Shadow of the Beautiful World

Dum has seen the power of the magic of Monsoon's Exile with his own eyes.

Merlin told him that the spell was a one-off, but Doom didn't believe it at all.

The instinct from the spellcaster told him that in the scene where the wind of magic swept through hell just now, what Merlin got was definitely not just an ordinary breakthrough in strength.

That cunning hell lord must have ingested something more precious.

But if you think about it with your ass, you know that Merlin will definitely not share such a secret so generously.

On the way from hell to this world, Doom kept silent, and this thoughtful silence was noticed by Raven, who stopped suddenly, looked back at Doom, and said:

You want to learn this magic, don't you?

Um.

Doom didn't hide, he nodded.

I can teach you.

Merlin says:

But not now. In fact, I planned to pass it on as the inheritance of the supreme mage, but I still say that, now is not the time.

Good steel should be used on the blade.

Raven reached out and patted Doom on the shoulder. He said:

You'll get it at the final battle.

How can you be sure that I will stand by your side in your so-called 'decisive battle'?

Dum replied:

If the enemy is too strong, maybe I will join them.

Ha, good question.

Merlin grinned at the corner of his mouth, he approached Doom, and he said softly:

You will definitely be on my side, not just you, everyone will be on my side... because you have no second choice at all, unless you are willing to wait for death.

Do you want to?

Facing Merlin's inquiry, Dum did not answer.

Lacking factual information, Shenjun was unwilling to draw conclusions so easily.

This silence made Merlin laugh out loud. After waking up this time, he seemed to become more optimistic and a lot more active.

He said to Doom:

Don't forget what we said before, you can prepare now.

This is a game that shouldn't have started at all. I used to have no cards in my hand, so I could only play my own life, but now I not only sit on the poker table, but also have a lot of cards in my hand...

Merlin turned around and walked towards the door of the world dimension. In the blurry light and shadow in front of his eyes, there was the city suspended above the sea, and the silent black vertical pupils.

You, you heroes, you are the cards in my hand!

You must win! And you must win beautifully!

hum

Raven stepped over the barrier of dimension, and his left foot stepped into the city of Atlantis covered by active darkness.

He looked at the black vertical pupil in front of him, and that eye was also staring at him.

Because of the existence of giant beasts, the rising darkness has begun to distort the reality of this world. When Merlin looked back, what he saw was a land that was being destroyed by darkness.

The light and shadow interlaced, seeming to fade the color of the whole world.

The most powerful group of heroes stood guard on the coast, and the legions of heaven and hell did not attack rashly. The three forces were doing their best to block the unconscious power of the giant beast in this area.

But their efforts are futile.

They are just pretending to stop them. Once the giant beasts attack, the entire world and the entire galaxy will be wiped out in an instant.

As long as there is darkness, it is the territory of giant beasts.

When He entered this world, the end of collapse was already doomed.

Merlin let out a long sigh, and he turned his head to look at the vertical pupil in front of him. Against the background of the burning red flame in the pupil, the road in front of him became winding, as if there was a hell of darkness shaped for Merlin. preparing.

And that's not an illusion.

Heavy pressure hits the face, it is the highest level of power that can be reached in this group of stars, beyond the single body, almost the boundary of multiples.

Even if it is the projection of the five great gods, in a one-on-one situation, it is impossible to be the opponent of this source of darkness.

This is an incomplete world after all.

A deformed world can always give birth to many monsters.

crash

The pages of the Book of Ravens in Merlin's hands were turned, and the shaking paper stopped at the last page.

The moment the raven's finger was placed on the page, the darkness interpreted by the dual power of Dormammu and Gnar bit Merlin's finger like a snake.

The shadow behind him flipped and covered him like a dark curtain, making him seem to be part of this distorted reality that was rapidly dying out.

The power born in the darkness covered Merlin's body. In the manipulative magic power of Almighty Heavenly Father, this elemental method is very effective.

The moment the darkness added to his body, Merlin's pressure was greatly reduced.

He walked forward, stretched out his hands to help the half-kneeling Superman, Ruiwen, and Bat Thor, who were already extremely weak, there were more people lying there on the ground in front of him.

