Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 1551 5. The Gift of Nightmare

Nightmare, this is one lucky guy.

It is also one of the countless disasters caused by the elders of the universe on the earth.

After realizing Merlin's strange disappearance, Nightmare thought it was time for him to regain the Nightmare Dimension, so he broke into the dream world of Merlin and Zatana single-handedly.

At that time, Nightmare collected fears from all over the world, and had already made itself powerful. It believed that without Merlin's hindrance, its action to regain the Nightmare Dimension would be sure.

But they didn't expect that Merlin's little lover, Zatana, would be so difficult.

With the power of the ultraviolet light, that crazy woman delayed the battle for a long time. She was no match for Nightmare.

But it is also very difficult for a nightmare that feeds on fear to defeat the forces that also come from the emotional spectrum.

After realizing that the cunning Merlin had already prepared, Nightmare realized that the situation was not good, and if it dragged on like this, it would probably fall into a worse situation, so Nightmare decisively withdrew from the dream world.

Its decisiveness and prudence brought it good luck.

Thanos is dead, the serpent is dead, and so are the Lords of Hell.

The entire hell dimension and the real world have become a mess.

Thanos snapped his fingers, erasing half of the life on Earth, reducing the fear that Nightmare could eat by half in an instant.

Fortunately, it left early, otherwise it would have died in the dream world due to its weakness.

The turbulent changes on the battlefield made Nightmare feel that something was wrong. Even though it had saved a life, Merlin and his concubine, who had already gained an absolute advantage, would definitely not let it go.

Merlin and Zatana were "hired" by the mysterious Sandman. To eradicate the nightmare in this era, this is a contract that must be fulfilled.

In order to protect itself, Nightmare must make another plan.

"clang"

In the mysterious dream dimension, in some deep hidden corner, in the abandoned hall where the dark breath hangs over everything.

Nightmare is holding a hammer, forging something in strange green flames.

Its figure was thin and distorted, not like a normal thing, the darkness on the ground was almost bordering its body, sparks splashed when Nightmare beat it.

It also raised its hand from time to time, throwing clusters of green energy into the strangely colored flame, making the forged flame even hotter.

The flames are green and ominous.

It burned and exuded a strange smell, very much like the trembling breath of life captured by fear, and in the flames, one after another distorted human faces continued to protrude and howl.

This is the fire of fear.

The collected fear is used as firewood, which can infuse special power into the creation that is about to be forged, making it a dark artifact unimaginable by ordinary people.

Of course, it is impossible for Nightmare to use the fear it has collected as fuel.

It also needs to retain these powers for self-protection.

So where do these burning fears come from?

"clang"

The thin and twisted Nightmare raised his hand, and let the purple forging hammer drop.

It hit the iron felt, and between the impacts, there was a purple arc jumping, and the flashing arc illuminated the dark hall behind Nightmare.

Like lightning flashing across the night.

"Hey, Brother Big Snake, the fear you collected is really pure."

Nightmare played the blacksmith as a cameo, and let out a sneaky and hazy laugh, feeling quite contented.

It's really lucky.

After returning to his hiding place, he happened to see the big snake being overthrown by the Eternal Rune King.

The big snake, like it, is an evil god that absorbs the fear of all things to strengthen itself. The big snake was defeated by Thor and sealed in the time governed by eternity.

Although the serpent didn't really die because of Asgard's existence, it did fail.

Even the power of fear collected by the fearful heavenly father was re-dissipated in the earth. Those fears should have dissipated and returned to the emotional spectrum in the form of energy.

But Nightmare, with quick eyesight and quick hands, drew those powers back to him before the fear disappeared.

It absorbed the fearful power collected by the big snake, allowing itself to quickly recover to its full potential, and the rest, Nightmare planned to use them to forge something.

It is also an artifact that can carry fear and collect fear indefinitely.

Nightmare's plan is brilliant.

Although the Battle of the King of Hell was interrupted due to the tragic death of the Lords of Hell, it seemed that Merlin, who commanded the Sons of Hell, would become the King of Hell, but that didn't mean it was a sure thing.

The battle for the king of hell is not over yet.

Its rules are still in effect.

