Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 993 47. Divine Power--add more for the Silo brothers [67]

"he?"

The old wizard Shazam looked at Billy Batson who was pushed by Merlin, he shook his head:

"He is not!"

"He has experienced loneliness and suffering since he was a child, and he built a high wall in his heart. He is unwilling to have too much contact with other people. He is very withdrawn, and his heart is biased and extremely persistent..."

"There is something impure in his soul."

Old Shazam said:

"I can't risk it!"

"The last monster we shaped fell into darkness because of paranoia."

Billy listened to the old wizard's evaluation of himself.

He couldn't help but clenched his fingers.

He wanted to refute, but he couldn't.

The old wizard Shazam was right.

"Trust me, he's a good fit."

Merlin's voice sounded from behind Billy, and the ghostly body stood up from the stone chair.

He hovered beside Shazam, and he put his hand on the kid's shoulder.

他 说:

"He has a rare magic-rich physique. He can see the brilliance of magic power without practice, which is enough to prove his talent."

"For magic practice, I don't think I need to explain to you how important talent is."

"Talent is important, but soul is more important."

The old wizard said stubbornly:

"We made a mistake once and picked a person with an impure soul, which resulted in a catastrophe. This time, I must find a person with a pure soul before I can entrust my power."

"Soul? Pure?"

Merlin let out a long laugh, and said:

"You old antiques, you always care about these meaningless things and ignore the essence."

"You want to bestow powerful divine power on your successor. That should be enough to shake the world. After accepting this power suddenly, do you still expect a pure soul to continue to be pure?"

"Do not make jokes!"

Merlin said coldly:

"Power brings temptations, all kinds of temptations, I have experienced it myself, and so will you."

"Shazam, why are you revered as a god by the aborigines in Australia?"

"When you were young, weren't you immersed in the emotion of being admired by everyone? Isn't the legend you left behind a proof that you once chased vanity?"

"Look, you expect your successor to be able to do something that you can't even do yourself?"

He spread out his arms, and said to the old wizard:

"You are aware that my horcrux exists on Billy, you were attracted by my soul and brought him here...you think my soul is pure?"

"Well, my soul is purely because I died once!"

"I left all the sins and glory of the past in yesterday, and I was born again when my soul was split."

"Of course I will be pure, because I have not lived in this world."

"But trust me, once I'm back in this world, I'm going to be the most complicated, unjudgemental person in the world."

"A pure and pure soul is just a hypothesis, it will not exist in this materialistic world."

Merlin put his hand on Billy's shoulder and said:

"So what you need is not a person with a pure heart, but a person who is firm enough not to lose himself after being empowered."

"I believe this kid can do it."

"why?"

The old wizard also stood up, lit his staff, and said a little violently:

"Why do you think so? You and him just met, can you predict the future?"

"Of course I can't."

Merlin said calmly:

"But I believe my friend, there's no way Paul would give my belongings to someone he considers a villain."

"More importantly, I will teach him personally."

"you?"

The old wizard stared at Merlin, and said:

"why?"

"The Supreme Mage is leaving this world, and she may have already left."

Merlin says:

"Before she left, she asked me to find a guardian of a new dimension and magic for this world. I didn't want to miss the appointment...but fate, just at this time, sent this child to my eyes."

"To be honest, I don't think it's a coincidence."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The old wizard said:

"The Supreme Master is always in Karma Taj, she never left!"

"That's fake."

Merlin shrugged and said:

"Or let me put it another way. Like you, she is just a derivative of this world. She may also be called Supreme Mage, and she may also be called Ancient One."

"But trust me, she's not the one I knew. And I reckon, she's going to be dead soon...not for long."

Merlin's words made the old wizard's eyes widen.

Reason was telling him not to believe everything this weird guy said.

But there was another voice in his heart telling him that Merlin was right.

really...

Giving a powerful power to a person who has never been in contact with extraordinary power, and expecting him to continue to maintain a pure heart after possessing power, seems...

Not too possible.

He fell silent.

"You can give this child your power right now."

Merlin says:

"Or continue to wait here, and after 3 days, enter the grave with your strength."

