Shadow of the Beautiful World

Wow, what a fancy little thing.

Las Vegas, the top floor of the Hell Hotel, Gao Tianzun stared at the projection in front of his eyes.

On that projection, the battle scene between Lightning Spider and Reverse Lightning was playing back.

Elder Universe seemed to have found some novelty toy. He stared at the lightning spider jumping up and down, dodging and counterattacking at super-light speed with a kind of eager eyes.

He said in amazement:

Anything related to you can always surprise people, Merlin...

Look at your two nephews, how powerful they are, the perfect combination of speed, perception, and strength, this is a treasure that only exists in this world.

Having said that, Elder Universe stretched out his hand and patted it fiercely. He was like a greedy man who saw a treasure. He said:

I made a decision!

Whether you win or lose this game, I will keep this little thing.

Looking back at Merlin, he said:

I want to bring him back to the main world. In the real Saka planet, he will definitely become the best and most promising gladiator after Seber.

In time, the future of this little thing is almost limitless.

You have a good idea.

Merlin snorted, folded his arms, and said in a relaxed tone:

You don't want to take anyone away, including yourself, just stay here obediently.

Lord Raven is in a good mood.

Although the situation on the earth is not optimistic at the moment, he has witnessed Shazam's Jedi counterattack, as well as the outstanding performance of Barry and Peter, which filled his heart with joy.

He taught these young people really well.

They did not follow power blindly, they all found their own way.

Most importantly, they all listened to Lord Merlin's teachings and regarded them as the motto and truth of life.

This makes Merlin who is a good teacher very proud.

And the three Hell Lords died violently in the siege of the ambushing top heroes, which also made the Son of Hell's attack in Hell extremely smooth.

The hells of Baal, Belial, and Lucifer are already in chaos.

Even if the maharajas whose souls returned to hell planned to regroup, the precise raid of the elite army turned the three hells into a mess like a snake hitting seven inches.

However, this success also hides hidden dangers.

In the projection of the Hell Hotel, the brothers and sisters of the Hellstorm stay in Baal Hell to command operations, while the border queen Liana, the ghost knight Johnny, and Riven withdraw from Lucifer Hell, planning to break into the same unguarded place. Mephisto hell.

But the old devil has said that he left a small surprise for the invaders in his own hell.

Merlin still doesn't know what that surprise is.

He was trapped on the upper floor of the hell hotel, and he couldn't contact his companion and sister who were far away in hell, so he could only watch them heading towards the trap.

This is not the most troublesome thing.

Currently facing Merlin, the biggest hidden danger comes from the world...

After experiencing monster invasion, Cybertronian raid and hell invasion, the life in refuge on the earth has been full of fear and panic.

Merlin hadn't forgotten yet.

In the earth at this time, there are two monsters that feed on fear, but they both have extremely high ceilings...

I'm asking you something, Mephisto.

Since entering the game, Merlin, who hadn't paid much attention to Mephisto, suddenly turned his head, looked at the old devil who was sitting on the side and dozed off, and asked:

How did you persuade those hell lords to invade Earth?

In addition to the good opportunity of the confluence of the celestial spheres, you also used some means, right? I guess, you reached an agreement with the big snake and the nightmare, so that they will not interfere with the battle of the king of hell?

Well?

The old devil looked very much like a drowsy old man. It was awakened from a nap, and it seemed very dissatisfied. While staring at Merlin with disgust, it rubbed its chin pretendingly.

It said slowly:

As expected of a raven, he grasped the point at once.

This guy is very frank, it explained without any concealment:

I did make a small agreement with the big snake and the nightmare. They will no longer interfere with the actions of the kings of hell to gain fear in the world.

I also signed a damn contract because of this, because of the imprint of my real name, all the princes including Lucifer do not doubt the authenticity of this contract...

But that's actually false.

The old devil laughed, and spewed out two sparks from its nostrils. It said without shame:

I did sign my real name on it, but I can tear it up at any time, and I don't care about contract backlash or anything like that. Anyway, everything is fake, so what if it's a serious injury?

