Chapter 273: Merlin's Daughter and the Proud Queen
"what happened?"

Seeing that Peter suddenly stopped talking, the black cat suddenly cast a puzzled look at him.

"It feels like we are being spied on."

Peter put his glass down and frowned.

He raised his head and looked into the dark night. An indescribable feeling invaded his nerves.

"what?!"

The black cat looked at Peter in surprise.

Billy from the Omniverse was shocked when he saw Peter looking up at him.

"Scanner, cut off the data immediately."

He ordered the Web of Fear to immediately sever its connection with Earth-999.

When he took off his helmet, he was sweating profusely.

Spider-Man from all timelines is being slaughtered.

"I must tell my companions what I have seen."

Wearing a spider mask, Billy decided to go to Captain Britain's Corps and tell his companions all the information he knew.

Leaving the hall, he quickly headed towards Starlight Castle.

Starlight Castle.

The great magician Merlin created a dimensional pocket in the omnipotent universe.

This dimensional pocket is also the link between one dimension and another. Most of the people living here are called Celts, who are mainly responsible for protecting the intersections between all dimensions. The Celts are powerful and can basically be compared with the Asgard warriors.

In the center of the dimensional pocket, there is a place called Starlight Castle. This is the Celtic castle where their leader lives.

In addition to the Celts, there is also a legion of British captains living here.

Captain Britain's Legion is the most famous team in the multiverse.

The wizard Merlin will choose a warrior from each world in the multiverse of the Marvel system to serve as Captain Britain, and these Captain Britains from different worlds will gather in the "Starlight Castle" to form a huge army to protect the multiverse.

"The situation is getting worse, Your Majesty. Reports of 'invasion' are coming from every corner of the Omniverse."

In the Starlight Castle, Roma was reporting his discoveries to Queen Satonien.

Her face was filled with a worried expression.

Roma, dressed in a white robe, with black hair and heroic spirit, is the daughter of Merlin, the almighty guardian of the universe.

Satonien, whom she calls the Queen, is the master of the Starlight Castle, the leader of the Celtic and British Captain Legion, and her duty is to maintain the balance of the omnipotent universe.

Although Roma is the queen's subordinate, there is a huge gap in strength between the two.

Merlin's power is that he can compress the omnipotent universe into a tiny crystal.

Roma can, like his father, treat the characters as chess pieces and the universe as a chessboard. Imagine that breaking the chessboard can destroy the universe.

Queen Satonien's strength is far inferior to Roma's, and even inferior to Captain Britain.

Captain Britain and the Sword in the Stone can reshape all of Marvel's reality, destroying the Omniverse with one sword, and even destroying the Omniverse at its peak.

The blond and majestic Queen Satonian nodded and said, "I know that dimensions are disappearing one by one, and all of them are happening under my supervision. I cannot tolerate such a thing happening again."

Roma recalled the report she had just received, and she said to the Queen: "Captain Lionheart of Earth 5682 just escaped from his own world. He told us that Earth 5682 and the two dimensions near it were all destroyed."

"Is Captain Lionheart okay?"

"He's still alive."

Roma's tied black hair was blown by the wind.

She felt something was wrong.

Without even understanding what was happening, the universe began to be destroyed.

"Our whole reality is collapsing and we don't understand what's happening."

Queen Satonian said with a serious expression: "And we are powerless to stop this from happening."

Just as Roma was about to say something else, Billy came to report.

"Queen, I have something to report to you."

Satonian looked at Billy and felt that the Spider-Man in front of him was a little strange.

"Are you a member of the Legion? You look a little strange."

"Yes, I'm the new member, Queen, British Spider-Man, from Earth-833."

Billy, the British Spider-Man from the Spider-Man quartet whom Peter once met, did not recognize Peter at this time and was still in the Omniverse.

It seems that he and the other British Spider-Man in the Spider-Refuge Camp are two different people.

"I want to report a threat from an additional multidimensional timeline, across the multiverse, in every reality."

"Spider-Man?"

Roma frowned slightly when he heard Billy's report about Spider-Man.

"Yes, the Spiders are in danger, not only Spider-Man, but Spider-Woman, Ms. Roma."

