Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 479 3. The Red Phantom--Add more for the great arcanist Allen brothers [47]

It was night, and Merlin stayed quietly in his bedroom alone.

He was holding a black magic book in his hand. The spells and mana models of "Hogarth's Ancient Body" had already been memorized by Merlin, but he was still reading it repeatedly, hoping to find the one that could not be stimulated. A glimmer of inspiration for the ultra-level magic.

Various analyzes about this magic have been densely written in the entire notebook, and those tedious, complicated, and illegible symbols and words are combined with each other, like a complicated academic research.

Merlin sat at the desk and looked at it very seriously, but in his mind, besides allocating part of his energy to study the spells, he had more energy to spend on other places.

In New York City under the night, Victor was flying silently with his wings spread, and the spirit of the raven maintained the lowest level of activity. Under Merlin's order, the bird of prey restrained all thinking activities, Let it be on the verge of dissipating in perception, like a mass of energy flying in the wind.

It flies aimlessly, actually waiting for orders.

And on the mirror in front of Merlin's eyes, some flashing data was beating. It was artificial intelligence Icarus monitoring 167 mutants living near New York at the same time.

This monitoring has been going on for 2 days, and until now, Merlin has found nothing.

But he was in no hurry.

He patiently waited for the guy who plundered mutants across the continent to strike again.

In the past few weeks, that ghost-like guy has looted more than 160 radical and neutral mutants under the nose of S.H.I.E.L.D. These looted people seem to have evaporated. It makes people feel very uneasy.

That guy was very mysterious and cautious, leaving no valuable clues at every crime scene, so Merlin had to take the initiative.

He had to track down the plundered missing persons when they disappeared. At present, the only way to find the ghost was in this way.

Of course, Merlin could also learn the name and information of the mastermind behind the scenes through the Dark Divine Book, but the parchment has become "weird" recently, and its requests seem more frivolous and confusing than before.

If Merlin asks for its opinion again, maybe it will make Merlin do some more excessive things.

More importantly, Merlin has confirmed that behind the pages of the parchment, there are other mysterious and elusive consciousnesses controlling it.

Despite the parchments repeatedly proclaiming to the world, they were meant with good intentions.

But after going through so many things, Merlin is already very sensitive to "goodwill" this time... Look at him, many of his current troubles are caused by "goodwill".

Merlin finally made a decision after thinking it over and over again.

If you can use it, try not to use it.

A few minutes later, Merlin turned over a page of the book. He picked up the water glass at hand and took a sip of ice water. He looked out the window at the peaceful night and said:

"Is there any movement?"

"No."

A gentle voice sounded in Merlin's mind, and he quickly responded to his question:

"I'm monitoring every mutant on the entire east coast, Agent Merlin. So far, nothing special has happened."

This is the voice of Professor Charles.

Incidents related to the large-scale disappearance of mutants are always involved in the moderate leader who is like a good old man. When he learned from Merlin that a mysterious guy has been kidnapping and plundering mutants, Professor Charles immediately said that he It was his duty to assist Merlin to monitor the mutants on the east coast for two consecutive nights.

They are sitting on the sidelines, trying to follow the clues to find the mastermind behind the plundering of mutants.

"I think you frightened him, Professor."

Merlin put down the magic book in his hand, walked to the window, stretched out his hand and opened the bedroom window, and said to the empty air in front of him:

"He can quietly kidnap so many mutants. He must also have a strong mind control ability. Under your will, it is unlikely that he will jump out on his own initiative."

"It's also a deterrent, Merlin."

Professor Charles replied gently:

"If only this kind of monitoring can prevent that villain from appearing, I am willing to maintain this state every night. I don't want to see my compatriots being hurt again."

"But the fact is, you can't maintain 24-hour surveillance either."

Merlin said to the professor:

"You have a limit too, Professor, once you start resting, then that bastard will definitely show up again. We don't have time to play hide-and-seek with him. Professor, you can reduce the intensity of your mental scan of mutants on the entire East Coast, To the extent that it will not be discovered?"

