Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Patrick crouched down and reached out to touch the fallen Siege Assault Beast at his feet. A surge of black energy flowed from his arm and into the Siege Assault Beast's body.

Before long, the Siege Assault Beast's body began to twitch, its skin began to shrink, and then white bony armor began to form on its skin.

Once the bone armor was fully formed, the Siege Assault Beast stood up again.

The resurrected siege beast roared across the battlefield, its voice echoing through the heavens and earth. After roaring, it waved its hands empty-handed, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

He grabbed his left shoulder with his right hand and tore off his entire left arm.

Chapter 70: The Siege Beasts Have Fallen Once Again

Holding its left arm, the Siege Assault Beast swung it around; its left arm was now longer and stronger.

The armored gauntlet on his left hand had been replaced by the hammerhead of a flail, and his entire left arm now formed a flail weapon.

After tearing off its left arm, the Siege Assault Beast's wound quickly closed and regenerated, slowly growing a relatively immature arm. At the rate of growth, it wouldn't be long before a strong left arm would be formed again.

However, just as the Siege Assault Beasts began to roar, Ash and Constantine had already moved far away.

As soon as their allies left, the six Super Hornets, who had been itching to get going, began their ground-licking attack.

Dozens of missiles trailing white plumes appeared in the sky, heading straight for the siege assault beast.

Within seconds, the missiles struck the Siege Assault Beast and exploded. The shockwave even created a small mushroom cloud on the beast's body.

The powerful explosion was heard even by Davelin, who was dozens of kilometers away. Holding up his binoculars and watching the mushroom cloud form, Davelin gripped his phone so tightly it creaked.

However, under such an attack, the Siege Assault Beast only lost its left shoulder and arm; its newly formed, tender shoulder could not withstand the explosion.

Using a flail to support his body, the Siege Assault Beast sat in the center of the battlefield, waiting for the black-clad man, Patrick, to treat him.

With a sharp cry, Patrick commanded more orcs to appear on the battlefield. These orcs did not charge towards Ghost's position.

Instead, it climbed onto the body of the Siege Assault Beast and rushed into its mouth.

The siege beast chewed on the food it had just caught, loosened the flail in its right hand, and continued to grab the beastmen who couldn't climb into its mouth in time, stuffing them into its insatiable maw.

AC130 in the air was the first to discover the situation. After he relayed the message, all the aerial firepower changed targets and continued to bombard the endless stream of orcs on the ground.

Various missiles and shells exploded among the orcs, constantly reducing the number of orcs crawling towards the siege assault beasts, attempting to slow down the siege assault beasts' recovery speed.

However, under the continuous barrage of fire, the air units could not hold out for long, and the air formations, whose firepower was running low, had to return to the airport in New Jersey to replenish their ammunition.

As the planes departed, the Siege Assault Beast began its feast.

Looking at the scene before him, Ash hesitated whether he should reveal another part of his strength to finish this guy off.

At that moment, the ghost carrying the communicator walked over and handed it to Ash.

“Are you Ash? I am Admiral Terrence Shane. A Zumwalt-class destroyer is currently 20 nautical miles away and can provide you with fire support during the downtime.”

The Navy's entry at this moment provides a new solution, allowing Ash to avoid revealing his strength that would worry others.

And then Terence Shane continued, "The destroyer is equipped with a prototype electromagnetic launcher that can fire projectiles at seven times the speed of sound. It should be able to solve this big problem for you."

Before he could finish speaking, Ross squeezed into the channel and said, "Ash, a new batch of fighter jets is arriving soon. Do you have any ideas on how to deal with that man in black?"

Ash thought for a moment and said, "I suspect he's some big shot's lackey. He's protected by some kind of magical blessing. There's a magician here right now, I'll call him over and ask him."

After saying that, Ash took the communicator and found Constantine, who was leaning against the tank, using the red-hot barrel of a gun fired by a soldier next to him to light a cigarette.

If the soldiers hadn't been so restrained and hadn't known that this was friendly fire, they might have fired a burst of bullets at this guy's back at any moment.

"What's your name?"

Ash pretended not to have seen him before and asked Constantine's name. The way he was asking himself this was when the plan was first confirmed more than a decade ago.

Having been linked with the Flame multiple times, Ash has countless identities. Taking one or two plausible ones and arranging them in a different world beforehand can be considered a form of assistance.

Of course, those ancient god faces created out of momentary madness have long been secretly disposed of by Ash.

Constantine gripped the soldier's gun, brought the muzzle to the cigarette between his lips, lit it, took two puffs, and said, "Constantine."

Constantine, who was smoking, seemed to only then notice Ash, and said with some disdain, "I don't usually do business with clergy, but I'll do it if you pay more this time."

Before Ash could speak, Ross on the intercom said impatiently, "Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. The Pentagon will pay for everything. Now tell me everything you know."

"What generous guests!"

Constantine chuckled, stubbed out his cigarette, and said, "That guy isn't afraid of fire. Before me, this clergyman seemed to be trying to harm him as well."

Pointing to Ash and highlighting Ash's role, Constantine continued, "The clergy must have already discovered that this guy has a very strange blessing."

He may have sold his chrysanthemums to some evil god in exchange for such protection, making him immune to any attack that catches his attention.

There are other possibilities: he might have stored his life somewhere, or linked some backup plan to absorb the harm for him.

Ross grew impatient upon hearing so many possibilities and said, "Then can't you be sure what it is?"

"Old man, I'm just a mage, not a prophet. How could I possibly know so much?"

Constantine, instead of speaking rudely, started teasing Ross, which made Ross on the other end of the intercom furious, yelling for Ash to kill the guy.

Ash hurriedly removed the communicator and said to Ross, "General, I will test his blessing to see what's going on."

