Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 471 56. Invitation from the Continental Hotel

Early the next morning, the little girls who played all night woke up one after another, and Rui Wen was the first to wake up.

This girl has developed a good living habit in the world of Azaras since she was a child. She wakes up regularly every day, washes up, and then eats breakfast, and then starts to study the knowledge in her mind, and rarely wastes time on other places.

As for Lorna and the other two girls, they are not as good, but driven by Ruiwen, their lives are more regular than ordinary children.

But today, when Ruiwen, who was wearing pajamas, came out of the bathroom, she saw Merlin sitting on the sofa, frowning, flipping through some magic books.

He seemed to be looking for something, and the coffee table in front of him was already full of opened books.

"What are you looking for?"

Ruiwen walked up to Merlin and asked in her cold voice:

"Did you encounter any problem?"

"I'm looking for a name."

Merlin says:

"The name of an alien god, by the way, Ruiwen, have you heard of the Crimson Lord?"

"Ah."

Ruiwen nodded. She sat on the sofa next to Merlin, stretched out her hand to help the lazy Gugu scratch the hair under her neck, and said to Merlin:

"Few people know this name among the stars, but there is a record about it in the library of Azalas. I can't read it, and neither can you."

"It is so powerful that it can even fight head-on with the terrifying Star Devourer. If the battlefield is in its own crimson domain, then it will have the strength to rival the other four gods... It is very low-key and not as active as other powerhouses , in fact, since the Crimson Domain was formed, it has almost never left its own kingdom of God."

Merlin looked at his younger sister who was like a mobile library. He put down the book in his hand and asked seriously:

"I heard that it is stronger than Sangong?"

"It's not on the same level at all."

Raven says:

"Outside of the crimson realm, Sangong may be able to escape the attack of Saitorak, but once transferred to the kingdom of God ruled by the crimson, Sangong will undoubtedly lose."

"So, Raven, tell me, can we..."

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and said in a low voice:

"Use the power of Cytorak to deal with Sangong?"

"no!"

Ruiwen's face changed, she flatly refused:

"Dismiss this idea! Sangong is already troublesome enough, you still have to provoke the Crimson Lord...Are you crazy?"

"No no no, you didn't understand me, Raven."

Merlin leaned on the sofa, and when he confirmed that the other girls were still lying on the bed, he stretched out his hand, and the symbiote Beowulf obediently moved along Merlin's arm to his hand, forming a black glove.

Rui Wen stared wide-eyed, watching this scene, a few seconds later, she said with some uncertainty:

"Is this... a symbiote? Where did you find it?"

"The reward for a mission."

Merlin says:

"The symbiont is not the point. The point is that in this symbiont lies the will of an ancient evil god, who claims to be the god of the abyss, Gnar."

"Gnar?"

Ruiwen quickly searched for the name in her mind, but in the end, she found nothing.

"I've never heard of it. This touches my knowledge blind spot."

Little Raven said:

"The library of the people of Azaras is not all-knowing and omnipotent. If it is really an ancient evil god, then its active time must be far away from now."

"Yes."

Merlin recalled the scene he saw on the symbiote planet, he said:

"I'm not sure how strong this Gnar is, but based on the pictures I saw, it shouldn't be weaker than Sangong in its heyday. This also gave me an inspiration."

Merlin picked up the water at hand, and he said to his sister:

"Before I met you, I had a... well, barely a friend. He was terrible in every way, except for his guts. He borrowed power from many demons, and then planned to renege... of course he In the end, he played off, but this is not the point, the point is, do you know how he reneged on his debt?"

"tell me the story."

Ruiwen waved her hand, the refrigerator door opened by itself, and a bottle of yogurt fell into Ruiwen's hands. While digging the yogurt with a spoon, she said:

"I can feel that your friend must have shown a very strange operation."

"Indeed."

Merlin nodded, took a sip of water, and said to Ruiwen:

"That guy signed 13 demon contracts in one go, all of which are the most demanding soul contracts. After he dies, his soul will go to a certain demon. But the problem is, he sold his soul 13 times ...the 13 demons all want his soul, but before his soul goes to hell, the 13 demons have to come to an agreement on who gets his soul."

Merlin smiled and said:

"As a result, until now, they haven't reached an agreement, and Constantine's soul is also missing... It may have been wiped out, but it may still be hiding somewhere in hell."

"You know what, Raven, it's a crazy approach...but if we're cornered, it might be a solution."

Merlin sighed, he looked at his sister who was suffering from the same disease, and said:

"What we have to deal with is the most terrifying monarch in hell. Relying on ordinary methods, we can't see hope."

He looked at the symbiote in his hand, and said:

"Gnar, Cytorak, Sannomiya... and others, maybe Mephisto, maybe Satan, maybe Lucifer, anyway... If things really come to that point, then I hope , the messier the better."

"You're dancing on a blade."

Raven didn't object to the crazy idea, she just commented:

"If you are not careful, you will..."

"I know."

Merlin said softly:

"I know that there are many things in this world that are more terrible than death, but as long as you are not afraid of them, they are nothing."

