"This isn't Cyttorak's Crimson Gem, Slade."
Just as Su Ming finished reviewing the list and instructed Adjutant to have Midnight Express prepare the shipment, the Scarlet Witch gave her appraisal.
She first glanced at the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents listening with perked ears, then at Loki, who was watching her sister play games nearby, before continuing:
"Although its appearance, lighting effects, energy properties, and everything else make it look like a token of Cyttorak, I'm certain this isn't a necklace. It's a headband—a transformed Serpent Crown of Set."
Cyttorak commanded countless concepts. After all, he possessed the Crimson Cosmos, a multiverse that did not quite count as a multiverse. But his most famous attributes were still "crimson" and "assimilation." Nearly every spell related to him contained the word "red."
Yet apart from the color of the gemstone, this piece of jewelry had nothing to do with him.
As she spoke, Wanda spread out the entire gold chain and held it above her head for comparison. The chain was clearly not long enough, and it had no clasped opening either. If someone tried to wear it as a necklace, it would only get stuck across their forehead.
People's attention would naturally be drawn to the conspicuous gemstone, but in truth, the most crucial and threatening part was this thin gold chain.
It was delicate and beautiful, but on closer thought, didn't it look like a snake?
A snake devouring its own tail, no less.
The Ouroboros, circles covered in scales, and the like were all symbols of the Serpent God Set.
This thing was easy to put on, but difficult to take off. Once someone was tempted by Set, they would inevitably fall forever into the abyss of the Sea of Snakes.
"Hehe, Chthon's Chaos Magic turned the Serpent Crown into a headband.