Mephistopheles stared at Merlin, it stuck out its snake-like forked tongue, and licked its lips, the flames in its eyes burned even stronger.

The fellow took out a scroll of richly decorated deeds from the lining of his gown, and turned it up and down in his hands, saying:

As long as I can win, as long as you die here, everything is worth it!

After finishing speaking, the old devil's eyeballs rolled around, and under Merlin's gaze, it tore off the contract with one paw. The moment the contract was torn apart, the old devil's body began to twitch crazily.

This kind of contract marked with a real name has been identified by the will of hell.

Once you break the contract, you will be punished by the will of the whole hell.

Even if it is an old devil of Mephisto's level, even if it can use some technical means to weaken this punishment from hell, there will be no less pain.

It seems to have aged tens of thousands of years in an instant, and even the most gorgeous beard in all worlds has become shriveled, without any sense of beauty.

The old devil's original burning eyes became cloudy at this moment, like an old man like a candle in the wind.

It laughed dryly, making a voice as dry as a crow, and said to Merlin:

They're starting to absorb fear, serpents, and nightmares...

This is the best time to appear on the stage, but you can guess, brother Merlin, how did I persuade the big snake and the nightmare to go crazy with me?

Ha, do you still need to guess?

Lord Raven seemed to have heard the funniest joke, he snorted and said:

Isn't it just to guarantee that I will die in this room, and never go out to interfere with all the affairs of those two bastards... There are only a few people in this world that they fear, and I am the one they fear the most.

Hehe, speaking of it, I'm quite honored.

Then you continue to be honored.

The old devil closed his eyes and cultivated his painful body and spirit. It said to Merlin:

Forget about the big snake, that lunatic only wants to get rid of Odin and take back Asgard, but the nightmare... Hehe, what it wants has always been stored in your hands, Merlin.

You are trapped here now, and there is only a delicate little beauty left to stop the crazy nightmare.

That madman is so merciless, who knows what terrible things he will do to poor Miss Zatanna.

That's your lover, Merlin, are you really not worried?

In the face of the old devil's deliberate provocation, Lord Raven ignored him.

He stretched out his hand and took out the third Gwent card from his pocket. He stroked the shining surface of the card. He looked at the beautiful and seductive sorceress Yennefer on the card. He said:

Do you really think so? Mephisto, am I such a heartless person in your heart?

Do you really think that after I have made so many arrangements in advance, I will still miss the nightmare and the big snake? Be patient, I will crush all of your ambitions, and I will let you see...then beam of light!

Raven leaned on the chair, he looked at the tumbling projection in front of him, he whispered:

After I was reborn, I tried to avoid interfering with the human world as much as possible, interfering with the development track of this world and civilization. It doesn't mean that I keep myself clean, nor do I invite fame and fortune.

I just always wanted to see if this world can function normally without me...

I let those crises come, I want to see, where is the bottom line that the world can bear?

I am not disappointed, and you will not be disappointed today.

Facts have proved that even without me, this world can still persist. You... including me, have ignored its tenacity and determination! Even if the entire galaxy is attacking, so what?

Merlin waved his hand and threw the Gwent card in his hand onto the star-studded table. He closed his eyes slightly and said:

You have played all the cards you can play, and it's my turn next.

The next card to be revealed...

Check! (General!)

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call

A strange wind blows in the dream world.

It comes from nowhere, erratic, and like the autumn wind blowing all things, it blows the beautiful garden re-cultivated in the dream world.

The nightmare tree planted in the center of the garden is also swaying in the wind. After so many years of gestation and growth, this tree has swelled to an extremely majestic state.

Above its thick trunk, the intertwined vines entwine into a canopy like a sky.

Although there are no leaves on the vines burned by the flames, there are only dark red nightmare charms, making those intertwined, bare branches look like a group of intertwined, winding snakes.

Roughly it looks okay.

