Shadow of the Beautiful World

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Merlin held the energy light cannon in his hand and blasted the stone platform in front of him.

In the splash of rubble, the marble cracked completely, revealing the hidden things inside.

Sure enough, what she said is true.

Merlin looked at the small blood-red box hidden in the marble core in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Outside the box, blood runes were used to cover up its existence, so that Merlin's dark perception could not feel it, but the mysterious girl could accurately tell its location.

This means, either, that girl is an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years, and was watching when Vlad III built the Temple of Eternal Night.

Or, the girl's perception is quite astonishing, at least several times stronger than Merlin's perception of darkness.

And no matter which guess it is, it proves that the mysterious girl is not easy to mess with. If there was really a fight just now, Merlin probably didn't have much chance of winning.

So who is she?

Merlin took out the box in front of him and put it in his hand. While using magic to decipher the runes of the box, he thought about another question:

And why did you suddenly appear and say some weird things to me? From what she said, she seems to be the 'witch' who incited Dickon to look for the inheritance of the blood god behind the scenes, so the question arises again, why did she do this? ?”

Is it really just for fun?

There was too little information about that girl, and the South American vampires who followed her were all killed by the revived Vlad III, making it completely impossible for Merlin to collect some useful information.

He just instinctively felt that the girl's identity should have something to do with Sangong.

She says she's been hunting Sannomiya's sons

Well, it seems that it is indeed a deep hatred between you and me.

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While Merlin was thinking, the box at his hand was opened. The moment the box was opened, a small blood-red snake hidden inside it bit at Merlin's finger, but it was completely empty.

At this moment, Merlin's fingers dispersed the billowing black mist, dodging the blow.

Vampire stuff!

As Merlin snorted, the black mist generated by his fingers quickly entered the snake's body along its nostrils and mouth, and a second later, accompanied by a low-pitched explosion, the weird and highly poisonous blood snake was in the flesh and blood. Completely perish in the splash.

Merlin casually picked up a tome in the box, flipped through it, and found that it was a book that recorded blood magic. It might be invaluable to a vampire, but it was completely useless to him.

The magic of vampires is driven by blood energy rather than magic power. Their magic system is completely different from that of wizards.

But the second book in the box quickly dispelled Merlin's disappointment. It was a handbook from an orthodox wizard, which recorded the formulas of some rare alchemy potions, as well as the formula of a magic wonder called alchemy stone. Production Method.

Merlin carefully put away the ancient manuscript, and then looked at the box. To his surprise, the third thing at the bottom of the box was not a book, but a rolled parchment.

It looks like a treasure map.

Merlin picked up the parchment, opened it, and found that there were 7 weird symbols recorded on it, just like the cuneiform script used by the ancestors of vampires, but there were many differences.

And under those words, there are several Latin phrases.

Dualism of Magic, Rock of Eternity, Magic Eyes.

What is this?

Merlin frowned, and looked at the parchment over and over, but still couldn't understand the meaning of these words. But instinctively told him that this thing should be quite precious, so Merlin also put away the parchment.

After everything was taken out, the box in Merlin's hand quickly became rotten, and in just a few seconds, it became scattered wreckage.

A few minutes later, with a heavy explosion, the stone slab in front of the temple was blown away by the Shattering Curse, and amidst the flying debris, a large ancient box was raised from under the slate by Merlin.

This box contains Vlad III's favorite clothes and accessories.

Merlin probably counted them, and there were about 12 sets of various clothes in the box, all of which were popular hundreds of years ago, similar to the Victorian outfit that the little succubus Mandy lend to Merlin.

The clothes these men wore had all sorts of weird decorations, as well as lace patterns that Merlin couldn't accept at all.

As for those accessories, most of them are magical creations, and they can still be used under the protection of the magic power under the Temple of Eternal Night for hundreds of years.

Merlin decided to sell all these clothes to the little succubus Mandy, who likes to collect these things. As for these magic ornaments, if you take them to Diagon Alley, they will definitely fetch a good price.

After dealing with the relics of Vlad III, Merlin returned to the front of the temple, just below the position where the blade was suspended by the chain, under the strange sculpture of a woman, Merlin also found the hidden treasure in the temple. Two final things.

