Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 24.

"No! Don't touch it!"

The shout in the darkness made Johnny Blaze, who was about to accept the contract, turn his head suddenly.

He saw a young man wearing sunglasses running towards him. He subconsciously withdrew his hand to catch the contract, but the old man's fingers stretched forward at this moment, and the golden contract in his hand landed precisely. into Johnny's hands.

There was a trace of surprise on the old man's face, but in his eyes was a strange expression of a successful plot.

The contract fell into Johnny's palm, and the sharp spikes placed on the top of the contract pierced Johnny's skin, and blood gushed out, staining the dropped contract.

"Swish"

The dark magic power suddenly stopped at this moment, and Johnny seemed to have fainted, and the whole person fell to the ground.

Merlin's running footsteps also stopped at this moment.

He saw the blood, the blood flowing from the young man's fingers, and the golden contract picked up by the old man.

The devil disguised as a human put the contract in his hand, and he looked back at Merlin with a gloomy expression on his face.

The flame, the beating flame ignited the completed contract in his palm, and amidst the screams like the howling of a soul, the golden contract quickly dissipated into ashes, blown by the wind, and the ashes floated in the air, entwining the old man's body The body swayed around, and then completely dissipated.

He was still one step too late.

The devil's covenant has been fulfilled.

"Where did the little bastard come from, trying to sabotage my affairs?"

The old man leaned on a cane with both hands, and looked at Merlin with disdain.In the darkness, Merlin clenched his fists and looked at him.

He is not afraid of the devil.

Because it's just an illusion.

Maybe its body in hell is very powerful, but Merlin already knew the rules about hell and the world from the Phantom Stranger.As long as he does not summon the devil or the devil's body desperately, as long as he is not afraid, those monsters that appear in the human world as projections will hardly hurt him.

Impacted by the weak aura of the devil in front of him, on Merlin's clenched fists, a layer of black mist-like magical power began to roll between Merlin's clenched fists. Eye.

"Oh, who did I think it was?"

Although this devil appeared in the present world in the form of a projection, his power was weak, but his vision was still there.

It saw Merlin's heel, and said in a mocking voice:

"It turned out to be Sangong's 'son', tsk tsk, did your father ask you to stop me? What a pity, you almost succeeded, but unfortunately, this time my fate is in my hands."

The devil giggled, and in the human form, the old man showed a gloating expression on his face:

"You failed, son. Your father will punish you soon, Sangong's temper, hehe, it must be hard work to be his son?"

"I have nothing to do with it!"

Merlin glanced at Johnny who fell on the ground. In his spiritual vision, he could see the power of the devil slowly dormant in Johnny's body. He knew that he had no way to save him.

So he turned around, ready to leave the place of right and wrong.

And at this moment, the devil behind him suddenly said:

"Wait, I read it wrong... You are indeed not the 'son' of the Sangongmo. It's so strange that that tyrant actually imitated the knight I tried to create in the human world, but it failed, so you freak Appeared."

"It learned from you?"

Merlin turned his head to look at the devil old man behind him, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes:

"You, you are Mephisto? That devil who likes to recruit knights?"

"It's down."

The devil bowed gracefully, like a classical figure who stepped out of history, he raised his head, looked at Merlin, and said:

"I can feel that you have a lot of doubts, you are looking for the way of liberation, you want to break free from the shackles given to you by the Demon of the Three Palaces? Then, why don't you ask the wise and wise Mephisto? Maybe I can give you What's the answer?"

"forget it."

Merlin took a step back cautiously. He looked at the pretentious devil in front of him, and said:

"I've been hurt enough by the devil, I don't want to have anything to do with the devil again."

"It's not up to you, poor boy."

The devil laughed. He leaned on a cane and approached Merlin. He stood 3 meters away from Merlin. He took a deep breath, as if sniffing something invisible with his nose.

他 说:

"Someone helped you, right?"

"The magic power mark left on your body by the Demon of the Three Palaces has been erased. The pendant on your neck can suppress the power emitted by your rare double-layer soul fusion process, well, it should be from Atlantis Product. I also smell an 'old friend' from you, but it's been a while, did you touch a noisy bell?"

