Lord of Cinder in American Comics

However, the orcs were still launching an orderly attack on the position.

Zooming in on the satellite image, within Constantine's fireball, a charred body re-emerged with its hands.

Ross was the first to warn Ash, speaking through the intercom: "Ash, that thing isn't dead! It's still moving inside the flames."

Upon hearing Ross's words, Constantine quickly stopped what he was doing.

The flames on the ice cap gradually subsided, revealing Walter inside.

Walter, now charred beyond recognition, trembled as he reached out and cut open his chest, pulling out his still-beating heart.

Even with a sword wound through Walter's heart from Ash, his heart continued to beat stubbornly.

Walter crushed his heart, spraying blood all around, and began to wail.

Sensing something was wrong, Ash conjured lightning to block communications.

Sure enough, all that could be heard was Walter shouting, "Unknown god, I curse you with my life! You will die at the hands of my master. My master will turn this world into chaos."

After saying that, Walter lost all signs of life, and the area covered by the blood from his heart turned blackish-red.

After Walter lost his life, the orcs fell into chaos, attacking and devouring each other.

The majority of the low-level orcs scattered and fled.

The dark red area formed by the heart's blood is constantly expanding, and red lightning and blood-red waves are forming on the ice cap.

No sooner had one problem been solved than another arose; Walter had clearly summoned his so-called master.

As for who his master is, it is still unclear at this moment, but looking at the grand scene in front of him, there is no one else but a few important figures.

Just as Ash was still wondering who it was, a small portal appeared and handed out a note with writing on it.

After the note was handed out, the portal disappeared, leaving only the fluttering note in front of Ash.

After reading the note, Ash understood the important person on the other end and the play that was about to unfold.

After the jamming was lifted, Ross's voice came through first: "Ash, what was that thing that appeared? Why did the signal disappear just now?"

Satellite images show a black and red vortex covering several square kilometers appearing at the spot where Walter died, with red lightning and blood-red waves appearing alternately, which would frighten anyone.

Ash's words made everyone's hearts jump again.

"When the man in black died, he summoned his boss, and now it's his boss making a grand entrance."

One man in black had already given everyone a major headache, almost leading to the use of a mushroom bomb on American soil. Now, the appearance of the boss, whose style is clearly even more outrageous, has only made things worse.

In the council's communication channel, the Russian council representative started promoting his "Big Ivan" again, while Zheng Xian from the Divine Spear Bureau chimed in and echoed his sentiments.

The discussion didn't last long, since the detection equipment could no longer calculate the vortex's energy compared to the energy data from the man in black earlier.

Ross gave Ash the order to evacuate: "Ash, evacuate. We've prepared for the worst."

The worst-case scenario is to use the most powerful weapons humans can create, gradually increasing their yield, to eliminate the creatures emerging from this vortex.

Hearing Ross's words, Constantine became even more unrestrained.

He snatched Ash's communicator and said, "Fools, do you really think you're the only ones protecting Earth? Don't underestimate Earth. We mages have blocked countless invasions of extraterrestrial demons."

After venting his frustrations, Constantine tossed the communicator back to Ash.

Then, Constantine took out his staff, raised it, and threw a ball of azure energy into the sky.

The wave rose into the sky, bursting apart at a height imperceptible to the naked eye, releasing a sound that resonated deeply within the soul.

The sound was heard by almost everyone in New York, and even in Sheffield, a base in New Jersey, the sound could be heard from afar.

[Sound Emission: A spell used by mages lurking in the shadows of the Pihem Dragon Academy. It can emit sounds from a distance to distract enemies. These sounds are deeply penetrating, drawing listeners in irresistibly away from their positions, exposing their vulnerable backs.]

Shortly after Constantine finished casting his spell and made a sound, several portals flashing with sparks appeared in the sky.

From the portal, human figures dressed in robes, holding candlesticks, and with their heads covered in wax continuously appeared.

And so, the sages who were originally in the Great Archives were brought to this place.

Hundreds of sages from the Great Library raised their candlesticks, and the flames between them began to connect, forming a mysterious and complex pattern.

After this pattern appeared, the same pattern also appeared in the sky.

The image floats in the sky, centered on New York, and extends across the Earth.

From the information Orbeck brought, Ash recognized that these were magical runes that belonged to the Ancient One when she created the Sanctum Sanctorum based on the flow of the ley lines.

The three sanctuaries are located in LD, NY, and HG respectively. These three sanctuaries, built according to the leyline nodes, form a magic array to defend against dimensional invasions.

Now the magic circle in New York is revealed to everyone, and the sages of the Great Archives are cooperating with this performance.

What can Ash say?

Thank you, Gu Yi, for providing this stage!

## Chapter 86: The Stage is Ready

The sages standing in the air pressed the fire magic circle downwards, and the magic circle formed by the earth's veins in the air also moved downwards accordingly.

The fire magic circle was the first to approach the crimson vortex. Red lightning and blood waves crashed into the magic circle, producing explosions and various unpleasant sounds.

And a sound came from within the vortex. It could be heard something whispering and muttering.

Fortunately, the sages' heads were protected by wax heads, and their condensed fire magic array also had a soundproofing effect, which isolated the sound that could drive ordinary people to madness and cause them to mutate.

The whispers, finding no response, turned into an unintelligible language.

Where is my servant?

Although it was a language they didn't understand, those present still comprehended its meaning.

Fortunately, no one at the scene responded to this.

