Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 466 51. The Dragon Under the Norwegian Strait

About Beowulf, this is an ancient legend.

This story originally appeared as a long narrative poem. It is not actually the official history of Nordic mythology, but it is also an important part of that magnificent mythology system.

It tells the story of mortal warriors.

Beowulf is the king of the Danes. Of course, in that era, they were still Vikings. In short, this strong man who is suspected of being a berserker has challenged giants, killed sirens, and stabbed a fire dragon to death with his own hands in his old age. .

Ordinary people are definitely unable to do this, and many wizards also suspect that Beowulf may have the blood of the gods of Asgard, just like the endless demigods in Greek mythology.

But in Randolph, who has personally experienced the Beowulf era, Merlin knows another version of the story.

Beowulf is not a demigod, he is just a strong ordinary man, but he is extremely talented, one of the few geniuses among ordinary warriors who can understand the way of a berserker, and the story of him killing giants and sirens is also true. The magic sword that killed the siren did indeed come from Asgard.

That sword was once Randolph's saber.

That sword was made of Urujin, and it was engraved with powerful evil runes. It was still very easy to kill a non-pure blood sea monster.

However, the story about the last battle of Beowulf's three epic battles and the story about Beowulf's challenge to the fire dragon is somewhat different from the legend.

The brave warrior who had long been withered in time did not challenge the enraged dragon alone. He got help from the gods of Asgard. At that time, the very young Thor, the son of Odin, also passed the Rainbow Bridge. Aware of the evil dragon descending on the earth, he appeared in a thunder storm, and challenged the evil dragon together with the brave Beowulf.

In the end, the dragon was defeated, and Beowulf died in battle. His soul was led by the Rainbow Bridge to the Hall of Valor in Asgard, where he will enjoy eternal happiness.

However, the evil dragon was not as described in the story records, it was a fire dragon, it was not.

It is much more dangerous than a fire dragon.

Otherwise, how could its appearance attract the attention of the Asgardians?

You must know that after the closure of the Rainbow Bridge, Asgard will send soldiers to help only when the earth is facing a great crisis, such as the Kree incident this time.

This shows that the appearance of the evil dragon is a crisis that may destroy the earth.

And now, Merlin was about to set off to find the defeated dragon.

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"The time when the first quarter moon and last quarter moon alternate."

Merlin stood on the grass of his own house, raised his head, looked at the moon in the sky, and discerned the stars at this time.

Behind him, Goo Goo is rolling himself up and dozing on the doorstep.The daily routine of this cat is different from other cats, and it also becomes very sleepy at night.

And today is not the weekend, the children are still in school and did not go home.

Su Rui moved out to live with Rose, so only Merlin and Gu Gu were left in the huge house.

When the moonlight was at its brightest, Merlin took out the pebble that Randolph gave him from his pocket and let it float in front of his eyes. With the moonlight shining on the stone, white stripes appeared on the surface of the pebble. , lines emitting faint light, soon formed a miniature map.

"Icarus, scan and compare."

Merlin said softly, and the next moment, on the lens in front of him, the extremely miniaturized map was quickly enlarged continuously, and on the other lens, a world map was also called out.

Relying on his powerful computing power, Icarus quickly scanned the place where the two maps overlapped. After ten seconds, an accurate point was determined.

"The target point is near the Norwegian Strait, which is a remote sea with no navigation lanes."

Icarus' gentle voice sounded in Merlin's ears:

"The precise location of the target point should be under the sea...but the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellites cannot scan the situation under the sea, so Mr. Merlin needs to be careful."

"Well, it's already ready, don't worry."

Merlin reached out and tapped the pendant on his chest. The blue half-covered mask quickly covered his nostrils and mouth. He moved his hands and feet and wrapped the magic power outside his body. He said:

"Turn on the recording function, Icarus, we are going to explore."

"Cuckoo."

Merlin turned back to the lazy cat and said:

"Look at home."

"Swish"

Merlin's figure disappeared in place, Gu Gu looked at this scene, his face showed human disdain, he raised his paws, covered his eyes, flicked his tail, and fell asleep again.

On the other side, Merlin didn't waste any time, he directly transported himself into the deep sea at the target point, this was the first time Merlin entered the deep sea with the transfer spell, when his body appeared under the turbid sea water, that This kind of pressure from all directions made Merlin's activities very uncomfortable.

But now, he is not an ordinary person either. After shaking his hands and feet a little, he quickly adapted to the pressure here.

He looked around, the blue breathing mask could provide him with enough oxygen to keep him from suffocating.

According to Merlin's perception, there is almost no life in the depths of this sea area, which is very rare, no matter how remote and desolate the ocean, there should be some life.

But here, even the highly adaptable underwater plants cannot grow here.

"It's really weird."

"Icarus, scan the terrain here."

Merlin gave the order in a low voice, and in the next moment, a weak energy was sent out in all directions along Icarus' frame, like a miniature sonar, and soon, the terrain near the dark trench became The posture of the data model appeared on Merlin's glasses.

"There is a covered underground cave entrance at the bottom of the trench."

Icarus said:

"There is a special energy entrenched at the entrance, and it seems to be dispersing any creatures that approach the entrance of the cave. That should be the source of no life in this sea area."

"That should be my destination too..."

Merlin said something, and he quickly swam towards the deepest part of the trench. The further down, the greater the pressure of the water flow, but this had no effect on Merlin. He spread his body in a looser mist posture. The pressure dissipated immediately.

Soon, Merlin found the entrance to the underground cave detected by Icarus.

There is a standing stone tablet with traces of expulsion-like magic on it, and the cave is not formed naturally. According to Merlin's observation, it is more like a temple that was sunk into the sea due to geological changes.

