Lord of Cinder in American Comics

At this moment, Onion Knight had already changed out of his Earth clothes and put on his Catarina Knight Armor.

While its somewhat rounded shape might give it a festive appearance, this armor, crafted with advanced technology to create a convex surface,

It has an extremely high effect of deflecting physical attacks.

The orcs that lunged at them were either repelled or had their teeth and claws shattered on their armor.

Wielding a two-handed greatsword, Onion Knight swung it around in a flourish.

Although it's called a greatsword, it's a truly enormous greatsword. The massive blade is comparable to the height of an adult, not to mention the multiple sections of the hilt and the two-handed hilt.

Following behind the onion was Kingpin. Kingpin was no longer wearing his well-fitting suit.

With hand wraps around his hands, Jin walked alongside a slowly moving car, smashing any wild beasts that dared to approach him to death with his fists.

Ash, whose eyesight was relatively good, saw that the driver was a blonde, blue-eyed beauty. This beauty was talking to Kingpin and, judging from her worried look in Kingpin's eyes, she must be Kingpin's Vanessa.

However, a figure was constantly shifting and moving behind the car. This person was holding a full-handled dagger and was using his fighting skills to kill any wild beast that dared to approach from behind.

Onion Knight led the way, Kingpin guarded the left and right, and the men at the rear covered the rear. The three of them worked together and somehow managed to fight their way back to the Firelink Shrine.

From the moment they saw Onion Knight to the moment they took in the entire situation, within just a few seconds, the three of them had already made several kills. Even Kingpin's 300-pound muscles trembled for an unknown amount of time.

Suddenly Ash saw the person at the back of the car throw his dagger, and then pull out a weapon from the Dark Souls world.

That was a dagger from the Dark Souls world, a standard short sword. The man even used a dagger technique: the Shuffle Step.

The man crouched slightly, slid to the side to dodge the charging orc, and stabbed into the orc's waist from behind.

He slid again, retrieved the dagger he had hastily thrown from the corpse, and returned to the back of the wagon, wielding two different daggers, to defend against another attack from the orcs.

"Logan, help!"

After Ash realized who this person was, she shouted loudly at Wolverine, who was eating breakfast.

Upon hearing Ash's shout, Logan immediately put down the food in his hand, got on all fours, and rushed towards the outer gate of the sacrificial site.

Logan, moving at lightning speed, dashed past Ash in the blink of an eye.

Ash conjured a lightning spear and hurled it forward.

The lightning spear overtook Logan and struck the Onion Knight's two-handed greatsword.

Just like a duel with the Man in Black, the two-handed greatsword enchanted by lightning was slammed heavily to the ground by the Onion Knight's swing.

With a deafening boom, a massive crater was smashed in front of the Onion Knight, and yellow lightning spread outwards like ripples along the impact, scorching all the orcs in front of the Onion Knight.

Logan felt that the power of the lightning was completely different from that in the forest just now. He leaped up with great difficulty and dodged the lightning ripple.

Logan twisted his body in mid-air and leaped toward the other side of the vehicle.

On this side, Kingpin had no time to cover himself; the orc was already pressed against the car window, staring at the buffet inside, drooling uncontrollably.

Logan leaped from the air, hacking the orc to pieces. Then, using the momentum from his landing, he pounced on another poor little creature.

This time, Ash didn't use his usual Lothric Knight's sword. Instead, he drew a long, slender greatsword—the Astra Greatsword.

[The Astra Greatsword: One of the legacies of the fallen kingdom of Astra. It is said to be a greatsword that only chosen high-ranking knights can wield. The sword seems to prioritize hardness and sharpness over weight, thus its tactics are centered around thrusting attacks.]

He raised the Astra Greatsword to waist height, assumed an attack stance, and launched a rapid assault.

Wearing a suit, Ash charged forward like a tank, arriving at the vehicle just a step behind Logan.

He lightly stepped on the vehicle's hood, passed over the roof, and pierced through several orcs at the rear of the vehicle.

Then, he straightened his arm and, using the momentum, swung his sword horizontally. The sword wave spread outwards along the blade, wiping out all the orcs at the rear of the chariot.

With Ash and Logan joining the fray, the situation instantly changed. What was initially a situation that required constant support from the Onion Knight turned into a massacre surrounding the vehicles.

Meanwhile, on the wall, the ghosts somehow organized assassins to continuously kill the orcs who tried to approach from afar, making the situation much easier.

And so, the five of them circled a vehicle and arrived inside the walls of the sacrificial site.

This time, Ash was no longer as frivolous and carefree as before. Carrying the Astora Greatsword, he asked the person at the back of the vehicle, "Cast, what's going on?"

## Chapter 99: The Punisher

Frank Castle is a retired U.S. Marine Corps captain. Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., refers to him as a "Level 10 Agent," a level that can be considered the highest level of human combat capability.

When Ash first joined the army and was training at the Quantico Center, he was trained by Frank.

Frank, who had served as a training instructor after his Vietnam War service, was already known for his bad temper. Ash, on the other hand, was a lawless individual.

When these two meet, it's like heaven and earth clashing, an irreconcilable conflict.

Ash's rank happened to be higher than Frank's due to his status. However, Frank was the instructor in the training unit.

During training, Frank used every means to manipulate Ash. After training, Ash, relying on his higher rank, tried to trip Frank up in various ways.

