Shadow of the Beautiful World

On my first day at work, I will go straight to the lair of New York vampire radicals with you. Mobile terminal

Elsa was sitting bored in the back seat of the speeding taxi. She was still wearing her combat uniform, brown hunting suit, riding boots, and a black windbreaker, which was considered a change, but it was not newer than the original one.

It is said that she found it from the S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse and once belonged to her father's battle uniform.

At Elsa's feet, there is a large black bag full of things that vampire hunters need to work.

She looked at the scenery outside the window, it was afternoon, she complained to Merlin beside her

There should be a hundred or eighty vampires waiting in battle, and we only have two. Is the life of your agents so exciting?

Our numbers are a real disadvantage.

Since it was a daytime operation, Merlin did not wear the very retro clothes he got from the little succubus Mandy. Set of gray casual jacket, jeans, sneakers.

The whole person looked several years younger all of a sudden.

He looked out the window at the sun and he said

But we have another advantage. We operate under the sun, which is not the domain of vampires.

Well, there is some truth to that.

Elsa nodded, and after a while, she had a new doubt. She knocked on the door of the taxi in front of her and said to Merlin

I went to the headquarters of your SHIELD, and your headquarters is very impressive. And you are also a department head after all, so you take a taxi when you go out to perform missions? That Director Fury doesn't even give you an official car?

some.

Merlin shrugged and said

But Fury forgot to return the car keys to me last time. A taxi has the benefits of a taxi, at least it's secretive enough.

It's quite hidden.

Elsa held out her fingers and rubbed her forehead, and she said

It's just the upbeat music, it's too loud.

kuang

Merlin kicked the driver's seat in front of him, and he said in a bad tone

Dupender! Turn off the damn music, don't you hear the lady complaining?

Ah? What's the matter? What's the matter?

The Indian driver, who was completely immersed in his music world, was awakened by the shock. He glanced back at Merlin who looked uneasy, and said

Merlin, what did you just say?

I told you to turn that music off!

Merlin yelled, and the latter turned down the sound of the car stereo, but didn't completely turn off the noisy Indian music.

This is the last stubbornness of the driver brother.

Ten minutes later, this fast and steady taxi with a green light stopped in front of a 30-storey office building in the Bronx.

Just from the outside, this building is no different from other office buildings in New York City. There are big signs, clean glass walls, a lobby with people coming and going, and a parking lot full of cars. Everything looks It's all normal.

In Quicksilver's memory, one of Dickon's lairs is here.

Merlin paid the car fare and watched Dupont drive away. He said to Elsa who was carrying a big black bag beside him:

It put all the information about the mysterious 'Blood God' legend here, and hired a technology company to decipher the secrets of those materials for it.

How do we get in?

Elsa is more concerned about the issue of action. Although she was born in a family of vampire hunters, she has extremely rich theoretical experience. But she just turned 20 this month, and she didn't have much actual combat experience except for driving out a group of entrenched vampires when she first came to Hell's Kitchen.

In other words, in terms of action, she is still at the rookie level.

It was also the first time for her to break into a city's vampire lair like today, so Elsa was a little nervous now.

Infiltration is my job, you are in charge of supporting.

Merlin pushed the rimless glasses, he took out a pair of ladies' sunglasses from his pocket, and handed them to Elsa

Take it.

I do not need this.

Elsa flatly refused.

Although I haven't taken breakthrough medicine yet, I have taken many other medicines since I was a child. I can see things clearly no matter in the sun or in the dark.

No.

Merlin put the sunglasses in Elsa's hand, and he said

It's the tradition of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the sunglasses are a magic item. They allow you to see spirits. You'll need them, trust me.

Elsa obediently kept the sunglasses on her face, and she complained in a low voice

A quirky tradition.

It seems that you still need a magic pocket for easy movement, but let's talk about it next time.

Merlin glanced at the big bag full of weapons in Elsa's hand, he shook his head and said

Observe the surrounding environment, be careful not to expose yourself, and come in when you receive a signal.

What's the signal?

Elsa flexed her fingers, and she asked

How can I tell?

Wait until the signal appears, and you will know it naturally.

Merlin smiled mysteriously. Under Elsa's gaze, Merlin put a pair of black leather gloves on his hands, and then disappeared out of thin air before Elsa's eyes.

Wizard.

Elsa looked at the disappearing Merlin, with a little envy in her eyes.

To be honest, her family wouldn't let her carry on the vampire hunter tradition if it was possible to become a wizard. But the problem is that although demon hunters have more or less magical talents, those talents are not enough to support them to become qualified wizards.

As described in the materials Merlin found in the library of the Magic Congress, in the Middle Ages, demon hunters existed between the world of wizards and the civilization of ordinary people. Best career choice for Squibs who fall into the mediocrity.

Time to work!

Elsa bent down and took out two large-caliber demon hunting pistols from her bag. Wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker, the heroic girl looked around, put her armed bag on her back, and then used a kind of With a nimble and nimble posture, like a nimble cat, he quickly crossed the wall in front of him and began to patrol around the building.

Although becoming Merlin's special affairs consultant, it somewhat feels forced and helpless. But Elsa doesn't actually resist her new job. She inherited her father's courage and has a strong interest in any new affairs.

Most importantly, there is also a heart that yearns for adventure beating in her chest.

Ten minutes later, when Elsa had found the third safe evacuation point, Merlin's signal finally appeared before her eyes.

