Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 204 7. Call first, talk later

Merlin has seen mutants, and he has also had contact with mutants.

Although he has not been in contact with the mercenary spirit butterfly for several years, but when he was weak, the intersection with spirit butterfly has always been vivid in his memory.

When the chicken thief's beautiful mercenary rescued Merlin in 92, he kept hiding and was not very willing to reveal his strength.But at the last moment, facing the destructive explosion launched by the Wakanda female warrior Okoye, her posture when she easily resisted the flame storm, and the traces of the crimson energy that exploded like the wings of a butterfly still remained in Merlin's heart.

Even now, several years later, Merlin still doesn't think he can secure victory over Psylocke.

But he also knew that Lingdie was one of the stronger group of mutants, and she couldn't be used as a benchmark to measure the strength of all mutants.

Just like now, in the city of Kandahar, when the night was approaching, Merlin encountered the weird and strange Gordon.

"The ability to cross space is definitely not a bad street power."

In the dimly lit tavern, Merlin opened the dark compartment of the bar and held a blue-gray steel cane in his hand.While arranging his combat equipment, he said to the young man Lincoln who was carrying the bag:

"Although this is the first time I have come into contact with the strange race of aliens, I can be sure that Gordon, who can 'jump around', will not be a third-rate character in the alien race."

He put on two black gloves, moved his five fingers, and hung a pendant inlaid with sapphires around his neck, and said to Lincoln:

"You have to make a decision as soon as possible. Do you want to go home? Or face your own destiny bravely. For the sake of helping me, I will help you."

"I do not know."

Lincoln was a little tired and said in a daze:

"This is the first time I have faced these things, and it is different from everything I have encountered before. If what Gordon said is true, I am not a pure human being. After my 'awakening', Will I return to the gentle me I was before, or will I be swallowed by the restless instinct in my heart?"

The young man said to Merlin:

"That's what worries me the most. I don't want to be a monster."

"So do you have a solution to the problem?"

Merlin walked up to Lincoln with a blue-gray cane, and he said to the young man:

"I've already told you that for your problem, even if I help you change your memory, it's useless. It just delays the outbreak of the problem. A year, or even a few months later, you still have to face it. this problem."

"I..."

Lincoln seemed a little hesitant.

This is as it should be, and a valid concern.No one with self-intelligence will blindly believe what a stranger says about strange powers.

An adult with a complete mind should not believe that any extraordinary power will not come so easily.

In fact, judging from Merlin's experience, the price of pursuing any power is not easy.Even those former young wizards have to study hard for several years before they can master basic magic.

"If you don't know how to choose something, it means you still know too little about it."

Merlin stretched out his hand and put it on Lincoln's shoulder. He said:

"Let's go 'Ask'."

"Ok?"

Lincoln looked at Merlin suspiciously, and the latter blinked at him:

"I mean, ask him in person. Be prepared, it might be a little dizzy..."

After speaking, the transfer spell was activated.

The figures of Merlin and Lincoln twisted at this moment, as if the light was being rotated rapidly.In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared in this closed environment.

Lincoln felt countless rays of light beating in front of his eyes. It may have only been a second, or it may have been a long time. After spinning a thousand times, his feet were once again on solid ground.

The young man subconsciously covered his stomach, and the moment the transfer spell ended, he turned his head, rushed to the side, and began to retch in pain.

It's like a seasick person who just finished a sea voyage.

And Merlin had long been accustomed to the oppression of the mind and body brought about by the teleportation spell. He stood on the edge of this desolate canyon, looking towards the north.

In the night, at the end of his sight, he could still vaguely see the dim lights of Kandahar City.

This canyon cliff, which is slightly cold in the night, is a place that was scouted by Raven Victor earlier today.The straight-line distance from Kandahar is about 15 kilometers away.

It's quiet and remote enough to be a great place to talk to strangers.

