Godhood Unlocked: I Chose Sci-Magic Dual Cultivation

American Comics: Godhood Unlocked, I Chose Sci-Magic Dual Cultivation Author: Man in Black

Dane had been reincarnated, reborn as a little white kid in America.

At first, he thought this was just another ordinary rebirth story. He had already planned how he would dominate the stock market in the future.

Until one night, when he took the subway home and was brought to a gloomy cave...

"Take hold of this Scepter and repeat after me: Shazam!"

I was completely numb.

My name wasn't Billy Batson either, was it?

Yet the Wizard was even more anxious than me. "Stop dawdling and inherit my power already!"

What else could I do? I could only recite a line of poetry...

Years later, Dane, who had become a powerhouse of the multiverse, sighed with emotion:

"Technology and magic—both had to be grasped firmly!"

Godhood Unlocked

San Francisco.

Dane dragged his heavy feet onto the subway home.

Carefully avoiding the puddle of urine in the corner, he inwardly complained about Americans' lack of manners once again.

Finding a clean spot, Dane collapsed onto it and had no desire to get back up.

To adapt to life in America, he had applied to join the school football team not long after enrolling.

He had heard that the school valued its football league quite highly. If he could lead the team to win the school championship, he could receive a sizable scholarship.

That money was extremely important for an orphan like him, with no parents.

Fortunately, after being reincarnated as a white person, he lacked money, love, a father, and a mother—but strength and stamina were the only things he did not lack. The coach had decided to take him in just by looking at his height and build.

He figured that if he worked a little harder lately, he might even be able to compete for the quarterback position.

As he thought about it, Dane's eyelids began to droop. Training ran late every day, and it took a huge toll on his stamina.

But he quickly forced himself awake. This place was not safe, and he had to stay alert in case someone picked his pocket.

However, when he looked around, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Hmm, why isn't there anyone here?"

Dane clutched his backpack and walked into the other cars, only to discover that every single car was empty.

It wasn't even eight o'clock yet. That was impossible!

Amid his confusion, Dane suddenly noticed that the scenery outside the window was wrong.

Strands of light streaked past his eyes, and eventually even passed through the window and across his nose.

"What the hell is that?!"

Dane stumbled back in shock, but how could he possibly be faster than light? The beams passed directly through his body and emerged from his back.

"What. The. Hell..."

The subway suddenly began accelerating. The lights outside quickly blended into one continuous blur, dazzling his eyes until they hurt.

Dane looked up and found a line of unreadable cuneiform appearing along the doorframe, while the windows filled with static.

For a moment, Dane felt that the whole thing looked familiar, but before he could remember where he had seen it—

The train suddenly came to a stop. The tremendous inertia sent him flying, leaving him battered and disoriented.

Fortunately, he was strong, and he recovered quickly. At that moment, the doors opened.

Dane got up from the floor and cautiously stepped out of the car.

He found himself facing not any station he knew, but a deep-looking rocky path that seemed naturally formed.

This sense of déjà vu was getting stronger and stronger.

Dane looked around. There was no path before him except this one, so he could only go along with it.

At the end of the path, he saw someone: a frail old man in a red robe, with messy hair and dark skin.

He was completely numb.

No, man, I'd lived here for more than ten years. Just when life was starting to look up, you were telling me this world was actually that dangerous?

"Dane Davis!"

Dane answered expressionlessly out of instinct, "Here."

"You will inherit my abilities and become the new Wizard of the Rock of Eternity."

"Come, grasp this Scepter and call my name: Shazam!"

Wait, wasn't there a step missing here?

Dane felt that something was off. Before granting him power, shouldn't there usually be some kind of test first?

Something like a pure heart.

He glanced behind the old man. The statues of the Seven Deadly Sins were still there, and Doctor Sivana, that bald villain, had not arrived yet. Shouldn't there be a test for young people first?

Dane had always believed there was no such thing as a free lunch, especially not Shazam's power.

This was, at its core, power built upon contract magic. It was far too easy to tamper with a contract.

If you didn't believe him, just ask Ghost Rider from the next franchise.

Wizard Jebediah looked at the young face before him with some helplessness.

"Dane Davis, what are you still hesitating for?"

"Mr. Wizard, shouldn't there be some kind of test before I inherit your power?" Dane asked tentatively.

The Wizard fell silent for a moment, then muttered under his breath, "Why are you so troublesome in every world?"

"What did you say?"

