Outing, Pledging Allegiance

"Don’t be angry. It was just a joke."

Wang Bert looked at Wanda, pressed his hand down, and said, "I’m letting you stay at the manor because I want to take care of you from nearby."

"Who needs you to take care of me?"

Wanda gave a haughty snort. The red glow around her gradually faded as she said, "Don’t think I don’t know what kind of man you are."

At the thought of this, Wanda felt depressed. She knew the Blood God was a playboy, yet she still could not help coming to see him.

"I’m just a simple playboy."

Wang Bert smiled and said, "Enough of that. Wanda, stay here without worry. Once winter vacation is over, you’ll attend Manhattan High School."

"Go to school?"

Wanda was stunned. She asked, "Didn’t you say you wanted me to become a Super Hero?"

"Going to school won’t stop you from becoming a Super Hero. Spider-Man went to school while being a Super Hero, and he even worked part-time delivering pizza."

Wang Bert said, "Wanda, your education level is a little low. You need to go to school and improve yourself."

Wanda lowered her head somewhat self-consciously. Both she and Pietro had poor educations. After all, Hydra had not taught them schoolwork.

"Wanda, this isn’t discrimination. I’m simply stating a fact."

Wang Bert got up, walked to Wanda’s side, took her hand, and said, "I was only a high school student back then. After becoming the Blood God, I went to great lengths to get into Harvard University. Now I have a university degree."

Going to great lengths was naturally a lie, but the university degree was real. Still, the people around him were either PhDs or PhDs with several doctoral degrees. A mere university degree was too embarrassing to bring up.

Only in front of Wanda could he still show it off.

"Really?"

Wanda was surprised. She had not expected the Blood God to be so studious. As for her hand, she had no intention of pulling it away at all.

"Of course it’s true, Wanda. Knowledge is important."

Wang Bert said, "Study hard. As for becoming a Super Hero, I’ll arrange it for you. Don’t worry, it won’t delay you from becoming the idol of countless boys and girls."

Wanda immediately felt a little embarrassed. She asked, "What about Pietro? Will he go to school with me?"

"I’ve applied for S.W.O.R.D. Agent Academy for him."

Wang Bert stopped Wanda before she could speak and said, "Wanda, he’s different from you. He’s too impatient and frivolous. He needs to settle down properly at the academy. Otherwise, he might become the next Human Torch."

Wanda did not quite understand. "Human Torch?"

Wang Bert smiled. "Search online and you’ll know how terrible Human Torch is. Tony made him a Super Hero, but not only did he fail to make money, he lost a fortune."

Wanda nodded as if she understood. "Then I’ll look him up later."

Wang Bert smiled. "All right. Since you happened to come over, I’ll take you out for a walk."

"A walk?"

Wanda recalled their trip to Africa some time ago, and her eyes lit up. She asked, "Are we going to Africa, or somewhere else?"

"No, to the Dragon World, also known as the Dragon Dimension."

Wang Bert smiled faintly, opened a portal, and led Wanda through it.

The portal Wang Bert opened was in the sky. Wanda stepped into empty air and, terrified, quickly hugged Wang Bert.

Wang Bert held Wanda and pointed at the massive mountain ahead. "The Dragon World has two enormous mountains, one in the east and one in the west. They belong to the Dragon God and the Lizard Dragon God respectively. The one before us is one of them."

"Blood God, this isn’t Earth?"

Wanda was a little dazed. How had they suddenly left Earth? It was too unbelievable.

"This is another dimension."

Wang Bert smiled and said, "Now, I’ll perform a magic trick for you."

As he spoke, Wang Bert raised his hand. The mountain thousands of meters away began at its peak and rapidly turned to dust. Sensing that something was wrong, the dragons on the mountain hurriedly flapped their wings and fled.

"What’s happening? Why is the God Mountain collapsing?"

The dragons shouted in panic. Then, some of them spotted Wang Bert and Wanda and immediately flew over, yelling, "Who are you? What did you do?"

"Get down."

Wang Bert said coldly. The next moment, hundreds of dragons in the sky crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom, kicking up massive clouds of dust.

The dragons were shocked and furious. They tried to get back up, only to find that they could not rise no matter what they did. Terror filled their hearts. Where had this great god come from? Wanda was also somewhat startled. She could not help asking, "Blood God, what are you doing?"

"Building a mountain gate."

Wang Bert smiled faintly. Not only was the Dragon God’s God Mountain collapsing, but the Lizard Dragon God’s God Mountain was also disintegrating. In less than five minutes, the two tallest mountains in the Dragon World had completely vanished.

Next, Wang Bert teleported Wanda to the center of the world. Then he lifted one hand, and the world shook violently. Countless earth dragons burst from the ground and crazily piled atop one another.

