[Comprehensive British and American] The vest system of the son of hell

"Crowley?!"

Seeing his old friend, Matthew was both surprised and happy, and immediately introduced him to everyone.

After all, among the few people present, although there were people like Wanda and Hulk who had a simple intersection with Crowley in the previous Goddess of Sheba incident, one of them became mentally confused because of the magic of Goddess Sheba at that time. When Banner became Hulk, his IQ plummeted immediately, and he and Crowley couldn't become friends who understood each other.

As for Doom and Constantine—

"I'm Doom, Doctor Doom."

"Your face doesn't look devastated at all."

Crowley teased ruthlessly, and then complained: "I heard that your mother's soul is in the hands of Mephisto, you are coming to hell this time to prepare for—"

"Yes, I'm taking her back."

"So you have an Oedipus complex?"

"you--"

Dum was irritated by Crowley, his face turned cloudy, and he even had the urge to do something.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Constantine stepped forward, smiled and said, "Hello, I am Constantine."

"It's like thunder."

Crowley dug his ear without hesitation: "I will always remember your glorious deeds of making the first fall miserable."

"He was going to kill me and take my soul, I just fought back and defended myself as necessary."

Constantine accepted Crowley's "compliment" frankly.

Hearing this, Crowley slapped Constantine on the shoulder with a smirk: "You are really suitable for hell."

"No! I don't like hell, I don't want to... Well, although the cause process is different from what you think, we are indeed in hell now."

Constantine deliberately showed a helpless expression, looking at Crowley innocently.

As the famous "Serpent of Eden" in hell, Crowley didn't meet Constantine, the culprit who caused hell's forced smoking cessation until today, but his understanding of him was as good as anyone who had eaten under Constantine's hands. Bitter devil.

With his hands behind his back, he walked gracefully around Constantine. Crowley asked coldly, "Do you have any cigarettes with you?"

“Hell is strictly non-smoking.”

"because of you……"

"No, it's not entirely because of me. I'm just the ostensible reason why hell promulgated strict smoking cessation regulations..." Constantine refused to take the blame, "The essence is still because of the internal strife among the high demons."

"But now hell is completely non-smoking, and all demons are not allowed to smoke, even me—every time I go back to hell, I have to use up all the cigarettes in my pocket outside the gate of hell before I can enter, so I don't like going back to hell now. Now, this is a terrible place!"

The more Crowley spoke, the more unhappy he became, with deep displeasure in his eyes.

When Constantine heard the words, he realized that the opportunity was in front of him, and he took the initiative to hook up with Crowley: "When will you return to the present world? Can you take us with you when you leave? After returning to the present world, I will take the best of my collection. Cigarettes for you. Seeing that everyone has a house in London, how about you recognize me as a friend?"

"Sorry, I don't want to be friends with you."

Crowley, who was well aware of the dangers of Constantine, flatly refused: "A great demon like the First Fallen was almost killed by you. I don't want to inherit the fate of the First Fallen."

"Don't be like this. The first fallen are enemies, and it is natural to treat enemies cruelly, and you will become my friend. I have always been sincere to my friends."

In order to win Crowley over, Constantine promised everything.

Crowley was still unmoved, looking at Constantine even more vigilantly: "I'm sorry, I don't want to be a friend who may be killed by you at any time, rather than an enemy who will be beaten to death by you. "

"Those were accidents! I never thought—"

"But I thought about it."

Crowley interrupted Constantine's explanation and said calmly, "I'm a semi-retired devil. I'm doing fine now and don't want to get involved in any trouble."

"But you still took the initiative to appear here, why?"

"because--"

Crowley looked at Matthew with a complicated expression, and said with a wry smile, "You are here."

"I am here?"

"Yes, Matthew, I went back to hell in violation of my semi-retirement oath, because you are here - a powerful god called me to go to hell to help you."

"Who is the god who called you?" Matthew asked.

Crowley asked with a playful smile, "Don't you know?"

"Why should I... no... it can't be such a coincidence!"

Gradually regaining consciousness, Matthew showed an unbelievable expression: "If this is the case, then it's too—"

"Sorry, the god who entrusted me to help you in hell is very powerful, so powerful that I can't even say his name, so I can't give you a definite answer at this moment, I can only tell you vaguely that your doubts are huge. The probability is correct. Of course, even if it is wrong, I will not correct you, because none of us can say His name."