But if you look closely, there is no aesthetic feeling, and there is also a kind of horror that cannot be concealed.

But the existence of this tree is already an important part of this dream world.

It blocks the dream world from the perfect sunlight all the time, and casts cool shadows in the garden in front of the golden castle, where round tables and chairs made of white marble are placed.

Farther away, there is a reclining chair made of cyan vines, with flowers blooming on it, which looks quite poetic.

That's the favorite place for the hostess of this place, Miss Magician Zatana Zatara.

She would often lie on the recliner, let the wind blow her long hair, relax in the interlacing of shadows and sunshine, read a book of third-rate love, or an obscure magic book.

Of course, in many cases, when the master and the hostess are tired of having in-depth emotional and physical exchanges with each other in the castle, they will comfort each other on the recliner.

Very exciting, very presumptuous.

But in this dream world, no one else will disturb them, so it doesn't matter how crazy Merlin and Zatana are.

Uh, speaking of it, it seems that the first in-depth communication between the golden boy and the jade girl was completed in this dream world, and this is also the place where Zatana and Merlin made love.

well...

Lying on the chair and reading the book, Zatanna sighed. She stood up from the swaying recliner and put the book in her hand.

She flicked her long hair and said without looking back:

In the end, you found it here.

Yeah, it's very difficult to find. I read the nightmares of those ignorant people one by one. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. It took me so long to find this place. It was too difficult for me.

A hazy, distorted, and very uncomfortable voice sounded from under the swaying nightmare tree.

Behind Zatanna, Nightmare, who appeared in the dream world as a spirit body, slapped the black tree trunk.

In his hand he held a rusty, brass key-like staff, which still retained the anthropomorphic shape it had molded in the exiled world of Niflheim.

Very emaciated, emaciated to an abnormally contorted posture.

The arms and fingers are almost skinny, and the whole looks like a spider walking upright. The black hair is messy and shriveled, and the eyes like inverted triangles are dotted on the pale skin.

He was wearing dirty green clothes with jagged corners, his eyes were full of darkness, and there was a chilling light beating.

Mephisto tore up the contract, which led to the massive fear that is currently spreading on the earth, and was swallowed up by the nightmare and the big snake in a very short period of time.

The big snake took the big head, but Meng Meng didn't care about the leftovers.

If the big snake wants it, let it take it away. Anyway, Nightmare has found the dream world of Zatanna and Merlin.

As long as the world is destroyed, the door to the nightmare dimension can be opened.

That's where it was born and the source of its power. The living nightmares that have been accumulated for tens of millions of years are stored in that dimension.

It is enough for Nightmare to break through the obstacles of the material world and enter the conceptual level at the moment of return.

In other words, from the current Heavenly Father, step into the level of the single universe in one step.

Once it is returned to the nightmare dimension by the nightmare, even the mysterious Sandman, who didn't appear at this time, can no longer control it.

I said, you just follow me honestly.

Nightmare rubbed its bare chin with skinny fingers, looked at Zatana with malicious eyes, and said:

In the absence of your concubine, a little girl like you is no match for me at all. You have made this little dream very sweet, and I don't want to destroy it...

Open the door!

Nightmare became indifferent and cruel, and clusters of distorted black smoke rose behind it, creating a phantom of a monster that could only be born in nightmares, baring its teeth and claws behind Nightmare.

Between the black smoke, it said to Zatanna:

Be good, little beauty, don't let yourself suffer too much!

well...

Zatana glanced at Nightmare, she stretched out her hand, stroked the skin of the middle finger of her left hand, and said softly:

That unscrupulous guy guessed that you would come, so before he left, he left me something for self-defense. He promised that it wouldn't hurt, but I didn't believe him...

But since you've already hit the door, it would be too shameful to retreat without a fight.

Miss Magician raised her left hand to the sky, and the wind of magic power wound around her body.

There was a gleam of purple in her dark eyes, and she said to Nightmare:

Last warning, be good, ugly guy, go away.

Don't make yourself suffer...