amaotonovel Chapter 4687 The Demise of the X Royal Family (8)
Chapter 4687 The Demise of the X Royal Family (8)
Chapter 4687 The X Royal Family: Demise (Part 8)
Magneto!!!!
At the heart of the mental storm, even with his mind-blocking helmet, Magneto could still hear the White Queen's furious roar. He sighed, knowing what was coming would inevitably happen, but he had to face it all alone. Professor X shouldn't show himself now; Emma would want to kill him.
A dazzling figure burst through the window and stopped in front of Magneto. All the crystal shards flew up and shot towards Magneto. Magneto waved his hand and said with some helplessness, "Stop with these little tricks, Emma."
"A little trick?! If you hadn't actually shed blood for mutants, Eric, I would have shattered your head off with my crystal shards!!!"
The White Queen was an imposing blonde woman. She was tall and strong, with features typical of Germanic people, her lines sharp and almost masculine, and her every move exuded the aura of a ruler. When she was enraged, she resembled an exploding star, so bright that it was blinding.
"What did you and Charles promise me back then?! You said you would build a new utopia for mutants, and what did I say then? I said you were dreaming, haven't we failed enough?! Haven't we learned enough lessons from Kenosha and the Federation of Mutants?!"
"It was your sweet talk that made me say this time was different, that we would definitely win. You said I only needed to resolve the diplomatic and trade issues, and you would take care of everything. How could I believe such lies?!"
"The raiding party was wiped out, wasn't it?! Because of your damn, outrageously stupid multiverse project! We've lost eight more of our comrades, Eric. Look me in the eyes. Don't you feel any remorse for them?!"
The White Queen waved her hands wildly. "God knows, I've already persuaded the ambassadors of six countries to make state visits to Krakia. Once they come, our status will be even more legitimate, and you dare bring that damned Sebastian back at this time?! You're humiliating me!!!"
Her roar made the entire crystal dome tremble, and even the mutants on the island trembled and hid in their rooms, not daring to face the White Queen's wrath.
The Magneto in this universe was relatively good-natured. He sighed softly and said, "The multiverse project was indeed our fault, and Charles has already paid the price. Emma, we didn't call Black King back to oppose you."
"Then what exactly are you trying to do?!" The White Queen was clearly on the verge of collapse. She said, "Tomorrow is the UN General Assembly! The raid has failed, and they will definitely criticize us harshly. Only I can resolve this diplomatic disaster for you, and yet you have betrayed me at this crucial moment..."
“No, Emma, please believe me, we are not going to use Black King to deal with you.” Magneto walked up to her, looked into her eyes, and said, “You can’t deny that Sebastian is also a mutant, and if we want to build a nation that accepts all mutants, we cannot exclude him. I think you had already considered this when you agreed to our request. At that time, Charles and I were impressed by how magnanimous and respectable you were.”
"Don't think you can solve this by flattering me!" The White Queen wasn't fooled at all. "Tell me what you want with Sebastian!"
Magneto was speechless. He didn't even know how he could have agreed to Schiller's insane plan. Enraging the White Queen was like splitting the mutants; if he couldn't give her an explanation, things would likely spiral out of control.
Just then, a knock on the door sounded like celestial music. For some reason, Magneto had an inexplicable confidence in Schiller, perhaps because of his understanding of Professor X, and Magneto projected his trust in Professor X onto him.
“Please come in,” Magneto said. He pulled his cloak tighter and turned, indicating his intention to leave and hand over the stage to Schiller. However, to his surprise, it wasn't Schiller who entered first, but Professor X in a wheelchair.
At this moment, Magneto was terrified. The White Queen already harbored strong opinions about the multiverse project and blamed Professor X for the annihilation of the raiding party. It's not impossible that Magneto had Professor X hiding in the gravity lab to prevent the White Queen from impulsively attacking him.
But what did he see now? Professor X had actually come out on his own, and was now standing before the even more enraged White Queen?!
Magneto's grip on his cape tightened instantly; he was almost losing control. But the White Queen exclaimed, "Charles, what are you doing..."
Magneto then realized, wait a minute, why is Professor X in a wheelchair again?
In reality, in most mutant comics, Professor X's legs were already healed long ago. After all, these mutants can travel through time and have advanced medical technology, even curing cancer, so paralysis isn't a big problem. Or rather, the deeply ingrained image of paralysis is actually a stereotype brought about by movies. In many comics, Professor X isn't actually paralyzed, or he's only paralyzed for a short time before recovering.
