Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Third, this person shamelessly claims that anyone with a modicum of knowledge would find it awkward. Please, comparing English context to Chinese grammar is bound to be problematic for anyone. I've already examined the Chinese translation to this extent; what more can you find to criticize? All I can say is that I find it awkward.

All this is because I saw my writing being criticized today. I've said before that as long as what you say makes sense and you can correctly point out my mistakes, I will humbly accept it, but it is definitely not a favor from some high and mighty Celestial Dragon.

Oh, by the way, the guy who was bad about me didn't even know who Clint was, and I had to make a special note about his identity in the book.

Has this Celestial Dragon never even watched a Marvel movie?

Okay, I still have something to say, but I'd better shut up.

To reiterate, I haven't asked any readers for anything since this book was published. I wrote it entirely because I wanted to give the story in my heart an ending, and to give those regrets in Ashes and Dark Souls a somewhat happy ending. The use of American comics is only because I used a part of the outline of my first novel.

In response to other readers' comments, I once said that I don't make any money writing this stuff at all. It's all out of love. The money I earn from writing every day of the month is less than what I make from working three night shifts.

I still maintain that I'm simply trying to give the story in my heart an ending, an ending that I can accept, so that the tragedy won't be so heartbreaking.

If you enjoy Dark Souls and American comics, and you've kept reading, and I believe my writing is to your liking, thank you for your support. I am truly very grateful.

As the saying goes, "A thousand autumns in one's heart are hard to express even with a drop of ink." I will write slowly and it will eventually be finished. I also want to thank all the readers who helped me find the errors and gave me suggestions.

Thank you for reading my rant; it really made the atmosphere today quite oppressive.

To express my apologies, I'll write a side story tomorrow, piecing together the events before Ash came to Earth for everyone.

Thank you everyone, I'm extremely grateful.

Chapter 147: A Two-Hour Flight

When faced with Galahad's question, it was ginger juice that provided the answer.

"Champaign said there was an SR-71 at the base that we could use. It was fast enough to get us across the Atlantic quickly."

With transportation available, the group rushed to the United States Winery's base without stopping.

In the underground base, everyone stared at the black jet in front of them. Swagger asked, "Even if I'm a sniper, I know the Blackbird is a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. How did it take so many of us there?"

Logan, on the other hand, seemed to see the X-Men's vehicle from Xavier's Academy before. For once, he didn't say anything, but just kept drinking from the flask he had stolen from Tequila.

Ginger walked to the underside of the Blackbird's fuselage, pulled the modified valve on the landing gear, and several modified circular pods were projected onto the fuselage.

Pointing to these pods, he said, "This is a modified high-altitude drop system that can precisely drop a person to any location. It doesn't use a parachute but instead uses a rocket to cushion the descent, causing only a fine cloud of smoke to avoid detection in the sky."

The pod can carry several sets of weapons and equipment simultaneously and has a titanium alloy armor layer to prevent a lack of cover when surrounded after landing.

After explaining the flight and landing, Jiang Zhi said somewhat embarrassedly, "However, we don't know if this equipment from the last century can break through NATO's air defense network again. In order to drop the landing pods, we must descend to a lower altitude."

In response to this question, Ash said, "Leave this to me, just wait a moment."

Ash took out her phone, dialed a number, and greeted the person on the other end as if she were talking to Ross.

However, the person on the other end of the line, unlike Ross, was unusually hot-tempered. He said, "Ash, I know you're up to no good. It's been over two years since you last called me. Are you here to show off to me now that you've become the new department head?"

"Of course not, General Hawke. I urgently need an airspace access code, please."

"Get lost, Ash! You rejected me back then, and now you're begging me for help? No way!"

The roar from the other side came through Ash's phone, causing the others who were choosing suitable equipment to turn their heads and look at her.

After hearing the roar from the other end, the person forcefully hung up the phone and turned away immediately, pretending to be busy with their own things.

Ginger was about to comfort Ash when Ash pointed to a text message link on her phone and said, "This should do, right?"

Checking the link, it was indeed the access code he needed, and even the kind with special permissions. Jiangzhi didn't know what to say. Was he just being hypocritical?

