Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 167 15. Rainy Night Lightning Strike【90100】

Old Steve said that Ms. Carter had left some information for Merlin.

But in fact, this is a slightly "modest" statement. When leaving Carter Manor, the trunk of Merlin's car was almost full of cardboard boxes, and those cardboard boxes were all the secrets of the Strategic Science Corps. material.

After returning home, when Merlin sorted out the materials, he also found a key with an address on it and a message.

"Merlin Riley, please keep these materials properly, and pass them on to Nick Fury after confirming their safety. In addition, please take good care of Sharon for me. —— Carter Peggy."

Upon seeing these words, Merlin suddenly had an ominous premonition.

He rushed out of the house, drove the car, and rushed to the Carter Manor. As he expected, the house was empty.

Old Steve and Ms. Carter were gone.

Merlin had a hunch that this might be the last time he saw Ms. Carter and that mysterious old Steve.

"Ms. Carter..."

Merlin looked at the ancient key in his hand, and said softly:

"What do you mean by that?"

Merlin felt that he had been involved in a terrible incident. The reason why Ms. Carter left should be because of his sudden arrival and the accidental discovery of the old Steve who had been hiding all along.

But who is old Steve?

Merlin stood in Ms. Carter's empty home, he was a little dazed for a moment.

He stood on the wall covered with photos and looked at the last photo. The Steve Rogers in that photo was indeed somewhat similar to the old Steve in Merlin's memory.

But Merlin couldn't confirm that the mysterious old man was really Captain America who had been missing for more than 60 years.

He himself said that the S.H.I.E.L.D. expedition has been searching for the missing Captain America in the Arctic Circle.

But if he's not Steve Rogers, then who is he?

"Damn it!"

Merlin became more and more confused, and finally he decided to leave all these troublesome things to Fury to deal with.

But thinking of old Steve's warning, Merlin felt a little hesitant, maybe the current S.H.I.E.L.D. is not truly safe.After thinking about it, he put the information in his basement, and decided to wait for a while before connecting with the key and handing it to Fury.

Of course, the news of Ms. Carter's disappearance still attracted Fury's extreme attention.

Over the next few days, Fury mobilized S.H.I.E.L.D. resources to find Ms. Carter, but the 70-something woman and her mysterious husband seemed to have literally evaporated.

Sharon Carter learned of the news of her aunt's disappearance, and she was also very sad. Merlin talked to her several times. From Sharon's answer, he knew that Ms. Carter did not tell the old Steve's existence To Sharon, and she didn't know much about her aunt's secret either.

This is natural.

Ms. Carter was the king of agents in the last era. If she wanted to hide the secret, it would be difficult to be discovered.

For the next half month, Merlin stayed in New York. Regarding the issue of the tactical missiles launched in the British Wizarding War, he accepted several reviews, but as Fury said, in the World Security Council After Pierce stood him up, the scrutiny was nothing more than a formality.

Merlin did the right thing and didn't accidentally hurt anyone, he shouldn't be treated like a criminal.

As for the little girl Ava Starr, she is now placed in Dr. Bill Foster's laboratory.The doctor made a simple suppression cabin for Ava, staying in that cabin, the irregular movement of her body particles will be temporarily suppressed, this little girl can also avoid the pain of being torn apart .

Merlin visited her every three days, and every time he cast a sleeping spell on her, so that the suffering little girl could have a good rest.

The wizarding wars in Britain have also entered a fairly boring stage. Voldemort and the Death Eaters have hidden themselves, and their previously unscrupulous actions have become much more low-key.

And the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix, with the help of Gartler's agents, searched for Voldemort's Achilles' heel throughout the UK.

Both sides are very restrained, but according to Hermione's recent letter, under the pressure of the Order of the Phoenix wizards who have the upper hand, Voldemort is desperately trying to gather dark creatures from the wizarding world, such as dementors, werewolves and so on.

Both sides are recruiting troops, and they are expected to stage a final decisive battle soon.

But these things have nothing to do with Merlin for the time being, and he continued his peaceful life.

Unfortunately, peaceful days are always short-lived. In May 1998, one month after Merlin returned to New York, he encountered another bizarre incident.

This incident happened on a rainy night.

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"boom"

Loud thunderstorms ravaged New York along with the storm outside the window. In this season, such a heavy rainstorm is very rare.No one would venture out in such blustery weather, opting instead to stay in the warmth and comfort of their home.

Merlin also stayed at his home, but now, he was studying some taboo things in his basement.

Bright lights illuminated the basement, where Merlin was sitting by the desk, holding the green gemstone ring in his hand.It was given to him by the mad witch Bellatrix Lestrange as a bargain to protect her child. It contained some rare black magic and some secrets of Death Eaters in the form of memories. .

Merlin closed his eyes, his fingers stroked the ring, and in the flow of magic power, he browsed through the memories belonging to Bellatrix Lestrange.

The things recorded by the crazy witch were very messy and completely disorganized. Merlin even found in those memories the scene of her having a tryst with her master Voldemort. Frankly speaking, that scene was really disgusting.

Merlin quickly browsed through these memories, and he quickly found what he needed.

It was a book, a heavy magic book that looked very evil and gloomy. The name of the book was "Deciphering the Advanced Dark Arts". In this memory, Bellatrix seemed to be in a hidden place Found this book and am reading through it.

