Shadow of the Beautiful World

What happened at the slingshot base was quickly reported to Fury.

A deceitful Decepticon robot broke free from its cage. This was a very serious situation, but thanks to Agent Hill's quick and easy handling, the matter did not continue to deteriorate.

This is the value of a high-level agent. With an excellent commander like Agent Hill, Fury can avoid many, many headaches in his daily work.

The dismantling of the slingshot base is still going on, and the troubled Starscream escaped from death as he wished, but what awaits him is another tragic encounter.

It will be dismantled by the scientists at Pegasus Base, just as it happened to the Decepticon female warrior smashed years ago.

If he was unlucky, the poor Starscream would also lose his only remaining thought data module, and become a pure war weapon like Smash.

But that's all for the future.

Merlin, who is in charge of the legacy affairs of the Cybertronians, doesn't know what happened at the Slingshot Base, and to be honest, he doesn't care about it now.

He has more important things to do.

Well, to meet my girlfriend.

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When the appointed time arrived, a door shining with white light lit up in the living room of Merlin's house. Shiriya, who was wearing a white hunting suit, gray breeches and orange leather boots, stepped out of the door, and finally saw Merlin walking down the stairs.

Yo, new image.

Cilia folded her arms and looked at Merlin. She curled her lips and said:

The hairstyle and clothes are nice, just like a playboy.

Well, let me take what you said as a compliment.

Merlin, leaning on a cane, walked down the stairs. He came to Cilia and looked at the door in front of him that was emitting a cold light. He felt the cold breath coming from the door, turned his head and said to Xilia:

So, can you just walk in?

You can try.

Cilia had a hint of malice in a joke. She blinked and said to Merlin teasingly:

Through the gate of dimension without a guide, if you are lucky enough, maybe you can survive the chaotic space storm.

All right.

Merlin shrugged, he made an exaggerated bow to Cilia, and said:

Then I will trouble the beautiful Miss Siriya to lead the way.

Tch, no sincerity at all.

Shiriya snorted, and brushed a strand of hair on her forehead, she complained:

I really don't know how Elsa fell in love with you. I heard that you still have some unclear relationships with other women? Tsk tsk, that silly girl Elsa is really pitiful.

Um, am I all right?

Merlin followed Xilia through the white light door in front of him, and whispered:

I heard that your adoptive father, Lord Geralt, had at least 10 confidante friends in his magnificent life, and they were all dangerous female sorceresses. If it wasn't for Lord Geralt's era, hunting If the devil can't have children, I'm afraid you will have many more brothers and sisters.

That's what it says.

How should Xilia refute Merlin for a while? Indeed, compared with her father who is shocking and weeping ghosts and gods, Merlin is an out-and-out rookie when it comes to hunting for beauty.

But Her Royal Highness Princess Silia was not willing to admit defeat just like that, she said very bluntly:

But after my father and my mother got married, he has always been very restrained. He has changed from a philandering radish to a real good man.

So, how do you know that I won't become a good man after I get married? Shiriya, you have to believe my feelings for Elsa Although we are not familiar with each other, believe me, I am not what you imagined That kind of person.

In the shining light, Merlin felt that his feet were stepping on the stable ground. Before his eyes, the white light quickly dissipated, and soon revealed the face of this new world in front of him.

Snow

Everywhere you look, there is a sea of ​​snow.

Merlin stepped on the calf-deep snow. In the world before his eyes, there was a vast expanse of whiteness. In the dark sky, heavy snowflakes were constantly falling, spreading in every inch of the air.

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The deadly cold of at least minus 50° hits the face, like an invisible ghost, and like the last breath exhaled by this world before death, howling to drag Merlin into the icy hell in front of him.

But Merlin didn't care.

His body was no longer disturbed by the change of temperature. He stood in this snow-covered world and looked around. At the end of his eyes, there was a towering lighthouse. It seemed to be a small town, but the people in the town... Every building has been covered by heavy snowfall.