Even if the small talk fails and a fight is triggered, it won't attract anyone's attention.Merlin looked at the 30-meter-high cliff below him, and nodded.

Well, if the process of communication is not so "peaceful", then after the battle, this is also a good place to dump the body.

He looked back, Lincoln, who was pale, was wiping his face, and he was trying to stabilize his spirit.Merlin withdrew his gaze, and the blue-gray cane in his hand nodded on the cliff under his feet.

Amidst the sound of metal and stone colliding, Merlin put his wand on his neck, and shouted towards the deserted canyon and cliffs except for the two of them:

"Come out, I know you're watching us! Maybe there's no need to use force to resolve this matter, we can have a good talk."

Under the blessing of magic power, his voice echoed in the night around the canyon like a loudspeaker being amplified.

That alien Gordon brought Lincoln thousands of miles from North America to Afghanistan, and tried to take the young man away in front of his eyes, which shows that he did not give up on him so easily.

He was well hidden, at least under Merlin's dark perception and the large-scale observation of the raven spirit flying in the sky, Merlin did not find him.

But he must be observing here somehow.

Merlin was sure of that.

But no one responded to Merlin's call, as if the alien had given up.

He and Lincoln stood on this remote cliff in the cold wind, and time passed by in the unsettling night around them.Lincoln held his backpack nervously, and looked around in a nervous attitude, any disturbance would attract his attention.

Merlin also remained silent, his eyes were closed, and his perception was spreading around.

Lincoln didn't realize that under the cover of the night, an invisible wisp of black mist filled with magic power was sticking to his body.

It's like a little trap.

He was waiting for Gordon to jump into this trap.

"It's cunning."

Merlin says:

"He's waiting for us to lose our guard. Seriously, Lincoln, maybe in a second, he'll be..."

Before Merlin finished speaking, a figure appeared behind Lincoln in the faint light. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Lincoln's shoulder. "Jump" off this cliff.

From appearing to leaving, the process took less than a second.

When Merlin turned his head, there was nothing behind him.

But did he fail?

not at all!

Merlin felt that the wisp of mist that he stuck to Lincoln's body was carried away by nearly a thousand kilometers to the southeast in an instant.But that wisp of mist, like a beacon in space, set a precise direction for Merlin.

In the next second, the Shifting Curse was launched.

As if chasing and fleeing, the moment Lincoln was taken away, Merlin's figure also disappeared on the cliff.

When he reappeared, he had already come to another place far away from Afghanistan.

In the distance in front of his eyes is a white snow-capped mountain that goes straight into the sky, and the temperature here is much colder than the night in Afghanistan.But to Merlin's disappointment, after looking around, he found that this was not the lair of those aliens.

Here, just another trap.

A trap for him.

In front of his eyes, Inhuman Gordon was holding a weapon, and Lincoln was chained farther away by another fellow.Behind Merlin, there were three menacing guys, and together with Gordon, they surrounded Merlin in the center.

Several other people are no different from ordinary people in appearance.

But in front of Merlin, the appearance of the alien Gordon seemed a little weird to ordinary people.

As Lincoln said, he has no eyes, not because of any malignant injury, and his face is flat between the forehead and nose, just like a person born without eyes.

He must have perceived the world in other ways.

"This is the internal affairs of the alien."

Gordon held a curved dagger, and said to Merlin in an indifferent tone:

"We have no intention of having any contact with the outside world. You can leave safely now."

On Gordon's arm, the wound cut by Merlin had stopped bleeding, but Merlin could still smell blood.

Merlin looked around. Behind him, there was a muscular guy with his upper body bare, and a pair of fists that were bigger than ordinary people clenched tightly, which represented that he was a powerful alien.

On the left and right sides, there is a pair of ladies with their faces covered. Their figures are very similar, and they even wear the same clothes. They look like twins, and in both of their hands, energy similar to flames is shining.

Coupled with the alien Gordon who can travel through space at will, the trap formed by these four people looks very intimidating.