Before long, an enormous mountain range ten thousand meters tall, like a giant dragon coiled in repose, appeared at the very center of the Dragon World.

Wanda was utterly horrified. She could not even close her mouth. She knew the Blood God was powerful, but she had never imagined he would be this powerful. This was simply not something a person could accomplish.

This was a miracle, something only a god could do—and not an ordinary god at that.

To be honest, Wanda was so shocked that her legs felt weak. As she looked at Wang Bert, her eyes held not only affection, but also deep awe and incomparable worship.

"World authority really is useful. The entire world is under my control."

Wang Bert nodded in satisfaction. He held Wanda and arrived inside the mountain. With a casual wave, a large number of stone houses appeared.

Wanda came back to her senses, swallowed, and asked in confusion, "Blood God, why are you making so many stone houses?"

Wang Bert asked with a teasing smile, "Do you think one stone house would be enough?"

"One stone house? What do you mean? Uh, Blood God, you’re so bad."

Wanda did not understand at first, but when she figured it out, she blushed and lightly punched Wang Bert.

"You understand quite a lot. Come, Wanda, take a look at my army."

Wang Bert smiled, swept his hand in an arc, and a huge spatial portal rapidly formed. Immediately afterward, tens of thousands of angels with pure white wings marched out in neat ranks.

"My Lord."

Led by nine Avenging Angels, the Angel Legion bowed respectfully to Wang Bert in unison.

Wanda’s mouth fell open again, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock. That was the Angel Legion. As a fairly devout believer, she almost dropped to her knees.

Why did the Blood God have an Angel Legion? Weren’t Vampires and angels sworn enemies? Could all those movies have been lies? "No need for formalities. From now on, you will be stationed on this mountain and guard this world for me."

Wang Bert shouted. This Angel Legion included not only the angels subdued in the previous war, but also the batch of angels sealed by the Angel Church—they had only been unsealed by Annie two days earlier.

The Main Universe was unsuitable for too many angels to remain, so Wang Bert transferred them to the Dragon World.

"My Lord, we will definitely guard this world for you."

Annie spoke on behalf of the Angel Legion. Wang Bert nodded in satisfaction. At that moment, a large number of dragons flew over. The sudden appearance of a ten-thousand-meter mountain range had naturally alarmed them.

"Get lost!"

Wang Bert let out a thunderous roar. All the dragons uncontrollably turned around and flew back, their hearts filled with endless fear.

Annie requested permission to fight. "Master, please allow us to conquer this world for you."

"There’s no need. With my authority and strength, if I truly wanted to conquer them, a single word would be enough."

Wang Bert shook his head and said, "The problem is, if I conquer them, how will I have the nerve to eat dragon meat, drink dragon blood, and refine dragon souls later?

"Learn about this world as quickly as possible, then eliminate those evil dragons. Ignore everything else.

"Also, Divine Word has been set up here. Dragons cannot approach."

"Even without Divine Word, what are mere dragons worth?"

Annie said disdainfully, and the other angels felt the same. Angels had always been proud.

Thinking of something, Annie said, "Master, can this matter be handed over to Lina? I am the captain of your Guardians. My greatest mission is to remain by your side."

Does he even need guards?

Wanda secretly complained. At the same time, she felt rather inferior. Was she truly worthy of the Blood God? With one sentence, he could decide the fate of an entire world!

"All right. Once the Dragon World is stable, bring two Avenging Angels and continue following me."

Wang Bert nodded. At that moment, the Dragon Soul Clone flew out of his body and said, "This world is very beneficial to me. I’ll go into seclusion for a while and swallow the Lizard Dragon God while I’m at it."

"Your power comes from this world, so it’s normal for it to benefit you."

Wang Bert did not refuse. It was worth mentioning that the Dragon Soul Clone was not the soul of a true dragon, but Wang Bert’s own soul. During this transformation, Wang Bert devoured the dragon soul and evolved his own Dragon Soul.

That was also why the Dragon Soul Clone had suddenly gained a sense of self.

After dealing with everything, Wang Bert took Wanda sightseeing around the Dragon World. Wanda had an extremely happy time and laughed all afternoon, even reluctant to return.

Of course, no matter how reluctant she was, she ultimately had to return. In the study, Wang Bert released Wanda’s hand and said, "I’ll take you again next time. For now, prepare for school."

"Okay."

Thinking of their earlier intimacy, Wanda felt somewhat shy. She nodded, then left as if fleeing.

When she reached the garden outside, Wanda took a deep breath and gradually calmed down. Remembering something, she could not help sighing.

The Blood God was wonderful, practically the prince charming of her dreams. The problem was that he was a playboy. To him, she was probably just someone to casually fool around with.

