On the other side of Earth, inside a castle.
A tall figure clad in what looked like medieval armor and draped in a green cloak was busy before a dense array of screens.
There had not only been the second White Light Event after just a few days, but also the unusual phenomenon from earlier that had lasted several hours and seemed to seal off the entire Americas.
Looking at the analysis results on the screens, he folded one arm across his chest and supported his chin with the other as he thought. Behind his iron mask, his eyes gleamed with hidden meaning.
Was it magic never seen before? Or some new kind of technology? Could it be used against Hell Lords?
Doom was considering that very question. From his return from the United States to taking control of all Latveria, everything had gone smoothly enough. Now, he was searching for a way to retrieve his mother's soul from an unknown demon.
His mother had been a gypsy witch. When Victor was young, she had exchanged something with a Hell Lord for immense power in order to fight the invading forces from a neighboring country.
She won that battle, burning thousands of enemy soldiers into charcoal by herself. But magic came at a price. Her soul, along with the souls of the babies in nearby villages, had all been taken by the devil and dragged into Hell.
That was the crucial problem. Although Doom had recovered his mother's Magic Book, he had no idea which Hell Lord she had made a deal with.
Without knowing the exact target, even Doom, confident as he was, was not confident enough to take on every Hell Lord at once.
However, what had happened in North America earlier showed him another possibility. If he