Hell has invaded, but my Hextech is invincible!

Chapter 74 Demon Brand, Cosplaying Guts? (2/3)

"Of course, you may need to spend some time in London during this period," Mondrian said.

Hextech's expression was puzzled.

"Mr. Speaker, do you want me to go to London to plan a major operation?"

"Burn down the church federation? Or blow up the royal family?"

Mondrian sensed Hextech's sarcastic tone but didn't take it to heart.

"Mr. Horus, this is for your safety," Mondrian said.

"Didn't you notice the mark on your shoulder?"

Hex suddenly felt a stinging pain in his shoulder. He turned his head and saw a bat-shaped brand on the junction of his neck and shoulder.

You wouldn't notice it at all if you didn't look closely.

Hextech suddenly remembered the curse that the enormous bat, which blotted out the sky, had hurled at him before the gates of hell closed.

Wherever you go, the devil will find your soul!

You have nowhere to hide!

"Father Hex, when were you branded with this mark?" Mondrian asked.

"Not long after," Mondrian was a latecomer, and Hextech had nothing to hide, "just before he fell unconscious."

"It's inside the gates of hell."

"Is this a curse?"

"But I didn't feel any discomfort."

Mondrian said, "Only the most devout clergy will be branded with this mark."

"This is the mark of the cursed demon, also known as the demon's brand."

"This is the most terrible curse a demon can inflict on mortals."

"Only a demon lord, who hates mortals to the extreme, would be willing to sacrifice part of his essence to brand them."

"Those branded will suffer a curse worse than death!"

"The effects of the curses differ from demon to demon, but they are all terrifying!"

"There is a lonely curse that grants immortality, but wherever one goes, it brings death to those around them."

"There is a curse of betrayal, a curse of being betrayed by every friend, lover, and family member—"

"There are also plague curses that spread from the body, making it impossible for anyone to approach them."

"It erupts intermittently, and each eruption is more intense than the last."

"Until the brander is killed."

After a moment of silence, Hex said slowly, "It said that wherever it goes, it will attract the attention of demons."

"Am I going to become the target of all demons?"

Mondrian said, "It seems your curse attracts demons and monsters."

"No wonder a lot of monsters attacked headquarters last night."

"Oh—that's a good thing," Hex suddenly said.

For him, the large group of monsters were like moving layers of Heart Steel. He had been thinking about how to attract more monsters, but now with the mark, it was like a godsend.

"Huh?" Mondrian was clearly surprised by Hextech's response.

"Oh, I mean, ordinary monsters are no threat to me." Hex coughed lightly.

Mondrian, however, was very serious: "We cannot be so careless."

"This is the curse of the Demon Lord."

"If it was an ordinary monster a few days ago."

"Then high-level monsters will appear in the next few days."

"Even the space around you will become unstable."

"It is very easy for hell to directly invade."

"The one who appears beside you at that time is very likely a demon."

"Given the Great Khan's hatred for you, he may very well be a demon in real life."

"You will become a walking calamity."

Hex nodded slightly. To be honest, he wasn't afraid of ordinary demons. He had taken down two of them while they were inside the Spire, even with the negative bleeding debuff.

With his current strength, dealing with three to five ordinary demons at the same time shouldn't be a problem; the main limitation is the cooldown period of Heart Steel.

But an immortal True Name Demon would be troublesome.

"What other negative effects are there?" Hex asked.

"Those branded will surely have their souls fall into hell after death," Mondrian said. "And fall into the hands of that demon."

"Even clergy cannot go to heaven."

That means the demon could turn on you at any time and issue a global bounty on you.

What's more troublesome is that if his soul falls into the hands of Kalodos after he dies, Hextech can imagine what methods Kalodos would use to deal with him.

"Is there any way to solve this?" Hex asked.

While the effect of continuously attracting monsters is useful, the emergence of demons of varying levels is still too dangerous.

He was even relieved that he had been taken away by the United Front. In a sense, they had taken the blame for him. Otherwise, if he had triggered the demon curse while unconscious, the little bit of blood he had left in the ruins might have been eaten by the monsters. Even if he woke up and ran away in a daze, it would have been really troublesome if he was surrounded by a group of demons and monsters when he fell asleep at night.

"In the past thousand years, there are records of fifty people who have been branded by a demon," Mondrian said.

"Forty-five of them died within a month of being branded."

Only five people survived for more than six months.

"They can only hide in big cities like London or Rome."

"Suppressing the population through the hundreds of churches and tens of thousands of clergy in these major cities."

"This will delay the onset of the demonic brand."

"There is no other way."

"But I believe in you, you can completely remove this mark."

"As long as we defeat the Demon Lord head-on."

"The mark will naturally fade away."

"Every one of those branded will become one of the most promising clergy in the church."

"The future, does it mean a future branded by the devil?" Hex asked.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. The targets that demons would love to kill are definitely the most steadfast clergy of the church.

What's this called? White House certification?

Hextech has calmed down now.

The demon brand wasn't particularly troublesome for him, but obviously, because of this brand, he couldn't stay in the United Front for long, otherwise the damage he caused to the United Front might be even greater than that of the Church.

It's no wonder that Mondrian, despite giving him the title of savior, still sent him to London.

The United Front is simply not worthy of its own greatness.

However, given this situation, Hextech had a new idea.

"I can go to London, but I have a condition!" Hex said.

Mondrian bowed slightly, his posture respectful: "Please speak."

"I need your help to forge a completely new identity for me. I want to enter Oxford Theological Seminary as an intern priest," Hex said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mondrian's pupils contracted sharply, Ada's expression froze instantly, and hundreds of key members of the United Front below the stage whispered among themselves, their faces full of shock.

Oxford Theological Seminary, one of the top ten theological seminaries in continental Europe, is a prestigious seminary in London on par with Cambridge, and is also the main setting for the second chapter's plot.

Hextech has its own plans.

Mondrian needed his help, so there was no need for him to maintain an adversarial stance indefinitely.

The United Front has a strong foundation, and we can completely leverage their strength to help us complete the main mission.

The situation is now clear: no matter how much plot change I cause, the main storyline of the Hell invasion still exists.

In other words, the main storyline will still exist.

Only by completing the main storyline quests can you gain experience and gold coins, and quickly improve your strength.

The main storyline of the second, third, and fourth chapters of the game takes place primarily in London and is told from the perspective of the church.

If you're portrayed as the savior of the United Front, you won't be able to trigger these main storylines.

In addition, he was branded with a demonic curse, which required him to stay in London, a city full of churches and clergy, for an extended period of time.

Rather than hiding under the guise of being associated with the United Front and being targeted by the church, it would be much easier to infiltrate it by disguising oneself as a clergyman.

The key point is that it can also gather his golden army!

Most of his elite troops are in London!

His strength increases significantly with each recruit he joins.

Emily's Adaptive Helmet and Inessa's Hymn Field are both extremely powerful support abilities.

If Hextech can bring other Gold Teams under its wing, wouldn't it be able to take off from here?

By the way, where did that brat Emily go?!

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