In the Marvel Universe: I can summon items from all dimensions.

Chapter 102 Lucifer

About a minute later, when the prize swam to the shore at the speed of a marlin, jumped onto the dock, looked around, and found Mason and the others gathered by the wall of a warehouse.

It didn't approach immediately; a look of suspicion appeared on its eyeless face. But upon seeing the black watch on Mason's hand—or rather, on Mason's wrist—it was immediately terrified and rushed forward in a frantic, almost tumbling manner.

After getting close to Mason, the ball made a big leap, spun a few times in the air, and then landed like a tiger, sliding forward on both knees, until it reached Mason's feet and then bent over—the so-called "kneeling down."

Mason: "?"

What kind of approach is this?

Before he could even speak, Jiangzhu rushed up and hugged his leg, wailing, "Emissary of the Dragon God! I've finally waited for you!!!"

What kind of dragon god what kind of messenger what kind of being? How come I don't know such a cool title?

Mason's eyes widened. The thing he was holding at his feet felt soft to the touch and was soaked with tears, giving him a slightly disgusting, slug-like feeling. He couldn't help but shake his ankle, but because he was holding it so tightly, it wouldn't budge.

"Alright, alright, come down here and talk."

He couldn't take it anymore; goosebumps rose on his back, and his tone hardened accordingly: "Don't force me to kick you!"

When the jewel obediently jumped down, although it still looked a bit pathetic with snot and tears streaming down its face—

This guy clearly doesn't even have eyes, so where did all those tears come from? It's really baffling.

"My lord, I've finally waited for you!"

It sobbed, "If you don't come soon, the world will be destroyed!"

Mason thought to himself, "Wasn't I hired to 'pull out the thorns'? How did it suddenly get elevated to such an exaggerated level?" But he had to keep his composure in this situation, otherwise there was a risk of his coolness being ruined. Okita Souji and Paracelsus, on the other hand, didn't seem surprised at all. After all, they had done the job of saving the world countless times. As for Kuroba Kaito, he was probably having a bit of a chuunibyou moment and didn't even think there was anything wrong with what he said.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Koizumi Akako's projection said something similar when they were in the cave that day. Since he could accept it then, there's no reason why he would feel there's something wrong now.

But wouldn't you make me, Mei, look stupid by doing this?

Mason kept a straight face, adopting an attitude of nonchalance, and said calmly, "Take your time, what happened?"

"Didn't the Dragon God explain it to you clearly?"

I don't even know who the Dragon God is, so who would understand this?

After mentally grumbling to himself, Mason evasively said, "Even the Dragon God didn't tell me a pink bead would come rushing over like this, all snot and tears—what's going on?"

As a precaution, Mason turned back to Kaito Kuroba and said with a constipated-looking serious expression, "Please excuse yourself. The following topic concerns the internal affairs of our small group of mages. You know, knowing too much isn't always a good thing. To avoid any unpleasantness later, you'd better not listen any further."

"Someone's using you and then discarding you, damn it!"

Despite saying that, Kaito Kuroba still helplessly raised his hand and backed away.

Although he habitually tried to throw a small prop (a listening device) on the ground when he was a certain distance away, Okita Souji was watching his movements the whole time, so he had no chance and could only leave obediently.

What can he do if he doesn't back down? There's a guy standing here who'd let someone gouge out his eyes so easily. Who knows what kind of mental state they're in? He knows the principle of not stepping on landmines.

Therefore, only professionals (with questions remaining) are left here.

Mason tilted his head back at the jewel, indicating, "Go on."

"I'm crying because things are getting worse every day!" As the jewel almost burst into tears again, "Ever since three months ago, when Karasuma Renya took the [Collapse Point] from Lucifer's corpse, the structure of the world has become increasingly unstable. You've seen it too, haven't you, Your Excellency? Those strange fish that appeared out of nowhere underwater—they appeared just a few days ago! In just a few days, more than a quarter of the Water God Pearl's power has been absorbed!"

Mason frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.

What is the collapse point? And Lucifer—this can be explained, because in the Magic Kaito storyline, Koizumi Akako clearly communicated with a creature called "Lucifer" and was able to control it to some extent, obeying the will of the jewel—has Lucifer died suddenly?

Of course, a name is just a name, and it doesn't necessarily correlate with strength. Being called Lucifer doesn't mean he's the archangel in Paradise Lost. It's like how both Goku and Goku could be called Goku, but they're not the same person. Equating names is unacceptable; this is a very simple and easy-to-understand principle.

Mason suppressed his inner turmoil and frowned, saying, "Go on."

"In recent months, a lot of strange things have appeared all over the world—you might not be aware of this, so take a look—"

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After scratching its head and jumping around for a while, the pearl suddenly started pulling at its mouth. With its efforts, the mouth, which was probably too big to fit even a lollipop, was suddenly stretched to the size of a human head. It was pitch black inside and looked quite frightening. Mason almost took a step back instinctively.

