Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Hill's words aroused everyone's curiosity. So far, the abilities shown by the apprentice Clint alone have already surpassed everyone else, and it is unknown what wonderful methods this formal hunter has.

However, Geralt shook his head and said, "The light worms can only locate a general area. Now this house, and even this area, is filled with dark power, so the light worms' location is of little use."

As for why we're waiting, it's naturally to minimize the losses. Look at the damage Clint caused; it's almost wiped out our reward. If I don't save money, he'll have to pay out of his own pocket to repair the house.”

Geralt pointed to the damage that stretched from the next room through the porch to the front door, with sword marks and splinters of wood everywhere. It seemed that a large sum of money would indeed have to be paid for.

Unexpectedly, Clint scratched his head sheepishly and said, "I didn't negotiate the price with them. When I arrived, the Warrens were already here; I just stayed to help..."

Geralt was furious when he heard this.

"Clint, your paycheck for this month is gone!"

"But you haven't paid me a single penny in the past two months..."

"So you lost two months' salary!"

What should have been a proper exorcism process turned into a wage discussion between the two of them, and Geralt has now deducted Clint's wages up to twenty-seven years after his death.

Finally, Hill couldn't take it anymore. She interrupted Geralt's plan to deduct his pay, saying, "S.H.I.E.L.D. will cover all losses here. You can use any means necessary to deal with the demons..."

Upon hearing this, Geralt and Clint chuckled, and Clint pulled out a voice recorder from his pocket, beginning to record the conversation.

After repeatedly checking to ensure the recording was complete, Klind nodded, took the recorder, and solemnly placed it in his pocket.

"Alright, everyone! Let's get out of here. All the damage here will be covered by S.H.I.E.L.D., so please evacuate in an orderly manner. I need to get back to work!"

In the courtyard, after confirming that everyone was within a safe range, Geralt took out a black earthenware jar.

The black earthenware jar was secured with hemp rope, and through the slightly open mouth of the jar, one could see a special golden substance inside.

[Black Fire Bottle: A "fire bottle" filled with special gunpowder to enhance its power. It can be thrown at enemies, causing an explosion and inflicting severe fire damage. Unlike physical attacks, fire damage is extremely effective against flesh-based or beast-like enemies that are vulnerable to fire.]

"Cover your ears, open your mouth wide, the man-made bombing is coming!"

Geralt threw the Black Fire Bottle directly into the house, and a ball of fire and an explosion came from inside. The explosion caused by the Black Fire Bottle instantly leveled the entire house.

Such an explosion, if it had been caused by artillery shells or other weapons, would have certainly not spared anyone standing in the courtyard. However, the explosion miraculously diminished before everyone's eyes, eventually turning into a gentle breeze.

The house had completely collapsed, and golden flames, ignited by the black fire pot, burned among the wooden wreckage.

Geralt handed several firebombs to Hill and Clint, saying, "Here, throw in a few more, let's see how long this demon can hold out..."

With that, Geralt threw the black fire pot in his hand into the ruins.

This time, the black flame pot did not explode upon hitting the ground; instead, it was caught in the hand of a tall, slender figure that suddenly appeared in the ruins.

At first glance, she appeared to be a nun, but her pale face and blood-stained crimson lips constantly reminded everyone that she was not a servant of God.

However, before the demon could speak, another fire pot was thrown at her.

The fire pot from Hill detonated the black fire pot in the demon's hand, and the two combined to create a massive explosion.

This situation left even the demon bewildered. Who would have thought that someone would dare to attack after witnessing the true form's appearance? Shouldn't they have threatened each other, then recited each other's true names to send them back to hell?

Upon seeing the nun, the Warrens, who had previously met her, looked at her and exclaimed in horror to the crowd, "This is Valak, the defiler, the blasphemer, the Marquis of the Serpent, one of the seventy-two demons of Solomon."

Ed, following his wife's explanation, pulled out his ever-present Bible and said to Valak, "In the name of God, I send you, Valak, back to hell. You do not belong here!"

