Hearing this, The Others also timely ceased their verbal abuse of Karn.
Watching the still silent Karn, Morlun walked up to him with a smile and patted his shoulder:
"Oh, my dear brother, what did you gain from your trip to the World of that destined Spider-Man?"
Karn's face under his hood remained devoid of joy or sorrow, answering with machine-like indifference:
"This time I only gained intelligence; there were no material gains. I indeed failed to hunt down the destined Spider-Man of that Universe..."
Morlun was not surprised to hear this, his tone remaining calm: "It doesn't matter. Then tell us about the intelligence you gathered~"
Karn thrust his Trident into the ground, and several holographic images composed of red light immediately rose around him...
They were video records of every battle in Ryan's Universe, as well as the identity information of every member of the Spider Family.
As the images played, Karn explained calmly:
"First of all, the Universe where the destined Spider resides is different from other parallel Universes. There isn't just one Spider-Man, but an entire Spider Family. Within that family, excluding those members who don't actually possess Spider Abilities, there are a total of five Spider-Men with Spider Abilities..."
"They are: the destined Spider Ryan Parker, Spider-Man Peter Parker, Ghost-Spider Gwen Stacy, and the destined Spider's parents, Ben Parker and May Parker..."
"Secondly, the destined Spider himself is indeed unique. He doesn't seem to be a Spider-Man who was chosen later in life, but a natural-born Spider-Man. According to the records, he has been different from ordinary people since childhood..."
"Furthermore, the destined Spider's strength is vastly different from that of an ordinary Spider-Man. From the beginning, his performance was much stronger than a normal Spider-Man. Later, he obtained a Symbiote, which he used to absorb the bloodlines of various ancient gods, such as the Asgardians, the Frost Giant Clan, the Olympians, the Titans, and the bloodlines and abilities of other races..."
As Karn listed each race Ryan had absorbed, the faces of The Other members of Inheritor Family grew uglier by the second.
By the end, every member of Inheritor Family had a dark expression!
Even the hypocritical smile on Morlun's face could no longer be maintained.
Wait, buddy?
Are you Inheritor Family, or are we?
How does it feel like the number of people you've absorbed is more than all of us Inheritors combined!
Jennix, the most knowledgeable member of Inheritor Family, said with a gloomy face:
"We really did forget about that disgusting Symbiote race. But is the upper limit of a Symbiote really that high? To be able to absorb so many bloodlines into one body and utilize their abilities?"
Morlun shook his head:
"Don't underestimate the Symbiotes. Although they aren't much individually, they do originate from that King in Black who almost plunged the entire Multiverse into darkness. Their potential is likely far more terrifying than we imagine..."
Hearing the name Morlun mentioned, Jennix's eyes were instantly filled with wariness:
"True. But fortunately, that terrifying fellow has been sealed. Otherwise, there probably wouldn't be any room for our Inheritor Family..."
Morlun lamented:
"Isn't that the truth? That prophesied destined Spider is also truly foolish enough to touch something like a Symbiote, which carries its own calamity!"
"It seems that even if we don't act, he will eventually be liquidated by the re-emerging Lord in Black. After all, that Lord in Black was once betrayed and sealed by the very Symbiotes he created. Once He comes out, He definitely won't let these Symbiotes or their hosts off..."
Hearing this, The Others all nodded in schadenfreude.
The Lord in Black—that was an existence even their Inheritor Family didn't dare to provoke!
No matter how strong that destined Spider-Man was, could he be stronger than the Lord in Black?
At this moment, Karn suddenly spoke up, looking at Morlun and asking:
"Morlun, now that you have absorbed the power of so many Spider-Men, is it also time to go rescue Father and then head to the destined Spider's Universe to end all of this?"
When Karn said this, everyone's expression changed instantly!
Some nodded in agreement, some frowned and remained silent, and some directly showed looks of displeasure.
Clearly, not everyone wanted to liberate their father, the most powerful Inheritor, Solus.
Finally, everyone focused their gaze on Morlun.
After all, Morlun was now the current Patriarch of Inheritor Family, the strongest among them, and the decision-maker!
Morlun looked at the various expressions on the faces of the Inheritors around him and finally shook his head:
"No, now is not the time. Although that so-called Spider-Alliance delivered themselves to us this time, allowing us to barely recover our previous strength..."
"If we were to forcibly break the seal left by Kang the Conqueror now, we would all exhaust our power again and become lambs to the slaughter once more. Are you willing?"
Hearing this, except for Karn whose face couldn't be seen, all The Other Inheritors—regardless of whether they internally wanted their father Solus to break the seal and return—showed expressions of unwillingness without exception.
They had finally managed to recover their strength thanks to the collective 'delivery' of the Spider-Alliance; they didn't want to fall back into that damn state of weakness again.
And there wouldn't be such a good opportunity as a large number of Spider-Men delivering themselves next time, so they were naturally even more unwilling to lose their hard-won power.
Seeing this, a light flashed in Morlun's eyes, and he grinned:
"Of course, we aren't saying we won't rescue Father. It's just that we can't go blindly. We must go when the conditions are right and we are certain of success. Don't you agree?"
"Yes, yes, exactly!"
Except for Karn, The Other traitors immediately followed Morlun's lead and echoed his words.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Morlun nodded in satisfaction:
"Alright, we'll talk about Father's matter later. Now that our strength has basically recovered, it's time to end all of this and end that damn prophecy!"
"So, let us begin preparing the sacrificial ritual to completely erase the spider totem!"
Hearing 'sacrificial ritual', The Other Inheritors suddenly became excited.
Now that they were mostly recovered, they were eager to launch a full-scale assault on the Spider-Men!
Morlun looked around at everyone and began assigning tasks: "Jennix, you will be responsible for the preparation of the sacrificial ritual."
The scholar Jennix nodded slightly: "No problem."
Morlun then looked at Bora: "Bora, you go to Universe 199999 and bring back the sacrificial 'Bride' who was born from the same spider as Spider-Man..."
"You've already messed up once. Don't mess up again this time!"
Bora shivered under Morlun's cold gaze and lowered his head: "I promise there won't be a next time, my brother!"
Morlun withdrew his cold gaze and looked at the tall Daemos: "Daemos, you go to Universe 001 and bring back the youngest Spider sacrifice, the 'Scion', the daughter of the first Spider-Man..."
Daemos was full of excitement: "The first Spider-Man? How interesting. I'll eat her father right in front of that spiderling!"
At this time, Raina, the only one besides Karn who hadn't been assigned a task, asked with some confusion: "Morlun, what about me? There are three special sacrifices for the ritual, right? Do you want me to take the last sacrifice, the 'Other'?"
Unexpectedly, Morlun shook his head: "No, you can't take the 'Other' alone, because he is the very destined Spider who is supposed to end our Inheritor Family—Ryan Parker!"
Then, Morlun looked at Karn with a strange expression and said slowly:
"This time, Karn, Raina, the two of you will come with me to test this destined Spider who is prophesied to be able to end our Inheritor Family. Let's see just what kind of ability he has!"
Hearing this, everyone else looked at Karn with eyes full of schadenfreude.
Because... Karn was the only member of their family who did not have a genetic backup.
In other words, if Karn went with Morlun to deal with that strongest destined Spider and died in battle, he would be truly dead, unlike The Other members of Inheritor Family who could be resurrected through clones!