Doctor Doom
"If this were a gacha game, the card pool would be shining with gold right now. All I got before were one-star, two-star, and three-star cards. Now, on my last draw, I had a stroke of luck and got a five-star SSR!" Wei Xiuming said excitedly, looking at his summoned creature.
It was a dragon, a Western dragon.
Although it differs greatly from the image of dragons in anime, games, and movies, the beauty of its body led Wei Xiuming to conclude that it was a dragon.
The dragon was covered in scales that resembled plate armor. The scales on the inside of its body, including its belly, were bluish-white, while the scales on the outside were a dark red, as if soaked in blood.
Its robust lower limbs support its massive body, allowing it to stand upright. The torso is much more slender than the winged lizard-like appearance of Western dragons. The two forelimbs are thinner than the lower limbs, and the clawed palms have multi-jointed fingers, indicating that this dragon is capable of using tools skillfully, rather than being a bloodthirsty and greedy monster from fantasy.
Atop its long neck is a head with spiraling, crown-like horns. Its face is relatively flat, with two pairs of blood-red eyes symmetrically positioned on either side. Three pairs of large wings grow from its shoulders, ribs, and waist, and a slight flap can create a gust of wind. Behind it trails a tail longer than its torso.
The dragon lowered its head slightly, opened its blood-red maw, and seemed to want to discuss the details of the contract with Wei Xiuming or directly demand offerings, but Wei Xiuming was already fed up with its previous ramblings and didn't want to listen to its nonsense any longer.
"Magnetic Field Rotation, Magnetic Field Sky Blade."
The blade of energy, formed from the condensed magnetic field, instantly sliced open the dragon's chest. The dragon, still trying to say something, displayed a human-like expression of astonishment, but that couldn't stop the scalding blood from gushing out of the wound on its chest.
Wei Xiuming transferred the people he rescued from the bus to this place and immersed their bodies in Dragon Blood. The boiling Dragon Blood was like strong acid, burning off the skin of the three people, but the magic and Life Force contained within it allowed them to regenerate tough skin. The severe burns were healed in a short time.
Besides the burns, one of the girls had a damaged heart that had stopped beating two minutes earlier, and the other had her right eye pierced by a bone fragment of unknown origin. Wei Xiuming dug out the dragon's heart and right eye, shrunk them to the size of a grown human using talismans, and replaced them with the necrotic organs from the two girls.
With their innate magical power and the nourishment of Dragon Blood, the two girls recovered quickly from their injuries; however, when they would wake up depended on their own willpower.
Only after two consecutive successful trials did Wei Xiuming officially begin processing Doom.
The dragon's enormous body meant it had more than one heart. Even after Wei Xiuming drained its blood and took its right eye, it was still alive. After being sealed with talismans, it was implanted into Doom's body.
With the protection of the talisman, the dragon part of their bodies would not erode them or transform them into half-human, half-dragon monsters. Instead, it would provide them with immense Life Force and pure magic. As natural mythical creatures, the three of them, who possessed some characteristics of dragons, had to pay an extremely low price when using magic.
Doom, half-encased in the Destroyer Armor, began to emit electric currents. The incandescent white electricity spread erratically in all directions, disrupting the magnetic field of the area.
Whether it was the dragon's magic or the effect of the Dragon Blood, a change occurred in Doom's body. He gained the ability to control electricity, and at the same time, his skin began to harden, becoming as metallic as dragon scales.
It was merely an unconscious outburst, yet the electric current emanating from Doom reached a very powerful level. However, Wei Xiuming was an expert in magnetic fields and electric currents, and the Destroyer Armor was not so simple either.
The half-open armor closed, sealing Doom inside. The rampant electric current was absorbed by the armor itself and stored as energy. The Destroyer Armor, which had been flying at high speed across two continents, had consumed most of its energy, but this replenishment allowed it to quickly recover.
"It's time to wake up, Doom." Wei Xiuming waved his hand casually, and the power of the Magnetic Field Rotation blasted the Destroyer Armor away.
The armor's shock-absorbing function reduced the level of shock that Doom experienced inside, weakening it to just enough to wake him from his coma. Doom opened his eyes under the helmet and coldly uttered a name.
"Mephisto!"
After a long time, Doom finally understood the changes in himself. Whether it was the surging magical power within him, his own special abilities, or the high-tech armor he was wearing, each of them made him ponder for a long time.
Any one of these three things, if given to an ordinary person, could change their life forever.
"I am the Great Leader of SHOCKER." Wei Xiuming controlled the magnetic field, roughly processing a piece of armor plate taken from the Destroyer Armor into the shape of a metal mask, and then put it on his face to cover his true appearance.
Moving to the side facing away from the moon, Wei Xiuming cast his shadow over Doom, and the powerful aura naturally generated by the Magnetic Field Rotation pressed down on Doom as if it were a tangible force.
"You told Doctor Death that you were willing to join the SHOCKER organization and serve us?"
Hearing the hint of threat in his words, Doom decisively replied, "My soul had already drifted to hell, but your power saved me from the Demon King's clutches, granting me new life and strength. Everything I have belongs to SHOCKER; I swear allegiance to you!"
What else happened while Doom was in a coma? Mephisto in Hell, that's interesting!
Wei Xiuming wanted to ask what exactly happened, but to maintain his image Great Leader of SHOCKER, he didn't. Instead, he asked, "How do you feel about your power?"
"I feel amazing!" Doom exclaimed, never having imagined he would gain such power. "The power of magic, the power of supernatural abilities, and the high-tech armor—these fill me with awe for the power of SHOCKER that has given me all of this!"
After speaking, Doom knelt on one knee and humbly asked, "Great Leader, what does SHOCKER need me to do—no, what can I do for SHOCKER?"
This doesn't quite match the image of Doom I had in mind!
After making a sarcastic remark, Wei Xiuming controlled the magnetic field to make Doom stand up facing Latovinia. Pointing to a place far beyond his sight, he said, "Look, that's your homeland, Latovinia. There's only one thing you need to do now and in the future: become its king, and use your strength and wisdom to build it into a world-class power."
"From this day forward, Victor von Doom is dead; only Doctor Doom lives on."
Then, pointing to two maidens bathed in Dragon Blood, enveloped in cocoons formed from their own sloughed, necrotic skin and dried Dragon Blood, he said, "They will be your armor, your sword, your spear!"