26. The whereabouts of the master(1/2)
At nearly 11 o'clock in the evening, Fury's phone rang again, who was busy in the office.
He looked at the number and frowned immediately.
"Merlin, is there anything important to call this time?"
Fury asked.
On the other hand, Merlin stood outside the door of the House of Blood, and while exhaling smoke, she said to Fury:
"I found a batch of weapons that can effectively strengthen SHIELD's suppression of aliens. I have seen them myself. Those weapons are very good and are products from the witch hunters. They are specially made for hunting aliens. The most important thing is that there are considerable numbers, and the one who sells things is a silly girl. I have kept the price very low. I mean, I don't want to miss this big surprise."
"Then you buy it."
Fury said casually:
“Sl.d. hasn’t the action funds for this quarter been given to you?”
“This is the problem.”
Merlin sighed and said:
"The part I can mobilize is not enough."
"How much more do you need?"
Fury asked, Merlin hesitated for a moment, then roughly estimated the number of weapons in Elsa's store, and finally quoted a slightly higher price.
"I might need another 8 million?"
"Bang"
On the other side of the phone, Fury seemed to have knocked over something. After a moment, Fury heard an angry voice:
"What exactly are you buying? Missiles? Do you know how expensive it is to buy a small nuclear bomb in Ukraine?"
"I can't explain it clearly on the phone for a while."
Merlin said a little confused:
"If you have time, it's better to come here by yourself."
“I’m very busy.”
Fury refused:
"I can only allocate another 3 million to you. We just moved the place and now there are a lot of places to use money. There are still a few months left before the next funding from the World Security Council."
"No, money is not the most important thing."
Merlin said:
"I'll let you come over and have something else. I remember you told me that before me, SHIELD had a master who specialized in supernatural affairs, named Ulysses Bloodstone, right?"
"Well, but I've been disconnected from Master Bloodstone for several years."
Fury said:
"I suspect that the master is in trouble, but his whereabouts are too mysterious and I can't help."
"The one who sold me the weapon was Master Ulysses' daughter."
Merlin said:
"That silly girl is Elsa, and she is now doing business in Hell's Kitchen. During this period, she helped us drive away the vampire in Hell's Kitchen. It seems that she is a woman who inherits her father's business."
"Is this how?"
Fury hesitated for a moment and said:
"Then give me the address and I'll go there now."
"Yeah, OK."
Merlin still reminded him:
"Don't forget to bring the money, Fury, for the quality of those weapons, this price is really affordable."
Fury, opposite, hung up the phone decisively, and Merlin shrugged helplessly.
He stood at the door of the House of Blood, looking at the crossbow he bought for a lot of money. If he had known that Elsa had had something else, he would have changed his weapon.
The crossbow in Merlin's hand should have been used by Master Ulysses, who only heard about the news and did not see the person. Although the weapon was well maintained, Merlin could still see the traces left by time on it.
The evil-breaking rune on this weapon is written in a special way, not like the inheritance of wizards. It should be the evil-breaking rune unique to the Blood Stone Family.
Merlin put the slightly heavy crossbow back into his pocket, then picked up a silver crossbow arrow and placed it in front of him to observe.
In the darkness, there is also a row of miniature runes on this exquisite crossbow arrow, which are also runes that Merlin has never seen before. The effect of this rune should also be related to hunting.
"Maybe there is a way to make these runes in Elsa."
Merlin thought:
"It would be better if you could buy it with money."
The 100 sets of "Vampire Hunter Armed Packages" that Merlin bought before were prepared for ordinary agents of sl.d. In the next incident where there will inevitably be conflicts with vampires, Merlin must prepare weapons for combat for his subordinates.
Although the Holy Silver Bullet has been mass-produced, it is not enough to rely solely on the Holy Silver Bullet.
Moreover, in concealed and close combat, it is difficult to hit a pistol that quickly moves the target, which is far less useful than the light and silent crossbow and the Saint Silver Dagger.