"Let the monster you expelled return to this world...but don't worry too much."

Merlin whispered:

"I think there are enough people in the world who are willing to protect it and who are able to protect it."

"Even if a monster from 5000 years ago comes back, don't even think about causing too much trouble."

他 说:

"After all, before I left, I personally tested them."

"and many more..."

The old wizard raised his head suddenly, pointed at Merlin, and said in surprise:

"Ah, I see! You are Merlin Riley, Dark Raven, you beat up all the heroes in the world, and you even wounded Odin!"

"Did you just recognize me now?"

Merlin touched his chin, he said a little depressed:

"I've been waiting for you to recognize me. I thought I was a big shot everyone knew."

"I don't care much about the outside world."

Wizard Shazam says:

"I also learned about what you did 7 months ago from other places. Let me guess, the accelerated evolution of the universe is also because of you? It is said that before you died, you declared that you would give the world freedom?"

"I did it."

Merlin said calmly:

"Your presence in front of me is evidence..."

"If it had no freedom, you, the monsters you created, and the Rock of Eternity itself would not have appeared."

"Alright alright."

The old wizard took a step back, and with a curious courtesy, he said:

"A heavenly father has come to the Rock of Eternity, and it really makes it so beautiful."

"Not anymore."

Merlin shook his head and said:

"That's not my strength, it's just something... that should be thrown away, that's all."

"Get down to business, old Shazam, my Horcrux is in the hands of this kid, and I will stay with him until it is returned to my friend."

"I will teach him, teach him to use his own power, and at the same time teach him to control his mind, so that he will be ready for the decisive battle between him and that monster that will eventually come."

"If possible, I will train him to be the next supreme mage."

"Of course, it's just possible."

The old wizard looked at Merlin.

He looked at Billy Batson with a blank face again, and finally, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

He put the staff in his hand in front of Billy's eyes, and he said:

"Hold it!"

Billy subconsciously looked up at Merlin, who nodded to him.

So Billy reached out and took hold of the staff.

The old wizard Shazam looked at him, and he said:

"What you have to take over is not only strength, but also a heavy mission, child."

"Perhaps fate has brought us to this point."

"You are not the most suitable successor in my mind."

"There is a shadow in your heart, and that shadow may swallow you in the future. In my opinion, giving you power is a great risk."

He looked at Billy, a smile suddenly appeared on his always sullen face, and his voice softened.

他 说:

"But maybe, you can prove to me with what you did that I was wrong."

"Ah."

Billy was an unyielding kid.

He gritted his teeth and nodded to the old wizard.

"buzz"

The huge magical power is like a volcanic eruption.

Under Merlin's gaze, the heavy magic power mixed with higher-level power turned into lightning bolts, which were gathered on the staff and passed into Billy's body as the old wizard Shazam roared.

"I will give you the wisdom of Solomon!"

"boom"

"The power of Hercules!"

"The Stamina of Atlas!"

Shazam shouted the name of the gods, and every time he called, a bolt of lightning would fall on Billy Batson,

It was like thunder and lightning, but the child didn't feel pain.

He is surrounded by magic, and those powers are changing his body.

"The divine power of Zeus!"

"The courage of Achilles!"

"The speed of Mercury!"

Old Shazam's voice roared like thunder, he looked at Billy in front of him, and he roared angrily:

"With the transfer of power, the duties of the Eternal Council will also be inherited by you!"

"Billy Batson! Now...say my name!"

"Shazam!!!"

A slightly immature roar sounded from the storm of magic power.

In the bombardment of an orange-yellow lightning, those sources of divine power gathered, and pure magic power exploded.

Under the gaze of Merlin and the old wizard, a tall young man wearing a red battle suit, dotted with a yellow belt, gloves and boots, and a white cloak stood up from the magic smoke.

He was panting.

Billy has grown up...

It seems that I have suddenly turned from 15 years old to my 20s.

"Uh, this..."

Merlin hovered beside the old wizard, he looked at the grown-up Billy, he said:

"Is this size change normal?"

"of course."

The old wizard took a step back, like a clay puppet tortured by time.

