Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 485 10. Temptation of the Abyss - Deep Ruby

"boom"

The red behemoth Red Tank was punched by Clark on the chin. He tried to block the blow, but the left hand he swung was tightly hugged by Colossus in a grappling gesture, and the other hand was used by Merlin. The halberd wrapped in flames was struck hard and could not be lifted.

He could only bear the blow head-on.

But is the punch of "One-Punch Man" so easy to swallow?

"Snapped"

The huge body of the red tank was knocked off the ground by this blow. The moment his feet left the ground, a scorching black mist billowed and appeared in front of his eyes. The cow's hoof wrapped in flames kicked the red tank's abdomen.

The red tank, which was in the air and had nowhere to rely, was kicked several steps away by the bombardment of Merlin's kick.

His huge body fell to the ground in a half-kneeling posture, drawing a deep scratch on the messy ground. On the forehead of the red tank, the light of the power crown had become extremely dim.

He could feel that the connection between his will and the Crimson Domain was being rapidly weakened, and he was about to be abandoned by his god.

Tonight, tonight, the legendary story of the Red Tank is coming to an end.

"no no!"

He roared, glaring at the few people in front of him, and shouted:

"I don't accept it! It's not! It's not!"

He got up from the ground, just like the previous shock, and in a hysterical roar, he launched another surprise attack towards the enemy.

But his footsteps were not as steady as before, a little staggered, a little out of shape, and even his clenched fists no longer had that terrifying pressure.

With each step he weakened, his face became wrinkled, white hairs appeared on his bald head, and his eyes clouded and faded.

Just like a warrior at the end of the road.

While the flames were shining, Merlin escaped from the half-demon state. He looked at the red tank rushing towards him. He pushed his glasses, took a step back, and made a "please" gesture to Clark.

"He's a villain, but he's also a fighter...you end his story."

"No, he's already lost. It's not in line with my morals."

Clark shook his hand, and shook off the symbiote on his body. The dancing black mud quickly returned to Merlin's body, reorganizing into a black windbreaker.

Obviously, the one-hit man next to Merlin didn't like the feeling of being symbiotic with a symbiote.

"let me!"

Seeing the red tank rushing towards him staggeringly, Wade screamed, imitating Clark's movements, and began to accumulate energy, preparing to give the red tank the final blow.But he was stopped by the Colossus around him.

"Let me do it."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, he put away his angry halberd and clenched his fists.

He stared at the red tank who launched the final charge in front of him. His face was already full of resignation and despair. His originally young body had begun to age rapidly. He whispered:

"Kain Marco, because of the evil things you did in the past..."

The next moment, Merlin easily sideways avoided the weak blow of the red tank that was completely abandoned by the deep ruby, and then punched Cain Marco in the abdomen.

"Tonight is the time of trial!"

"puff"

Cain was hit in the abdomen by this punch, his old face was full of pain.

After losing the blessing of the Crimson Lord's divine power, Cain, an ordinary person, returned to the state he should have been.

He is the older brother of Professor Charles, who is over 70 years old this year, and Cain will only be older.

Merlin had to control his own strength so that he wouldn't punch this old man in his 80s to death with a single punch because of too much force.

"You will be sent to the ghost base, where you will spend the rest of your time."

Merlin stretched out his hand, and while Kain was struggling frantically, he took the dark ruby ​​that had become extremely dim from his forehead.

"That's mine... mine!"

The old Kain roared like a lunatic, he stretched out his hand vaguely, trying to snatch the deep ruby ​​back from Merlin's hand, he howled:

"Baby! That's my baby! It can only be mine! Give it back to me...Give it back to me!!"

Merlin threw a sleeping spell with his hands, and the old Kain was lifted up by the Colossus in his weakness and carried on his shoulders. After just a few seconds, he fell into a deep sleep.

"Steal something from an old man."

Merlin looked at the dim crimson ruby ​​in his hand, and said:

"I feel like a villain myself."

"You'd better stay away from it."

Clark, who was standing beside Merlin, looked at the jewel on Merlin's fingertips, took a step back, and said:

"That thing is whispering to me... I feel like it's tempting me to hold it."

"It's natural."

Merlin explained:

"The 'Crimson Master' wants to see a fierce, frontal, and brutal confrontation, and you are the one who best suits its liking in this battle to defeat his spokesperson. It very much hopes that you can continue to hold the Crimson Gem. "

"It hopes that you can inherit this power and bring it more and more exciting battles."

Merlin squeezed the deep ruby ​​in his hand, and he said to Clark:

"Just like this night."

"Do not."

Clark took another step back, picked up the straw hat Merlin handed him, put it on his head, and said:

"I reject."

"And, such a battle is actually quite interesting."

The young farmer said to Merlin:

"If there is another time, I don't mind helping you. This is much more interesting than catching robbers. Well, I should go. There is still a lot of work waiting for me on the farm tomorrow."

He looked at Merlin, at Colossus, and at Deadpool Wade, who was squatting aside, curiously looking at the gemstone in Merlin's hand. He obviously recognized Wade as the one whose spine he accidentally crushed. Chatting about mercenaries, but Clark didn't say much.

他 说:

"Goodbye, friends."

After speaking, the guy turned around, squatted down slightly, and then jumped out of the cemetery between his legs.

He should be able to fly, he has that ability.

Merlin looked at Clark's figure disappearing into the night, he was a little puzzled, why Clark didn't fly, but used this way of bouncing to leave.

However, thinking that Clark was not proficient, and more like relying on his body's instincts to fight, Merlin came to a dumbfounding conclusion. Maybe this young man hadn't learned the ability to manipulate his body to fly.

