Mephisto left.
And he left laughing.
Hawk could clearly feel Mephisto's gloating gaze as he returned to the Hell Dimension, still laughing, and then turned to close the door.
In a word.
Although the Heaven Dimension came this time to snatch Mephisto's authority.
But…
The Heaven Dimension was his enemy, Hawk was also his enemy, and his enemies clashing with each other was good news for Mephisto.
Mephisto probably wished at this moment that Hawk and the Heaven Dimension would clash.
And preferably end up mutually wounded.
Hawk did not speak, he merely watched Mephisto close the door, then re-emerged from the spatial rift.
The next second.
Katherine's dazed eyes instantly returned, and seeing Hawk withdraw his right hand, she instinctively took a step back.
She didn't know what had just happened.
But Katherine knew she had been in an unconscious state for a second or two.
She hated that feeling.
After withdrawing his right hand, Hawk glanced at the retreating Katherine and chuckled, "Thank you."
Although he didn't quite understand why the Heaven Dimension wanting to reclaim Earth from Mephisto had anything to do with him.
But this was a matter between him and the Heaven Dimension.
It had nothing to do with Katherine.
She was not one of the "birds" that Mephisto spoke of from the Heaven Dimension; although her soul originated from the Heaven Dimension, its essence was no different from other souls in the Hell Dimension.
It was just a difference in affiliation.
So…
"Let's go."
Hawk retracted his gaze, ready to fulfill his promise, as he had just traded with Katherine, to take Katherine away from this sealed place.
As for Dr. Mallick, who might be involved with the Heaven Dimension, he would find the Heaven Dimension and demand an explanation.
Hawk thought to himself, said a word to Katherine, then turned and walked towards the sealed part of the tomb.
Katherine was first stunned, then reacted and chose to follow.
Hawk stopped at the sealed part, then looked at the seal in front of him, and with a raised eyebrow, his figure vanished from the spot.
Katherine's heart sank as she watched Hawk suddenly disappear.
Just as she hadn't had time to wonder if Hawk was deceiving her, she suddenly felt a scorching heat from behind, and then, two arms rested on her cold shoulders.
The next second.
Boom!
Hawk pressed his hands on Katherine's shoulders, and in the blink of an eye, he rescued Katherine from the sealed place behind him.
Katherine's instantly tensed body relaxed instinctively the moment Hawk's hands left her.
Hawk put his hands back in his pockets.
"You can go."
"…"
Actually, even before Hawk spoke, the moment his hands released Katherine's shoulders, Katherine's figure had already vanished from the valley like a phantom.
But very quickly.
Katherine's figure reappeared in front of Hawk.
Hawk, who was thinking about the Heaven Dimension, frowned as he saw Katherine return, with some of her wariness and hidden fear of him gone.
"What, you've lived here too long, grown attached, and don't want to leave?"
"No."
Katherine shook her head, looking at Hawk with some curiosity, her voice neither seductive nor cold: "Can you tell me your name?"
Hawk chuckled.
"Hawk."
"My name is Katherine."
"I know."
Hawk looked at Katherine with a calm expression: "I know your name, Ms. Pierce."
Katherine chuckled at Hawk's address.
"I'm leaving, thank you, Hawk."
"Take care."
Hawk was concise.
Katherine said no more, and as she turned, she vanished from the spot.
But…
The next second.
Hawk looked at Katherine, who had returned again, and directly chuckled: "Are you really planning to stay here?"
Katherine shook her head, just as she was about to speak.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Three figures, inseparable and ghost-like, landed one after another not far away.
Stefan.
Damon.
And Caroline.
"Oh!"
Hawk raised an eyebrow, looking at the appearing Caroline, and spoke with a smile: "It's so late, didn't my cousin say she was going home to sleep?"
This was after dinner at the mansion, Aunt Liz was still talking to Gwen, and Caroline said she was tired and wanted to go home to sleep.
Caroline looked at Hawk standing beside Katherine, and hearing this, felt an awkwardness of being caught in a lie: "Hawk."
Damon, however, sneered: "You really came for Katherine."
Hawk's gaze fell on Damon, who had spoken, his tone very calm: "You are alive now, this is a grace from me to you, you should know how to be grateful."
Must Damon live?
That's not the case; at least in his eyes, no one was indispensable except Gwen.
Damon was alive simply because Hawk chose the latter between killing and not killing.
For Hawk, it was a casual matter.
But for Damon, it was a grace, and he should know how to be grateful; if Damon didn't understand, he wouldn't mind taking back that grace to Damon.
Hawk's voice was very soft.
But—
It was resounding.
Damon found these words a bit harsh, and just as he frowned and was about to say something, Stefan, beside him, looked at Hawk warily: "Mr. Phoenix, are you here for Katherine?"
Hawk glanced at Stefan, who was still somewhat polite, chuckled softly, and then looked at Katherine: "Aren't you leaving?"
Katherine looked at Stefan and Damon, who was glaring at her: "They took my Daylight Ring, and I'm very weak now; if they target me, I can't escape."
Hawk's gaze went to Katherine's fingers.
