The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 603: The Guide

The scene before her only surprised Iliana, but it was not enough to make her feel scared. When it comes to horror and curiosity, what can compare to the demons in hell?

What's more, most fear comes from the unknown, and Iliana just happens to know someone who can accomplish this counterintuitive scene.

The flowers slowly climbed onto Iliana's desk, and the long stalks behind the flowers twisted and turned, slowly forming a paragraph of text.

'Put me on your ears.'

Although the words were distorted, Iliana still made them out. After hesitating for a moment, she reached out to the flower and picked it up.

Although there was a long root behind the flower, Iliana was able to wear it on her ear without any hindrance because it kept growing longer.

Iliana didn't have to worry about it. The flower automatically stuck to her ear through its roots, and then a voice came out of the flower.

"It's me, Iliana. Harpy, remember me, right?"

"Of course, my memory isn't that bad."

The owner of the voice coming from the flower was Yang Le. Iliana certainly remembered this great hero who had fed the mutants on the entire island. When she was with her brother, the person Piotr admired most was Magneto, and after that it was Yang Le.

Piotr once commented that Yang Le was as gentle as the plants that nourish all life in the world, and he was as indispensable to mutants as Magneto.

After eating the delicious crops, Iliana agreed with her brother's idea. Don't expect to have any delicious food in hell. The food that demons and monsters like to eat is obviously not acceptable to everyone.

Iliana had no doubt that if Velax hadn't needed her alive and given her something to eat, she would have starved to death.

"So, what's the matter with you looking for me so late at night?" Iliana leaned against the headboard. "You're still trying to contact me in this secret way."

"To make a long story short, Iliana, the principal has changed."

Iliana raised an eyebrow and said, "It seems I'm not the only one who feels this way. Although I haven't seen Magneto's past directly, my brother has told me a lot about his past, and I can get a glimpse of it from those fragments."

"If my brother didn't lie, then the current Magneto is indeed very different from the past."

"That's right." Yang Le nodded, leaning against a large tree. "I can sense that the principal has become a completely different person since bringing you back."

"Hey, hey, hey." Iliana interrupted Yang Le in dissatisfaction. "You don't think it's me, do you? Really? Just because I came back from hell?"

"You misunderstood Iliana," Yang Le reassured the young Queen of Hell. "I didn't doubt your intentions. I simply mentioned the iconic event so you could recall the specific time."

"That's better." Iliana muttered softly.

"Let's get to the point. Why are you contacting me so late?"

"For the dangers that may come," Yang Le whispered. "Also for the future of mutants."

Yang Le's words were shocking, and even Iliana, who had seen a lot of storms, was surprised. After all, the scope of this conversation was too big. They were still talking about someone in the last second, and in the next second they jumped to the life and death of the entire race.

"What do you mean?" Iliana frowned. "Speak more clearly." "I suspect something has happened to Magneto."

Although he used cautious words, Yang Le's tone was very firm, just like the detectives in suspense dramas who had read the script in advance.

"Although I'm not sure what's wrong with him right now, it's definitely not a good thing. You should have seen that the principal is inciting everyone's emotions."

"It's a poor technique." Iliana stretched, revealing her perfect curves. "But it's effective. Others might not fall for it, but it does work on mutants."

"Because I've lived in hell since I was a child, I don't have that deep empathy for mutants. I'm curious why you didn't take the bait."

"Enough experience, Iliana." Yang Le's tone was steady, sounding like an elder and wise. "As long as you experience enough, many of these tricks will be exposed to you."

Yang Le's tone and words stunned Iliana. She thought Yang Le was an old witch who had run away from somewhere. Combined with the comments about Yang Le she heard from others and the performance she saw on his shoulder, this guess was infinitely close to possibility in her eyes.

After all, it is impossible to tell the specific age of a vegetative person from his appearance. The more Iliana thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible. It is very likely that this harpy is the oldest guy on the island.

But what she didn't expect was that the old wise man's experiences were all from the clouds, and more than half of them came from comics.

"Not only did I see Magneto's problem, I also saw that you didn't fall into his trap. That's why I came to you."

"Looking for me? Why?" Iliana was very confused.

"I'm asking you to help me save the mutants." Yang Le sighed. "If we allow Magneto to continue, not only the mutants, but the entire Earth will likely be killed along with him."

"It sounds like something great and dangerous." Iliana frowned. "Why should I agree to you?"

Iliana's attitude was within Yang Le's expectations. Most people would probably react the same way as her when someone told them they wanted to save the world.

Iliana saw the danger and had already thought of a way to avoid it. The only person she cared about now was her brother Piotr. If there was really any danger, she could take her brother and run back to hell.

Once they hide in the border of hell, not only the destruction of the earth, but even the explosion of the solar system will have nothing to do with them.

After all, this responsibility did not belong to her. Iliana had no need to take it on herself, and Yang Le could not force it on her.

"I just want to find an ally. If you don't agree, I won't force you." Yang Le sighed again, sounding like an old man over 70 years old.

"It's okay if you don't agree. Just consider this call tonight as a reminder. If you really encounter danger, I hope you can save a few more mutants and run as far as you can with them."

...

Back to the present, Iliana looked at the sturdy plants rising from the ground and felt more and more that her judgment was correct.

With the support of strength, the words became more weighty, and Iliana once again recalled what Yang Le said to her.

(End of this chapter)