Lord of Cinder in American Comics

As Ash was saying this, she tried to slip away, but Hawke quickly walked over and grabbed her.

"You just saved the world, we need to have a serious talk!"

Hawke said, pulling Ash into a secluded corner so that no one else could see them.

"Ash, what's going on? The order has changed four times in such a short period of time since I received it?"

Ash shrugged helplessly and said, "What else could it be? A madman who wants to destroy the world kidnapped a group of big shots, we came to stop him, and then we found out he was an alien."

He recounted the whole story to Hawke at top speed, and the more he spoke, the darker Hawke's face became. He even stared at the soldiers outside as if they were aliens.

"Damn it, is there any logic in this world? Are aliens really this arrogant?"

Hawke cursed under his breath after learning the whole story, then looked at Ash with a scrutinizing gaze.

Feeling uncomfortable under Hawke's gaze, Ash said, "What? You think I'm an alien too?"

Unexpectedly, Hawke waved his hand and said, "Ever since you demonstrated your amazing power, your lab reports have been in my hands. I haven't been able to find anything wrong with you; I've just been wondering why you're always involved?"

Hawke meticulously recounted the major events that Ash had encountered.

"You were in the rear when Makarov detonated the nuclear weapon. You were on the front lines during NY's dimensional invasion. And this time, you even stopped the alien madman."

Hawke's words made Ash scratch his head sheepishly and say, "Maybe the disaster is always one step behind me, which is why I can win so easily."

Such a remark made Hawke roll his eyes.

Unable to watch any longer, Hawke went outside and took a body bag from a soldier.

"Let's go, where's the 'item'?"

Ash brought Hawke to Valentine's location. Looking at Valentine, who was dressed in green, Hawke couldn't help but touch his own skin.

Hawke stated with absolute certainty, "This thing is definitely an alien."

Hawke secretly covered the corpse with various sensors and injected trackers into the private parts of the corpse to prevent it from being stolen.

Ash and Hawke put the body into a body bag and sealed it.

Upon seeing the body bag in front of him, Hawke ordered someone to come up and take the item away. As for where it would be sent, that was beyond the knowledge of the two of them.

After finishing all this, Hawke looked at his watch and said to Ash, "Ash, you have half an hour to get your friends out of here. Soon this place will be taken over by others. The surrounding fifty kilometers is an air defense identification zone. If anything dares to fly, it will definitely be shot down."

General Hawke's actions left Ash somewhat bewildered.

Indeed, because Kingsman and United States Wines are private intelligence organizations, they cannot expose themselves to the public; at least not openly.

But Hawke only told him the final deadline after everything was finished, which is a bit unfair. Shouldn't such things be told as soon as you meet him?

"General, isn't this a bit unfair? I worked so hard to save the world, and you only come to pick the grapes at the last minute before telling me that we need to evacuate with our friends?"

Hawke stood with his hands behind his back in front of Valentine's console, watching the soldiers moving about below, and said without turning his head, "Who told you to stand me up? You just finished your tour and then disappeared without even telling me!"

After the delegation visited the NATO operations base, Hawke extended an invitation to Ash as well. However, after the dinner, Ash excused herself to go to the restroom and disappeared from the base, which made Hawke, who had originally intended to keep Ash there, quite angry.

Now, Ash has become the head of another department and continues to grow, his status and power are no less than Hawke's, but Hawke still remembers the time he was stood up.

"Great job, you're awesome!"

Ash applauded Hawke in admiration, then jumped down through the glass gap next to Hawke and ran towards Swagger and his group.

"Hurry, we have twenty-five minutes left. Roxie, tell Galahad to get to the tarmac quickly. Merlin, taxi the plane onto the runway, we'll leave as soon as we're on board!"

Several people began to run along the path they had come from, as it would still take some time for the plane to fly out of this air defense identification zone.

Fortunately, the soldiers on the road seemed to have received a notification from Hawke and the others, and did not stop them, allowing them to board the plane smoothly.

When Merlin began to taxi, Eggsy was nowhere to be seen on the plane.

Roxie asked Galahad, "Where's Eggsy? Isn't he with you?"

Unexpectedly, Galahad, as if seeing his own pig rooting for cabbage, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Princess Tilde is communicating with the kidnapped hostages. Eggsy is responsible for staying behind to protect her and act as Kingsman's communication channel. If it's just one person, there won't be too much trouble."

Eggsy still ended up with this unconventional princess; as for what happens next, that's up to them.

At that moment, Merlin stepped out of the driver's seat.

Merlin said with a solemn expression, "Ash, I have some very unfortunate news for you."

These words attracted everyone's attention, and Roxie, as if guessing something, asked, "Did something happen to Logan, who was supposed to launch the anti-satellite weapon in my place?"

Then everyone remembered that there was one person who should have just returned to Earth from near-Earth orbit.

"I'm so sorry, during the descent, due to turbulence, he got caught in a deep spiral, the parachute couldn't hold up, and the flaps broke during the swaying, causing it to collapse, and in the end he..."

At this point, Merlin couldn't continue. Everyone understood what he meant next: falling from a great height, especially a near-Earth orbit parachute jump, meant that no normal person could survive.

Thinking that Logan had died in her place on a mission, Roxie covered her mouth and sobbed.

In the silent cabin, only Roxie's sobs echoed in everyone's ears.

"Then Merlin, can you pinpoint his location?"

In response to Ash's question, Merlin nodded and said, "Yes, his anti-G suit has a tracking device, and we are heading to the location where he crashed."

Chapter 157: The Fake Spiral Sword

When Ash said she was going to pick up Logan and take him home, she meant it literally, but to others, it meant bringing back the body of their fallen comrade.