The same is true of Professor X in this universe. When he decided to transform Clarke into a new utopia, he had already cured his paralysis and stood up again. But now he's back in a wheelchair, pushed in by Schiller.
Magneto still couldn't understand why the White Queen was acting this way. Shouldn't she be extremely angry?
Suddenly, another storm of angry thoughts erupted, but this time it was different from the last. Magneto felt like he was being targeted. He felt like his helmet was a small boat teetering precariously in a storm.
"Magneto!!!" the White Queen roared again, "How dare you!!! How dare you let Professor X get injured like this?! What have you done???!!"
Magneto was stunned. He subconsciously looked up, only to find Schiller winking at him. At that moment, a gentle, spring-like surge of thought calmed the intense mental storm.
Magneto was naturally familiar with Charles's brainwaves, but wasn't this a bit too weak?
Professor X almost never uses harsh methods to interfere with their minds, but even when he just helps them calm down, everyone can feel the overwhelming power emanating from his brainwaves, like being brushed by the hem of a typhoon, even Magneto wearing a helmet is no exception.
But this time, the fluctuation of his thoughts seemed to have barely managed to soothe the White Queen's anger with all his might, making him appear extremely weak. Compared to Professor X's original brainwaves, they were worlds apart.
“My God,” said the White Queen, “what’s wrong with you, Professor Xavier? You look like you’re about to die! I can barely feel your brainwaves anymore!”
The White Queen, who had been furious, was now clearly flustered. Her voice trembled slightly, "Who did this to you? Was it...was it the Sentinels?"
“It was the mother model.” Professor X’s tone was tinged with helplessness. “In the final moments of the raiding squad’s lives, I tried to forcefully interfere with the mother model using my brainwaves, making it fight the sentinel robots, but I failed and was injured by it instead…”
"The original model is that powerful?!?!" The White Queen looked on in disbelief. "It almost killed you with just that one strike?!"
Professor X nodded helplessly, sighed softly, and said, "I can hardly use my abilities anymore, otherwise I would have stopped you the moment you stepped onto the island."
The White Queen seemed to have just remembered something, and said, "I must have been out of my mind to not notice that I could barely read your brainwaves... Is this condition permanent?"
“I don’t know, Emma,” Professor X called her name and said. “Nobody knows, not even the Beast or Moira. But when I started this plan, I knew there was nothing that was unacceptable. Our companions may leave us, I may leave you, and you may leave everyone—that’s the price we have to pay.”
The White Queen swayed, even instinctively grabbing the table beside her for support. This mutant queen, accustomed to her powerful nature, rarely showed such vulnerability, revealing that she was truly on the verge of being overwhelmed by fear.
Magneto didn't quite understand why she reacted that way, but Schiller knew perfectly well. Only those with telepathic abilities could truly comprehend just how powerful Professor X was, whether they were adversaries or allies. Only those who could look directly at the real Charles Xavier through a mental link understood what it meant to be a god of the mind.
While the White Queen is renowned as a psychic on par with Professor X, this reputation actually stems from Professor X's self-deprecating remarks that "there are many powerful psychics who are on par with me." What truly makes the White Queen comparable to Professor X is her psychic defense, but this defense is achieved through another mutant ability—diamondization of her body—rather than her actual ability to rival Professor X solely through psychic powers.
If Professor X was injured this badly by the original model, then her supposedly formidable mental defenses might be quite vulnerable. And this was only the original model before it was fully completed and deployed; it was merely activated in an emergency to deal with the raiding squad, yet it caused such terrifying damage. Once it's completely finished, won't they all be doomed?
The White Queen wasn't without a sense of sacrifice; her willingness to accompany these two madmen in rebuilding Utopia indicated she had already anticipated the worst possible outcome. After all, they had already experienced the prospect of "no more mutants," so what was there to fear?
But now, the White Queen knew what she feared. How on earth did humans create that thing? They were so weak, utterly powerless; she could subdue countless ordinary people with just a glance. How could such a weak race possibly create such a powerful weapon?!
The White Queen was unwilling to admit that the fear threatening to crush her stemmed from the fact that when mutants were powerful, she viewed ordinary humans on Earth as ants, and she wouldn't care even if they were all wiped out. But now the roles were reversed; humans could easily exterminate mutants, so they wouldn't show them any mercy either. How far were mutants from complete extinction?
She could sacrifice herself, but she couldn't accept the extinction of mutants. They had already tried so hard, why couldn't they find a way to survive?!
Magneto watched this unfold, still unsure of Schiller and Professor X's true intentions. While this had calmed the White Queen, wouldn't such a blow ultimately lead her to despair and give up?