Shadow of the Beautiful World

Recommending Fury to the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield was not a random decision made by Merlin.

A guy with a bad stomach like Fury must be properly arranged.

In addition, he is a guy with a guarded belief, unscrupulous in practicing justice, and a very talented guy with a strong outlook on the overall situation. It is too wasteful to let him grow old like this.

It's like a peerless and sharp battle sword, it's too wrong to throw it in the treasure house and get dusty.

The evolution of the stars here has come to an end. After the battle for the Supreme Mage ended, Merlin took the time to go to the Supreme Heaven.

God told him that in at most another year, the various rules of this pocket universe will be fully formed.

In other words, a year later, no matter whether Merlin is ready or not, he and the world born because of him will face a decisive battle.

In this context, letting Fury sneak into time with a group of heroes may bring great surprises to Merlin in the future.

Even if you don't think about the future, but only think about the present, Merlin still has important things to entrust Fury to do.

In Greek mythology, there is such a thing, it is called the mask of Medusa.

When leaving the thousand-year-old city below Rome, Raven handed a folded map to the preoccupied Fury, saying:

It's a strange object. It is said that it appeared in the Aegean civilization circle in the 4th century BC. I entrusted Ciri to help me find it, but Ciri also has her own things to do in 2077. She smoked Not much time.

I hope you can help me find that thing, it is very important to me.

Is it a weapon?

Fury took the map, he looked at Merlin, and he said:

Or something else?

It's a weapon, but I don't need it to fight for me. What I need is something more important hidden in it.

Merlin waved his hand, without describing the artifact itself too much, he said:

It's just one of the many strange things I need. Apart from you, I also asked other people to help me find them. In short, just hurry up and find them.

Fine.

Fury nodded. He put the map in his pocket. He glanced back at the city of Rome bathed in dawn. He said:

I'm going to recruit some heroes to join the Brotherhood of the Holy Shield 2011 node, do you have any recommended candidates?

No.

Merlin curled his lips and said:

You can make up your own mind about these things. If you can persuade Clark to join you, I won't object, but I believe you won't do that...

This job is essentially no different from what S.H.I.E.L.D. has been doing before.

Collect information, monitor, and respond when necessary. Most of the time, it's about trivial matters. You don't need a high-profile guy like Clark.

Raven chuckled, he patted Fury on the shoulder, and said:

You must already have an idea, so I won't get involved. You haven't retired yet, enjoy your new job. I still have something to do at home, so let's go first.

After speaking, Merlin took a step forward and disappeared into the dawn blooming in front of Fury, leaving only Fury in a windbreaker on a hillside outside Rome.

The early morning wind blew, making Fury shiver subconsciously.

He looked around, took out his cell phone from his pocket, put it to his ear, and dialed a number.

Colson, I'm in Rome, send a plane, or find a wizard to pick me up.

Fury told his former assistant:

Also, tell Commander Hill to gather the senior members of the base, and we will have a meeting later. We have new work to do.

On the other side, Merlin stepped back to the wasteland step by step.

He was going to take a break and continue the work at hand, but at this early morning, in the throne room, someone was already waiting for him.

Ganata?

Merlin looked at Tunmei sitting on her chair in surprise, grabbing something and biting it.

The latter held something strange in his hand, like a black coal ball.

But if you look carefully, you can see a little black light wrapped around the surface of the thing, and a lava-like light dancing inside it.

That thing is a miniature planet, and it can be seen from the black light it emits. This thing should come from the dark dimension, a planet eroded by dark forces.

Tunmei's appetite is really good, eating this kind of planet is like eating chocolate, and occasionally frowning, it seems that the taste of this thing is really not very good.

Yo, Merlin.

With her legs on Merlin's desk, Tunmei, who was curled up in Merlin's chair in the pose of a salted fish lying down, blinked her eyes when the raven came back, and said hello to Merlin, she said:

When I was eating in the dark dimension, I found something that I think you should be interested in.

While speaking, she threw a strange short staff to Merlin.

When Raven took it in his hand, he immediately felt the magic power boiling, and he carefully looked at the things in his hand.

This thing is cast from a magic material similar to stone, shaped like a flashlight, with a purple eyeball gemstone inlaid on the top.

There is a dark light flowing in the gemstone, it really looks like a swaying eye, no matter from which direction you look at it, the eyeball is staring at Merlin, which looks quite penetrating.

But that's not the point.

Although Tunmei picked up garbage in the dark dimension to find the strange objects with strong magic power, Merlin's focus was on the hidden things inside the scepter.

The force of the universe?

Merlin frowned, and stretched out his hand to pull out a small group of dark blue, slime-like things from the purple eye jewel of the short staff, and then patted it on the Book of Ravens.

In the faint starlight, he reached out and called a comic from the bookshelf. After flipping through a few pages, he compared what was in his hand with what was on the comic.

He said:

The Evil Eye of Avalon, the favorite collection of the Supreme Mage... I said that I searched all over Kama Taj but couldn't find this thing. It turned out to be stolen by Dormammu.

How? Is it useful?

Tunmei stood up proudly, and stuffed the dark planet that had eaten more than half of it into her mouth, and her cheeks were propped up while her teeth were moving.

She said vaguely:

You have been looking for these weird force recently, how are you looking for now?

about there.

Merlin touched the Raven Book on his waist, and said:

It's easy to find, and I've almost found all the scattered rare objects. In addition to the one you sent, I have about one-third of the amount on hand.

It's only one third.

Tunmei frowned, she said:

How can this be enough to ignite?

It doesn't matter.

Merlin grinned, touched the evil eye in his hand, and said meaningfully:

It's not just me looking for these original forces, the remaining ones, when the time comes, someone will naturally 'send' them to my eyes.

