Shadow of the Beautiful World

7. Hell Rush

I told you, Billy, on your first day of training here.

Merlin is suspended in the temple of the Rock of Eternity.

He looked at his disciple seriously.

He said:

What you have to fulfill in the future is a heavy and dangerous mission; what you want to live is a life full of disputes between good and evil, and the first and most important thing you have to do...

Just protect yourself and those you care about!

The reason why evil is evil is because they have no bottom line and use unscrupulous means. They can use any method you can think of, any method you can't think of, and use everything to deal with you!

You should protect your body, your identity information, and everything that will reveal your identity.

Merlin sighed, looking at Billy with his head down, he said:

But you still made the mistake.

I can't blame you for this. Most of the heroes made this mistake when they first debuted. You are more fortunate than them, and you still have a chance to make up for it.

I'll go back right away.

Billy said to his mentor:

I'm with my family to prevent that big bad guy from coming back.

No.

Merlin shook his head, and he said to Billy:

Listen to your previous description, that person can manipulate the manifested demons of the Seven Deadly Sins, plus he himself is 8 people... This is a group that can share all thinking and action plans.

How can you protect your family by yourself?

Merlin said persuasively:

At this time, what you should do is not rely on brute force, but use your brain.

Hide them?

Billy scratched his hair, and he said to the tutor:

Hide somewhere where the big bad guy can't find it?

It's a method, but not smart enough.

Merlin continued to guide, he said:

Keep thinking about it, you have the wisdom of Solomon... Surely the best way you can think of is not to hide your family in some hole.

Um...

Billy frowned.

A few seconds later, under Merlin's gaze, the child looked up.

He said:

Send them to someone like me, so I don't have to worry about it, and I can fight that big bad guy to my heart's content.

A trace of firmness flashed across Batson's face, and he said:

And this time, I won't give him another chance to escape!

Well, that's a good idea.

Merlin nodded, a gleam in his eye.

He said:

But still not the best.

Think again, let your brain move, you have to learn a way of thinking...you have to learn to use all information to turn bad things into good things!

A bad thing turned into a good thing?

Billy grunted.

One message after another flashed through his mind.

The big bad guy saw his face and he was bound to come for him.

The family is in danger and must be sent away.

Then you can find a battlefield where you won't be disturbed, and you can...

etc.

Why do you have to passively wait until the big villain comes to him?

Can't I take the initiative to attack?

Billy raised his head sharply, he looked into Merlin's eyes, and he clenched his fists.

He said:

Set a trap...

right!

A gratified smile finally appeared on Merlin's face.

Solomon's wisdom was useful after all.

He ran his hand through Billy's hair.

He said:

There is a saying in this world that if you want to defeat the devil, you must first become a devil... This kind of saying is nonsense, full of stupid inertial thinking.

But this statement cannot be wrong. You have to fight bad guys. You don't need to be a bad guy, but if you want to defeat them, you must be more cunning than the bad guy.

Must learn to use your wits well, Billy.

Um.

The child nodded vigorously.

But soon, he was in trouble again.

He said to Merlin:

But mentor, there are two problems.

First of all, I don't know any metahumans other than me.

Secondly, if I want to send my family away, how can I set up a trap and let the big bad guy jump in?

That's your problem, Billy.

Merlin remained expressionless. He said to his disciple:

You can't ask me everything.

Look, you already have a plan, and you also know why you want to do this. What you have to do now is to complete this plan...

You have to find a friend you can rely on yourself.

Merlin blinked at Billy and said:

As far as I know, there are a lot of superheroes on the east coast... With your speed, you can definitely find someone you can trust before the bad guys come.

Then...

boom

The expressionless Merlin curled up his fingers and slammed Billy Batson on the head.

He said:

I've taught you so many spells, if you can't even pretend to be a few ordinary people, it proves that you didn't study hard at all.

Merlin looked at Billy, who was holding his head.

He shook his head and said:

One more thing, Billy, the next few days...you don't need to be here anymore.

I have some personal matters to attend to, which may take a while.

You can also take this opportunity to complete the battle between you and the host of the magic pupils, so it will be your first exam to test your learning achievements during this period of time.

But if you encounter something that can't be solved...

Merlin put his hand on Billy's heart and nodded, he said:

It doesn't take much to pour magic power into the Horcrux, and you can establish a short-term connection with me, but it takes a lot of energy, so don't use it until the critical moment! Do you understand?

Okay, mentor.

Billy nodded to Merlin.

He was anxious to go back to resettle his family, and after a few words with Merlin, he left the temple.

Merlin watched Billy leave, and he watched his disciple's back.

He knew that the first battle was always difficult.

No matter how much Billy prepared, there was bound to be an accident.

But Merlin wasn't worried. The Seven Deadly Sins might have some ability, but it was definitely not strong enough.

In fact, if it is strong enough to kill Superman Shazam, then the host of the magic pupil will definitely not survive now...

There's no way Clark and Carol would allow such a powerful evil to roam the world.

Therefore, relying on the divine power given by the old Shazam, Billy would only be seriously injured at worst.

But definitely not dead.

Just take it as a small hurdle and get over it, Billy.

Merlin's figure disappeared quickly as the magic power dissipated, he said:

That's the first step to being a hero.

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hum

In the bar of Wasteland Hell, Merlin opened his eyes again, and he glanced at the alchemy equipment placed on the bar.

The pointer on it has crossed several scales.

The flow of time here is faster. Merlin has only been in this world for less than 10 minutes, and several hours have passed here.

He stood up from the bar and looked back, the bar was empty.

Only Constantine's contracted succubus was sitting on a chair at the bar, dozing off.

Where did they go?

Merlin asked.