Whoever can absorb the most fear can sit on the throne of Satan, become the king of hell, and command the entire dimension of hell.

That is the only way out for Nightmare!

It must forge an artifact of fear for itself before Merlin sits on the throne of the king of hell, and then use the artifact to quickly absorb the fear of the earth, so as to sit on the throne of Satan.

As long as it can take advantage of this loophole in the rules and become the king of hell, then no matter how powerful Merlin is, it is impossible to defeat it again!

Merlin is originally the Lord of Hell, so why is the Lord of Hell stabbing his weapon at the King of Hell?

At that time, not only can Merlin not be able to harm it, but he still needs to obey the various orders issued by Nightmare, the king of hell!

Merlin will become its most loyal dog leg!

Ah, it's exciting just thinking about it.

"Hey hey hey"

While forging its own artifact, Nightmare let out a sharp laugh. It seemed that it had seen a wonderful future in which it could control everything.

If he can become the king of hell, control the entire hell, and regain the power of the nightmare dimension, then he has the capital to face the sandman and the endless family.

If all goes well, it could take the Sandman's place in just a few years.

It will become a member of the endless family that never dies, who controls all things.

"hey-hey"

Nightmare laughed like an idiot.

Things are working in its favor right now.

Merlin didn't know why he was going crazy. Recently, he had been gathering the heroes of the world to gather in New Asgard and the weird Cybertron continent, and he didn't know what they were doing.

It seems to be preparing for battle.

Nightmare heard that those heroes were going to follow Merlin to fight against the so-called "outer gods".

"How can there be any external gods? It's all a lie."

Nightmare snorted, and said disdainfully:

"It must be Raven playing some goddamn conspiracy again. They are really a bunch of deceitful bastards, but this is exactly what I want. Let them get busy, the busier the better!"

"clang"

Another sound of iron and steel clanging echoed in the dim hall.

Where the forging hammer and iron felt reshaped from the shattered weapon of the serpent collided, the forged, melted, substantive fear energy exuding a magma-like halo had been shaped into a vague entity.

In the burning flames of fear, the iron ring-like thing that was about to be forged exudes high temperature and twisted energy.

Nightmare lifted it up with large iron tongs, placed it in front of her eyes and observed it carefully.

Under the reflection of the dim green firelight, it exudes light like magma. Although it has not been forged yet, a human face has already appeared on the outer edge of this crown-like creation.

If you look carefully, the human face is quite similar to the big snake.

This is also normal. The materials for forging this crown of fear are originally derived from the fear collected by the big snake, and it also contains the big snake's understanding of the power of fear. It is reasonable to mix some characteristics of the big snake in the final product.

"It's almost done."

Nightmare blew on the fire burning on the surface of the crown of fear, and it put the thing back on the iron felt, and continued to beat hard.

Probably because he was in a good mood, this distorted evil god actually hummed a song.

It was supposed to be a very gentle lullaby, but it was hummed by this guy in a weird tone, adding a hint of dark and sneaky feeling.

"The workmanship is good."

A voice sounded from the side of Nightmare. He watched Nightmare's movement of forging the crown of fear, and praised:

"I didn't expect you to have such a hand besides scaring children in nightmares."

"Of course."

Nightmare proudly puffed out its skinny chest, and said carelessly:

"Although I don't know forging myself, the big snake does. It is the evil god of Asgard. Every man in that ghostly place is a good blacksmith. I learned this from the power it left behind."

"Don't look at it now, let me tell you, once it is forged, it will definitely be very, very beautiful, with both majesty and divine power."

"Hehe, this is the crown of the king of hell, how could it be an ordinary thing."

Nightmare's bragging made the voice in the darkness chuckle.

He looked at the Crown of Fear, which was constantly being hammered by the nightmare, and after a moment, he said:

"But only the divine power of the big snake has been kneaded in, so that the power of this thing is at most close to the power of the Almighty Heavenly Father. For the king of hell, this is far from enough."

"Why don't you add some other ingredients?"

"Ok?"

This suggestion made Nightmare stunned for a moment, it stopped forging and stroked its chin with its fingers, it seemed to be thinking about this suggestion carefully.

After a while, Nightmare scratched his head a little irritably, and said:

"This idea is not bad. Indeed, if it is the king of hell, the heavenly father alone is not enough. It is really great to add something to make it even more powerful."