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In the depths of the universe, in a certain fringe galaxy, on a strange planet that was blended together with various fragments of time and space, is the foothold of the elder of the universe, Gao Tianzun.

In that very punk-decorated hall, there was light splashing.

Collector Tanya Tiwan, who was sorting out his collection, raised his head and glanced at the cosmic star map suspended above the table. In the complicated and cumbersome star map system, there was a glimmer of light.

The evil eye of Avalon has been taken.

Tiwan frowned, and said to Gao Tianzun, who was standing on the edge of the hall, admiring the tragic gladiatorial match below through the glass, and applauding the gladiators from time to time:

Merlin should have taken it away, we are one step slower.

slow?

Gao Tianzun turned his head, looked at his younger brother, and said in a surprised tone:

Have we collected half of the original force? How can this be called slow?

That was not what I meant.

The collector shrugged, turned his head away, and glanced at the various oddities piled up in the corner of the room.

There are orbs shining with darkness, square energy cubes with stars shining inside, and short swords entwined with red light.

A few flowers, strings of jewelry, and even a miniature planet.

These are all rare and strange objects, and each of them can be regarded as an artifact in mortal civilization.

But now they are piled up like rubbish, and the light of magic and technology is colorfully entwined on it, looking like a treasure piled up by a dragon.

These are the rare objects obtained by collectors and Gao Tianzun by various means after entering the stars, each of which contains the original force of the universe.

And next to the cosmic wonders that were randomly piled together, there was a container like a large glass, dark blue, swaying like a slime, and the cosmic force entwined with starlight was stored in that cup .

Just judging from the stacking scale of the original force, the original force collected by the brothers now is more than that collected by Merlin.

This is also normal.

Gao Tianzun and the collector smuggled through the stars by projection. Their strength is considered top in this pocket universe, and the two guys have more information from the main world than Merlin.

They almost plundered a large number of cosmic wonders in a short period of time in a way of finding out and plundering by force.

That's what it says.

The collector looked away from the cup containing the force of the universe, rubbed his chin, and said to his brother who was immersed in the gladiatorial match:

But without the force that Merlin has at hand, even if we search the entire universe, we still can't get enough firewood to light the furnace. We have the same purpose as him, and conflicts will always come.

Besides, that guy almost exposed us by using obscene means.

Collector touched his neck, thinking of his previous experience in the land of nothingness, the elder of the universe hated his teeth.

He said angrily:

Whether it's due to the plan itself or the level of personal grievances, I don't want to wait any longer. Maybe we should go to a showdown with Merlin Riley now, or find a way to kill him!

Tanya Tiwan moved his fingers and said:

If we can get the cosmic force in his hands, we are only one step away from our goal.

Don't worry.

Compared with the emotions of collectors, Gao Tianzun is very steady.

He looked at the big arena below with a little regret, the gladiator he was optimistic about was hacked to death by several weapons, and amidst the glaring blood gushing, this guy looked away.

He turned his head and said to his brother:

After the last contact, I think you should learn not to look at Merlin Riley with the old eyes. That guy is not easy to deal with. A guy who can survive the death game and come back from the Jedi is a must. It was taken seriously.

I know, you think that Merlin has humiliated you, you think he is an ant who provoked the giant, he offended your majesty, my brother, but think carefully, the previous failure may be more due to you.

Gao Tianzun said bluntly:

It's you who underestimated the enemy, you were too careless, and Merlin caught your Achilles' heel. Just the keenness of seizing the moment made me want to applaud him.

Elder Universe came over and sat next to his younger brother. He said with a hint of appreciation:

That guy can do great things. If the environment is changed, I'd rather be friends with him.

But you're right, we can't ignite the furnace without getting the cosmic force in his hands, but... this matter can also be said in reverse.

Gao Tianzun leaned on the sofa, narrowed his eyes, and said softly:

Without obtaining the force in our hands, Merlin will not be able to complete the feat of igniting the melting pot of the universe. He knows it well, and he is also secretly accumulating power. When the time is right, he will not need us to find him. came to us.

I know.

The collector said anxiously:

But is that all you look at?

There is only more than one year left until the end of the evolution of the stars. Every day that passes, our advantage will weaken by one point. Once the Overlord and the God of Death enter this universe, all the hard work we have done will be over. !

I understand your thoughts, Tiwan, but apart from assassination, we have more decent ways to end this dispute. I can probably guess what Merlin Riley wants to do, and I'm happy to see his actions .”

Gao Tianzun glanced at his slightly uneasy younger brother, and said:

I will wait patiently, and I advise you to be patient too, and don't do some useless work...

Tiwan, I want to remind you that this world is Merlin's home field. He has the advantage and his destiny. Any conspiracy you play here may be a wedding dress for him.

...

Under Gao Tianzun's gaze, the collector moved his body a little uneasy.

A few seconds later, he raised his head, shrugged, and said frankly to his brother:

Well, you guessed it, I do have some small plans, and I have already started to implement them.

Who did you find?

Gao Tianzun was not angry either, he asked with great interest:

You should know that the vast majority of fighters face Merlin directly to die, right? I don't mind sending cannon fodder to die, but why would I do something that doesn't bring any benefits?

Yes, you are quite right.

Tiwan smiled and said:

So I found the most powerful guy in this group of stars to clean up Merlin. I heard that Raven has an unfulfilled agreement that has been delayed for a long time.

The master of darkness has been waiting for a visitor, but the visitor has not come.

He's getting impatient...

A cold light flashed in the collector's eyes, and he said:

So under my 'suggestion', He decided to take the initiative to find the guests he was waiting for. I hope that Merlin and his world are ready for the arrival of the original darkness.

Just wait and see, brother, there will be results soon.