"You should find a few more people."

Merlin reached out and tapped on his sapphire pendant, and the half-covered face mask of Kerry technology was quickly put on the lower half of his face, making his voice even muffled.

He said to Gordon:

"That's fair."

The blue-gray cane in Merlin's hand transformed quickly in the dark night, just like the transformation process of a Cybertronian, full of the feeling of future technology in its swiftness.

In the blink of an eye, the weapon module from the Decepticons turned into a large-caliber and extremely intimidating weapon.

"Swish"

Gordon's reaction was the fastest. At the same time that the cane began to change, he appeared in front of Merlin in the flash of arc light, and the dagger in his hand stabbed straight.But Merlin didn't dodge or dodge, allowing the blade to pierce his chest.

Under the cover of a translucent mask, he gave Gordon a wry grin.

He raised both hands, the magic wand in his left hand, the energy hand cannon in his right hand, two completely different weapons were activated at the same time.

"stupefy (sleeping spell!)"

"boom"

The two twins around Merlin also reacted very quickly. The flaming arrows they threw were fast and hard, but Merlin was not afraid of the flames at all.Between the dancing flames, the green sleeping spell passed through the flames, and precisely hit the girl on the left.

She fell to the ground almost at once, snoring sweetly in the mortal field.

And on Merlin's left, the red ray from the energy hand cannon was even more powerful. The weapon from the mechanical life ignored the dancing sparks, and hit another girl like a vicious fist.

The flames of her bodyguard were pierced, and she screamed and was thrown flying.

However, Merlin used the firepower of the lowest mode, which could barely be regarded as the "stunning" mode.

Under Gordon's "watching", Merlin's body, who succeeded in one blow, quickly shattered into a mist. At this moment, the powerful man behind him roared and swung his fists, hitting Merlin's body.

This scene looked like the roaring alien smashed Merlin into powder with his fist.

"Back off!"

Gordon yelled at the dazed alien boxer in front of him, but just as the latter stood up straight, a precise hand knife hit his thick neck.

Merlin, who appeared behind the boxer, smiled at Gordon again. With a light hook on the fingers of his left hand, the magical mist wrapped around Lincoln's body, like a snake, quickly rushed to the alien who was holding Lincoln hostage. Physically, and then...

"boom"

Accompanied by a dull explosion, the poor child fell to the ground covered in blood before he had time to show off his abilities.

Amidst the surging black mist, Merlin calmly manifested his figure.

The Cybertron hand cannon in his hand turned back into a blue-gray cane again, and with the waving of Lola, the wand in his left hand, in less than 2 seconds, the young aliens were all knocked down, as if they were invisible His hands strangled his neck, and he was lifted into the air from the ground.

Their expressions were painful. Obviously, the magic hand that strangled their necks was not gentle.

"You have a hostage."

Merlin looked at Gordon who jumped back to Lincoln's side, and said:

"I have four."

"Of course, at your speed, at least three of them can be saved before I snap their necks, but that's the problem..."

In the darkness, Merlin's voice became a little colder, and he said:

"Dear Mr. Gordon, have you decided which one to give up?"

In this strange area, the atmosphere in front of him became stagnant.Gordon didn't answer. As the commander of this ambush, he obviously made a mistake.

A very common and fatal mistake.

He seriously underestimated Merlin's strength.Of course, he wasn't to blame for this. It can only be said that Merlin's usual low-key disguise was too perfect.

People overlooked his other equally deadly skills and abilities outside of the mysterious atomization.

Gordon has no eyes, and Merlin couldn't see his inner emotions through his eyes. After a few seconds of silent confrontation between the two sides, Merlin said again:

"Of course, this is your alien's internal affairs."

"I don't know you before, and I don't intend to hurt anyone. I'm only interested in two things. Lincoln's safety, and some things about you aliens..."

"Gordon, lay down your arms. Let's talk calmly."

(End of this chapter)