A steel sword, a silver sword.

The mysterious witch said that it was a spoil that Vlad III had gained after killing a master witcher hundreds of years ago.

There is not much decoration on their appearance, they are all very simple and simple, with black scabbards. On the scabbard, there is also a black wolf head pendant, representing the identity of the owner of the pair of long swords.

A master witcher of the wolf school.

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Merlin pulled out the long sword in his hand, and a icy halo flowed on the sharp sword, which represented that it still maintained the sharpness of the original sword beating demons despite the tempering of time.

But unfortunately, the just sword Merlin is useless.

The long sword in the melee form of the cybertron weapon module is stronger and easier to use than this sword.

Merlin intends to give the sword to Hawkeye Clint who hasn't seen him for a long time.

He hasn't forgotten that in Mar-Vell's experiment, Clint gave Merlin his best collection of weapons to fight, but Merlin used it to chop too many Kree people, causing the good knife to be destroyed. Totally ruined.

This time, it happened to be able to compensate Hawkeye with one of the best collectibles.

As for the other silver sword, it fits quite well.

Although it is a long sword made of pure holy silver, its texture is not soft. On the contrary, this sharp blade forged by an ancient method can easily cut through human bones, and its lethality against demons is even more amazing.

Of course, wear and tear is a big problem for weapons made of holy silver. Like this kind of silver sword used for combat, it must be re-sharpened after being used for a period of time.

I don't know what your former master called you.

Merlin stroked the cold blade of the silver sword with his fingers, and he said softly:

But you belong to me now, so I'm going to give you a new name and call you 'Vlad'. To commemorate the first legendary creature I killed.

He put the two swords back into his magic pocket, and finally looked back at the Temple of Eternal Night behind him, before turning into black mist and rushing into the sky.

There is nothing to see here anymore. The SHIELD logistics department will be responsible for processing the ruins here. Their work efficiency is very high. Maybe in a few days, no one will mention the big explosion that happened that night.

The return journey was easy, and no one would stop him. Those radical vampires with brains had disappeared without a trace when Vlad slaughtered the South American vampires.

Their leader Dickon died, and their territory in New York was completely divided up by the Supreme Family, the surviving Presbyterian Church, and the sl.d. who entered the market forcefully. There was no longer any place for them in this city.

A few minutes later, Merlin returned to the foothills of Mount Todd. He vaguely saw several old wizards in wizard robes casting the Displacement Curse. It seemed that these great wizards in charge of the formation had also confirmed that the problem had been solved. Solved, started to leave.

Merlin, come to the Magic Council in a few days to sit down.

The voice of Lord Samuel, the wizard chairman who was familiar with Merlin, sounded in Merlin's ears, and the old wizard said with a smile:

You have solved a big problem. We need to discuss what we can use to repay you for your efforts. Of course, those origin blood

I'll give it to you.

Merlin said wearily:

It's not safe to put that thing in S.H.I.E.L.D. When I go to the Magic Congress, I will take Origin Blood with me.

Well, that's good. We'll talk about it later.

Arch Wizard Samuel's voice died away.

Both he and Merlin knew the meaning of these conversations, and Merlin's meaning was very clear. He would not hand over Origin Blood to the Magic Congress until he saw enough reward.

And source blood, the essence of power that directly comes from legendary vampires, is very rare in the entire wizarding world.

In other words, if the Magic Congress wants to get this thing, they have to endure the pain and let Merlin cut him severely.

Who told them not to work hard during this crisis?

Merlin was doing all the life-threatening things, and now it was only natural for him to ask for the reward he deserved.

And when Merlin returned to the foothills of Todd Mountain, it happened to catch up with the rebirth scene of the blade.

The guy was still placed in a black body bag, which looked like a real charred corpse. The scorched skin on his body was like a cocoon, and something was moving inside.

The old hunter, Miss Bloodstone, and his three subordinates surrounded the body bag, watching this scene curiously.

Do vampires still have this function?

Sharon asked curiously:

Make yourself into a cocoon and then conceive it? Will it grow wings like a moth? I heard from those wizards that some vampires do have wings.

