Just as the atmosphere reached its peak of tension, a puff of black smoke suddenly appeared behind Magneto.
Quickly reacting, Magneto sneered, simply waving his hand to use flying metal to immobilize the limbs of Kurt, who intended to sneak up from behind.
Just as Magneto intended to utter a sarcastic remark, a red laser beam accurately struck the helmet on his head, causing his expression to change drastically.
“Charles! Control him!”
Charles’s reaction was also very quick, instantly restraining Magneto, who was about to pick up his helmet, making his reaching motion appear slightly comical.
Seeing that Magneto, this big target, was right in front of him, Logan trembled all over with excitement.
Kill him!
Then he could obtain the Magnetic Field Manipulation ability!
Kill him!
And he would no longer have any natural enemies!
Logan walked step by step toward the immobilized Magneto, his right claws popping out involuntarily.
Seeing this scene, Charles’s expression changed, “Logan, you…”
“Charles, if we don’t kill him, there will only be endless trouble in the future!”
Logan did not stop his steps, his right claw about to pierce into Magneto’s neck, ending this villainous leader among the Mutants.
Close!
Getting closer and closer!
The clear sound of flesh being pierced entered his ears, which Logan felt was incomparably delightful; this excitement caused his adrenaline to soar.
Just as he prepared to listen to that pleasant prompt tone, resistance suddenly came from his right claw, preventing him from advancing even an inch.
“Charles!!”
Logan was enraged, turning his head to glare at Charles, who wore a look of shame, “Do you know what you are doing?!”
“I know, but he is my friend…” Charles secretly released a bit of his control over Erik, leaving the other party a gap to unleash his ability.
Seeing that the duck that was already in hand was about to fly away, how could Logan possibly be willing to accept it?
With an angry shout, his left claw, carrying immense force, met the extremely strong resistance and instantly pierced through Magneto’s skull.
‘Detected that killing the enemy dropped an x-factor, proceed with absorption?’
Absorb!!
Absorb fiercely!!
Magnetic Field Manipulation obtained!!
Suppressing the urge to laugh wildly, Logan pulled his steel claws out from Magneto’s brain.
The hesitation caused by Logan’s questioning failed to stop Erik’s death.
With a sorrowful expression, Charles looked at his old friend who no longer made a sound, his eye sockets instantly turning red.
Raven’s lips trembled, and she silently closed her eyes.
Both she and Charles knew this was the best outcome, but after spending days and nights together for many years, that bond could not be faked.
At this moment, no one felt happy, except Logan himself.
Seeing this atmosphere, Logan forcibly held back the urge to make a sarcastic remark, bit down on his cigar, and slowly walked away.
He wasn’t stupid; although he killed Magneto, he had deeply offended Charles.
Now, for a short period of time, his relationship with the X-Men was bound to develop cracks.
But it didn’t matter; getting the ability was the key.
As for everything else, what was there to care about?
Speaking of which, once Magneto died, those Mutants of the Brotherhood were left without a leader.
To prevent them from doing evil, he might as well put some thought into dealing with them.
I really am such a good person!
For the next period of time, Logan worked while privately hunting Mutants belonging to the Mutant Brotherhood.
Most of them were physical mutation types whose abilities Logan looked down upon, so he simply turned all of them into points.
Through his calculations, levels were linked to points.
Epsilon-class Mutants provided a pitifully low 10 points.
Delta-class doubled that to 20 points.
Gamma-level could also be considered intermediate, providing 50 points.
Beta-class Mutants at this tier were neither too few nor too many, providing 100 points.
Alpha-level, which was Logan’s current tier, provided 200 points.
As for Omega-level, there was no need to even think about that.
Upgrading an ability by one level was calculated based on potential, doubling from high to low in sequence.
For example, for abilities with low potential—the kind that could at most be upgraded to Gamma-level—upgrading by one level only required 50 points, and the next time would be 100 points.
For medium potential, which could at most be upgraded to Beta-class, upgrading from Epsilon-class required 100 points.
For high potential, such as Magnetic Field Manipulation, upgrading from Epsilon-class to Delta-class required 150 points, and upgrading again would be 300 points.
Breaking through the potential cap of certain abilities required absorbing abilities of the same kind.
During this time, Logan killed 3 Delta-class, 4 Gamma-level, and 1 Beta-class Mutants, obtaining a total of 160 points, which was only just enough to upgrade Magnetic Field Manipulation by one level.
He took inventory of his abilities and categorized them:
Super Healing Factor (Omega-level potential), currently at Alpha-level, required upgrade points: 60,000 points.
Magnetic Field Manipulation (Omega-level potential), currently at Delta-class, required upgrade points: 300 points.
Beast-grade Perception (Alpha-level potential), currently at Beta-class, required upgrade points: 1,600 points.
Mental Illusion (Alpha-level potential), currently at Epsilon-class, required upgrade points: 150 points.
The Adamantium skeleton did not count as an ability, but having absorbed the skeletal enhancements of Deathstrike and Sabretooth, its hardness had increased by at least two tiers; if it were also counted as a Mutant ability, it should currently be at Beta-class.
Current remaining: 10 points
The road ahead is long and arduous.
After reviewing and summarizing, Logan slowly let out a breath.
Wanting to save up enough to upgrade an Omega-level ability would require killing at least 6,000 of the lowest-tier Mutants.
To upgrade all abilities to Omega-level, all the Mutants in the entire World wouldn’t be enough for him to kill.
He had long guessed that growing stronger wouldn’t be so easy, but at least it could be considered a shortcut.
However, unless it was absolute last resort, he shouldn’t do this too much; otherwise, it would easily provoke hostility and attention from others.
Thinking of this, he decided to temporarily upgrade Magnetic Field Manipulation and Mental Illusion first, so that in the future he wouldn’t have to blindly rush in relying solely on his physical body.
Just like that, Logan transformed into a wolf hunting in the dark night, constantly searching for prey.
Whenever he encountered some evil Mutants, he would secretly take them out.
Within a short span of a year, he pushed both Magnetic Field Manipulation and Mental Illusion to Beta-class in one stroke.
As for those Mutants who perished at his hands, to put it responsibly, not a single one was innocent.
However, in the process of continuous hunting, his mindset also quietly underwent a change without him realizing it.
He became increasingly irritable, his strikes lacked restraint, and sometimes he was unconsciously controlled by his killing intent.
For example, once when he was tracking a Mutant whose body was petrified, due to the other party’s resistance, he couldn’t help but smash him into pieces.
Afterwards, Logan also began to reflect on his eagerness for quick success; continuous killing over a brief period would also cause him to gradually lose himself in the carnage.
Therefore, he stopped hunting, began reflecting, and controlled his emotions.
It took a full half-year for him to slowly recover.
And this year was already 2007.