"Take that mage with you, and if necessary, have him pay the price."

Ross was still angry and made Ash drag Constantine along. Although it was ostensibly a matter of sacrificing himself, Ash understood that having another ally on the battlefield was always a good thing.

Especially when facing the seemingly immortal man in black, Ross couldn't help but worry about Ash, and having Constantine along would be a helpful move.

The destroyer has arrived at the designated location. Ghost is currently on the tank, using the tank's fire control radar to link with the communication network and guide the warship's electromagnetic transmitter.

From the distant sea, a thin silver line flew in, dividing the sky in two.

Guided by the silver thread, it precisely pierced through the siege assault beast that was still feasting, broke through its skeletal armor, and blasted into its body.

The Siege Assault Beast finally stopped stuffing food into its mouth, and as if it had eaten too much, it pounded its chest hard, trying to vomit what was inside it.

However, another silver thread entered his body along the same route.

The siege beast, which had been attacked one after another, exploded with a bang. Ash could clearly see the lingering resentment on the face of the siege beast that had burst open from its body.

With one threat gone from the battlefield, Ash raised the Lothric Knight's Sword, while Constantine beside her drew a flame and held it in his left hand.

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Sad news: my laptop couldn't handle it. The Elden-Ferrari requires at least a GTX 1060 graphics card and an 8th-generation i5 processor. My 2017 laptop had a 7th-generation i5 and a GTX 1050ti.

I originally thought it could be like before, a bit more tiring, but it would keep me in a state of enjoyment.

But things rarely go smoothly. As soon as I opened the game, the laptop fan started roaring, followed by a series of warning beeps. I quickly shut down the computer, but after restarting, the screen was blank.

My computer, which had been with me for five years, just broke down. Sigh...

Luckily, I typed in advance, so I don't have to worry about today's update. I took my computer to get repaired. We'll see what the repairman says tomorrow.

Thank you everyone for voting and adding this to your favorites. Please vote for me to make me feel better! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

## Chapter 71: The World Security Council

Constantine drew out a flame and covered his left hand, coloring it with the color of the flame. The flame appeared in his palm, while a wisp of black hair remained on his right wrist.

[Pyromancy Fire: A fire catalyst used by sorcerers. To use sorcery, one must equip Pyromancy Fire and memorize the spell beforehand at a campfire. Combat Art: Ignite Flame. This skill ignites a powerful flame in the user's hand; it is a simple sorcery, but its power is immense. It can be used with either hand.]

Ash entrusted Ghost with matters concerning defense and offense, handing over command to Ghost, while Ash and Constantine stood at the front line.

The two men simply watched the man in black in the distance, neither of them launching the first attack.

More and more orcs gathered on the battlefield, eventually forming an endless black wave opposite everyone's position.

A tense atmosphere of confrontation filled the air, and a piercing shriek came from the sky.

Some orcs raised their heads, trying to see the direction from which the sound came. In their vision, they could only see tiny black dots, slowly growing larger and larger in the air.

These black dots eventually transformed into aerial bombs in their vision, landing among the orcs and exploding into sparks.

The B-52 Stratofortress bomber, carrying its 31 tons of bombs, was the first to initiate the battle.

Like a deluge of bombs, they advanced along the front of the position, blasting a path to the men in black.

The bombing began, and Ash and Constantine rushed out at the same time.

Ash charged ahead, stomping to death an orc lying on the ground preparing to pounce, and then leaped up.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Constantine threw a fireball forward. The fireball grazed Ash's shoelaces as it flew in the direction Ash had jumped and crashed into the horde of beasts.

After the explosion, Ash landed, drew her sword, and killed a lucky orc who had narrowly escaped death. She then launched a forward thrust, impaling two orcs who attempted to ambush her on her sword.

Ash shoved the orc's corpse off her sword and hurled it at Constantine, where it struck the orc next to him.

Holding the Holy Bell of Yulshika in his left hand, he condensed a lightning spear and inserted it into the ground.

Along the ice cap, streaks of yellow lightning spread outward from the lightning spear, paralyzing the surrounding orcs one by one.

Constantine pulled the sword from the orc's body and threw it back to Ash, who caught it without hesitation.

Without any fancy spinning slashes, a crescent-shaped wave of sword energy traveled along Ash's sword swing and reached the paralyzed orc in front of her.

The orcs struck by the sword wave were split apart starting from their waists or chests, their upper bodies falling to the ground, where they lay on the ice sheet along with their lower bodies.

Constantine waved his right hand, and a barrage of Farron arrows caught the remaining force of Ash's sword wave, beginning to slaughter the enemies before him.

The two cast spells in turn, cooperating seamlessly, and advanced step by step toward the man in black.

The man in black, who was already on guard, pulled over a burly orc next to him, twisted his neck, and pulled out a weapon made of blood from his neck.

Holding the blood-stained blade in his hand, the man in black instead slashed his own hand. He then pressed this wound against the orc whose neck had been twisted open.

With one hand gripping a blood-stained blade and the other squeezing the orc's neck, the man in black swung the blood-stained blade at Ash and Constantine.

The blood blade exploded, and the blood droplets that formed from the blood struck the orcs who were still blocking Ash and his companions.

Then the man in black crushed the orc's neck with his right hand, and the orcs hit by the blood droplets began to explode from their bodies.

A crimson barrier appeared before the man in black, and the barrier continued to expand outwards.

All the orcs who came into contact with this barrier howled and convulsed as their blood merged into it, making the defense even more crimson.

Constantine tried throwing a few fireballs, but they were completely ignored, with no reaction whatsoever, not even an explosion.

At this moment, the crimson barrier isolates everything inside.

The two dared not advance rashly and had no choice but to retreat back to the front line once again.