About fifteen minutes later, in the dark and silent woods, Strange's phone ringing broke the tranquility.
He picked up the phone, pressed the answer button, and then put it to his ear. The pleasant voice of the Sanctuary customer service staff came from the opposite side: "The communication from Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, will be connected to you in 30 seconds. During this period
We will play a waiting tone, please wait patiently..."
After dozens of seconds of pleasant music, the phone popped out of Strange's hand with a swish. The buttons turned into a big mouth full of fangs, and Mephisto's voice came from that mouth.
Came: "I mean Strange, where did you see this pattern?"
The ridicule in his tone made Strange a little confused, and he asked: "What's wrong? What is this pattern?"
"You don't know? This is the symbol of Hela, the Lord of the Underworld, the crazy woman who plays with skeletons and souls in her home all day long. Have you seen any suddenly resurrected skeletons and corpses around this pattern?
If there is, it is definitely her..."
"Indeed, there are more than one or two. A cemetery nearby has been haunted for several days."
"That's right, Hela's best trick is the army of the undead. Her death attribute comes from the back of the World Tree, so it is the antonym of rebirth. In addition to death, there is also resurrection..."
"But why does Hela appear on Earth?"
"How do I know this, but... for the sake of the good discount you gave me before, I remind you that this woman is very difficult to deal with. Once she appears anywhere, her ubiquitous power of death and resurrection will
, it will pollute a large area of land, and then create all kinds of troublesome creatures. If you don’t want your territory to be turned into a skeleton dance hall by her, you’d better think of a way..."
After hanging up the phone, Strange frowned and looked at the pattern. Schiller patted his shoulder and said, "Get out of here first. If Hela really comes, do you have any way to deal with her?
"
"No..." Strange shook his head and said, "I'm just worried that Hela will come. If she does come, then I can't leave, because I am the only one who can deal with these troublesome demons.
They."
After achieving a very comfortable life, Strange seemed to have regained some sense of mission. He stared at the pattern on the ground and began to think about any way to restrain Hela.
Schiller continued: "I'm afraid things are not as simple as you think. No matter what, there is no reason for the Lord of Hades to appear on the earth, especially here..."
"If she wanted to attack the Earth, she couldn't have just left a mark here. Mephisto also said just now that if she really wanted to do something, she would have flooded this place with the undead army. There are people in New York
There are hundreds of cemeteries, enough for her."
"Indeed." Strange looked a little confused.
"I know how these cosmic demons work. When they start fighting, they don't warn each other, negotiate, argue, and then shoot tentatively like humans do. Once they start fighting, it's a life-and-death showdown."
"If Hela wants to invade the earth, she doesn't need to put a sign here first. Everyone knows that lightning raids are the way to quickly win. Her actions are more like alerting the enemy."...
"Why do I feel like she's a little sneaky?" Schiller looked at the sign and said, "It's as if she is deliberately condensing her power and doesn't want to be discovered. It's just that the demon's power is so powerful that it leaked a lot, causing a lot of confusion.
supernatural event."
Just as the two of them continued to speculate, Strange's cell phone suddenly rang again. The sudden ringtone startled him. He took out his cell phone, but it flew into the air again, and the familiar big mouth appeared again.
Appeared, Mephisto's voice rang in his ears: "Stephen, let's discuss, what is the name of the one in your Holy of Holies... a quarterly member? As long as you give me a quarterly member, I will tell you more clues
,How about it?"
Strange cursed secretly. Mephisto, a cunning old fox, deliberately did not tell the whole story just now. He also specially emphasized the threat of Hela, which whetted people's appetite and made him raise many speculations.
But there is no answer, so now he plays the savior again, just to take advantage of it.
"I can only give you a month's gift at most. You know, I didn't open that place. There are also shares in the Supreme Mage and the Father of the Gods. There are so many gifts that I can't explain to others..."
"Okay, just one month then."
Mephisto just took advantage of it. Then, a black air spread from the phone and formed Mephisto's upper body. He snapped his fingers, and a wisp of black smoke floated towards the sign.
He explained to the two people behind him:
"Generally speaking, the devil leaves his mark somewhere to convey information. For example, I left a mark of my own on your phone, so I can call you at any time."
"Of course, the magic broadcast you made is good. After you finish it, don't forget to ask me to leave a sign next to the magic circle. This way the signal will be much better."
"So what does this symbol Hela left behind mean?"
"Wait a minute, I'm interpreting it. You know, women always like to add too many unnecessary decorations to their various items. The same goes for Hela's logo. She has carved so many complicated patterns, but only a few of them are usable.
…”
"...Okay, read it out, huh?" Mephisto said "huh" in confusion, and then said: "Hela is looking for someone."
"Looking for someone?...Who are you looking for? There should be no one on earth who has anything to do with her, right?"
