Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

Matthew's combat intelligence and professionalism amazed the demon lords observing from the other parts of Hell.

While Velasco himself may not be particularly strong, Matthew was still able to easily suppress him, which is enough to prove that Matthew's level is basically no less than any of them.

"Is that the power of perception?"

“Velasco wanted to deceive that human emperor. Even I might not have noticed such a covert method for a while, but that human was so decisive. This ability is not something that can be easily perceived.”

"A strange ability, is that aura locking?"

"This human emperor has many abilities, but none of them are conventional. It's strange. Where did these abilities come from? They're not Kamar-Taj magic."

After observing, the demon lords quickly began to analyze Matthew's abilities and immediately and accurately determined that Matthew's extraordinary perception was beyond human comprehension.

As for the lightning pillars that Matthew summoned combined with magic, they were indeed powerful, but the demon lords were not surprised.

At this dimension, energy output is quite stable.

They each have their own skills for releasing energy, each one stronger than the last.

Matthew was well aware of the demon lords' attention, but he wasn't focusing on them at the moment.

Wanting something cheap isn't that simple.

Even if Mephisto is unable to keep his promise, it doesn't matter.

He lowered his hand.

The towering pillar of lightning slowly dissipated. He no longer paid attention to the vast expanse of the old palace grounds of the Dark Fortress that had been completely leveled or even breached, but instead gently turned his head to look to one side.

Several kilometers away in mid-air, Velasco floated, his clothes tattered and his body covered in burn marks from the intense heat.

Half of his face had been destroyed by the lightning bolt, making him look extremely terrifying and ferocious.

However, the wounded skin has faded, and the flesh and granulation tissue are wriggling, visibly beginning to repair and heal itself.

It returned to its original state after a short while.

Velasco once made a pact with the ancient gods, who granted him near-immortality, so killing Velasco in this way is not an option.

Even severe injuries can heal themselves within an extremely short period of time.

Unless one forcibly annihilates him with power far exceeding his own, and since Velasco is equivalent to a lord in the borderlands of hell, such power would have to be at least at the level of Odin.

Or perhaps it is a dimension above God the Father.

Matthew's cold gaze made Velasco grit his teeth, but he felt only a sense of powerlessness.

Because he knew he was now completely cornered.

Matthew provided the Heart of Prometheus, finding Velasco's greatest weakness, while Reichel precisely grasped this weakness, creating a dilemma for Velasco.

Desperately?

He couldn't afford to risk it all, and with the contract binding him, he didn't even dare to self-destruct with Matthew.

Death is not the end, but the beginning of torment.

The price of breaking the pact with the ancient gods was too heavy, so heavy that Velasco dared not die.

"Do you really want to die with me? Then you and those warriors will all perish together. Emperor of Man, is this your so-called mercy?"

Velasco also tried to scare Matthew.

But Matthew, who already knew Velasco's trump card, wasn't buying it.

Moreover, does Velasco really think he can just take everyone down with him whenever he wants?

The corners of his lips turned up slightly.

"Why don't you take a look and see if this is still your border of hell?"

Velasco was startled. He quickly turned his head to look left and right, and finally his expression turned extremely ugly.

Finally, he looked directly at Matthew and uttered a few words with difficulty: "The mirror magic of Kamar-Taj."

Indeed, at this moment, Velasco was shocked to find that he had been pulled into the mirror magic without even realizing it.

The mirror magic that isolates space is one of the most powerful and practical spells in Kamar-Taj.

It can pull enemies into a mirror magic spell, turning the away game into the home game.

In the world of mirror magic, mages who use magic have the ability to control things at will.

Clearly, Matthew's sudden mirror magic had somehow managed to throw Velasco from the borders of Hell into the mirror dimension.

It severed the connection between Velasco and the border of hell.

Self-destruction?

If I drag someone out of the brink of hell, how are you going to self-destruct?

But how did Matthew manage to do that?

Velasco, who was proficient in dark magic, should not have been pulled into the mirror world without realizing it.

Chapter 308 The End (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

why?

Velasco was puzzled.

Matthew smiled without saying a word, clearly not intending to explain to him.

Actually, it's quite simple. As mages who are equally proficient in magic, it's not so easy to pull the other into the mirror dimension of magic when their levels are similar.

The mirror space itself has a very buggy characteristic.

However, there are clear countermeasures.

It's possible to bully opponents who don't have much magical knowledge, but to bully Velasco is pure fantasy.

Matthew's level is also not good enough.

The problem is, Matthew didn't start this at all.

Even though Matthew had memories of his past life, knew Velasco's true strength, and knew that Velasco had been overthrown and seized power by the Magik Iriana in the original timeline, he never resorted to his ultimate tactics to wage war against Limbo.

