Chapter 669: The Sorcerer's Threat (Part 1) (Patreon)

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What profession poses the greatest threat to sorcerers? Some argue it's the warriors, others believe it's the assassins, but in reality, it's the ones who possess the strength of warriors and the swiftness of assassins... the seers.

As Steve watched Loki, who was being swung around by Peter, he furrowed his brow, looking towards Schiller and Strange nearby. "Isn't it a bit uncomfortable just watching like this?"

"Indeed," Strange nodded and cast an amplification spell on himself. He shouted towards the scene, "Peter! He's about to chant a defense spell! Intercept him! Yes, get around the shield! Jump on top of him! Toss him up in the air! That's it, beautiful!"

It was only after Peter slammed Loki to the ground that Stark flew over, feigning concern. "JARVIS, fire the capture web, let's detain Peter for a moment."

With a swift motion, a capture web shot from the Mech armor's arm, but it completely missed Peter. Loki, still recovering from the ground, muttered, "Is your aiming sight made of wood? Aim to the right!"

Before he could finish, Peter pounced again. Loki tried to evade, but he couldn't escape and was once more sent flying. He hastily cast a defensive spell on himself to avoid serious injury and shouted, "Quick, restrain him! His strength is increasing!"

Without his prompting, the others had also noticed. Initially, Peter could only push Loki back a few steps, but as time passed, he could toss Loki around like a ragdoll. By now, he could create a pit in the ground upon impact.

If this continued, no one would withstand his punches without calling Thor for assistance. Steve took the initiative and leaped forward, tapping his shield. Predictably, Peter turned towards him, and when he collided with the shield, Steve was pushed back several meters, his ankle sinking into the ground.

Seizing the opportunity, Stark flew over and fired the capture web. However, every time he targeted Peter, Peter effortlessly evaded. It became clear that in this situation, Peter's Spider-Sense had grown stronger. Eventually, whenever Stark even thought about targeting him, Peter would steer clear of Stark's Mech armor.

"It seems like he's learning," Natasha observed from a distance with a telescope. "His powers are also getting stronger. This can't continue..."

Afterward, she picked up the walkie-talkie hanging from her waist and contacted Steve. "We can't handle this on the ground; we need to take this to space, or it'll endanger the city's surface."

"The problem is, we can't catch him. How do we get him into space?" Steve replied, looking puzzled while holding his shield. "I wish we had chosen the battleground in space."

"Wait, doesn't he have a symbiote inside him?" Natasha suddenly remembered. She said, "The red one, what's it called? Red Bee? Can't we let it take control for a bit?"

"I'll give it a try!" Steve tossed his shield again, but Peter rolled out of the way. He turned back to Steve, who shouted, "Red Bee? Red Bee! Are you there? Take control of Peter's body; we need to get him into space!"

Surprisingly, Peter did not respond. Schiller dispersed into a grey mist, making contact with Peter's body using the mist factor, finally awakening the slumbering Red Bee.

"What are you doing? Why was I asleep?" Grey Mist inquired.

"I... I don't know. Suddenly, a surge of power entered my host's body, and I absorbed some of it. I'm still digesting it, and symbiotes sleep when they're digesting power... Sorry, did I cause any trouble?" Red Bee replied, sounding somewhat groggy.

"You absorbed that power. Do you know what it is?" Schiller asked.

"I don't know, but it's beneficial to me. I haven't finished digesting it, so I don't know its specific effects. What do you want me to do?" Red Bee inquired.

"Can you restrain Peter's body? His instincts are too strong, and if this continues, he might destroy the city."

"That instinct he gained is incredibly unique; I've never seen anything like it. So, I'm not sure how to control it. But I can make him quiet for a little while, maybe around ten minutes..." Red Bee replied.

"That's enough."

After a brief exchange between the symbiotes, Peter suddenly stopped, maintaining his sprinting pose and freezing on the ground. Schiller's Grey Mist enveloped him, ascended, broke through the atmosphere, and entered space.

Stark, following closely behind, was the only one who could handle space combat. However, the revitalized Peter roamed around in space, alternately pummeling celestial debris and clearing space junk. Schiller and Stark watched him closely.

Stark frowned. "I think we can't let this go on. What if one of those debris pieces is completely captured by Earth's gravity and becomes a meteor? What then?"

"What about your robots?"

"Do you think any of them can withstand a punch from him? If he smashes one, it'll become space junk again, right?"

"I think we need to hire a few mercenaries with space combat capabilities, temporary hires," Schiller pondered, and he and Stark exchanged glances, realizing they were thinking of the same group of people.

About half an hour later, several symbiotes arrived near Earth. As Blue Spirit approached, Schiller asked, "What about Venom? Didn't I call him on the telephone? He isn't still indulging in chocolate, is he?"