Crowley is good at sophistry, and his mouth is full of complex and long sentences. It sounds like he said a lot, but he didn't say anything.

In this regard, the four people who temporarily formed a team to fight against the great demon Mephisto in Hell were speechless.

Only Constantine showed a "soul brother" subtle smile, and approached Crowley again: "So you are our teammate now, and you won't take the initiative to leave us?"

"What do you want to do!"

Crowley looked at Constantine warily.

This guy is No. 1 on hell's blacklist.

Constantine: "Don't look at me with such eyes. I don't have any evil plans at the moment. To be precise, as a human being, although I hate demons, as long as the demons don't take the initiative to make enemies with me, I don't mind fighting with them." Become good friends, there are more than one demon among my friends..."

"Any creature, whether human or demon or any other race, is not a cause for celebration to be your friend, nor is it even more dangerous to be your enemy."

Crowley emphasized gravely.

Now he even began to regret agreeing to his request and taking the initiative to go back to hell to help Matthew and his party.

Of course, the regret was only a short moment. In the blink of an eye, Crowley smiled again, hooked Constantine and said to Matthew: "There is a condition of cooperation. After the matter is over, I don't want to be his friend."

"This condition..."

"Can't promise me?"

"I'm me, he's him, I can't vouch for his relationship..." Matthew said, "After all, he seems to want to be your friend."

"no need!"

Crowley decisively rejected Matthew's suggestion.

Matthew hoped to get Crowley's help during hell, so he naturally didn't take Crowley's refusal expression seriously, and put things off with a smile, and then invited Crowley to climb the mountain with them.

Hearing this, the man tied to the stone who had been hanging by Crowley since he appeared, shouted anxiously: "Let go of me! Let go of me! If you let go, I will get my gift! I will give you Lots and lots of…”

"I don't need your gift, you are a devil."

After speaking, Matthew turned around and walked towards the castle on the mountain.

Crowley made a face at the man on the stone, before turning back to the castle as well.

……

The road leading to the castle on the mountain is very rugged, with cliffs everywhere, and white bones and half-rotten pieces of meat can be seen from time to time on both sides of the road.

The strange thing is that although the road is full of eerie horrors, there is not a single demon or beast blocking it.

From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, all the way is unimpeded, until you come to the gate of the castle.

Standing outside the gate of the castle were two five-meter-tall giant knights, holding steel weapons that were at least six meters long by visual inspection, and staring viciously at Matthew and the others, who could barely reach their knees, with wheel-big eyes.

"The dwarves want to come into our castle, don't they!"

"We're not dwarves, it's just you—well, you think you're of normal height, so I'll be the same height as you!"

With a playful smile, Crowley quickly grew taller, turning into a five-meter-tall giant.

The rest of them also used magic to transform themselves into giants.

Hulk doesn't know magic, but his height is different from ordinary people, and he has a strong physique comparable to a giant. Standing in the middle of his companions who use magic to turn him into a giant, he doesn't look awkward at all.

The giant guarding the gate obviously didn't expect that the visitor this time was actually a team combination of a magician and a fallen angel, and there was also a short giant in the team who was not much different in physical fitness from them. Many: "This is not the place you should come to! Go away!"

"Sorry, we have already found out what is here before we came here. The purpose of our coming here is to take away the things you protect and guard."

Crowley said with a playful smile, and the gray-black wings behind him slowly spread out: "I am Crowley, the famous Serpent of Eden, your boss should know my name."

When Constantine heard this, he stood behind Matthew and joked to Wanda and Dum: "This guy seems to be planning to swipe his business card to help us pass. But I don't think his business card is as good here—"

Before the words were finished, the two giant knights guarding the gate had put away their weapons and bowed to salute: "Hello, respected Mr. Crowley, it is our honor to serve you and your friends."

After finishing speaking, the two giant knights took a step back in unison and opened the heavy seal: "Please come in!"

"thanks……"

Crowley nodded politely and indifferently, and walked first into the castle that seemed to be darkness itself.

Matthew thought for a moment and quickly followed.

Constantine wanted to go in, but was teased by Doom: "Crowley's business card seems to be more useful in hell than you expected."

"It was an oolong just now, no, it was a joke to adjust the atmosphere."

Constantine said without any embarrassment, and walked quickly into the dark castle.

Doom thought for a moment, going into the dark after Wanda and Hulk.

With Dum's entry, the mysterious castle gate slowly closed again.

The world behind the castle gates is dark.

