Shadow of the Beautiful World

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On the Aegean Sea, on a deserted beach.

Merlin and Siria sat on a rock, looking at the seemingly never-ending sea in front of them.

Cilia leaned on Merlin's shoulder and whispered what had happened in the past few months, while Merlin was listening.

There is no lust factor between the two.

Just a tired and bewildered soul, telling a trustworthy will about its experiences and sufferings.

After Ms. Cassandra's death, there was a serious row in the Brotherhood.

Cilia closed her eyes and let the sea breeze blow her long white hair. She said to Merlin:

She conveyed to us the truth she saw and knew in the form of photo stones, about your fate, about the truth of this world, about the games she saw, and what you said.

From the very beginning, the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield has been the dark thread that the Overlord buried beside you. We contacted you, invited you to join, and made you regard us as a force you can rely on.

This is in line with his victory conditions. When you need help the most, we will help you. Once you accept our help, that bastard will win.

Cilia smiled, and she said:

Fortunately you refused, Merlin, honestly, didn't you realize this was a trap a long time ago?

No, no.

Merlin sighed, playing with the golden staff in his hand, he said:

Actually, I didn't realize this until after I was resurrected. At that time, it was just an accident. I thought it was enough for me to sacrifice for this world.

I also fell into an extreme at the time. Perhaps my instincts realized this. In short, we should all be thankful that I made a decision that was not wrong.

Cilia didn't speak.

She leaned against Merlin, holding Merlin's arm with both hands.

she says:

Don't think too much, let me lean on... These months, I'm so tired... I've never been so tired, Elsa... I've been hiding in Jotunheim, trying to find a chance to wake up Elsa.

But I couldn't find it. Elsa was completely suppressed by that evil spirit, and there was nothing I could do.

I'm sorry, Merlin, I lost your wife and it's all my fault...

Do you want me to make it up to you?

Cilia said in a blank tone:

I give myself to you as compensation, okay? You can ask me to do anything, I just want... to atone.

Snapped

Merlin's fingers curled up, and he slammed on Shiriya's head. He said:

That's not your fault, Elsa's tragedy, no one wants to see it.

Besides, who do you take me for? With your small body, it doesn't conform to my aesthetics. I promised my wife that I would stop flirting with women.

Lord Raven shook his body, curled up Siriya's long hair with his fingers, and said softly:

Let's be friends. I think it's good for you and me. Speaking of which, where are your parents? Have they left too?

Mom and Dad let go completely.

Shiriya says:

They weren't bound by nature. After learning the truth about the Holy Shield Brotherhood, they left a letter and left the tower.

They said that they would use this 'celestial sphere convergence' to visit other worlds...

They are already disgusted with the modern world, and they want to go back to a world that is more in line with the survival outlook of demon hunters and return to their era.

Speaking of this, Xi Liya suddenly laughed, she blinked her eyes, and said to Merlin:

My dad also left with his other confidante, don't know how he convinced my jealous mother...but that would be interesting.

He said in the letter that he knew you wouldn't just die like this, and he asked me to express my gratitude to you for carrying forward the endangered wolf school of thought...

Theoretically, those Aegis demon hunters scattered all over the world are probably the inheritors of the wolf school.

hehe.

Merlin smiled and said:

That's not my intention, but if Geralt can owe me a favor, then I'm willing to accept the compliment. What about the others? What about the other members of the Brotherhood of the Sacred Shield?

It's all gone.

Xi Liya sighed, she looked at the tumbling sea in front of her, she said:

I sent them back to their respective times, erased their memories, said goodbye to them... now it's just me.

I got a job as a bar girl in the era of 2077, but I don't like that era, it's too...too chaotic, and speaking of it, Merlin...

Ciri raised her head, looked at Merlin, and said:

Do you really want to take me in?

Looking at your current expression, you look like a cute and pitiful kitten begging for a hug.

Merlin stretched out his hand and hugged Xi Liya gently, and he whispered:

How do you want me to refuse?

Go, pack your luggage, move to the mysterious house, or go to the wasteland, as long as I'm still here, I can give you a stable life, I promise.

mua~

Ciri suddenly raised her head and kissed the corner of Merlin's mouth.

Like a superficial touch.

She blinked and said:

That's a thank you, we're still friends, right?

right.

Merlin didn't think so.

He looked at Shiriya who stood up and stretched her waist, and said:

But since you've worked for me, Ciri, I'm going to give you a mission.

A second job... a new life, I never thought I'd have it all, and I never thought I'd be able to beat a rookie with one hand, and now I'm a heavenly father.

Ciri stood in front of Merlin with her hips crossed, facing the sea breeze. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said:

Tell me, boss, what do you need me to do.

2 things.

Merlin looked at the sea covered by moonlight in front of him, and said:

First of all, you have to bring Howard Stark and Nathaniel Richard to this era, my sister... Ava, she is lost in the sea of ​​quantum, I need the assistance of two geniuses , it is possible to bring her back.

Speaking of which, I have a doubt, Shirley, can your elder's blood allow you to enter the quantum world?

You think too much.

Ciri turned her head, crossed her hips, and looked at Merlin. She blew away her bangs flying around, and said:

The blood of the elders can theoretically break the shackles of any space, time and dimension, but it is only limited to the normal world.

I can't even understand the microscopic concept of the quantum world, so how can I enter that world?

Well, it seems that it is still impossible to be opportunistic.

Merlin sighed and said:

Then go and pick up the two great scientists.

No problem, it's very simple.

Cilia flicked her hair, and she asked:

What about the second thing?

The second thing, I can't be sure now...