"can."

Professor Charles replied:

"But I need to use the brainwave enhancement machine. With its assistance, I can control my brainwaves more finely and gently. Wait a minute, Merlin, it will take a little time for this machine to start up."

The professor's mind connection became silent, until a few minutes later, a clearer voice sounded in Merlin's mind, as if chatting face to face, and the professor's face with a gentle smile could even appear in Merlin's mind. Face.

He said to Merlin:

"The brain wave enhancement machine has been activated. I am expanding the search area. Please wait a moment, Merlin."

"I heard some gossip that when you are sitting on the brainwave enhancement machine, you can easily find any hidden person in the world, and you can easily kill anyone who can be found?"

Merlin said:

"is this real?"

"Yes."

The professor bluntly replied:

"When I sit on the brainwave enhancement machine, Merlin, my consciousness and thinking will be extended almost infinitely, and my spiritual power will also be magnified. I can sense all the intelligent life in this world, their souls, Will, and emotion. As long as I want, I can mobilize tremendous spiritual power to project into the will of a specific target."

"That force will tear their wills apart, causing their brains to die instantly when they bear such an impact. I can even modify their wills and memories, all of which I can do."

"But you won't do it."

Merlin says:

"If you wanted to do that, you would have done it already."

"Yeah, I wouldn't do that."

The professor chuckled and said:

"I've dedicated my life to showing the world that mutant powers make the world a better place, not a worse place. Everything I've done in my life has been about peace, whether it's mutant versus mutant , or peace between mutants and humans, this is what I pursue, and this is also my... Merlin! I found him!"

The professor's voice became serious the next moment, and he said to Merlin:

"A strange will is active in South Texas. It's a powerful mind controller. There are several mutants around him who are being manipulated. Be careful."

The professor projected a precise coordinate into Merlin's mind. Without any hesitation, Merlin disappeared into the bedroom in a blink of an eye. When he reappeared, he was already in the wilderness of southern Texas under the twisted light. In fact, it is very close to Mexico, almost close to the border.

Under Merlin's gaze, a tall, red shadow was standing on this roaring barren land.

Just from the back view, it is more than 3 meters high, and the whole body is covered with a set of weird and hideous red armor, and there are two purple metal shoulder armors like curved spikes on the shoulders, which makes this guy From a distance, it looks like it has grown a pair of evil wings.

Beside this huge and gloomy thing, three manipulated mutants are half-kneeling there, as if paying homage to their own kingdom.

Merlin in the sky clearly saw that the huge figure more than 3 meters tall stretched out a hand with sharp steel claws, touching the top of a mutant being manipulated, accompanied by a certain energy beating, the mutant His body began to twitch, as if he was in extreme pain.

"He's absorbing the mutant's ability...he's changing his body, stop him! Merlin!"

The professor's startled and angry voice sounded in Merlin's mind. Merlin drew out the Zhenjin long sword, and appeared beside the predator in a flash. When his wrist moved, the sharp long sword whizzed out.

"clang"

With a muffled sound, Buster, the vibration-gold long sword, collided with the plunderer's gauntlet, sparks splashed, and a huge force struck, blowing Merlin's entire body away.

His body flipped for a week in the air, and then landed firmly on the ground.

Merlin held the long sword horizontally in front of him. He looked at the predator in front of him. There was a scratch on the latter's gauntlet, but even with Zhenjin's firmness and sharpness, he still couldn't split the armor.

Obviously, the armor itself is not ordinary metal.

"Merlin Riley!"

The predator shook his hand, he didn't stop his action of plundering the abilities of the controlled mutants, this guy just stared at Merlin with an indifferent gaze, he was wearing a weird red helmet, the same style as Magneto's helmet Very similar, under the helmet, is a face covered by darkness, only revealing a pair of pale eyes shining.

Moving the metal covered claw on his other hand, he said to Merlin:

"Don't stop me!"

"If you want to talk..."

Merlin says:

"Let go of those unlucky ones first."

