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From within the purple portal.

Caesar and Jean stepped out. His appearance caused Magneto to show a slight reaction, lowering his hands slightly. The X-Men members, however, were delighted and called out in unison:

"Caesar!" "Master!" "Caesar!"

"I've taken care of the matter at side. Why hasn't yours ended yet?" Caesar scanned them and spoke with a disapproving look on his face.

"Taken care of? Taken care of what?" 

The group was momentarily puzzled. Only Magneto looked serious, murmuring, "Could it be..."

Before Caesar could respond, another figure stepped out from the purple portal.

The X-Men members instinctively looked over and were thrilled to see Charles, who had been abducted by Apocalypse. Charles who was bald and pale but still spirited, looked at them and said, "You're all right. That's great."

"Charles!" Raven rushed forward and hugged him. Charles embraced her back, smiling, "It's all right now. Everything's fine."

"That's something we should be asking you, Professor," Hank, now in his Beast form, said with a wry smile. The others nodded in agreement. They had been worried about Charles's safety, fearing that Apocalypse might have taken his abilities or even his life.

"It must have been Caesar who saved Professor Charles," Alex said with a smile.

It was obvious that only Caesar could have rescued Charles from Apocalypse.

"Wait a minute. Professor Charles, Master Caesar, what about Apocalypse?" 

Hank asked the question on everyone's mind, which was also what Magneto wanted to know. He fixed his gaze on the purple portal from which Caesar and the others had emerged.

The mutant with teleportation abilities was—

"Apocalypse? He's behind us," Caesar said, pointing to the portal. The crowd thought he was joking until a small, simply dressed old servant stepped out of the portal.

"He is…" The X-Men members furrowed their brows, unable to recognize the old servant, but feeling a sense of familiarity.

The old servant stopped behind Caesar, waved at the purple portal, and it immediately disappeared from view.

Magneto Erik tried to call out, "Lord Apocalypse?"

Apocalypse glanced up slightly, nodded to Magneto, and weakly said, "I am no longer Lord Apocalypse."

"He is Apocalypse?" The X-Men members were initially stunned, then they gasped, their bodies tensing into a combat-ready stance, and nervously warned Caesar, "Master Caesar, come over here. That person is very dangerous!"

After all, Apocalypse had almost destroyed the world, so wasn't he dangerous?

However, Caesar remained unfazed, and Jean next to him rolled her eyes.

Charles patted Raven's shoulder to let her release him, then explained to everyone, "Don't worry. The current Apocalypse is now following Caesar."

"Apocalypse has become Master Caesar's subordinate?"

The X-Men were stunned and speechless. It was too extravagant. While they could imagine Caesar rescuing Charles from Apocalypse, they never expected that he would also turn Apocalypse into a subordinate.

After all, Apocalypse was a nearly godlike presence!

"Indeed, you are the strongest," Magneto murmured to himself as he looked at Caesar surrounded by the others.

"Erik. It's come to this, and you still want to continue?" Charles and the X-Men looked at Magneto, who stood alone.

"Why not? I've never fought for Apocalypse. I fight for my inner belief and for the future of the Mutants!"

Magneto took a deep breath. Even faced with the X-Men squad, the newly returned Charles, Caesar, and Apocalypse, he stubbornly raised his hands, manipulating the surrounding metal items to float.

Even if he was alone against the whole world, his inner faith would not waver.

Because he was Magneto!

"Enough, Erik," Charles said, narrowing his eyes. "I know you very well. You deliberately caused a commotion in New York after learning of Apocalypse's sacrificial plan, allowing the city's people to evacuate. Then you came to Washington, seeming to attack the White House, but you were actually just luring Hank and Raven here."

"Why would I do that?" Magneto asked blankly.

Charles continued, "Because you knew Apocalypse's strength. Even if the entire X-Men team had come to save me, they would have likely been lost. So you chose to be the villain to delay the X-Men team's progress."

He paused, then added, "Even alone, you have secretly fought for us."

"Foolish!" Magneto scoffed, releasing his magnetic field, causing the floating metal objects to fall.

"Let's give up and remember that we have plenty of time."

Magneto turned to leave when suddenly military vehicles and armored tanks began converging from the surrounding roads, with numerous warplanes and helicopters appearing in the sky.

"Look, these are the people you're protecting. No matter what, even if you've saved their lives, they still see you as a freak."

Magneto glared at the approaching military forces, his voice low, "Just because we have a different gene that is completely different from theirs."

With that, Magneto floated up and sped away.

Quicksilver watched Magneto leave but did not call out "Father." He looked at the encircling American military and then at the others, asking, "Shall we retreat as well?"

Charles shook his head. "If we want to leave, no one can stop us. But as Erik said, we've been avoiding this for long enough. Avoiding it further isn't a solution. If they want a fight, then we fight."

The others remained silent, standing quietly to show their stance. Eventually, the military vehicles and tanks stopped at the edge of the battlefield. Fully armed soldiers disembarked, hundreds of them, carrying specialized firearms, and began to encircle them.

A dozen military helicopters lowered in altitude, hovering fifty meters above the White House ruins.

Just as everyone thought a battle was inevitable, a bulletproof car unexpectedly drove into the area. After the car door opened, the President, dressed in a suit, along with several Congressmen and military officers, stepped out.

"Lower your weapons!" The current President raised his left hand, ordering the soldiers to disarm. He then approached Caesar and the others with the Congressmen and officers.

"Everyone—

Bow!"

As he approached, the President raised his voice, and he, along with everyone with him, bowed deeply at a standard ninety degrees toward the X-Men team.

"On behalf of myself, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

(End Of Chapter)

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