Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 995 49. An Old Acquaintance in Hell

"Snapped"

Shazam, who was flying around like lightning in the temple, was hit by a blue ray.

He felt that his body became very heavy. He danced and fell to the ground like a stone.

"bang"

He hit the floor and was about to get up instinctively, but the cold blade touched Shazam's neck in the next second.

The cold blade made Shazam tremble.

He shrugged and held up his hands regretfully.

He looked at Merlin hovering beside him, and said:

"Okay, I lost, mentor, you are really good."

"Stop joking."

Merlin put away his sword and said:

"for how long?"

"Shazam!"

Shazam yelled out the transformation words, and in the thunderous bombardment, he returned to the appearance of Billy Batson.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, looked at his watch, and said:

"27 seconds..."

"Ha ha."

Merlin let out an inexplicable laugh.

The sharp sword in his hand turned into magic power and dissipated, and he floated back to the place where the old wizard Shazam was sitting before. He sat on the stone chair, crossed his legs, and put his hands on the armrests.

He said to Billy:

"I spotted a problem with you, Billy."

"When you transform into Shazam Superman, you become very reckless and lack calm."

"I seriously doubt that the divine power given to you by old Shazam will make you grow up, and even your brain will be full of muscles... It's like being cursed with mental retardation and recklessness."

"I do not know why either."

Billy walked up to Merlin, grabbed his hair, and said to Merlin:

"After transforming, I feel... powerful."

"The feeling of being full of power made me a little carried away. I tried to calm down, but I couldn't do it. I felt that the power in my body could break a mountain. It seemed that I didn't need to defend myself, so I just rushed out..."

"Lack of ability to control power."

Merlin intertwined his fingers, narrowed his eyes, and said to his disciple:

"I can't blame you, you are just a child after all, when your mind is immature, huge power will replace your own thinking..."

"Then what should I do?"

Billy asked:

"You've got a way, can't you, Master?"

"practise."

Merlin shook his head and said:

"Keep practicing, adapting to the power of the transformation, and trying to control it instead of being controlled by it. You have to hurry up and master it, Billy."

"Don't forget, there is still a wandering ghost looking for you in the city outside."

Billy pursed his lips and said:

"I heard that a few days ago, a high-tech company in the city was invaded by thugs, and all the people inside died. Mentor, do you think that's true?"

"Don't take chances."

Merlin says:

"You have to be prepared. I can't help you with this, and I don't think you need help."

"Shazam is powerful, and if you're at your best, I'm sure you can take care of this trouble yourself."

He looked at Billy's expression, he looked into the child's eyes, and after a while, Merlin chuckled, he reached out and patted Billy's head, and he said:

"What? Scared?"

"Ah."

Billy said honestly:

"He will kill, and kill so many people. I am only a 15-year-old kid. I can't even survive 30 seconds under your hands. If I encounter it now, I think my chances of winning are very small."

"If that's why you're scared, you don't have to."

Merlin whispered:

"Although I have lost my strength, my vision and combat experience as a heavenly father are still there. There are only so many people in this world who can stand in front of me for 30 seconds..."

"And it definitely does not include a guy who is possessed by evil spirits and cannot resist."

"Well, in the next few days, you need to maintain the transformation state as much as possible, so that your will and your own strength can be integrated more deeply. In addition, you need to prepare one more thing."

Merlin said to his disciples:

"Shazam's power may be useful, but it has a fatal flaw."

"what?"

Billy asked in surprise.

"Stand there!"

Merlin pointed to the stone platform in front of him, and Billy walked over quickly.

"Transform now!"

Merlin raised his finger and said to Billy:

"Call out its name!"

Billy didn't know what the mentor was going to do, but he did it anyway.

"Sha..."

When he just uttered the first syllable.

Merlin flicked his fingers, and a Silencing Curse was cast on Billy.

He could no longer make a sound, Shazam Superman's transformation process was forcibly interrupted, and the surging magic power that had already jumped subsided as quickly as the tide.

Billy's expression became horrified at this moment.

He now knew what the fatal flaw the mentor was talking about was.

"When old Shazam gave you his power, I said that this way of fighting is stupid and shameful."