"She didn't leave a name, she just said it was a girl with long black hair... Wait, there is another paragraph. If you find it, please call her at the Holy of Holies..."
"Strange, you are famous far and wide." Mephisto turned to Strange and teased.
Strange spread his hands and said: "Okay, it seems like it's another case of a lost pet. Regardless of who she is looking for, the sign she left has brought us a lot of trouble. What should we do?
Clear her out?”
"If you are willing to give me another month..."
"No need, let's figure it out ourselves. Goodbye." Strange directly threw out the crimson belt, rolled up his cell phone, and then pressed the hang up button. Mephisto's figure disappeared instantly.
.…
After a while, the phone rang again, and Mephisto said: "I can help you remove all the power here, but you have to leave me an exclusive line. I will be busy for the next 20,000 years."
…”
"It's impossible to have an exclusive line, but we can give you an extra thread. Our advanced customer service is limited, so you have to know..."
"Okay, let's get one more thread."
Mephisto's figure emerged from the phone again, and then he snapped his fingers. In an instant, countless black energy poured into his body from and around the mark pattern, and then all traces disappeared. Murphy
After Stowe disappeared, Schiller said: "It seems that you have been deceived by this devil again."
Strange's face was also a little ugly, because anyone with eyes could see that Mephisto was absorbing power in the process just now. This cunning devil not only got part of the power left by Hela in vain, but also let
Strange sent him a customer service thread.
"Let me give you a suggestion. Regarding the direct transfer of Mephisto's phone calls to Nick, even if you may not make a profit, at least you will definitely not lose money."
Strange turned to glance at Schiller and said: "What's your phone number? If every strange phone call could be transferred to you, the earth would have become a holy place in the universe."
"Okay, the problem of residual power is solved, we need to study who Hela is looking for."
"Anyway, it definitely can't be an ordinary person. Hell and Hades are not places for ordinary people to stay. What she is looking for may be another universe demon." Strange said while opening the portal: "The good news is,
The supernatural incident has been solved, but the bad news is that there may be another demon somewhere in the earth."
Schiller followed Strange into the portal and said, "Don't let Nick know about this, otherwise his blood pressure will soar again."
Back in the room at Arkham Sanitarium, Strange wanted to call again, and Schiller asked him: "What do you want to do?"
"I'll call the Holy of Holies and ask them which of the demon gods they know has the image of a black-haired girl. In this way, even if this demon god causes any trouble, we can stop him in time."
"I advise you not to do this, because you may offend Hela. Didn't you realize that Hela secretly left a sign here? Maybe he wanted you to help him find someone secretly?"
Strange sat on the sofa, touched his face, and said: "She has no reason to do this. Why is she sneaking around? Can anyone do anything to her?...Oh, wait, there is.
Yes, Hela is afraid of Ancient One, right? But the Supreme Mage should not be able to control her underworld."
"Don't forget, in addition to Ancient One, there is also Odin among the nine kingdoms. Not only Odin, Thor has also regained his divine power and even made certain progress. But it is more likely that Hela will
The person we are looking for has a special identity..."
"The question has returned to its original point, who is this person?" Strange leaned his elbow on the armrest of the sofa, and then pressed his forehead with his hand.
At this moment, Schiller's cell phone rang. Strange turned to look at Schiller. Schiller picked up the phone and said: "...Hello? Peter?...What's wrong? How are you doing there? The skeleton suddenly
Losing all strength and turning into a skeleton? That’s a good thing.”…
"Strange, the great heir to the Supreme Mage, went to negotiate a deal with the devil, so Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, helped us solve this problem, but it also brought us a bigger problem..."
Just as Schiller was talking about this, he heard a loud noise from Peter's side, followed by a chaotic noise. Schiller heard the sound of Peter rising into the air, followed by the "whoosh" sound of spider silk being fired.
After a burst of "pop, tap, bang", Peter's exclamation and the exclamation of a female voice sounded at the same time. A few seconds later, Steve's voice came from the distance. He said: "Peter, are you okay?"
"I'm fine..." Peter was lying on the ground, and on top of him was a woman, or rather a girl, wearing a black robe.
Steve stood a few meters away. Instead of rushing over, he made a defensive posture and asked the girl: "Who are you? Why did you suddenly fall from the sky, and..."
Steve looked around and saw the skeletons scattered all around. He looked at the girl and continued: "...are there still so many skeletons around?"
The girl in black robe stood up, and Peter was finally able to get up from the ground. He patted the grass clippings on his body, turned to look at the person next to him, and then he saw a slender white hand coming from under the black robe.
He reached out and took off his hood.
Schiller heard the call coming from the other end: "what the fu..."
"...nguage!"
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nguage means language, which means that Captain America does not curse. Whenever someone in the team curses, he will say: language! (Watch your language!)