After a while, Merlin took something out of his pocket and put it in front of Ruiwen's eyes. He said to Ruiwen:

"I found this when I was sorting out my magic pocket last night. I almost forgot about its existence. This thing almost killed me before. It is part of a set of magical objects, and it is still under the control of people. I am not You are very good at dealing with these ultra-advanced alchemy products, so let's see if you can find a way to erase the magic positioning on this ring."

"Let me consider."

Ruiwen stretched out her hand to lay a magic barrier, and she opened the sealed box in front of her, layer by layer, like a Russian nesting doll. In the last sealed box, Ruiwen saw a flying arc spark Emerald ring in silver-tone.

The moment Ruiwen opened the box, the ring jumped into the air quickly, as if wanting to return to its owner.

"Bring me back!"

But at this moment, Ruiwen waved her hand, and a dozen complex magic circles appeared in her palm, and the little raven slapped it on the ring in the air.

"Snapped!"

The moment her finger came into contact with the ring, more than a dozen completely different sealing techniques were applied to the surface of the ring, like a beast that had just escaped from a cage, and was immediately put on more than a dozen bridles.

"Dang bang"

The dimmed silver emerald ring fell on the coffee table and stopped shaking, as if fainted by Ruiwen's slap.

This scene made the corners of Merlin's eyes twitch. The inadvertently shown talent of his younger sister always makes people feel frightened.

"Well, it is indeed a very advanced magical object."

Ruiwen pinched the ring with two fingers, put it in front of her eyes and examined it carefully, she said:

"Even if it's placed in the world of Azaras, this thing can be called an artifact. You just said that this thing is a whole set of magical objects? How many are there?"

"Well, it should be 10."

Merlin said uncertainly:

"Since Mandarin named his organization the Ten Rings Gang, it means that he should have 10 rings with completely different effects in his hand."

"Then it's worth more."

Raven narrowed her eyes, and she said:

"If I can collect all 10 pieces, even I will be tempted...Unfortunately, there is only one piece now, and it is still an attribute that I don't need."

"Give me a week."

Little Raven put the ring in the box, and she said to Merlin:

"Help me find some materials from the treasure trove of that little elf's house. I'm sure to erase the spiritual imprint on it, and then you can use it."

"No...no rush."

Merlin suddenly reached out to stop Ruiwen's movements, and he said to Ruiwen:

"If the Mandarin can sense the position of the ring, it means that he can be used... Do you understand what I mean? Riven, he can 'serve' us when necessary. "

"You are treacherous, Merlin."

Ruiwen frowned, looked at her brother, and said:

"You can't stay in S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore, if you go on like this, you'll become the second egg."

"You're going to call him Fury."

Merlin says:

"Don't call people nicknames...it's not good."

"Don't think I don't know!"

Raven said sarcastically:

"Occasionally you will call Fury a corned head in your heart... Don't forget, I can read minds too."

"Oh...Little Ruiwen, when have you ever read my heart? Listen to you, have you done it more than once?"

Merlin looked at Rui Wen with a strange expression, and the latter also noticed her slip of the tongue, and she immediately changed back to that cold look.She snorted, threw the box in her hand to Merlin, and said:

"No! Don't guess!"

"You're so annoying, Merlin!"

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After a wonderful weekend with his family, Merlin is back at Ghost Base on Monday the new year.

And just as he walked into the office, Agent Babette knocked on the door.

Merlin turned around and saw Barbie wearing a pair of pale pink glasses. Behind those lenses, she also had a pair of charming cat eyes.

"Your transformation is complete?"

Merlin was a little surprised and asked:

"Why didn't you tell me? Didn't your boyfriend stop it?"

"He stopped, as always, and made a big fuss with me."

Barbie said indifferently:

"But he can't beat me now...I gave him a hard time, took him out to dinner, watched a movie, and that's the whole story."

"Uh, okay."

Merlin says:

"In short, don't affect your relationship... Is there anything important to tell me?"

"Have!"

Agent Babbit put a document in front of Merlin's eyes, and she said:

"Last week's arrest operation was not going well, and many mutants on the list have disappeared."

"disappeared?"

Merlin looked at the list, he frowned and said:

"What does it mean to be missing? Is there an error in the intelligence, or is there other factors interfering?"

"The information is correct."

Barbie pushed up her glasses and said to Merlin:

"Trump personally led a team to capture those mutants. They found traces of those mutants' activities in many places, but they just disappeared out of thin air. We suspect that someone is secretly saving those radical mutants, or, Someone got ahead of us and took those mutants away."

"AIM?"

Merlin says:

"They have a special way of permuting space, maybe it's them."

"no!"

Barbie shook her head:

"We compared the scene, but didn't find any energy residue... It wasn't done by AIM, it should be other forces."

"It's a real headache."

Merlin says:

"Why do mutants have so much trouble..."

He looked at the list in front of him, pondered for a moment, and said:

"It seems that I have to communicate with our intelligence sources. Maybe they will know more."

"Speaking of which, sir, an invitation was sent to the base this morning, and it's for you."

Barbie took out an invitation card from the folder and handed it to Merlin, who took it in his hand, took a look, and raised his eyebrows.

"Invitation letter for the opening of the Continental Hotel?"

"What kind of place is this again?"

(End of this chapter)