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Chapter 296 Hunting Demons

(The previous chapter has been revised quite a bit. Those who read it before 1 a.m. last night can refresh the page and read it again.)

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Norman Osborn, who had been hypnotized by Erin once and almost had his mind imprinted, had no doubt about Erin's hypnotic abilities.

That's why, after realizing that something was wrong with his condition, he immediately and subconsciously associated his current state with Erin's hypnotic abilities.

but.

Erin can hypnotize himself and hallucinate the use of weapons and equipment.

But he couldn't allow himself to hallucinate the use of his abilities.

If he could really do that, then I should be kneeling before him and repenting right now, instead of thinking about how to retaliate.

As billowing, ghastly green toxic smoke gushed from Norman Osborn's mouth.

After picking up two pumpkin bombs from the ground, whose pull rings were still closed, Erin frowned slightly and then threw the two pumpkin bombs into the Ring of Greed.

Followed by.

Erin reached out and made a grasping motion in the air, and instantly the [Angel's Scepter] tattoo that was branded on his arm appeared in Erin's hand.

【Protection】

As the power of the [Angel's Scepter] was activated, a holy protection radiating holy light enveloped Erin.

"Sizzle sizzle..."

The moment the holy shield of light came into contact with the ghastly green poisonous smoke, it was as if hot oil had been poured onto a branding iron, producing a violent reaction.

"There..."

After sensing the aura within the area enveloped by the toxic smoke that evoked strong feelings of disgust in him.

Norman Osborn didn't hesitate to cross his sturdy arm armor to protect his head, then spurred the Green Goblin skateboard beneath his feet, hurtling towards the opposite direction of Erin, intending to force his way through the wall and escape.

Although Osborne Tower was his home turf, Norman Osborne had no intention of continuing to entangle with Erin there.

That cunning fellow, since he could sneak into the lab and hypnotize himself without anyone noticing, who knows if he might have set something up in the lab that should have been his own territory.

If I were to fall into a few traps set by Erin while fighting him here, then things would get really messed up.

Not to mention, he was also undermined by Erin's hypnotic spell.

Continuing to fight Erin here under these circumstances would be extremely unwise, since who knows whose territory this is now?

After escaping this place and breaking free from Erin's hypnotic influence...

The explosives that Norman Osborn planted in his private laboratory would cost Erin dearly.

With his inherent "cold-blooded" nature, Norman Osborn immediately made the most rational decision.

"Trying to run away?"

Just as Norman Osborn was sprinting the Green Goblin skateboard toward a wall in the laboratory.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

With two gunshots, two orange bullets quickly drew a graceful arc in the air before shooting directly into the two thruster inlets behind the Green Goblin skateboard.

"Boom!"

After sparks flew from the thruster damaged by the two bullets, it exploded, sending Norman Osborn flying.

"Holy Light...Purify!"

At the same time, a blinding white light flashed.

With the Angel's Scepter in hand, Erin cleansed the puff of poisonous smoke exhaled by Norman Osborn.

Erin glanced at Kiris, who was holding guns in both hands not far away, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Arc trajectory technique, it seems you've mastered it quite quickly."

"In fact, it wasn't as difficult as I had imagined."

After saying this, Kiris flicked her fingers and fired two quick shots at Norman Osborn, who was trying to get up from the ground not far away.

The next second, Green Goblin's knee joint, which had been hit by two large M500 armor-piercing rounds, was damaged.

Then, under the last bullet from Kiris's M500, a dark green blood spurted out from beneath the Green Goblin's overburdened armor.

Norman Osborn, who had just tried to get up, was knocked to the ground again.

"Indeed, I still prefer using these old guys compared to the witch's abilities."

Upon hearing Gillies' words, Erin smiled and said, "Then let's continue using it. Times are progressing, and the witch's abilities are not limited to what you experience in potions. You can combine modern power to make the witch an even more terrifying being."

"For example, that part where you reached out of the mirror with one hand and fired a gun—if that were used for an assassination, I doubt many superhumans could dodge such a sneak attack!"

"By the way, next time you can try imbuing your bullets with abilities like frost, fire, or curses. I believe that would make things even more difficult for your opponents..."

"Well, or you could use the abilities of a seducer like charm or misdirection before activating it, to charm or mislead the opponent's mind, and then take the opportunity to fire a bullet. That way, your enemies will be even less likely to dodge your attack. Maybe some people, under your misdirection and instigation, will even willingly offer their heads for you to shoot?"

Finally, after making a joke and giving Gillis some advice on developing her witch abilities, Erin raised the Angel's Scepter and swung it down hard at Norman Osborn's other leg, which was not hit by a bullet.

"So, it can be done like this..."

Upon hearing this, Gillis, standing behind Erin, gave a thoughtful look.

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Just as Erin's angelic scepter was about to fall, Norman Osborn, who was standing in front of Erin, suddenly flipped over and used two huge demonic claws with sharp nails to firmly grasp the angelic scepter that Erin was about to swing down.

At the same time, he kicked out with his uninjured left leg, aiming for the space between Erin's legs.

"Snap!"

With the added power of the Angel's Scepter's 'immense strength' and its ability to deal triple damage to demonic creatures, Erin's strike was powerful enough to break steel.

Although Norman Osborn's Demon Claw was powerful, it still produced a crisp sound of bones breaking under Erin's blow.

"Click..."