There was a yellow light dancing on that lighthouse, like the only light in this Snow Country world.

See? Merlin.

Cilia walked up to Merlin. The beautiful legendary witcher folded her arms and looked at the world covered in cold snow. She said softly to Merlin:

This is Hoarfrost

Merlin was silent.

He doesn't even need to sense it, he can be sure that other parts of this world must be completely covered by the ubiquitous snow and ice like this snow mountain town in front of him.

already dead.

It is desolation in another sense. Even if it can resist the severe cold, the lack of supplies will still make life go to a desperate situation. In such an environment, it is impossible for life to survive.

Hoarfrost came to this galaxy 200 years ago.

Shiriya bent down, flicked the heavy snow under her feet, picked up a bone-chilling silver coin from it, and threw it to Merlin. She said to Merlin in a calm and unbearable tone:

On the 121st day after the first snowflakes fell on this world, the last life in this galaxy died in cold despair. This place is far away from your solar system, but its environment is similar to the solar system, look up Look at the sky, Merlin, maybe you can feel the power of Hoarfrost more deeply.

Under Siria's reminder, Merlin raised his head.

The hazy clouds couldn't stop his gaze, and at the end of his sight, a round of frozen sun was hanging there.

It's frozen!

It still maintains the burning posture of the star, but it can no longer emit even a trace of heat, just like a big cold ice ball, symbolizing the death of a galaxy.

It is the embodiment of the end of all things, the symbol of the cold hell.

Do you still think it was wrong for us to take Elsa away from you?

Cilia asked softly:

Are you still mad at us now?

Do you still think that you can solve the trouble caused by the hoarfrost in Elsa's body by yourself?

Merlin remained silent, but his clenched fist loosened bit by bit.

Listen to me, Merlin.

Cilia stretched out her hand and patted Merlin's shoulder. The tall girl's voice reached Merlin's ears, and she persuaded:

Maybe the temporary separation has made your relationship suffer, but trust me, it's good for both of you. Elsa and I are friends, and my mother and father will do everything in their power to help Elsa get out of that horrible situation. Fate, but you, be patient.

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Merlin spit out a breath of air visible to the naked eye, he nodded, and said:

Well, patience, patience is a virtue.

Well, it's good that you know.

Ciriya stepped forward, like a flashing elf, running on the ground killed by Merlin's snow, and Merlin turned into black smoke and followed behind her.

When they really stepped into this world, the power of the severe cold continued to intensify, and even Merlin's actions became a little slower.

Then sit on the lighthouse!

Cilia's voice came through the howling wind and snow, and she said to Merlin:

That's Elsa's temporary residence, which has been transformed into a mage's tower. My mother is also polite there. Merlin, my mother is a sorceress who doesn't like to deal with strangers. She is different from my father. , she is a bit rigid.

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The next moment, the two of them crossed the barrier of the deadly snowstorm and jumped into the only lighthouse in this desperate snow country.

It's warm here.

The burning fireplace is not enough to support this kind of warmth, so the temperature in this tower is more likely to be supported by some magic.

Merlin shook the snowflakes off his body, and his long black windbreaker gurgled. It seemed that Beowulf, the symbiote, was also having a hard time persevering in the deadly low temperature.

Mom, I'm back.

Shiriya's crisp voice sounded, and the next one, a black-haired lady wearing a black warlock robe walked out of the laboratory quickly. She hugged her daughter tenderly, as if holding the most precious treasure in the world. .

This is Yennefer, one of the most famous sorceresses of the Middle Ages.

Merlin carefully looked at Geralt's wife. To be honest, this sorceress was as beautiful as the legend said.

Her long wavy hair hangs on her left shoulder, her perfect oval face is dotted with jewel-like eyes, and her plump lips are painted with light-colored lipstick, which looks full of femininity.