They all came to answer the giant beast's questions, hoping to let him get the answer and leave this world.

But their efforts were still in vain.

Go and rest.

The whole body is swarthy, as if the raven whose body is made up of black pixels said to his sister and friends:

You have done a good job, let me solve the next thing.

careful!

Clark squeezed Merlin's arm tightly, and he said:

Don't confront it head-on, there is no chance of winning.

He wants an answer...

Bat Thor also spoke:

But we've given him hundreds of answers, none of which he needs.

He doesn't want answers.

Merlin stretched out his hand and pulled out the phoenix force from Thor's bat body. In the flash of light and shadow, the folding between Bruce and Steve was also cancelled.

He said to Riven, who was looking at him:

Take them back, Ruiwen, and get ready. After I come back, we will go to the Sangong Hell and settle all grievances!

Um.

Ruiwen nodded. She stopped bothering her brother and used her magic power to help other people in the city. In a large-scale teleportation, she sent everyone away from this area.

You want me, here I come.

In the huge city, Merlin was the only one left.

He used the phoenix fragment in his hand to illuminate it like a lantern. In the shimmering light, he raised his head and said to the vertical pupil in front of him:

Why do you still have to play this pretending game? Who woke you up? Who told you the truth, and who tricked you to come and kill me? Let me guess, Gao Tianzun, right?

The feet of the black fire raven were burning and rolling, but Merlin didn't care at all, he said calmly:

He must have made a promise for you.

Did he tell you that after he ignited the cosmic furnace, he would help you escape the fate of death, or simply send you out of this molded universe in some way before igniting the furnace?

Facing Merlin's questioning, the giant beast remained silent.

If you want an answer, I'll give you the answer!

Merlin continued to move forward, as if passing through a door, stepping from the dark vertical pupils into the dark side of the universe where the giant beast is.

There is no light at all here.

The light of the phoenix fragment in Merlin's hand for lighting was also blocked.

In the deepest darkness, Raven could only feel that there was a terrifying giant sitting cross-legged in front of him, and his figure had already surpassed the limits of what words could describe.

Ravens are like dust on the skin to him.

Merlin was floating in the darkness that had no sense of direction and even no existence. He didn't need eyes to observe here, and he couldn't see through the source of the darkness anyway.

He simply closed his eyes, and said to the original shadow breathing heavily in front of him:

What is the meaning of your existence?

A comic book appeared in Merlin's hand, he coughed lightly, and said:

The standard answer to this question should be...the coexistence of light and dark.

That is to say, whether it was Gnar, Odin, or Gabriel, Clark's answer was correct. You just denied it.

Like I said, you're just playing a bad role-playing game.

You already know the truth. No matter who ignites the melting pot of the universe, this illusory era will end. And you, the most powerful creature in this illusory era, will perish along with the shattering of dreams...

But who wants to die?

Raven threw away the comic book in his hand that recorded the story of the giant beast, and he said loudly:

God is probably also aware of the situation He and you are facing. He can't tell you the answer himself, but I can only relay it.

He had foreseen all of this, and he chose to accept it. He helped me, which meant that he put all his chips on me. He hoped that I would ignite the melting pot of the universe and evolve the illusory things into real ones. Cosmic Era.

And you, you put your chips on Gao Tianzun's side, hoping that the two smugglers can use cunning means to win the final victory of this game, and hope that they can fulfill their promise to you.

Do you really believe them? If it were me, I would never believe it.

Merlin chuckled and said:

Those two brothers don't care about the belonging and ending of this universe at all. All they want is victory itself.

You, me, God, and everyone you fooled before...we are just pawns in their eyes.

You can sacrifice at will, you can discard at will, the meaning of our existence is to win.

I believe that you don't trust them completely, otherwise, the moment you arrive, you should go straight into the wasteland, destroy hell, and kill me together.

But you didn't do that. Alas, if you want to give you an answer, you have to figure out your question first.

I guess your real question is, me, Merlin Riley, can I win, can I make it to the end?