Within minutes of receiving the pass code, the Blackbird slowly taxied onto the runway, then the combustion chamber began to afterburner, and the azure tail flame propelled the aircraft into the sky.

Champagne stood in the top-floor conference room, looking at the planes in the sky, and said to the person next to her, "Supreme, is he really the one you chose?"

Sitting in the main seat, Gu Yi tried the wine on the table, drinking it and then refilling it, a practice that made Champagne's mustache stand up straight.

"I simply made the best choice to prevent Earth from falling into a crisis of destruction. Besides, choosing a kind ruler for oneself is not a bad thing in this universe."

Inside the plane, everyone was confined to a circular cabin. To prevent blackouts caused by high-speed flight, everyone was forced to wear anti-G suits, except for Ash, who secretly took them off.

Everyone has a small electronic screen in front of them, used to communicate and exchange messages.

Galahad sent the latest message on the screen.

“Eggsy has found two people who can help. They plan to land in Switzerland first and prepare other methods. We can go and meet up with them first.”

The ginger juice in the cockpit changed course, and now they had to meet up with their companions who could help and be helped.

The Blackbird flew at its maximum cruising speed, and the distance from Kentucky to Switzerland, more than 3.2 kilometers, would only take the aircraft less than two hours to reach.

Of course, since the Blackbird's maximum range is only 4830 kilometers, it also got free assistance from a NATO aerial refueling tanker during a patrol over the eastern Atlantic thanks to a special pass code given by General Hawke.

Even though they set off only after receiving Eggsy's message, they arrived in Switzerland almost simultaneously.

Ginger pressed the button on his head and spoke into the helmet's communicator: "Alright, guys, the airdrop is about to begin. Good luck!"

The fuselage began to open, and one after another, circular pods were deployed, precisely reaching the coordinates transmitted by Eggsy along the bombing trajectory.

At this moment, in Switzerland, more than 200 kilometers away from the Alps, Merlin, along with Eggsy and the newly appointed Lancelot (Roxy), are staying here to prepare for the next step of their plan.

Merlin pulled out an old-fashioned weapon, a single-person anti-satellite weapon specifically developed during the Star Wars program in the Cold War confrontation.

Despite its impressive name, it's just two giant weather balloons that send people, who are attached to a makeshift launch platform, into low Earth orbit. They then use visual control equipment to aim at the target satellite, launch a small rocket, and destroy the satellite.

While they were still inflating the balloon, the three of them saw the barrel flying toward them in a parabolic trajectory.

Of course, the three people on the ground could not see the specific shape of the flying object. Judging from the trajectory of the object alone, it was clearly the trajectory of an air-to-ground missile.

Merlin made the sign of the cross in despair and said faintly, "The world is going to be destroyed here. We were discovered before we even got close to the enemy. Who leaked our tracks?"

Roxie, recalling Eggsy's inexplicable behavior on the plane, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Eggsy.

"Eggsy, who did you text before boarding the plane and during the flight?"

Merlin also looked at Eggsy with a skeptical gaze.

Helpless, Eggsy could only tell the truth: "I sent it to Galahad, and he's on his way."

Merlin couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed a weapon, saying to Eggsy, "Galahad is dead. We all watched him being killed by Valentine. Eggsy, who are you communicating with?!"

With two men pointing their weapons at him, Eggsy didn't dare to make any move, only repeating what Galahad had told him.

Finally, Merlin laid down his weapon and said in a desperate tone, "It's no use saying anything now. We can't escape the range of the air-to-ground missiles. Eggsy, you'll die here too."

As they spoke and confronted each other, the circular pod appeared above the three of them. To their astonishment, the rocket engines on the outside of the pod started working, adjusting the pod's angle.

Finally, the five barrels formed a circle and slowly descended around Eggsy and his companions.

Amidst the billowing smoke from the rocket engine, the hatch was opened, and Galahad, dressed in a smart suit, stepped out.

"Everyone, did you miss me?"

Chapter 148: Space Wolf

"Hart, I knew you weren't dead!"

Eggsy lunged at Galahad and embraced him tightly, releasing his longing and fear in the process.