"I almost got killed by it."

Merlin took another step back, he looked at the great devil Mephisto in front of him, and said:

"What's that bell?"

"That is an artifact, or rather, part of a set of artifacts. The bell alone has no other use than to bring disaster."

Mephisto explained:

"To match it, there is also a silver wheel and a red pot. Put the three items together, and then ring the bell, and you can get the full power of the ancient three demons. Of course, after your doomed death comes, those three madmen It will be released ... 100 years, this is a node, and the cycle will never stop."

The big devil spoke very clearly, with a fluent tone and clear articulation, as if he was telling a story, full of kindness.

Mephisto's seemingly omniscient attitude also made Merlin hesitate. After a while, he raised his head, looked at Mephisto, and asked tentatively:

"You said, you can help me free from the shackles of the Three Palace Demon? Why are you doing this?"

"Because you are a rare commodity."

A ring like burning ashes flashed in the eyes of the big devil, and it said very frankly:

"You see, the power in you comes from the Sangong. If the Sangong finds you, according to its behavior style, you have no choice but to submit to death. But obviously, you are a young man with drive and drive. Don't you It will be so easy to let it work, and you will fight against it, in any way you can."

"Tsk tsk, the drama of father and son fighting each other, this is the best drama that can be seen in hell."

"I don't even need to show up, I just need to give you a little push, and you will stand on the opposite side of Sangong. No one knows how far you can go, but if I can use some trivial knowledge, I will let you The hated Sannomiya has found a rival, a hindrance, so why don't I do it?"

The great devil opened its arms, and it looked at Merlin as if it were looking at a rarest treasure.

It said to Merlin in a voice that was corrupted:

"Let me tell you the brutal truth, my child."

"Sangong has many, many sons. It generously distributes its strength to them, just like raising a group of little piggies...Cultivate them carefully, let those little piggies grow and grow, and wait until they are delicious enough. Three The palace will open its bloody mouth and eat you... all!"

"Tsk tsk, that was a very cruel and cruel process, so cruel that even a devil like me felt depressed and sad."

Speaking of which, the devil pretended to take out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes, like a weeping crocodile.

It rolled its eyes, and it said to Merlin:

"You have established a connection with Sangong. Although the connection is cut off now, it will be reactivated one day. My child, the power of Sangong is very special. It contains multiple attributes and can be used in multiple Life moves back and forth between beings, so if you want to be free, there is only one way...defeat Sangong and viciously drain all its power! Turn it into your 'son'."

Merlin's face froze, and the big devil patted Merlin's shoulder with some regret, and said:

"Hehe, of course, I don't think you can do this. So, wise Mephitus, I will give you a second suggestion, listen up!"

The devil lowered his voice, his tone was cold and cunning, and he said:

"Go find Sangong's other 'sons', kill them, and take their power. As long as you kill enough and fast enough, when Sangong finds you again, you may be able to recover a little bit." The power of resistance."

"It's like raising Gu. The last one who survived the endless and crazy cannibalism, the strongest, most vicious, and the one with the sharpest fangs, is eligible to hide in the dark. When you reach in, give him a hard hit!"

"do you understand?"

After Mephisto finished speaking, the big devil looked at Merlin. The latter had an ugly expression, but he nodded in response to the big devil's question.

"I know, but I'm not going to do it."

"Hahaha, look at you silly boy, you actually think you still have a choice."

Mephistopheles let out a deep laugh, and it suddenly stretched out its hand and put it on Merlin's arm.

The next moment, the last surge of power from the projection shredded the space around Merlin's body, causing the unprepared young man to fall into the open portal.

"Ahhh"

Merlin seemed to fall into the abyss, his figure flashed away in the broken space.

The big devil waved him friendly, as if saying goodbye.

"But it's not up to you!"

"Go, there are many 'brothers' of yours in that distant city, go! Kill them all, if you want to live."

The light of the portal dissipated before the eyes of the great devil, because the power of the projection was squeezed clean, and the body of the Mephisto man also scattered like broken glass.

