Shadow of the Beautiful World

Under the 21st Century Bell Telephone Company building in the Old Town of New York, in the monitoring room on the third basement floor, Agent Coulson walked quickly into the room, with his arms folded, standing in front of the huge screen in front of him .

On the screen in front of him, the floor plan of the entire New York City area was displayed, and more than 30 conspicuous red Xs were dancing on the screen.

Coulson knew that every x in front of his eyes represented a place where a fierce exchange of fire was taking place.

Agent Ross! Report the situation!

Coulson asked the agent on duty beside him. The third-level agent with a gentle face and always raised mouth immediately reported:

Officer Coulson, in the past 2 hours, there have been more than 40 gunshot wounds and kidnappings in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan, but whether it was the attacker or the kidnapped, They are all vampires. In our judgment, this is a precursor to the eventual conflict between the radical vampire faction and the Sanguinary Council.

Agent Ross glanced at the statistical data, and he said to Coulson:

The radical vampire fighters have launched fierce and precise attacks on their compatriots. So far, the mansion of the leader of the Sanguine Presbyterian Church has suffered heavy damage, and their fighters have also attacked several radical strongholds in the Bronx District. Launched an onslaught of counterattacks.

Um.

Coulson looked at the big screen in front of him, he frowned and asked:

What about the casualties of ordinary citizens?

Not much.

Agent Ross quickly replied:

We notified nd. (New York police) in time, and they blocked the downtown area in time, so there were almost no civilian casualties except for a dozen wounded who were accidentally involved in the exchange of fire between the two sides. Judging from the surveillance footage found at the scene, Those radical vampires were just trying to capture the leader of the Presbyterian Church, they moved in and out quickly, and the fastest kidnapping operation didn’t even last more than 5 minutes from start to finish.”

Um.

Coulson breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news.

What he is most worried about is that civilians will be affected by this vampire war. Once there are large-scale civilian casualties, sl.d. will definitely face a bad questioning.

He didn't want Chief Merlin to be questioned by a group of picky old guys when he returned to his post. Such a result would make Coulson's agent agents seem too incompetent.

Coulson looked at the positions of the red Xs on the big screen. After a while, he raised his wrist and looked at the newly issued watch. He said:

This is a great opportunity to get Melinda and Sharon's operations team ready to go.

Coulson pointed to the direction of Brooklyn, he said:

Taking advantage of this vampire civil strife, we want to clear Brooklyn! Pull out all the strongholds of those vampires!

Yes, sir.

Agent Ross got the order, and he immediately used the computer to issue mission orders to the action team.

And just as Coulson was thinking about the specific plan for this operation, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Coulson is not a person with a wide range of friends. He does not have too many friends stored in his mobile phone, and no one will call during working hours.

Coulson took a look at the phone and walked out of the monitoring room. He put the phone to his ear and asked:

Sir Merlin, what's the matter?

Are there any operational agents available?

Merlin didn't waste time exchanging pleasantries, he got straight to the point and said:

I need some people to help out here on the outskirts of town.

have.

Coulson replied:

but permissions

Merlin knew what Coulson was worried about. He is still suspended. In theory, he has no authority to mobilize sl.d.'s action team.

This is the temporary permission Fury gave me, you can call Hill to confirm.

Merlin says:

In addition, this is a rescue operation. I don't need too many people, but it must be an elite! In addition, Coulson, if you want to launch an operation against today's vampire chaos, you can omit the Bronx, that area We have our 'new friends' to clean up.

I will confirm immediately.

Coulson hung up the phone and sent a message to Agent Hill. After a while, Agent Hill confirmed that Merlin did have a temporary authorization for a mission, so Coulson didn't hesitate any longer. He immediately transferred from his operation team Five old secret agents were recruited, armed with weapons, and rushed to the place where Merlin was in a helicopter.

Twenty minutes later, in the evening darkness, Coulson, fully armed, jumped out of the steady helicopter.