But Matthew was incredibly cautious. Having prior information was one thing, but he wouldn't completely accept all his past life memories as fact.

Who knows if Velasco might suddenly go crazy?

So Matthew had already told them.

This mirror magic was created by the Grey Knights and Raven Warriors.

As Rachel and the Astartes Chapter advanced as the spearhead, the Ravens and Grey Knight Battle Monks cooperated with each other, consciously inscribing magical runes along the way.

And while Velasco's attention was focused on the depths of the abyss, he arrived outside the Dark Fortress and made the final inscription.

If Velasco were to return to the borders of Hell, he would discover the magic circle that had already risen outside the city, and the runes on the ground that shimmered with golden light.

These spells can all be used to construct semi-permanent, long-lasting mirror cage barriers using fixed magical rune arrays.

Kamar-Taj has been built in many places to exile and drive away some external threats that are immortal and cannot be killed.

Once successfully set up, the release time is short and extremely stable, so stable that Velasco will be unable to break through and leave for a while.

Without Matthew's interference, he could have cracked it in some time, but Matthew would give him the chance.

This is the amount of advance preparation made for Terra's first expedition.

Based on known information, all potential threats are included in the calculation.

This is why, even after Matthew agreed with Rachel's decision to wage war on the frontier, they still needed to wait fifteen days—this time was for calculating all threats and making preparations in advance.

Therefore, Matthew said from the beginning that when Terra decided to conquer Limbo, Velasco had better have a dignified exit.

From the very beginning, the two sides had completely unequal access to information.

Velasco felt despair rising in his heart upon realizing he had been tricked.

This kind of despair is called powerlessness.

Velasco never imagined he would end up in this situation. He simply couldn't understand why Matthew could ignore his trump card and remain so calm.

Why are they able to ignore the threats from other demon lords in Hell?

The reason he has been able to hold power at the border of hell for so many years is largely because the demon lords need to check and balance each other.

Wars at high latitudes cannot be started at will.

There are too many factors to consider. The simplest and most direct one is that the reward after the battle is too low. If it is so low that even if you defeat your opponent, other demon lords may take advantage of the situation and profit from it.

Matthew, a human being, seemed not to have considered this issue at all.

What gives him the right?

Ignorance breeds fearlessness?

This information gap is what led to Velasco's current situation. Velasco underestimated Matthew's decisiveness and his composure.

These seemingly contradictory characteristics led Velasco to his demise in this battle.

Velasco could clearly feel that he could no longer mobilize the energy of the Hell's Frontier.

His strength plummeted.

At this level, he has no chance against Matthew.

but...

“You can’t kill me, and you can’t sever my connection with the Borderlands. It won’t be that easy for you to gain control of the Borderlands,” Velasco said coldly after taking a deep breath.

This is a fact.

Velasco's level of existence was far below that of the Father, but due to his pact with the ancient gods, the gods granted him immortality and authority over the borders of hell.

For countless years, Velasco has completely bound his flesh and soul to the frontier of hell.

He is Hell itself; unless the borders of Hell are destroyed, killing him is impossible through normal means.

Only those with special abilities to sever his soul and reach the borders of hell can kill him.

Velasco wasn't lying, and Matthew knew it too.

Velasco is similar to the bond between Hela and Asgard.

In the original timeline, Magik Iriana was able to defeat Velasco and seize control of the frontier by using her own soul to create that special soul sword.

However, Matthew shook his head dismissively and said something that made Velasco change color again.

"How many years have you been searching for that sword forged by the ancient gods themselves?"

A sword forged by the ancient gods.

Velasco's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief, staring intently at Matthew as if he had seen a ghost.

"How...how did you know?"

You should know that he had never told anyone about this; it was a secret he had kept buried deep in his heart.

"Didn't you make a pact with the Old Gods? That thing contains the authority over the borders of Hell, it's a symbol of power, isn't it? It's just a pity that the Old Gods don't trust you, Velasco, He hid that sword, didn't He?"

"You, you are His spokesperson?"

Velasco's lips trembled. He suddenly had a guess, but quickly denied it: "No, that's not right. You don't have His aura. You are not His representative."

"He contacted you; does He want to take back my authority?"

"why?"

Velasco went completely insane; everything was beyond comprehension and cognition, and in the end, he could only forcefully arrive at the most probable conclusion.

That means Matthew has a connection with the Old Gods, and the Old Gods want Matthew to kill them.

But why?

He knew the Old Gods didn't trust him because Velasco had his own ambitions and never wanted to be bound by them.

He fulfilled his contract by finding Iriana and using her soul to create the Bloodstone, hoping to open a passage to the human world and, while completing the contract, completely assimilate the border between the human world and hell.

His strength will increase significantly at that time.