Jebediah suddenly struck the Scepter against the ground. Dane's right hand uncontrollably pressed against it. He tried to pull away, but could not break free no matter what.

Wait, you were just going to force it? Dane was dumbfounded.

The Wizard snorted. "Dane, I know what you are doubting, but please believe me. I understand you better than you understand yourself."

"Now, repeat after me: Shazam!"

Fine. It seemed he had no choice but to become this successor, so Dane could only go with the flow.

"SHAZAM!"

A bolt of thunder descended from the heavens and struck Dane directly.

His body jolted as a tingling numbness like an electric shock spread through him. Then, a surging force flooded every cell in his body.

His already tall body grew even taller, finally stopping at a full 6 feet 5 inches.

The jacket on his body transformed into a red bodysuit. Golden divine artifacts appeared on his wrists and waist, and his boots became gold as well. He stomped his feet a few times, relieved that they did not pinch.

Most eye-catching of all was the lightning bolt on his chest. Dane hurriedly looked down. Thankfully, it was not the LED light from the movie; instead, it looked much like the one on Black Adam's chest.

He had long found that thing in the movie unpleasant to look at. It seemed fake.

"Excellent. You now possess the power of the gods."

"Wisdom of Solomon, Strength of Hercules, Stamina of Atlas, Power of Zeus, Courage of Achilles, and Speed of Mercury!"

"From this moment on, you must shoulder the responsibilities that Shazam should shoulder!"

"The Rock of Eternity is the sacred ground of all magic. Nothing must happen to it. I leave this place to you."

"Remember, the power of magic comes from the heart..."

After saying that, the Wizard's face suddenly crumbled apart like sand, turning into a pile of debris in the blink of an eye.

Ah, this...

Did the Wizard Council never provide onboarding training for newcomers? He was being thrown straight into the job?

Dane was filled with question marks. This handoff was way too clean. The Wizard should have had a few more years left, shouldn't he?

Didn't you still have a role in Shazam 2?

"Dane, Dane, come here quickly!"

At that moment, Dane, now all alone, suddenly heard whispering voices around him.

He turned and saw the seven dead relics' eyes glowing with a dim red light. Clearly, they were the ones speaking.

"The Seven Deadly Sins..."

"That's right, it's us. Come, speak your Desire. We can help you fulfill it."

"Whether it is wealth."

"Or beauty."

"Or power."

"Or even strength!"

"So long as you desire something, we will answer. Accept us!"

"Even gods cannot suppress their desires."

"Don't be shy, child. Speak your Desire. Tell me what you want..."

Dane lowered his head. Arcs of lightning danced in his eyes, while the Power of Zeus formed scorching electric light around him.

"Wait, what are you doing?!"

Dane looked up with a smile. Raising his fingertip, he sent a bolt of lightning crashing onto the blue Magic Eye at the center of the stone statues.

"Ah—!"

"No—! Stop!"

"Damn bastard, ah—!"

This blue-glowing Magic Eye was the one the bald villain had placed into his right eye in the movie.

It was the vessel through which the Seven Deadly Sins resided, as well as the body connecting them to their spiritual forms.

Now that the Magic Eye had been struck by divine power, it was as though they themselves were being electrocuted, leaving them in unbearable agony.

After punishing the Seven Deadly Sins, Dane felt refreshed.

"Why would a promising new god like me need you seven crooked wrecks?"

Shazam possessed a Divine Body, divine power, divine artifacts, and the knowledge of gods. Calling him one of the Greek gods themselves would not be wrong at all.

At this point in time, when the Old Gods had vanished from sight and Wonder Woman had yet to emerge, there would be nothing wrong with Dane calling himself the only god.

Why would he possibly touch crap like the Seven Deadly Sins?

Besides, the entire Rock of Eternity belonged to me now. If I wanted to do something to you few broken stone statues, could you resist?

Dane opened his palm, and the Wizard Staff automatically flew into it. After the Wizard disappeared, ownership of the staff had automatically transferred to him.

The moment Dane obtained the staff, he had simultaneously gained ownership of the Rock of Eternity.

The first thing he needed to do next was change this place's door-lock password.

From now on, nobody could enter without his permission.

Baldy, eat shit!

Clark Kent, Who Was Not Yet Superman

Dane first dispelled the magic that the Wizard had originally attached to the cuneiform.

It was because of this summoning magic that even Doctor Sivana, originally an ordinary person, could reach the Rock of Eternity through an incantation written in chalk.