The next second.
With a thought, he took out a "Daylight Ring that can block UV rays for seventy-two hours when worn" from his pocket and handed it to Katherine: "This ring can last seventy-two hours, that should be enough time for you to find a real Daylight Ring, right?"
He had temporarily made this with the Reality Stone.
Initially, he couldn't use the Reality Stone to do anything else after materializing the power of his Little Universe.
But as time went on, especially after absorbing Tiamut's life energy, he could now use the Reality Stone to make some relatively simple gadgets.
Like this Daylight Ring, set to block UV rays for seventy-two hours.
Hawk remembered that Katherine had her own Witch.
Witches and Vampires were sometimes symbiotic.
The relationship between the two was somewhat similar to a wolf and a jackal.
Especially Dark Witches and Vampires.
Vampires needed to use the Dark Witch's magic to allow themselves to walk in the sun and shield their weaknesses, while Dark Witches needed Vampires to protect them.
In an era where Black Lives Didn't Matter, many Dark Witches sold themselves to Vampires.
After all, who cares who they sell themselves to.
Katherine's eyes lit up as she looked at the Daylight Ring Hawk offered: "Yes."
She had wandered for five centuries, perhaps having few true friends, but she had many life-saving Daylight Rings and safe houses storing blood; frankly speaking, within a five-hundred-kilometer radius, there was bound to be one of her safe houses.
Hawk heard this and handed the Daylight Ring to Katherine: "Remember, seventy-two hours, this ring will disappear in seventy-two hours, go."
Katherine took the ring, quickly put it on, then looked at the three individuals in front of her who were not very friendly to her: two ex-boyfriends and Caroline, whom she had killed and turned into a Vampire.
"Then they…"
"You showed me your soul, I promised you freedom, just go, they won't chase you, but remember, my promise is only this once."
"Thank you."
"No need."
Hawk put his hands back in his pockets, looking at Stefan, Damon, and Caroline in front of him.
"Go."
"Okay."
Katherine no longer hesitated, nodded, and her figure, like a phantom, quickly darted outwards.
The next second.
Damon, seeing this, moved first, preparing to stop his ex-girlfriend, whom he loved but couldn't have, and thus hated out of love.
As deeply as he loved her before, so deeply he hated her now.
But the moment Damon moved, Hawk's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Eye Blast!"
"Boom!"
Damon, who was in a blurred state and about to chase after the escaping Katherine, was instantly struck, and with a bang, he slammed into the mountain wall.
The rocks on the mountain wall rumbled and cracked.
"Damon!"
Stefan looked at his brother falling, yelled, looked at Hawk, and his figure instantly disappeared from where he stood.
Hawk chuckled softly, standing still, not even moving, and not even turning his Little Universe.
"Eye Impact!"
"Bang!"
Stefan, who was about to lunge in front of Hawk, detached from his afterimage, then his entire body arched like a shrimp, and he flew backward rapidly with a whoosh.
Boom, boom, boom—
Several large trees in the distant forest snapped in response.
Caroline…
She didn't dare to move.
Just as Caroline was wondering whether to move, Hawk's gaze locked onto her.
Caroline met Hawk's gaze, her body stiffening.
At the same time.
Taking advantage of this time, Katherine had successfully escaped, fled Waterfall Town, and was heading towards her safe house.
Caroline met Hawk's warning gaze not to move and opened her mouth: "You're also Katherine's ex-boyfriend. Does my cousin know?"
Hawk listened to these words, the corners of his mouth curving slightly upward, his eyes smiling as he looked at Caroline.
"What, you don't dare to lay a hand on me, so you're using your cousin to pressure me? What, are you planning to tell on me to your cousin, my dear cousin?"
"No."
Caroline shrugged: "I can tell you love my cousin very much, and my cousin loves you very much. I'm just curious if my cousin knows about this, after all, Gwen is my cousin. If she doesn't know, I have a responsibility to tell her."
Hawk listened to these words, his expression becoming playful as he looked at Caroline.
"Your cousin told me the same thing when I came over."
"What?"
"She said you were her cousin, and she was responsible for you."
...
Caroline heard these words, her expression involuntarily stunned as she looked at Hawk.
Hawk said with a smile: "Your cousin said you are only nineteen, with so many good years ahead, and asked me if there was a way to turn you back into a normal person from a Vampire."
This was also the reason why he had warned Caroline with his eyes just now.
It was clear that Gwen cared a lot about her cousin, otherwise, she wouldn't have asked him if there was a way to turn a Vampire back into a human.
Caroline's eyes narrowed.
"Cousin knows I'm…"
"You can ask her yourself."
"What?"
Caroline said subconsciously, then saw Hawk, who, after saying that, stood still and took out a phone from his pocket.
Hawk put the phone to his ear and said with a smile to Gwen on the other end: "Gwen, your cousin is going to tell on me, saying that I came to Waterfall Town not to accompany you, but to save some ex-girlfriend of mine."
Because after Hawk left, if there were no special instructions, Gwen, who always habitually waited for Hawk to return before sleeping, was now standing on the lawn of the manor's backyard, listening to Hawk's complaint on the phone, and let out a soft laugh: "Give the phone to my cousin."