Merlin released the Silence Curse, leaned on the stone chair, and said to his disciple:

"Now you've also seen that any wizard who is sharp enough and can use the Silencing Curse can eat you to death, Billy...even as long as you have a roll of tape or a basin of water at hand, you Dead without a whole body."

"Then what should I do?"

Billy asked in a panic.

"Take it as your hole card."

Merlin says:

"Don't expose Shazam's Superman powers unnecessarily."

"Think of yourself as a real spellcaster, fight with the thinking of a wizard, and only use your power when you are on the verge of extinction."

"At any time, child, you must keep a card in your hand at any time. As long as you have a hole card, you will never lose. This is why I let you learn magic."

"Of course, in order to avoid the situation like just now, you need to prepare yourself a magic gadget."

Merlin Billy said:

"A thing called an external tongue, which requires certain alchemy attainments to make, it allows you to call out transformation words in any situation where you lose your voice."

"Call Zatanna after you leave today."

Merlin Billy said:

"Just say I said it, and she will prepare that thing for you in the shortest time."

"But the validity period of the tongue outside the body is only 1-2 years. Zatanna can help you make the first one, and you need to collect the materials yourself to do the next ones."

"Ah."

Billy nodded.

After all, it was a matter of life and death, and he was very concerned about it.

But after a few seconds, Billy rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice:

"Mentor, although I haven't met Miss Zatanna, she has a nice voice. She cares about you very much. Is she your wife?"

"She..."

Merlin shook his head:

"She's not, I'm just, um... a confidante."

"Then do you have a wife?"

Billy asked again.

"Yes, I have."

Merlin looked at his disciple, he said:

"There are two."

"Wow!"

Billy let out an exclamation of envy or surprise that he didn't know.

He is 15 years old and already knows what love is.

"Are they all waiting for you to come back, mentor."

Billy says:

"You'll be back to see them, won't you?"

"Ah."

Merlin nodded and said:

"A lot of people are waiting for me, my wife, lover, relatives... I have too many concerns in this world, I will come back."

"need my help?"

Billy stood up and did a bodybuilder gesture to show he was strong, and he said:

"I can help too."

"You mind your own business, Billy."

Merlin chuckled lightly, and said:

"The Seven Deadly Sins are not looking for me... Besides, if you can't deal with it outside, bring it here."

Merlin says:

"As a mentor, I am supposed to help you deal with some troubles, but I hope you can solve it yourself."

"Ah."

Billy raised his wrist, looked at the time, waved to Merlin, and said:

"It's time for me to go home. If I don't go back, they will worry."

"Well, let's go."

Merlin waved goodbye to his disciples, and at the moment Billy was about to walk out of the temple, he suddenly said:

"Billy."

"Ok?"

Billy turned and looked at Merlin.

The latter said to him:

"If you want to go further on this road...find yourself a pillar, a spiritual pillar."

"Although I haven't met your new family, I can feel that they are all good people, and you are accepting them...It's good."

"Listen to me, child, the divine power you possess can only determine the lower limit of your wielding power. Only the will, your belief, can allow you to continuously break through the shackles..."

"You're walking a path of strength that's very similar to mine before."

Merlin sighed and said:

"This road has hidden dangers that cannot be broken. If you want to transform the borrowed power into your own, you must break through the shackles before the hidden dangers break out."

Merlin's figure drifted away bit by bit in the shadows, and his voice echoed in the temple:

"But Billy, when you're filled with the belief in protecting something, there's no one in this world who can stop you..."

"Protect them, protect your spiritual pillar."

"They will give you endless courage..."

"Finally, happy birthday, my disciple."

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"Swish"

After throwing a pot of freshly cooked chicken soup for the soul to his disciple, Merlin's will returned to where he was.

hell.

His ghostly body condensed in hell opened its eyes and looked down.

On the ground of this dark grotto, filled with the stench of blood, corpses were lying all over the place.

Demon corpse.

This ghostly place is never short of loud and tyrannical demons.

In fact, in this ghost place, no matter how many provocative demons Merlin killed, after a certain time, these killed guys would be resurrected.

real resurrection...