The Queen next to him was slightly displeased, "I have countless universes of trouble to deal with, and you are here wasting my time with these Insect Man matters."

She said to the guards on her left and right: "Take this ignorant member away from here!"

The guards immediately came up and took the somewhat confused British Spider-Man away from the castle.

Billy stood outside the palace, anxiously preparing to rush in and continue explaining things to the Queen.

But his actions were soon stopped by the guards.

"Sorry, Spider-Man from Earth-833."

Just as he was arguing with the guards, Roma walked out of the palace.

"You have to be considerate of our Queen. She's been under a lot of pressure lately, but I sympathize with your situation."

Billy stared at Roma blankly, and quickly bowed his head to her, "Thank you for your understanding, Holy Mother."

Billy maintained his respect for the legendary daughter of Merlin, the most powerful woman in the entire Starlight Castle.

"What have you seen, English Spider."

"I"

Billy immediately told Roma what he had seen.

Roma was told everything, including the heirs seen on Earth 1983, and Peter and the black cat seen on Earth 999.

After listening to Billy's story, Roma nodded and said, "I think the problem we are facing should be the same."

"But what you saw on Earth-999 was just a Spider-Man. He was not the Inheritor. Why did the Web of Fear let you see him?"

As the supreme being in the omnipotent universe, Roma sensed that things would not be that simple.

"Hidden behind the surface of things is the real multiverse crisis."

Roma said to the confused Billy with a serious face: "The successor is not the real crisis. The one who caused the crisis of the destruction of the multiverse may be him you saw on Earth 999. Everything started with a cause and flourished with its result."

Roma points out the real crisis facing the universe, which is most likely Peter.

Peter: “.?”

"What shall I do? Holy Mother."

Billy asked, stuttering.

"I need you to join them."

Roma stretched out his hand, and on his hand under his white robe was a spider-shaped bracelet.

Billy took the device Ms. Roma handed to him and asked in surprise, "What is this?"

"A tool for traveling. There is a huge web of life and destiny that touches every corner of the world, and only spiders can feel it. Now, using this treasure, you can walk on all the webs."

Roma said to him: "The slaughter of the Spider-Men must have been caused by an evil purpose, but the one after the successor is the real crisis. Therefore, British Spider, I will give you a task."

"what?"

"Find all the Spider-Men while ensuring their safety. Also, investigate the purpose of this Spider-Man who appeared on Earth-999 and prevent him from tearing the entire universe apart."

Roma stretched out her hand, and a field of stars unfolded before her.

"I will erase all traces of your existence here and rewrite your reality. You will never join the Captain Britain Legion and will always live on Earth 833 until you join the Spider-League and meet him." Roma can modify the reality of the entire universe. She can easily modify the history of British Spider-Man.

In any timeline, she can extract this section and modify it.

"You will lose all your memories of being here. Do you want that?"

After hearing what Ms. Roma said, the British Spider-Man fell silent.

"How can I contact you, Mother, since I will forget everything?"

The British Spider-Man asked confusedly.

He didn't understand why Roma made him forget everything.

If I forget the Virgin Mary and the Queen, and forget everything I saw today, how can I carry out my mission?

"What you see is what I see, what you touch is what I touch, and I will always be with you."

Roma said she had everything under control, "You won't forget it."

"I am willing."

After a period of inner struggle, Billy nodded.

"I swear, ma'am, I will complete the task."

Roma nodded and cut through the stars in front of him.

Billy suddenly felt that the world before his eyes began to distort.

The next second when he opened his eyes, he was already in the refugee camp.

Standing in front of him were Gwen, Spider-Man from the main world and others.

He scratched his head, feeling as if his soul had been through an adventure.

Do not!
I can't let my mind wander now. I have to stop the massacre by the heirs.

Also, I have to pay more attention to the Death Spider-Man of Earth-65.

Although he didn't remember anything about his time in Starlight Castle, his heart kept telling him to keep an eye on Peter.

Roma can modify reality and alter timelines, so even though he was in the Omniverse the moment before.

But in the real world, Billy becomes the British Spider-Man who never left here.

