Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 285 10. The Burning City--Add more for Cang and Ming brothers [3740]

"You should understand, Thalia."

In the hotel room in a small Swiss town, Merlin flicked his fingers back and forth on the table, and said in a low tone:

"In this matter of hatred, it doesn't matter whether I trust you or not. The important thing is that no matter what explanation you make, you have to provide evidence."

"evidence?"

Thalia shook her head:

"I have no way to give you evidence, unless you are willing to go back to Nandarbat with me and ask my father face to face. You should know that my father has never lied in his life."

"The head of the devil never uses lies as a weapon..."

Merlin nodded, and said softly:

"I do hear that. So arrange it, Thalia, and we'd better get going now."

"The sooner this matter is resolved, the better."

"Now?"

Thalia looked at Merlin with a strange look, and she said:

"You really want to go back to Nandarbat with us? Don't you worry, we will kill you there?"

"Why should I worry?"

Merlin looked at Talia calmly, and said:

"As long as your father is still out of his mind, if your father is really as wise as the legend says, then he will not take the initiative to provoke a dangerous enemy."

"Although in this case, it's not good to actively provoke you."

Thalia said in a cold tone:

"But you are too underestimating the League of Assassins. We still don't pay much attention to a mere dark wizard."

"Dark wizard? Hehe."

Merlin shook his head, stood up, and said to Talia:

"Whatever you think, in short, take me to Nandarbat as quickly as possible, and arrange for me to meet your father. In the end, who taught you the aggressive method? It's too bad."

After speaking, Merlin picked up the books on the table, turned and left the room.

He's got enough information, and he has nothing more to say to Thalia.

And the moment he walked out of the room, Merlin suddenly turned around and said to Damian who was lying on the bed:

"Don't pretend to be asleep, boy. Your breathing is in my ears, no different from Mulei."

"boom"

The door closed at this moment, and Damian, who was lying on the bed, sat up with a grunt. He looked at his mother, then at the closed door, and said to Talia:

"Mom, who is that person?"

Thalia was also a little confused at this time, and the sequelae of the Oblivion Curse still blessed her. She sat on a chair weakly and waved to her son. She said:

"That's...that's an 'old friend' of mine."

"He's dangerous."

Damian jumped out of bed, went to his mother, and said to Talia:

"I can feel that he is more dangerous than Bain."

"is it?"

Thalia stroked her son's hair. She knew that her father let Damian touch the water of the mysterious Salaru Pool since she was a child. Perception is far beyond ordinary people.

If Damian said that the black wizard Coulson is dangerous, it means that Coulson is indeed much stronger now than he was eight years ago.

This can't help but make Thalia a little discouraged.

Back then, Coulson needed to join forces with her to barely deal with an Auror, but now, he has already left Thalia far behind.

"A deal has been made and he won't hurt us."

Thalia said to her son:

"At least Coulson won't do anything stupid until we reach Nandarbat. Damian, go and freshen up, we're leaving now."

"Um"

Damian nodded, turned and walked into the bathroom, while Talia sat on the chair, rubbing her forehead with her hands, thinking about other things.

She is a very smart woman, and she is good at using all kinds of power to her advantage.

Now that it has been determined that the black wizard Coulson is a very powerful person, is there any way to make him use for himself, at least establish a friendly relationship, so that he can use his strength at critical moments.

The League of Assassins has not been going well in the past few years. Before Gotham's failure, this ancient organization had already experienced a split.Talia, determined to become the leader of the League of Assassins since she was a child, must find a way to make her organization strong again.

Perhaps, from the dark wizard Coulson, she can find some hope.

Hmm... this idea is a little risky, but it's worth a try.

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"whoosh"

In the private plane flying from Switzerland to South Asia, Merlin was sitting on the sofa, spending this boring time with meditation.After knowing the identities of Thalia and Damian, Merlin didn't plan to have too much interaction with them.

It's hard to say if there's a relationship between his friend Bruce and his old acquaintance Talia, but they do have a child together.

Although Damian's situation was somewhat special, anyway, it was a family matter of the Wayne family, and Merlin didn't intend to get involved.

But he didn't want to provoke this pair of mother and son with complicated backgrounds, but that didn't mean they wouldn't take the initiative to come to Merlin.

"Your name is Coulson?"

Damian's voice interrupted Merlin's meditation. When the latter opened his eyes, he saw Damian standing in front of him in a small white suit.The kid put his hands in his pockets, with a blank expression on his face and a tugging look.

It has to be said that after combining the facial contours of Bruce and Thalia, Damian has shown signs of becoming a handsome guy despite his young age.

The fusion of the excellent blood of the Wayne family and the Lars Al Ghul family, coupled with the fact that he was personally trained by the head of the devil since he was a child, and he lived a long-term penance life, gave this child a different kind of temperament.

It is easy for people who talk to him to ignore his age, as if they are not facing a minor, but a real peer.

Merlin looked into Damian's green eyes, but he didn't answer Damian's question.

After a few seconds, he suddenly said:

"Do you have nightmares?"

"What do you mean?"

Damian frowned, his tone of voice was always crisp, and the slightly indifferent child asked back:

"Everyone has nightmares, but I think that's not what you're asking... So, can you be more clear?"

"I mean, do you have nightmares after every touch with that green glowing water?"

Merlin asked again:

"Ever feel like someone is whispering to you, but no matter how hard you listen, you can't understand the voice?"

"Have."

Damian glanced at Merlin with complicated eyes, and said in a low voice:

"When I was young, every time my grandfather took me into that pool of water, I would suffer from insomnia... After growing up, I should have adapted to the power contained in the pool water of Salaru Pool. Now I seldom sleep and do less Nightmares. But I'm curious, how did you know about this? I didn't even tell my mom about the nightmares and the whispers."