As for the fine weapons in Elsa's house, Merlin intends to equip the senior agents.
Of course, Fury will definitely take some of it and distribute it to other members of S.H.E.L.D. After all, agents like Clint and Natasha who perform missions all over the world will occasionally encounter supernatural events, and they also lack some special weapons that can effectively kill aliens.
And Merlin guessed that Elsa should have grown up in an isolated environment since she was a child. Although this girl has been in Hell's Kitchen for two months, she still doesn't understand the true value of the weapons her father left her.
Weapons used to hunt aliens are rare even in the wizarding world, especially weapons that are equipped with evil-breaking runes, which can no longer be described as rare.
Only alchemist and enchantment experts can have a constant and permanent evil-breaking rune on weapons, but how many alchemist are there in the wizarding world?
If Merlin is right, the weapons Elsa brought to New York should be all the weapons used by vampire hunters who have been passed down from generation to generation by the Bloodstone family. They are all real antiques and real good things.
Almost 20 minutes later, Fury's car parked in the remote corner of Hell's Kitchen.
The director walked out of the car with a concealed face, handed a card to Meilin, and then reached out and pushed open the door of the store.
Elsa, who was wiping the counter, looked up and saw Merlin walking in with a blind black man. She was about to ask who the weird black man who was still wearing a black windbreaker at night, Fury took the initiative to speak:
"Miss Elsa, I know your father, Ulysses, Master of Bloodstone, my department, and have worked with your father for a long time. I have seen him several times."
"ah?"
Elsa widened her eyes and asked anxiously:
"Have you met my father? Really?"
"Master Ulysses Bloodstone had an intersection with the Strategic Science Legion during World War II. After the war, at the invitation of Ms. Carter, Master Ulysses joined us as a mysterious affairs consultant for the Strategic Science Legion. He has been helping us solve matters related to aliens until 8 years ago."
Fury handed Elsa a document, and he said to the girl in front of him:
"In July 1992, Master Ulysses left a message to my superiors saying that he had noticed the awakening of an evil force, and he was going to Romania to carry out his mission, and since then, I have no news about him."
"1992"
Elsa looked at the dark photo left by her father on the document. She stretched out her hand and stroked the photo. She said sadly:
"At that time, I was 14 years old. My father went home and took away a holy object from the family heritage. I remember it very clearly. It was a rainy night and his figure disappeared in the manor. My mother told me that my father would come back but he did not."
"As I became an adult, I learned from my mother that my father had been in North America before he disappeared, so I came here."
She looked up and looked at Fury, her blue eyes were red, and she said with a hint of gratitude:
"Thank you, Mr. One-eyed Dragon, thank you for telling my father's final destination."
"My name is Nick Fury, you can call me Mr. Fury. Also, look at your appearance, you seem to know what your father is doing."
Fury seemed very dissatisfied with the title of "one-eyed dragon". He glanced at the dazzling array of weapons behind Elsa and asked again:
"Can you disclose it to us? As far as I know, my superiors have always been concerned about the whereabouts of Master Ulysses, and they are very good friends."
"Ms. Carter, I heard from my father that he was indeed one of his few friends."
Elsa nodded, and her expression changed slightly:
"In Romania, there is only one who deserves to be hunted by a master hunter like my father. It is also the largest and nearly eternal enemy of the Bloodstone family in nearly a thousand years."
The girl gritted her teeth, but she did not say the name of the vampire. A moment later, she said to Merlin and Fury in front of her:
"Sorry, this store is closed. I'm going to Romania now."
Fury and Merlin looked at each other and said:
"Maybe you need help, Elsa, your father is also our colleague"
"No, you can't help."
Elsa said stubbornly:
"Only the people of the Bloodstone family can deal with it, and only the people of our family can understand the marks left by their father. I have to leave."
After saying that, the girl was about to rush out of her shop, but was stopped by Merlin.
Merlin waved the bank card in her hand and said to Elsa:
To be continued...