It was as if Roma had erased his time as a member of Captain Britain's Corps and added in his time with Spider-2099.

Earth 999.

Peter didn't know that Roma had already sent his men to investigate him.

He has found out what happened in this universe.

In this world, a pest has been unleashed in Manhattan, giving ordinary citizens spider-powers.

Not only humans, but also a cat.

"so.!"

Black Cat looked at Peter in shock, "So, Black Cat really became Spider-Man?"

What she said just now was just a joke, she didn't expect that the cat could really turn into Spider-Man.

"Well, there are quite a few Spider-Men here, but it seems that the most authentic one is the Spider-Cat. This Spider-Cat seems to be very famous in this world."

"Ok."

The black cat exhaled, "I should have thought of it a long time ago. Since the cat saw the pig turn into Spider-Man, it shouldn't be strange for him."

She paused and took a sip of her drink.

Peter asked her, "Are you interested in becoming Spider-Man, Felicia?"

"No, I'd rather be a crow, or Philomela."

"Philomela? What is this?"

Peter heard the name for the first time.

"It's a long story."

After a cough, the black cat told Peter the story.

She told Peter that Philomela was the daughter of Pandion, king of Procne, and the sister of Princess Procne.

The two princesses were stunningly beautiful and charming.

Procne married Tereus, king of Thrace, and they lived together.

Five years passed without the sisters seeing each other, and Procne missed her sister Philomela very much.

So she asked her husband to go and get her sister Philomela so that the two sisters could be reunited again.

However, when Tereus saw Philomela, he found her to be even more beautiful than his own wife, so beautiful that he could not control himself and raped her.

In order to make Philomela keep the secret, Tereus grabbed her tongue with a pair of pliers and cut off the root of her tongue with his sword. Then, he hid her somewhere else and told Procne that her sister had passed away.

"Men," the black cat said to Peter, "are always fickle-minded. Do you know what happened next?"

"do not know."

Peter said he was not interested in such stories and had never heard of them.

"Philomela is hidden away, but she begins to weave the most wonderful and mysterious tapestry - a tapestry that secretly contains everything that has happened to her. She gives the tapestry to Procne as an anonymous gift, and the two sisters meet and learn the truth, and they set out to take revenge."

"Did they succeed?"

"They succeeded, and Procne invited her husband to dinner."

"In fact, the delicacy they enjoyed was the flesh of Tereus' son."

“Those Greeks know how to throw a party,” Peter made one hell of a comment.

But he always felt that the story of the black cat seemed to have a hidden meaning.

Could it be that this woman has started to play her sinister tricks?
"Well." The black cat took another slow sip of her hangover drink. "Tereus, of course, how could he be happy after having just eaten his firstborn and most outstanding son?"

"Most men can't afford to lose, and Tereus is no exception, so he drew his sword and chased the two women. He cornered them, and when he was about to kill them..."

The black cat took another sip.

"The gods took pity on them and turned them all into birds."

Peter was stunned, "Is that it?"

"Yes, that's the end of the story."

Peter looked at her suspiciously.

"Do you want to be the vengeful head-chopping woman, Felicia?"

"No, I just want to turn into a bird after letting go of my hatred."

"A crow or a swallow," said the Black Cat to Peter, "or a nightingale or a hoopoe."

"What are you wearing?"

"The hoopoe is a... ostentatious bird, black and white, but with a crown of bright orange feathers, like a king's crown."

Black Cat deliberately asked Peter: "Have you ever put yourself in the role of that scumbag, Peter?"

"No, I'm not that idiotic."

Peter shook his head.

"Of course I know."

Black Cat smiled and put his arm around Peter's shoulders, "After all, you are not the kind of guy who can't handle just two women."

Peter: "."

Are you praising or insulting?
Just as he was about to say something else, he suddenly heard the radio on the bartender's bar counter playing breaking news.

"A terrorist attack occurred near the AE Chemical Plant in Shangcheng District. A suspected spider cat was captured by terrorists."

Hearing the news report, Black Cat stood up immediately.

"Terrorists. Are they the heirs you mentioned, Peter?"

(End of this chapter)