The somber atmosphere on the plane made it impossible for Ash to offer any explanation.

Finally, the plane landed in Verona, south of Switzerland and north of Italy.

After disembarking from the plane, everyone headed to the location provided by Merlin with heavy hearts. Even Tequila and Roxie carried shovels and iron buckets.

Ash was at a loss for words. What was he trying to shovel up? Was it some kind of Adamantium shavings?

Perhaps only Swagger, besides Ash, guessed something in the crowd. Although he didn't know Logan's abilities, judging from Ash's relaxed state, Logan was definitely not dead.

Swagger didn't want to reveal this secret either, and now he had learned Ash's tricks, all for the sake of seeing the surprised expressions on other people's faces.

After wandering around for a while, the group finally found the coordinates of Meilinfa in the mountains and forests.

Looking at the scene of destruction caused by the launch platform debris and the scattered parachute fragments, it was clear to everyone that this was a serious landing accident.

Just as everyone was preparing to scatter to search for Logan's body, Roxie's attention was drawn to a wisp of smoke.

"Look at that!"

Following Roxie's directions, everyone saw wisps of white smoke rising from behind a sunlit rock.

As they walked around the rock, everyone saw Logan lying comfortably on it, smoking and sunbathing.

Upon seeing the approaching group, Logan took the cigar from his mouth and said, "Oh, you guys got here pretty fast. I haven't even finished my cigarette yet."

After taking the last puff, Logan stubbed out the cigarette on a nearby stone. Just as he was about to throw it away, he thought for a moment and put it on his person.

Logan jumped off the rock and walked in the direction the group had come from.

But after taking only a few steps, he realized that only Ash and Swag were with him; the rest of the people seemed to be frozen in place.

Logan tugged at his torn G-force suit and asked, "What? Aren't you coming with us?"

Upon hearing Logan's words, Roxie first gasped in surprise, then asked incredulously, "You're still alive? I mean, how did you survive?"

Just as Logan was about to show off the steel blade between his fingers, Galahad interrupted him with his words.

Galahad said to Roxie, "Lancelot, everyone has their own secrets, and a gentleman should not pry into other people's secrets."

Although she was quite shocked, thanks to the guidance of the senior Galahad, Roxie suppressed her curiosity and did not ask any further questions.

Seeing this, Logan stopped showing off and the steel blade that had broken through his skin retracted back into his body.

In the following time, to prevent any evidence from being left behind and being traced, the group began to collect the scattered parachute fragments and other debris.

Only after Merlin confirmed it repeatedly was this area finally spared.

After that, Merlin once again piloted the plane, taking everyone on their journey to Kentucky.

Kingsman and United States Wines have only just learned of each other's existence and are eager to begin an exchange.

Galahad and Tequila, who had just cooperated to save the world, were the ones best able to represent each other at this time.

This flight was calm and peaceful, without the cramped feeling in the Blackbird's barrel and the powerful G-forces of high-speed flight. Ash even took a nap in the jet.

When I woke up, I was at the Kentucky United States Winery base.

It's still that bottle-shaped building, still the top-floor conference room, and still the champagne stand by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Ignoring the pleasantries exchanged between the two sides, Ash secretly slipped out of the meeting, leaving Swagger behind as his representative.

Logan, on the other hand, immediately grabbed a bottle of tequila to sample his prized possession.

Ash found a deck chair somewhere and enjoyed the warm afternoon sun until she was disturbed by someone.

"Master Ancient One, may I speak to you?"

Ash sensed the power within the person beside him without even opening his eyes; the dark power of Dormammu was mixed with the power of Vishanti.

Gu Yi pulled out a glass of amber-colored liquid without any signature. The liquid in the crystal bottle had become concentrated and viscous, and was beginning to cling to the sides of the glass.

He took out two cups, placed them next to himself and Ash, and poured one cup into each.

Ancient One tasted the wine in his glass and said, "Try it. I obtained this before I became the Sorcerer Supreme. It should taste good."

Ash didn't touch the wine glass in front of him. Instead, he took out the spiral sword and asked, "What's this sword? I don't remember keeping this kind of weapon."

The spiral sword in Ash's hand began to heat up and then burst into flames. The rapidly rising temperature ignited the surrounding grass, and even the Ancient One had to activate the Mirror Dimension to stop the spread of the heat.

The rising temperature caused the liquor in Gu Yi's hand to ignite. Looking at the scene before her, Gu Yi could only explain, "I placed this sword here to await your arrival."

"I don't recall ever agreeing to any other requests of yours, nor do I intend to agree to anything else. I'm just waiting for an opportunity..."

"Yes, I understand. You're waiting for the arrival of Thanos, the purple potato you mentioned. You're just waiting for the moment when all the Infinity Stones arrive on Earth."

But Lord Cinder, have you ever considered that displaying your power on Earth would be enough to incinerate the entire planet, or that you wouldn't even need to lift a finger? Simply by asking, Lothric, Londor, or the Dragon Academia would all bring these gems to you.

The spiral sword in Ash's hand, continuously infused with power, began to melt and eventually collapsed.

The scattered forces even began to impact the surrounding mirrored barriers, forcing the Ancient One to continuously cast spells to stabilize the space.

"Hehe, it's a fake."

He realized that the spiral sword in his hand was not a weapon that truly belonged to the Ashes, and that it did not even originate from Dark Souls.

Ash stood up, and the shadow of the Lord of Cinder appeared behind him. Like the Lord of Cinder who wielded a spiral sword, Ash leaned on a Lothric Knight's sword.