" Tony Stark!"
Old Howard slammed his fist on the table and roared, "I don't care what methods you use, you must obtain His Richard Richard's forgiveness!"
"But I..." Tony said hesitantly.
"Listen, son!" Old Howard interrupted him, giving Tony a deep look before speaking in a stern voice, "If this matter isn't resolved properly, then the entire Stark Family ..."
"It will soon cease to exist!"
Tony fell silent instantly.
His clever mind naturally understood what his father meant...
If the Red Order finds out about this, the Stark Family will soon be wiped out by the fanatical followers within the Order!
"I understand," Tony nodded in response.
Old Howard's expression was very serious. He earnestly reminded him, "Be quick!"
Tony pursed his lips and nodded again. "I'll contact... His Majesty..."
Old Howard smiled with satisfaction. He patted his son on the shoulder and said, " Tony, remember today's lesson well. His Majesty... is no ordinary man!"
"Know yourself, and stop deluding yourself... to be friends with God!"
Tony gave a bitter smile.
Immediately, he looked up and called out, " Jarvis, contact... the White Queen, and ask her to help contact Richard Majesty Richard."
Jarvis: "Yes, sir."
After a moment, Jarvis spoke again.
"Sir, the White Queen has replied..."
Tony took a deep breath and asked, "What did the White Queen say?"
The White Queen sent a message: "Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, let's leave it at that."
Tony's heart skipped a beat, and his mood instantly plummeted.
Pepper gripped his hand anxiously. " Tony..."
Tony grasped her hand in return and forced a smile, "I'm fine, darling."
At that moment, a familiar Crimson Mana surged from deep within his body.
"Ugh~" Tony couldn't help but groan, his pale face instantly turning rosy.
He slowly sat up, his previously empty body now filled with strength again.
But Tony felt no joy whatsoever, because he knew that from this moment on, his relationship with Richard could never go back to what it was before...
On the other side, in the Indian Ocean.
Richard hovered above the endless ocean, a fleeting trace of melancholy crossing his eyes.
Sigh~
He sighed softly, and with a thought, he cleared away his chaotic thoughts.
Immediately afterwards, his figure flashed and he vanished into the void.
Outside the Virtual Earth world, the six-eyed god Tiamut floats and stands still.
Suddenly, Richard appeared silently.
Tiamut: "You've come."
Richard looked down at the Virtual Earth below, a smile playing on his lips, and said, "Excellent results, old Tim!"
Tiamut tilted his head slightly. " Mephisto has just been modified. Are you here to take him away?"
Richard waved his hand and said, "It's not his turn to make an appearance yet. Let him stay here quietly."
He 'looked' at Mephisto, who sat regally on a throne in a magnificent palace, and chuckled, 'He is indeed the former Lord of Hell; even in this Virtual World, he can still make a name for himself.'
Tiamut turned back to the Virtual Earth world. "This is Mephisto's seventh cycle..."
Richard raised an eyebrow. "Every time, he embarks on the path of vying for supremacy?"
Tiamut nodded. "I sealed all his memories, but in every reincarnation, he will embark on a path of slaughtering the world."
"Tsk..." Richard clicked his tongue in amazement, "Could it really be that the soul determines destiny?!"
Tiamut's six enormous eyes began to gleam.
After a moment, he shook his head and said, "This cannot be considered a definitive conclusion; further testing is still needed."
Richard shrugged. "Then I'll have to trouble you, Lord Mephisto."
Tiamut nodded, and his six enormous eyes instantly emitted Dodge light.
The Virtual Earth below suddenly changed color.
A moment later, the entire Virtual World was reset.
In a remote mountain village within the Kingdom of Saint-Fantina.
On a street corner, a boy with a blank stare squatted on the ground, intently stirring a lump of "Oli Gei" (a type of spicy snack) with his fingers.
The next second, he suddenly shivered, and his previously dull eyes cleared.
He blinked and looked around curiously.
Villagers passing by all showed expressions of disgust when they saw him.
"By Saint-Fantina, this idiot is playing with shit again today!"
"This is disgusting! Let's get out of here!"
"Why don't we drive this filthy fellow out of the village?!"
"Shut up! Have you forgotten who he is?! If Village Chief Faley hears this, we'll be the ones kicked out of the village!"
"Get out of here! Get away from him!"
Hearing the constant stream of malicious words and sensing the subtle hostility around him, the fool slowly frowned.
