Marvel: Starting with the forced creation of villainous characters

Chapter 74 Mark: Am I being excommunicated?

To sacrifice the pure souls and bodies of innocent children is more demonic than Satan himself.

At least when demons descend, they only like to possess children's bodies; they don't covet children's souls.

On the contrary, the demons of hell prefer evil souls.

But this Lord of Shadows is different; he's even picky about food! Such an evil hobby clearly indicates he's a great evil god.

Looking at the densely packed skeletons, Bruce felt a chill run down his spine; he couldn't imagine how many souls were wailing beneath them.

However, considering the carnage committed by the Lord of Shadows in the future, this seems rather small-scale. In the future, that student? He will devour the entire world.

Countless lives throughout the world are wailing in the shadow dimension.

Bruce felt he had figured out the characteristics of the Shadow Lord.

The reason the Lord of Shadows has set his sights on this world may be because these elite pseudo-humans are acting as collaborators. He even suspects that in the future, there will be people acting as collaborators in his world as well.

Otherwise, how could the Lord of Shadows have descended upon that world?

Bruce, unaware of the existence of the Sorcerer Supreme and Kamar-Taj on Earth, naturally assumed he had found the truth.

"Then all I need to do next is help the people of this world protect it, and my own world will be safe."

With that thought in mind, Bruce took two time bombs from his belt, installed them on the relief, and then turned and left without looking back.

From today onwards, his main task is to hunt down cultists who worship the Lord of Shadows.

Considering the class and status of these believers, Bruce knew what role he should play next.

He was just pretending to be an immoral playboy, and he thought he was definitely more like a spoiled brat than Tony Stark.

Sensing a change in his cheat system, Mark's eyes lit up. He assumed it was because he was pulling mutants into the Illuminati, so he opened the system panel.

The progress of the mastermind behind the scenes has increased to 39%, but no new rewards have been unlocked for this character.

Mark, a bad feeling flashing through his mind, continued to scroll down the panel.

Mark quickly spotted the source of his unease.

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Final Result Template - The Mastermind (Progress 25%)

Acquired abilities: One Causal Being, Intermediate Villain Aura, One Extraordinary Clue, Beginner Behind-the-Scenes Ruler, Beginner Shadow Control, One Causal Being, One World-Class Secret, Two Adaptive Inheritance Crystals, Intermediate Behind-the-Scenes Ruler, One Causal Being.

Final Result Template - Lord of the Shadow Dimension (5% Progress)

Newly acquired abilities: Dimensional Demon (increases the favorability of other dimensional beings), Shadow Subspace (a shadow subspace composed of shadows, similar to a personal space, the area of ​​which is linked to one's own shadow power).

"Oh, this—"

"Am I now a dimensional demon?"

Mark was dumbfounded. Who put this persona on me?

Does His Holiness the Venerable Master know this?

Can I refuse?

With his small arms and legs, he can't pull off such a high-class persona.

Mark's face instantly became incredibly interesting, turning from blue to purple in an instant.

Putting aside the power of this persona, the side effects it brings are enough to make one's scalp crawl.

No, that's not a character design anymore, that's a divine design.

Extradimensional power cannot be used recklessly; overuse can easily attract the Sorcerer Supreme.

Moreover, the power provided by this panel is not strong at the moment. If the Sorcerer Supreme really comes, his best outcome will be being expelled from the country, and his worst outcome will probably be being used by her to pay off her debts.

Mark really didn't dare use any of the abilities of the Shadow Subspace.

I wonder if the Supreme Master will listen to my explanation then.

Mark (with Director Zhao's crying face): "I dare not use any of the power of this Shadow Dimension."

Mark closed the panel in despair.

"These characters should ideally have no connection to those who cause and effect, if I find the culprit." Mark was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

This lousy system really doesn't want to provide any instructions.

After leaving Lolita Island, Bruce returned to New York and chose a "lucky audience member".

He contacted a city councilor, one of the few Shadow Touch members whose identities were revealed in those emails.

Bruce, carrying the Shadow Touch member in his right hand, reached the edge of the rooftop.

Gers stared in horror at the lunatic cosplaying as Batman, feeling himself suspended in mid-air, and struggled in terror.

"What are you trying to do?" Gers asked, his face filled with terror.

Bruce interrogated in a hoarse voice, "Tell me who's behind you!"

Gers' pupils contracted, and he quickly concealed the panic in his eyes, arguing, "What power? I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Have you forgotten what you did on Little St. James Island so quickly?" Bruce's tone was icy, and his right hand slowly began to loosen, as if he were about to throw the other person off the building.

Feeling the grip on his collar tighten and the pressure mounting inside him, Gers screamed at the top of his lungs, "The owner of Lolita Island is Ebotan Investment Company! I only went there a few times for parties, I never ate any young chickens! Ah! I'm innocent!"

Bruce didn't believe what the other party said. After all, if the other party could say the name of the Lord of Shadows, how could they not have participated in the sacrifice?