On the beach in front of him, Merlin and Elsa were already waiting for him.

Who is this?

Coulson walked up to Merlin with five agents. He looked at the beautiful girl next to Merlin and the ID card hanging on the girl's chest. He asked with some doubts:

Our new advisor?

This is Miss Bloodstone.

Merlin said:

A 'professional' who just joined yesterday.

Merlin emphasized the word professional, Coulson nodded clearly, stretched out his hand towards Elsa, and introduced himself:

Sl.d. Agent Commander Phil Coulson, first meeting, Miss Bloodstone.

You can call me Elsa.

Elsa and Coulson shook hands, she looked at the silver hand crossbow on Coulson's waist, she said:

Is this thing easy to use?

good.

Coulson replied with a little surprise, while Elsa shrugged, and she said:

You'd better find a new bowstring for it. This thing was used by my grandfather in the past. Although it is well maintained, there is no way to avoid loose bowstrings.

Okay, these gossips can be said later.

Merlin patted Coulson on the shoulder, pointed to a villa by the sea in the distance, and said to Coulson and the agents around him:

There is the target of our operation this time. I have confirmed the news. The fighters of the radical vampire faction have imprisoned some family members of the Sanguinary Presbyterian Church there. Your task is to bring them out. The S.H.I.E.L.D. The operation team will hand over to you at a pier near Long Island, just hand over the vampires to them.

Merlin says:

Your mission is only to rescue and escort, and Elsa and I will do the work of breaking in and finishing. Are there any questions? Agents.

No one answered, which means there is no problem.

Merlin nodded in satisfaction, looked at his watch, and said to the agents and Elsa:

Check weapons and equipment now, we will act in 5 minutes!

Sir.

Coulson winked at Merlin, who followed him to the side, and Coulson asked in a puzzled tone:

On the way here, I received a message from Melinda. She told me that she saw a group of vampire warriors in black uniforms moving in the neighborhood between the Bronx and Flushing. Neither the Radicals nor the Presbyterians, and they are still attacking the strongholds of both the Presbyterians and the Radicals in a way of siege.

Coulson looked at his officer, he said:

If I'm not mistaken, it's our 'new friend'?

That's right.

Merlin replied:

That's a soldier of the Supreme Family. Director Fury has reached an agreement with the reclusive 'Supreme Grand Duke' Alissa Makinos. After tonight, the Radicals will no longer exist, and the Elders will be greatly injured. But the supreme family also cannot take advantage of the opportunity to rise.

At least in Queens, and Brooklyn, I don't allow any vampire strongholds except for the alien reserved area.

Merlin said to Coulson:

We haven't been able to solve the problem of vampires in New York at one time, but Fury's suggestion to me is currently the best way to weaken the power of vampires. You should understand, right?

I can understand.

Coulson said:

“But I think, in addition to Queens and Brooklyn, we can use this opportunity to clean up the underground situation in Manhattan as well.”

No.

Merlin looked at his watch, he shook his head, and said to Coulson:

The situation in Manhattan is more than ten times more complicated than you imagined. But don't worry, Coulson, even if the Grand Duke comes to Manhattan in person, he has to be honest.

Having said that, Merlin sighed, looking at the handful of sea water under the dark night in front of him, he said softly:

The water in Manhattan is really too deep.

I don't understand, sir.

Coulson asked with some dissatisfaction:

Perhaps you should tell me more.

OK.

Merlin patted Coulson on the shoulder, he pointed in the direction of Manhattan, and said:

Do you know what's under Manhattan?

Uh, I don't know.

Coulson answered honestly, and then heard Merlin's faint voice:

I also just found out that there is a city of monsters hidden in the demiplane between the waters of Manhattan and the ground. The complete area of ​​that place is not smaller than New York. It is called Sulfur Harbor, and there are at least 2 million people living in it. Monsters of different races, they also gave the place a name called 'Monster Metropolis'.

