Chapter 332 Worshipers of Hades

Anne subconsciously turned her gaze to the tall figure who was obviously a powerful god, but gave people an ominous foreboding.

Although she could feel a sense of intimacy coming from him, the current situation made her subconsciously ignore this feeling.

I didn't expect that I would just try to recycle waste, and I would encounter such an interesting thing.

It sounded like a curious cheetah, but it had an incredible sense of charm that made a man's bones weak.

The helmet in Annie's hand had been broken into pieces.

Starting from a tiny crack, one after another appeared on the mask, turning into smoke invisible to the naked eye and disappearing from this world.

They blended into the magic circle, making the sense of intimacy deeper and deeper, which was proof of the conclusion of the contract.

"what happened.."

Annie, who fell into confusion, forgot what she should do for a moment, and could only look at the dark shadow in front of her and look at him silently.

After a brief silence, the tall shadow began to twist uneasily, like a mad beast, destroying everything around it.

"Oops..."

Annie, who realized that she was in a trance, quickly began to call for her contract, but it was too late. As the last person to be summoned, she no longer had the right to choose.

In this Holy Grail War, she is destined to be with this violent berserker.

"boom--"

What is reflected in front of us is the blue ocean of California. If it is summer, there will be so many people coming here to bathe in the sea that even the beaches in Venice will seem quiet.

However, Jack's expression was quite gloomy at this time.

The SSI Los Angeles branch is a government agency established to investigate magic and paranormal incidents and hide relevant intelligence. This is Jack's workplace.

Yesterday, agent Jack Milupan received a mission from his superiors.

Ever since he was involved in supernatural events and was recruited into this CIA-like organization, he has been treated like an ox and a horse.

The reason is also very simple. Having magic talent is a very harsh requirement for this country with a recent inheritance. And because the country itself is a mixed bag, various supernatural organizations like to use this place as a testing ground, a city power, and cultists. Competition is saturated because there are too many people.

For excellent agents, they can only keep them idle and put out fires everywhere.

Jack Milupan is one of these shining stars. During his rare vacation, he was called here by his boss.

The reason is the unprecedented seriousness of the situation.

Could it be more serious than facing Ansheira, the king of warlocks?

As the person who has been responsible for [Lord of the Flies] Ansheira, looking for traces of this terrorist who has led the warlock to wreak havoc for many years, Jack feels that he has been overqualified.

After all, the job of delivering things can be left to others.

He was not particularly resistant to this mission. After all, it was not very dangerous. Unlike previous secret missions, this time, the annoying boss took the initiative to tell him the origin of the things he was asked to carry.

There are many types of broken holy relic fragments.

For SSIs that lack inheritance, lack of funds, and even some are caught in the struggle for power, most of the things that can be collected are fragments of holy relics. Most of the complete holy relics are used by various magic associations or god-killing demon kings. Well collected.

But even so, the value of these things cannot be considered low. Whether they are used for research, magic rituals or catalysts, they are all very precious.

But with this batch, this is already the third time.

Only SSI has always accepted things, how could anyone be so generous in giving them away?

Thinking of this, Ben Adoman gave the answer in a helpless tone.

"Unless the target is a person on the same level as Pluto, or even beyond."

Pluto, Pluto,

He appeared in the second half of the 1990s.

As a melting pot of races, Los Angeles is also a stronghold of economy and industry.

At that time, the city was known as the devil's capital of the criminal whirlpool, a metropolis where decadence and prosperity coexisted and competed with each other. In this chaotic city, people who deviated from the principles of the world lived in seclusion.

Although they have no inheritance, Yeluzi are often more likely to cause trouble. They are superpowers who sold their ethics and conscience to the devil and obtained extraordinary magic power——

Use the small immediate benefits in exchange for hidden dangers that may destroy yourself and even the entire city at any time.

That is, the warlock.

In this world, in the real sense, there are characters that everyone wants to fight, and the lower and upper limits are shocking.