Besides, he was too outstanding. She, a country girl, did not seem worthy of him.

"Other than my superpowers, I don’t seem to have anything else that makes me worthy of the Blood God."

Wanda felt somewhat inferior. To be honest, she was underestimating herself. Besides her superpowers, she had one other feature that stood above all other women! Ahem, never mind that for now. Wanda was about to return to her room when an elderly woman with the face of a child and hair white as a crane approached. Looking at Wanda, she smiled and said, "You’re the first girlfriend the Blood God has brought back to the manor."

"Really?"

Wanda’s eyes lit up. Then she came to her senses and said with a red face, "I’m not the Blood God’s girlfriend."

Madame Gao said, "The Blood God is actually just a big child. He truly likes you, but he is unwilling to give up the entire forest."

"You make it sound so nice. Isn’t he just a playboy?"

Wanda complained. As long as she was not beside Wang Bert, her intelligence was perfectly normal.

"You could put it that way."

Madame Gao smiled and said, "Little girl, when you have time, pay a visit to Iron Man’s wife, Pepper. Iron Man used to be just like the Blood God, but now she has him completely tamed. He behaves himself so well that he doesn’t even dare invite swimsuit beauties to his parties."

"She’s that impressive?"

Wanda was tempted, then coughed and said, "I’ll visit Ms. Pepper, but only to celebrate her giving birth to the Dragon and Phoenix Twins."

After saying that, Wanda turned and left with a red face. Madame Gao shook her head and knocked on the study door.

In the study, Wang Bert heard Madame Gao’s purpose and asked in astonishment, "Shou-Lao wants to pledge allegiance to me? Really?"

"When Danny Rand came to find me, I was surprised too."

Madame Gao smiled. "But it should be true."

Danny Rand had recently begun questioning his life. First, Skye, the S.W.O.R.D. team leader, had become Iron Fist. Then, during the Hydra war, he discovered that the Director and the Director’s wife were also Iron Fists.

That would have been one thing, but every Iron Fist was much stronger than him. He no longer had the face to claim that he too was Iron Fist.

It was too humiliating, like a husky that had wandered into a wolf pack.

"What exactly did I cultivate for over twenty years in K’un-Lun? And wasn’t Iron Fist supposed to be unique? Why are they everywhere now?"

Danny could not help complaining. He had once been proud of defeating his fellow disciples and becoming Iron Fist, but now, heh.

Danny was not the only one unsettled. Shou-Lao was equally unsettled and contacted Danny on his own initiative for the first time, telling him to find out what was going on with all those Iron Fists.

Danny did not refuse. He went to Steve to ask, and Steve did not hide anything. He briefly explained how Wang Bert had found the Dragon World and killed the Dragon God.

Danny nearly fell to his knees. Even the Dragon God had been killed? Blood God, could you possibly be any more brutal?

Unlike Danny, Shou-Lao was overjoyed and immediately had Danny seek out Madame Gao to pledge allegiance.

"Shou-Lao wants to return to the Dragon World, just as I want to return to K’un-Lun."

Madame Gao explained, "Fallen leaves return to their roots. We want to return to our own home."

"Going home?"

A trace of reminiscence flashed through Wang Bert’s eyes. He said, "In that case, agree to Shou-Lao’s request. It isn’t a major matter anyway."

"On Shou-Lao’s behalf, I thank the Blood God."

Madame Gao bowed respectfully. Then she asked, "Blood God, do you need us to recruit some people from K’un-Lun? There are still many skilled fighters there."

"Skilled fighters?"

Wang Bert rubbed his nose and did not respond. The strongest person in K’un-Lun was Iron Fist, namely Danny Rand. Think about it. Really think about it.

Qi was powerful, but the teaching standards of K’un-Lun, that educational institution, were clearly not very good.

"Make the arrangements."

Wang Bert waved his hand. Thinking of something, he said, "When Colleen returns, have her report to Watchmen Company. She is well suited to becoming a Super Hero."

"She will not disappoint you."

Madame Gao nodded and left respectfully.

After Madame Gao left, Wang Bert could not help sighing. Madame Gao and Shou-Lao could return to their homeland, but what about his own homeland?

Wang Bert instructed, "Jarvis, I’m in a bad mood. Find twelve supermodels to accompany me on a trip to Attilan on the moon."

"Yes, Mr. Wang. The supermodels and space shuttle will be ready within an hour. In addition, I have already informed Black Bolt. He will personally receive you."

Jarvis’s voice came from a nearby speaker. He had left a subprogram in Wang Bert’s computer so that he could receive Wang Bert’s commands at any time.

What, wasn’t Jarvis Tony’s butler? Heh, he was also Wang Bert’s assistant. That would help him live longer.