A black glove suddenly appeared in front of Elsa, as if it had its own consciousness, stretched out the index finger, pointed to the building, then pointed to Elsa, and finally spread five fingers, as if Waiting for Elsa to hold its palm.

Seeing this glove, Elsa suddenly chuckled.

Her inability to become a wizard does not mean that she has little knowledge. As an ancient demon hunting family, she has seen many wizards and spells since she was a child. She knew what the glove in front of her was.

Portkey.

Miss Bloodstone snorted. She knew that the experience of using the Portkey was terrible, so before holding the glove, she took a deep breath to make herself in the best condition, then stretched out her hand and held the glove.

The next moment, it was as if an invisible hook was hooked on Elsa's abdomen, pulling her whole body into the tunnel of light that suddenly opened in front of her eyes. After 2 seconds, Elsa, who was spinning around, appeared in the hall on the fourth basement floor of that building.

Even though she had made preparations in advance, the dizzy experience still made Miss Bloodstone stagger when she landed. Merlin was already prepared for this, he stretched out his hand and lifted the pale Elsa up.

What's this?

Miss Xueshi took a few deep breaths, raised her head, and saw the hall in front of her, and the dark underground hall, where there were more than 30 glass cabinets.

In each glass cabinet, some incomplete texts are placed in a vacuum-like environment.

That's Dickon's secret.

Merlin looked at the text in front of him, he said

In Quicksilver's memory, Dickon called these things the 'Book of the Dead'. These texts were bought or snatched by him from collectors all over the Americas with huge sums of money in the past few months. It is called 'Blood God', and it is said to be the first generation of vampire pioneers who set foot on America, and the ancient legend brought from Europe contains the magical power that can make vampires reborn.

A legend brought from Europe?

Elsa took a few steps forward. She carefully looked at the weird symbols like cuneiform characters on the text. After a while, she turned her head and said to Merlin in a positive tone.

No! This is not the Book of the Dead, and there are no legends about the 'Blood God' in Europe.

Um?

Merlin frowned. He was very confident in Elsa's family inheritance, but Quicksilver's memory wouldn't lie, so he asked

You know the Book of the Dead?

Of course, that is Count Dracula's secret treasure.

Miss Bloodstone pointed to the text in front of her and explained to Merlin

I have seen similar words in the collapsed castle in Romania. But I can be sure that these specious things are not any kind of power recorded in the book of the dead. The bloodstone family and Dracula fought quickly 1000 years of friendship, at least in our family records, Dracula's book of death, there is no one called blood god.

you mean

Merlin says

Those vampires who migrated from South America deceived Dickon with a false thing?

It can't be called cheating.

Elsa also frowned. She looked at the texts and said to Merlin

I can understand these texts. This is the text used by the most orthodox blood race, so this legend should be true, but it has nothing to do with the Book of the Dead and Dracula.

And the time difference is too much. According to the grammatical rules of these texts, this legend should have appeared after 1000 AD. It may be the inheritance of another blood ancestor. After all, Dracula is only one of the ancestors of vampires. It He is famous and powerful, so it is very possible that the descendants of vampires mistaken the inheritance, or intentionally get involved with Dracula, in order to raise their status.

So, according to your statement, the 'Blood God' is real?

Merlin walked up to Elsa. He looked at the incomplete texts in front of him, and felt that it was necessary to collect them all.

It should be true.

Elsa spent a few minutes, looking at several different texts, and she said to Merlin

It records a place called 'Eternal Night Temple'. It is said that it was the first powerful vampire to set foot on America. He sensed that the danger was approaching, so he put some of his 'origin blood' there as a means of resurrection. Chips. And this kind of thing is very common in the civilization of vampires, so the credibility is very high.

The race of vampires is very strange. Their power comes from their blood. The closer the vampire is to the ancient blood, the stronger the power of awakening. So for a half-vampire, those 'source bloods' that have been sealed for at least 200 years ', it can really play a role in reborn.

Elsa said with some concern

But that Dickon, with its current characteristics, it is estimated that it will be difficult for it to resist the ancient will contained in the blood. Once it finds the temple and starts the inheritance, it means that a person who was active hundreds of years ago , even the old monsters from 1,000 years ago will be revived in this era.

So we can't let it find it.

Merlin waved his hand and filled the hall with black smoke. The black smoke quickly corroded the glass cabinets. After a few minutes, the more than 30 pieces of incomplete texts were collected by Merlin.

he said to elsa

Let's go, our task is completed, next, it's time to deal with it

boom

Before Merlin finished speaking, a loud explosion-like sound exploded above the underground hall. Violent vibrations and falling rubble made it look like someone stormed the building.

Merlin turned into fog, wrapped Elsa and moved her to a safe area. Miss Bloodstone quickly drew out two large-caliber demon hunting pistols, and Merlin also picked up the hand crossbow.

As they watched, more than a dozen fragmented vampire corpses that had been blown up fell from the big hole above, none of them could land on the ground, and disappeared in mid-air into flying ashes.

Among the ashes that were emitting fire, a big black man with a silver long sword in his hand, a cool black battle suit, a shotgun on his back, and sunglasses was holding a rope and killing all directions The cold temperament floated in the hall that had been thoroughly cleaned once.

Oh, an acquaintance.

Merlin put down the hand crossbow, and stretched out his hand to press down Elsa's arm holding the gun. He looked at the black-clothed soldier holding the long sword, and said

It's only been a few days, and we met again.

How are you doing recently? Brother Blade.