The ruins of Osborn Tower.
The sun was setting, but the rescue teams still lingered around the ruins.
"Commander, we still haven't found the Captain." Coulson came over to the car.
Inside the car, Nick Fury had just hung up the phone. His face looked weary.
"Those senators only gave me twenty-four hours. There isn't much time left."
He sighed, looking at the reporters around the ruins and the citizens who had come of their own accord to mourn the dead.
Night fell, and white candles dotted the area around the ruins.
In the candlelight, the citizens closed their eyes and prayed.
Despair and grief spread through the crowd.
At the sight, Nick Fury couldn't help asking Coulson a question.
"Have we tallied the casualties yet?"
Coulson glanced at his handheld computer. "Excluding the Captain, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, and the Green Goblin army, there are three hundred and sixty-one injured and fifty-nine dead. Some missing people haven't been included in the count yet."
Hearing those terrible numbers, Nick Fury finally closed his eyes in despair.
If he couldn't catch the Green Goblin, he was definitely finished this time.
"What's the situation with Norman Osborn?" he asked.
Coulson sighed. "The Osborn Group's employees suffered heavy casualties. He's taken it hard. He won't accept media interviews, and he doesn't intend to see us either."
Nick Fury shook his head. "This was my oversight. I didn't expect the Green Goblin to be so insane. I'll apologize to him in person another day.
"As for now..."
"Phil, have those reporters come tomorrow. I'll take full responsibility for this incident."
"Phil, have those reporters come over tomorrow. I'll take full responsibility for this incident."
"Commander!"
Coulson's expression darkened. "If you do that, you'll never be able to return to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"There's already no going back for me."
"Hahahaha! Dead! They're all dead!"
In the Secret Laboratory, Norman fiddled with his demon mask, chuckling eerily to himself.
Professor Connors felt a chill run down his spine at the sight.
"Norman, most of those people were your employees. Now that they're dead, there's no one left to work for you," he said.
Without turning around, Norman replied, "It doesn't matter. With them dead, plenty more people will be willing to become my employees. People are the one thing New York never runs out of. No, they aren't people. They're just tools."
Professor Connors thought for a moment. "But you're facing enormous compensation payments. They died in your company."
At those words, Norman clutched his head and wailed.
"Holy shit! I forgot about that! I'm going bankrupt this time... wait, no. I bought insurance for them already."
He clapped his hands and laughed. "Hahaha! I remember now! My company is insured too. The insurance company is going bankrupt, not me.
"Connors, I fooled you again."
Professor Connors: "..."
What an inhuman bastard!
Even he couldn't do something like that.
All he could do was curse. "You're a complete lunatic! We're very close to Osborn Tower here. You nearly destroyed our laboratory last night."
Norman replied indifferently, "As long as I can kill Spider-Man, any price is worth paying."
As soon as he finished speaking, an alarm suddenly sounded in the laboratory.
"Damn it, someone's found this place."
Three red dots appeared nearby on the computer screen, and Professor Connors's expression shifted.
"They're coming from the ruins."
"What?"
Norman's smile instantly turned to shock.
"Coming from beneath the ruins... could it be..."
"Spider-Man isn't dead!"
He cried out, his face twisting once again.
"Impossible! How could he still be alive? He can't still be alive...
"He has to die!!"
Norman roared, and the remaining demon army mobilized immediately.
"Kill them for me!!"
"No! You'll lead them straight here!" Professor Connors still retained his reason.
He wanted to stop him, but Norman's second personality had gone completely insane.
"I don't care anymore! That damned bug has to disappear!!"
Meanwhile, beneath the Underground Ruins.
While Mark and the others were searching for an exit, Venom accidentally discovered a concealed underground passage.
It led straight from the ruins to an unknown location.
"Strange. Why is there a secret passage here?"
Inside the long, narrow passage, Gwen Stacy was very curious.
Steve ran a hand over the passage wall, his brow tightly furrowed.
"A tunnel reinforced with superalloy. No wonder it wasn't destroyed when the building collapsed."
"Wow, we found a hidden quest."
Mark, meanwhile, was thrilled.
The Game Interface appeared before his eyes.
[Achievement: Dragon-Slayer Hero] [Dragon-Slaying Sword bonus: 0%]
During last night's battle, all those Demon Dragons had died in the Evil Dragon King's fiery breath, so Mark hadn't gained any stat bonuses for the Dragon-Slaying Sword.
But now, he and the Demon Hunter Shi Aimin had actually triggered a hidden quest by accident.
[Quest: Find the Demon Dragon lair and eliminate the Demon Dragon King.]
Mark looked into the pitch-black tunnel as the familiar scent of Demon Dragons filled his nostrils.
He was certain this had to be the entrance leading to the Demon Dragon lair.
Sure enough, as roars from the Demon Dragons rang out inside the tunnel, green flames swiftly appeared.
"Watch out! It's the Green Goblin!"
Steve raised his shield. Without hesitation, Gwen Stacy shot out a strand of webbing and hung upside down from the passage ceiling, vanishing into the darkness.
Within seconds, several Demon Dragons rushed toward them, and Gwen Stacy burst out of the darkness.
Whoosh!
Black webbing shot out, locking onto several Demon Dragons in succession. At the same time, Gwen Stacy closed in, disrupting the Green Goblin army's formation and briefly restraining their movements with her webs.
"Now!"
Steve's eyes lit up, and he hurled his shield with all his strength.
Clang, clang, clang!
The shield ricocheted back and forth, striking the Green Goblin Armor in showers of sparks before returning to Steve's hand.
The attacked Green Goblin soldiers had only just hit the ground when dazzling holy light engulfed them.
Demon-hunting-Holy Light Fist!!
Boom!!
There was no so-called holy light in the darkness, only an onslaught of irresistible force.
In just a few punches, the red-and-blue figure had finished off the Green Goblin army.
Looking at the green corpses with their flattened helmets, Steve's face filled with disgust.
"Looks like these were the last Green Goblins. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so few," he guessed.
Mark nodded. "Yes, these were the last Demon Dragons."
[Dragon-Slaying Sword bonus: 6%]
After killing six Demon Dragons, Mark felt even more confident in his strength.
"Bruce, Mr. Shi Aimin, we have to destroy the Demon Dragon lair this time!"
He rallied the two of them and took the lead.
Before long, an Alloy Iron Gate appeared at the end of the passage.
Steve stepped forward to inspect it, then turned back to the other two.
"I can't pick locks, but those agents are good at this sort of thing."
"There's no need to trouble the other Demon Hunters."
Mark stepped forward and clenched his fist again.
Seeing this, Steve hastily backed away a few steps to avoid getting caught in the attack.
Then Mark bent slightly, drawing his fist back to his waist to gather strength.
"Demon gate, open!"
Boom!!
The underground passage trembled slightly as terrifying brute force knocked down the Alloy Iron Gate.
Steve couldn't help marveling.
Mark, meanwhile, looked at Steve with gratitude once again.
"Mr. Shi Aimin, you truly live up to your title as an Intermediate Demon Hunter. Thank you for helping me destroy the demon gate."
Steve: "..."
I did it again?
Hah. A histrionic personality, all right.