This is also normal. After all, he is not a truly trained fighter. He has been helping out on the family's farm all these years, and Old Kent will certainly not teach him flying skills.

Merlin shook his head. After Clark left, the crimson gemstone in his hand flashed a light, like some kind of light representing regret, but immediately, Merlin felt a power emanating from the gemstone in his hand.

There were also some whispers in his ears, which could not be heard clearly, but he could probably feel that this gemstone was tempting him to accept the power from the Crimson Domain.

"Well, I can't get the best one, so I don't mind finding the next level. You really don't refuse anyone."

Merlin looked at the radiant crimson gem in his hand. He shook his head, took out a sealed box, threw the gem into the box, and put it back in his pocket.

He is very interested in this crimson gem that can establish a connection with the ancient evil god, the crimson lord Saitorak, but now is obviously not the time to study it.

He turned to look at Colossus and Wade.

There is still a clear fist mark on the steel chest of the former. With the passage of time, the damage caused by the red tank to Colossus is rapidly recovering, and Wade, this guy's super fast regeneration has caused him to be killed by the red tank countless times in battle. The body was shattered, but it quickly returned to normal.

In the battle just now, Wade perfectly displayed his candy-like spirit, clinging tightly to the red tank, using his immortal body and divine trash talk to interfere with his actions and will, Give Merlin and Clark a chance to beat him.

In a sense, opponents like Wade can be called terrible.

He has a special talent that makes you want to kill him, but it is very difficult for you to really kill him. No matter how serious and dangerous the battle is, as long as he is there, you will be easily dragged into the rhythm of a war of attrition.

But when it comes to a war of attrition, who can consume this chattering mercenary who will almost never die?

Death is the fate that all fighters fear, but it is a good friend of Deadpool Wade...Perhaps, only a mutant like Logan who also has super self-healing abilities can fight Wade in a fight. Fight forever.

"Well, the hard battle is over."

Merlin said to Colossus and Deadpool:

"Piot, please bring back the news of the red tank's defeat and detention to the professor. Tell that good old man that I will pay back the favor he owes him, and let him not worry about it, and prepare well for the next speech and cooperate with the official Activity."

"I would like to see the dispute of mutants be ended at the hands of the professor."

He glanced at the messy family cemetery around him again, and he shrugged regretfully at Colossus:

"And, tell the professor that he might need to renovate his family cemetery, and that Cain's tombstone can be removed, and he's not dead yet. He'll spend the rest of his days in the ghost base In the past year, you have also seen his state, he has collapsed, and it is estimated that he will not live for a few years."

Colossus nodded, he would take Merlin's words with him.

Merlin looked at Wade who was furtively thinking on the other side, and he said:

"As for you, Wade, it's time for us to go back to Kansas. You did a good job, so you'll get a reduced sentence, and as you asked, I'll give you some extra quilts."

"Uh..."

Wade glanced at Merlin, he said with some disappointment:

"I thought you'd just let me go."

"Atonement is a process, Wade."

Merlin flicked his fingers slowly, and in the entanglement of black smoke, Deadpool's body was once again taken over by puppeteering. He said to Wade, who walked stiffly to his side:

"And you have taken the perfect first step. Maybe soon, Wade, you will leave the prison. But before that, I must make sure that you will not do something weird, hurt yourself, and things that hurt other people."

"Wow, you're addicted to playing prison, Merlin, your heart is really dark."

Deadpool complained with sharp teeth, until Merlin threw a Silencing Curse, and then he was completely quiet.

Merlin nodded slightly to Colossus, and then led Deadpool and the unconscious Cain Marco, and they left the messy battlefield in the suburbs of New York amidst the light of the transfer spell.

After returning to the ghost base, Merlin sent the two prisoners back to where they should go, and then he sat alone in his office.

It was late at night, the night was quiet, and the moon at night was shrouded in dark clouds, making the entire base permeated with a deadly atmosphere.

Merlin sat on the chair, he reached out and took out the box containing the deep ruby ​​from his pocket, and put it in front of his eyes. The moment the box was opened, a gorgeous crimson light band appeared in front of Merlin's eyes.

The light danced in the room without the lights on, like a guiding light in the dark night.

"Touch you to get power, invincible power, as long as you keep fighting, you can bask in the glory of power, but as long as you lose... you will be completely abandoned."

Merlin stared at the deep ruby, and said softly:

"First give you everything generously, and then take everything away ruthlessly."

"Kick it away when you get tired of playing, you are indeed worthy of being the creation of the evil god, you are really evil."

He stretched out his fingers and touched the deep ruby ​​wrapped in light. He could feel a trace of crimson power lingering at his fingertips. That power was so warm and powerful.

As long as he embeds this gem in his forehead, he will become the next Red Tank...

A stronger, indestructible red tank.

"There is only one chance...it can only be used once at most."

Merlin withdrew his fingers, he let out a sigh of relief, and said:

"Now, not yet."

"Snapped"

The box is closed.

Merlin walked to the window, looking at the dark night in front of him, there was a floating light in his eyes.

Things like Crimson Ruby are destined to be used only at the most critical moment.

But when is the critical time?

Merlin couldn't guess, but he had a premonition...

It has been more than 30 years since I was born. If this is a story, then maybe the plot is about to reach its climax, or even the end.

He's going to wait... patiently waiting for that day to come, patiently collecting everything he can use.

Then...

And to those arrogant guys who hold their own and can control everything...

A big surprise!

"The sway of all fate because of me..."

In the dim office without a ray of light, Merlin said softly:

"That would be the best reward."

"come on."

"Don't make me wait too long..."

(End of this chapter)