Shadow of the Beautiful World

Who were you calling just now?

Elsa, who was sitting on the helicopter flying in the dark, wiped her dagger, and asked Merlin who was sitting next to her, and the latter replied casually:

It's nothing, just a few old friends.

A plea for help? I hope it is a plea for help.

Elsa turned her head and looked at the pale light dancing on the top of Todd Mountain in front of her. She raised her head and looked towards the night sky. It was blocked by a group of sudden clouds.

The whole night grew darker.

Look, the inheritance of the blood god has started.

Elsa pointed to the arc light on the top of the mountain in the distance, and she said to Merlin with a worried face:

We really need support right now.

We don't have much support.

Merlin held the silver hand crossbow, he said softly:

You and I, the two of us, are the most professional experts in S.H.I.E.L.D. who specialize in dealing with supernatural events. If even we can't solve this matter, then Fury won't have a better way.

Where are the wizards in New York?

Elsa asked:

It's already this time, don't they show up yet?

Several great wizards in New York helped us seal off the entire Todd Hill.

Merlin looked at the increasingly intense white arc light in the distance ahead, that strange and ominous light, like a pale flame burning on the top of the mountain. He said:

The great wizards can guarantee that no matter what happens in the mountains, it will not affect the millions of ordinary people living in New York until their magic power is exhausted. The pressure on their shoulders is no less than ours. As for the Aurors tonight They're already busy enough, so stop putting pressure on them.

But if a legendary vampire like Vlad III is really resurrected, a few great wizards are not enough!

Miss Xueshi said with a sad face:

I should have informed the European witch hunters in advance. If they were here, our pressure would be much less.

But they're not here.

Merlin glanced at Elsa, and he persuaded:

Take a deep breath and calm down, Elsa.

How can I be calm!

Miss Bloodstone stared at Merlin, she said angrily:

We are going to rush into the temple where the legendary vampire is sealed. We are going to kill ourselves. Why are you not nervous at all?

because

Merlin shrugged and said in a gentle tone:

I've been through worse times, 100 times worse than this. Elsa, you should know that feeling, when you suddenly realize at a certain point how much progress you have made, it is difficult for you Go back again.

He turned his head, looked at Miss Xueshi, and comforted him softly:

It's just a legendary vampire now, don't panic, it's not a big problem. I saw Whistler, we should go down.

While speaking, Merlin stood up and stretched out her hand towards Elsa. Miss Bloodstone understood what Merlin meant, and she quickly picked up her armed bag, like a koala, and grabbed Merlin tightly. arm.

The next moment, the figures of the two people dissipated in the helicopter under the light of the shape-shifting spell.

After they disappeared, Coulson, who was sitting on the co-pilot of the helicopter, couldn't help but said to Melinda beside him:

I suddenly discovered that Chief Merlin's popularity with women is actually pretty good, right?

Well, not bad anyway.

Melinda nodded, but Coulson asked another question:

Then why, is he still single now? He is 29 years old this year, right? Anyway, since I joined S.H.I.E.L.D., he has almost never had any romantic scandals, right?

Uh, I don't know.

Melinda, who was flying the helicopter, was also a little confused by this sudden question.

Behind them, Sharon Carter, who had been silently listening to the discussion, suddenly interjected quietly.

Maybe, Sir Merlin, he doesn't like women?

These words made the atmosphere in the helicopter cabin weird. The eyes of Melinda and Sharon fell on Coulson at the same time in the next moment, and Coulson felt uncomfortable all over.

Speaking of which, Chief Merlin thinks highly of Phil.

Melinda said playfully:

I don't know if it's my illusion. There has always been a weird and intimate understanding between him and Phil.

Yes, they often go out together at night.

Sharon played with the pistol in her hand, and made a stab with a blank expression:

And it's also mysterious. We asked him what he was going to do, but he never told us.

Actually, if you ignore the hairline, Phil also looks pretty.

Well, and she has a good personality, with a little bit of temperament.

Sharon and Melinda talked to each other, Coulson's face turned green, and he screamed:

Enough! Don't look at me like that! I like women and I'm normal!

Also, throw away all the bad ideas in your head! We are at war, and the opponent is still a legendary vampire, please! Be serious, okay?

boom

The moment Coulson got angry, there was a loud noise like thunder, which instantly interrupted the female agents' speculation about the officer's sexual orientation.

