Shadow of the Beautiful World

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In the flickering of the dim candlelight, Thalia opened her eyes. She felt dizzy in her head, as if she had been hit head-on by a heavy punch.

She moved her arms subconsciously, but found that she was tied up, her hands were trapped behind her back, and the cold handcuffs bound her wrists. She was tied to a post, and in front of her eyes, the guy in black wizard robes, with his back turned to him, was busy on a table full of various herbs in the beating of candle flames with.

A smell of herbs mixed with earthy smell is permeating the dark house.

At the end of Talia's line of sight, her precious son Damian was bound to a flat support with twisted steel. Beside him, there were three large spiral tube glasses filled with bubbling Weird and viscous liquid.

It looked like a wicked experiment by wizards in a third-rate fantasy movie.

Talia didn't disturb the dark wizard in front of her. Her fingers were moving, and her fingers were intertwined, trying to break free from the shackles on her wrists.

Yo, are you awake?

Merlin didn't turn his head back, but continued to fiddle with the medicinal herbs on the table. He put a delicate small cauldron on a stand at one side, and with a flick of his finger, a lump burned under the cauldron.

He put several prepared herbs into the crucible, poured some black pungent liquid, and said in a deliberately hazy tone:

Beautiful Miss Thalia, I haven't seen you for a few years, your style is still so dazzling, but I have changed, forever changed, what a pity.

Mr. Coulson.

Thalia tried her best to soften her tone. Over the years, she had also met other dark wizards. She knew that most of these guys who were excluded from the mainstream were a group of lunatics who did things regardless of the consequences. In 1998, Voldemort's After the Death Eaters were completely exterminated, these dark wizards who lost their last hiding place in Europe became more extreme in their behavior.

She tried her best not to irritate Colson in front of her, she said:

I remember, there shouldn't be any grievances between us, right?

Oh? You mean, we're actually friends?

Merlin picked up a glass rod, and while stirring the black night liquid that kept coming out of the crucible, he asked calmly:

You mean, everything I'm doing now is wrong?

No, I mean

Thalia pressed the fingers of her left hand silently on the thumb of her right hand, and she said softly:

We helped each other back then. You helped me hide the news. I gave you the information you needed. That deal was perfect. If I or someone else offends you, then you should tell me the reason and I can compensate you, regardless Whether it's money or something else, I can give it to you.

The perfect deal? Huh!

Merlin laughed mockingly:

I risked exposing myself to help you kill an Auror, and you're paying me back, Thalia? You beautiful snake hiding in the dark, you dismissed it with a pile of tattered parchment You thought you could escape, didn't you? You thought you could get away with your precious son?

Dream!

Merlin gritted his teeth in a hateful tone, and said word by word:

Today, you will double what you owe me!

click

With a soft sound, Thalia's face immediately turned pale, but the forcibly dislocated thumb also allowed her right hand to be pulled out of the shackles smoothly.

The female assassin, who had become more and more powerful over the years, endured the pain, and at this moment, like a female leopard hunting for food, rushed towards Merlin whose back was facing her like a shadow.

If she was here by herself, then she might be in the mood for an intriguing conversation with the dangerous dark wizard.

But now, this guy has kidnapped her son, and she is in no mood to flirt with him.

Thalia's left hand was clenched into a fist, and the ring on her finger danced strangely under the light. There was a spike in the center of the ring. The League of Assassins has inherited some ancient secret techniques that allow assassins to inflict damage on wizards. Effective kill.

But you only get one chance.

At the moment when Thalia made a surprise attack, Merlin turned his head, his ember-like eyes sparkled with surprise, which made Thalia feel that his attack was sure to win.

However, the next moment, the surprise in Merlin's eyes turned into a sneer.

With a light flick of his finger, the gravity around Talia immediately turned around, like a thrust on her body, causing Talia's body to leave the ground strangely at this moment, and the thrust that pierced Merlin's neck The spikes also brushed against Merlin's face and hit the air.

Merlin stretched out his other hand, like a lover's touch, and placed it on Talia's belly without a trace of fat.

The seal of Alder, who specializes in air explosions, erupted at this moment, and Thalia's body floating in the air, as if being hit by an invisible heavy punch, was ruthlessly thrown out and hit the wall behind her.

At this moment, Thalia even heard the groan from her own bones.

She felt like her spine was going to be broken.

This bastard is really merciless!

colloportus! (Confinement Curse)

Merlin picked up the magic wand on the table, and in the flash of magic power, four dark red chains evolved from magic power bound her body to the wall so tightly that she couldn't even struggle.

tsk tut

Merlin walked up to Talia, and he stretched out his hand to help Talia wipe off the blood from the corner of her mouth.

He looked at the female assassin, and said:

Why bother?

His fingers touched Thalia's smooth cheeks, and then along the flimsy skin all the way down, and finally stopped on her delicate collarbone, he said:

I don't know who is the lucky one. I don't know how good that man is when I got Ms. Thalia's heart. I don't even know how good that man is. You are even willing to give birth to him. But it doesn't matter. Don't care about other people.

Your Excellency Coulson, I admit defeat.

Talia raised her head, she didn't care about Merlin's slightly frivolous fingers on her collarbone, she said to the masked black wizard in front of her:

Please let my son go. I fooled you out of selfishness, and I will definitely make it up.

Oh, oh, it's too outlandish to say that.

Merlin withdrew his fingers, and he returned to his temporary alchemy table. While pouring the last few pieces of medicinal ingredients into the crucible, while stirring the liquid that didn't look like much fun, he said:

You and I are considered friends, Ms. Thalia, why do you insist so stubbornly that I will definitely hurt your Damian?

