"Cough cough—cough cough—cough cough cough—" Queen Maeve painfully supported herself with her hands on the ground, staggering to her feet, glaring at Samuel with fear.
"If you don't want to lose everything, don't say that name again!"
Samuel looked at her warning eyes and smiled: "Interesting, your eyes tell me you're afraid!"
"But you're not afraid that I'll hurt her or threaten you with her, but that someone will hear her name!"
"Tsk tsk tsk—you're truly pathetic!"
The name Irina itself isn't special, what's special is her identity—she is Queen Maeve's ex-girlfriend.
Yes, ex-girlfriend!
So Queen Maeve doesn't dare let people know about their relationship, because it would damage the public image and persona that Vought Company has arranged for her, and she certainly doesn't dare let Homelander know about Irina's existence.
Although her brief CP relationship with Homelander has long ended, given Homelander's arrogant, conceited, and self-centered personality, he would definitely kill Irina if he found out, and possibly even Queen Maeve as well.
A well-known superhero with countless fans and supporters who can't even protect her ex-girlfriend, is it wrong to call her pathetic?
No!
Not at all!
"Pathetic? Hmph, when you face him, you'll know how insignificant and ridiculous courage is in front of him—everyone will bow to him, and you won't be an exception." Queen Maeve sneered in retort.
Homelander's power is undeniable, and how terrifying and frightening a corrupted Superman is goes without saying.
Queen Maeve is afraid of him, the other members of The Seven are also afraid of him, and even the staff who serve him are afraid of him.
And they should be afraid of him!
Homelander is actually the correct way for Superman to function in reality; self-restraint like Clark Kent, who is willing to be a selfless servant, is completely wronging himself to please others.
Samuel agreed with Queen Maeve's statement; he would indeed bow to Homelander, when he—knelt before him!
"Speak, what do you want?" Queen Maeve admitted defeat; she didn't dare risk Irina's safety.
Samuel's lips curved into a slightly rebellious, roguish smile.
Originally, he planned to threaten Queen Maeve into notifying him in advance when The Seven members took action, and then easily and discreetly acquire their abilities by watching the battles.
But now he had changed his mind.
He really wanted to see what expression Queen Maeve would have when she discovered that the invincible human demon god she believed in was kneeling before him!
"You can contact Homelander, right?" This time Samuel didn't use a vague term like 'someone' but called him by name directly.
Queen Maeve suddenly felt a strong sense of unease, gritting her teeth and growling in a low voice: "Whatever you want, whatever you want to do, I agree.
Fuck, don't make things more troublesome!"
"Bang!"
Along with her words, the ceiling of the abandoned factory was suddenly smashed through by gravity.
The Stars and Stripes fluttered, and after Homelander landed, he brushed off invisible dust from his shoulders, looking expressionlessly at Queen Maeve.
"Translucent told me you were in trouble, but now—I'm more interested in what becomes more troublesome if I know about it!"
Homelander's voice was like an ice blade in the dead of winter, without any fluctuation, making people shiver.
His sharp gaze seemed to hide a thousand years of ice and snow, devoid of any warmth.
Under Homelander's gaze, Queen Maeve felt like her heart didn't even dare to beat.
The fear that surged from the depths of her soul made her feel as if she had already seen the violent scene of Homelander, exploding in anger, killing Irina and killing herself—
She lowered her head, unable to speak.
Fear made her brain completely unable to function; all she could think about was that Irina might be killed by Homelander because of her.
"She won't say it, you say it!" Homelander looked at Samuel, his eyes filled with indifference, the kind of indifference that sees you as nothing more than an ant.
"The daffodil doesn't bloom—what are you pretending to be?" Samuel directly retorted.
The frightened Queen Maeve suddenly looked up, her eyes wide with disbelief as she stared at Samuel.
This—this guy is crazy, right?
How dare he talk to Homelander like that? Doesn't he fear death? Doesn't he know what fear is?
Fortunately, Queen Maeve didn't ask, otherwise Samuel would definitely tell her: The best way to eliminate fear is to face it, Oli Gē!
Queen Maeve didn't expect Samuel to be so brave, and neither did Homelander.
His originally cold and indifferent eyes had gradually become fiery red.
Hot Ray!
"I think you're looking for death!" Homelander's gaze was hot, but his tone was cold, a pure mix of ice and fire.
Samuel, who should have cooperated with the act, scoffed dismissively: "You think I should be like this, you think I should be like that, why don't you just be me then, what the hell do you think!"
"Whoosh—"
Homelander's angry eyes glared, and the hot red laser shot out almost instantly.
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Hot Ray (Homelander)"
Homelander's Hot Ray power is strong, and not strong!
It can't compare to Superman.
Against someone with high defense like the hundred-year-old Storm, it would also be ineffective.
Samuel's current defense is also not low; briefly withstanding Homelander's Hot Ray should not be a problem.
If he had just obtained Homelander's Super Defense, he might have chosen to withstand it head-on.
Now, of course, he had to give Homelander a surprise!
Dimension Teleportation was instantly activated just as the Hot Ray was about to hit.
The wall of the abandoned factory in front of Homelander was directly pierced through, collapsing with a crash—but Samuel had mysteriously disappeared!
"Where is he?"
Homelander frantically searched for Samuel's figure, but a somewhat familiar sizzling sound suddenly echoed in his ears.
Homelander turned around abruptly, and what came into view were a pair of fiery red eyes like those of a demon god.
This—this is my Hot Ray?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
The shocked and startled Homelander was hit by the incoming Hot Ray before he could react, staggering back a few steps.
The Hot Ray didn't cause substantial damage to Homelander, but it completely enraged the narrow-minded and petty Homelander.
He would never allow a second person to have the same ability as him!
"You're dead!"
Homelander looked at Samuel with a frosty face, and the Hot Ray shot out directly.
Samuel also released his Hot Ray.
"Bang!"
Identical fiery red rays collided, and the sizzling burning sound instantly rang out, the light exceptionally dazzling.
For a moment, they were evenly matched!
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