The magicians who were trained in Los Angeles basically got rid of their status as amateurs and became dangerous people. At that time, even SSI did not dare to touch their edge.

Until their natural enemy appeared, everything changed.

That's what people call him, the patron saint of Los Angeles, a mystic who wears a black mask and cape and has never been seen in person.

He can transform into an inhuman body, run in the dark, use spells, become an invincible giant, a magic bullet shooter, and a victorious man.

I call myself John Smith, and there are at least two pseudonyms for him among the ten corpses.

The citizens who have seen him and been saved by him prefer to call him Pluto.

Over time, he himself also changed his name, and thus the strongest warlock hunter, [Pluto] John Pluto Smith was born.

Jack, who had the honor of meeting Pluto and even working with him, knew very well how terrifying such a character was.

However, now, it seems that a dangerous person who is not inferior to Pluto has appeared.

"Holy Grail War?"

Jack frowned and said irritably, remembering his boss's sigh.

The waves that the new demon king caused that affected the entire world not only did not subside, but intensified.

If you don't want to be drowned in the tide of the times, you can only actively join it. These holy relics should be the initial investment.

In this sense, the demon king named Roland may be even worse than Ansheira.

Even so, Jack didn't think he was going to do anything. In the final analysis, this was something approved by all the Godslayers, and it couldn't be fought by one's own strength.

Moreover, Jack didn't think he could fight against the opponent, who was on the same level as Pluto.

Soon, he reached his destination.

——Los Feliz area.

California, which has been experiencing little rain, also had a sunny day today.

But Jack was not in the mood to drive under the clear sky. After parking his car in the parking lot of Samantha University, he walked to the location of the Department of Humanities, aiming for the Department of Foreign Languages.

Lifting the box in his hand, he skillfully entered a certain research building.

The students and faculty who could usually be seen were not there, and there was not a single figure. The person who was probably going to visit later had opened a "barrier", and Jack walked to his research room and knocked on the door.

Met his target, Professor Joe Best.

"Hello, Professor."

Jack greeted respectfully.

The person he was greeting was a bald black man. The wrinkles of old age had already crept up his face, but he still maintained a very strong figure.

In the other world, he is a famous researcher and a precious kind magician. He is one of the few people who is willing to take the initiative to help.

If it were just like this, Jack would respect him in his heart, but he would never be so respectful.

He has only one reason for doing this,

From what Jack heard, this professor was said to have assisted Pluto for more than ten years, and was a close friend who fought side by side with that legendary figure. The identity of the heroic assistant who saved Jack's life was enough for him to deal with it in the most respectful manner.

Even if this fighting side by side might just be simply providing intelligence assistance or something like that.

Jack, who had seen the traces left by Pluto with his own eyes, did not think that the black professor could provide any help in combat.

Of course, this does not prevent Joe Best from being much better than him. .

"Jack? Long time no see. Is this the last batch?"

Professor Best came up and gave him a hug, then let go of his hand and stepped back a few steps.

"You came just in time. If it were any later, this batch of things would be useless."

"Is it so urgent?" Jack was a little surprised.

At this time, Professor Best shrugged and said, "Because the time limit for the Holy Grail War is coming soon."

"The newly born Demon King doesn't have such a good temper. Once he is excluded from the Holy Grail War, I am afraid that even Pluto will not be able to please him."

Professor Best said this somewhat poignant fact with an awe-inspiring tone.

"Even Pluto, the king of Hades, is one of them, but to be honest, the target this time is also an extremely powerful one among the demon kings. The most important thing is that his purpose is much more dangerous than other god-killers."

Professor Best sighed deeply.

There are very few kind-hearted magicians like him in North America.

The reasons are the extremely rampant witch hunting incidents during the British colonial period; the suppression of the new Christian sect clergy who immigrated from Europe; the struggles and agreements with the indigenous elf beliefs, etc... Various events are buried in the darkness of history. .

More dangerous than the Godslayer.

