Chapter 398: Dry Corpse Castle
Somewhere in Europe, in an ancient castle hidden deep in the mountains.
A team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents finally arrived in the halls of the castle after many hardships and difficulties.
In the center of the hall, a rectangular jade table was located in the center, and on the main seat of the long table sat a very young man in a tuxedo.
The young man's complexion was an abnormally white color, which looked a bit like that of an albinist, but not so exaggerated.
When the group of agents reached the hall, the tuxedo-clad youth was holding a goblet with a scarlet liquid that reverberated but was clearly not red wine, but rather ...... Blood!
"Why do you keep looking for death, I've been killing for hundreds of years, and I'm soft-handed...... Hey, no, you're not vampires? The young man in the tuxedo originally looked helpless, but suddenly he seemed to notice something and showed a look of surprise.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 7 Agent Lancelot (Marcus), I've seen Count Draculaβ" The two leading agents bent down in unison.
"S.H.I.E.L.D., a little impression, as if it is an organization that maintains world peace for ordinary people?" The young man in the tuxedo showed a thoughtful look, "You can actually find here, and you know my identity, it's not simple......"
"The Earl has won the prize."
"Alright, that's all the, give me a reason to be satisfied, or you all stay and help me repair the castle." The young man in the tuxedo still had a smile on his face, but a trace of blood flashed in his eyes.
"Mending the castle?" The agents were a little confused.
Although the castle looks old, there seems to be nothing damaged about it, where does it need to be repaired?
Just as they had this doubt, the young man in the tuxedo snapped his fingers-
In an instant, the scene before their eyes changed!
The European-style castle, which was originally decent, became dense in an instant...... The ceiling, the walls, the floor, the table, everything as far as the eye could see, turned into corpses one after another, and the corpses were drained of blood!
Seeing this scene, although the two seventh-level agents also turned pale in an instant, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, they could barely hold on.
But the low-level agents who followed them were a little unable to hold on, and some fell directly to the ground, but then realized that they were sitting on the corpse and jumped up directly; Some of them directly seemed to be crazy, shouting and retreating.
"Lord Count, please dismantle the illusion, we, we have no intention of offending you......" Seventh Agent Lancelot pleaded.
"Dismantle the illusion?"
The tuxedo youth chuckled and shook his head, "You misunderstood, what you saw before was illusion, and now ...... This is the real world, these corpses are the vampires of the thirteen clans who have come to assassinate me for hundreds of years.
To commemorate their courage, I built this castle with their bodies after sucking their blood dry.
Speaking of which, you should be the first humans to visit this castle, how about it, isn't it artistic? The tuxedo youth looked at the two seventh-level agents with a smile on his face.
It's just that his gaze is cold!
As soon as these words came out, the two seventh-level agents who had been shocked suddenly stopped breathing, and their heartbeats accelerated again!
They didn't doubt the tuxedo's rhetoric, because with the identity and strength of the other party, there was no need to lie to them at all.
So, is this castle really built out of corpses...... And it's all the corpses of vampires?
Isn't that what the tuxedo youth said just now that let them stay and help repair the castle......
At the thought of this, even the two seventh-level agents were a little unbearable.
They are indeed very professional agents, and in the mission, even if they know that they are sent to death, they will not frown.
The task is above all else.
But they are still human beings after all, and it is impossible to completely overcome all fears, and it is impossible for anyone to see that everything in front of them is actually made up of dried corpses, and they cannot feel nothing at all.
The fact that they can continue to stand here and communicate with the young people in tuxedos is already a manifestation of courage.
"Lord Earl, we are here to invite you!" Agent Lancelot's scalp tingled as he explained the contents of the mission.
"Invite me?" The young man in the tuxedo became a little interested when he heard this, and asked with a smile, "Tell me, what is the specific matter, if it can interest me, I will let you go today." β
"That's ......," Agent Lancelot quickly said the words that had been explained by the Director of the Boiled Egg Bureau himself.
"That's right."