That kind of very simple and primitive temple.

He stepped into the temple, which was already submerged by sea water, but the internal passages were still intact.

Merlin went all the way along the crooked passage. On both sides of the passage, he also found some traces of murals that had been destroyed in the sea water, some twisted bones, and some very weird, indescribable things. stuff.

It's like the traces of ink left on the ground, black, with a strange energy that is about to dissipate completely.

"Like some kind of organic creature that doesn't exist on Earth."

Icarus started the analyzer, and after a while, it reported the analysis results to Merlin:

"It's been here for a long time and this is the 'wreckage' of its death."

"Well, interesting."

Merlin said something, he took a few steps forward, and suddenly said:

"It seems to be getting colder, Icarus, is the temperature here normal?"

"The temperature is dropping."

The artificial intelligence compared the temperature and it said:

"The temperature in front of the channel is lower than here. At the end of the channel, it is already close to 0°. The seawater there has already shown the form of ice-water mixture... Above the end, a huge space is detected, in which there should be oxygen... But the temperature there has reached minus 76 degrees."

"Let's go and see."

Merlin felt that he was getting closer to the final answer, and he said to Icarus:

"Observe the temperature changes at all times, and notify me as soon as possible if you have any questions."

"receive."

The simulation route of the passageway ahead quickly appeared on Icarus' lens. Although Merlin could see the road clearly without these, with the assistance of Icarus, Merlin's fast forward movement in the water also became smoother.

A few seconds later, with the sound of ice shattering, Merlin rushed from the lower level of the temple to the upper level that was not submerged by sea water. This is a super-large space, and it was not seriously damaged.

But it was frozen here.

It was like being frozen immediately after a great battle. Merlin saw the weapons, armor, and the remains of horses and soldiers scattered around his feet. They were all sealed in ice, making this mysterious god The temple looks like an ice burial pit.

"Ahead! Dangerous! Icarus advises Mr. Merlin to leave immediately!"

A red warning danced before Merlin's eyes.

But without these warnings, Merlin already knew what he was looking for.

In the deepest part of the uppermost floor of this frozen temple, on the edge of this land of death, a huge iceberg like a mountain stands there.

The surface of the solid-colored, irregular ice cube as solid as steel shone with a cold aura, and within that crystal clear iceberg, a terrifying creature that made people hold their breath was being sealed inside. .

That's a... dragon!

A black dragon with a body length of nearly 50 meters, with bat wings spread out on its arms, and its front paws raised, is roaring in the sky.

It has bone spurs, and a tail with a tailbone coiled in front of its body. At the end of its snake-like neck, there is a ferocious head that is not like a traditional dragon, but more twisted. It is condescending and maintains a roar. attitude.

Although it has been completely frozen, when seeing this frozen giant dragon, Merlin still seemed to hear a roar from the past.

"This is not a dragon..."

Merlin stared blankly at the crazy ice sculpture in front of him. After a while, he shook his head:

"There are no dragons like this on Earth..."

"It really isn't!"

Icarus used the biological analyzer to scan the frozen black dragon in front of him. The complex data formed a green data waterfall in front of Merlin's eyes. The artificial intelligence reported while analyzing:

"The material that makes up its body is exactly the same as the wreckage detected just now... This is not a life with a fixed body. Its current form is a combination of countless organic matter. In theory, it can freely transform into any shape. "

"It's alive ... it's like hibernating."

"That's what Beowulf challenged back then?"

Merlin cautiously approached the cold ice sculpture in front of him. He sized up the terrifying creature, and finally found a long sword piercing its body in the belly of the giant dragon, just like the one described in the poem Beowulf cut open the belly of the dragon with a sword and killed it.

Merlin shook his head:

"That's not fatal."

"Slashing and piercing are ineffective against such creatures."

Icarus said:

"It's essentially like a collection of countless nanobots, and only energy attacks can harm him."

"Like this."

Merlin bent down and picked up a piece of bone-chilling ice from under the ice sculpture. A black substance the size of a fist was also sealed inside the ice cube, and there were still burnt marks on the surface of the black substance. It looked like It was like being struck by flames or lightning.

"I guess, this must be the masterpiece of Thor, who was still young."

He looked at the ice cube in his hand, which was also problematic.

It is not an ordinary ice cube. Merlin can feel that some kind of energy that he cannot understand is attached to this ice cube. It is very weak, but it is maintaining the shape of the ice cube, so that the black matter in it cannot break the ice cube. bondage.

"Is it still alive?"

Merlin asked.

"There are weak life activities, but like a candle in the wind."

Icarus examined the ice cube in Merlin's hand, and it replied:

"Compared to this black dragon with countless organic matter, its threat level is very low."

"Then let's see what this thing is."

Merlin glanced at the frozen black dragon in front of him, carefully holding the ice in his hand, he still remembered Randolph's warning.

Don't be greedy, just take one piece.

"Swish"

The next moment, Merlin left the underwater cave with a teleportation spell, and he didn't destroy anything here.No matter what the origin of the sealed dragon is, it's best not to disturb it now.

But when Merlin landed on the land closest to the ocean, he found that the ice in his hand was melting rapidly.

After leaving the temple, the special power on the ice also dissipated, and that power was not attached to the ice!Instead, it is attached to the temple.

"Damn it!"

Merlin flicked his hand and wanted to shake off the liquid and plasticine-like thing in the night that started to wriggle in the ice slag, but unfortunately, it had already covered Merlin's glove and touched the corner of Merlin's wrist. skin.

In that snake-like touch, Merlin's eyes suddenly went black.

The next moment, the reflection of a wriggling world appeared in his mind.

(End of this chapter)