Shadow of the Beautiful World

In the eyes of mortals, time is a great force that cannot be changed, but after all, time is only an abstract concept in mortals' self-understanding.

In the face of some greater power, the seemingly indestructible time can also be changed at will. But the greatness of time lies in the fact that the waves generated at a certain node in the long river of time will accompany the continuous passage of timeline, brewing greater miracles or worse disasters.

At the moment when Merlin intervened in the British wizarding war, in this unknown place of the universe, at the source of all stories, at the end of the shining stars, a wave from the unknown caused an uproar in this place.

What exactly is going on?

Overlord, who was sitting on the table of stars, stood up abruptly, with his hands resting on the table made of stars, he looked ahead with a trace of anger and surprise.

There, behind the gaming tables, the light curtain that should show all of Merlin's actions is now like a TV show being fast-forwarded with a remote.

In the previous moment, the bosses could still see Merlin coming to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Paris, but in the next second, the scene jumped to Merlin and Hermione standing in the back of the destroyed Malfoy Valley.

It was as if under the watchful eyes of everyone, a pair of invisible hands intercepted a short period of time that belonged to Merlin out of thin air.

But this is theoretically impossible!

The weakest ones who are qualified to enter this place and watch this gamble are single-universe bosses, and there are several strong multiverses like Overlord Cyber.

If you want to block the gaze of so many big shots at once, unless it is an existence of the same level as them, it is impossible to do it!

There is power that obscures our gaze!

On the other side of the gaming table, Tyrion, the god of death wearing a blindfold, stared at the Overlord with his right eye. His face was cold, and his tone was cold as he said:

Did time be sped up by you?

Me? Why would I do this?

Faced with the God of Death's questioning, Overlord frowned and retorted:

Even if I want to cheat, I won't use such low-level methods.

Who else here can change the time?

Death asked again.

Overlord's eyes immediately turned to the auditorium, and those shadowy bigwigs seemed to be discussing this matter too, and suppressed whispers sounded in the auditorium from time to time.

No! Not from here.

As the referee, Gao Tianzun said at this moment:

The Pocket Universe is in my studio, and I can detect everything that happens here. This is the rule power given to me by the authority of the elders of the universe. Unless the life court interferes, no one can hide it from me.

The old hippie with a weird haircut said seriously to Overlord and Grim Reaper:

It's the power from outside!

Damn it!

Overlord cursed, and said with a gloomy face:

Who revealed the news? And who is interfering with us?

Take a look with your gems!

Gao Tianzun said to Bawang:

The timeline of the pocket universe is set by you, go back in time and see what happened just now?

Hold on!

Overlord's fingers moved slightly, and the six gemstones of different colors on his wrist quickly detached from the bracelet and floated behind him. The green gemstone representing time was beating, under the gaze of the big guys, in this pocket universe At the end, the light of the stars began to blur, as if being pulled and changed by an invisible hand.

But at the moment when the timeline was really touched, the bone-white dice placed in the center of the gaming table suddenly jumped without anyone urging it.

The Dice of Destiny seemed to be held by an invisible hand, spinning in the air for a few weeks, and then hit the star gambling table like a heavy object falling to the ground.

swish

The timeline retrogression destroyed by the Time Gem was forcibly terminated by the vibration dropped by the Dice of Fate.

What's wrong?

asked Death.

It's stopping me.

Overlord looked down at the gleaming fate bone dice, he said:

It doesn't allow me to intervene in the events it chooses. Well, I mean, it doesn't allow me to break its rules. Fate is invisible, but what has happened cannot be changed. Only the established past can be determined. disorderly future

Can it affect you?

A skeptical gleam flashed in Tyrion's right eye, and he said:

I'm getting more and more suspicious now that you did this, just like the last time you cheated. Maybe it's a trick of thieves shouting Stop the thief.

It certainly doesn't affect me.

Overlord Seber took back the six gems helplessly. He spread his hands and explained to Death:

But if I forcibly go back in time, my power will collide with the power of the fate bone dice, which will definitely destroy this rare dice with its own consciousness, and our game will be impossible to proceed.

At this moment, the two bosses who stretched out one finger are enough to erase the earth are speechless.

They were at an impasse.

I think our focus should be on another thing!

Gao Tianzun said at this moment:

It doesn't matter who the mysterious intervener is, and it doesn't matter how he did it. He changed the time and concealed what Merlin did in this disappearing time. There must be some kind of purpose.

His words immediately reminded the two big brothers who were in an impasse.

Merlin's timeline is based on your world!

Death God Tyrion reached out and rubbed his forehead, he thought for a moment, and said softly:

So what do you know about this wizarding war? Maybe we can deduce what Merlin did during this disappearing time.

That's right, what Merlin entered is indeed the template of my world.

Overlord sighed, he looked at the fate bone dice whose light gradually dissipated, and shook his head helplessly:

But all the events he encountered were randomly selected by the fate bone dice

Unfortunately, I don't know the story about the wizarding world. Just like the story of Carol Danvers, it didn't happen in my world. I don't know anything about it.

The two big men fell into a strange silence again.

Overlord Seber turned his head. He looked at the recorder who was sitting on the side, holding a quill, and was recording something in an open book. He asked softly:

Dream God, you who represent the memories of infinite beings must know this story, right?

Yes I know.

Oneiroi raised his head, and on this handsome man's face, his eyes were covered with cloth strips. Facing the Overlord's question, he replied gently but not refusing:

But I can't tell you.