The sorcerer's robe she is wearing is also very distinctive. It is not a robe in the traditional sense, but more like a hunting suit worn by noblewomen in the Middle Ages when they go hunting. Soft black velvet is dotted on the edge of the hunting suit. There are also black silk gloves on the arms, making this lady like an elegant black swan.

She wore breeches and boots like her daughter, showing off the curves of her amazing legs.

Well, maybe, Cilia learned her dress from her mother.

Mom, I brought him.

Shiriya broke away from her mother's embrace with some embarrassment.

Her mother is good at everything, powerful, knowledgeable, a little indifferent but tolerable, the only problem is that she always shows more and more enthusiastic emotions towards those she cares about.

For example, now, in front of Merlin, her mother is still holding her like a child, which makes Xilia feel that the image of a master she has established in front of Merlin has been severely damaged.

Oh? You are Merlin?

Ms. Yennefer turned her head back, the warmth and concern on her face when she faced Shiriya, at this moment the metal transformed into a winter-like indifference.

She looked at Merlin with a scrutinizing gaze, and after a while, she shook her head:

It's really so-so. I don't know why Geralt praised you so much. It's not my concern.

The lady waved her hand like a real queen, and Merlin didn't know what to say with such a powerful aura.

Go, Elsa is waiting for you at the top of the tower.

The sorceress picked up a bottle of potion that burned like a flame from the table and threw it to Merlin. She said:

I know you little lovers are always driven by emotion to risk everything, it's stupid, but I was young too, drink this before touching her body, lest you be infected by hoarfrost and turn into a statue Ice sculpture.

The lady folded her arms and warned Merlin:

But it's only going to last 30 minutes, so whatever you want to do, you better hurry up.

After finishing speaking, Ms. Yennefer took her daughter's arm, and she said to Shiriya:

Let's go, Ciri, leave space and time for these poor people, let's go find your father, he made a sumptuous dinner today and is waiting for us to go back.

OK.

While opening the dimension door, Ciriya winked and gave Merlin a thumbs up with a weird smile. She said in a voice that only she and Merlin could hear:

Go, Elsa has been waiting for you to soothe her soul, the poor girl is so lonely.

Thanks.

Although Ms. Yennefer didn't care about Merlin's thanks at all, Merlin still thanked the sorceress sincerely. She couldn't care about these things at all, but she still chose to help Merlin and Elsa.

It seems that this iceberg-like sorceress is actually a person with a warm heart.

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The dimension door opened by Ciriya dissipated in the shattering light, and Merlin clenched the hot potion in his hand. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, and walked up the stairs that had been transformed into mage towers and lighthouses. .

Ten seconds later, he came to the room at the top of the tower. He stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the closed door a few times.

Come in!

Elsa's familiar and gentle voice came through the door, and Merlin was a little nervous at this moment, like a little virgin who just started dating. Probably because the reunion after separation is always more intense than the feeling of staying together forever.

He reached out and pushed the door open.

This is a big room with a warm fireplace burning, thick bookshelves, gorgeous chandeliers and carpets, as well as glass made of crystal, all kinds of decorations, just like a princess boudoir in a fairy tale .

In front of his eyes, Elsa, who was only wearing a purple veil without a single strand, was standing by the bed, as if she was waiting for Merlin's arrival.

This long-separated feeling no longer needs words to express, perhaps at this moment, it is more appropriate to describe it with actions.

Elsa's cold body was like white jade, and in her eyes, there was a flash of fire, which was a gentle flame that was about to completely melt Merlin's heart.

Shh don't talk.

Miss Bloodstone walked up to Merlin, she stretched out her hand, and twisted away the potion in Merlin's hand, just like her husband drinking wine, she gently put the potion into Merlin's mouth, stretched out her hand to unbutton Merlin's shirt, and used her fingers to unbutton the potion. Feeling Merlin's wild beating heart, she said softly:

We only have 30 minutes my love so let me see

How much you miss me.