Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 200
"Offer your sacrifice!"

Inside the basement.

Facing the request made by Doctor Strange, Old Regba leaned on a cane, grinned open his mouth to reveal his pitch-black teeth, and stared at him.

Hearing this, there was no slight expression change on Doctor Strange's thin face.

Voodoo rituals have always been closely related to death. As an important part of Voodoo rituals, Father Regba has the power to connect all the gods of Voodoo. Impossible to succeed.He is also the symbol of the beginning and end of voodoo rituals.

Taking a deep breath, Stephen reached out and took out a shriveled monkey head from his arms and dedicated it.

Stretching out his hand to accept the sacrifice from Doctor Strange, Papa Regba took a deep breath, and the shriveled monkey head in his hand immediately turned into powder and dissipated.

squeak-

In a daze, Banner on the side seemed to see a vague black shadow flashing from the monkey's head, and the ear-piercing screams of the monkey came from his ears.

Voodoo teachings believe that all things in the world are just appearances, and there is a more important soul force behind them.

Therefore, in voodoo rituals, the soul always occupies an important position, and it is also the favorite sacrifice of voodoo gods.

The monkey head presented by Doctor Strange has a monkey's soul sealed inside, and it is the sacrifice he prepared.

"not enough……"

After accepting the sacrifice offered by Doctor Strange, the expression on Father Regba's face was still somewhat dissatisfied.

As he spoke, he set his eyes on Banner's hand not far away, stroked the crutch in his hand, and made his own request: "I will add his soul as a sacrifice."

Hearing what Papa Regba said, Banner's heart suddenly lifted.

"No, he is not the object of sacrifice this time."

Shaking his head, Doctor Strange rejected Papa Regba's request. He stared at the greedy god in front of him, and said in a slow but firm tone.

"The sacrifice has been offered, the ceremony has already started, you have no right to ask for another sacrifice."

Hearing Doctor Strange's refusal, Papa Regba withdrew his gaze from Banner's hand, and stared at him for a long time with his dark eyes, before showing his pitch-black teeth, and stretched out his dirty fingers to the brazier The flames dancing in it lightly.

puff!
Immediately afterwards, under the gazes of Doctor Strange Stephen and Banner.

The jumping flames instantly turned into a blazing door and appeared in the basement, and Papa Regba turned his fingers to open the door.

Boom, boom—

"what!"

With the opening of the door, the air-dried human head in Banner's hand suddenly trembled violently like never before, as if he was afraid of something, the needles and threads connected to his mouth were broken bit by bit, and at the same time, a piercing scream sounded in his hand. It sounded in his ears, and Banner could even hear the obvious fear from the cry.

The human head is afraid of the presence that appears from behind the door.

Amidst the screams of the dried-up head, the originally closed door was opened. A thin man with a tampon in the nostrils, a tall hat, a black evening dress, and a single-lens lens was dressed as a gentleman, holding a cane, and looked like he was about to prepare The negro who had buried the dead came out of it.

In the voodoo ceremony, Papa Regba is not only the god of the crossroads, but also holds the power of the portal. He is the gatekeeper among the voodoo loa gods. He holds the key between the two worlds and controls The opening and closing of the door to the [spirit world].

And what came out from behind the door was the object Dr. Strange summoned in this seance ceremony, Baron Baron Samedi, the Baron of Saturday, the god in charge of death in Voodoo.

As a voodoo god, Baron Samadhi or Baron Saturday is not a good god in the traditional sense. On the contrary, he is moody. While in charge of death, he is also known as the 'leader of the dead', in Haitian customs When the deceased was encoffined, the local residents would stuff the nostrils of the deceased with cotton in order to prevent the soul of the deceased from being taken away by Baron Saturday.

And once the sacrificial offerings are not satisfactory to the sacrificer, he spreads death without rest.

Walking out from behind the [spirit world] gate formed by flames, Baron Saturday, wearing a top hat, nodded to Papa Regba who opened the door, and then glanced at Doctor Strange in front of him with his monocular eyes. There was a flash of greed, and he spoke in a nasal tone.

