Hell has invaded, but my Hextech is invincible!

Behind the curtain, Ada leaped and turned gracefully, kicking a monster in the waist and abdomen. A bullet then entered its eye socket, pierced its brain, and killed it instantly.

Benev also took on a monster with his bare hands and smashed it to death with his fists.

Then, the two looked at the curtain.

That curtain descended from the sky and then to the ground, enveloping the three blocks in front of us.

It stopped exactly ten meters behind them and did not expand further.

"Didn't we already destroy six altars? Why are they being opened again?" Benev asked, frowning.

They had only been gone a short while when the gates of hell opened, nearly scaring him to death.

They ran desperately outwards; if the curtain hadn't stopped, they would surely have been swallowed up as well.

"I'm going to support Inessa!" Joanna swung her sword and killed another monster.

"My brothers and sisters are all there!"

"Do you want to commit suicide?!" Benev roared.

Joanna rushed forward, but Ida stopped her.

Ada kicked a stone, which flew towards the red curtain.

The moment the stone touched the red curtain, it disintegrated into stone powder.

"You can't get in," Ada said.

"Sergeant Joanna, you should understand this better than I do."

Joanna bit her lip, half-kneeling on the ground, her eyes filled with despair and hatred, not even noticing the blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

Ada narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at the group of upper-class people behind her who were already terrified.

They used every means at their disposal—driving cars, carriages, horses, and even just their own two legs—to flee frantically out of the city.

Meanwhile, the soldiers of the Eighth Regiment who were guarding the perimeter just stood there, staring at the scene with despair on their faces, as if their souls had been completely ripped out.

"Perhaps that demon lord was right," she murmured to herself.

"If it is destined, it will eventually happen."

Historically, the opening of the gates of hell has never been truly prevented in advance.

Even if saints and paladins give their all, they can only close the gates of hell before they open.

Saints may have noticed signs related to the gates of hell, and they may have even tried to stop them, but each time, the gates of hell still opened as scheduled.

Emily looked flustered.

Compared to others, she could clearly sense the despair, darkness, chaos, and pure malice that the terrifying world was bringing.

She tried desperately to avoid looking directly at the crimson, but the mental anguish still kept her distracted.

This is hell, this is the gate of hell.

How could humans possibly fight against such an existence?

But amidst her fear, she also sensed something amiss.

The gates of hell before us are incomplete, like a flower bud that hastily hatched, blooming hastily but far from mature.

She whispered, "Why is the gate to hell stopped here?"

"There was no further expansion..."

Ada pondered for a moment: "I think it's because the altar was destroyed, which caused the subsequent steps to be missing after the gates of hell were opened."

"This is also a lucky thing."

"This shows that our efforts were not in vain."

She looked around. This area shrouded in hell did not engulf the entire Manchester, nor did it cover the entire Upper Town. It only encompassed three or four blocks in the northwest part of the Upper Town.

She looked at Joanna, whose face was filled with despair and confusion: "Sergeant Joanna, if you really want to make up for the losses, you should evacuate the people in the upper city right now."

"No one can guarantee that the gates of hell won't continue to expand."

Joanna, kneeling on the ground, was jolted awake from her despair by these words.

She nodded emphatically: "Thank you for reminding me, Ms. Ida!"

"I will immediately organize the evacuation of the people!"

However, she added with concern, "But it's already late at night!"

"The strange movements at the gates of hell will surely attract monsters and savages from the wilderness."

"Most of the only army nearby is trapped inside."

"With so many people leaving the city, we simply can't protect them all."

Ada smiled calmly: "We can move all the gentlemen and civilians in the upper town to the lower town first."

"The lower town is connected to the port, so in case of any unforeseen circumstances, large numbers of people can leave Manchester directly by ferry."

"Yes! Yes! That's how we should do it!" Joanna nodded repeatedly.

"Ms. Ida, could you please help us evacuate?"

Ada shook her head: "I'm not suitable."

"I am a member of the United Front. Once the church's support arrives, the first group to be eliminated will be us."

"We must leave as soon as possible."

Her eyes darkened slightly, she bowed slightly, then grabbed Emily and led her aside.

After walking a few dozen steps, Benev lowered his voice and said, "Hey, are you just going to leave like this?"

"That's not like you."

Ada chuckled softly, "Our target is too obvious; staying here will only cause trouble."

"As long as they transfer all the people from the upper city to the lower city, all our undercover agents can easily infiltrate these upper-class individuals."

"When order is restored, this city will fall into the hands of the United Front."

Benev was startled: "Are you kidding me?"

"Manchester is doomed, and you're still thinking about rebuilding order?"

"No."

Ida stopped and looked back at the crimson curtain of hell.

"I have a feeling that the gates of hell will not expand further, but will instead be closed."

"Whom do you rely on?" Benev couldn't help but ask back.

"Those Crusaders inside?"

"Still just an ordinary soldier from the Eighth Regiment?"

"Is it still that nun?"

"There's another person inside too."

Upon hearing this, Benev's eyelids twitched violently, and he looked at Ada in shock: "You mean... Hextech?"

"Can he do it?"

"I admit he's strong, but he can't possibly fight against hell..."

He suddenly paused, his eyes instantly filled with horror as he looked at Ada: "You don't mean...?"

Emily, who had been silently sensing the feelings of the two, turned pale and quickly lowered her head.

She glimpsed something unimaginably terrifying in the depths of Ida's heart.

Ida, however, did not care about Emily's prying eyes. She gently patted Emily's head, her tone calm and resolute.

"I need to contact the leader as soon as possible."

"Because I may... have truly found my savior."

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"Hextech! Horus!"

"Hextech!"

An anxious call rang in my ears.

Hextech slowly opened his eyes.

What catches the eye is a face stained with dirt, yet still undeniably exquisite.

With a high, straight nose, clear blue eyes like the sky, and light golden hair cascading down her shoulders, paired with a tattered nun's habit, she looked exactly like someone battered in battle.

No wonder she was the most beautiful face in the early stages of Hell Invasion!

The moment this strange thought popped into Hextech's head, he sat up abruptly.

"Sister Inessa, where is this?"

When Inessa saw that he had finally woken up, she breathed a long sigh of relief: "This is the Adventists' underground fortress."

"We can only hide here for now; outside are monsters searching for living people."

Her voice was low, carrying a hint of weariness that was hard to hide. In order to save Hex, she went out alone, but was soon separated from the main force by the monsters' attack and could only hide in this underground space.

"If we want to survive, we'll probably need to hold out here for seven days," Inessa said in a low voice.

Seven days is the longest period in history for the gates of hell to open.

In the game, Manchester was shrouded in the gates of hell for seven days, and of its million inhabitants, only a dozen or so survived.

Even with the Eighth Regiment drawing fire for them, Hextech couldn't guarantee he'd survive.

Because the most terrifying creatures in the Gates of Hell are never low-level monsters, but demons.

Normally, demons don't appear until the second or third day, so they still have time.

However, Hextech felt a headache coming on just thinking about that horned demon projection.

"What about that bull horn, which is actually a demon?" Hextech asked.

Inessa looked at him, her eyes filled with a hint of reverence.

"You stopped it, and it disappeared."

That can't be right.

Even if Hextech is arrogant, he wouldn't believe that he could destroy a projection of a true demon with a single punch.

Moreover, True Name Demons generally do not have the ability to project themselves, let alone project themselves after the Gates of Hell have been opened.

That's completely pointless and unnecessary. If you just wait a few more days, it will naturally come into being.

Why did it disappear? Was it to prevent the Eighth Regiment from leaving?

Or was it to stop him from leaving?