In the darkness, there are strange things swaying invisible with the sharp whistle, which makes people's ears hurt.

Matthew stopped in his tracks and said to the people around him, "This place doesn't seem very peaceful."

"Can I light a lamp?"

Constantine proposed, and raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

click!

The sound of snapping fingers was crisp, but no sparks rose as expected in the darkness.

"how come……"

Constantine was surprised, and unwillingly, he began to snap his fingers continuously, but no flames and lights emerged from the darkness. Instead, dangerous creatures slithering in the dark heard Constantine's snap of fingers and began to gather towards them.

Matthew saw that the situation was not good, and said to Constantine: "About the lighting, maybe we should think of a way from a different angle."

"What angle?"

Constantine, who was also aware of something bad, stopped and asked Matthew calmly.

Matthew looked at Crowley - the Serpent of Eden's eyes were shining even in the dark: "I think you have a way."

"Me? What can I do?"

Crowley played dumb.

Matthew: "Stop pretending, I know you must have a way."

"But I didn't actually... well, you guessed it right, I do have a way, a small and insignificant way..."

Crowley smiled strangely, full of sophistry: "It can't burn here because there is not enough active oxygen in the air. Of course, breathing is not a problem, because you can't be regarded as normal earthlings..."

"so--"

"High temperature, high temperature that can be carried out without oxygen can solve the dilemma in this area, if you don't mind."

"Crowley, I don't understand what you mean..." Wanda raised her hand and asked, "High-temperature combustion without oxygen? There is no such thing on Earth—"

"This is not Earth, this is hell."

Crowley interrupted Wanda, and seriously corrected: "The physics of hell and the earth are somewhat similar, but not completely coincident."

"But--"

"Believe me, hell is not the earth, and of course it can't be completely regarded as non-earth. The difference between the two is difficult to explain clearly in words. We must think and study more deeply and figure out the connotation..."

"I just want to know how to solve the problem."

Doom and Matthew interrupted Crowley at the same time.

Rather than fancy explanations, they want to know how to solve the current dilemma.

Crowley also hoped to solve the predicament as soon as possible. Hearing this, he nodded repeatedly and said, "There is no active oxygen needed for combustion here, so we can only use the most primitive and fundamental lighting method, body luminescence!"

"Body Luminescence? Are you kidding me?"

Wanda was the first to express that she could not accept it.

Hulk followed and yelled: "Crowley, Hulk can't understand you! Hulk can't understand your attempt!"

"You were-"

"Please speak clearly."

Matthew held Crowley's hand: "He asked you to come to hell to help us, not for you to add our confusion with strange anagrams."

"but……"

"Are you in trouble?"

"How can there be difficulties! I just...just..."

Crowley took a breath and said to Matthew: "Okay, I'll tell you the solution to the problem, and the solution is hidden in your wings."

"My wings?"

"You have three pairs of red wings, and the surface of the wings has a golden flash like a special effect in a movie..." Crowley said, "Since we need light now but don't have enough oxygen to light the fire, why not try your wings yourself Flashing special effects? I bet they don't consume any energy or fuel, including oxygen atoms."

"You really—"

"Genius? I know I'm a genius devil. After all, I ate the wisdom fruit of a whole tree, and possess more than 90.00% of the extraordinary wisdom of human beings!"

Crowley became more and more complacent as he talked, and even began to beam with joy.

Matthew: "I think you—"

"Criticism is no way to prove that my method is useless. You must practice. Practice is the best way to prove right or wrong."

Crowley is worthy of being the Serpent of Eden, he has an absolute talent for sophistry.

Matthew didn't intend to have a spat with Crowley at first, so he took a deep breath and released the three pairs of wings on his back.

Chi Chi!

Three pairs of wings appeared one after the other, and the surface of the gleaming golden-red feathers shone with bright light, illuminating the two-meter-diameter area around them.

Seeing this, Crowley laughed triumphantly: "See, my suggestion is correct! Your wings are indeed the best means to solve the lighting problem in the short term."

"But why do you know that his wings can solve the lighting problem?" Wanda asked Crowley. "The god who entrusted you to hell to help us told you?"

"He... I said that I ate the wisdom fruit of a whole tree! A snake that ate so many wisdom fruits is no longer a snake in the ordinary sense, not to mention that I am not an ordinary snake. I am a snake in the Garden of Eden. The smartest and wisest snake!"