—Is this even possible?

"If you stick your head in and take a look, you'll know what happened back then."

Indistinct sounds came from the enormous mouth.

The instructions are quite clear, but why do they look so creepy?

Mason's lips twitched twice. Considering that he was no longer as afraid of being beheaded as he used to be, he shrugged, turned around and gave Okita Souji a wink, signaling her to improvise. Then he bent down and tried to stick his head into the mouth that served as the jewel.

Just like wearing VR glasses, a 360-degree view appeared in front of him a dozen seconds after Mason poked his head into the darkness.

Although the image quality is a bit poor, it's still clear enough to see that it's a lush forest with no trace of human activity, but floating in mid-air is a pure, pitch-black area without any superfluous elements.

Mason recognized the thing; although it was different in shape, it was probably the same kind of thing as the "cavity" beneath Xavier's Academy for Gifted Youngsters.

The difference lies in size. The hole guarded by the X-Men is large enough for a truck to easily drive through, but the one in the video is only about the size of two fists. Although it is unknown whether the size affects the "strength" of the hole, it at least looks different in scale.

The second difference lies in their stability. Compared to the near-spherical cavity beneath the academy that has never deformed since its appearance, the one in the image appears very restless, pulsating like boiling water and constantly changing shape.

Almost immediately, an ominous premonition rose in Mason's heart.

Intuitively speaking, something in this state is most likely to explode, right?

His premonition was immediately proven true.

In the video, the hollow "boiling" state became increasingly intense. After exceeding a certain critical point, a large number of spider web-like cracks spread out in all directions from it, as if someone had smashed a piece of glass in space. Everything nearby was in a state of fragmentation, which was terrifying to watch.

Then, "many things" fell out from the crisscrossing cracks.

Those were some strange-looking creatures, but not unfamiliar to Mason.

The grotesque creature, resembling a humanoid shape, dark green in color, with a streamlined head, sharp teeth and claws, and a long, segmented tail, is undoubtedly an alien.

It can fly, has a big head, big ears, and a disproportionately small body, and its facial features are hideous. Although the art style is a bit old-fashioned, this thing is also quite a classic. A terrifying monster, a little devil.

A mangled humanoid shape, a writhing corpse drooling and hissing – needless to say, this is the kind of zombie everyone loves.

Besides these more famous ones, there are also giant spiders as tall as a person, skeleton horses, giant insects, and even—holy crap, could this terrifying creature be the legendary sewer mermaid? Does it have to be this grotesque?!

Then there were all sorts of monsters whose names I couldn't recall, which looked extremely crudely made, probably dragged out of some low-budget, trashy horror movie. For a moment, a chaotic mess of monsters made Mason's scalp tingle.

Chaos broke out on set.

"My lord, did you see that? This happened a few months ago. A large number of strange monsters appeared in the [collapse site]."

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The sound of the jackpot hitting Mason's ears felt like having his head submerged in a water tank while someone outside was hitting him with a sledgehammer. It was so loud it hurt his ears, but in a way, it was a very novel experience.

However, he didn't have the time to investigate that, because the scene before him had captured all his attention.

Numerous terrifying monsters, both named and unnamed, fell out of the voids or the fissures referred to as "collapse points" as prizes. They were clearly in chaos; at least 90% of the monsters started to riot as soon as they appeared. Some attacked other monsters, some ran away, and some flew around like headless flies before disappearing into the voids. The whole scene was a chaotic mess of monsters, and even Mason's eyes started to hurt from watching it.

After all, there's a category for "super disgusting" monsters in horror movies, like slimy tentacle monsters, half-rotten but still moving corpses, giant guys oozing pus, etc. These are all things that challenge the eyes of normal people. If the ones presented on the movie screen are limited by the level of makeup and are not so disgusting, these things in front of me are so real that Mason thinks he might not be able to eat for a day or two.

However, there are patterns to be found.

All the creatures that emerged from this void were monsters from horror movies, and almost all of them only knew how to kill, lacking any intelligence whatsoever—the only exception might be the rotten sewer mermaid, but judging from her condition, she probably only "once possessed intelligence."

Some people might not know what a sewer mermaid is, so here's a quick science lesson: it's a well-known, low-budget, graphic grotesque horror film about a mermaid whose body gradually rots due to water pollution. The one appearing before Mason is most likely from the end of the movie; there's not a single good piece of flesh left on her body. Colorful mutated tissues wriggle slightly, pus flows freely, and maggots crawl everywhere, making Mason feel that it wouldn't be out of place to put her in Nurgle's Garden as a decoration.

The next moment, she was bitten by a zombie, and burst open like a cream puff, spewing out a bunch of colorful maggots and pus.

vomit----

Mason, feeling his stomach acid churning, turned his head away.

I wonder if the zombie virus can survive in this kind of creature—damn, the zombie collapsed right after taking that bite!

Were they poisoned?! How terrifying! What kind of magical pollutants did the humans in that world dump into the water?! Even nuclear waste would kneel down and offer cigarettes after seeing this!

If this side is all about disgusting humor, then the other side is showing B-movie gore.

Because among the terrifying monsters that appeared—there was an alien.

This thing probably doesn't need much introduction. Although in movies they are basically the sixth men who specialize in sneak attacks, these monsters can actually tear apart the alloys of deep spaceships with their bare hands, their bodies can survive for a long time in space, and the acidity of their blood can corrode almost any substance. They are by no means the fragile creatures that many people imagine, which can be swept away by a burst of firearms. Imagine this thing appearing among a group of terrifying monsters whose combat power is not high-end.

In an instant, the nearly three-meter-tall alien was wreaking havoc like Yujiro storming into a kindergarten. All sorts of crocodiles, lions, little monsters, and tin robots around it were reduced to rag dolls, mowing them down like grass in an instant, with no one able to withstand a single blow. Fortunately, this thing seemed to be just an ordinary "warrior alien" rather than a "queen" capable of reproducing. Otherwise, if this whole bunch of bizarre and terrifying creatures were captured and used as parasitic tools, this world would probably be doomed.

Imagining himself fighting against an army of aliens, Mason couldn't help but shudder.

In a short period of time, more than one hundred terrifying monsters either died or fled.

The dark cracks that spread outwards from the void gradually healed, as if the pressure had been released. After releasing a large number of terrifying monsters, the void, which had been surging like boiling water, also calmed down and became about half the size of a fist, similar to the size of an egg. It floated in the air, trembling slightly from time to time, somewhat like a living thing.

Thinking about this, Mason himself was startled.

If this thing were alive—that would be terrifying—

After slaughtering everything that moved within its line of sight, the alien chose a direction, crouched down, and moved silently over. It's worth mentioning that a patch of unrecognizable rotten flesh lay on the ground not far away. During the battle, this once-mermaid had been trampled, turning into a pile of mangled pieces. But perhaps the previous zombies had infected it with a virus, causing it to retain some kind of vitality even in its fragmented state—a truly gruesome sight.

The silence lasted for more than ten seconds, and just as Mason was about to say something, something unexpected happened.

A dark shadow flashed through the air and crashed solidly into a large tree. Mason instinctively turned his head and saw that it was the alien that had just run away.

The creature that had just been displaying its might and acting as if no one else was around was now broken and battered in the blink of an eye. Its dark body was covered in wounds, and its corrosive green blood splattered through the jungle, melting away large amounts of soil and vegetation. The sheer power of its effects amazed Mason, but he had no time to pay attention to that, because something even more exciting and explosive was rapidly approaching.

It was a shadow.

It is roughly humanoid, but thinner, and about four meters tall. Its body is writhing with shadowy flames, and two curved horns grow from the sides of its head. Its eyes, which look evil, are flashing red light. With this kind of appearance, it could easily be a mid-game boss in a video game.

Who is this expert now?

Before Mason could ask a question, the jewel preemptively answered, "Your Excellency, I discovered this scene, but as you can see, I didn't have any combat abilities available, so I immediately contacted Lucifer and asked him to go and handle it, since he was closer to that place."

An indescribable, strange feeling stuck in Mason's throat.

While calling for help from nearby sources is a good solution, how did this thing from "Yaiba" end up on Lucifer from "Magic Kaito"? This crossover is way too wild! Even crossovers aren't written like this!

However, if we broaden our thinking, it's not impossible to come up with a reason why these two might actually be colleagues or something. Based on the existing logic, maybe that Dragon God is the company boss, and he has a bunch of subordinates with unclear roles. When things are going well, they just loaf around in their respective areas of responsibility, and when trouble comes, they form an Avengers-like alliance—the name might not be that, but the nature should be similar. In short, they band together to fight the enemy, which is how it's portrayed in movies.

He sighed and followed up, "So this is Lucifer?"

"That's right." When the prize pearl replied with regret (but still deafeningly so), "Although this guy isn't usually a good person, the situation is serious, and we can't worry about too much."

In the scene, the shadowy figure that immediately evoked images of a "demon" approached the alien. It opened its mouth and spewed out a large amount of ghastly green flames. Mason thought this might be some kind of magic, because the alien's formidable physical defenses were completely ineffective against these flames. Its massive, black body was burned to ashes in just a few seconds, while the surrounding environment remained largely undamaged.

Lucifer, strong and powerful, we respect your teeth!

But then again, how did such a powerful guy die?