Merlin hesitated a bit, he explained:

There is one thing that I must get. It appeared in this world 5,000 years ago and triggered a prehistoric war.

It's broken into three and stored in different places, two of which I already know where it's stored, but the last one is left, and now I have no clue.

You can travel through time, so I hope you can trace along the timeline and help me find the whereabouts of that thing.

Cilia frowned and said:

You have to tell me the name of that thing, its appearance, and its story. I don't have any clues. How can I find it?

This is not in a hurry.

Merlin stood up, waved his hand, and said:

Originally, I was going to deal with this matter, but Ava's matter interrupted this process. It will take a few days. I have news in a few days, and I will inform you again.

He said to Cilia:

You go to get Howard and Nathaniel back first, this matter has a higher priority.

OK.

Ciriya waved her hand to open a dimensional rift. She was about to step into it when she suddenly remembered something. She said to Merlin:

There is something I must tell you.

What?

Merlin looked at Siria, who pointed to the sky, and she said:

Stop throwing things into the sun, and you have to stop other people from doing that... Although in their view, the sun is just an ordinary star, but in the records of the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield, it is not so simple .”

Shiriya says:

There's a young Celestial sleeping in the sun...it's still growing, but it's best not to wake it up.

What did you say!

Merlin was really shocked now.

After reaching the Heavenly Father, some mysteries of the universe have been opened to him, and he knows that there is a group of strange beings called the Celestial Group in these stars.

Each of them has the power to smooth out galaxies.

But they are very few in number. According to the information obtained during the last chat with Deadpool, there are no more than 1,200 celestial groups active in this group of stars, and for some reason, they have always been far away from the earth.

They wear strange, indescribable armor, and no one knows what is hidden under the armor of the Celestial Group.

Maybe it's dark matter, cosmic energy, etc.

But what is certain is that each one is not easy to mess with.

Now, Cilia told him that in the sun, which has always been regarded as the largest incinerator in the solar system by everyone in the S.H.I.E.L.D.

How could this not shock Merlin?

Yes, I'm sure.

Cilia didn't care much, she explained:

That was a female Celestial group who visited the earth in 206 BC. She originally planned to give birth to a child on the earth and use the earth as the cradle for the Celestial group to grow up.

But he was dissuaded by His Excellency Zhang Heng, an ancient member of the Sacred Shield Brotherhood, a wise man from the ancient eastern kingdom, who holds the Sacred Shield Spear.

I saw this scene with my own eyes.

Shiriya says:

A mechanical giant at 2,000 feet can destroy the earth with just one punch.

However, her brain doesn't seem to be very useful, but she may be very wise and stupid. In short, Master Zhang Heng persuaded her to go to the sun to give birth. The energy there is more suitable for the growth of young gods.

But you don't need to worry too much. According to the information we have learned about the Celestial Group, it is at least one hundred thousand years for the infant Celestial God to wake up as an adult. It is not a threat... the premise is that it If you don't wake up.

This instruction was also told to me by Master Zhang Heng himself when I sent him back.

Cilia flicked her hair, she made an ok gesture to Merlin, and said:

I'm leaving, and I will probably come back tomorrow with Howard and Nathaniel.

After finishing speaking, Ciriya walked into the dimensional rift with long legs.

Ciriya.

Merlin called to stop the white-haired female swordsman who was about to leave. The latter turned her head and looked at Merlin suspiciously.

Lord Raven said to her calmly with his hands behind his back:

Welcome to the Sons of Hell, from now on, we are one.

What are you doing so formally...it's embarrassing.

Cilia complained, but she still made a witcher's courtesy to Merlin, and in a flash of light, Merlin was the only one left on the beach.

With the sea breeze blowing, Merlin took out something from his pocket.

It was a thing like a hard drive.

It contains the blueprint and information about the Infinity Formula translated by Carol in the Cree Empire. The Infinity Formula is effective for the genes of the Cree people.

It is a key hidden in all life genes, leading to infinite possibilities.

Those weird lives running among the stars are also for the purpose of cultivating perfect life. The blueprints of all infinite formulas are taken from the genetic map of the Celestial Group itself.

If you can get the original gene map, and then match it with the declassified blueprint of the Kree Infinity Formula in your hand, perhaps, the full version of the Infinity Formula for humans... can be developed!

I thought this thing was worthless, but...who can tell clearly about the arrangement of fate?

Merlin clenched the hard drive in his hand, raised his head, and looked at the stars above his head.

A smile bloomed on Lord Raven's face.

Now, the key to infinity is already in my hands!

swish

Merlin's figure disappeared on the beach late at night.

When he reappeared, he came to the farm in Kansas. He was suspended on the hill outside the farm. Ten seconds later, Clark in pajamas pushed open the door and walked out.

The Kryptonian rubbed his eyes, and said to Merlin with an unhappy face:

You guy, is it interesting to disturb the night life of other couples?

It's just a word, it won't disturb you and Louise making a baby.

Merlin looked at Clark, and then at the room where the lights were still on. He smiled, then lowered his voice, and said to Clark with a serious face:

Find a time and go to the sun...

Not on the surface, but deep into the core of the sun.

Listen to me, there is something there, I need you to take some samples back... It's just a try, remember, even if you fail, don't wake it up.

And this matter must be kept secret! Clark, this is a secret that only the two of us know...

Merlin looked into Clark's eyes, and he warned:

After you're done, I'll erase your memory, trust me, it's good for everyone.

What is it, so mysterious.

Clark asked:

Is it so important that you, the lord of hell, go out in person?

certainly.

Merlin said very seriously:

That's... the key to unlocking the future!