Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Constantine's initial impulse to cause trouble was interrupted by the intrusion of the men in black, and he couldn't say anything about it.

Fortunately, Ash arrived at that moment, and walked directly toward Constantine.

Upon discovering Ash, Natasha no longer displayed her previous allure. Instead, she reached out and tugged at Constantine's sleeve, signaling him to pay attention to Ash.

After nodding to Natasha, Ash turned directly to Constantine and said, "Mage, thank you for your help, and thank you to the great sages behind you."

Unexpectedly, after hearing Ash's words, Constantine spat out the smoke in his mouth and said with some hostility, "Oh, you've found out so quickly? Well, you'll be disappointed. I'm the witch's disciple."

As he spoke, the magical fire that Constantine had been using to light his cigarette instantly turned black, and a black fireball appeared in each of his hands.

Such hostile behavior was not displayed at all by Ash.

Ash shook her head and said in a low voice, "There's no need for such hostility, mage. In my teachings, the First Dead King Nit and the Witch of Izaris are both great heroes."

Upon hearing Ash's words, Constantine was somewhat surprised and dispelled the black fireball in his hand.

Ash continued, "So if you have any trouble, you can come to me anytime."

As she spoke, Ash handed Constantine a spiral-shaped fragment.

Having seen the burning spiral sword at the campfire, Natasha quickly connected this fragment with the spiral sword.

Constantine took the fragment of the spiral sword and weighed it in his hand. His expression changed from surprise to delight, and he quickly put the fragment into his coat.

"Everything is negotiable. High Priest? Priest? Knight?"

Constantine presented Ash with a unique magician's gift to express his gratitude.

"Just call me Ash. Thanks again for your help. I won't bother you any longer."

After saying that, Ash turned and left without pausing.

Constantine quickly packed his belongings and prepared to leave in the other direction Ash had gone.

Constantine acted swiftly and didn't even ask Natasha for his spellcasting tools back.

Sensing something was wrong, Natasha stayed close to Constantine, afraid of losing her target.

Having shifted the focus of the conflict and resolved Constantine's problem, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. with even greater questions, Ash returned to the front lines. He was going to continue persuading Gunslinger to work for him.

However, when Ash returned to the original spot, she only saw the gunslinger Roland handing his weapon to Cassel, who politely declined. The gunslinger then kept talking to Cassel about something.

Afraid of missing the opportunity, Ash hurriedly said to Roland, "Roland, think it over carefully. My conditions can be raised further."

Unexpectedly, Roland the Gunslinger pointed at Cassel and said with a smile, "I agree to your request. Thank you to your friend for letting me know how to properly raise children."

Ash, still confused, pulled over a messenger and had him take Roland to General Hammer to register his identity.

After Roland left, Ash asked Cassel curiously, "Cassel, how exactly did you convince him?"

Kassel said confidently, "I'm just sharing my experience of raising Alex with him, showing him what a father should do."

Ash didn't believe a word of what Cassell said at that moment. Alex was so outstanding only because of his strong survival instinct to avoid being led astray by his unreliable father, Cassell.

Given Kassel's consistently unreliable and adventurous behavior, if Alex were like Kassel, he would have been expelled from all schools long ago.

Seeing Ash's suspicious and scrutinizing gaze, Cassel gave up on making excuses: "Okay, okay, it was the little boy Jack who helped persuade them, but it's also my doing."

Jack wants Roland to stay on Earth, and he also wants to become the next Gunslinger, while Roland has also decided on Jack.

With Jack's help and persuasion, Roland accepted Cassel's advice, and only then did Cassel offer his unreliable parenting tips.

Roland, who had absolutely no experience, was completely won over by Kassel's "professional dad guide".

Ignoring the smug Cassell, Ash continued, "Then why did Roland give you the weapon?"

"Oh, it's just that Roland wanted to thank me with his own pistol, given that I protected Jack on several occasions and that I damaged the church pistol you gave me."

Having understood the situation, Ash had an idea and asked, trying to provoke her, "Then why don't you accept it?"

Unexpectedly, Kassel said with great righteousness, "Roland only has those two weapons, one of which was left to him by his father. I cannot accept this."

Ash drawled out her words, making an incredulous expression, and exclaimed at Kassel's words, "Is that so?"

Cassell, sensing something was amiss, pressed Ash for details.

Unexpectedly, Ash patted Cassell on the shoulder and said with some regret, "Do you know what the Gunslinger's weapons are forged from?"

Kassel shook his head in agreement and said, "I don't know."

"Roland's two weapons were forged from the sword in the stone, which was broken in two, so Cassel, you just rejected the sword in the stone."

## Chapter 91: Stark's Grave

'You just rejected the sword in the stone. You just rejected the sword in the stone. You just rejected the sword in the stone.'

Ash's words resonated in Cassell's mind. Shocked, Cassell stood frozen, motionless in place.

Kassel remained in that posture until all the post-war arrangements were completed. This continued until his daughter Alex came to his side.

Alex, who was already familiar with Ash, asked him questioningly, "What happened to my father? Was he under some kind of strange spell?"

"No, he's just shocked by what he missed and is regretting it."

Listening to Ash's explanation, and comparing it to the stupid things his father had done in the past, Alex quickly accepted the explanation.

So Alex walked up to Cassel and slapped him hard across the back.

Cassell, still incredulous, said to Alex, "Daughter, you don't believe I missed something?"

Alex looked helplessly at his unreliable father and said somewhat perfunctorily, "Yes, I don't believe it, but I believe it's something you can do."

“I just rejected a weapon made from the sword in the stone.”

"Yes, yes, you refused...you refused what?"

Fearing he might have misheard, Alex asked Cassel again in disbelief.

“I just rejected a weapon made from the sword in the stone.”

"Is it the sword in the stone from King Arthur's story?"

"Yes."

"Is it the sword in the stone that makes anyone who can lift it king of England if born in England?"

"Yes."

"My God!"

Alex gasped in disbelief that such a thing could happen to his father. But given Cassel's past behavior, it also made some sense.

It's safe to say they're father and daughter; Alex, equally shocked, found herself in the same state as Cassel.

All I could hear was her repeating, "My father actually rejected the Sword in the Stone..."

Seeing that the two were in the same predicament, Ash had no choice but to have someone put them in the car.

In the back seat of the vehicle, an exhausted Stark had already fallen asleep. Meanwhile, Cassel and his daughter Alex were repeatedly whispering the same words.

Sitting in the passenger seat, looking at the terrible state of the back seat, Ash couldn't help but cover his head. He could only order Ghost to drive faster, as he wanted to leave these troubles to someone who could handle them.

Following the frozen sea westward, Ghost drove everyone back to Long Island.

Davelin, who was originally stationed here, is now commanding Foborough's combat squad to resume searching for any remaining orcs along the coastline.

As agreed upon with the military, Fubor was responsible for driving the orcs to a fixed location, where the military would then shoot and eliminate them.

As for those who slipped through the net and wandered around, the residents of New York are full of martial spirit and skilled in American-style iaido (traditional Japanese house fighting), so they will handle it themselves.

Without stopping to exchange pleasantries with Davelin, the Security Council was still scanning New York with satellites repeatedly, having just finished such a major event, to confirm the whereabouts of the remaining orcs.

At this moment, it wasn't a good time for Ash to meet with the heads of other intelligence agencies. Through the car window, he gave Davelin a wink; whether Davelin understood the meaning was up to him.

As they moved westward from the eastern side of Long Island, the situation became increasingly chaotic.

Although the orcs who crossed the sea to Long Island were intercepted once by Foborough, their sheer numbers still led them to pour in from all directions.

Left with no other choice, Ash climbed onto the roof of the vehicle again, operating the Browning heavy machine gun to clear out the orcs rampaging along the roadside.

The closer you get to the Firelink Shrine, the fewer people there are, while the number of orcs increases.

Ghost, with full power, drove the Hummer into the fire-linking ritual site, which was surrounded.

At this moment, almost all the residents of the community were gathered around the fire-lighting sacrificial site, using the site's walls to organize their defenses in sections.

The usually unassuming residents now took out their weapons and began firing at the orcs outside the walls.

Driving uphill along the path, the ghost parked the car in front of the brass gate surrounding the shrine.

Upon seeing the vehicle arrive, Snow, the former Mint Killer, was the first to greet it, now serving as a receptionist at the Firelink Shrine.

She was carrying a KSG bullpup shotgun and, with the cover of the others, carefully climbed down the wall.

Upon seeing that it was Ash, Snow quickly gestured to the people covering her. Soon, the brass door was opened from the inside.

As the car drove through the gate, John Smith, who was providing cover inside, guided the vehicle, directing the ghost to park in the designated spot.

However, just as John Smith finished giving the signal, slung his weapon over his shoulder, and was about to close the door behind him...

A rocket grazed the edge of John Smith's body, passed through the still-open brass gate, and shot into the orc horde.

John Smith, who was nearly killed by a rocket, helplessly gestured to his wife, who was carrying the rocket launcher, while shouting, "Jane, you can't kill me with my rocket launcher!"

Aside from John Smith, nobody seems to care about this kind of thing; it seems everyone's gotten used to what these two are up to.

Snow watched the two of them act up and said with a headache, "Ignore them. Ever since they discovered each other's true identities today, they've been fighting their way here from home. It's been tough on them, keeping their identities a secret from each other all this time."

As Ash, her gossip-loving heart beginning to burn, tried to ask for the details, she only heard a series of popping sounds coming from afar.

Upon seeing Ash and the others return, Pepper, somewhat frantic, kicked off her high heels and ran barefoot down the stone path, rushing all the way from the sacrificial site.

When she got to the vehicle, Pepper saw Stark lying on the back seat, covered in blood, through the window, and burst into tears.

Before she could explain, Pepper, already in tears, opened the car door and threw herself on Stark.

Stark, who was resting, gasped and curled up when Pepper struck him like that.

When Stark regained consciousness and saw Pepper wailing and crying in his arms, he gently picked her up.

Stroking Pepper's blond hair, Stark said, "Missing your boss?"

Feeling someone stroking the top of her head and hearing Stark's voice in her ear, Pepper looked up in surprise and bumped her forehead against Stark's chin.

"Oh my god, Tony, you're not dead? I mean, are you alright? I'm not..."