In London, Ed and Rowling had faced Valach. Through Rowling's psychic abilities, they learned Valach's true name, which allowed them to send him back to Hell.

But this time, for some reason, the deportation method failed. Valak chuckled and stared at everyone present with ill intent.

However, it was Geralt's Black Fire Bottle and Hill and Clint's Fire Bottle attacks that were more of an insult than a direct hit from the fire element.

"In the name of the Son, the Father, and the Holy Spirit..."

Before Eddard could finish his prayer, Geralt kicked him to the ground.

"How did Sharivan end up recruiting someone like you? You're always praying to God and offering your faith. Lloyd would be so angry he'd die, then come back to life and kill you..."

Chapter 218: Battle Between Monsters

Geralt's actions interrupted Ed's prayer, and his blasphemous words left everyone present speechless.

In ordinary faith, God is indeed the greatest. But the key point is that this God doesn't actually have much power.

Eddard was able to banish Valak last time using his real name because he touched London's magical defenses network with his name, and the mages banished the demons of hell.

Right now, the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme, is at Dragon Academy, as are most of the magicians there. This isn't a crucial location among the three great temples, so there are no arcane magicians to handle this matter.

Valak looked at Ed who had been kicked and chuckled again.

"Without that wretched mage today, can you still banish me, Ed..."

Upon hearing about the mage, Hill observed that Geralt wasn't worried about the current situation. Reassured, Hill asked Geralt, "What did that demon mean?"

Geralt looked at Eddard, who had been kicked to the ground, and rubbed his shoes on the ground as if they were dirty. He then pointed at Valak across from him and explained the reason.

"The sorcerers built three temples in London, New York, and Hong Kong. These three temples are where the earth's veins converge, and they use the power of the earth's veins to put a protective net on the earth."

Last time, it was probably their struggle that caught the attention of the London sorcerers, leading to the expulsion of Varak. And yet, such a thing is shamelessly attributed to God.

Hearing Geralt speak ill of God, Ed, lying on the ground, incredulously pointed the Bible at Geralt and cursed him.

Geralt, of course, wouldn't be polite to such a person, and with another kick, knocked out Eddard's tooth, leaving him to pick it up from the ground.

"God is just a more powerful superhuman. His power is to attract faith and then collect souls to prolong his life. Ever since he was driven off Earth by the mages, he's been forced to live a precarious existence. If you don't believe me, ask the demon on the other side if he even knows anything about God..."

Valac had never seen such an unbridled exorcist before, and Geralt's complete disregard for God's words also drew his attention.

Valac responded affirmatively to Geralt's words: "God, oh my god, I'm so scared, I'm afraid he'll come and banish me... But he's in the dimensional rift, where even breathing is a struggle..."

Having finished talking about God, Valac became interested in Geralt.

"Exorcist, join Hell! I, in my capacity as the Marquis of the Serpent..."

However, before he could finish speaking, another Black Flame Jar hit Valak.

"Save your breath. Your rank is too low. You're only sixty-second out of seventy-two demon gods. If someone like Baal, one of the Four Pillars of the Netherworld, were to say something like this, I might give it a second thought..."

Upon hearing Geralt's dismissive reply, Valac's previous chuckles vanished, and she stared at Geralt as he disappeared into the darkness.

Clint, sword drawn and on guard, vigilantly surveyed every area around him, preventing any sneak attack from Valak.

However, after a long time, finding nothing amiss, Clint asked Geralt, "Has she left? Should we continue waiting like this?"

Geralt put away the black fire pot, yawned, and said, "Of course not, she's right behind you on your left. Cut her down!"

Upon hearing Geralt's words, Clint turned around instantly without hesitation and slashed horizontally, striking the darkness with a clanging sound of metal clashing against metal.

As the flame enchantment on the longsword illuminated a small area of ​​darkness, Valak, who had blended seamlessly into the darkness, came into view.

Valak instantly vanished into the darkness, disappearing from sight.

In the darkness, everyone gathered together, waiting for the hunters to drive Valak away.