No, no!

Miss Bloodstone explained in an expert tone:

The vampire's bat wings are actually a symbol of atavism, an alienated physiological tissue. Wings will only appear when the vampire's control over blood reaches a special level. Vampires with bat wings are different from those without Batwings are completely different concepts in terms of strength. According to my estimates, among the millions of vampires on the entire east coast, no more than 5,000 have wings.

Only pure-blooded vampires can grow wings, and they are high-ranking vampires. The real big men among vampires will not play such meaningless political games with these 'kids' in New York.

It's cracked!

Coulson pointed at the charred corpse and shouted. The next moment, the skin of the charred corpse was torn from the inside like a real cocoon.

A still active finger stuck out from it, startling everyone around.

Hoo, hoo, hoo.

Panting, Blade sat up from the peeling charred skin, his clothes had been shredded in the previous full vampirization, and now the guy was completely naked.

His newborn skin was still black, but there were no scars on it, it was as delicate as a newborn baby.

He was breathing heavily, as if a drowning person had been saved, and there was still a hint of fear and fear in his black eyes, just like a frightened wild animal. When he just woke up, he used a dangerous He looked at the people around him.

It wasn't until seeing the familiar Whistler that Dao Feng's mood gradually stabilized.

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A piece of clothing was thrown into Dao Feng's hands, and Merlin, who emerged from the darkness, waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to give Dao Feng a little time to change clothes.

The style is a bit old.

The clothes thrown by Merlin were from Vlad III's personal collection, and he shrugged at Blade, saying:

But I don't think you'll mind.

No, I really won't.

Dao Feng picked up the black hunting jacket, he glanced at the cocoon shell left behind him with disgust, turned around and put on his clothes, and said to Merlin:

I still remember, I lost control and I didn't hurt you guys, right?

You didn't hurt anyone but yourself.

Merlin leaned against the trunk next to him, and said:

But without your nonsense, relying on the two of us, there is no way to destroy Vlad III's new body Speaking of which, I want to confirm whether you have been affected by Vlad's origin blood?

have.

Blade is not the kind of person who will hide the truth, he pointed to his head, and said to Merlin:

There's a voice, it's been talking in my head, it's urging me to go somewhere in Eastern Europe, to find something there, and it's really annoying.

It's Vlad III who really lingers!

Merlin's expression became more serious, and he said:

It seems that we have to find a way to take that drop of origin blood from your body.

No, I think I can try to keep it.

After passing on the ancient hunting suit, Blade turned around. He pulled the tight breeches uncomfortably, and said to Merlin:

Vlad III's body has long since died out. The symbol of its existence in this world is the source blood. If it's just a drop, it can't really affect me. The rest is with you, right?

The vampire hunter said in a cold tone:

Find a way to destroy those source blood! Vlad III will never be resurrected.

Are you sure you're not affected?

Merlin looked at the blade, he said:

You want to use that source blood to become powerful. This idea is dangerous. Maybe it is manipulating you now. Maybe, the soul in your body is no longer Eric Brooks.

I need this drop of blood, but not for its power.

Blade looked at the lace trim of the hunting suit on his wrist, and said:

It's because of Vlad III's knowledge. With that knowledge, I won't be afraid of any vampire in this world. Armed with those forbidden knowledge, I have the capital to hunt and kill those hidden deeper high-ranking vampires. us.

Merlin looked at Dao Feng. After ten seconds of silence, he took something out of his pocket and threw it to Dao Feng.

The blade was in his hand, and he found that it was a black bracelet, which was similar to the watch Merlin gave him before, but stronger, as if it was made of some special material similar to steel.

Take it.

Merlin says:

Don't take it off at any time! Once the positioning of the bracelet disappears, I will go to you

If you learn from it that you have degenerated into a monster, then I will do it myself and let you rest in peace.

Eric Brooks, as a SHIELD agent, I am here to inform you that from now on, you will become the S-level observation and monitoring target of sl.d., and you will be included in SHIELD's contact list for dangerous aliens , when necessary, we will provide you with a new job and a new life.

Do you accept?