Marvel Magic Case Files.

Chapter 38: Finishing Touches (Seeking investment of over 100!)

The Ancient One is the Queen of Midgard, the Queen of Midgard, and the Queen of Earth. This is a title she earned through her magic, a title recognized by most people in the universe.

Therefore, His Holiness loves humanity as he would his own children, and treats every life in his hands with care. His Holiness also requires Salomon to love humanity, to examine the necessity of every sacrifice, and to avoid meaningless waste of life.

In the Venerable One's view, the Collins family was an acceptable sacrifice.

While harboring vampires is not a capital offense, opposing the sorcerers who come to exterminate them is a sin.

These are the laws that the Sorcerer Supreme, as King, established for this world. Although ordinary people are unaware of the existence of Kamar-Taj, they are still required to abide by the laws of Kamar-Taj.

As for the pain of this choice, His Holiness believes he should bear it, and Salomon will also bear it in the future.

Salomon quickly accepted this explanation, especially after the Collins family attacked him in an attempt to protect their family.

He hesitated for a moment, but still decided to take out the Aegis. He wasn't a man overflowing with sympathy, just someone with some empathy; otherwise, his peaceful life in his previous life would have made it difficult for him to harden his heart and kill someone, but he did it anyway.

Now that he'd made the decision, he couldn't afford to regret it. However, he still had some cleanup work to do.

After a day of rest, he will return to Colin Town to completely eradicate the vampires and werewolves there.

After all, vampires and werewolves can reproduce through ordinary people, just like cancer cells lurking in human society. These creatures hidden in the gutter have always been one of the targets of elimination in Kamar-Taj.

Cleaning up the town of Corin was a task given to him by the Sorcerer Supreme.

The Venerable One believed that the search for the Dark Book did not need to be rushed, since the book Salomon found was written by a medieval Italian alchemist, and even if Salomon got there, the Dark Book could very well have been moved and hidden.

If the Dark Book were to be read by someone at this time, it would surely cause a huge uproar, and Kamar-Taj's planetary defense system would definitely be able to detect it.

The Venerable One was not worried that the town of Colin would pose any danger to Salomon, so she sent Salomon to the town to "relax" and hunt some werewolves and vampires as practical training.

However, the Collins family did not provide any information about the other vampires in town, so Salomon had to start searching from scratch. This gave him some time to hone his magic, as simply fighting in the training grounds would not lead to improvement.

For the next month, besides attending his daily studies with Athena, Salomon brought back seafood to Kamar-Taj every day. Besides salmon and tuna, he especially favored Boston lobsters, a specialty of Maine. Salomon simply needed to open a portal to the ocean floor; the pressure of the seawater would send the seafood rushing out, even the lobsters hidden deep in caves. After closing the portal, he simply picked up the seafood from the ground.

During this time, the mystical apprentices of Kamar-Taj were very grateful for the food that Salomon brought back. After all, His Holiness required his apprentices to abandon desires and soothe their souls, so the main canteen only served plain water and vegetables. If they wanted to eat, they had to go to the Hong Kong Temple.

Now, every night, there is fresh seafood to eat at the Kamar-Taj headquarters, and His Holiness turns a blind eye to it. In fact, the fact that the headquarters only has plain water and cabbage was something that the apprentices did spontaneously in the past, but after hundreds of years, it has inexplicably become a tradition. His Holiness does not know whether this is good or bad, so he can only let it go.

In addition to sending seafood to Kamar-Taj, Salomon also sent some to the Wing Chun school where he studied and to Athena.

"You did a great job!" After hearing Salomon's explanation for his previous leave, Athena's slight dissatisfaction disappeared. In her view, young heroes should show their talents and kill one or two monsters so that bards can sing of their great deeds in the future. As for the ordinary people of the Corinthian family, Athena didn't care.

What she cared about was that Salomon had used the Aegis she had given him, which pleased Athena greatly.

What does this prove? It proves that Salomon is a hero nurtured by Athena! She would be even more pleased if Salomon appeared before everyone riding Pegasus.

To satisfy her quirk, Athena specially prepared a plate of Atlantic salmon for Salomon. This oily fish, after being deboned, marinated, and seasoned, can be pan-fried. Salomon often eats several pieces until he is stuffed.

Because Athena's cooking skills were far superior to those of the chefs at Kamar-Taj headquarters whose skills had deteriorated, Salomon would have lunch at Athena's place during his time hunting vampires and werewolves in Corin. Every day at noon, Athena would prepare several servings of teriyaki salmon, beet salmon slices, and grilled lobster to replenish Salomon's energy, which was being used up in large quantities.

In fact, the affairs of the town of Collins are not complicated, but extremely time-consuming. The third vampire in the town is actually Julia Hoffman, the family doctor of the Collins family, who disappeared thirty-one years ago, as recorded in the local police files.

Although Salomon didn't know how she was turned into a vampire by Barnabas, after lying in ambush for a while, Salomon used the hair she left at the crime scene (which was actually found through magic) to cast the second-circle divination spell "Hunter's Mark," easily grabbing her tail and smoothly cutting off the young vampire's head, which was then left to dry in the sun.

The werewolves are a bit more troublesome. Although the powers of both werewolves and vampires are related to the Dark Book, compared to the vampires' troublesome Embrace, the werewolves have a much simpler way of gaining allies.

With just a tiny bite, the beastly curse in their saliva will enter the human body. For every person they devour in their endless rage, their race will grow stronger.

Salomon had no idea where these werewolves came from, nor how many there were. These werewolves had normal identities in the town of Colin; unlike vampires, they didn't fear sunlight and could therefore move around the town normally.

After Angelique Butchard's death, the werewolves scattered throughout the town, which took Salomon a long time to search for. He also spent a lot of honey and lotus oil to cast the second-circle spell "Disguise" to identify the werewolves in human form.

Salomon also contacted the talkative, dark-skinned driver who had taken him to Colin Manor to track the werewolves and record their addresses. Salomon would return to Colin Town once he was fully rested and able to cast all his spells, and hunt down the werewolves when they were alone.

"Hey bro, I've noticed that everyone you had me follow died within days," the driver said, counting his money. "What exactly do you do for a living?"

"I'm an agent, from S.H.I.E.L.D. Those guys are drug dealers." Salomon held out his hand, a black badge lying in it, but he pulled it back before the driver could touch it. After all, it was just an illusion, and the slightest touch would give it away.

"You're not kidding?" The driver's eyes widened; he almost turned and ran in fright, but after regaining his composure, he expressed his doubt. He looked Salomon, who was scribbling in his notebook, seriously at him, and said in a ridiculous tone, "You're fucking kidding me! You don't even look as old as my son!"

"Because I'm too smart, I went straight to S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy." Salomon sighed dramatically. "No video games, no comics, not even free phone use—this kind of life is just too unbearable, which is why I applied for this mission. Remember, you haven't seen me, and you can't mention me to anyone. Also, dashcam…why doesn't your beat-up car have a dashcam?"

"I understand, I understand, I understand!" The driver gave an OK sign.

"Now, go buy me a bottle of Coke, ice-cold, not Pepsi!"

Goodnight. My heart is a little uncomfortable. I'll update again depending on how I feel.

(End of this chapter)