One day, Frank and Ash got into a fight during training.

Frank, who was proficient in several fighting techniques, was still defeated by Ash, who was proficient in all combat skills.

To make matters worse, Frank also had to receive medical treatment from Ash.

Unable to bear this 'humiliation,' Frank eventually went to fight in the front lines, but once again encountered Ash, who had become a chaplain in the army.

The series of mishaps infuriated Frank, who believed that Ash had done it on purpose.

Just as Frank was preparing to put an end to the conflict, a dramatic shift occurred on the front lines.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare begins its own story, with Ash forced to embark on a cooperative mission alongside Frank.

During the mission, Frank 'saved' Ash's life several times.

Although Frank had reservations about Ash personally at the time, he was definitely a reliable comrade-in-arms during the mission.

The two continued their cooperation until Makarov detonated the mushroom, and the Ami army withdrew from the Imperial Graveyard.

Before leaving, Ash also gifted Frank a dagger from the Dark Souls world, based on Frank's fondness for daggers, and taught him how to use combat techniques.

This was also the first time Ash had given a weapon to someone else.

Now, Ash is unsure of what to do, as his former comrade-in-arms and one of his arch-enemies, Kingpin, are both here.

After a night of fighting, Frank looked exhausted and leaned against the trunk of the car.

After calming himself down, Frank opened the back door of the vehicle.

A woman lay sprawled in the back seat of the vehicle. Her abdomen was ripped open, exposing her internal organs. It appeared she had been bitten by an orc.

Hidden in the gaps between the seats in front and behind were two little ones, a boy and a girl. They were Frank's children, Lisa and Frank Jr.

She picked up the two little ones and casually placed them in Ash's arms.

In the back seat of the vehicle, Frank held his wife Maria in his arms, and this man of steel still cried.

Maria, clinging to her last breath, gently wiped away the tears on Frank's face, her arm slowly falling to her sides.

The weeping man wiped away his tears and instantly became cold-blooded.

After arranging his wife's body neatly, Frank grabbed a weapon from someone nearby and began firing bullets directly at the orcs outside.

They fired continuously until the gun barrel turned red-hot and broke down.

Ghost, who had also trained under Frank, stood beside Frank and silently handed him a new weapon.

No one disturbed the silent man.

Ash, wanting to know the reason, summoned Kingpin.

Kingpin finally relaxed. He was soaked from head to toe. If it weren't for the blessing attribute on his gauntlets, Kingpin would have collapsed long ago.

“I felt something was wrong yesterday afternoon, so I prepared to pick up Vanessa. The Onion Knight wanted to see the world, so he came with me.”

Kingpin slowly recounted his journey with the Onion Knight after leaving Ash the day before.

Although he had faith in Ash, Kingpin was still worried about his girlfriend's safety. So he drove the Onion Knight all the way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Kingpin's girlfriend, Vanessa, is a painter who had previously studied art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Frank happened to be at the museum with his family that day, conducting his own family education activities.

But the orc attack came suddenly.

The city of New York, caught completely off guard, suffered a devastating blow. Everywhere were running crowds and predatory beastmen.

Frank, who was preparing to cover his family's escape, accidentally had his wife Maria tackled to the ground by an orc.

By the time Frank used his combat skill, Shrink Step, to get close to the orc and finish it off with a backstab, Maria had already been bitten and injured by the orc.

The Onion Knight witnessed Frank's dagger-wielding skills and recalled Ash's previous comments about strategic maneuvering.

In order not to disrupt Ash's plans, Onion Knight did not use any overly fantastical methods. Instead, he gathered Kingpin and Frank, and led the group back step by step from Central Park.

Maria, who had held on all night, still died in front of Frank.

After listening to Kingpin's account, Ash touched his non-existent beard and hesitated, finding it difficult to make a decision.

Any creature that dies near Ash will have its soul drawn to her and stored within the Ash's body. Therefore, Maria's soul did not enter Hell.

He carefully searched the soul within his body and found Maria's soul, holding it in his hand.

In the current environment, it's impossible for Ash to directly revive Maria under everyone's watchful eyes; that would be too sensational.

They had no choice but to gather Maria's soul into a ball, tie it with a chain made of Guran steel, and place it on Frank's daughter Lisa as a necklace.

As for Frank, who is still venting, let him vent for a while. We'll tell him the news later.

After bringing the two children to the dining table, who were starving after a night of running around, I found their backs sticking to their bellies.

Although they were aware of their mother's departure, the two little ones bravely held back their tears.

After explaining the information about the little ones to everyone in a low voice, Ash returned to Maria's body.

With Kassel's mother, Martha, helping to take care of the little ones, and Alex being their peer, nothing bad is bound to happen to them.

As for the others, Pepper's eyes were brimming with tears, and Stark was frantically wiping them away.

Back by the car, looking at Maria's body, Ash rummaged through her backpack, looking for any items that could preserve Maria's remains.

What if he forgets and Maria is resurrected, leaving only a skeleton like those in the Carthus graveyard? How will Frank sleep at night then?

Finally, after turning her backpack upside down, Ash found the item that could protect the corpse—the ashes of the black dragon Midir's eggshell.

The entire Ringed City was once sealed away, and the seal was only released thanks to the dragon egg of the black dragon Midil. Even after Midil became the black dragon that devoured the abyss, the time seal on the eggshell remained intact.