"No, they are the root of all evil, and they must be removed."

The guy who exuded the evil aura of the villain all over his body said in a jerky voice:

"You yearn for a new order, and so do I. Radical thoughts must be completely wiped out before mutants can usher in rebirth. I'm just...helping you accomplish this great cause."

"You're just committing a crime, my friend."

The black mist around Merlin's body was entwined, and he said:

"Don't give yourself any high-sounding reasons, and I don't think we need your help...Who are you?"

"I'm an idealist...shouldn't have been born."

The guy slowly threw aside the guy whose mutant abilities had been completely removed, and whose face and body shape had been changed. He moved his shoulders, spread his hands, and a green smoke danced in his hands. Claws linger.

that's toxin...

"He's trying to infiltrate your spirit, be careful, Merlin!"

The professor's reminder sounded in Merlin's mind, and at the same time, a tyrannical spiritual force rushed towards Merlin like an overwhelming sea. The latter's fingers flicked in the air, and the Quinn's seal shining with magical luster was activated. An invisible shield appeared on the surface of Merlin's body. The next moment, the two forces collided, and the Kunin seal instantly shattered like glass.

But it also bought Merlin time.

His figure dissipated in the lingering black mist, and when he reappeared, the sharp blade stabbed towards the back of the looter thug in front of him, but the moment the blade touched him, the figure of this huge guy disappeared suddenly , Just like teleportation, his figure appeared behind Merlin again amidst the flashes, and the claws wrapped in green smoke pierced Merlin's body fiercely.

The green smoke and Merlin's smoke were intertwined, making Merlin feel the numbness and pain of the toxin entering his body. His left hand emerged from the black mist, and it was pressed against the red guy's chest.

"boom"

The compressed air explosion was accompanied by the eruption of Alder's seal, and it hit the guy's body like a cannonball, knocking his huge body back a few steps.

Merlin turned his body around in the air, and amid the black mist, his figure was divided into three, each holding the Vibrating Gold Long Sword, the Wrath War Halberd, and the silver sword Vlad, attacking the red predator from three directions.

The professor's spiritual power is no longer hidden, just like a dense spiritual net, which is precisely netted on this guy's body.

"Ha! Get out!"

The restrained predator let out a roar, and swung his sharp claws, tearing open the invisible spiritual restraint in the air. Merlin heard the sound of two forces colliding, as well as the professor's cry of pain.

The powerful predator waved his hand, and a burst of destructive white energy blasted towards Merlin in front of him, but Merlin didn't dodge or dodge, letting the energy fall on him.

The surface of the Kabye ring on the little finger of his left hand flashed. This powerful energy attack was completely absorbed, and the energy stored in the Kabye ring rose to more than half in an instant.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Three weapons slashed at the predator's body from three directions. The shadow of Merlin holding the angry halberd was the most powerful. With one blow, he cut off the left shoulder of the predator's armor, while the other The long swords of the two shadows of Merlin interlaced, leaving deep scratches on the armor of the predator's abdomen and neck respectively.

"Puff, puff"

The predator also sensed the crisis. He roared and swung his claws. In the lightning-like energy package, his attack speed increased in vain, crushing the bodies of the three Merlins around him in an instant. The violent energy quickly dissipated, as if it had been absorbed again.

But the real Merlin emerged from the darkness in front of his eyes at this moment. His left hand was gently attached to the guy's back. Also flashed a dazzling light.

Those stored energies exploded at this moment, like a sharpest piercing blade, piercing through the scratches of the armor, piercing the red guy's body from back to front.

"what!"

He let out a painful roar, his figure flashed, and quickly disappeared in place. Merlin was about to chase after him, when he saw that guy gathering his hands in the sky above, a dangerous energy like a bomb Gathered together, and then crashed towards the ground.

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and his figure disappeared. The next moment, the mutants who were in a coma were engulfed, and disappeared in the violent explosion like an earthquake caused by the energy group.

This battle, so far...

There is no winner or loser.

(End of this chapter)