"According to the current legends in the wizarding world, the famous black wizard 'Despicable Haierbo' in ancient Greece is the first person in history to discover the method of conceiving a basilisk, and he is also the first black wizard to create a Horcrux. We There are enough reasons to believe that the Horcruxes and their evil production methods were invented by Hai Erbo and passed down."

In the pages of that book, Merlin saw a record about a mysterious Horcrux.

"A horcrux should not be attempted by any sane wizard, or even explore the secrets of this evil creation. But it is powerful and useful, especially for those who wish to avoid death. It's the cheapest and most likely the most useful way they can find."

"The so-called Horcrux is to split one's soul and store it in different objects."

"There are many disadvantages to doing this. It will make your soul unstable, it will make your magic out of control, and it will distort your thinking, because it violates the rules of nature. From the moment the soul is born, it should be Yes, it must be complete."

"But there are many advantages to doing this. When you have a Horcrux, you don't need to worry about death. Even if your body and will are destroyed, as long as the Horcrux is still there, as long as the Horcrux As long as the soul fragment is still there, you still have the possibility of being resurrected...but be careful, wizards who are reading this record, please remember!"

"Once your body is destroyed, your soul is still there, but it is not as good as the lowest ghost... You can't feel the existence of life, you can't feel the beauty of the world, you can't drink water, you Meat tastes like chewing wax. The warm light is fatal to you, and even the fireworks waving by children will make you feel extreme pain."

"That feeling is really worse than death..."

In Bellatrix's memory, after the warning from the author of the magic book, Merlin saw the complete process of making Horcruxes and the complicated spells.

To his surprise, the complex-looking Horcrux is actually not difficult to make at all.

It doesn't even need other magic items as assistance. The only hard condition is to carry out an evil murder and cooperate with complex spells to ensure that one's soul can be split.

As for the material of the Horcrux, it is the same as the Portkey Merlin made, any ordinary things will do.

In the subsequent records, the knowledgeable author also told the past of the despicable Hai Erbo, the ancient Greek black wizard who invented the Horcrux production method.

It is said that Haierbo made the Horcrux to make himself immortal.

But what his Horcrux was, and whether it was destroyed, remains a mystery until now.

If Haierbo's horcrux is still there, it means that the ancient Greek wizard has probably lived since ancient times.

"It seems like a dodgy approach."

Merlin was a little disappointed. After learning the secret behind him, he urgently needed to find some trump cards for himself that could come in handy at the most critical moment. But judging from the knowledge recorded in this memory, the Horcrux is likely to be Not what he needs.

"The aftereffects are too great."

Merlin shook his head, and he continued to look through Bellatrix's memories, as if he was learning more forbidden knowledge from the mad witch.

After all, black magic has always been known for its powerful lethality, and all the magic that Merlin learned came from Mr. Arthur's magic textbook, which did not contain any records of black magic.

And in Bellatrix's last memory, which was the memory of her first becoming a little wizard, Merlin finally found something interesting.

That is the secret of the Animagus!

The so-called Animagus is a spell that can transform oneself into a small animal like Professor McGonagall, and it is also a collective name for this type of shape-shifting wizard.It is the most advanced and difficult to master of all Transfiguration, but its effects are also extremely extraordinary.

Merlin had personally seen Professor McGonagall's transformed little cat, and even his dark perception couldn't tell the difference between this cat and an ordinary cat.

But Cuckoo seems to have found out.

But Cuckoo just looks like a cat. It is actually an alien creature, and its existence cannot be judged by common sense.

Merlin was very interested in this excellent method of hiding himself, so he planned to learn more about the method of becoming an Animagus.

But at the same time that Merlin was immersed in that memory, a piercing thunder suddenly sounded very close, and the lights in the basement were completely extinguished at this moment, which directly awakened Merlin from that state of immersion.

Merlin stood up, put the ring on his finger, and walked out of the basement.

The loud and piercing thunder just now seemed to have happened directly above his head, that is to say, a bolt of lightning had struck his house.That lightning strike likely overloaded the transformer in the room, knocking out power to his house completely.

"Unlucky thing!"

Merlin was walking in the dark living room, and he planned to go to the place struck by lightning.

He pushed open the door to the backyard, and then saw the roof of his garage had been struck by lightning, and there was an unpleasant smell of burning.

Worst of all, the classic Dodge Challenger muscle car, which he had almost finished restoring, seemed to be struck by the lightning. In the dark, Merlin could see the scattered parts around him.

This made him feel very, very bad.

He had been repairing that car on and off for several years, and it seemed that it was finally going to be repaired, but this happened to him.

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief. He walked into the dark garage. He picked up a part that had been partially melted by lightning from the ground. In front of his eyes, the almost repaired car was already in pieces, which disappointed Merlin. shook his head.

But at the next moment, Merlin suddenly pulled out his wand Lola, aiming at the deepest part of the garage filled with darkness and heavy rain.

In that darkness, he felt a strange energy fluctuation.

There was a dark red light dancing on the tip of the wand Lola, like an arrow that could not be fired, and Merlin shouted sharply:

"Who is there!"

"get out!"

(End of this chapter)