Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 8 7. The Forsaken

pain!

Indescribable pain filled Merlin's newly relaxed body and will at this moment.

It was as if a fire had been ignited inside him, and beneath his skin, a scorching light was manifesting.Like a fire snake swimming in the body.

Wisps of white smoke emanated from his nostrils, mouth and ears, he was like a pile of firewood, between sparks splashing, maybe the next moment, he would be completely ignited.

"boom"

Lola's car door was pushed open, and Merlin staggered to the ground to the beat of Michelson's new song.The pain rolling in his body and will was like a wave of tides. In the extreme and vivid twisted pain, he fell down as if he had lost the ability to walk upright.

He looked like a fish out of water, his body was struggling convulsively, and he tried hard to breathe, but he couldn't even inhale a trace of air into his lungs. All the organs inside his body seemed to be filled with the scorching magic power gushing out.

The upwelling of physical pain can only make Merlin's life worse than death, but the drastic changes taking place in his soul can make Merlin irreparable.

His soul is being torn apart!

This is not a description, but a fact of what is happening.

It was as if there were invisible hands holding both sides of his soul.

In the vibration of the violent scorching power, the claws holding the soul are pulling the god madly, as if they want to tear his soul completely apart, completely tear him apart, and completely annihilate his existence.

"what!"

Merlin clasped his hair tightly with both hands, he raised his head and smashed it to the ground.Trying to use this external pain to ease the mental torment.

"boom"

"boom"

The two heavy blows caused blood to flow from Merlin's forehead, and he raised his head on the third day, but...

"click"

Accompanied by a low tearing sound, Merlin's raised eyes suddenly lost their luster at this moment.

His body was still intact, and began to cool down rapidly, like a hot stone being thrown into cold water, puffs of white smoke lingered around his body, but inside the body, the soul carried by the body was It has been torn apart under the impact of the power released by Sangongmo wantonly.

The singing behind him became deeper and deeper, like the tone of the end.

"boom"

Merlin's godless body fell on the wilderness.

As the Sangongmo said, it would rather destroy this peculiar soul than let others get it.

A cool night wind blew by, and Merlin's black hair was blown like weeds on the ground, but he could no longer respond to the gentle wind.

he died.

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The bosses sitting at the gaming table watched this scene, but no one made a sound, which meant that no one wanted to express their opinions at this time.

The big guy with the fancy bracelet took the cigar out of his mouth, and he looked at the man across the gambling table.

The one who is watched by the boss is naturally the boss.

And the dress of this one is a bit strange.

His whole body was covered in a black robe, with a black blindfold on his left eye, and the ice blue eyes in the other eye did not change in expression, only a dead silence like ice and snow .

"Your Excellency Blade of Dawn, it's your turn."

A voice like a referee sounded at this moment:

"The sequence of the 'Devil' round is stagnant, and we are entering the first sequence of the 'Lucky' round. Please prepare for the next round of dice rolls, two of you, or abstain."

"Ah."

The big guy wearing the blindfold nodded, he looked at the picture, he said:

"True knowledge can only emerge when the dust of illusion is removed. This story finally becomes interesting."

The boss turned his head, looked at the recorder sitting at the gaming table, and asked:

"So, this part of the story, what are you going to name it?"

Facing this inquiry, the recorder shrugged and replied in a gentle tone:

"Beyond death, something must be left behind. He died because his soul was broken, so he was truly reborn, but everything in the past is the same as in the previous life. He is a..."

"Well, the Forsaken."

The big man smoking a cigar waved his finger, interrupting the polite conversation between them, and said impatiently:

"Then let him get up quickly."

"In the middle of the night, lying alone on the grass, it's uncomfortable to watch."

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"buzz"

Merlin seemed to have had a long dream, but as long as it was a dream, there would be moments of waking up.

At dawn, he opened his eyes suddenly.As a result, through the headlights next to him, he saw a groundhog crawling out of his hole in front of him, looking at him curiously, like watching a collapsed giant.

And the moment Merlin opened his eyes, the groundhog was frightened, bared, and ran back to its burrow, shivering in the darkness, afraid that the awakened giant would come to trouble it.

Actually, no.

Merlin got up from the ground weakly, his head was very dizzy, as if he had been punched in the head by Tyson, he seriously suspected that he might have the sequelae of a concussion, because everything he saw was serious now. film.

