Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 231 Damon, Destined to Die (5K Chapter!)
Mephisto is gone.

And he left laughing.

Hawke could clearly feel the gloating look Mephisto gave him as he turned to close the door after laughing as he returned to the Hell dimension.

In a word.

Although the Heavenly Dimension came this time with the aim of seizing Mephisto's power.

but……

Heavenly Dimension is his enemy, Hawk is his enemy, and now his enemy has clashed with his enemy—which is good news for Mephisto.

Mephisto probably couldn't wait for Hawke to connect with the Heavenly Dimension.

The best outcome is a mutually destructive fight.

Hawke didn't say anything, but after watching Mephisto close the door, he also reappeared from the spatial rift.

next second.

Catherine's dazed gaze returned instantly. Looking at Hawke, who had withdrawn his right palm, she subconsciously took a step back.

She had no idea what had just happened.

But Catherine knew that for a second or two she was unconscious.

She hated this feeling.

After withdrawing his right hand, Hawke glanced at Catherine, who was retreating, and chuckled, "Thank you."

Although he didn't quite understand, what did it have to do with him that Heaven wanted to take over Earth from Mephisto?

But this is a matter between him and the Heavenly Dimension.

It has nothing to do with Catherine.

She was not one of the birds from the Heavenly Dimension that Mephisto spoke of. Although her soul originated from the Heavenly Dimension, her essence was no different from that of other souls from the Hell Dimension.

The only difference is the place of origin.

and so……

"Let's go."

Hawke withdrew his gaze, preparing to fulfill his promise and, just as he had made a deal with Catherine, take her away from this sealed land.

As for Dr. Merrick, who might be influenced by the Heavenly Dimension, he will find the Heavenly Dimension and demand an explanation.

Hawke thought to himself, said something to Catherine, and then turned and walked toward the seal of the tomb.

Catherine was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening and chose to follow.

Hawke stopped at the seal, looked at it, raised an eyebrow, and vanished from the spot.

Catherine's heart sank as she watched Hawke suddenly disappear before her eyes.

Before she could even wonder if Hawke was deceiving her, she suddenly felt a burning heat coming from behind, followed by two arms draped over her cold shoulders.

next second.

boom!
Hawke placed his hands on Catherine's shoulders and, in the blink of an eye, rescued her from the sealed land behind her.

Catherine's tense body instantly relaxed the moment Hawke's hands left her.

Hawke put his hands back into his pockets.

"you can go now."

"..."

Before Hawke could even utter a sound, the moment he released Catherine's shoulders, her figure vanished into the valley like a fleeting shadow.

But soon.

Catherine's figure reappeared in front of Hawke.

Hawke, who was thinking about things in the Heavenly Dimension, frowned as he looked at Catherine, who had returned and whose wariness and hidden fear towards him had even disappeared somewhat.

"What's wrong? You've lived here for so long, you've grown attached to it, and you don't want to leave?"

"No."

Catherine shook her head, looking at Hawke with some curiosity. Her voice was neither seductive nor cold: "Can you tell me your name?"

Hawke laughed.

"Hawk."

"My name is Catherine."

"I know."

Hawke looked calmly at Catherine: "I know your name, Ms. Pierce."

Catherine chuckled at Hawke's address.

"I'm leaving now. Thank you, Hawke."

"Walk slowly."

Hawke's words were concise and to the point.

Catherine stopped talking and disappeared the moment she turned around.

but……

next second.

Hawke chuckled when he saw Catherine reappear before him: "You really plan to stay here?"

Catherine shook her head, just as she was about to speak.

call out!
call out!
call out!
Three figures, like ghosts, landed one after another not far away.

Stefan.

Damon.

And Caroline.

"Yo!"

Hawke raised an eyebrow, looked at Caroline who had appeared, and said with a smile, "It's so late, didn't you say you were going home to sleep, cousin?"

This happened after the dinner at the manor. Aunt Liz was still talking to Gwen when Caroline said she was sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep.

Caroline looked at Hawke standing next to Catherine and felt an embarrassment at being exposed as she heard his words: "Hawk."

Damon sneered, "So you really did come for Catherine."

Hawke's gaze fell on Damon, who had spoken, and his tone was calm: "You are alive now, which is a blessing from me, and you should be grateful."

Does Damon have to live?

No, at least in his eyes, no one except Gwen is indispensable.

Damon survived simply because he chose to live rather than die.

For Hawke, this was a simple matter.

But for Damon, this is a blessing, and he should be grateful. If Damon doesn't understand, he wouldn't mind taking back this blessing.

Hawke's voice was very soft.

but--

Really loud.

Damon found these words rather grating. He frowned, about to say something, when Stefan looked at Hawke warily and asked, "Mr. Phoenix, are you here for Catherine?"

Hawke glanced at Stefan, who was still somewhat polite, chuckled, and looked at Catherine beside him: "Aren't you leaving?"

Catherine looked at Stefan and Damon, who was glaring at her: "They took my Sun Ring, and I'm weak now. They've got their eyes on me, and I can't escape."

