"I once had the chance to become a god, but I renounced it. I told others it was because of my attachment to human emotions, but in fact, I simply scorned it."
"Those fortunate few who, through twists of fate, can harness the power of the universe will never surpass humans who step by step build great civilizations from the wild."
"A civilization composed of countless tiny individuals cannot make a sound, is destined to remain silent, and you wish to judge us at will. If this is the case, the grandest force of human civilization to date - machinery and steel, will show you..."
"The gods will eventually fall apart, the human race unites as one."
In Thor's vision, the rising sun became brighter and brighter. In the bustling city, everyone opened their windows, looking out in surprise. They found that the daylight outside did not match the current time. Even for regions where dawn was just breaking, this dawn was far too bright.
Suddenly, Strange felt fluctuations of magic power. He froze for a second, glanced at the Grand Mage beside him, and yelled, "Damn it! Stark is trying to shake the seals of the Demon Gods. Stop him now!"
The mages behind him flew up one after another. Magic signals were sent to every temple on Earth. From the surface of the Earth, one light point after another lit up like stars twinkling on the Earth's surface. Anger echoed in the mages' communications:
"That nasty monster has broken free! Quickly stop him and drive him out of the city!"
"Nine Dragons, there is an outbreak beneath the Nine Dragons! We are short of hands in the temple, quickly call SWORD! We need reinforcement!"
"Night Parade of One Hundred Demons! Damn it! Quickly seal the source of the shrine, the Major Demon must not break free!"
Afterward, accompanied by a busy signal, a communication was forcibly inserted. Strange picked up the phone. A man's voice came from the other side, saying, "I am the Director of SWORD, Zhengxian, there is a large-scale loosening of Demon God seals worldwide, Kamar-Taj, what's going on?"
In the face of the rising sun, Strange's hair and cloak were blown into the air. He spoke in a low tone:
"Perhaps, Stark was right. These foolish gods have never really noticed our civilization..."
"Don't ask why." Strange spoke quickly.
"In the name of the Supreme Magician, I command all human organizations affiliated with or related to the Mystical World, no matter who the Demon God that is being freed is or what they plan to do, as long as they dare step out of their seal..."
Strange took a deep breath, and as he exhaled, he said with a sigh-like tone: "...Humanity no longer needs this god."
His words, along with the magic energy, reached every corner of Earth. All humans using divine power, magic energy, and other mystical powers heard the sigh of the Supreme Magician.
On the human side, some hurriedly contacted their own gods, some hesitated while looking at their own magic wand, while some grunted and picked up their weapons.
However, all Demon Gods who heard these words moved in sync. They found their believers, forcibly controlled them, poured in power, broke free of the seal, and then descended to Earth.
Not that they wanted to, but the notorious reputation of the predecessor Supreme Magician made them understand that if they didn't resist, it was death.
But what surprised them was that the seals set for various reasons began to loosen. A strange magic energy swept over the seals, destroying some of the seal structures, making it easier for them to break free.
The Demon Gods felt confused, but the temptation of freedom was too great. So, the vast majority began to struggle to break free from the seals.
Among the sealed Demon Gods, some could not even be called Demon Gods. They were just a few energy-composed monsters. While Demon Gods are just larger energy monsters, these weaker Demon Gods, after breaking free, their first thought was not to slaughter the human race, but to quickly find a place to hide.
Everyone knows of the infamous reputation of the previous Supreme Magician, The Ancient One, so the Demon Gods had no intention of staying on Earth. As long as they could break through Earth's Magical Defense Network, they were free as a bird.
Their intentions were very good, but after the processes of breaking free, gathering energy, ignition, and acceleration, they crashed into an iron wall with a "bang".
That's right, Strange had turned Earth's Magical Defense Network to the highest intensity, and poured all the surplus energy from the Nal incident into it.
At this point, the intensity of Earth's Magical Defense Network reaching its peak power, even for major Demon Gods from extra dimensions like Mephisto or Dormammu, they would have to weigh their options. A hard crash would give them a bump on their heads.
Smaller Demon Gods crashed into it and instantly disappeared, while some stronger Demon Gods were battered and pushed back, and the Mages from various temples finished them off one by one, packed them up, and brought them home for dinner.
Some slightly more powerful gods who have a name and status in various regions hit the barrier and found they couldn't get out, then started running around in panic.
The removal of the seals and the ability to escape prison were not in their plans at all. Most gods didn't even have time to summon their believers. When they got out, they were all alone.
What's more, countries with agencies like SWORD all received transmissions from Kamar-Taj, collaborated with mystics within their own countries, squatted at the nodes of their country's Magical Defense Network, held their sacks ready, and captured anyone who was knocked unconscious. They knocked out one, captured one, knocked out another, captured another…
Previously, those who benefited from the Nal feeding event were mostly higher-level entities, such as Kamar-Taj, Asgard, and so on.
But this time, with the Iron Demon God's explosion and clean-up of Earthly gods, what benefited were more general organizations, such as scholars from the mystical worlds around the world, loose cultivation mages, and even security agencies from various countries that did not primarily manage magic, such as S.H.I.E.L.D, SWORD, and others.
Even for loose cultivators, there are more or less ways to store energy, and at this stage, humans cannot use magic energy on a large scale. Acquiring these energies is mainly for research purposes.
Although Kamar-Taj has a very high level of research, Kamar-Taj is more like a national-level scientific research institute in ordinary human society, and their research is limited to very cutting-edge technologies.
But in fact, ordinary mystical worlds are not lacking inventors. It's just that the energy they can usually get is too small, and the materials are also very scarce. Their wisdom cannot be fully exploited.
But this time, with Demon Gods breaking free worldwide, mages gathered from all around, the Magical Defense Network forming the bottom line, the Iron Demon God opened fire, the Supreme Magician sounded the horn, and the buffet for the ordinary mystical and magical world belonging to humans began.