Crowley obviously had something to hide from everyone, after a glib excuse, he walked to Matthew's side smoothly: "Shall we go together?"

Hearing this, Matthew stopped in his tracks: "Why do you always cover up and not tell the truth?"

"Me? Secretly? Not telling the truth?"

Crowley laughed: "Matthew, how many people in our team are telling the truth? Why can they talk nonsense, but I have to tell the truth? Although I like to lie, I am not a complete jerk."

"You're the only purebred demon among us, the kind that's lived 6000 years."

Constantine suddenly complained about Crowley.

Crowley didn't show any timidity when he heard this, and replied with a smile: "Although I'm a devil, my reputation in hell is infinitely better than yours, John Constantine. Everyone knows that I'm lazy. I want to use the simplest and laziest way to complete the Serpent of Eden, and I hardly cause trouble, and I never take the initiative to cause trouble for hell, unlike you, every time I appear, it will cause all kinds of unexpected disturbances and troubles."

"There is no possibility of harmonious coexistence between humans and demons. I fight against demons because I am human."

Faced with Crowley's confusion of black and white, Constantine frankly admitted that he really hated demons, and guided by the faint light brought by Matthew's wings, he moved deeper into the castle.

……

Because of the gleam of the wings, the castle is no longer completely dark.

Guided by the twilight, Matthew and others quickly found the mysterious teleportation array hidden in the deepest part of the castle, leading directly to Mephisto's territory and the castle.

But new problems arise again.

The surface of the teleportation array is slightly damaged, and the damaged content is still a crucial way to activate the teleportation magic array.

"What should we do now? Without knowing how to properly activate the magic circle, we won't be able to reach Mephisto's territory through the teleportation circle and claim the souls of our loved ones."

Wanda was eager to get back the souls of the twin sons, but when she saw that the teleportation array was damaged, she became irritable.

Dum also hopes to get his mother's soul back from Mephisto immediately, but he is not Wanda after all. As the king of a country, he has enough patience and patience to wait for things to change.

At least, at this moment, he is not in a hurry.

He looked at Matthew, waiting.

Matthew looked at Crowley: "Is there a way?"

"Why do you ask me? I'm not—"

"If I don't ask you, who should I ask?"

Matthew teased Crowley with a smile.

Crowley's face turned pale again, and his eyes under the sunglasses turned into terrifying snake pupils: "I was just ordered to take care of you, and I have no obligation to go in and out of dangerous areas with you. I have done my duty, and you shouldn't do it too." Can't--"

"What? Morality kidnapped you?"

Constantine laughed: "You are a devil! How can a devil be kidnapped by morality! Only contracts and laws can restrain the devil."

"But you were really going to kidnap me morally just now, at least I think so."

Crowley kept stalling for time, and the snake pupil revealed a subtle light.

Constantine has dealt with demons all year round, and the more he watched, the more he felt that Crowley's eyes were wrong, so he hooked up with Crowley hypocritically, and tested Crowley by the way: "How could I do moral kidnapping to demons? I just It would be wrong to think that you are still hiding something from us, and in key parts, from us."

"Where am I—"

"Crowley has yet to name the god who commissioned Crowley to help us!"

Hulk, who had been silent since entering the dark castle, spoke suddenly, protesting Crowley's vague attitude: "Why didn't Crowley tell us the truth? Crowley, what are you afraid of?"

"Me? I'll be afraid? I'm the famous Serpent of Eden, I'll... Okay! I admit that I have concealed a little bit from you, but you are also deceiving each other, aren't you? ?”

Crowley started his best speaking style of mixing truth and falsehood: "As for not saying the name of the god who entrusted me to hell to help you so far, it's really not my fault. He ordered me to be on this matter." Remain silent, for the human mind and ear cannot bear His Name, and I do it for your own good."

"They can't bear it, can't I bear it too?" Matthew asked coldly.

Crowley looked embarrassed again: "You are embarrassing me."

"I want to know the name."

Matthew said calmly and emphatically, "Tell me his name. If you feel that his name may cause harm to others in the house, you can say his name in a secret way that only I can hear. You are the son of Eden." Snake, you definitely have a way to get this done!"

"I can--"

Crowley tried to evade again, but Matthew's attitude was also extremely firm.

Crowley had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender: "Since you insist, I...I...I..."

He opened his mouth, and just as he uttered the first flick of his tongue, the damaged teleportation array on the ground suddenly began to glow and repair itself!