Joshua Parker smiled and asked in a childish voice, "Why are they here to see me ?".
"Master Joshua, they are here to give you gifts and to pay respect to you. But these two fools do not know the gifts they give are nothing in comparison to your greatness. Do you want to see them, to show them your greatness ?", Miriam of madness said respectfully.
"Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Sometimes you really know my character, yes let them come in. Let them amuse me. Let them feel despair. Ha ! Ha ! Ha !", Joshua Parker laughed out happily in a childish voice.
Two non descriptive middle aged men came in bowing down in front of Joshua Parker.
"Lord of all, God of the Void, King of Titans, I Cthulhu humbly come to pass you the gift of starlight between the different multiverses.", Cthulhu said humbly as he released his disguise and an ugly octopus faced creature appeared before Joshua Parker.
"God of all, I Chthon god of dark magic humbly come to pass you a complete book of the Darkhold which contains all Black magic in existence in this world as well as a globe filled with chaos magic.", Chthon the god of dark magic said respectfully while releasing his disguise showing an ugly creature in front of Joshua Parker.
"Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Take all these garbage gifts Miriam. You do know that I am the God of the Void and the Void Lords worship me, and you Cthulhu are an ancient god created by the Void Lords. Your gift of between the multiverse are as useful to me as a fart. And you Chthon, an elder god of Earth are even lesser than Cthulhu. Your knowledge of dark magic cannot compare to the knowledge of all the multiverses and your chaos magic is the waste product of ancient god magic. And yes Lord Chaos uses the waste of the ancient god as his power. And Master Order uses the waste of the Naru light as his power. Yup ! Both of your gifts are useless to me. Miriam show them your power.", Joshua Parker said in a childish voice.
Miriam of the madness just smiled and she walked towards the two still kneeling Cthulhu and Chthon.
"You see Miriam used to be an ancient god that was weaker than Cthulhu here. But she made me happy. The more happy she made me the more power I gave her. And now Miriam here is as strong as the God of the Marvel multiverse. Only just this multiverse. Ha ! Ha ! Ha !", Joshua laughed out in a childish voice.
Cthulhu was sweating, as an ancient god created by the Void Lord, he knew the strength of the Void God. If the Void God dare to say he was Number 2 in terms of power and strength, no one would dare to say they are Number 1. While Cthulhu was sweating and even bowing down his octopus head in fear, Chthon on the other hand did not know what kind of existence Joshua was. Chthon was still kneeling but looked at the approaching Miriam with a smile on his face.
"Feel my power ants.", Miriam of the madness said sweetly as she released part of her powers onto the body of Cthulhu and Chthon.
Chthon's smiling expression soon change to a fearful expression. Chthon feel into madness, he could feel himself losing his sanity. But then when he was on the verge of going mad, Miriam stopped. She smiled coldly at Cthulhu and Chthon before walking back.
"Work hard for me, make my wishes come true and one day you may be as powerful as my maid, Miriam of the madness. Ha ! Ha ! Ha !", Joshua Parker laughed out loud in a childish voice.
"Yes ! My Lord Joshua !", both Cthulhu and Chthon shouted out at the same time while still in a kneeling position.
"You may go.", Joshua Parker said as he turned away from Cthulhu and Chthon.
Both Cthulhu and Chthon quickly got out of Joshua Parker's Office.
"Do you think they will make me happy as you have ?", Joshua Parker asked in a childish voice as he smiled.
"I think they will try their best to please you Master Joshua.", Miriam of the madness said as she smiled back sweetly.
Meanwhile back in Afghanistan, Ned the necromancer and Samantha the undead fire demon has just arrived and were dressed like they were having a holiday in Afghanistan. Phil Coulson as their liaison was of course walking with them.
"Sigh. Phil, can we only stay here for one week of holiday oops work ?", Ned the necromancer asked with a smile on his face.
"Yes, after one week we will send you back to New York. Have you received the money from Shield as compensation for becoming a temporary advisor to Shield ?", Phil Coulson asked politely.
"Yes. Of course if not we won't have shopping money, right Samantha ?", Ned the necromancer asked Samantha the undead fire demon.
"Yes ! Shopping in Afghanistan. I can finally buy all their local beauty products and unique clothes. Yay ! Shopping !", Samantha the undead fire demon shouted out happily.
Phil Coulson's face darkened hearing them talk like this. These two people were utterly shameless. Perhaps it because of close contact with Ned Earp but Phil Coulson could feel that he himself had become more shameless.
"So where are we staying ? The Hilton ? The Intercontinental ?", Ned the necromancer asked happily.
"Ahem ! In fact we have booked for you the five star Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul but to make it more convenient for you to find Tony Stark we will send you to live with the local Afghanistan family. However once you find Tony Stark you can stay at the luxurious five star Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.", Phil Coulson said with a smirk on his face. Yes, Phil Coulson had become more shameless after interacting with Ned Earp. You could say shamelessness is contagious.
Both Ned Earp and Samantha the undead fire demon's face turned pale. They thought they got an all expense paid holiday from Shield but now they had to find Tony Stark.
"But, but Tony Stark is located in the desert stronghold of the Ten Rings. How are we suppose to find them ?", Ned the necromancer asked in an exasperated tone.
"Then how do you know Tony Stark is located in the desert ? And how do you know the Ten Rings kidnapped Tony Stark ?", Phil Coulson asked with a smile on his face.