Finding no one to respond, the voice began to change, saying, "My servant, answer me, and Sithon will grant you endless power and eternal life."

Chthon, one of the earliest life forms on Earth in the Marvel Universe, is a typical demon. During the Ancient War, he was forced to flee to other dimensions to escape being devoured by the God Eaters.

Although he is a dimensional demon, Sithon's power is greater than that of others; even powerful beings like Dormammu and Mephisto have borrowed his power.

As for how much was actually repaid after the loan was borrowed, that's a secret between Dormammu and Mephisto.

The Vishanti can be considered the opposite of Cynthian, and their powerful trinity can counter Cynthian's power.

As a result, the defenses built based on the power of Vishanti were able to prevent the invasion of the real Sithon, so he could only rely on the followers he had left behind and the Dark Book to develop new followers for himself and help him return to Earth.

However, after many attempts and failures, Sithon realized that with the Vishanti present, he could not return to Earth.

But this did not stop Cthorn from causing trouble. Over tens of thousands of years, Cthorn used the Dark Book to create countless dark life forms on Earth, with vampires being among the best.

The lack of response piqued Xisorn's interest, and he continued to extend his tentacles into the earth, exploring the situation on the ground.

However, before it could even extend its tentacles, under Ash's command, the cruise missiles that had previously been unable to provide support were blasted into the blood-red vortex.

The cruise missile warheads of this time were no longer cluster munitions; the Tomahawk missiles were now equipped with high-energy warheads. Five missiles were launched in succession into the vortex.

He attempted to find Xisorn on the other side by connecting to a portal in his own dimension, but was instead detonated in his own palace by five cruise missiles.

The damage from the cruise missile was negligible to this ancient demon god, but the humiliation of having his palace blown up was terrifying.

"Who is it? Who dares to disrespect me, the God of the Underworld, Xisorn!"

Sithon roared, constantly probing the earth with his power, but he was always stopped by the ley lines defenses built with the power of the Vishanti.

Hearing the roar from the other side, Ash became playful and disguised her voice, saying to the vortex, "This is a warning to you, Hades."

"As per my master Mephisto's instructions, your lackeys have been dealt with. Earth is now Mephisto's territory. You'd better think twice before leaving."

Ash's sinister voice sounded exactly like the voices of demons from hell.

The 'warning' to Sithon only made him angrier.

Mephisto, who had once borrowed power from him, was once considered a mere junior in his eyes. But after becoming one of the overlords of the Hell Dimension, he never expected Mephisto to turn his back on him.

Sisorn would naturally not tell anyone about this humiliating experience, but he still recorded it in his mental notebook.

And this 'warning' sounds exactly like something a devil who turns his back on his word would do.

"Mephisto, I will never forgive you!"

Enraged, Sithon continued to probe his power, and the blood-red vortex on Earth had spread to an area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers.

Although the whirlpool appeared on the sea surface, dozens of kilometers away from Long Island, Devlin, who was still leading his agents on Long Island, was speechless with shock when he saw the blood-red wave rising several kilometers high in the distance. Some of the other agents from the Farborough guild beside him had already knelt on the ground and begun to pray.

The sages pressed the magic circle downwards, preventing the vortex's power from expanding further and maintaining it at a level that could frighten people without causing harm.

To outsiders, the sages' mutual maintenance of this state appears as a confrontation with extraterrestrial demons.

The sages' silence only blocked Sithon's whispers, not communications, and people kept asking Ash about the situation on the scene.

Frustrated, Ash decided to put everyone on one channel and answer their questions.

“I already told you, he’s the leader of the men in black, a dimensional demon god. I can’t tell you his name because anyone who mentions his name will be sensed by him and then turned into his follower.”

Ash shocked everyone in every channel the moment she spoke. No one would dare try to attract the attention of an ancient god with such mysterious and profound power.

"And now, it seems that the mages who have always protected the safety of the earth are suppressing the power of this demon god and preventing his tentacles from reaching into the earth."

To explain the current situation, Ash defines the drama performed by the sages of the Great Archives as an effort by mages to protect the earth.

This provides an opportunity to further flesh out Constantine's background, strength, and character.

The most obvious examples in this battle are Ash and Constantine. Since Ash's abilities were exposed two years ago, she has been under the 'supervision' of the military, and with the guarantee of a high-ranking military official, it can be said that Ash belongs to the category of their own people.

However, Constantine, this suddenly appearing magician, not only had a powerful background, but also displayed a series of systematic and unique spells in battle, which made everyone who saw him envious.

However, this also shows that Constantine has his own stance and cannot become one of his own like Ash.

The channel's bigwigs have been bombarding Constantine with questions, such as his training, sources of power, and the difficulty of learning. Right now, the only option is to ask Ash, who is on-site.

Faced with the constant inquiries from the big shots in the channel, Ash could only pretend to be knowledgeable and say, "I'm just a high priest, or perhaps a knight. The power systems we use are completely different."

Ash kept convincing the others in the channel that her power came from Gwyn, the Sun King, whom she believed in, while Constantine's power came from his study and pursuit of magic.

Silently shifting the blame to the already slain Lord of Cinder, Ash continuously distanced herself from the mage, creating the illusion that the two were completely unrelated.

After listening to Ash's words, the representative of the Security Council asked the question that everyone in the channel was most concerned about: "So, do you have a way to fight these mages?"

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Yesterday, a kind friend pointed out a problem with my story, pinpointing the exact error in my writing. I'd like to express my gratitude to him. Thank you.