Seeing that Johnny insisted on saving his girlfriend, the old man sighed, picked up the shovel beside him, and smashed the shovel head with a clang.
Johnny then discovered that the shovel handle was hollow.
The old man guarding the grave pulled out a thin scroll from inside: "The Contract of Saint Vanganza."
Johnny reached out to take it.
The old man dodged his hand: "Can I trust you?"
Johnny was silent for a moment: "They took my soul, but they couldn't control my heart."
The old man laughed. "Anyone brave enough to sell their soul for love has the power to change the world. Remember what you said!"
As he said this, he handed the scroll to Johnny.
Johnny turned the scroll over: "Uh, where is St. Van Gonza?"
The old man said: "About two hundred kilometers southwest, we should set off quickly." Then he walked out of the cemetery.
Johnny put the scroll in his pocket and followed the old man: "We?"
The old man walked to the road in front of the cemetery, put his fingers into his mouth and whistled crisply.
Suddenly, a horse neighed not far away, and the sound of horse hooves clattering on the ground was heard, approaching the two people quickly.
A black horse suddenly came out from the misty night, ran briskly to the old man's face, stopped, and rubbed the old man affectionately with its big head.
The old man climbed onto the horse and said, "I think I can ride it one last time."
As he spoke, flames burst out of his head and spread downwards.
A skeleton knight appeared in front of Johnny.
Johnny looked at the scene in amazement, then suddenly realized: "Carter Slay?"
The Skeleton Knight nodded slightly.
Luke wasn't too surprised.
Carter Slay is the previous Ghost Rider mentioned by the old gravekeeper himself.
In order to prevent Mephisto from obtaining the extremely powerful Saint Vanganza Contract, Carter Slay rebelled, escaped with the contract and disappeared without a trace.
Well, from this point of view, the Ghost Riders that Mephisto finds are not very obedient.
But on the other hand, there is also a term called "qualified" Ghost Rider.
If anyone could wield the power of Ghost Rider, Mephisto wouldn't have to be so selective about who receives it.
It would certainly not be easy for Mephisto to control those who obtain this power.
Johnny looked at the horse with some doubt: "Can it keep up?"
Carter Slay's skeleton opened its mouth as if laughing, and the flames on its body suddenly spread to the black horse under it.
The dark horse, which was not surprising at first, had flames coming out of its four hooves and eyes, and sparks were spewing out of its nostrils and mouth. It pawed its hooves a few times and tilted its head, as if it despised Johnny's question.
Johnny: "...Okay, let's go." As he spoke, flames rose from his body and he turned into Ghost Rider.
The next moment, the rumbling sound of the engine was mixed with the crisp sound of horse hooves, and a carriage and a horse galloped away.
Luke sighed, "You guys are kidding me."
Not only can these two guys transform themselves, they can also use that kind of fire to change the properties of their mounts. This is really cheating.
Whether it is the dark horse or the retro motorcycle, after being possessed by flames, it immediately becomes a super-powerful means of transportation, with a speed exceeding 300 kilometers per hour in a short period of time.
Moreover, the two guys went directly west across the wilderness without taking the road at all.
It was difficult for a Triumph motorcycle to reach such a speed even on the highway. Luke snorted, put away the motorcycle, and released a small plane in the open space, muttering, "If I can't outrun it, can I still fly?"
In the night sky, he could see a line of fire and a string of flaming hoof prints on the ground from afar, so he would not lose sight of these two guys.
But looking at the two people speeding ahead, especially the extremely handsome skeleton horse, Luke was a little jealous, but he could only drool at the carriages and horses below.
Secondly, although Ghost Rider's transformation is too high-profile, it is indeed very handsome and can conceal his identity.
When Ghost Rider appears, he is just a skeleton, and it is not easy to tell his size.
When Luke was bored, he even restored the face of Johnny's skull, but it turned out not to be Johnny himself, but another strange man's face.
Obviously, the skeleton form of Ghost Rider is not Johnny.
However, Johnny had just completed his transformation in the detention room, so there was no point in hiding his identity. It was a waste of such a good vest.
Ghost Rider, on the other hand, was transformed from an evil spirit given by Mephisto.
Luke never thought of selling his soul.
Even if Mephisto let bygones be bygones and was willing to sign a contract with him, Luke could not sell his soul.
Before being beaten back to hell by the system to play in the mud, this big guy inadvertently mentioned that Luke's soul had signed a contract with "humans".
Now that I think about it, he probably meant the system.
Similarly, a system that is usually not proactive will block any attempt to invade its "territory" (reject mental energy connection) and actively attack Mephisto.
In other words, as long as the enemy does not tamper with Luke's soul and spirit, the system will not react.
Just like that, Luke, who was thinking about something in the air, followed the two Ghost Riders below and flew for more than 20 minutes before arriving at the ruins of the town of St. Vanganza.
Looking at the dark ruins of the village not far away, Carter Slay's flames went out and he returned to his old appearance: "I will take you here."
Johnny was a little stunned: "You, don't you want to come with me?"
He thought that Carter Slay came along to help save people, so how could he be done with just running for a while
Carter Slay was helpless: "I am too old, and Ghost Rider's energy is almost exhausted. I sent you here just to fulfill my wish."
Johnny: "What wish?"
Carter Slay: "I want to make sure that after I die there will be someone to continue fighting the demons."
He threw a Winchester shotgun from his horse and said, "Go ahead, kid."
Johnny took the gun, and Carter Slade pulled the reins. The black horse under his crotch whistled, raised its front hooves into the air, turned its body on the spot, turned its head, and walked back the way it came.
The man and the horse quickly disappeared into the thick night.
Johnny remained silent.
Carter Slay is a Ghost Rider from one hundred and fifty years ago. The only reason he is still alive today is because of the Ghost Rider's energy that supports his aging body.
But this support is limited and is not enough to give people eternal life.
At this moment, Carter Slay handed over the Saint Vanganza Contract, which he had guarded for more than a hundred years, to Johnny.
This represents his only concern and responsibility, and is also handed over to Johnny, the new generation of Ghost Rider.
Having lived for nearly two hundred years, he had nothing worth reminiscing about. Accompanying Johnny on this final journey also meant that the story of him, the former Ghost Rider, had come to an end.
From then on, Johnny, the new knight, was the only one who went forward alone.
Johnny watched Carter Slay disappear down a small mound before he put away his vague melancholy and continued to move towards the ruins of St. Van Gonza.
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