This should be a certain rule of this hell, it seems like a special rule of this place.

This may seem like a good thing, but it's not.

The purpose of its existence here is to make the creatures locked in this hell suffer, to suffer over and over again, to experience the feeling of being torn apart and killed by vicious demons over and over again.

This is a punitive measure.

I don't know who is so boring, in the already terrible hell, set up such a damn rule.

Merlin quietly leaned against the edge of the grotto, he was waiting.

There is no difference between day and night in this place, or in other words, the difference is very small. At each turn of day and night, those dead souls will revive and start a new round of killing each other.

"Snapped"

A certain point arrives.

Behind Merlin, the demon corpse that was torn apart by him shook strangely.

In the contorted air filled with the smell of sulfur, the corpse was reunited, and the torn soul was rebonded.

Soon, those demons killed by Merlin climbed up from the ground.

But before they let out a violent roar, a ghost-like figure appeared in front of their eyes.

Merlin hovered in the air. He was wearing a strange leather jacket, which was full of rough stitching marks. It seemed that the tailor who made this dress was poorly skilled.

But the poor workmanship can't hide the "noble" material of this cool, stylish and wild leather jacket.

It's crafted from the finest leather from some of the most powerful demonic scum in hell.

Each hide represents the tragic death of a powerful demon.

Peeling cramps.

And the decorations on the cool leather jackets, those decorations with devil's horns and skulls.

Like those baubles-dotted, shiny leather jackets that bikers always love to wear.

The corners of the leather jacket were cut into continuous triangles, like folded wings, and covered Merlin like a cloak.

He looked at the demons in front of him.

The demons were watching him too.

With distorted bodies, ferocious faces, and tense muscles, the demons spouting hellfire screamed like frightened girls.

They kept retreating, and under Merlin's gaze, they curled up in the depths of the grotto.

Shivering.

"Don't be afraid..."

Merlin said softly:

"I won't eat you again. In fact, I just want to ask for directions."

"Yesterday's incident was an accident. You attacked me, and I had to fight back...Okay, now tell me, where is the tavern in this ghost place?"

A first-born demon with two legs explained to Merlin how to get to the tavern in this area in an extremely flattering gesture and in devil language.

It explains everything clearly, down to the smallest detail.

I'm afraid that the evil star in front of me will be unhappy, so I will kill them again.

"Well, I see."

Merlin successfully asked the way, and he floated towards the outside of the grotto, but after floating a few steps, he turned around again.

He looked at the group of demons gathered together like sheep.

He raised his finger, pointing at a glabrat hiding at the very end.

他 说:

"Your horns are good, the curvature is perfect, I just need a drinking glass..."

"Snapped"

As soon as Merlin's words fell, the screaming glabra was kicked on the ground by his companion, and several demons held it down. The demon who answered Merlin's question first grabbed the bone axe in his hand, raised the knife and dropped it.

Blood spattered on the walls of the grotto.

In the flash of cold light, a scene of cannibalism was projected like a shadow.

A few seconds later, the demon respectfully held the cut off and cleaned demon horn, and handed it to Merlin with both hands.

Merlin took it in his hand, and he glanced at the glabra that was hacked to death by his companion, he said:

"I just want the horn, and I didn't ask you to kill it... Oh, forget it."

"Goodbye, everyone."

Merlin floated out of the cave, and in front of his eyes was still the disgusting scorched wasteland, and the Hell Styx flowing through the wasteland.

This place is far away from the place where he woke up. He almost walked from one side of hell to the other side of hell.

He heard that the gates of hell are here.

But he also heard that no soul can ever leave through that door.

Ten minutes later, Merlin came to the devil's tavern in this area.

He pushed open the door, and under the gaze of those drinking and making trouble demons, he sat at the bar and took out the wine glass he had just carved.

他 说:

"Have a glass of wine."

"Merlin? Why did you bastard go to hell?"

A familiar voice made Merlin raise his head in surprise. He looked at the wide-eyed bartender in front of him, and his expression changed a bit.

The two looked at each other, and after a while, Merlin said:

"Okay, long time no see."

"Jackson..."

(End of this chapter)