No, I'm not trying to hurt him. The kid has a certain gift, Ms. Thalia, I'm trying to empower him. I'm going to help him, you understand?

What are you going to do? Coulson!

Thalia was a little depressed by the dark wizard who was obviously mentally abnormal.

She knew that her father would not let Damian just disappear. At present, the best assassins in the entire Assassin League are probably looking for her and Damian. She is very confident in her organization, so now, she needs to delay .

I'm currently studying ancient witchers.

Merlin suddenly changed the topic to another direction. He sniffed the strange smell emanating from the cauldron, and said:

Did you know that ancient demon hunters would adopt some children under the age of 15 and train them into new demon hunters?

I know.

Thalia, who was bound to the wall, spoke:

At a certain stage in the Middle Ages, the League of Assassins cooperated with the demon hunters for a while, but in this era, the inheritance of the demon hunters has declined to the extreme. Coulson, do you need some information about the demon hunters? I can give it to you, stored in the League of Assassins

No, I don't need to.

Merlin waved his hand to interrupt Talia's persuasion. He stretched out his finger, manipulated the boiling liquid in the crucible, and poured the green concoction into three crystal cups respectively.

He extinguished the flame, and while shaking the three crystal cups, said in a relaxed tone:

I have found the ancient heritage of the witcher, I don't need you, and I don't trust you, Talia, you are a beautiful woman, and beautiful women are the best deceitful I have done it once It's done.

He walked over to Damian, and while Talia watched, he attached needles to the hoses attached to the three spiral glasses attached to the stand, and inserted them into Damian's wrist.

At the moment when the needle entered his body, Merlin noticed that Damian's eyes moved. This kid was really pretending to be asleep.

Damian's body has the magic power of the Sangong Mo. Although it is weak, it is enough to make his physical fitness far surpass that of children of the same age. His awakening time is probably earlier than Talia's, but this child cannot break free from the shackles that bind his body. So he has been waiting for his opportunity.

Well, this kid is unusual.

Seeing the red blood flowing back down the hose, Thalia's emotions became intense.

Enough! Coulson, stop!

Are you ordering me, ma'am?

Merlin picked up the crystal glass indifferently and prepared to pour the green liquid into three large glasses. He said:

What I found was the formula of the most primitive mutation potion used by the demon hunters. This thing can completely change the child in front of me and make him have a truly extraordinary body. Of course, this requires a small price.

He may lose his emotions, he may lose his memory, but it doesn't matter, he will have the power he wants.

Damian doesn't need these! Stop, Coulson, let me do it! I'll take his place!

Thalia struggled, and when she saw her son was about to be hurt, the mother's burst of strength made Merlin's magic chains that bound her begin to thump.

No, he needs it! I saw the child's eyes, he is a warrior, he desires all the power that can be controlled. I will satisfy his desire

Merlin said calmly:

As for you, Thalia, I don't need you anymore, you are no longer pure, and you are too old. By the way, dear Thalia, did I tell you that the survival of this primordial potion rate, only 30%?

Well, it's okay.

Merlin raised his arm and poured the green liquid into the glass bottle, just like pouring a ball of ink into the water, he said:

I believe that little Damian, who has inherited Ms. Thalia's fine lineage, will be lucky enough to survive.

shh

He turned his head and silenced Thalia, who was struggling behind him, and said:

Be quiet, Thalia, you owe me this. Now, save your energy and pray for your son.

Colson!

Thalia gritted her teeth and shouted:

He is the only grandson of Lars Al Ghul! If you dare to hurt him

So what?

Merlin interrupted Thalia's threat, he poured the second bottle of green liquid into the second glass, and said in a relaxed tone:

The black wizard was born to be hated by the whole world. It's just one more enemy. I don't care about that anymore. Let his grandfather come, I forgot to tell you, your assassin friends are looking for you outside this house , there are so many of them, but as long as I don't want them in, they'll never find out.

Merlin looked back at Thalia, and he said:

Shout, shout, ask for help as much as you want, let my revenge be a little more interesting. This may teach dishonest people like you not to provoke wizards in the future, let alone deceive us!

The blueprint I gave you is true! The legend of the Berserker's staff is also true.

There was a trace of undisguised pleading in Thalia's tone:

The rest of the blueprints are in Nandarbat. I can give you the rest. The League of Assassins also has a collection of powerful instruments. Let Damian, Coulson, I will compensate you, you want Anything is fine! I was wrong, I apologize for my reckless behavior, please let my son go!

Now you know you were wrong?

Merlin waved the crystal bottle in his hand in a cold tone, and said:

late!

Merlin held up the last crystal bottle. He looked back at Talia. When he saw the despair in Talia's eyes, Merlin suddenly changed the topic. He said playfully:

But it's not impossible to talk about it.

Tell me first, who is the father of this child?

Why do you ask about this?

Seeing that the black wizard stopped, Talia breathed a sigh of relief, but she was a little confused by Merlin's question, and she said:

Does this have anything to do with you?

of course not.

Merlin made a gesture to pour down the green liquid in his hand, and he said:

But I'm just curious if you will tell me or not?

Okay, I say.

Gritting her teeth, Thalia replied:

But you definitely don't know him. He has nothing to do with the magic world. His name is Bruce Wayne, a heartless man.

???

Merlin's expression became very exciting at this moment.

He looked down at Damian, who had been pretending to be asleep, and then at Thalia. After a few seconds, he rubbed his ears and said in a puzzled tone:

I may have misheard you just now, please say it again.

Who is Damian's father?

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