Shadow of the Beautiful World

At night, in the Great Library of the Magic Congress, Merlin was sitting on a beautifully decorated black velvet chair.

In his hand, there are a few books that look very old. In front of Merlin, a thick parchment tome written in an ancient language was opened. On his left, there is also a quill that is sliding rapidly.

Obviously, this is Merlin extracting some important information.

It's now five days after the Richards' funeral and nine days after Merlin was officially suspended.

He lived a leisurely life, at least on the surface.

A few minutes later, a fat wizard in casual clothes came opposite Merlin with a fruit platter that looked like a small tower. He sat on the chair with a smile, flicked his fingers, and the dewy fruit fell in front of Merlin's eyes.

I heard you were here, so I came to visit.

The fat wizard Aethinus sat on the chair opposite Merlin. He glanced at the book Merlin was reading and said:

Nightcrawler Treaty? Even scroll wizards wouldn't look at this boring thing, but you read it with great interest. So, let me guess, someone is going to be unlucky, right?

Maybe I'm going to be unlucky.

While maintaining the supply of magic power for the copying spell, Merlin stretched out his hand, picked up a purple grape from the fruit platter, and put it in his mouth. Feeling the sweet taste, he said to the fat wizard in front of him:

Haven't you heard? A vampire paid a lot of money for my head.

hehe.

The fat wizard smiled disdainfully, and said:

In New York, if anyone accepts the reward, it means that his mind is not normal. 20 million US dollars is intended to buy the head of the Sdold leader. That vampire Dickon probably thinks everyone is a fool.

Of course, I've heard that the vampire is very smart and cunning, so I guess, he's not doing something stupid.

Maybe he just made this gesture on purpose to attract more vacillating vampires to stand on his side and fight against the American Presbyterian Church with him.

It's like a politician who dares to say anything and do anything for votes.

Merlin reached out and flipped the pages in front of him, and said calmly:

Politics again, even inside the vampires. God, this makes me sick.

But you're now digging into them.

Aethinus glanced at the ancient tome in Merlin's hand, and said softly:

Can I understand that you are looking for their weaknesses? You and your cold-blooded agents are ready to attack them?

Don't make trouble.

Merlin raised his head, a gentle smile appeared on his rosy face, he pointed to himself, and said:

I was suspended, and the news probably spread throughout the heterogeneous world in New York. Now I am just a helpless, poor sick man. I only watch these things for self-protection.

But then again.

Merlin's eyes fell back to the book in front of him, and his voice became softer:

Some people have already regarded me as a stepping stone and are ready to step on it fiercely. If I don't say anything, wouldn't it appear that I am too shameless?

Ha ha.

The fat wizard laughed, and said:

I knew that you are not the one who won't fight back when you are beaten.

Be quieter, please.

Merlin glanced at the fat wizard, and he said:

You interrupted my study.

My fault, my fault.

The fat wizard who was familiar with Merlin raised his hands, he stood up with a smile, and said to Merlin:

Then I won't bother you, I'm going to get busy too. The deterrent action in Queens has triggered a series of chain reactions. Now some vampires are being evacuated from several other districts. It seems that they are terrified and ready to go. Shrink the defense.

For the remaining diehards, we don't need to be polite.

After speaking, Athinus was about to leave, but was stopped by Merlin.

I want to exchange a few spells from the Magic Congress.

Merlin said to the fat wizard:

Who should I call?

It depends on what kind of spell you change.

The fat wizard turned around and patiently explained:

Judging from our cooperation in the past few years, you can be regarded as a member of the Magic Congress. If it is a common spell, you can go directly to the Wizard Management Department to find Wizard Rogge. It is Rogelio, you know him? That Slightly bald, but she is very popular with women and likes guys who hang out in Muggle nightclubs.

But it's more troublesome if it's an advanced spell.

How to say?

Merlin asked:

Do you need a deal?

Trading is only one aspect.

Aethinus said:

You are also aware of the troublesome inheritance rules in the wizarding world. Advanced spells are the most important property of the Magic Council. Those knowledge are only open to the real 'own people', and they must make contributions to the Magic Council, or use Some very rare magic materials are exchanged before being allowed to enter the inheritance room to transcribe.

Um.

Merlin frowned, and he nodded to the fat wizard:

Okay, I see. Go get busy, I'll find you again if necessary.

The fat wizard nodded to Merlin, and walked out of the library quickly. In the headquarters of the Magic Congress, the use of the transfer spell is also not allowed.

Fortunately, there are elevators leading to various areas in this place, so wizards who are generally in poor physical fitness will not be exhausted and panting.

After Athinus left, Merlin began to read the tome in his hand again.

This thing is called A Brief History of the Nightcrawler Treaty. Just from the name, one knows that this thing must have something to do with those guys who like to wander in the dark. And on the white paper in Merlin's hand, the fast-moving quill also outlined rows of beautiful words that danced on the paper.

The Nightcrawler Treaty was signed in Jerusalem in the first century AD. His Majesty Xia Kela, the leader of the monster world at the time, signed a memorandum-like treaty with the Pope St. Peter of the church at that time under the witness of wizards.

Nightcrawlers, generally referring to vampires, werewolves, succubi, etc., need to live hidden in the human population and conceal their existence, and the high-level human beings give them corresponding protection.

