Zarathos

"If you're a dog, you should be prepared to bark. Biting people recklessly isn't what a good dog does."

In Zane's mind, although the Ghost Rider appeared to be the janitor of human sin on the surface, he was essentially a lackey of the Demon Lord Mephisto. Although Mephisto couldn't fully control him, the Ghost Rider, whose intelligence was always in a chaotic state, could easily be fooled. Mephisto manipulated him through various conspiracies to act as his thug.

So the Ghost Rider was just a lackey of the demon, but he foolishly thought of himself as a hero.

Although the Ghost Rider was considered immortal to most people, it didn't mean Zane couldn't deal with him. Bastis, who had inherited all of Bast's memories, had already told Zane all the ancient secrets.

Hundreds of years ago, Jehovah, who had just gained the power of faith, came to Wakanda to preach, but was stopped by Bast. At that time, Jehovah had just gained the power of faith and had not yet become a god. Although he could suppress the Black Panther goddess Bast, there was still a risk of falling if they really fought. Therefore, he changed from preaching to communicating with Bastet about how to use the power of faith. Then he left.

Unlike Bastet, Jehovah had great ambitions. He also had the ability to rival her. By means of war, famine, plague, and so on, he almost obtained the faith of all the people in Europe.

Finally, by relying on an immense amount of faith, he directly ignited the divine fire and completed the transformation from human to god, calling himself God.

Just as he was about to reign over the world, for some reason, he left this world and created a subspace attached to other dimensions, called Heaven, so that his followers could continue to provide him with the power of faith after death, just like Zane's [Realm of Death].

The angels in Heaven were created by Jehovah's power of faith. Jehovah, who had been unimpeded, thought that the life he had created would be absolutely loyal to him, so he imparted all his knowledge to his most proud creation, the Archangel Lucifer, which led to Lucifer's strength being only second to his.

Then, just like in myths and legends, Lucifer rebelled against Heaven, spreading beliefs opposite to Jehovah's in the human world, and then left this world to create Hell, calling himself Satan, and together with Heaven, they divided the faith of mankind. This balance has been maintained until now.

Zane had every reason to suspect that the reason Jehovah and Lucifer couldn't descend into the human world was the Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, who had faced him five years ago. Her duty was to prevent invasions from other dimensions.

Although Jehovah and Satan were essentially born from the human world, they eyed it just like the Puppet of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu. So the Ancient One expelled them from the human world and set up a barrier that prevented true demons and angels from appearing in the human world.

Now, what differentiated Zane from Jehovah, Jehovah, and Lucifer was just the accumulation of the power of faith and the unique methods of using it. For example, they could create angels and demons, but Zane couldn't.

But Zane also had an advantage that they didn't have, which was that Zane didn't need to exert effort to develop his faith or manage his believers to prevent his faith from collapsing and falling from the godhood. His S-level skill, [Realm of Death], was his greatest guarantee.

Isn't it ironic? The Ghost Rider was now here not to trouble Zane but to warm him up. What a good person!

Zane couldn't wait to dissect and study the Spirit of Vengeance Zarathos inside the Ghost Rider. Therefore, he didn't waste any more time with the Ghost Rider and directly used his power of faith to transform into a golden chain, which stabbed into the Ghost Rider's body at lightning speed.

The foolish Ghost Rider, stupidly trying to burn the chain with its own hellfire, struggled for a long time only to find it useless. Instead, the flames covering its body diminished significantly.

Controlling the chain within the Ghost Rider's body, Zane searched for a while until he found something unusual in his skull. Her eyes lit up as he increased the output of his faith.

Finally, he pulled out a light ball jumping with blue flames from the crimson hellfire, the soul of the Spirit of Vengeance - Zarathos.

The hellfire on Ghost Rider extinguished instantly after Zane took away the source of power. It slowly transformed into a balding middle-aged man, Johnny. He leaned on his knees panting heavily, then sincerely thanked Zane:

"Thank you!"

Zane knew he was grateful for helping him escape the nightmare of the spirit. However, he waved him off, indicating he could leave.

Johnny didn't linger. He got on his motorcycle, now restored to normal, and rode off in the direction he came from, his excitement echoing in the distance. Clearly, Johnny had no regrets about returning to being a regular person; he only felt immense relief and freedom.

Zane enveloped Zarathos' soul with the power of faith to prevent him from escaping or being manipulated by Mephisto again, then held him carefully to examine.

"So beautiful!" Lorna couldn't help but admire as she looked at what Zane held in her hand.

Indeed, within the golden shell, blue flames rotated continuously, occasionally sparking dazzling sparks with the power of faith, appearing extremely dreamy, like the most perfect artwork.

"When I finish studying it, I'll make a necklace for you with this."

"Really? Won't this be very precious?" Lorna hesitated. Although she wanted it very much, she didn't want to inconvenience Zane.

"It's quite rare now, but it'll be useless once I finish studying it."

"Okay." Lena nodded expectantly.

Just as Zane was about to suppress Zarathos' soul in the [Realm of Death], a voice filled with decay interrupted her action.

"Excuse me, could you return what you have in your hand to me?"

Zane looked up to see an old man, dressed like an English gentleman, standing where Ghost Rider had just been, leaning on a cane.

But that was all. Zane simply glanced at him and threw Zarathos' soul directly into the [Realm of Death].

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