, he had to be curious about it. As the leader of this country, he had to make sure that he could not make mistakes. He had to confirm that this was not a conspiracy, but a carefully arranged trap. If he wanted to get such confirmation, he had to pick out all the doubts and get answers from these doubts one by one to reassure him.
The ancient secrets make the doubts that can be selected are very small, and the question he described is the biggest doubt. The others can be temporarily put down, but this question is the only one, he must know the answer.
This kind of mood is tight, even difficult to wait. Faced with the mood he showed at this moment, neither Xia Kela nor Strange could help but show suspicion.
This question is something they cannot answer. Even though they have rich experience and the wisdom of the mages who have accumulated for nearly a thousand years, they still cannot give a positive answer. The answer may be, but it is not necessarily accurate. Of course, at this time, they do not care about ensuring the accuracy of their answers.
"Your Excellency, this question is difficult for us to answer. I can only explain this. Either in the past, all rituals were suspended. Or there were some powerful threats that Satan did not choose to do at that time."
This is Xia Kela's answer, and when she said that, she also whipped her fingers as if she had known her, counting those existences that were enough to make Satan feel threatened.
"Merphisto, Jehovah, Amon, Odin, every god and devil who may have an intersection with Satan will not want to see such a scene happening. Especially after the once giants visited the earth, they will not want to be disturbed by such a messy guy in their limited interference!"
"Giant?" is another secret in myth, which makes Stark think he has found his way. He mentioned it for a moment, and Xia Kela responded quickly.
"Yes, giants, giants from the starry sky. Thousands of years ago, when the gods were fighting in full swing, they intervened. Using this planet as a test site and creating a new life on the basis of human beings. Oh, that is what you call mutants. In order to leave enough room for survival for these mutants, they gave the gods and the devil a lesson so that they would not interfere too much in the development of the human world."
"Otherwise, after the age of mythology, until the thousands of years before the appearance of the Supreme Master, why did the gods sit so honestly in their own world? At most, they would just sneakily influence the world? Don't imagine the gods too noble. Without a knife pressing on their backs, they have already turned this world into their toys!"
As the original vampire, the secrets that Xia Kela said were shocking. Especially when putting these stories on those devout believers, it would have no earth-shaking impact on their worldview and values.
However, this does not mean much to Stark. First of all, he is not a devout believer. He has never lacked the so-called awe for the gods. This can be seen from the fact that he first became an Avenger and gave him a joke nickname after knowing Thor's identity. A person like him is not even taken seriously by God. Therefore, naturally, this heavy secret cannot have any value in his heart.
This is one of the reasons. Another reason is that at present, in the imminent problem they are facing, such ancient past events cannot become any valuable clues.
It can only represent the reason why existences such as Satan are afraid of the oldest past, and cannot be an excuse for him to be like this. Time will dilute everything. He does not believe that an ambitious existence will completely give up his ambitions because of a little lesson from the distant past. He must have tried it and tried countless times. But the past has not been able to be done, and he has not been sure until today. There must be other reasons here.
Stark can understand this, and Strange can also think clearly. Unlike Xia Kela, who has always liked to learn from her own experience and experience, Strange is from a regular academic school. Whether as a doctor or a mage, he will be more rational and logically explained. In this regard, what she believes is.
"I think there should be other reasons here."
"I have also said before that, as the incarnation of hell, Satan himself will be rejected by the whole world if he wants to invade the world. I don't think this is a problem that can be completely solved by a ritual. This is true whether from the perspective of the ritual or the power of the world itself."
"You know, the so-called summoning ritual is just a door that is forcibly opened by the power of the summoned person. This is like opening an opening on the ice layer and forcibly allowing the aquatic animals under the ice to run to the land. If it has the characteristics of a land creature, that is, it is good to be able to adapt to the land environment, it will be able to move freely on the land. But if not, then there are only two choices he faces, one is to die on the land, and the other is to return to his own water world along the open ice layer in shame."
"This is the case for Satan. Perhaps he had opened the door through the ceremony and was able to temporarily enter the world. But he was not allowed by the world and would inevitably be restricted by the whole world, so that he had to return to his own world like a fish that had been on the shore after a brief breath."
"I think that in the past years, Satan must have entered here secretly. But in the past, he must have fallen into hell again because of the rejection of the world itself. He must have tried such a lesson, and he must have been thinking about ways to deal with it. He must have had a way, and this may be the reason why he did not act until today."
Strange thought while explaining. Stark immediately felt extremely acknowledged with his explanation.
That's right, he thought so. While he was deciding this way, he also quickly asked.
"Can you guess what he can deal with? If you know this, maybe we will be more confident in defeating him!"
"This is unlikely, Your Excellency."
Although he was as eager as Stark emotionally, Strange still gave such an answer rationally.
"It's like we can't guess how a fish that has reached the shore survives. It may have evolved a breathable lung, or a breathable skin. It may even be that it has caused huge waves and flooded the land with oceans. These situations are possible. And now, before we have personally verified it, none of us can get an accurate answer. So I don't think it's right to waste time on such things. Rather than discussing such questions that are temporarily impossible to get answers, it's better to act immediately."
"Only by acting, we can know how far we can do. Only by acting can we change all this, right?"
Strange's words came to Stark's heart. Although he did not want to waste his precious national strength at this time, he also knew that this was no longer a question he wanted to or not.
He had to take action. After thinking about this, his actions immediately became decisive.
"Ms. Hill, inform the Ministry of Defense to prepare the army. As we planned, we would surround that place in the shortest time."
"In addition, I authorize you that once the situation is beyond our control, I allow you to use all means."
Chapter completed!