"He's back there, seems to be having a little disagreement with his host... Oh, and he hasn't been eating much chocolate lately; he's probably on a diet," Blue Spirit shook his head, then went down to join the other symbiotes in intercepting Peter.

After a while, Venom arrived, but his current state was entirely different from what Schiller had anticipated.

Under normal circumstances, once in space, Venom should have entirely enveloped Eddie's body from the outside, just like the other symbiotes. This state was the most suitable for space combat.

However, at the moment, Venom only covered Eddie's legs, and the upper half of Venom's body was detached from Eddie's. Venom even had to extend an oxygen tube to supply Eddie with oxygen, preventing him from suffocating. Now, Eddie looked like a person with two heads. As they got closer, Schiller heard Eddie shouting:

"You've messed everything up! You damn parasite! How could you control me to force a kiss..."

"Shut up! You coward! If it weren't for me, would you two have gone any further? Dream on! You should thank me. You dare call me a parasite? Look at you now, you'd be dead without me!"

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even be in space!"

"In that case, should I drop you down now?"

"Get lost! Do you think I want to be with you? Do you know how much trouble you've caused me lately? The police at the New York police station know me because of you. Why don't you listen to me at all? Are you insane?"

Even from a distance, Schiller could hear the despair in Eddie's voice. When Eddie approached, Schiller asked, "What's going on? Another argument with Venom?"

Eddie sighed helplessly and said, "He's been acting crazy lately. Not only does he go for walks in the middle of the night, standing on the tallest high-rise building, yelling 'I am Venom, I am vengeance.' He even controls my body to create all sorts of mechanical devices while I'm sleeping. He somehow got hold of a helicopter and hid it in my basement..."

"He's set up a bunch of devices, installing them everywhere, running around New York City every night. I haven't had a good night's sleep in days..."

Schiller made a sound, feeling like he had heard this kind of problem before. He stroked his chin and said, "He seems to be doing what an alien creature should do, like monitoring Earthlings or something."

"But he's not actually monitoring anything! The devices he's made are a mess and completely useless!"

"I just haven't activated them! Shut up, coward!" Venom roared.

Schiller scrutinized both of them and said, "Are you really planning to separate? Don't be impulsive; stay calm..."

"I can't stay calm at all. Do you know what he did yesterday? He controlled me and forcibly kissed my girlfriend! My God! I'm seriously considering calling the police!" Eddie's voice was extremely agitated. He continued, "I used to think he could understand me, but now he's so excited, like a crazy monster. I can't communicate with him anymore!"

"Excited? You just mentioned that Venom has been excited?" Schiller squinted at Eddie, and Eddie nodded, saying, "More than just excited; he's been overly excited! He bites anything he sees on the street. I don't know how to explain the chewed-up car tires and the bitten-off bumpers to the traffic police..."

Schiller and Stark exchanged glances. Stark whispered, "Could this have something to do with Peter's heightened state?"

Schiller took Eddie and Venom away from the battlefield and activated his magic vision. He was momentarily blinded by the golden light emanating from Venom's body.

"What's going on? Why do you have..." Schiller was very puzzled as he circled around Venom. Venom and Eddie were still arguing loudly. Stark looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he changed his Mech armor's core to magic energy.

Then he also noticed the abnormality on Venom's body. That golden light seemed to be identical to what Peter had on him. Stark began searching for commonalities in his memories, but he couldn't find any significant connections between them. However, at this moment, Schiller suddenly seemed to have an epiphany and said, "Oh, I get it now. It can't be... I almost forgot."

Perhaps some still remember that during the Bat Invasion incident, Schiller brought Venom to Peter, and they staged a Bat God's arrival. Originally, it was just for some money and to help raise S.H.I.E.L.D.'s status, but unexpectedly, they created a Bat God in the process.

Coincidentally, during that time, the Morlun Family, the arch-enemies of Spider-Man, or rather, the present Peter Parker, set their sights on this world's Spider-Man. They wanted to hunt him down. But at that time, Peter was wearing Venom, and Venom's heart was filled with Batman's darkness.

Morlun's arrival triggered Peter, and that darkness surged forth. As a result, that unfortunate vampire got infected by Batman's inner darkness.

The final outcome was that the members of the Morlun Family were chopped up by The Ancient One, but before he died, he connected to the network used by the Morlun Family for communication, causing that dark power to spread through the network.

Schiller didn't know this, but he knew that the most important connection between Peter and Venom was the Bat God from the Bat Invasion incident. That was their combined form.

Now, both of them had gained a considerable amount of Power of Belief. Could it be that someone actually believed in this Bat God?

Just then, a portal opened in mid-air, and Strange stuck his head out, saying, "We have results. Meet at the Sanctum Sanctorum."

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