He looked down at the yellow "Oli Ge" (a type of fried dough) that had been turned into a muddy mess on the ground, and his eyes showed disgust.
The fool withdrew his finger, wiped it clean in the nearby sand, and then stood up.
He watched the villagers' retreating figures, a cold killing intent flashing in his eyes.
Outside the Virtual Earth world, Tiamut sighed in disappointment, "He's gone down the same old path again."
"Emmm..." Richard stroked his chin and said, "If you were to test me like this, I'd be so angry I'd want to kill someone."
Tiamut: "..."
Richard looked at his silence, shook his head and sighed, "Let's try a different testing method next, old Tim."
"Human nature cannot withstand the test..."
Tiamut nodded slowly.
But then he suddenly said, " Richard, it seems a strange Dimensional Deity has infiltrated Earth."
"Huh?!" Richard lit up instantly. "The real body or Clone?"
"It should be Clone."
Where is he?
" Africa."
Richard conjured a global Map in a flash.
"Old Tim, quickly mark the exact location on the Map!"
Tiamut raised his hand and pointed, and a red dot instantly lit up on the Map.
Richard put away the Map, beaming, and said, "Thanks, old man! You keep training Old Mo, I'm off."
After he finished speaking, a spatial ripple spread out around him, and his figure disappeared.
Earth, deep in the Africa desert, an oasis.
Richard's figure appeared instantly above the Oasis Lake.
"Is this the location?"
He glanced around but couldn't find a single trace.
Richard raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Wow, impressive skills!"
But the next second, he reached out and made a grasping motion towards the Oasis Lake below.
'boom!'
The calm, emerald-green lake surface was suddenly churned into surging waves.
Immediately afterwards, a closed portal at the bottom of the lake slowly opened.
"Huh?" Richard exclaimed softly, "These Secret Rune... don't they look a bit like those bloodline wizards from the West?"
'Squeak!'
Suddenly, a considerable force appeared on the other side of the portal, seemingly attempting to forcibly close the Space Portal.
"Oh? You want to resist?!" Richard's lips curled slightly. "Then let me see just how far you can go!"
Having said that, he had a sudden thought and added a tiny bit of force.
'Squeak!'
The Space Portal, which had been closing, paused for a moment, then opened even faster.
The entity on the other side of the portal seemed to realize it was no match for them and immediately withdrew its fighting power.
But then, a wisp of gray energy emerged from the Space Portal, flying over the Oasis Lake and hovering as if searching for Richard's whereabouts.
Richard, hidden in mid-air, chuckled and raised his hand, causing the wisp of gray energy to involuntarily fly into his palm.
'Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!'
The gray aura surged wildly in his palm, desperately trying to fly away.
But Richard's palm was like the Five Finger Mountain of Buddha, automatically forming a closed barrier, leaving this wisp of gray energy with nowhere to escape.
After several attempts, the gray aura seemed to resign itself to its fate, obediently curling up in Richard's palm and becoming motionless.
"Hehehe, this method is quite interesting."
Richard chuckled and clenched his fist decisively.
"Ah!!!"
A short, agonizing scream rang out, and the gray aura was instantly shattered.
At this moment, the Space Portal below had fully opened, Richard, maintaining his invisibility, fell directly into them.
Entering the Space Portal, one finds a bizarre and fantastical teleportation tunnel. Richard immediately recognizes it as a passage carved out long ago by a master who specialized in spatial rules, nestled along the folds of the Spatial Barrier, leading to a hidden, secondary world.
A burst of Crimson Mana erupted around Richard, instantly increasing his speed.
In the blink of an eye, they rushed out of the space tunnel and entered a Lush valley.
Inside the Wooden Cabin on the Lake Center Island the valley, Red-tailed Ghost Parrot stood on a wooden table. Through Crystal the size of a human head, it saw Richard appear in the valley and immediately flapped its wings in panic.
"Disaster! Disaster! This person is too strong. Even if I activate the magic array in the secret realm, I'm afraid I still won't be able to subdue him!"
"What do we do?! What do we do?!"
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot paced restlessly back and forth on the wooden table.
"That stupid woman Lenora actually made such a powerful enemy, she deserves to die!"
"He'll find this place soon, I can't stay here any longer!"
"Run! Run! Run! We have to escape right now!"