After losing the divine power to maintain his existence, cracks like broken glass appeared on his body and cheeks.

Between the peeling of the ashes, he said to Merlin:

"I can never send a child to battle..."

"I handed him over to you, Raven, take back the magic pupil, be careful... Black Adam!"

"crash"

The body of the old wizard completely collapsed at this moment, and the scattered ashes were pushed back to the stone chair he was sitting on before by the invisible wind.

Ashes revolved around the seven chairs, as if they were saying goodbye to their long-gone brothers and sisters, or reuniting.

"What's up with him?"

Billy grew up to be a real handsome lad, with neat black hair, big piercing eyes, and a strong build, making him a man enough to catch all the girls' eyes.

Leaning on his extinguished staff, he walked up to the silent Merlin, and asked:

"Merlin, Shazam... is dead?"

"boom"

A bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Billy. In the surge of lightning, he changed from an adult back to a 15-year-old child.

Merlin put his hand on Billy's shoulder, and as he looked at the fading ashes, he said:

"Yes, at last a weary soul rests in peace."

"But you, boy... your suffering has only just begun!"

Merlin stared at Billy, and he said:

"It seems that 'Shazam' is your transformation word, you must call out this name to summon the divine power..."

"Tsk tsk, what a terrible and shameful way to fight."

"You should call me mentor!"

Merlin hovered before Billy's eyes, and he said to Billy:

"And, before you leave, you must learn your first spell from me...I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but I think we have enough time to talk about other topics."

"Now... it's time for class!"

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A few hours later, Billy Batson was back on the streets of Philadelphia.

The child's face was pale. It seemed that his learning of magic was not going well. That thing was much more difficult than calculus.

Billy glanced at the red bracelet around his wrist, shrugged, and found a phone booth on the side street.

According to the number Merlin told him, he made a call.

A few seconds later, the call was connected, and a nice woman's voice came from the phone:

"Hello? Who are you looking for?"

"Is it Miss Zatanna?"

Billy looked around and said in a low voice:

"Mr. Merlin's Horcrux is here."

On the other end of the phone, Zatana's eyes narrowed immediately, and she reached out and tapped on the sunglasses on the table.

Icarus immediately began tracking down the phone number.

"what do you want?"

Zatanna said in a bad tone:

"Threat us? Or..."

"Uh, no, no."

Billy immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he hastened to explain:

"It was Merlin who asked me to call you. His horcrux... was activated for some special reason, but only in eternity... ahem, I mean, only under special circumstances. Communicate with him."

"He asked me to tell you that Heaven has noticed his Horcrux. Although I don't know what the angels are planning, he told you not to come to me in a hurry, prepare the materials, and protect Icarus."

Billy grumbled inwardly.

He didn't know what he meant, what Horcrux, what Icarus, etc.

But Merlin, uh, that's all he could say if his mentor asked him to.

He said to the other end of the phone:

"He also asked you to protect his family and not let them know about the Horcrux until he figured out what the angels in heaven are going to do."

"Also, Merlin wants you to find a man named Deadpool, and help him complete his current task, to rescue some kind of princess... He said that the princess has something necessary for his blood bone ceremony."

"Ah."

After a moment, when Zatanna seemed to take everything down, she asked again:

"What else did Merlin say?"

"No more."

Billy says:

"He said that it may take some time for him to come out of the place where he was trapped, so let you wait patiently."

"Then who are you? Child."

Zatanna said:

"You seem to have something to do with Merlin? Are you his illegitimate child outside?"

"Uh, I'm not."

Billy says:

"I am his disciple."

"If he has anything else to convey, I will contact you again."

After speaking, Billy hung up the phone and walked out of the phone booth.

On the other side, in Zatana's manor in the present world, Icarus cast a projection in front of Zatana's eyes.

On the projection, Billy Batson was walking along the street with a bag on his back.

His location and identity information has been projected onto the screen.

"Keep an eye on him, Icarus."

Zatanna looked at the child in the picture and said:

"Merlin is really good at instructing people..."

"I have to go to work, if I need help, I will call you."

(End of this chapter)