Hawke's gaze fell on Catherine's ten fingers.

next second.

On a whim, he took out a "sunshine ring" from his pocket and handed it to Catherine: "This ring can last for seventy-two hours. It should last until you find a real sunshine ring."

This was something he temporarily created using the Reality Gem.

At first, he was unable to use the Reality Stone to materialize his own cosmic power and then do anything else.

But as time went on, especially after absorbing Thiam's life energy, he was able to make some simpler gadgets with the Reality Stone.

For example, this sun ring is designed to block ultraviolet rays for 72 hours.

Hawke remembered that Catherine had her own witch.

Witches and vampires sometimes complement each other.

The relationship between the two is somewhat similar to that between a wolf and a jackal.

Especially black witches and vampires.

Vampires need the magic of dark witches to walk in the sunlight and shield themselves from their weaknesses, while dark witches need vampires to protect them.

In the era when Black Lives Matter wasn't considered a matter of life and death, many Black witches sold themselves to vampires.

After all, it doesn't matter who you sell to.

Catherine's eyes lit up when she saw the sun ring Hawke offered her: "Okay."

She wandered for five centuries, and may not have had many true friends, but she had plenty of life-saving sun rings and safe houses storing her blood. To put it bluntly, there must be a safe house for her within a radius of 500 kilometers.

Upon hearing this, Hawke handed the Sun Ring to Catherine: "Remember, this ring will disappear in seventy-two hours. Let's go."

After receiving the ring, Catherine quickly put it on, then looked at the three people in front of her: two ex-boyfriends who weren't very friendly to her, and Caroline, whom she had killed and turned into a vampire.

"Then they..."

“Show me your soul, and I promise you will be freed. You can leave without worry; they won’t chase after you. But remember, this promise is only made once.”

"Thank you."

"Need not."

Hawk put his hands back in his pockets and looked at Stefan, Damon, and Caroline in front of him.

"Let's go."

"it is good."

Without further hesitation, Catherine nodded and darted outside like a phantom.

next second.

Seeing this, Damon took the initiative to stop his ex-girlfriend, whom he loved but could not have and who was now filled with hatred because of it.

The deeper his love was before, the deeper his hatred is now.

But just as Damon set off, Hawke's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Eye Impact!" "Boom!"

Just as he was about to chase after the fleeing Catherine, Damon, who was still in a blur, was instantly struck and slammed against the mountainside with a thud.

The rocks on the mountainside were cracking open with a rumbling sound.

"Damon!"

Stefan watched his brother fall, called out, looked at Hawke, and instantly vanished from his spot.

Hawke chuckled lightly, standing still without moving an inch, not even his inner universe seemed to spin.

"Eye shock!"

"Oh!"

Stefan, who was almost in front of Hawke, broke free from the afterimage, then curled his body into a shrimp-like shape and flew backward with a whoosh.

Boom, boom, boom—

Several large trees in the distant forest snapped in shock.

Caroline...

She didn't dare to move.

Just as Caroline was wondering whether she should move, Hawke's eyes locked onto her.

Caroline froze when she met Hawke's gaze.

at the same time.

Taking advantage of this time, Catherine successfully escaped from Fallstown and headed towards her safe house.

Meeting Hawke's warning gaze, Caroline opened her mouth and said, "You're also Catherine's ex-boyfriend, does my cousin know that?"

Hawke's lips curled up slightly as he listened to this, and he looked at Caroline with a smile in his eyes.

"What, you don't dare to lay a hand on me? Then your cousin will come and put me in my place. What, are you planning to tell your cousin, my dear cousin?"

"No."

Caroline shrugged: "I can tell you love my cousin very much, and my cousin loves you very much too. I'm just curious if my cousin knows about this. After all, Gwen is my cousin, and if she doesn't know, I have a responsibility to tell her."

Hawke's expression turned amused as he looked at Caroline.

"Your cousin said the same thing to me when I came here."

"what?"

She said you are her cousin and she has to take responsibility for you.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Caroline paused, looking at Hawke in surprise.

Hawke laughed and said, "Your cousin said you're only nineteen, you still have a long life ahead of you, and asked me if there's any way to turn you back into a normal person from a vampire."

That's why he gave Caroline a warning look just now.

It's clear that Gwen cares a lot about her cousin; otherwise, she wouldn't have asked him if there was any way to turn a vampire back into a human.

Caroline's eyes narrowed.

"My cousin knows who I am..."

"Ask her yourself."

"what?"

Caroline said it subconsciously, and then saw Hawke standing there after saying it, taking a cell phone out of his pocket.

Hawke put the phone to his ear and smiled as he spoke to Gwen on the other end of the line: "Gwen, your cousin is planning to tell you that I came to Fallstown not to keep you company, but to rescue my ex-girlfriend."

Gwen, who always habitually waited for Hawke to return before going to sleep after he left without any special instructions, was standing on the lawn in the backyard of the manor, listening to Hawke's complaints on the other end of the phone. She chuckled softly and said, "Give the phone to my cousin."