The young man in the tuxedo nodded, and suddenly stood up, "Okay, then I'll go with you, but ...... If I find out that you are lying to me, not only you, but even your director will become a part of the castle~~~"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Agent Lancelot replied.
He didn't want to stay here for a moment, he would rather go and charge into battle than face this damn castle!
As for the rest of the matter, he believed that the tuxedo youth should have no room to refuse, after all, S.H.I.E.L.D. now has the Captain Marvel who came back from the starry sky in charge.
Although the young man in the tuxedo is the king of vampires and has the power to surpass the thirteen clans, in front of that Captain Marvel, he can't think of any storms.
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The same scene that took place in Egypt and Europe was also playing out in many places at this time.
China, Russia, Latvia......
The agents of the S.H.I.E.L.D. branch in various places took action, and according to the information given by the director of the boiled egg, they visited the bigwigs on the list one by one.
Of course, not all of these visits went smoothly, and some were killed before they could even speak.
In this case, the director of the boiled egg bureau was naturally prepared.
For these people who are completely uncooperative, Captain Marvel will personally come to the door to reason with them one by one and convince them.
If it really doesn't make sense, then use your fists to talk about it.
This method of saluting first and then fighting successfully allowed S.H.I.E.L.D. to successfully form an alliance with the vast majority of people on the list, and only a small number of extremists who were completely uncooperative, although they couldn't beat Captain Marvel, but Captain Marvel couldn't help them, and finally had to give up.
However, what Chief Lu Dan and Captain Marvel didn't know was that even if they used the 'Ancient Demon Contract' that S.H.I.E.L.D. had once obtained to restrain these collaborators, forcing them to temporarily stand on the same side as S.H.I.E.L.D., there were still mistakes and omissions.
The so-called demon contract is usually spread by the hell lords on their own initiative, and it is indeed very useful.
Both parties to the contract must strictly abide by the content of the contract, once either party violates the contract, their souls will be harvested by the creator of the contract, and they will fall into hell forever!
Ordinary people may think this statement is nonsense, but there are too many examples in history to prove that the demonic contract cannot be violated.
The 'Ancient Demon Contract' obtained by S.H.I.E.L.D. comes from a top Hell Lord, and it is said that as long as the contract is witnessed by him, there has never been a case of failure.
This lord of hell is named Mephisto......
The famous Lord of Lies, the most powerful ruthless character in the Hell Lords, is second only to Dormammu and Hela.
Naturally, S.H.I.E.L.D. also has some grasp of this information.
However, what they don't know is that Mephisto is not only the Lord of Lies, but now he has another identity-
Raymond's sworn brother.
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In one of Hydra's bases, no, in what should now be called the Holy Shield Society, Tony's people are here.
As expected, they were all convinced by Raymond.
In order not to be completely mixed with the disappearing Saint Shield Brotherhood, Raymond removed the brother and directly called the Shield Society.
At the same time, he also ordered Stephanie to launch a purge of Hydra, completely erasing the inhuman and childish radicals, and did not intend to give them a chance to mend their ways.
It's not that Raymond suddenly has a seizure of Our Lady's disease, but because of the future of the Aegis Society, there shouldn't be these people.
Raymond doesn't dislike careerists, because there are still capable people in careerists, and in the same way, Raymond doesn't think that the so-called 'villain agents' with blood on their hands of Hydra deserve to die, they are at best just tools to carry out tasks.
Is S.H.I.E.L.D., a so-called justice organization, really as clean as a blank sheet of paper?
This is of course impossible.
So Raymond never thought of getting rid of some of the so-called villains in Hydra, as long as they knew each other well enough and had the ability.
However, there are indeed some tumors in the hydra that are not worth continuing to stay, these people are not only more ambitious than reasonable, but also have an amazingly small vision and a childish group.
Raymond really didn't have time to reshape their minds, and he didn't bother to waste time on them.
For this kind of person, it is naturally better to wash it out directly.
Stephanie's dad is actually the kind of person who can be cleaned up in Raymond's eyes.
But there was no way, who let him sleep with other people's daughters, so he had to let him go.