The background of the signing of this treaty was the period when the 'Millennium War' between the forces of heaven and hell was in full swing. The world of monsters and human civilization formed an alliance to jointly resist the threat from the Millennium War. But with the rapid progress of human civilization At the same time, because the Xiakela family's rule over the monster world collapsed, at the end of the Middle Ages, the Nightcrawler Treaty was basically declared invalid.

However, during the hundreds of years that the agreement was maintained, the nightcrawlers have become accustomed to existing in human civilization in a disguised form. Although this kind of concealment of themselves is more out of long-term thinking about protecting 'food', Rather than simply continuing to implement the ancient agreement. But from a macro perspective, the existence of the Nightcrawler Treaty did make human civilization, which was still relatively weak at that time, go through the most difficult time.

This is an ancient agreement that really worked. Its existence was necessary in that ignorant era. And for the ancient heterogeneous family, it is not just a mere legend, it is more like the Nightcrawlers code of conduct.

It's a pity that after the time entered the 19th century, more and more young vampires just regarded it as a false rumor and didn't follow it. It also caused many bad incidents, which once caused wizards a lot of headaches.

Merlin's transcription of A Brief History of the Nightcrawler Treaty ends here.

This book observes and records the content and impact of this ancient treaty from the perspective of a wizard, which is equivalent to a summary history book. But Merlin can still learn ancient wisdom from it.

Sdold has always had a headache on how to deal with the relationship between humans and aliens. Maybe this treaty that existed 2,000 years ago can be a reference example.

He put aside the book A Brief History of the Nightcrawler Treaty and picked up another book.

There is something about the title of this book.

It's called Advice for a Young Witcher.

It looks like something like a shabby biography, but the author of this book is not ordinary. Merlin picked up the tome, under the cover of the book, there was a name in gold that danced like a burning flame.

That didn't seem like a name.

Geralt of Rivia.

Merlin read the name, and what came to his mind was a nickname that matched the name.

The White Wolf was active in the Middle Ages, known as the greatest witcher.

Of course, there is another nickname that is not so serious.

'Sorceress Harvester'. It is said that he has maintained indecent relationships with at least seven famous sorceresses in his life. Tsk, what a vigorous senior.

Merlin sighed with emotion, and then opened this not heavy book.

It is essentially a book of essays, recording some of the mistakes White Wolf made in his demon hunting career, in order to remind those frizzy younger generations not to make the same mistakes.

The quill pen in Merlin's hand started to move again, and lines of beautiful fonts reappeared on the paper that had already filled more than half of it, like printing.

If you're a new witcher and you're venturing into Romania, here are a few pieces of advice:

First of all, most vampires are not afraid of crosses, so don't try to attack them with crosses. The rumor that vampires are afraid of crosses in human rumors comes from the Nightcrawler Treaty, an ancient agreement that stipulates that vampires cannot attack civilians wearing crosses .But now that treaty is dead in name only.

Of course, if you are holding a heavy enchanted cross hammer, then you can ignore this suggestion and read the next one.

Holy water! This is the most useful thing when dealing with vampires. Of course, there are various ways to make holy water, no matter which one has a restraining effect on vampires. Here, I will list the flaming holy water that I often use Note, if you don’t know alchemy, it’s best to find a professional to help you make it.”

Before entering Romania, it is best to bring enough garlic. The taste of this stuff will not only make vampires feel disgusted, but most importantly, when you are hungry and preparing barbecue, garlic will also make your bad The food tastes better.

If possible, novices, it is best to place the battlefield with vampires in the sun. Sunlight will burn vampires, and prolonged sunlight exposure will make vampires enter a state of weakness and weakness.

Use the holy silver sword in your hand to stab them hard. A large amount of blood loss will cause the vampire to go dormant. But don't take it lightly, because they only need to replenish blood in time to be resurrected again.

Vampires have very fast attack speed and pursuit speed, so attack their legs first, and if they are advanced vampires, then attack their wings.

Vampires can easily dodge crossbow arrows. If you are not a master hunter who is good at using crossbow arrows, then it is best to use a silver sword to solve the battle. Don't entangle with vampires at night, they can easily disappear in the shadows.

Finally, the most important piece of advice. If you are a novice and what you want to hunt is a high-level vampire, then for the sake of your life, you'd better give up the mission immediately. High-level vampires have various magical abilities. They can Flying at low altitude without the help of external force, there are various means of life-saving, that is not an enemy that novices can deal with.

Of course, if you're dealing with female vampires, and if you're handsome, you can avoid combat under certain circumstances through some special 'negotiation' methods, thus completing the mission goals other than killing them. But you need to keep an eye on their fangs, and if you get bitten accidentally, the result will be very bad.

It took Merlin a few minutes to finish reading White Wolf's warning to novice vampire hunters. After reading the last suggestion, he frowned and used his magic power to condense a mirror and put it in front of his eyes.

Merlin looked at himself in the mirror, he turned his cheeks, and after a while, he waved away the mirror and said to himself:

Well, barely handsome.

But I don't think this suggestion will be used anymore.

PS:

Surprise or not? Accident or not? Want to play Gwent?