That's a place that even the Magic Congress can't get in. The most hateful thing is that those chicken thief wizards concealed the existence of that place from us. If we hadn't met an old hunter, we would have been kept in the dark forever. Drum.

It's amazing.

Coulson was shocked by the news, and after a while, he said:

No wonder we've been collecting the aliens in New York, but we haven't been able to count them for five years. The number of monsters in this city is more than three times more than we expected.

yes.

Merlin moved his fingers and said:

If we still intend to continue to promote the new order of aliens, then the expansion of sl.d. is imminent.

Merlin said to Coulson:

After the vampire conflict is over this time, you will shift the focus of your work to Naxin. I plan to recruit at least 200 agents before next June. Before 2010, sl.d. will be on the east coast. The number of field agents must exceed 5,000!

The director won't agree so easily?

Coulson looked at his officer with some embarrassment, and said:

There are only 4,500 people in the entire European branch. An expansion of this scale requires too many resources.

No, trust me, Coulson.

Merlin said to his most trusted subordinate:

After Fury knows the news, he will only be more anxious than me. He is a natural control freak and cannot control the situation. For him, it is simply a kind of torture. We will talk about these later, ready to act Bar.

Under the fog of Merlin's avatar, the heavily armed agents approached the tightly guarded seaside villa almost silently.

Coulson held his breath and held the pistol and hand crossbow in his hand. Beside him, Miss Bloodstone held two large-caliber pistols in both hands, and carried three long guns exaggeratedly on her back. 2 hand crossbows and a row of consecrated silver nitrate grenades, and two short swords for close combat.

It's like a mobile arsenal.

I don't know how this slender Miss Bloodstone can afford such heavy weapons and equipment. And judging by her expression, she seemed very relaxed.

Whizzing

With two soft bangs, the hand crossbow in Merlin's hand, which was hanging in the sky, fired. Two vampires standing at the gate of the villa with guns in their hands fell down in response. Their heads were directly pierced by the sharp holy silver crossbow bolts.

THIS IS THE SIGNAL FOR ACTION!

Elsa suddenly rushed out from her hiding place. This beautiful girl with long orange hair was swaying in the darkness. She waved her hand, and a grenade crossed the wall of the villa and exploded in the inner garden, which immediately alarmed At the moment when they swarmed out of the vampires, Elsa's face flashed a trace of coldness, and her figure moved forward rapidly at this second, like a silver arc of light shining in the darkness.

This is the unique attack technique of the demon hunter.

In the next second, Elsa appeared in the middle of the crowd of vampires. The girl with two guns raised her arms like a dancing top. Amid the constant noise, the low-level vampires around her were too late. He reacted, and was pierced through the body by the scorching holy silver bullet.

Elsa, get down!

Merlin in mid-air shouted, and Miss Bloodstone lay down on the ground without any hesitation. At the same time, Merlin threw the Storm Knife from the blade to the ground.

The double-bladed S-shaped flying knife, like a silver butterfly flying in the air, hovered lightly and at high speed in the air, as if flying back and forth, and drew a bloody arc in the garden of the villa , and while floating again, a silver trail was drawn in the air, and returned to Merlin's hand.

In front of his eyes, the vampires who rushed out of the house stood in place, and on their necks, there was a scar like a thin red thread.

This thing is quite powerful.

Merlin fell to the ground and stood back to back with Elsa who had changed the magazine. Around them, the radical vampires were surrounding them. On the other side of the villa, Coulson and the agents have already crossed the wall behind the villa and are breaking into the main building.

Ready for a big fight?

Merlin put away the Storm Knife, holding the crossbow in one hand and the magic wand in the other, and said to Miss Bloodstone behind him:

And, is the life of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wonderful?

Miss Bloodstone snorted, she clenched the two guns in her hands, and said:

So far, Merlin looks pretty good. Look into their eyes, these vampires are afraid of us.

hehe

Merlin chuckled, raised the wand in his hand, and in the light of the Cruciatus Curse, he said:

Isn't this what it should be?