"It's simple."

Merlin says:

"Because I've had that experience too, Damian."

He stretched out his finger, signaling to Damian to grab his finger. The little boy hesitated, but under Merlin's gaze, he stretched out his hand and held Merlin's finger.

The next moment, the dark magic power in Merlin's body originating from the Sangongmo sped up a bit. Under the traction of the power seeds in his body, Damian's body felt as if struck by lightning. If your feet are soft, you will fall to the ground.

But at this moment, the strangely changing gravitational force held Demian in the air.

"what have you done?"

Damian's face was pale, and he was covering his heart in pain. Like a wolf cub who had been robbed of the most important things, he screamed and said:

"You took my power... away?"

"First of all, I didn't take it."

Merlin calmly said to Damian:

"I just sealed it to prevent its continuous erosion of your body."

"Secondly, child, that's not your strength. Your strength is just an illusion, like showing off with someone else's stuff. If I were you, I would never take the initiative to touch it in my life."

"Give me back my strength!"

No matter how mature Damian is, he is still a child less than 10 years old. After losing what he thought was his innate strength and falling into an unprecedented weakness, his first reaction was from Merlin, Take back the power that was "stolen" from you.

But without the magic power in his body, Damian became very weak. He struggled like a kitten, but Merlin easily pressed him on his leg with one hand.

He looked at Damian, this is Bruce's child, and he and Bruce have a real life-threatening friendship, so he can be regarded as his junior.

Due to emotion and reason, Merlin couldn't allow Damian to be eroded by dark magic.

Although this magic is changing his body in a very "gentle" way, no matter how gentle something comes from a demon, it is never harmless.

"Quiet!"

Merlin's fingers pinched together, and the Axi seal exploded, and he said to Damian in an unquestionable voice:

"Calm down, breathe! Take a deep breath..."

"The real power is in your body, in every muscle, in every bone, and while it won't work as well as these 'borrowed' things, it's yours... That means you don't have to pay back these 'borrowed' things in the future."

Under the spiritual guidance of Merlin, the struggling Damian soon became drowsy.

Considering Damian's current age, the strength comparable to an adult in his body cannot be ignored.

When this child grows up, he will become a real strongman... Although Lars Al Ghul's series of physical enhancements for his grandson are a little reckless, they are indeed effective.

The head of the demon probably knew the aftereffects of the mysterious pool water himself, and he might have thought of a way to help his grandson get rid of the negative effects of the pool water.Otherwise, with the number of times Damian soaked in the pool, the dark magic power in his body would definitely not be so thin.

If he was an ordinary person, he would have mutated into a half-demon if he had been exposed to the magic power of Sangongmo many times.

But even so, Demian's physical fitness is amazing. After he really grows up, his strength, speed, reaction and anti-strike ability will definitely not be better than the serum-enhanced Captain America Steve Rogers. weak.

"What did you do to my son?"

Thalia's voice came from the other side of the cabin, Merlin raised his head, and saw Thalia wearing only "simple" clothes, leaning against the cabin door with a glass of wine.

Her long black hair was pulled aside and hung on her shoulders, and she seemed to have put on light makeup, which made Thalia, who was already a mother, full of a real femininity.

"Do you know the origin of the pool of water your father used for wounding and resurrection?"

Merlin asked:

"Why do you call it 'The Pool of Salaru'? It seems to be in the Bible."

"Nobody knows where the pool came from except my father."

Thalia took a sip of her drink and said:

"We know that the pool of water can heal the injuries of the human body to the greatest extent. As long as it is not dead, it can be saved by that pool of water. In fact, in my memory, my father encountered fatal crises several times, relying on that pool Restored. The saying of the pool of Salaru is also the name my father gave it."

"You guys are amazing."

Merlin said slightly mockingly:

"Use the things of unknown origin so confidently and boldly."

"Yeah, we're short-sighted."

Thalia swayed her waist and walked to Merlin. She sat opposite Merlin and said softly:

"After all, we are not talented wizards like you, Coulson, we want to gain power, but we have too few choices... Not everyone has your life, and not everyone can be like you , there are so many options.”

"Believe me, not having to experience my life is the greatest luck for you."

Merlin glanced at Thalia's slightly open chest, the two glistening white flesh made him dizzy, the woman in front of him...is really a real goblin, no wonder the young master Bruce would also fall under her pomegranate skirt.

He shook his head and said in a low voice:

"Give it up, Thalia, I mean, straight up...don't use your womanly weapon against me, I admit, you've got my heart set on you, but unfortunately, Bruce got ahead of me. "

"I'm not in the habit of grabbing things from my friends."

Faced with Merlin's refusal, Thalia was not too disappointed. She adjusted her clothes obediently, then raised her legs, and asked in a dignified tone:

"It sounds like you are very familiar with Bruce. As his former pillow, why didn't I know that he still has a wizard friend like you?"

"There's a lot you don't know, Thalia."

Merlin looked at Damian, who was breathing normally, and said:

"I'm Bruce's friend, so I can be your friend too, provided you cooperate, understand?"

"very good."

There was a gleam in Talia's beautiful eyes. She raised her wine glass and raised her hand to Merlin. She said:

"Then, this cup, to celebrate our becoming friends, Mr. Coulson."

"Do not."

Merlin shook his head:

"Call me Merlin."

"Merlin?"

Talia narrowed her eyes immediately, and she looked Merlin up and down. After a while, she shook her head belatedly:

"So it was you, Merlin 'Raven'."

(End of this chapter)