The succubus was awakened. She glanced at Merlin in fear, then pointed to the direction of the Plain of Ashes, and said in a charming and light tone:

According to your instructions, Constantine brought a lot of demons to dig there.

Um.

Merlin nodded, his light soul body floated up, opened the door of the tavern, and flew towards the Ash Plain.

From a long distance, Merlin saw a large group of demons busy on the plain where the ashes were floating all day long, and they had already dug a large pit deep into the ground.

Ghost Rider appears to be the Overseer.

It waved the burning iron chain in its hand, and was scolding those who wanted to be lazy.

This time, Zha Kang paid a lot of money.

He took out all the wine and treats stored in the bar, and hired thousands of demons to work for him.

The problem is that Zha Kang himself doesn't know what he is digging.

Merlin just told him to keep digging down, the deeper the better.

swish

Merlin's figure appeared next to Zha Kang during the jump of the transfer spell, which frightened Zha Kang.

How many meters have you dug?

Merlin looked at the big crater exuding heat in front of him, he asked.

Zha Kang said:

It's almost 1,700 meters away. I borrowed a few domesticated abyss worms from the succubus gang. Those ugly guys are good at digging holes.

But what exactly is the metal onium you're looking for?

High-tech stuff.

Merlin said casually:

You don't understand, it's in every formed world, it's just more or less.

What's the use of that thing?

Constantine asked like a curious baby.

Merlin glanced at him, he reached into his soul body, and took out a bottle.

The bottle was a third full of the odd liquid.

Like some kind of fine black mud.

Under Zha Kang's gaze, the thing rolled around in the bottle.

Metal onium is highly toxic. If it is absorbed directly, even the most tyrannical demons will not be able to withstand the toxicity that destroys the body.

He looked around, and quickly hovered over an unruly demon.

Like putting on clothes, his soul seeped into the demon's huge body.

After a while, the demon stood up with a moving body. It walked to Jarcon's side and picked up the bottle containing the metal onium.

This is occupation.

Ability that all ghosts have.

Merlin manipulated the heavy demon's body to push open the bottle, and melted the metal onium the size of a grain of rice into the demon's body.

Under Zha Kang's gaze, Merlin flicked his fingers lightly.

Beside the two of them, the dried and cracked soil dug up by the abyss worms seemed to be moved by invisible hands.

The soil was suspended in an anti-gravity posture, then rotated once under Merlin's control, and then fell back to the ground.

As for the role of metal onium, there is only one...

Merlin turned his head and said to the surprised Zha Kang behind him:

Control gravity.

In other words, the gravitational force that transforms gravity into a vector has always been used by me as a means of combat in the past.

Then these things.

Zha Kang pointed to the huge amount of metal onium stored in the bottle, and said:

Where did you get it? You can't bring these things to hell, right?

you guess?

Merlin shrugged, and with a smile, he withdrew from the demon's body.

The moment he left, the demon let out a cry of pain.

The toxicity of metal onium is destroying its body.

But only a little bit, so the devil will suffer for a few days at most before returning to normal.

And it will also get weak gravity control, which is a blessing in disguise.

Lord Raven has always been so generous.

The demons say that you destroyed a canyon in the southeast of the wasteland!

Zha Kang thought for more than ten seconds, and he said to Merlin:

They say it's because the Screamers in the canyon provoked you... Now it doesn't look that simple, does it?

I have nothing against those ugly guys.

Merlin put away the bottle, and he said to Zack Kang:

I don't even know them, but the canyon they live in is very strange, with tunnels leading underground, like spider webs...I could have gotten here more than a month earlier, but I stayed there for more than a month moon...

After I took away the metal onium underground there, the canyon lost the support of gravity and collapsed.

Merlin showed a regretful smile to Zha Kang.

He said:

So, don't listen to those gossips.

I didn't kill any Screamers at all, I didn't even meet them face to face, what about them... they just had bad luck and didn't escape before the land collapsed, that's all.

All right.

Zha Kang wasn't sad about what happened to those screamers. He looked back at the big pit that was being dug in front of him, and said:

How deep do you have to dig for metal onium?

I don't know, I'm just playing with luck.

Merlin says:

Let's dig. If we're lucky, we can still get the last bit of assistance before the night comes.

Nine hours later, Merlin manipulated the spirit body to float up from the big pit that went straight into the ground, and the hired demons had already dispersed with their rewards.

The Ash Plain at night is not a good place, there will be a lot of crazy evil spirits gathering here.

did you find it?

Zha Kang was lying on the edge of the big pit, and he looked at Merlin with burning eyes.

The latter raised his hand, and in the bottle in his hand, there was originally one-third of the metal onium, which had been accumulated to almost two-thirds of the scale.

Good harvest.

Merlin smiled. He looked back at the gate of hell under the Doomsday Volcano in the distance, and said:

These should be enough for us this time.

boom

The deep engine sound also rang at this moment.

Outside the dug out giant pothole, the Ghost Rider wearing a cool black windbreaker is already driving a flaming chariot, drawing an elegant trail of flames on the ground.

The locomotive is roaring, and the knights are waiting.

When seeing Merlin and Constantine approaching, Zatanos patted the black windbreaker on his body and gave Merlin a thumbs up.

It seems that the slightly more sober Vengeful Spirit is also very satisfied with this hell-like coat.

boom

The ghost rider waved his hand, and the ferocious demon who was trapped behind the locomotive and dragged over was loosened.

The guy who was knocked unconscious by the Ghost Rider rushed into the lair and ran away.

But the next moment, Merlin's ghost quietly occupied its body.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction on the devil's distorted face.

It moved its body and said to the Ghost Rider:

Why is this demon so weak?

It is already the guy with the strongest toxin resistance that I can find within a radius of thousands of kilometers.

Ghost Rider said dissatisfied: