Shadow of the Beautiful World

Namor and Merlin, who had returned to normal, walked in the silver-gray building that had been evacuated. When Namor was controlled, he learned some secrets of the mysterious mutant Mr. Omen who controlled him.

He knew where that guy stored the collected X-gene samples.

And when the two were looking for the secret room, Namor also told Merlin the story of his past at Merlin's request.

My father's name is Leonard Mackenzie. He was an explorer and a captain. At that time, he was very active, so he was hired by a group of rich guys to open up a route to the South Pole. route.

Namor talked about his past, and it could be seen that he didn't like the stories of his past very much, but because of Merlin's request, he was talking about the past mechanically.

My father had bad luck. His ship encountered ice floe in Antarctica. People in that era were very barbaric. Anyway, he used dynamite to blow up the ice floe. As a result, he used too much dynamite and accidentally destroyed a ship. A frigate of Atlantis that was cruising in Antarctica at the time.

A conflict broke out between the two sides, but my father was still sensible. After seeing that he was no match for the sea people, he decisively chose to evacuate.

Namor brought Merlin to the top side of the building where there were some weird murals similar to the medieval style. While knocking on those bricks, he continued:

But the people of Atlantis are more sensitive. At that time, they had just finished fighting with the Amazons in Paradise Island. They were always suspicious, so Thakur, the king of Atlantis at the time, sent a team Send an investigation team to investigate this friction.

My mother, the daughter of Thakur, the princess of Atlantis is also among them. Her name is very complicated. You can call her 'Fen'.

Merlin noticed that when Namor mentioned his mother, there was a gentle light in his eyes, but he also felt a little uncomfortable.

It seems that the relationship between their mother and son is not very good.

My mother was very young at the time, and she liked to run around. She told me that she broke away from the investigation team to observe those humans, but was accidentally injured and was rescued by my father, and then love broke out between them .”

Namor smiled, and he said mockingly:

But I prefer to believe that it was caused by desire. In short, my mother was pregnant with me and angered my grandfather. That pedantic guy sent people to kill everyone including my father, and brought my mother back to Wangcheng. A few months later, I was born.

Namor quickly found the mechanism where the things were hidden. He broke the hollow masonry with one punch, and then grabbed the mechanism inside and pulled it outward. A secret room appeared in front of Merlin and him.

Namor walked into the chamber, with Merlin following behind him.

This secret room is not big, and there is a database that is deleting data by itself, and a containment cabinet that has begun to thaw, containing hundreds of genetic samples.

Merlin stepped forward quickly, and while asking Icarus to rescue the data in the database, he cast magic on the thawed storage locker to freeze it again.

Go on.

Merlin was busy, but he still didn't give up on listening to the story. He urged Namor, saying:

What about the story after you were born?

The story after I was born was not so good.

Namor stood in the darkness, and he whispered in a dark voice:

Atlantis is a very developed civilization in the eyes of human beings, but in my opinion, it is just a backward kingdom that should have been thrown into the garbage dump long ago. The four major kingdoms of Atlantis are all A backward feudal system is implemented, and in the most powerful kingdom of Atlantis, this traditional system is even more depressing and breathless.

Compared to their appearance, I am more like a human being. Think about it, in such a society, what kind of treatment would an impure child suffer?

Namor sneered and said:

After I became sensible, the first word I learned was 'freak', that's what they called me. Even though my mother was of high status, those maids still looked at me like a bastard...My grandfather put I regard it as a disgrace to the family, he even tried to get rid of me more than once, and those priests tried to drive me out of the sea over and over again.

My cowardly mother didn't dare to challenge the thousands of years of inheritance. In one night, she was overwhelmed and took me away from the palace. My grandfather, her father, didn't even send a guard to look for her, just because She is as much a stain on the family as I am.

She took me to the Fisherman's Country, er, you can understand it as the kingdom of the Naga. The legend about the Naga in your human mythology comes from those soft-skinned snake-like creatures in the Fisherman's Country. Graceful poetry and artists are famous in the deep sea world, and the king Curry there is also kind, and he acquiesced to my mother and took me to hide in his country.

But we can only live in the slums. In order to hide our identity, my mother even found a random man to remarry and gave birth to a younger sister for me.

Namor said:

There is nothing to tell about the following story. In 1970, my stepfather went to sea to work, but was killed by the Trench tribe, and the family lost their support. I can no longer bear that suffocating place. Maybe it is fate. Well, anyway, I finally came to my father's world with my mother and younger sister.

It is ironic that our family was bullied in our hometown, but we had good luck in the human world. My mother met many kind-hearted people. During the period before her death, it was probably The happiest time in her life, I still remember, she was lying in the yard in Manhattan basking in the sun, chatting with her good friend Ms. Carter.

She is already very weak, but she still refuses to go back to the sea. Even if she goes back to the sea, she can live for hundreds of years, but she doesn't want to face the disappointing hometown again.

Namor's tone became softer, he said:

She would rather die as a human...

Wait, 1970... Ms. Carter.

Merlin suddenly looked back at Namor, he said:

Is that friend who helped your mother settle in Manhattan called Peggy Carter?

Um?

Namor raised his head, looked at Merlin suspiciously, and said:

How do you know her name? Do you know her?

Uh, I know, and I'm very familiar.

Merlin says:

I've seen some of Ms. Carter's diaries, which record some of her friends in the 1970s, including your mother, who she called 'Nancy'.

Well, that is indeed my mother's pseudonym.

Namor nodded, he chuckled and said:

It seems that we are really destined, but speaking of it, I haven't seen Ms. Carter for a long time. Since the last time I helped her move in England, she has disappeared for too long. She seems to be carrying out some Secret missions or something.

Ah, that time in England, you actually helped her move... No wonder you acted so quickly.

Merlin shook his head, many details were correct, Ms. Carter was really scheming, she must have many hidden clues like Namor that Merlin hadn't discovered.

While browsing through the only remaining data in the database, Merlin found x-23, which is the information of Laura's little girl. As expected, the x gene fragment used by Laura's mutation came from Wolverine Logan.

Damn Logan! He's really going to have to deal with throwing blood everywhere...

Merlin couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

In terms of blood relationship, Laura has nothing to do with Logan, but from an ethical point of view, Laura is considered Logan's daughter, or sister.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and while saving the information, he asked Namor behind him:

You just said you have a sister? Does she still live in Manhattan?

My relationship with her is actually not very good.

Namor said with some embarrassment:

We haven't been in touch for a few years, but she likes human contact more than I do, so I guess she still lives in the house her mother left behind. Why are you asking?

I'm a secret agent, Brother Namor, and I like secrets.

Merlin said frankly:

I like all secrets... You can choose not to answer. Speaking of which, do you know an Atlantean named Atlanna? She seems to be the queen of Atlantis.

know!

Namor snorted in a strange tone, and said:

Queen Atlanna is the wife of King Ovax and a member of the royal family, and King Ovax is my grandfather and the eldest son of that old foolish Thakur. He is my mother's brother. He died in 1970 He took over the throne around 2000 and became the king of Atlantis.

It is said that Queen Atlanta is the distant cousin of King Ovax. They are considered to be a political marriage and a marriage between close relatives. From the perspective of the family system, Queen Atlanta is also my mother's cousin, so I should call her aunt.

Namor analyzed for Merlin a wave of his relationship with Queen Atlanta, the mother of little Arthur, and then he shrugged regretfully:

Queen Atlanta is not bad. When my mother took me to escape, she helped send our mother and son out of the kingdom of Atlantis. She is also one of the few members of the royal family who does not discriminate against me in my memory. I have always had a good impression of this aunt.

Unfortunately, her husband is a bastard and a tyrant. After she left Prince Aum for Ovax, she was thrown into the Abyss of Lightless by Ovax because of some trivial matters...

Namor's voice became a little colder, and he said:

This also made the last sliver of my favor for Atlantis disappear, but that idiot of Ovax probably did too many bad things. I heard that the king's health is very bad recently, and he is probably close to death. Not far away... As for his son, my cousin Prince Orm, hehe, a pompous and belligerent fool, just as stupid as his father!

Namor's tone was filled with distaste for Atlantis, but Merlin heard something else.

He stared at Namor, and after a moment he said:

You plan to return to Atlantis, right? I sense your hatred for that place, and you want to take back what you lost... In theory, you also have a claim to the throne of Atlantis, Once the current king dies of old age, before Prince Aum takes the throne, you also have a chance.

Why do you say that?

Namor did not refute this statement, he just asked with great interest:

Why are you so sure that I will go back to Atlantis to challenge my cousin? I don't seem to have told you that the throne of Atlantis can be obtained through the challenge of the royal blood.

Because I don't know nothing about Atlantis, brother Namor.

Merlin showed a mysterious smile, and he said to Namor:

As for why I'm sure you will challenge Orm, the reason is very simple... The mind control that Mister Omen exerts on you is not a rude forceful control, as we have discussed before, it is against your inner desire Zoom in, since you call yourself the King of the Seven Seas, it means that you also have thoughts about the throne that you despise.

No, I don't want to be a king!

Namor took a step forward. He walked into the dim light and said to Merlin:

I want to go back to that country, I want to destroy those stupid and old-fashioned inheritance...My mother, I know she still loves the place where she was born, even if it broke her heart...I want to change it ! For what I have suffered in the past...

Well, nice idea, interesting ambition.

Merlin stretched out his hand and patted it perfunctorily. He said to Namor:

I support you, man, but your fighting skills really need to be practiced.

It's not that I can't beat you, Merlin, you should know that.

Namor's expression became serious, and he said to Merlin:

But you are right, I do have something lacking...you need the trident in your hand, I can feel its resonance with the sea, with it, I am more confident in challenging Orm I want you to sell it to me.

Sell?

Merlin blinked, and he shook his head:

No, it's not for sale...but I can give it to you...

Hearing Merlin's words, Namor did not show a happy expression. He is a mutant who has lived for a long time, and he knows a truth in the world...

The things that are free are always the most expensive.

What do you need me to do?

asked Namor.

clever!

Merlin took out the Poseidon Trident from his pocket and threw it to Namor, who took it in his hand. The resonance of the power of the sea made this artifact of the sea burst into a bright light. In that light, he heard Merlin's low voice. said:

You are also a mutant. You should know that there is a place in this world... called Utopia.

I need you to join that place, with all your heart.

And at some point...do me a favor!

What's busy?

Namor asked, frowning.

Merlin raised his finger, put it to his mouth, and made a silent movement, he whispered:

Can't tell now, you won't even remember our conversation, but believe me, when the time comes, you'll remember everything, and you'll know, what I need you to do...

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Sogou