A New God's life in Marvel

Chapter 84: Hell on Earth

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"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

—Sirius Black

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"Is that a Starbucks cappuccino in your hand?" The old man Caretaker asked the moment he saw Rudeus getting out of his boom tube.

"... I get out of a literal red swirling portal and the first thing you wonder is why I am holding a cappuccino?" Rudeus asked with a frown.

"Well there aren't that many Starbucks or any other cafes near this cemetery, so I don't really get to drink fancy stuff like that regularly. Say, you don't have an extra cup in there somewhere, right? I mean I could use a coffee as well, maybe with extra sugar." The Caretaker, aka, Carter Slade stared at his coffee cup with unrestrained greed in his eyes.

"No, I don't," Rudeus said as he quickly finished his cappuccino in a single gulp and threw away the cup in his inventory to dispose of it later. He was quite environment-friendly after all although he had probably destroyed more nature with his power during his battles than even the most evil corporations.

"I think we can talk about coffee after we save my gir... friend. She needs our help right now. Her name is Roxane Simpson. Blackheart kidnapped her and is now demanding the San Venganza contract in exchange for her. And we will give him exactly that. Atem, I did consider your proposal. I think the Ghost Rider spirit inside me can defeat Blackheart by burning his sinful soul once he absorbs those souls in the contract as his own. So we will follow that plan." Blaze said with determination.

This however didn't fool Rudeus. He knew that Blaze would give up that contract to Blackheart even if Rudeus hadn't told him about the plan, just so that he could save the love of his life. And Rudeus even admired him because of that.

But he didn't say anything because now he had his own plan. He no longer wanted to let Blackheart burn away by Ghost Rider's penance stare. No, now he wanted to absorb Blackheart through his new crystal and get a magic nuke with the combined energy of the weakened Blackheart and the thousand damned sinful souls.

He had even thought of trying to absorb Blackheart into himself like he had forced Dracula's essence to be absorbed by Lilith Drake. But he wasn't sure that he could do the same thing with Blackheart since the demon prince had much more willpower, strength and was even a higher being of existence than the King of vampires.

He was not sure that he would be able to easily absorb a conceptual existence like Blackheart so easily into him without being corrupted or changed somehow even with the presence of his defensive perks like 'Incomprehensible mind' and 'Anchored soul'.

Plus he was not even sure that he would even be compatible with a demon prince's power since he himself was a god. After all, Lilith was able to house Dracula's vampiric might since she herself was his own daughter, had similar unique vampiric powers, and therefore was extremely compatible with him.

'Well, I should meet Lilith soon and see how her takeover over all the vampiric forces around the world is going. Even her father, Dracula himself had trouble in uniting all vampires and forcing them to obey. But I am sure she will fare better, especially since currently she is as strong as her father in his peak, if not even stronger.' He thought to himself.

He had truly made a beast out of her after giving her Dracula's essence. It simply didn't just give her a power of 1+1 but actually changed her entirely. It strengthened her very being of existence.

As Rudeus was having all these thoughts, he and the other two ghost riders had already reached the outskirts of the San Venganza town's ruins.

Blaze and Caretaker had ridden their monster bike and horse respectively while Rudeus just flew alongside them. He wanted to ask for a ride on the Ghost Rider's bike to experience how riding on a burning monster cycle from hell felt but didn't since that would make the situation a lot more awkward than it needs to be. Rudeus also needed to maintain his mighty image as a god in front of people so he grudgingly just flew in the air while watching the Ghost riders comfortably riding their rides and even doing some stunts from time to time.