Chapter 418: A Celestial Is About to Be Born
"So what do you want?" Reed asked warily, his eyes locked on Kang, trying to read some clue from his expression.
Kang gave a soft laugh, seemingly a little surprised. "You don't know?" He could clearly tell Reed knew nothing about this, and he began to reassess the man in front of him.
"The Council of Kangs. Or, more formally, the Dynasty of Kangs. Have you heard of it?" Kang asked with a frown, a hint of expectation in his voice.
Reed froze for a moment, his face blank. "Uh... no, I haven't," he answered honestly.
Understanding immediately dawned on Kang's face. "Looks like I overestimated you. Your standing in the Council of Reeds isn't very high, is it?"
His words stabbed into Reed's heart like a thorn.
Reed's face darkened at once. He felt deeply stung. "Oh, aren't you something. Aren't you impressive. You must have a very high standing in the Council of Kangs."
There was bitterness and irritation in his voice.
This Kang brought back some unpleasant memories. In some way, Reed felt, he was a lot like Ethan of Hell's Kitchen.
"You know, the Council of Reeds isn't an ordinary organization. The vetting process takes quite a while, and I haven't been in it long. That's not my fault," Reed argued, trying to save some face.
He knew perfectly well that, as a perfectly ordinary variant, just making it to the outer circle of the Council of Reeds was already pretty good.
Plenty of other variants never even got the chance to join.
The Council of Reeds was no ordinary organization.
Only the smartest Reed variants from every universe were qualified to enter that mysterious and exalted council.
When he'd learned he had been accepted, he'd been happy for a long time, convinced he was the most outstanding being on this Earth.
But now, looking at Kang's deep, confident eyes, he realized he might have been wrong.
Kang seemed to know more than he did, which meant that in some way Kang was better than he was.
It filled Reed with a frustration and jealousy he'd never felt before, along with a trace of doubt.
He couldn't admit this Kang was better than him.
What Reed didn't know was that if he hadn't taken the Reality Stone from Susan, and if this weren't Ethan's universe, the Council of Reeds wouldn't have given him a second look.
"Hm... so Kang the Conqueror was right. No matter which Reed it is, they're all hypocrites. Why is it so hard for them to accept someone else's excellence?" Kang smiled contemptuously, with a confidence he didn't bother to hide.
"With my abilities, I'd be treated well by any faction I joined, wouldn't I?" Kang said casually, as if stating the obvious.
His confident attitude rubbed Reed the wrong way. He thought the Kang across from him was a real show-off.
Before Kang ever obtained the precious Golden Serum, he had already joined the Dynasty of Kangs.
Back then, Kang the Conqueror and the others paid him no attention.
After all, any Kang had the chance to join the Dynasty of Kangs.
But the Dynasty of Kangs and the Council of Reeds were worlds apart.
The Dynasty of Kangs grew out of a profound realization of Kang the Conqueror's: some Kangs were utterly stupid. To keep the name "Kang" from being tarnished by such fools, he decided to act.
His goal was to eliminate every stupid Kang in every reality.
That unwavering determination drove Kang the Conqueror to search the multiverse for other variants with potential, and in the end he formed a powerful team: the High Council of Kangs.
Its two core members were the Scarlet Centurion and Rama-Tut, also known as Pharaoh Kang. Together with Kang the Conqueror, they formed the High Council's core.
Another major part of the High Council was the Council of Kangs.
Its members were all kinds of Kangs who had survived the Kang Wars. They had passed through countless life-and-death trials and were extraordinarily powerful.
Notably, the Council wasn't made up only of Kangs. There were also some aliens and other creatures, adding variety and possibility to the Council.
After obtaining his golden blood, the Golden Sentry, Kang, had made a name for himself in the Kang Wars and finally earned promotion to the Council of Kangs.
The so-called war was really a brutal selection process.
Only the victorious Kangs got the chance to rise. In every war, thousands upon thousands of Kangs died, until only one survived.
In their base stood an enormous gladiatorial arena.
That arena had witnessed countless Kangs fighting to the death. It had witnessed the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Dynasty of Kangs. In that pit, like a jar of poisonous creatures left to devour each other until one remained, only the winner became king. Only the strongest Kang could stand at the top.
The winner is king. That was the creed of the Dynasty of Kangs.
That was why Kang had drunk the Golden Serum even though it meant crossing Hell's Kitchen, even though it was still imperfect and could kill him.
The Golden Sentry, Kang, knew that without power, he would certainly die in that war.
Drinking it might kill him. Not drinking it would kill him for sure.
So he bet his life, and fortunately, he won.
The fighting power the Golden Sentry, Kang, displayed caught Kang the Conqueror's eye.
The Sentry was famous in every universe, after all. Kang the Conqueror saw the Golden Sentry Kang's potential and judged that he could one day join the High Council of Kangs.
So naturally he began grooming him in earnest. The Golden Sentry, Kang, was given extensive clearance and learned many secrets of the multiverse.
He learned about Chen Ye, the Lord of Night. He learned of the Dynasty of Kangs' plan against the TVA. He learned of the Council of Reeds as well, which was why he'd come looking for Reed.
Kang the Conqueror didn't care whether Ethan had anything to do with Chen Ye, the Lord of Night. But that didn't stop him from handing the task to the Golden Sentry, Kang.
Kang the Conqueror and the others had already found someone they suspected was the Lord of Night's heir.
Because during this period, the heir had killed several Celestials, one after another.
But the Golden Sentry, Kang, knew that this so-called heir was Ethan.
Kang the Conqueror and the others' primary target was the TVA.
And Kang the Conqueror had told the Golden Sentry, Kang, that his universe was a bit special. It carried traces of the Chaos Goddess, the Vishanti and Dormammu, so it wasn't convenient for them to come down in person.
The Celestials were present here as well. Because of the heir, Celestials had died, and so naturally a new Celestial would be born.
And once a Celestial was born, the entire Earth would be destroyed.
That was the crisis about to befall their universe.
Kang told Reed about the coming crisis.
"The Earth is going to be destroyed? How is that possible?!"
"Then what exactly is your goal?"
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