Hearing this, Rhodes's nose twitched, and he flashed a savage grin at Karn.
"I know full well that I'm not your target, but you certainly are mine!"
"And you say you're unwilling to kill the innocent? Hahaha, you're even more shameless than that idiot Wade! Aren't those Spider-Men who died under your Trident innocent?!"
Karn:...
Faced with Logan's words, Karn was speechless.
Because those Spider-Men were indeed innocent; knowing nothing, they died one by one at the hands of the Inheritor Family just because of a prophecy...
"Humph! Since you have no last words, then die! You are the first Inheritor to die under my claws, but you certainly won't be the last. I'll send every single one of your Inheritor Family to hell!"
Seeing that the other party remained silent, the hot-tempered Logan didn't wait any longer. His body crouched low like a vicious wolf, and he sprinted toward Karn on all fours!
This textbook posture and speed would make even a real wolf exclaim that this man was more of a wolf than they were!
Although Wolverine's namesake isn't actually a wolf, but a Wolverine...
With Logan's speed, he closed in on Karn in just a few blinks!
Then, Logan leaped into the air and swung the three claws remaining on his left hand downward at Karn in a slashing motion!
With the sharpness of Adamantium, if this strike landed solidly, even a Vibranium body like Vision's would be torn open with three massive gashes, but...
Clang—!
With a mere raise of his hand, Karn blocked Logan's claw strike with his Trident, and the Trident wasn't damaged in the slightest by the sharp Adamantium claws!
Then, with a sudden upward thrust of the hand holding the Trident, Karn swatted Logan—whose weight exceeded three hundred pounds after the Adamantium implants—hundreds of meters away as easily as a billiard ball!
Finally, with a thunderous 'boom', he crashed into a hill, shattering the entire thing!
This terrifying strength had even surpassed that of the Hulk in his normal state!
Just as Ryan had guessed, the Inheritor Family had stronger and weaker members. The two Inheritors who previously hunted the Little Spider and Gwen from another Universe were among the weaker ones of the family; one Clone had even been taken out by Deadpool in a sneak attack.
But the one currently fighting Logan was among the stronger members of the Inheritor Family, capable of suppressing Wolverine Logan, who was a notch above Deadpool!
Karn twirled his Trident with a flourish and dragged it along as he walked step by step toward the heavily injured Logan, who was currently self-healing. He stepped heavily on Logan's chest and raised the glowing red Trident, speaking with an indifferent yet apologetic tone:
"I'm sorry. I had no intention of killing you, but you stood in my way. For my family to endure, you must die, and Spider-Man must die as well!"
"At least... the special spider in the prophecy of this Universe who destroyed the Inheritor Family, 'Spider Monarch' Ryan, he must die..."
"Farewell..."
Swish—!
After saying his final goodbye, Karn thrust the Trident toward Logan's chest. But halfway down, Karn was shocked to find his hand holding the Trident frozen in mid-air, and his arm had weirdly become immobilized!
Karn frowned and looked sharply at his Trident, discovering that besides the red glow on the tip, the shaft was now entwined with wisps of eerie red light that didn't belong to the weapon itself!
"Did you just... say you wanted Ryan Parker to die?"
At that moment, a chillingly cold female voice drifted from behind Karn.
Karn turned his head and saw a woman floating in the air not far away, dressed in a long red leather skirt and enveloped in an eerie red light.
The newcomer was none other than Wanda!
To be precise, it was the Wanda from another Universe who had come here with Ryan!
One whose powers had matured, whose mindset had transformed—a true... Scarlet Witch!
And why would Wanda appear on the battlefield between Karn and Logan?
It would be more accurate to say that Wanda was already here, and Logan and Karn were the latecomers...
Because... this is... Sokovia!
That's right, all three people present were actually in Sokovia!
And the reason they were all gathered here was because of the same person: our Spider Monarch, that son of a bitch Ryan Parker!
First, after Ryan returned, he brought Wanda to Sokovia to help her find her relatives, so Wanda was the first to arrive.
Then, as Deadpool said, both Deadpool and Wolverine were sent by Loki to help Ryan deal with the Inheritor Family; Deadpool had gone to another Universe to find Ryan.
Meanwhile, Wolverine came to the Universe where Ryan himself was located. After Ryan returned from the other Universe, Wolverine followed the scent all the way to Sokovia, making him the second to arrive.
Finally, there was Karn. This Inheritor, disliked by the rest of the Inheritor Family, had been sent by Morlun as a pawn to test Ryan's actual strength.
Like Wolverine, he had followed Ryan's trail to Sokovia.
However, just as Karn arrived in Sokovia and before he could find Ryan, Ryan sensed the appearance of another Inheritor and returned to New York, causing the two to miss each other.
As for why Ryan's Spider-Sense reacted to another Inheritor thousands of miles away but didn't work against Karn who was right there in Sokovia, the reason was simple: Karn actually harbored no ill will toward Spider-Man...
Yes, Karn, an Inheritor who hunts Spider-Men, actually had no malice toward Spider-Man. It was just that bizarre...
As for the specific reason, it will likely be revealed the next time Ryan and Karn meet, when Ryan impales him on his blade and uses the Symbiote to read his memories...
But before that, what Karn needs to consider now is how to survive this current predicament...
Seeing that the strange masked man remained silent, Wanda tilted her head in mid-air, her eyes glowing with red light...
In the next second, red light manifested around Karn's body. Just like with his Trident before, the eerie red light entwined itself around him!
Seeing this, Karn tried to break free, but against the intangible and formless Chaos Magic, he couldn't break free at all!
Instead, Wanda simply raised her hand toward him from a distance, causing Karn to float up amidst the red light, fixed in mid-air in a crucifix shape by the Chaos Magic, just like Jesus!