"But the question is, where do I get more ingredients?"

"Simple!"

The voice said to Nightmare slowly:

"Since it is the crown of fear, it must have something to do with fear. Since this kind of fetish has already added the power of an evil god, why not add another evil god who can control fear to it."

"Look, in this case, isn't 1+1 greater than 2?"

"what do you mean..."

Nightmare asked blankly.

"I mean..."

Merlin walked out from the darkness, the hexagonal crystal on his forehead was shining brightly, and the Seven Deadly Sins in full form pushed the power of vanity to the extreme.

Let his every word resound in the depths of Nightmare's consciousness.

On his right hand, there is also the refurbished Infinity Gauntlet, which was borrowed from Doom.

The Mind Gem emits a leisurely light, and the crimson light arc of the Reality Gem wraps around the Infinity Gauntlet, superimposing two by two, so that the mind manipulation of the King of Vanity has been raised to a terrifying level.

is to guide.

Also seduction.

is a suggestion.

Also push.

Like a real good friend, he patted Nightmare's shoulder with a dazed face. When the Infinity Gauntlet touched Nightmare's shoulder, the light of the Mind Stone burst forth.

The halo scattered outside the body of Nightmare, like a dazzling lamp.

Merlin glanced at the crown of fear placed on the iron felt, and he said softly:

"What I mean is, aren't you just another evil god who masters fear? If your power is added to it, then this crown of fear will definitely become a peerless treasure!"

"It is completely worthy of the King of Hell, and it can even be the same as the throne of Satan. From then on, it will become the symbol of the King of Hell... What a wonderful thing, why don't you make a small sacrifice?"

There was a struggle in Nightmare's black eyes, and his instinctive consciousness was urging him to wake up quickly.

But the spiritual guidance from outside is so domineering and tyrannical, and under the control of Merlin, it turns into a soft spring rain that moistens things and sprinkles into the nightmare's desolate mind when it is unknown.

Slowly take root and sprout.

By the time it realizes that the problem is not good, it has been unable to resist.

"I..."

Nightmare hesitated, it just put its hand on the scorching crown, and at the moment of contact, its fingers turned into a cloud of dark green mist, which was swallowed by the greedy crown of fear.

That guy is like a roaring and hungry beast, constantly devouring the mental body of Nightmare in the burning of the green flame of fear.

The pain was like a scorching needle piercing fiercely in Nightmare's dazed consciousness.

After a while, Nightmare suddenly woke up. It looked around and found that half of its body had been swallowed up by the crown of fear.

"what!!!"

The twisted creature let out a womanly scream.

It waved its arms, trying to pull itself out of the engulfment of the crown of fear, but it couldn't do it anymore. The effect of the crown of fear being forged is to have the ability to swallow fear far beyond the nightmare and the serpent.

It has perfectly demonstrated its power now, and its power to devour fear makes even an evil god like Nightmare powerless to resist.

"Ah... still close."

Behind the nightmare, Merlin sighed regretfully when he saw the evil god awaken from the spiritual guidance. He reached out and took out the Raven Book from his waist, and turned to the page of the unfinished fear spell.

He flicked his fingers lightly, and the quill fell into his hand, and he didn't need any star ink.

The raven pierced the quill into the thinner and thinner body of the nightmare, as if dipped in ink, and ignored the wailing of the nightmare, as if in a terrible accompaniment, it leisurely cast the fear spell on the book of the raven Completion.

His handwriting was elegant, and the perfect cursive runes were written quickly, and when the last rune was penned, a ball of green light lit up on the page.

Merlin looked at the spell repeatedly, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he nodded in satisfaction, put the Raven Book back on his waist, and reached out to pick up the forging hammer that Nightmare had put aside.

"clang"

Arms thrashed like blacksmiths fell, a purple arc burst from the flaming crown of terror, and the howl of the nightmare swallowed into it.

"clang"

Another sound fell.

Nightmare still failed to complete the forging of the Crown of Fear in the end. He was really an unqualified giver, so the gift to the King of Hell had to be completed by Merlin, the uncrowned King of Hell himself.

(End of this chapter)