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Chapter 77 Trends
The magic portal unscrewed on the roof under the night, and Doom was almost roughly thrown out of the golden circle.Michael walked out right behind him, and the spell portal closed behind him.

Dum sat back on the ground, subconsciously shrunk his lower body, and looked at the weird man in high-tech armor in surprise.Just now he has seen this guy's ability with his own eyes. He has witnessed a shocking battle in which both sides are far beyond his current cognitive ability, and he is still trying to digest all this.

The blue light in the V-shaped eyepiece went out, the armor power source stopped operating, and the arms that cut off the power naturally hung down.The black gold armor was opened from the middle, and Michael Paso walked out from inside.His face was very tired, but his gaze towards Doom was still as cold as ice.

He was clearly not at his best - but no mage who had just fought a demon was in much better shape.

Dum couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's you?"

"What are you thinking?" Michael asked coldly, "A person rushed into hell with a hot head, and ran to Mephisto recklessly to die?"

"I just want to save my mother." Doom said, his voice clearly not as sharp as before.He has waited too many years to build this machine and prepare for this rescue. Since he was very young, saving his mother's soul has been his only goal.He has always thought that his hard work up to now has helped him make great progress, and the unremitting praise from the army and school made him a little carried away and overestimated himself.

It wasn't until today that he realized that he was never even a little bit closer to that unattainable goal from the beginning to the end.

Yes, he found his way to hell.But so what?He has seen with his own eyes how powerful the demon with the mother's soul is. In hell, it is the god in charge of everything, with endless power and authority.He was not even an ant in the face of that demon, and the other party could easily wipe him out.

In the end, everything he did turned out to be meaningless.The mother's soul is still imprisoned in the hands of the demon, and he has done nothing so far.
No, and not without progress.

Doom raised his head, and his eyes subconsciously fell on the young man who had just stepped out of the armor in front of him.

The way he looks at Michael Paso is completely different now than it was three days ago.Dum used to be very conceited, but what he saw and heard just now has blown away his pride.He has seen the power of God with his own eyes, and he has also seen how the human being in front of him can stand up to God with knowledge and technology.This person not only deflated that god, but also successfully covered him to escape from hell in the end.

Perhaps in all the experiences so far, the only encounter with this young man is the greatest progress he has made. Perhaps this person is his greatest hope to save his mother.

"Things could have been much worse." Michael continued, "Have you ever thought about the consequences of such recklessness? This is not an easy thing to die. Mephisto may also imprison your soul in hell , he will hurt you, torture you, use you to hurt your mother...or conversely, use her to hurt you." He paused, "I thought you were a smart person."

"You're...right. Things could have gone very bad indeed if you hadn't shown up."

Doom admitted unexpectedly.He lowered his head, and the word "thank you" hovered around his lips for a long time, but he couldn't say it in the end.It seemed that saying that magic phrase was still too difficult for him.

"I owe you a favor." He finally changed his words, paused and then added, "It's a very big debt."

Doom is proud, withdrawn, and never gets along with others, but deep down he is actually a very vulnerable child.He has been alone since the day his mother died, and this long-term loneliness has been transformed into longing for his mother and the desire to rescue her, which is enough to make an intelligent mind lose its composure.

"The spell you just used," said Doom, standing up, "teach me to help me save my mother."

He has never asked for help in his life, even if it is because his confidence has just suffered a devastating blow, this is still the first time for him.

Michael looked at him: "That means, you accepted the offer?"

"No matter what." Doom was unwavering.

Michael shrugged his shoulders: "To be honest, you don't have many options. Victor von Doom died a few hours ago, and his private laboratory and dormitory at the state university just had a big explosion. The whole floor is affected. Before long, they should add you to the death list."

Doom didn't take it seriously: "That just happens to save us a lot of trouble, right?"

Michael stood back in the opened armor.The armor seemed to detect the owner's entry and automatically responded. The black and gold shells were assembled and closed, and the power source restarted.

"Let's go." He beckoned and opened another spell portal. "Let me show you your laboratory."

***
In the third week, the "legendary leader" brought back from another world by Gideon Malik finally started to look like a leader.After devouring more than a dozen people successively as nourishment, the hive was completely revived, even a little domineering.His expression is always calm, as if nothing can arouse even the slightest emotion in him, but there is always a fierce sense of oppression on that face without warmth.

Malik had to admit to himself that he was actually a little afraid to meet the eyes of this "great leader".

To his displeasure, Hive showed amazing charisma and persuasion.Not to mention that he can directly infect aliens with parasites to force them to submit to him willingly. Even for ordinary humans who are not aliens, he has a very strong appeal.The Hive increasingly bypassed Malik and gave orders directly to his subordinates, and his loyal subordinates carried out the Hive's orders without asking him at all.

He was a little upset, but he didn't dare to express it.

But the gratifying part is that the eerie and mysterious "Great Leader" is finally getting interested in business.

Under his inquiry, Malik introduced to him in detail the development history of Hydra over the years and the tragic situation of Hydra today.He told the hive that the enemy's sphere of influence is now all over the world, and all they can do is stick to this shadow that has not been noticed for the time being.

Then he showed a series of only fuzzy clips of the "Black Knight" shooting himself (and it was still the old black and white armor). He smashed through the elite Hydra troops head-on, showing no pressure.

The hive watched the video carefully back and forth, and remained silent for a while.Malik waited nervously, afraid that his next sentence would say, "This is a fairy, I can't handle it, you should throw me back to another world to die."

After watching the video three times, Hive raised his head and said slowly, "I need manpower."

It's easy to have a plan.Malik suddenly came to his senses: "How many people do we need? Although we are short of manpower now, I can see if I can find a way."

Honeycomb shook his head: "I mean, we need strangers, the more the better."

Malik thought for a moment and frowned.

"We do have unconfirmed information, saying that there seems to be a large number of aliens gathered in a place. But they are numerous and all have abilities, and we are now empty of power"

"It doesn't matter." Hive said coldly, "Take me there."

(End of this chapter)