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[Starting as a Class 5 Mutant] Chapter 398/399
🕑 Added 2025-01-22 16:00:10 +0000 UTCUnder the watchful eyes of Professor X and the others, Logan began to speak, his tone somber.
"This is about Messiah's secret," he said.
"Messiah?" Sunspot and the others blinked in surprise.
What secret could Messiah possibly have? And at a time like this, was it really the moment for secrets?
As these thoughts crossed their minds, Logan's expression grew even more serious. Fixing his gaze on Professor X and Magneto, he said, "This secret is about you two."
The weight of his words left everyone, including Professor X, momentarily stunned.
Then came the shocking revelation.
"Messiah… is your child."
"What?!"
The words exploded like a thunderclap. Even Professor X and Magneto were rendered speechless.
"Messiah is their child?" Ororo said in disbelief.
At first, she and the others assumed Logan meant Messiah was perhaps a foster child or someone the two had taken under their wing. Even Professor X and Magneto briefly entertained the same thought.
But Logan shattered those assumptions.
"I mean biologically. Messiah has both of your DNA," Logan clarified.
The silence that followed was deafening. Everyone's expressions froze in utter disbelief.
"Our biological child?" Magneto stammered. "That's impossible. We're both men!"
He gestured awkwardly between himself and Charles, his embarrassment evident.
"Logan, this isn't funny," Sunspot said, frowning. "This is hardly the time for jokes."
Logan, however, shook his head. "I'm serious. Messiah carries both of your genes. He was created in a lab—using advanced technology."
Logan then briefly recounted what he had learned from his contact, Chris, about the experimental facility responsible for Messiah's creation.
The explanation left Professor X and Magneto stiff and silent.
While bizarre, the idea wasn't entirely implausible. In a world filled with strange and advanced technologies, such a method was disturbingly possible.
"So…"
"It's true? Messiah is really their child?" Ororo asked, her voice trembling with shock.
Two men's child, and not just any two men—but Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr.
As the others struggled to process the revelation, Professor X and Magneto exchanged a glance. The confusion and uncertainty in each other's eyes were unmistakable.
If this was true, how were they supposed to treat Messiah? And how would this revelation impact their relationship moving forward?
The atmosphere between them became undeniably strained.
Logan sighed, breaking the silence. "Chris told me to keep this secret, to wait until Messiah agreed before saying anything. But given the situation, I felt it was better to reveal it now. We might not survive this."
His words drew their attention to the sky, where nearly two thousand Sentinels loomed.
The sheer number of machines left their hearts heavy with dread.
Logan's assessment was grim but accurate. There was no surviving this. Not even Messiah, with all his incredible power, could overcome such overwhelming odds without succumbing to exhaustion.
Kitty's voice broke through the despair. "Maybe I can use my ability to send someone's consciousness back in time, to change the present?"
Her suggestion reignited a spark of hope.
"Yes, let's try that!"
With urgency, Logan lay down, and Kitty prepared to use her power to send his consciousness back a few minutes to buy them time.
Meanwhile, Magneto, Professor X, and the others cast anxious glances between Kitty, Logan, and the distant figure of Messiah, standing alone against the horde.
Far above, Syd floated calmly. The overwhelming swarm of Sentinels failed to ruffle him in the slightest.
In the palm of his hand, the Space Stone appeared, shimmering faintly.
Casting a glance at the dark, cloud-covered sky, Syd's voice resonated with authority.
"I say, let there be light."
The words carried a cadence of absolute truth, reverberating across the battlefield.
The darkened skies, long obscured by ominous clouds, were suddenly pierced by radiant sunlight.
Brilliant rays illuminated the earth, casting away the gloom and painting the scene in breathtaking splendor.
For the first time in what felt like an eternity, the world saw sunlight again.
The sheer beauty and grandeur of the moment left everyone spellbound.
The darkness that had dominated their lives seemed to vanish entirely, replaced by a sense of hope and renewal, as if a god had descended upon the earth.
Kitty, who had been about to activate her ability, froze mid-action, her gaze locked on the sky.
In that moment, she felt as though she had been transported back to a serene morning from long ago.
What just happened?
Was it… him?
All eyes turned to Messiah, his figure illuminated by the sunlight.
The words he had spoken echoed in their minds: Let there be light.
"Is he… a god?" Kitty murmured, her voice filled with awe.
His proclamation mirrored the biblical passage: God said, "Let there be light," and light banished the darkness of the void.
For everyone present, Messiah's words carried the same divine weight.
They tried to glimpse the edge of the sunlight but found no end to its reach. Everywhere they looked, the sun's brilliance reigned supreme.
(End of Chapter)
How did he do it?
At this moment, no one could fully process their emotions.
It wasn't just those present—across the globe, the remnants of humanity, still under the control of the Sentinels, were watching.
Professor X and Magneto, the polar opposites in the mutant struggle, had long symbolized the conflict's two sides. Now, with their fates seemingly sealed, how could the world not pay attention?