Having made up its mind, the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot flapped its wings and flew to the wall, where it picked up a dusty gray cloth bag.
It flew around the Wooden Cabin once and filled a Wooden Cabin bag with everything of value inside.
Finally, carrying the cloth bag in its mouth, it flapped its wings and darted out of the Wooden Cabin window.
But as soon as it stepped out of the window, it suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot maintained its flapping motion, its dark pupils filled with shock and fear.
At that moment, the ' Richard ' above the forest slowly vanished into nothingness, and Richard's true form silently appeared beside the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot.
He reached out and grabbed the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot, glanced at it casually, and immediately determined its origin.
"Good heavens, what grudge could they possibly have?!"
"They actually forced a human soul into the corpse of a Red-tailed Parrot and then used evil witchcraft to forcibly transform it into a half -Ghost?!"
"Tsk, how cruel their methods are, how vicious their intentions are!"
Then, he threw the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot away with a look of disgust.
After regaining its freedom, the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot did not choose to flee. Instead, it flapped its wings and landed in front of Richard, screeching repeatedly, "Respected powerful sir, please help me!"
Richard immediately realized that the soul trapped inside the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot was no good either, and would never help him.
He waved his hand dismissively, saying, "If you're not going to help, get lost."
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot would never give up. Richard could recognize its origins at a glance, so he must have a way to rescue it from this half- Ghost body.
"My lord, my name is Richard Henderson. I was originally an ordinary priest, but I was captured by an evil witch named Lenora and subjected to inhumane experiments, which resulted in me becoming this grotesque creature!"
"For God's sake, please help me!"
"Oh? God?!" Richard looked at the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot blocking his way with a half-smile. "Aren't you afraid I'll have a grudge against the church?"
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot paused in its wing flapping motion, and my heart skipped a beat.
No... it can't be such a coincidence, can it?!
With a thought, Richard sent a wisp of Crimson Mana into the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot's body, which then flew out carrying a dark blue Memory Ball.
Richard caught the Memory Ball, his body slumped, and he flew past the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot into the Wooden Cabin.
Then, his voice finally drifted out.
"You've got some nerve, daring to lie to me..."
"As punishment, I will grant you liberation."
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot's two black bean-like eyes suddenly narrowed.
"Not good!"
It flapped its wings, trying to escape.
But the next second, the transparent, half- Ghost body suddenly expanded.
"No! Spare me!!!"
The Red-tailed Ghost Parrot screamed and begged for mercy.
But soon, its half- Ghost body swelled to its limit!
As cracks flashing with crimson light appeared, the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot exploded into a cloud of crimson fireworks in mid-air.
'Thud!'
Whether by coincidence or not, the gray cloth bag that the Red-tailed Ghost Parrot had been carrying was blown away by the explosion and landed squarely on the window frame of the Wooden Cabin.
Richard raised his hand and made a grabbing motion, and the gray cloth bag flew into his hand automatically.
The next second, a slender Perception Tentacle probed into the gray cloth bag and 'saw' the treasures stored inside.
Skull... human face... bone comb...
Richard curled his lip in disgust. "Tsk, what a damn bad luck!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Crimson Mana Flame ignited on the gray cloth bag.
Moments later, the gray bag and the treasures inside were burned to ashes.
Richard carefully examined the Wooden Cabin, and his gaze soon settled on a painting hanging on the left wooden wall.
"Heh, you're quite good at hiding it..."
He flashed and appeared in front of the painting.
Then, a Magic Clone silently emerged from behind.
"Go, bring out the guy hiding inside."
The Magic Clone nodded, and without making any visible movement, its body suddenly transformed into a ball of crimson light and plunged directly into the painting.
'Buzz!'
The painting suddenly shone brightly, and a thin film of black energy appeared, blocking the crimson sphere of light formed by the Magic Clone.
The crimson orb attacked three times, but failed to break through.
"Hmph!" Richard snorted coldly, then suddenly raised his hand and pointed.
A sharp red light instantly slashed at the black energy membrane.
'Click!'
A long, narrow crack was instantly slashed across the black energy membrane.
'Buzz!'
Strands of black energy continuously flowed from the painting, and the narrow crack quickly healed.
But the crimson ball of light formed by the Magic Clone wouldn't miss this opportunity.
Suddenly, its speed exploded, and before the narrow crack could completely close, it successfully entered the world connected in the painting.