Roxie sheathed her weapon and watched the scene with satisfaction, while Merlin simply embraced Galahad, just like Eggsy.

"Welcome back, Galahad."

Ash and the others also emerged from the barrel one after another.

After Galahad and Merlin briefly explained the situation, they introduced Ash and the others, as well as Tequila.

“Merlin, this is the angel priest, Ash Solar. It is thanks to him and his friends that I was able to return so quickly. And this is Tequila, an agent from the United States Winery. He is from a private intelligence organization like us, and we even have connections between the founders of our organizations. It is thanks to their help that I was able to get from Ami to Switzerland so quickly.”

Merlin shook hands with everyone and thanked them. Afterwards, without saying much more, he quickly began assembling the Star Wars equipment.

Eggsy acted as the explainer, explaining the use of the weapons to the newly arrived group.

Logan, after hearing this, said in disbelief, "So you're planning to send a little girl to space to do this kind of thing?"

The blunt words made Eggsy and Merlin lose face, so Roxie explained herself: "Eggsy is to disguise himself as Arthur, Merlin is to pilot the plane, and only I can do this."

Unexpectedly, Logan said in a macho manner, "Now that there are men doing this, we don't need you. Merlin, that mage, can show me how to use this thing."

Spitting out the cigar in his mouth and feeling for the last one in his pocket, Logan gave up the idea of ​​lighting it now and walked over to Merlin to ask how to use the machine.

Roxie was somewhat unhappy, partly because Logan's chauvinism denied her role, and partly because her task had been taken away from her.

Galahad stopped Roxie and said, "Lancelot is indeed the best choice now. Go change your clothes. You need to attend with Eggsy. The two of you need to be as close to the enemy as possible."

After being stopped, Roxie did as Galahad instructed, since there was no time to argue.

Merlin showed Logan the joysticks on the frame and explained how to use them.

Just as the balloon was being inflated, Merlin asked Logan, "What is your weight? Be precise, since the balloon is going to take you to the outer orbit."

While testing the joystick's dexterity, Logan said without looking up, "Three hundred pounds."

Merlin practically screamed disbelief at the number Logan gave him, since Logan looked to be only 1.66 meters tall, not even 1.7 meters, so how could he possibly weigh 300 pounds?

Logan also noticed the change in atmosphere and looked up to see Merlin's face, which was full of disbelief.

A steel claw extended from between his right fingers. Logan provocatively shaved his beard with the claw's edge, then, looking at the steel claw that hadn't been touched by anything, pretended to blow away the non-existent hair on it.

After this demonstration, Merlin didn't say anything more. He realized that Logan was a cyborg, so he inflated the balloon according to the weight Logan had given.

With everything ready, Wolverine stood on the single launch platform, looked up at the two silver weather balloons above him, and slowly exhaled.

Ash stood next to Logan, about to say something, when Logan interrupted her. "I've never been to space before. Now I'll have something to brag about to those kids when I get back."

Originally, he had no connection to this world, but because of Ash, Logan experienced a series of events, including time travel, going astray, being used as a henchman, and now he has to go to space to save the Earth.

Logan said this simply to distance himself from Ash and justify his actions.

The crowd stood before Logan, bidding him farewell as he was about to ascend to heaven.

Ash stepped forward, patted Logan on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you so much this time, Logan."

Logan, dressed in a simple spacesuit, patted the spot where he kept his cigars and said, "If you want to thank me, prepare the best cigars for me. The professor always hides his good stuff. I'm going to take some back to piss him off."

Logan turned his head and said to Tequila, "Kid, I'm coming down to see your good wine. This time, the 1963 won't do!"

Unsure of the limits of Logan's near-immortality, and despite having witnessed Logan's ability to withstand grenades with his bare hands before, Tequila still treated this mission as a one-way trip. Sniffing, she said, "Don't worry, I have something better. I'll wait for you to come back."

As Logan was carried into the sky by the balloon, everyone bowed to him and then returned to Merlin's plane.

Roxie had changed into her dress and was nervously wringing her hands, constantly adjusting the bra pads to prevent the dress from slipping down.