You are like a gambler holding chips, waiting for an opportunity to place a bet. Once you make a wrong bet, the ending will be miserable.

There was no response from the darkness.

But the breath of the giant beast became deeper and deeper, like a giant hiding in the dark, and Merlin could even feel something like a finger touching his hair.

He only needs to use a little force, and he will be completely killed from the level of existence.

My answer is...

Merlin looked up and said:

I will win!

I'll show you how I drove those two cunning stowaways out of our universe first, and then with all the power the universe has gathered, I beat those who treat us like playthings and claim to be The faces of the guys who are chess players!

I will ignite the melting pot of the universe with my own hands and make everything real...

But I'm still going to perish.

The giant beast finally spoke for the first time.

It said in a low and muddy voice:

As long as that furnace is lit, I shall perish. I and God exist to serve that moment, and our consciousness and body will split apart, shaping the foundation of the birth of the next era among the stars.

All of this is illusory, and the death of the two of us will become the basis for the arrival of reality, and we will be derived into the universe of the next era.

Light and darkness coexist, one is indispensable.

The real cosmic epoch will come, but on behalf of the just God, on behalf of the needs of me, we will all die...

Why! This is your victory, why should you sacrifice us?

That's not the answer I want, Merlin Riley!

You answered wrong!

The giant beast roared and pressed its hands down. Seeing that Merlin was about to be crushed into the darkness, Raven reached out and took out something from his pocket.

That parchment.

In the endless source of darkness, a glimmer of light appeared on the parchment, and in the glimmer, there was a clumsy stick figure of an evil smile.

The action of destroying the giant beast paused for a moment.

I have help.

Merlin raised his head and looked at the giant beast in front of him through the dim light. He looked at the silhouette in the darkness, blinked his eyes, and said:

God, you're so ugly...

These words made the giant beast in the darkness bared its teeth.

Obviously, no one likes to be told they are ugly, not even Primal Shadow.

I already have an answer to your question.

Merlin waved the parchment in his hand leisurely, showing that he also had a backer. He said to the giant beast in front of him:

The melting pot of the universe is ignited, and it is true that two sufficiently powerful entities are needed to form the basis for the birth of all things in the next era. You and God are the pre-selected victims, but you have to think about it from multiple perspectives!

It requires the support of a material foundation to turn illusion into reality, but... no one stipulates that you must sacrifice.

Merlin blinked, and he said to the giant beast:

If we can 'trick' two guys who are strong enough into this universe, then trap them here, use them to replace you and God, and make them sacrifice for the birth of the real universe!

Do you know what the best thing is?

Raven chuckled lightly. He stretched out his hand and clasped his fingers as if he was holding a winning ticket. He said to the giant beast:

The power of the overlord is like flames, like the sun, he is light; the power of death is as cold as ice, as dark as night, he is darkness.

Light and darkness co-exist, one is indispensable, the other is to evolve all things, and reshape reality.

The expression of the giant beast became extremely strange at this moment.

It was as if he saw the ants standing at the giant's feet clamoring, not only wanted to kill the giant, but also used the giant as food for the winter...

What arrogance!

He was a little overwhelmed by Merlin's arrogant ambition, but he couldn't laugh if he wanted to.

Because if you think about it carefully, apart from being a bit whimsical, this plan is not impossible to implement.

Those two outsiders are indeed powerful, but they cannot ignore the laws of the universe.

Unless they don't want to be in this pocket universe, they can only do things in a way that conforms to the rules of this universe.

In other words, as long as they can be lured in, it is not impossible to kill them.

Even the projection of power is enough!

And the wonderful thing about this plan is that the initiative has always been in his own hands, which is more trustworthy than Gao Tianzun's illusory promises that he doesn't know whether he can realize.

Who would place the sacrifice of escape on someone else if they could do it themselves?

cough cough

Merlin gave the giant beast enough time to think. After a few minutes, he coughed a few times. He looked at the giant beast and said:

I have finished my plan, Your Excellency, I hope my answer will satisfy you.

Now, I leave it to you to choose, whether you will raise the banner of salvation with me to resist, or pin your hopes on two bastards who lie and don't blink...

You choose!