Hawk responded, then threw the phone in Caroline's direction.
"Your cousin wants to talk to you. Oh, and you can ask your cousin if she believes I'm Katherine Pierce's ex-boyfriend."
...
Caroline subconsciously took the phone Hawk handed her, looking at the call that showed half an hour of conversation, then at the playful smile on Hawk's face, she took a deep breath and put the phone to her ear.
…Cousin?
Gwen's voice came from the other end of the phone, soft and calm: "I thought you were asleep. It's good that you're not; come chat with me for a while. Don't you remember, when I used to come back to Waterfall Town, we always slept in the same bed on the first night."
Caroline was silent for a moment, then responded, and after hearing her cousin's voice on the other end, she threw the phone back to Hawk: "Cousin wants to talk to you."
Hawk took the phone.
Gwen.
Is the matter settled?
There are still two Vampires. I'm still thinking…
Bring my cousin back. She's afraid of the dark.
…Alright.
Hawk smiled and responded, then hung up the phone and looked at Caroline: "Let's go. Your cousin said you're afraid of the dark and told me to bring you back."
Caroline looked hesitantly at Damon, who was unconscious in the rubble not far away, and Stefan, who was unconscious in the forest.
Just as she was about to speak, Hawk had already arrived in front of Caroline, and as his right hand pressed on Caroline's shoulder, his Little Universe energy surged.
Sixth Sense — Teleportation!』
Whoosh!
Hawk and Caroline's figures instantly disappeared from where they stood.
The next moment.
Two more figures, one White and one Shadow, burst in here.
It was the Shadow Witch Bonnie, whose speed was not as fast as a Vampire's, and Elena, who had an acceleration spell cast on her by Bonnie.
Elena saw Stefan lying unconscious on the grass at first glance, cried out in alarm, and then ran towards Stefan.
As for Damon?
The Shadow Witch Bonnie glanced at Damon, who was unconscious under the rubble, then, after looking at her best friend, also chose to run towards Stefan.
Poor Damon.
However, those who are pitiful must have something hateful about them.
In a word.
Hawk didn't kill Damon again; it wasn't because he had gone soft.
It was because he believed that once Gwen knew about her cousin's ordeal, the first thing she would do was tell him to chop Damon down.
It was only a matter of time.
After all…
What Damon did was too disgusting!
Hawk simply left Damon alive, waiting for his fiancée to vent her anger when the time came, and led Caroline back to the manor to report to his fiancée.
Caroline looked at Hawk with an expression that still hadn't fully processed what happened.
Hawk, meanwhile, walked closer to Gwen.
I'm going to take a shower first.
Mm.
Gwen smiled and nodded: "Your toiletries are out for you, in that blue bag. Use the shampoo that's half-full first."
Hawk acknowledged, pushed open the French window, and walked into the manor.
Gwen waited until Hawk's figure disappeared before withdrawing her gaze and looking at her cousin, Caroline.
Caroline had also reacted by now, looking at Hawk walking into the manor, then at her cousin in front of her, recalling the scene of arriving here from the valley in just a blink of an eye.
Cousin, he…
Don't talk about Hawk, talk about you. How did you become a Vampire?
Gwen frowned, interrupting Caroline.
A bitter smile appeared on Caroline's face.
Cousin, I don't…
If you don't tell me, I'll have Hawk tell me. Believe me, if I tell Hawk, he can even browse through all your memories from childhood. Do you know how Hawk evaluates Vampires?
I don't know.
Gwen was expressionless: "Hawk said, let alone the Original Vampires, even if all the Vampires on Earth were put together, in his eyes, they are nothing but chickens and dogs."
"I didn't say chickens and dogs, I said I wouldn't even look at them properly." Hawk's voice suddenly came from the second floor.
Gwen looked up.
Shut up and take your shower.
Oh.
Hawk's voice disappeared.
Gwen's lips curved upward, understanding in her heart that Hawk's sudden voice and very obedient answer were to support her, but she quickly hid it, looking at her cousin with a serious expression: "So, you can choose to tell me yourself, or I can choose to have Hawk go out, capture all the Vampires in the town, and then listen to what they have to say."
Caroline's expression was blank as she looked at her cousin, who was ready to capture all the Vampires in town at the slightest disagreement.
Gwen looked at the unresponsive Caroline and smiled slightly.
Hawk…
Don't!
Caroline reacted, quickly calling out to her cousin who was trying to summon the Demon King: "Cousin, I'll tell you."
Gwen stopped speaking in time, looking at the nervous Caroline, and said with a smile: "Start from the beginning, and tell me about the Vampires in town as well."
At this point.
Gwen raised an eyebrow, then seemed to remember something, and looked at Caroline: "Oh, and that female Vampire named Katherine Pierce, tell me her story too."
Caroline opened her mouth, looking at Gwen in front of her, thinking of Hawk who had knocked out Stefan and Damon with just one blow, her eyes flickered for a while, then she sighed.
The story begins a few months ago…
...
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