Chapter 205 - 204. Viper and the Lucky One
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High above the skyline, Nolan soared turning the moonstone over in his hand. It radiated magical pulses as if trying to reshape him.
He could feel it: a dimensional signature deep, ancient, and potent. Whoever created this relic wasn’t just a sorcerer they were a god.
He probed deeper with his mental field.
Inside the stone, arcane glyphs twisted in motion, drawing energy from a distant realm. Several of the runes weren’t just passive they were actively casting on the wielder, channeling enhancements Nolan hadn’t yet decoded.
"Zola... Viper..."
His thoughts shifted. With Strucker and Zemo already captured, only two Hydra heads remained.
Zola could slip through firewalls like a ghost in the code, his mind scattered across cyberspace. But Viper? She was corporeal still bound to flesh.
And far more interesting.
He’d fought her once. Her physical powers weren’t threatening. But her ability to cheat death, her apparent immortality... there was more to it than the Serpent Crown.
He’d thought she simply used the crown.