Before the eyes of Melinda, Sharon and Coulson, at the top of the main peak of Mount Todd, which was hundreds of meters away from them, the white arc of light covering the entire mountain seemed to have reached the peak of some kind of energy at this moment. changed form.

Under the stunned gaze of the three agents, a white beam of light piercing through the sky appeared on the peak of Mount Todd.

That is not a solid beam of light, but a distorted light that dances like an aurora.

Along with that light, there was also a pale halo visible to the naked eye, centered on Mount Todd, rolling in all directions.

It was a strange energy, like a converging gust of wind. At this moment, the helicopter was swaying left and right in the air. Coulson firmly grasped the handrail at hand. He looked back, in the night behind the helicopter , a group of densely packed small black spots are rapidly approaching this airspace.

what is that?

He shouted:

Is it some kind of alien?

It's a bat!

Sharon grabbed the armrest with one hand and picked up the night vision goggle with the other. After just one glance, her expression changed dramatically.

Down! Melinda, go down! There are too many bats, they will shoot us down!

Hold on!

Melinda screamed, and with the push of her fingers, the next moment, the helicopter hovering hundreds of meters in the air seemed to have suddenly lost its power, and flew across the sky before the overwhelming bats roared and overwhelmed them. A dangerous parabola fell to the ground below.

On the other side, at the foot of Mount Todd, Merlin, Miss Bloodstone, and the old hunter Whistler were also looking at Mount Todd, which was shrouded in white arc light.

That's some kind of domain power.

Miss Bloodstone subconsciously clenched Merlin's hand, and there was a hint of nervousness in her tone:

It is the power characteristic of the legendary vampire, which is being revived.

Well, it looks amazing.

Merlin commented, he looked at Elsa, and said:

I know you're nervous, but please don't push so hard, I feel the pain.

Elsa glanced at her hand belatedly, and the next moment, she decisively withdrew her finger. Fortunately, under the night, she couldn't see her flushed face. She squatted aside as if nothing had happened, and began to organize her armed bag.

While Merlin shook his hand, he asked the old hunter beside him:

Where's the blade?

He's gone to scout.

Whistler said with some concern:

It's been more than 40 minutes and he hasn't come back yet.

So, the 'reconnaissance' you mentioned, I can understand it as 'going to the meeting alone', right?

Merlin shook his head. He took out something similar to a mobile phone from his pocket, tapped on the screen, then raised his head and pointed at Todd Mountain, who was being quickly drawn into the white light. He said:

The blade is there! Right in the center of the light, it looks like our vampire hunter Lone Ranger is in trouble.

I'll go with you.

Without any hesitation, the old hunter grabbed the shotgun and katana in his hand, and was about to rush towards the foothills in front of him, but was stopped by Merlin.

No, you get out of here.

Merlin said to the old hunter:

Wait on the edge of Staten Island.

You tell me to drop the blade and flee without fighting?

The old hunter gritted his teeth and said:

no way!

Merlin glared at him, then snatched the gun and knife from Whistler's hand, and said:

I want you to pick up our reinforcements! That weird light is interfering with nearby communications. If we go to the very center, it is estimated that all the electromagnetic equipment will be useless, so someone must pick them up. By the way, take my few The subordinates have found it, and the weapons they are carrying may also be able to help.

Reinforcements?

The old hunter asked:

Other agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? In this case, do you still want ordinary people to die?

of course not.

Merlin put the shotgun behind his back and picked up Whistler's witcher knife. He turned his head and showed a strange smile to the old hunter. He said:

They are much more powerful than Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We are a team, and everyone in the team has a mission. If we want to win, everyone has to do their own mission.

After speaking, he raised his weapon and rushed to the foothills not far away with the fully armed Elsa.

One turned into black mist, and the other flashed forward at an extremely fast pace. In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared in front of old Whistler.

The old hunter looked at the main peak of Mount Todd, which had been engulfed by the ominous white light. He gritted his teeth, turned around and got into the car. Amidst the low hum of the engine, he drove the car towards this place. to the edge of the island.

Merlin was right.

Now that the lone ranger mode can no longer solve the problem, now it's time to try the team cooperation mode.

After Merlin broke into the mountainous area shrouded in white light, he and Elsa were attacked by radical vampires. During the rush of the fight, Miss Bloodstone wielded two slender sharp blades while dodging like a cat. Attacking the vampires around him with the gun in his hand, he said to Merlin, who was wielding the demon hunting knife, killing a lot:

There's good news and there's bad news. Which do you want to hear?