Hawke responded and then tossed the phone toward Caroline's location.

“Your cousin wants to talk to you. By the way, you can ask your cousin if she believes I’m Katherine Pierce’s ex-boyfriend.”

"..."

Caroline instinctively took the phone Hawke handed her, looked at the screen showing that the call had lasted for half an hour, then looked at the mocking smile on Hawke's face, took a deep breath, and put the phone to her ear.

"……cousin?"

"Caroline."

Gwen's voice came from the other end of the phone, gentle and calm: "I thought you were asleep. Perfect. If you're not asleep, come chat with me for a while. You forgot, when I used to go back to Fallstown, we always slept in the same bed the first night."

Caroline was silent for a moment, then responded, and after listening to her cousin's voice on the other end of the phone, she tossed the phone back to Hawke: "Your cousin wants to talk to you."

Hawke took the phone.

"temperature."

"Is the matter done?"

"There are two more vampires, I'm still figuring it out..."

“Bring my cousin back; she’s afraid of the dark.”

"……Row."

Hawke smiled and responded, then hung up the phone and looked at Caroline: "Let's go, your cousin said you're afraid of the dark, so she asked me to take you back."

Caroline hesitated as she looked at Damon, who lay unconscious in the rubble, and Stefan, who lay unconscious in the forest.

Just as she was about to speak, Hawke was already in front of Caroline. As he placed his right hand on Caroline's shoulder, his inner energy surged.

Sixth Sense—Instant Teleportation!

call out!
Hawke and Caroline vanished from their spot in an instant.

next moment.

Two more figures, one in white and one in black, entered the area.

It was Bonnie, the dark witch who wasn't as fast as the vampires, and Elena, who had cast a speed spell on Bonnie.

Elena spotted Stefan lying unconscious on the grass at first glance, exclaimed in surprise, and ran towards him.

As for Damon?

Bonnie the Black Witch glanced at Damon, who was unconscious under the pile of rubble, and then, after looking at her best friend, she also ran towards Stefan.

Poor Damon.

However, there is always a reason why someone is pitiful.

In a word.

Hawke didn't kill Damon again, not because he was soft-hearted.

Instead, he believed that once Gwen learned of her cousin's ordeal, the first thing she would do was have him kill Damon.

It's just a matter of time.

after all……

What Damon did was absolutely disgusting!

Hawke decided to spare Damon's life so that his fiancée could use him to relieve her pent-up desires later. He then led Caroline back to the manor to report back to his fiancée.

Caroline stared at Hawke with a look of disbelief.

Hawke then approached Gwen.

"I'll take a shower first."

"Ah."

Gwen smiled and nodded: "I've brought out your toiletries. They're in that blue bag. Use the shampoo that's half left first."

Hawke responded, pushed open the French windows, and walked into the manor.

After Hawke disappeared, Gwen turned her gaze to her cousin Caroline.

Caroline had also come to her senses by now. She looked at Hawke walking into the manor, then at her cousin in front of her, recalling how they had arrived here from the valley in the blink of an eye.

"Cousin, he..."

"Let's not talk about Hawke, let's talk about you. How did you become a vampire?"

Gwen frowned and interrupted Caroline.

Caroline gave a wry smile.

"Cousin, I don't..."

“If you don’t tell me, I’ll have Hawke tell me. Believe me, if I tell Hawke, he can even go through all your memories from childhood to adulthood. Do you know how Hawke views vampires?”

"do not know."

Gwen remained expressionless: "Hawk said that, let alone the progenitors of vampires, even all the vampires on Earth combined are nothing but chickens and dogs in his eyes."

“I didn’t say they were chickens and dogs, I said I wouldn’t even look at them.” Hawke’s voice suddenly came from the second floor.

Gwen looked up.

"Shut up and take a bath obediently."

"Oh."

Hawke's voice disappeared.

Gwen's lips curled up, knowing that Hawke's earlier words and obedient reply were to bolster her image, but she quickly concealed it, looking at her cousin with a serious expression: "So, you can choose to speak for yourself, or I can choose to have Hawke go out and capture all the vampires in town, and then listen to what they have to say."

Caroline stared blankly at her cousin, who was about to capture all the vampires in the town at the slightest provocation.

Gwen smiled slightly as she looked at Caroline, who showed no reaction.

"Huo..."

"Don't!"

Caroline realized what was happening and quickly called out to her cousin, who was trying to summon the Demon King: "Cousin, I'll talk to you."

Gwen stopped talking in time, looked at Caroline who looked nervous, and said with a smile, "Start from the beginning, and tell me about the vampires in town while you're at it."

Speaking of it.

Gwen raised an eyebrow, then seemed to remember something and looked at Caroline: "Oh, right, and that female vampire named Catherine Pierce, tell her story too."

Caroline opened her mouth, looked at Gwen in front of her, and thought of Hawke who had knocked Stefan and Damon unconscious with a single blow. After a moment of hesitation, she sighed.

"The story begins a few months ago..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)