I'm just a recorder of the story, not a narrator. If you want to know all the answers, then wait until the end of the story and let me tell you.

Then what if I have to know?

There was a hint of danger in Bawang's tone.

Faced with this looming threat, Oneiroi smiled, stretched out his finger, pointed upwards, and said softly:

I'm really not good at fighting, but I can barely resist the overlord's punishment and the annihilation of the god of death. I want to remind you two that this is a secret game. Once the aftermath of the battle is observed by the life court I don't need to say more about the outcome of the allowed gamble.

Dream God's words once again silenced both sides of the gambling table.

Gambling with a secretly created pocket universe will definitely not be allowed by the absolutely fair and ruthless court of life.

Once things fail, the bet is terminated, and the pocket universe used for refuge is taken back are the slightest consequences.

The most serious consequence is that none of the people present can run away from the angry court of life.

The current situation is best described with a common saying.

This is the most vivid embodiment of the fear of beating a wolf with a hemp pole.

Cough cough.

The referee Gao Tianzun glanced at the two of them, coughed lightly, and said:

Under the current situation, since the truth of the matter cannot be detected from the outside, why not ask our observers? Phantom Stranger has been observing the progress of the game in the pocket universe, and the change of time must not be hidden from him. Ask Isn't it clear?

It's not that simple.

Overlord shook his head, a trace of prudence and seriousness flashed in his eyes, he said:

If the mysterious intervener can hide from us, he will naturally hide from Judas

A few minutes later, the Phantom Stranger in the Pocket Universe sent back a message, only four words.

everything is normal.

This result was not what Overlord expected. The Phantom Stranger who was in the game couldn't even feel the strange change of time.

Damn it!

Overlord stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, he said softly:

We're being counted, and it's a symptom of something out of control.

He raised his head and looked at Merlin who was talking to Hermione in the picture. A few seconds later, there was another smile on his face, and he said with great interest:

But this is also good, more variables, more fun. Let's see if Merlin, who has been helped, can finally jump out of our palms.

The expressionless Grim Reaper also nodded. For him who was already in a weak position, any change is not necessarily a bad thing.

He turned to look at the referee and said:

Since there is an unexpected force intervening in this round, then abolish it?

Um.

As the referee, Gao Tianzun nodded:

I declare! This round ends early! The two of you will enter the next round of dice roll!

swish

The self-conscious fate bone dice fell into Overlord's hands. He looked at the dice in his hand, and then at the god of death across the table. He said softly:

It's a pity that Merlin failed to discover the threats hidden in the darkness around him. The seeds have already begun to germinate, Lord Tyrion, if you don't do something, it may be too late.

How do you know I didn't do anything?

Grim Reaper stared at the Overlord with his one eye, and with a faint smile on his icy face, he said:

How do you know that I didn't leave behind?

This smile made Overlord's expression weird. While throwing the dice, he said to the god of death:

You cheated too?

Facing the Overlord's question, the Grim Reaper returned to that expressionless state, and he replied softly:

you guess.

Snapped

The dice thrown by Overlord rolled in the starlight, and then fell into the gambling table. On the upward side of the fate bone dice, a blurred projection was reflected in the air.

It was a rusty mechanical cog burning in flames.

Well, 'Mechanical Dispute'.

Overlord looked at the gear, he nodded in satisfaction:

Finally, a story that I know has come. It seems that I have a great advantage in this game.

Don't be so full of words.

God of Death shook his head. He stretched out his hand, held the Fate Bone Dice, and flicked it casually without looking at it. The heavy dice rolled in the air and fell into the center of the gaming table.

The next moment, a dark projection appeared above the gaming table. At the end of the darkness, there was a dawn-like light dancing, and in that light, the outline of a goddess appeared faintly.

Looking at this projection, Overlord's expression immediately became ugly, while Reaper's expression became relaxed.

Oh, 'Reverse Light'.

The brightest light is often born in the deepest darkness.

Death said in a playful tone:

In the last round, he didn't notice the threat in the darkness. This round, hehe, the seeds you planted are going to wither! If you don't do something, it's probably too late.

Let's wait and see.

Overlord retorted stiffly, but this couldn't change the fact that he was very unlucky.

If Merlin is lucky enough in this round, the trap he carefully placed under Merlin's feet before will be completely dismantled once and for all.

Speaking of which, you two really don't care, did Merlin get anything from that lost time?

Before the referee Gao Tianzun announced the start of a new round of stories, he asked a more personal question:

What if that's a vital thing?

Hehe, there's no need to pay attention.

Overlord sat back on his chair, and he turned his attention back to the light curtain. He looked at Merlin's back and said:

Give a kid a gun and he'll be able to fight giants? No matter what Merlin got, if he wants to get rid of it, he has to keep working, I mean, work harder.

Death also shook his head, and said in a dead voice:

The story has not yet reached the critical point, and a little twist will not change the direction of the river of fate.

All right.

Gao Tianzun shrugged, raised his hands, and said in a serious voice:

As a referee, I announce that a new round is about to begin!

swish

A faint ray of light sprinkled from the end of the stars to the entire galaxy at this moment, just like the dawn piercing the endless darkness.

At the same time, Merlin, who was talking to Hermione, suddenly heard the phone ringing in his pocket.

He picked up the phone, glanced at the familiar number, then frowned, and put the phone to his ear:

Hello, Fury? Is there something urgent?

In the smoke rising from the destruction of Malfoy Valley, Fury's serious and anxious voice rang through the phone:

Give Gartler all the work you are doing, and go to London immediately, there is a plane waiting for you.

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