Before it dissipated, it looked back at Johnny Blazer who was lying on the ground and fell into a coma. A look of victory flashed across the face of this big devil.

"As for you, my knight, grow up well. Soon, soon you will be on the battlefield."

It raised its head again, looked at the starry sky above it, and said:

"Look, hell, so big... so many ambitious bastards, but the king of hell... there can only be one!"

"that's me!"

Under the whistling wind, Mephisto's figure dissipated into the deep night sky like quicksand, and the tent behind the circus became quiet again.

Except for the ancient observers, no one knows how many things happened that night, and what kind of impact these things that have happened will have on the future of this world.

Such is fate, it unleashes a breeze, and in the end, it will get...

A storm!

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Johnny Blazer felt like he had a dream.

He dreamed that he met a strange, evil old man who told Johnny that he could cure Johnny's father's terminal lung cancer, as long as Johnny became his knight.

Johnny remembered that just as he was about to take over the contract, a voice stopped him, but the contract still fell into his hands.

The blood stained the contract, everything is irreparable, everything is...

"Johnny! Get up!"

The angry shout woke up the sleeping Johnny from his sleep.He raised his head and saw his father leaning against the pillars of the tent, preparing for today's motorcycle stunt performance.

He looked very healthy, his face was rosy, and he didn't feel sick a while ago.

"Dad, how are you?"

Johnny asked in surprise, this question aroused his father's glaring, Button Blazer, the best stunt driver in St. Austin, thought his son was sleepy, he said:

"What's the hysteria? I've been fine. I just went for a physical examination. Dr. Lake said I'm as strong as a horse. Don't be lazy, get up, today we are going to perform a duet, and in a few days, I will challenge Leaping over the record of 10 cars."

"Great, this is great."

The young man didn't think too much, he looked at his father who returned in good health, he was very satisfied, and even threw that strange dream aside.Johnny has his own plans. He has already made an appointment with the person he likes to leave here and live in a big city far away.He didn't want to be like his father, living in no fixed place for most of his life.

Even his mother, who loved him so much, had to leave him with her younger siblings.

This kind of life is not what Johnny wants.

But how could someone who signed a contract with the devil have such a bright future?

How could Mephisto allow his knight to live his life so happily?

He must let him accept the tempering of suffering, let him live in chaos in despair, let him taste the most painful taste in the world, let him lose everything, and finally become the knight of the devil willingly, and compete for the king of hell for it. throne!

A few hours later, Patton rode on his own locomotive, receiving cheers from the surrounding audience.

As the best stunt driver in the West, Button is used to this kind of glory. He waved to the audience, put on his helmet, and prepared to do a low-difficulty fire ring acrobatics to warm up.

Johnny is standing behind the scenes, preparing his own performance.

However, just such a ring of fire acrobatics that beginners can easily complete, the best stunt driver in the west, "Blazing" Button missed it!

"boom"

Johnny hugged his helmet, and he watched his father being loaded into the flames. The normally obedient motorcycle seemed to have a life of its own. It roared and threw Barton into the fire.The audience panicked and tried to escape, and the whole scene was in chaos.

Everyone was trying to save Barton, only Johnny stood there sluggishly, watching his father die in the flames.

That dream, that dream reappeared in his mind again, no!That's not a dream!

That's what actually happened.

He signed a contract with the devil, and the devil saved his father, but at the same time played tricks on him.

He was tricked.

"boom"

The helmet in Johnny's hands hit the ground, and he seemed to have lost all his strength, sitting there with his head in his hands.

It was he who killed his father... He should have had a few more years to live, but now, he died, in the most disgraceful way.

"There was a voice...the man! The man who stopped me, the voice."

Johnny murmured to himself that his father's death was like the most painful scar torn in his soul, but his future life would be controlled by the devil, and the ending of himself turning into a monster made Johnny even more terrified.

He curled up in the dust, trying desperately to recall the figure of Merlin in his memory last night. For him, the person who tried to stop him was the last hope.

"I'm going to find him! I must, I must find him!"

"God, what have I done?"

(End of this chapter)