Cameras on the transport pods captured the events unfolding at the scene, leaving viewers frozen in shock.
Even those in the vicinity couldn't determine the extent of the sunlight. Entire cities were bathed in its brilliance, stretching far beyond what anyone could comprehend.
"This… How is this possible?"
"Is he even a mutant?!"
Across the globe, the remaining humans could only stare in disbelief.
For a fleeting moment, they felt the same fear they had known before the Sentinels arrived—a fear of mutants.
While humanity reeled, Syd remained calm. Having unleashed sunlight over a range of 1,200 kilometers, he cast an indifferent gaze at the incoming Sentinels, already initiating their assault.
Without hesitation, he activated his fourth-tier ability, Sunshine.
[Sunshine EXP +1]
In an instant, a platinum-white light radiated from Syd, intensifying the sunlight within a 200-kilometer radius.
The dazzling light merged with an unknown power, illuminating everything within its reach.
What happened next left Professor X, Magneto, and even humanity's remnants utterly stunned.
The Sentinels' fiery red lasers vanished the moment they encountered the radiant glow.
It was as if the light erased the lasers, like a pencil mark wiped clean by an eraser. The spectacle was both surreal and terrifying.
For less than a second, the radiant glow filled the area before fading, leaving everything seemingly normal once more.
The Sentinels, however, were frozen in mid-air, motionless.
"What's happening?"
"Why aren't they moving?"
Confusion rippled through both the observers on the battlefield and the humans watching from afar.
The answer came a moment later.
Fine dust began to drift from the Sentinels' bodies, their forms disintegrating into ash.
In the blink of an eye, nearly two thousand Sentinels dissolved into nothingness.
The battlefield fell silent, as did the scattered pockets of humanity across the world.
Two thousand Sentinels… gone in an instant?
"Is this a dream?"
"Is he really a mutant?!"
"Mutant? No… He's like a god!"
The sheer power displayed shattered their understanding. Compared to him, Professor X and Magneto were like insects—unworthy even of the title mutant.
The fear they felt now eclipsed anything the Sentinels had ever inspired.
While the remnants of humanity were overcome by fear, Syd remained unshaken. With the Space Stone and his fifth-tier divine abilities, a single second was all he needed to erase the Sentinels.
This efficiency was why he had deactivated Sunshine after such a brief display.
Far away, Professor X and the others, shielded from the sunlight by Syd's control, stood in stunned silence. Their wide-eyed expressions seemed as though their eyes might pop out of their sockets.
Was this real?
Could he really be a mutant?
Even Omega mutants should have limits. Facing thousands of Sentinels should have drained him to exhaustion, leading to inevitable defeat.
But what had just happened?
They understood the weight of being an Omega mutant, but this surpassed all expectations.
"This is what it truly means to be an Omega mutant?" Ororo, Storm, murmured in disbelief.
Now they realized how wrong their earlier assumptions had been.
They had thought Messiah's Superman-like powers were the reason he was considered an Omega mutant.
But compared to what they had just witnessed…
His current display was godlike.
Professor X, Charles, suddenly spoke, his voice faint. "He's so much like Jean… terrifyingly so."
"No… He's even more terrifying than Jean," he added.
Recalling the power of the Phoenix, Charles couldn't help but shudder. Even that paled in comparison to what Messiah had demonstrated.
What would happen if Messiah ever lost control? The thought alone was too dreadful to imagine.
"This child is called Messiah—the Savior?"
Charles was acutely aware of the dual meaning of the name. Messiah could mean Savior, but it also carried divine connotations.
Both interpretations felt fitting.
Messiah could save the world, but he could just as easily bring about its end. If he ever lost control, the apocalypse would surely follow.
As these thoughts swirled, Syd floated over to the group, his calm demeanor unchanged.
Bathed in sunlight, the young man's black-clad figure exuded an almost divine aura. The mere sight of him left everyone breathless.
To them, he now seemed less like a man and more like a god.
Noticing their expressions, Syd frowned slightly and shook his head. "I'm going to deal with the Sentinels farther away."
With that, he shot off into the distance, disappearing from sight.
The group finally snapped out of their daze, exchanging uneasy glances.
Logan broke the tension with a chuckle. "He's something else, huh? I was worried about how he'd handle this, but I guess that was pretty dumb of me."
His comment lightened the mood slightly.
Then Logan's expression shifted, as if remembering something. "Wait… Did we forget something? Messiah's… origins?"
"He… is your child, right?"
The reminder stunned the group all over again.
Magneto and Charles exchanged a look, both drawing a deep breath.
Magneto murmured, "We… have a child this powerful?"
"This Messiah… is really our son?"
As they recalled the earlier scenes of devastation, their shock deepened.
Storm and the others, too, struggled to process the revelation.
This extraordinary Omega mutant, Messiah, was the child of Professor X and Magneto?
(End of Chapter)
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