It's like high myopia.

Merlin sat in Lola's driver's seat with difficulty. He closed his eyes, rubbed his head, and shook his head from time to time, trying to alleviate the symptoms of double vision.

The good news is that his eyesight is recovering quickly.

The bad news is that the death scene encountered in the dream just now does not seem to be illusory.

Merlin lowered his head, and could vaguely see that his clothes were soaked in blood, and there would be some murmuring noises in his ears from time to time, as if more than a dozen people were talking together. It was difficult for him to calm down, let alone think.

Merlin only remembered the horrible incident he suffered just now, the devil's contract finally broke out, and he was almost killed by it, but he seems to have survived?

Was that demon showing mercy?

No, not likely.

Merlin rubbed his forehead and cleaned some of the blood scabs in his hair.He sat sluggishly in the car for more than ten minutes, and it was not until dawn that Merlin's eyesight almost recovered, but there was still a faint double image when looking at things.

It was at this moment that Merlin discovered a strange thing in the rearview mirror.

his eyes.

In the pupils of the black eyes, there is a dark red light spot.Although it was very faint, it was very similar to the human form of the Sangong Demon he had witnessed three nights ago, and there were such flames in the demon's eyes.

That contract, although I don't know what happened, it does seem to have taken effect, at least part of it.

"What exactly is going on?"

Merlin stretched his eyes wide with his fingers, and he looked carefully in the rearview mirror with the light of Lola's car lights.When his eyes widen, the red light spot will also increase, but it seems that there are no other effects except visual effects.

This discovery made Merlin feel a little palpitated. He guessed that he might not have completely escaped the influence of the contract.

Maybe this is just a symptom, and there will be more serious sequelae later.

And with the passage of time, when Merlin was thinking wildly, the dawn finally arrived, and the first ray of light pierced the darkness, like a light curtain opened, shining on this wilderness.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Merlin always feels that today's sun is very dazzling, and even makes him feel a little uncomfortable, just like the scorching sun in the afternoon, the slight anxiety makes Merlin unable to bear Lola's backup. He took out a half-worn cowboy hat and James' sunglasses from the box, and buckled them on his head, which made him feel more comfortable.

"Go back first, mom and Phil should worry."

Merlin restarted the car, and he hurried back to the farm. Although the place had been sold, the intermediary company gave the Coulson family half a month to pack up.

Merlin changed into a set of clothes in the room, and then drove to the hospital.

But he was unlucky today.

There were long red lights at every intersection along the way, and when crossing the intersection, I almost bumped into an old man who came out for a walk on crutches, and was scolded by the fierce old man for several minutes.

When approaching the hospital, Merlin's car window was given some disgusting "gifts" by annoying birds.

When Merlin got out of the car, his foot slipped and hit the railing of the parking lot, his head was almost pierced.

When he was going upstairs, he knocked down another doctor who was in a hurry and almost fell down from the third floor.

I wanted to drink some water, but I encountered a short circuit in the wire.

All this reminded Merlin of a novel he read with Phil when he was bored... The name of the novel seemed to be "Death Comes".

"It must be just a psychological effect."

Merlin comforted himself in this way, he walked out of the elevator and walked carefully to James' ward.He tried to look calm, he didn't want his family to worry.

"Phil!"

From a distance, Merlin saw Phil resting on a chair outside the ward. His younger brother, Merlin took off his hat and hesitated for a moment, but he didn't take off his sunglasses immediately.

He called Phil's name and walked up to him.

The young man worked hard all night, and his tone after being awakened suddenly would definitely not be very good. He raised his head and stared at Merlin who was wearing sunglasses in front of him. He said impatiently in a young man's tone:

"Who are you? How did you know my name?"

"?"

Phil's anxious tone made Merlin froze for a moment, he thought it was his younger brother joking with him.He breathed a sigh of relief and sat next to Phil. He patted Phil on the shoulder and comforted him softly:

"Don't be afraid, brother, we'll get through it, and Father will be fine."

"Who is your brother?"

Phil Coulson was also confused by this familiar guy.The 15-year-old opened Merlin's hand on his shoulder, and said to Merlin in a serious tone:

"Listen, man! Yes, my dad has had bad luck, but the Coulsons will make it through, and I appreciate your support of our family, but you've got the wrong guy."