With a crisp sound, Norman Osborn let out a muffled groan. The moment Norman Osborn's hands touched the Angel's Scepter, as if offended by a demon, the Angel's Scepter suddenly emitted a holy and blazing white light.

Under that white light, Norman Osborn, holding the scepter, sizzled like he was holding a red-hot iron.

Almost instantly, white smoke emanating from Norman Osborn's hands billowed out.

Even under such intense pain, he did not retract his kick, but instead increased the force of his leg.

"Bang!"

Because he was holding the angel's scepter, Erin was kicked squarely by Norman Osborn, who had been prepared all along. But just then...

Just when Norman Osborn thought his attack was about to succeed, the figure he kicked away turned into a light, floating paper doll in mid-air.

not good!

Before Norman Osborn could release the Angel's Scepter, a flintlock pistol radiating intense malevolence, its muzzle resembling a roaring dragon's head, was pressed against Norman Osborn's head and the trigger was pulled.

"roar!"

As a gunshot rang out like the roar of a dragon, Norman Osborn, who was about to do something, was instantly stunned into a blank mind by the roar.

Immediately afterward, before he could even regain his senses, his head exploded like a watermelon, shattering into pieces.

Just as the splattered red and white viscous liquid was about to splash onto Erin.

A wall of fire composed of black demonic flames appeared in front of Erin, burning the splashed red and white liquid completely.

Seeing this, Erin thanked Kiris, who was slowly walking towards him, saying, "Thank you."

Done.

Erin reached out his other hand and grasped the Angel's Scepter, which was still emitting white light and burning Norman Osborn's hands.

At this moment, Kiris, who had walked to Erin's side, glanced at the headless corpse whose arm had fallen to its side with a muffled thud, and chuckled:

"Is this guy dead? It seems killing a demon isn't as troublesome as you said."

Is it easy?

Erin shook his head upon hearing this.

He didn't find it easy at all.

Although the hunt for Norman Osborn went smoothly and the entire battle was over in the blink of an eye, it was based on a variety of factors.

This time, just to shield himself from Norman Osborn's dangerous premonition, Erin set up no fewer than five powerful temporary shielding ritual spells, concealing all traces of himself and Erin's presence.

In order to get closer to Norman Osborn, Erin and Gillis used Flame Jump and Mirror Strike to their maximum capacity in a short period of time.

Even so, Erin, who joined forces with Kiris, ultimately used two powerful high-level weapons: the Angelic Scepter and the Dragon Slayer.

If, with such thorough preparations, we still can't kill a guy who became a demon through a shortcut, then Erin might as well just wash up and go to sleep.

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Under Erin's gaze.

After Norman Osborn died, the extraordinary factors within him surged rapidly to his heart. Under the heart's frenzied plundering, the other parts of Norman Osborn's body visibly withdrew from the demonized state.

"Extraordinary characteristics... So this guy really did ascend to become a true demon because of the power of the Mysterious System?"

Upon witnessing this scene, Erin narrowed his eyes, then took out a sharp dagger from the Ring of Greed and ripped Norman Osborn's still-beating heart out of his chest.

Then he took a glass jar from the Ring of Greed and put it inside.

When Kiris saw the still-beating heart that Erin had taken out, her pupils immediately contracted.

"His heart...it's still beating, is this guy not quite dead yet?!"

Erin glanced at Norman Osborn at his feet. He had initially thought that the guy was dead, but then he remembered the strange occurrences in this world that he couldn't understand and finally shook his head.

"Who knows? But just to be on the safe side, let's take this guy's body back and have the little monsters dispose of it!"

With that, Erin put Norman Osborn's body into the Ring of Greed.

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At the time of Norman Osborn's death.

The top of the Empire State Building in New York.

Cassius stood in the center of a massive magic circle etched with blood, gazing at the towering pillar of light not far away.

The area surrounding the magic circle was piled high with pale corpses.

Some of them were tourists visiting the Empire State Building, while others were staff members of the building itself.

But at this moment, they had all been drained of their blood and became the materials for Cassius to set up this blood-red magic circle.

Just as Cassius watched the Chitauri pouring out of the portal and wreaking havoc, a smile of excitement appeared on his face.

One corner of the enormous six-pointed star, radiating a blood-red light, suddenly shone brightly. Immediately afterward, a twisted remnant soul was pulled into the magic array by its power.

With a silent wail, a twisted soul, half Norman Osborn and half a green demon, was pulled into the blood-red magic circle and became its fuel.

After glancing at the point corresponding to the six-pointed star, Cassius's lips curled into a disdainful sneer: "Was Norman Osborn the first to die? Heh, compared to Cordina, you're the real trash! But oh well, let's make use of that trash now."

As he spoke, Cassius cast a spell seal towards the crimson magic circle below.

Under the transformation of this Dharma seal.

The suddenly lit six-pointed star quickly distributed the absorbed special energy equally among the other five points of the blood-red six-pointed star.

After completing all this, the crimson six-pointed star suddenly shone brightly, unleashing an invisible and powerful suction force.

Under an invisible pull, the souls of those who died in the Chitauri attacks were drawn into the blood-red magic circle, becoming resources to strengthen its power.

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After leaving Norman Osborn's private laboratory.

Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Norman Osborn's office at the endless stream of Chitauri troops teleporting through the portal, Erin said to Kiris, "Tell Fregra to prepare. The war... has begun."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)