"Offer your sacrifice, and I will fulfill your wish."

"Captain America's soul, as a price I will offer my soul as a sacrifice."

Using the soul as a sacrifice? !

Aside, clutching the struggling head tightly in his hand, Banner looked at Doctor Strange in front of Baron Saturday.

He didn't expect that the sacrifice in this ceremony would be at the cost of the other party's soul.

"I grant your wish!"

Hearing Stephen's words, Baron Saturday nodded, obviously very satisfied with the sacrifice he offered.

Immediately afterwards, he reached out and took out a gold coin from his pocket, and threw it at Doctor Strange in front of him.

bang-

The gold coin fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"This is the soul you want."

He said something to Doctor Strange in front of him in a heavily nasal tone, and immediately after that, he saw Baron Saturday clenched the cane with the skull in his hand and opened his mouth wide.The image of the original black face began to change, and a skeleton face with thick bones appeared on his body.

"Now offer the sacrifice!"

As Baron Saturday's voice fell, Doctor Strange felt a powerful suction form on his body.This force continuously sent out a bone-chilling chill, turning his body extremely pale, driving his soul out of the body, fulfilling his promise.

It's just obvious that Stephen has no intention of keeping his promise.

Picking up the coin representing Captain America's soul, Doctor Strange began to cast spells without hesitation.

"Expel you, every unclean soul, every power controlled by Satan, all opponents from hell who invaded this body, all secret legions, all demons and murderous sects..."

"Therefore, in the name of the Holy Spirit, I curse every demon in this body. I will expel you, make you stop deceiving mankind, and force you to drink the poison of eternal damnation..."

Accompanied by Latin exorcism spells, Doctor Strange lifted his cloak to reveal the Solomon's Key tattoo on his chest.

Of course, this is not the real Key of Solomon in the legend, but the magic imprint handed down from the "Little Key of Solomon" that has been sorted out and studied later by humans. By engraving the symbol of the devil, it can play a part of the effect.

The tattoo on Stephen's chest is the symbol of Phras, the 72st demon god among Solomon's 31 pillars recorded in "Solomon's Little Key". It has the ability to identify herbs and gems, discover hidden treasures, teach people logic and virtue, and make people invisible. As well as immortality, and the ability to recover lost items.

Of course, this kind of immortality is not immortality in the true sense, but it can help the user to be exempted from death for a short time. Just like the situation at hand, Doctor Strange uses symbols to protect his soul from being taken away by Baron Saturday.

At the same time, the spell he uttered was the exorcism spell recorded in the Greek manuscript of Solomon's Miraculous Theory, combined with the 72 pillars of demon gods on his body, it had a powerful magical effect.

Feeling the pull of the door getting stronger and stronger behind him, Baron Saturday's skull-shaped face suddenly revealed a distorted expression, his voice became angry and sharp, and the entire basement began to vibrate accordingly.

"you cheated me……"

"This is blasphemy!"

Click, click—

Accompanied by Baron Saturday's roar, Banner could clearly feel the slight cracking sound coming from the air-dried head in his hands. Obviously, the strength that Baron Saturday erupted had exceeded the limit of his head.

Facing the baron's roar, Doctor Strange's expression remained calm, he kept chanting the exorcism spell, and at the same time, some faint blue flames began to appear in the brazier where the flames danced, spreading along the blazing flames to this [ Above the gate of the Spirit World, with the appearance of blue flames, the pulling force formed from the Spirit World became even stronger.

"You will pay the price. From now on, all the voodoo voodoo you use will have no effect. I curse your soul to be tortured forever..."

Under the pull of the huge suction force, most of Baron Saturday's body has been pulled back into the Voodoo [spirit world]. He stretched out his pale skeleton arm to grab the edge of the door, and cursed viciously at Doctor Strange.

As the curse fell, the figure of Baron Saturday finally disappeared through the door of the basement.

Papa Regba raised his arm, fulfilling his accusation and closing the door again.