As for the other diehards like Old Malik, Raymond didn't sleep with their daughter, so it would be nice to kill them all.
In this way, after a great purge, the current Aegis Society has only one voice for the time being.
Those old diehards with unrealistic goals have completely disappeared from this world.
In addition, Raymond also surprised the American team by sending his old friend Winter Soldier to him.
The excitement of the American team is needless to say.
On the other hand, Raymond also told Tony about the Winter Soldier being controlled to attack Tony's parents.
Although Tony also knew that the Winter Soldier was controlled at the time, he still couldn't help but kill him, just like in the original world line.
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"Steve, get out of the way now, or I'll kill you with you!" Tony gritted his teeth and looked at the Winter Soldier.
"Tony, calm down, you should know that Bucky didn't have consciousness back then, he was controlled by the Hydra people, and he didn't know what he did!" The American team said in a deep voice.
"I'll ask you again, get out of the way!" Tony said angrily.
"I'm not going to get out of the way until you've calmed down." The U.S. team is also very resolute and naturally won't get out of the way.
"Roar, it's noisy!"
Banner couldn't see this kind of internal dispute, so he turned into Hulk in excitement, and smashed Tony and the American team out with a punch, which was a little deflated.
After the smash, Banner's sanity regained the upper hand and changed again.
However, he only had a pair of underwear left at this time.
Raymond looked at him with a strange expression: "Do you have to run naked like this every time you transform?" β
Banner was also a little embarrassed: "Ahem, yes." β
Raymond smiled: "I'll ask the scientific research department to help you customize a set of special combat suits that can adapt to your transformation, and you usually wear it, so that the transformation will not burst." β
Banner's eyes lit up: "Then please!" β
Raymond shook his head and smiled: "You're welcome, now we are our own people, this is your due welfare." β
While the two were chatting, Tony had flown back.
He was just about to continue attacking the Winter Soldier when Raymond grabbed him by the shoulder:
"Tony ......"
"Raymond, you're my friend! Do you want to help this executioner? Tony looked at Raymond with some irritation.
"I didn't seem to say I'm going to help him." Raymond said.
As soon as Raymond's words came out, the American team on the other side, who had just gotten up, had already changed their faces, and hurriedly said, "President, Bucky is ......."
"Okay, don't get excited, can you listen to me?" Raymond raised his hand to stop the American team, speechless.
Seeing that Raymond seemed to have something to say, even Tony temporarily resisted the urge to do something, ready to see what Raymond had to say.
However, he had already made a decision in his heart, no matter what Raymond said, he would blow up the dog head of the Winter Soldier later!
"Your dad probably isn't dead." Raymond said to Tony.
"I don't care if he's dead or not, this guy is going to die today...... What did you say?! Tony was about to speak harshly, but suddenly realized that something was wrong and looked at Raymond dumbfounded.
Not only him, but the American team and the Winter Soldier were also surprised.
You must know that Raymond just called up the secret file of Hydra and showed them the surveillance video at the time, and they saw the Howards die at the hands of the Winter Soldier!
Moreover, Tony has also seen the remains of his parents and attended the memorial service of his parents, is this still fake?
Thinking of this, Tony said in a deep voice: "Raymond, I understand that you don't want to see us kill each other, and I don't want to target Steve, but this executioner must die today, this is not negotiable!" β
Obviously, Tony didn't believe Raymond's claim, and only thought that he wanted to stabilize himself for the time being.
Raymond shook his head and said, "Don't let hatred blind you, if I really just want to stabilize the situation, why do I show you that video?" I could have just destroyed it and no one would ever know about it, wouldn't I? β
Tony is so shrewd, it's just that the revenge of killing his father is too much for him to keep his senses.
But as soon as Raymond said this, he also immediately reacted, if Raymond really wanted to protect the Winter Soldiers, or simply didn't want them to kill each other internally, there was really no need to show the video.
Thinking about it like this, he also calmed down a little.
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive." Tony took a deep breath and said slowly, "But I really don't understand, how could he not be dead, I saw his body with my own eyes, and there is that video ......"