Suddenly, Geralt appeared on the other side of the crowd, pressing his longsword against the darkness. Valak in the darkness let out a painful cry before falling silent again.

"Don't even think about possessing me. You're not in charge now, Valak..."

From the darkness came Valak's furious voice: "I will burn every inch of your skin with the flames of hell, then let the hell serpent devour your body and ravage your soul. I want you to become my weapon in hell!"

"Oh dear, I'm so scared..."

Geralt, carrying his weapon, disdainfully picked his nose and tossed a flamingo covered in boogers into the darkness.

The flames illuminated the darkness once more, and Valak's figure appeared before everyone's eyes, but at this moment, her scarlet eyes held only the desire to devour Geralt to vent her anger.

At that moment, a rustling sound came from the darkness, as if a large number of creatures were crawling on the ground.

Geralt took the fire-enchanted longsword from Clint and quickly drew a burning line around the group, allowing them to see the creatures making the sounds by the light of the fire.

A black snake without eyes; it's only similar in shape to a snake. It has bulges and protrusions on its back, as if something is hidden underneath.

"Valak, you insist on arguing even though you're ranked low. The hell serpents you summon are wingless little things that aren't even a month old yet. Don't you have any animal protection laws in Hell?"

Valak couldn't stand the taunts. Earth had the mage's barrier, so she couldn't summon any more powerful minions. And these hellish serpents, which weren't even a month old, had already taken a lot of her effort to summon.

But the elemental flames stopped these hellish serpents; they feared the power of the flames and refused to advance.

Torn between their innate fear and the commands of the higher demons, these newly born hellish serpents, whose minds were not yet fully developed, ultimately yielded to instinct over Valak's orders.

Valak could no longer bear it; her nun's robes began to bulge, as if some enormous creature were hidden beneath.

It started from the chest, where two ferocious dragon heads emerged, tearing at each other, splattering purple blood and polluting the area.

Next came the lower limbs, which transformed into the legs of a lizard and became gigantic.

With his body convulsing, two pairs of gray wings sprouted from his back, and then the nun's skin was shed, revealing his true form underneath.

Valak, who had completely transformed into the form of the Marquis of Solomon's Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons, was like an infant riding a two-headed dragon with wings on its back.

Hill gripped the communicator tightly, waiting for Geralt to fail. She should have given the order from the start to use modern weapons to see if they could harm the demon before them.

But seeing Geralt's nonchalant and calm demeanor, Hill still didn't press the call button.

As Valak transformed, the surrounding environment began to resemble Hell. However, this time it wasn't the gloomy scenery of Hell's borders that Hill had seen, but rather the Calamity closer to Hell's center.

But inexplicably, a strange roar broke the transformation, and another enormous creature appeared in the darkness.

Fog began to spread, obscuring the area between the group and Valak, separating the two sides.

Then came a light, soft landing. In their minds, everyone imagined a gigantic creature crouching low, approaching Valak at that moment.

In a fleeting glimpse, the tail with its enormous bone spikes appeared in everyone's sight, then vanished in an instant.

"Damn it! What are you?! How could something like you exist?!"

Valak's incredulous voice came from within the mist, followed by the start of the battle between the two sides.

The sounds of wild beasts tearing and biting, accompanied by the deafening roar of battle, were intermittently accompanied by flashes of yellow and red light in the fog.

A huge creature was thrown out of the fog, scraping the ground and kicking up a massive amount of mud.

It has a head like a rodent, but its long snout is like a crocodile, its body is huge and bulging, and its limbs are like a dog's.

The monster was covered in huge bone spikes, and what I had just glimpsed was only a small part of its body.

The monster rose from the ground, crouched down, and roared into the mist, its right claw digging at the ground, stirring up dirt in preparation for another attack.

This time, however, the monster seemed to blend into the environment like mist and disappeared from everyone's sight.

As the monster disappeared, even thicker white fog appeared.

Under the thick fog, the group could no longer see the visual effects of the previous battle; all they could hear was Valak's furious voice.