"You made the dumbest decision ever."

The blazing flame door dissipated into the basement, and Father Regba stared at Doctor Strange while leaning on a cane, and said with a cold expression.

Facing the threat of Papa Regba, Stephen gasped and ended his spell. It looked at the voodoo god in tattered clothes and on crutches, moving and jumping with weird steps for the entire séance ceremony. to end.

"Vodoo will not let you go."

With the end of the ceremony, the figure of Papa Regba in the basement became more and more faint, but his voice clearly reached the ears of Doctor Strange and Banner.

Dancing Dance cast the last spell in his mouth, and the entire basement returned to the previous gloomy scene again.

Doctor Strange stood where he was, panting for a long time before recovering from the previous scene.

Looking down at the increasingly bright red symbol on his chest, Stephen pulled his collar to cover the tattoo again, while shaking his body and beckoning to Banner in the distance.

Seeing Doctor Strange's call, Banner quickly restrained his thoughts and stepped forward.

The other party opened his palm with difficulty, revealing the gold coin in his palm and said to Banner, "Take the gold coin and put it into Captain America's mouth."

Reaching out to take the gold coin and holding it tightly in his hand, Banner couldn't help but care about Stephen, who seemed to have aged several years in just a few minutes.

"You look awful."

Although he didn't understand magic, Banner could also see how dangerous the fight between Doctor Strange and Baron Saturday was just now. Deceiving the gods is obviously not without cost.

Banner still remembers the curse of Baron Saturday and Papa Regba before they disappeared.

"I can still hold on."

Regarding this, Doctor Strange didn't reveal too much, he just gritted his teeth to support his body, pulled the sleeve of his arm to reveal another symbol, and with a few incantations, the expression on his face changed for the better visible to the naked eye A little bit, but the gray beard on the mouth looks a little whiter than when Banner saw it before.

The symbol of Ami, the 72th demon god among Solomon's 58 pillars of demon gods, holds the spell that can exchange human vitality with people.

Seeing that Doctor Strange's condition had recovered a bit, Banner stopped hesitating immediately. He grabbed the air-dried head that had regained his tranquility with one hand and the gold coin representing Captain America's soul that he got from Baron Saturday, and came to the center of the altar.

According to Stephen, Banner put the gold coin into Captain America's mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Doctor Strange, who was on the side, tied some feathers around Captain America's body, put on a mask at the same time, and began to chant the spell with words in his mouth again.

Because of the situation just now, the witchcraft of Voodoo can't be used anymore, so Stephen chose another spirit-calling ceremony. Indian shamanism also has the power to summon souls. Doctor Strange intends to use this method to resurrect Captain America.

To be honest, bringing back a person who has been dead for nearly 70 years, even Banner, who has witnessed Doctor Strange's voodoo before, still feels that all this is a bit too exaggerated.

In the basement, he watched Doctor Strange beat Imchin on the drum, sang and danced again, and started the soul-calling ceremony to Captain America in the center of the altar in a shamanistic ceremony.

pop, pop, pop—

Imchin's drums continued to resound in the basement, and along with Doctor Strange's singing and dancing, a strange wind suddenly blew up in the entire basement.

Blown by this cloudy wind, Banner instinctively felt that his consciousness began to blur, and the dry head in his hand gave off a weak vibration, awakening him again.

And at the moment when Banner's consciousness was blurred, Captain America, who had been motionless in the center of the altar, moved his finger slightly, and seemed to be waking up.

It actually did it!
Seeing what happened to Captain America, the expression on Banner's face became particularly shocked.

"Who are you!"

At the same time, Doctor Strange's beating of Imchin's drum became more and more urgent, and he asked Captain America in the center of the altar with a hoarse voice.

"I'm Captain America..."

During the questioning of Doctor Strange Stephen, Captain America, who was lying on the altar, answered in a confused tone.

"Peggy Carter."

With Captain America, or Peggy Carter's answer.

In the basement, the beating of Doctor Strange's drum stopped abruptly.

(End of this chapter)