Jack twitched the corner of his mouth a few times out of kindness, and then he spoke as a reminder:

"If that's the case, why don't you join SSI? If you get involved in the God Killer's game alone, you won't end well. Anyway, the effect we can achieve this time is limited."

In the Holy Grail War, the combination of heroic spirits and god-slayers is dangerous enough, and the only help that collaborators can provide is transmitting information over long distances.

Choosing to give up at this time is not to retreat, but to better assist.

You know, compared to those cult groups that are dominated by twisted beliefs and lack rationality, and even Pluto finds them troublesome, he doesn't think he and Best can deal with them.

"I'm not alone!"

Best raised his eyebrows and said in a cheerful tone:

"And my best pupil, and my research assistant, Anne Charlton!"

Mentioning this name, even though he knew that the old man in front of him was reliable, Jack still doubted whether his brain was short-circuited during the experiment.

That lady, judging from her appearance alone, is indeed a great beauty.

Graduated from Samantha University and currently serves as Professor Best's assistant. He is said to be very capable.

However, Anne's tone and expression were always hard, and her iceberg face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, would probably scare her even if she was very beautiful.

Hearing this question, Best showed a teasing expression.

"Don't underestimate her, she is one of the experts in handling this."

Unlike Jack who doesn't know the truth.

Best is Pluto's right-hand man and has been assisting the god-killer for more than 10 years.

In a sense, he can even be regarded as Pluto's family member and elder, the one who guides her to practice in the mysterious world.

Therefore, he also knew the true identity of the other party as a woman.

The outside world imagines that John Pluto Smith must be a handsome gentleman.

Pluto, the god-killer of Hades, is actually a woman.

Under the full-coverage helmet like a motorcycle helmet, there is the cold face of Anne Charlton.

And this is another story

Annie, better known as John Smith, was a hero in Los Angeles a decade ago.

Unlike all the God-Slayers, Annie is the only one who actively puts on a mask, does not accept the surrender of the magic society, and simply acts in a heroic manner.

At that time, she was influenced by the superhero trend, and she always dreamed that she could transform into the same character and defend Los Angeles from the hands of the magician.

Coincidentally, during a subsequent encounter, she killed Tezcatlipoca, the supreme god in Aztec mythology.

Thus, John Pluto Smith, a gentleman wearing a duplex helmet and a black suit, full of aristocratic taste, was born.

The reason why it is difficult to be a hero is because she is not just an identity, but a belief.

In order to maintain her identity as Pluto, Anne's daily life has also been affected a lot. In addition to having low emotional intelligence and not being good at interacting with others, she has to rely on her identity as a facilitator to hide her usual self.

This also caused a vicious cycle of her losing many blind dates, and eventually became the tragedy of an older leftover girl.

Thinking of this fact, Best couldn't help laughing, but when he felt the chill rising behind him, he quickly interrupted the bad association.

"Okay, it's time for you to go back and leave everything to Hades! Trust him, he will not let those who rely on him down."

"of course!"

After being kicked out in confusion, Jack still couldn't hold back his admiration for his idol after hearing these words before leaving.

"Pluto will never lose! He is the strongest hero!"

"Am I obligated to report to you?"

Anne was immediately speechless.

That's right, Roland had no obligation to report what he wanted to do to her.

Everyone is the king of the same level, and the gap in status is not big.

Roland, who even defeated Salvatore Tony and suppressed the Black Prince Alek, may still be superior to her in combat power.

This is also the reason why Annie said before that she didn't have much confidence in resisting Roland.

But these are no reasons for you to back down.

"You are right. You are indeed not obliged to report to me, but you also forgot that this is America."

Anne Charlton showed a bloodthirsty smile for the first time, which was the ferocious side of a god-killer as the devil:

"As long as I stop you with all my strength, you won't be able to accomplish anything on this site!"

Rights must be supported by force.

Regardless of whether it is a country or an individual, the basis for ensuring their rights is force.

As the king of America, if Anne wanted to thwart Roland with all her strength, she could indeed destroy any of Roland's plans.

At least, that's what Anne thought.

"You can give it a try."