Stop playing with this rotten joke.

Merlin chopped off a vampire's head with a single knife, and then turned into a black mist, covering a dozen or so vampires around it. In the explosion of flaming magic power, thick ashes spread like rain, spreading all over the surroundings of the two. earth.

While shaking the silver-plated sharp blade in his hand, he switched to the Cybertron weapon module in hand cannon mode, and without looking at it, he fired a maximum-power beam bombardment at the vampire rushing down from the foot of the mountain.

In the background of the gorgeous flames that exploded like a dozen mortars, Merlin said without turning his head:

Tell me something that will cheer me up, Elsa, and look around, we're all in bad enough shape.

Well, you have no sense of humor.

Miss Bloodstone pursed her lips, threw the sword in her left hand, and nailed a vampire who was trying to sneak attack Merlin to the tree. She held the silver sword in both hands, and with a loud shout, the sharp blade danced in a perfect circle. Ring, cut off all the vampires around.

In the flowery flight of ashes, she said to Merlin:

Vlad III's domain has opened up, and any vampire in it will be strengthened by blood energy, but the strength of this enhancement is very weak, and it will not cause us any trouble at present.

at present?

Merlin forced a high-ranking vampire back with a knife, and the hand cannon in his hand disappeared like magic, replaced by the buzzing red wand Lola.

Avada Kedavra!

While chanting an icy spell, a green bolt of lightning spread out from the top of Lola, like a jumping dark green thunder snake, hitting all the four vampires in front of him.

The moment they were struck by the green lightning, those high-ranking vampires didn't even have time to turn into bats and escape like Quicksilver before, and fell limply to the ground like puppets whose souls had been sucked out.

Their eyes are dull, and there is no spark of life in them.

Their bodies are dying quickly, but before their bodies die, their souls have already been annihilated by this terrifying spell.

So, you mean, as time goes by, the vampires here will become more and more difficult?

It's not good news and bad news at all! It's bad news and worse news.

It was as if Merlin had done an ordinary thing. With a flick of his wrist, he threw three green killing spells one after another, killing all the most difficult pure-bloods who were dodging left and right. .

At this time, under the feet of Merlin and Elsa, a whole layer of ashes like snow had accumulated, which represented the horrific killings that the two of them had produced in the past few minutes.

In just a few minutes, at least 100 vampires died on this ridge.

bass

With the two sharp swords back in their sheaths, Elsa moved her wrists. She used the novice combat skills of a demon hunter, and with a light and jumping posture, she rushed forward quickly, and said to Merlin with surprise:

You said that you have only been in contact with magic for more than 7 years, and you are still self-taught. How did you even learn the Avada Kedavra? For a wild mage, such a dangerous spell is not something that can be picked up anywhere, right? ? The wizards of the Magic Congress don’t care about you?”

I have a very good relationship with them.

Merlin casually replied:

And the wizard Rogelio, who is in charge of spell exchange, is more affectionate, and his girlfriends are more vain. As a result, the wizard is very tight recently. I helped him, so he also generously repaid me. That's the whole story, do you want to keep asking?

I just feel

Miss Xueshi couldn't help complaining:

Although we haven't known each other for long, and we don't know much about each other. But every time I feel that I know your big secret, you can always use various methods to refresh my cognition. Merlin, why are you so secretive? many?

So, you mean, you're planning to get to know me better?

Merlin swung his wand, and a shattering curse blasted the closed stone wall in front of him, opening the way to the Temple of Eternal Night.

He glanced back at Miss Bloodstone, and said softly:

I advise you not to do that, Elsa.

It's not a good thing for a simple girl like you to be curious about a man full of secrets like me.

Why?

Miss Bloodstone held two guns and followed Merlin into the cave. She asked:

Are you afraid that your secret will be leaked?

No.

Merlin looked at the vampires rushing towards them in front of him, he pulled out Whistler's witcher knife with his backhand, and said softly:

I'm worried, you, who are fragile, can't bear the price of secrets, but now, Miss Bloodstone, do you want to dance?

it's here?

Miss Bloodstone glanced at Merlin, and she also drew the long silver sword behind her backhand, and said:

you sure?

certainly.

Merlin took a step forward, and the black smoke billowed and enveloped the surrounding caves. Amid the surging smoke, he stretched out his hand to Elsa and whispered:

I'm in the sky, let's play a duet tango on the ground.