"What does it mean?"

Merlin saw the expression on Phil's face. He was not stupid. He immediately realized that there might be some new changes in things.

He couldn't hide it anymore, he took off his sunglasses, looked at Phil seriously, pointed to his face, and said:

"You don't know me anymore?"

Phil looked at Merlin's face seriously. After a few seconds, he shook his head, pointed to Merlin's eyes and said:

"I don't really know you, I've never seen you. But your eyes are cool, man, is that some new makeup trick?"

"Snapped"

Merlin's fist tightened suddenly at this moment.

A sentence that the Phantom Stranger said in the cafe before suddenly jumped into Merlin's heart.

"Across death, you always have to leave something behind."

Before, Merlin only thought that it was Judah's youthful temperament that had nowhere to rest, but now it seems that it was actually a warning.

If this incident wasn't a prank by Phil, it means that Merlin did pay the price for the previous "rebirth".

The torn contract failed to kill him, but it killed his name, all memories about him, and all traces of him in this world.

He changed from a man who had everything to a lonely ghost.

"fur"

Merlin let out a long breath.

He looked at Phil who was like a stranger beside him. At this moment, he felt that all the strength in his body was pulled away. He sat on the chair in a weak posture, his face pale.

This frightened Phil who was beside him. He thought that the uninvited guy had a sudden illness. He was about to call for a doctor, but Merlin stopped him.

Merlin reached out to signal to Phil that he didn't need help.

He stood up and took a last look at James Coulson in the ward, the man he called his father for 18 years. He breathed a sigh of relief, put on his sunglasses again, and said to Phil:

"I'll make a call. I'm your father's friend. I'll be back in a while."

After finishing speaking, Merlin turned and left. Behind him, Phil looked at this figure. He always felt that the person in front of him was somewhat familiar, but after repeated searching in his memory, Phil finally confirmed that he had never seen this person before. .

"Phil, my son, who is that?"

Mrs. Coulson came from the other side with a cup of hot coffee. She handed the coffee to her only son. Looking at Merlin's lonely back, she asked:

"Is that your friend?"

"No, it's not."

Phil says:

"He said he was my father's friend, but he was too young too...Mom? What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

The young man took his mother's hand and comforted his mother:

"Didn't I say that? A kind person donated some money to us. You don't need to worry about your father's surgery and postoperative recovery."

Beside Phil, Mrs. Coulson's tears could not stop flowing from her eyes. The mother said to her son while wiping her tears:

"No, no, I'm just... I just want to cry all of a sudden, very sad, but, but I don't know why. Phil, I feel, I feel that I just lost something very important, a Very precious thing."

"Don't cry, Mom."

Phil was in a hurry to comfort his mother. Mrs. Coulson kept crying as she watched Merlin leave, which made Phil feel sad. What he had experienced in the past few days had already overwhelmed the 15-year-old young man. , the mother and son hugged each other and wept bitterly, which aroused the grief of the people around them.

This is a hospital, an intensive care unit, and the people who appear here are never short of sad things.

On the other side, Merlin was at the hospital's public phone, picked up the receiver, and broadcast a long series of numbers. He put the receiver to his ear, and after a few rings, a nice female voice came from the receiver.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Excuse me..."

Merlin's lips moved, he was very nervous, like a gambler waiting for the lottery, his voice became dry and hoarse, he asked:

"Excuse me, are you May Riley?"

"Yes, I am."

The woman over there asked suspiciously:

"who are you?"

"I'm...I'm Merlin, do you remember me? Cousin."

"Merlin?"

The woman's voice became icy, and she warned:

"I don't care who you are, but this joke is not funny! My only cousin, Merlin, died 18 years ago... Please stop calling, I don't like your jokes, bye!"

"toot toot"

The busy tone on the phone made Merlin unable to even hold the receiver. He fell to the ground at this moment, curled up in a corner, his hands covering his eyes, tears, tears continuously overflowing from his fingers.

"You said that I was not allowed to forget you...but you, you all forgot me first..."

"God... why me..."

He, broke down.

18...

The entire life of 18 years, like a dream that did not exist, was completely shattered at this moment.

Maybe he, maybe Merlin Riley really died 18 years ago.

Now he...

Just a lonely ghost with nowhere to live.

(End of this chapter)