Chapter 168: The Cautious Miss Skye
"There really are quite a few interesting humans in this city," Mephisto suddenly said.
He swept his gaze around with great interest.
Matthew glanced at the old thing, then turned back and said nothing more.
Mephisto had never been to New York.
Because he simply did not dare come.
When Mephisto secretly used an energy projection to come to Earth, Ancient One had tacitly allowed it.
Mephisto knew that very well himself.
But he could not run around New York without restraint. After all, this place had a Sanctum.
With the magical defense mechanisms here, as long as Mephisto came, he would definitely be detected.
The Kamar-Taj of today was not the Kamar-Taj after Ancient One's death, when internal chaos caused by Kaecilius or Mordo's betrayal had created large-scale holes in its magical defenses.
Under a complete system, if Mephisto dared sneak into New York, he would absolutely be detected.
No matter how strong he was.
Moreover, coming to New York would mean he did not take Ancient One seriously at all.
What was tacit understanding?
Tacit understanding meant both sides knew what the other was doing, yet neither broke the unspoken agreement.
If Mephisto came to New York, it would be the same as breaking that tacit understanding and provoking Ancient One.
Although the bald female sorceress had a mild temperament, she lacked nothing when it came to decisive killing.
She fully carried the bearing of the Sorcerer Supreme.
The reason Mephisto could come now was because Matthew had allowed it.
Ancient One would not say anything.
Of course, this was limited to this one time. In the future, Mephisto would not have such a good opportunity again.
And during this one time, Mephisto suddenly felt as if he had discovered a new world.
He realized this place truly produced outstanding people and strange talents.
All kinds of messy people were here, and there was even an aura belonging to K'un-Lun. It truly broadened his horizons.
If he were not wary of Matthew, Mephisto would even consider coming here to develop some business.
Restlessness, darkness, lust—this place lacked none of them.
If a demon were thrown here, it would feel as if it had arrived in heaven.
Matthew paid no attention to Mephisto's musings.
His figure gradually faded away.
Seeing Matthew leave, Mephisto did not dare stay long either. He took one lingering glance around, then left as well.
As for the Hell passage in the sky.
Mephisto sneered inwardly, because the other end of that Hell passage led to his Hell Dimension.
Clearly, they wanted to lure Mephisto into entering the field personally.
The Gate of Hell has been opened for you. Such a good opportunity—aren't you going to seize it?
But was that possible?
Mephisto was not that stupid. Not only would he not go himself, he had even strictly ordered and stopped the other high-level demons from entering.
In terms of authority, Mephisto held it firmly.
Anyone who dared to disobey his orders would conveniently lose a high-level demon soul.
As for low-level demons, there were plenty of them in the Hell Dimension.
As many as he wanted. No matter how many were lost, Mephisto would not care.
Mephisto also left.
No one in New York knew the two of them had ever arrived.
Skye, meanwhile, was happily smashing demons as if playing whack-a-mole when a chill suddenly ran down her spine.
She instinctively looked left and right, trying to find the source of that cold feeling.
If she had still been an ordinary person, she might have thought it was an illusion.
But after reaching her current level and experiencing so much, even without awakening Observation Haki, she knew very well that some instincts were often real.
However, no matter how Skye looked, she could not find anything.
So she silently became alert and uploaded the information.
Miss Skye was very cautious.
Her main principle was that no matter what happened, she had to report it and let her big brothers and sisters protect her.
After all, she was still only a young World Destroyer who had not fully developed yet.
Very fragile indeed.
Soon, not long after the information was uploaded, several dozen Astartes and Raven suddenly appeared not far from Skye.
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"Damn it!"
Outside New York City, within the Mirror Dimension, Kaecilius let out an angry growl.
The fury in his eyes looked as if it could burn the entire city of New York to ashes.
His scheme had failed.
The plan he had originally thought was fully under his control had repeatedly gone wrong.
For example, Zara and the other three zealots he had sent out had gone silent.
He had opened the Gate of Hell in Manhattan, New York, intending to use it to lure Reacher and the others over and have the demons wear down their strength.
Once they were sufficiently weakened, Kaecilius and his zealots would move in and capture Reacher's group.
After that, they would find a way to tempt and control them with darkness.
Not only would that weaken Matthew's forces, but it would also allow him to gain dozens of powerful warriors.
Ideally, Mephisto himself would step in.
At that point, Matthew would have no choice but to confront Mephisto personally. In the best-case scenario, Matthew would be killed.
As long as Matthew died, Ancient One would inevitably fly into a rage and turn her attention to Mephisto.
Then Kaecilius would take advantage of the chaos to launch an attack on Kamar-Taj, destroy the three Sanctums, and allow the great Dark Lord to descend upon Earth.
His ideas and plans had been excellent. One link followed another, and Kaecilius believed there would be almost no mistakes.
But Kaecilius had never imagined that his plan had failed from the very beginning.
According to Kaecilius's calculations, the Astartes and Raven had at most fewer than one hundred people.
But now, aside from those cooperating with the Kamar-Taj sorcerers around the world to drive away the dimensional lifeforms he had deliberately let through, Manhattan, New York alone had actually deployed eight or nine hundred soldiers.
In terms of combat power, they completely crushed those demons.
Their extraordinary discipline and coordination immediately brought the battlefield fully under control, leaving Kaecilius with no opportunity to launch an attack.
Kaecilius knew that aside from those Astartes and Raven, there was also a highly skilled sorcerer leading a group of Kamar-Taj sorcerers to search for him.
As long as he showed himself, the other side would immediately appear.
It was complete and total close marking.
Most importantly, that coward Mephisto had not entered the field.
He had only held Matthew back.
That made Kaecilius feel like a clown, played for a fool.
Kaecilius did not care about humiliation. The current him no longer had that emotion.
What he cared about was that his plan had failed, and that his great master could no longer descend upon Earth.
After his anger passed, Kaecilius quickly calmed down.
Coldness appeared in his eyes.
So what if this plan had failed?
He believed there would be a next time, and another time after that. As long as he was still alive, then sooner or later, this plan would succeed.
As for Mephisto, after his master descended in the future, that coward would definitely be made to pay the price.
"Let's go!"
Kaecilius let out a cold snort and opened a portal, intending to lead the zealots away.
However, the moment he stepped into the portal, his expression suddenly changed.
The sparking portal rapidly shrank and closed. Kaecilius pulled back the leg he had stepped out with without hesitation.
The portal closed.
Kaecilius stared at the hole sliced open in the knee of his pants by the spatial portal, and a chill ran down his back.
Just a little more, and his entire body would have been cut in half by space.
Who was it?
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