"You didn't participate in the cult rituals on Little Saint James Island? Then how do you know about the Lord of Shadows? If you don't answer honestly, I'll let you go," Bruce threatened.

Cult rituals? Lord of Shadows?

Gers became much clearer-headed. He had indeed participated in a sacrificial ceremony on the island. It was because of that ceremony that he had been particularly lucky for a period of time and even successfully won a city council election.

But what is the connection between the Lord of Shadows and cult priests?

How could this guy confuse these two things? But before he could think it through, Gels saw Bruce about to let go and quickly shouted, "I know! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything I know."

"Epostan said that it was a god from a higher dimension who would bless any believer who was willing to give, but the rituals were sometimes good and sometimes bad. I only participated once and then stopped. I really don't know anything else about it."

Bruce continued, "How did Apostle die?"

Bruce didn't believe that the guy named Epostdan was really dead. How could Epostdan, the leader of a cult that worshipped the Lord of Shadows, be killed by a few kids?

Gers quickly shook his head and said loudly, "I really don't know that. I only know that Apostol's company went bankrupt a few days after he disappeared."

Bruce frowned. The company had gone bankrupt. Could that guy really be dead? How could a bunch of kids possibly kill Epostdan, who was protected by an evil god?

Dormammu: "I wanted to save him, but the Sorcerer Supreme wouldn't let me in."

After failing to get any information from him, Bruce threatened, "Tell me information about the other members of the Shadow Touch."

Upon hearing this, Gers, who had been terrified, instantly calmed down, and his physical fear seemed to vanish in an instant.

A layer of black energy clouded over Gels' eyes, and he looked at Bruce expressionlessly.

Upon seeing this familiar ability, Bruce's pupils contracted, and his hand trembled so much that he almost dropped Gels.

The black energy flowed continuously through the blood vessels around Gers' eyes throughout his body. Soon after, black veins bulged on Gers' body, and the blood vessels flowing with black energy sprang up.

Gers's body trembled violently, like a sieve. A moment later, as if experiencing a final burst of energy before death, he shouted excitedly, "The shadows will finally engulf the world! I will return to the embrace of the Lord!"

After shouting, Gers's body went limp as if his bones had been removed, and he fell silent.

Bruce sighed upon seeing this.

He knew it must have been the Lord of Shadows who made the move.

"This is what happens when you become a lackey of evil." Bruce, his face full of disgust, tossed it aside with utter contempt and then jumped off the roof.

The trail went cold. It seems unlikely that we can get any information from the members of the Shadow Touch. The Shadow Lord has obviously placed a restriction on his followers.

So we can't keep alerting them. I'll try to play the long game and catch the big fish, and then wipe out these damned cultists in one fell swoop.

Mark sensed that the magical mark he had left on the members of Shadow Touch had been activated.

This means that a high-ranking member of the Shadow Touch has gone offline.

The magical mark he left behind can only be activated by touch, either by him actively activating it or by triggering it. Whenever a member of the Shadow Touch tries to betray the organization or sell information about other members, the magical mark will be activated.

Once activated, the magical mark transforms into highly toxic magical energy, which then flows throughout the host's body within a minute. Once activated, this magical mark is fatal and cannot be prevented by normal technological means.

However, Mark wasn't surprised. When Sharon Carter came to him with that ridiculous email record, he knew that several members of Shadow Touch would definitely go offline.

His tolerance level is ten; as long as it doesn't exceed ten, he won't care or bother with it.

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Mark, his brow furrowed slightly, opened the system panel again.

Just now, it seems the system gave out another reward.

"I hope it's a reward from the mastermind behind the scenes," Mark prayed silently.

Even if the system gave him the reward of being a dimensional evil god, he wouldn't dare use it now.

Dimensional energy from the Marvel Universe must pass Earth's magical defense network's review before entering Earth. It's best if it fails the review, but the most troublesome situation is when it passes the review and is then discovered by the "network administrator".

Final Result Template - The Mastermind (Progress 25%)

Acquired abilities: One Causal Being, Intermediate Villain Aura, One Extraordinary Clue, Beginner Behind-the-Scenes Ruler, Beginner Shadow Control, One Causal Being, One World-Class Secret, Two Adaptive Inheritance Crystals, Intermediate Behind-the-Scenes Ruler, One Causal Being.

Final Result Template - Lord of the Shadow Dimension (5% Progress)

Acquired abilities: Dimensional Demon (increases the favorability of other dimensional beings), Shadow Subspace (a shadow subspace composed of shadows, similar to a personal space, the area of ​​which is linked to the user's shadow power).

Newly acquired ability: Shadow Servant (Those who have made a pact with you will be reborn as Shadow Servants in the Shadow Warp upon their death.)

I have great abilities, but I can't use them right now, and I don't dare to.

Mark closed the system panel expressionlessly. Fortunately, he was prepared, so he wasn't too upset.