"Get... off... me!" Bruce gritted out as he tried to push Hercules off of himself with no success till the Lion of Olympus regained his bearings and got off himself.
"Sorry my friend." And then pulled Bruce up as well before looking around. "We seem to be missing a few people." And indeed, there was a very distinct lack of Thor; Loki and...
"Kala's gone." Skaar growled, unhappy with the situation.
"You can think about your brother after we ascertain where we are." Doom said with a glare before spell circles appeared on his hands and he started levitating with his legs crossed in a meditative state.
"Don't worry." Bruce put a hand on his, much bigger, son's arm and tried to be supportive. "Kala's strong and he has Thor with him. I'm sure he's fine."
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"Who are these people again?!"
"The Serpent Society, guess they must have felt alone with captain Rogers no longer around to punch them."
"Less talking, more battle!"
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"Your father is right, friend Skaar." Hercules said with a laugh. "My jaw still aches from his hits from our last spar. I'd say there are few who can challenge a warrior that mighty in this world."
"The real question now is where we are." Amadeus said as he looked around. They were in what looked like some sort of tomb that one would see in Indiana Jones movies with sandstone walls on all four sides, illuminated with torches and only one door.
"We are in Libya." Doom said as he stopped levitating and the magic circles disappeared. "Far from Latveria." He didn't seem happy about that.
"I can only guess that the Elder Goddess sent us here for some reason connected to what she told us. And the other three were sent to some other place that is also connected to it."
"Guess nobody ever told her that splitting the party is always a bad idea." Amadeus snorted before turning back to Doom. "You got any idea what the connection of this evil god might have to this place might be?"
"Let me show you." Green arcs of lightning flared on his hands which he then shot at one of the walls and reduced it to rubble.
To reveal a gathering of green humanoids with scales and snake-like heads around a shriveled man in a bluish headset.
"Intruders!" The man yelled as he pointed at them with his eyes glowing a pinkish purple. "Kill them! Kill them in the name of lord Set!"
"Now you know the connection." Doom said as he shot lightning at the serpentine people. "Serpent-Men. A race that was created to serve the elder god Set roughly a million years ago."
"That's a long time." Bruce said as he started blasting with his own Old Power Taser. "How about the mummy reject over there?"
"No idea." Doom said, his voice almost bored. "Doom does not keep track of every lowly practitioner that confuses their enslavement to magical beings with favor."
"Harsh." Hercules said as he grabbed one of the Serpent-Men by the throat and threw them at a small gathering of about five others. "But fair."
"You dare?!" The 'lowly practitioner' roared as he started sending out waves of pinkish purple fire with a wave of his hands. Only to be stopped by the rising earth as Skaar stomped on the ground and then punched the wall to send out rubble projectiles that were the sizes of the Serpent-Men themselves.
All things considered, Bruce would say that this was less a battle and more just depressing. He knew that most magic users weren't exactly Stephen Strange or Doom or any other big time magic users he fought as Hulk and that they needed a lot of preparation time in order to show impressive power but this was still rather depressing to witness.
The Serpent-Men were barely able to slow Hercules and Skaar down by outnumbering them by dozens but only for moments. And the unnamed mage was barely able to protect them from the more impressive arcane acts of Doom and none of his attempts at counterattack showed promise.
It was almost a relief when the man created a green barrier and just ran out of the door behind him rather than try to keep fighting.
"After him." Doom declared as he clapped his hands, summoning a huge storm that sent all the Serpent-Men to the walls and knocked them out, clearing the way for Skaar to punch the barrier with a fist glowing with Old Power and shatter it.
They ran through the tunnels, following the trail of the mage till they reached a huge throne room where he was kneeling with his forehead on ground before stairs leading up to an enormous and empty throne.
"...my master, we need your power to stop the infidels and make way for lord Set to descend down on the mortal plane! Your humble servant begs you for-"
"Enough." A deep voice echoed through the room.
"You have already humiliated yourself enough in front of your enemies. Now, you are embarrassing me for thinking that your talent may have been worth enough to save you in exchange for your followers of Black Ring. It is time for your punishment, Thoth-Amon."
"Master, please!" The now named Thoth-Amon cried out as his already shriveled skin started to shrivel even further and his eyes started to glow a golden yellow.
"Do not worry, your punishment shall also be your penance. Allowing me to deal with the enemies of my father." And then Thoth-Amon's form caught fire.
The whole room was illuminated with green fire as Bruce and others watched the silhouette of Thoth-Amon writhe within the flames before it started to grow bigger and bigger while also becoming less and less human.
When the fires went out, the old mage was replaced by a Serpent-Men that towered over even Skaar in height. With sharp claws and two huge fangs that glinted with the light from the forces and golden yellow eyes that glowed eerily, with a muscular body covered in yellow-ish green scales.
"Come! Face the might of Sligguth the Abominable! The son of Set!"
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