"Piano!"
The door on the top floor of Xavier Castle was pushed open, and what appeared in front of Merlin and Ororo was a messy room.
The mutant zither of the mind responsible for treating Lorna. Gray fell to the ground, looking stunned and unconscious. The room was filled with traces of fighting, and there were twisted metals, and there was an abnormal magnetic field left in the air. It seemed that Magneto Lorna, the little Magneto, seemed to have joined the previous battle.
"The space is slightly disordered."
Merlin sensed the traces left in the room. At the end of the house, beside the collapsed bookshelf, he felt a faint trace of energy left after the space jumped.
"Someone 'jumped into' here, got involved in the fight in the room, and took Lorna and Steelers away."
Merlin squatted on the ground, checking the footprints left on the ground, but what puzzled him was that there was still a faint smell of sulfur in the room, which was a faint demonic aura. In addition to Qin, Lorna, and Steels, there were also footprints left by two other strangers in this room.
One of them looked like a barefoot woman left behind.
"She was knocked out, probably because time was tight and the intruders didn't have time to hurt her."
Ororo picked up Qin and carefully checked her friend's situation. After a while, she tried to wake Qin and said to Merlin:
"Have you found anything?"
"A man who is suspected to be a demon contractor entered here."
Merlin stood up, and he frowned.
Magneto came for Lorna, but the cunning old man did not do it himself. The previous confrontation in the courtyard was just to attract the attention of the X-Men.
The old man was very cunning. While possessing powerful power, he did not lose his wisdom, and he also had a helper with super execution.
It's indeed a difficult guy.
"Devil Contractor?"
The storm girl shook her head and said:
"You should be talking about the Red Devil, a mutant black wizard who is good at space jumping and charming spells, the most powerful tracker and assassin under Magneto. He does have signs of demonization, but he is essentially a mutant."
"Yeah, maybe."
Merlin didn't agree with Ororo's statement. Merlin didn't know much about mutants, but when it comes to understanding the demons, Storm Girl didn't deserve to carry shoes to Merlin.
Merlin could be sure that the guy who jumped here was a real demon. Although its residual aura was weak, it was very pure.
That is the breath from the dimension of hell, and it is impossible to be wrong.
"But what I'm even more confused is that I understand that they want to take Lorna away. But why do they want to take the Steelers away?"
Merlin frowned and said:
"Does Piot have some secrets that we don't know?"
"They didn't take the steelmakers away."
Just as Merlin hesitated, Hank, a beast who had changed into a suit, pushed the door and walked in.
This powerful beast-like mutant has extremely strong recovery. Hank was just now pierced by Magneto with steel bars. In just a few minutes, his wounds almost healed.
But judging from his slightly staggering steps, his injuries have not fully recovered.
"Sumers found a coma in the woods behind the castle. He was stunned by Magneto with magnetic force before the war started. The people you left here to protect Qin and Lorna should be Riven's change."
The beast shook his head with an ugly face, and he said:
"Riwen has been very low-key in recent years. She hasn't been in public for a long time, which makes us ignore her threat. But her disguise ability is still as sharp as ever."
"Riwen?"
Merlin looked back at Hank and said:
"The Demon-shaped Woman? Hasn't she always been alone? According to our records, the Demon-shaped Woman should have been active in Europe for many years and has been rescuing the injured mutants, right? I heard that her status in the mutant society is also very high?"
"Yes."
Ororo reached out his hand and used his ability to condense two pieces of ice and apply it to the swollen wound on Qin's forehead. She replied:
"The ever-changing witch Riven was the first partner of Professor Charles and Magnit back then. Her origin was mysterious, but she was very self-reliant and had her own ideas. After the professor and Magneto broke up, she first followed Magneto, but later left the brotherhood and started her own saving career."
"She has rescued many trapped, oppressed, and hurt mutants in the past few decades, and many mutants regard her as idols. But as you said, Riven has been alone and does not participate in the professor's philosophy of Magneto, probably because she doesn't want to hurt any friend, in short, she is considered a neutral."
"So it seems that she broke the neutrality?"
Merlin said in a bad tone:
"She was standing on Magnett's side."
"No, don't be so arbitrary."
The beast Hank shook his head, he glanced at the unconscious Qin, and said:
"Riwen is my friend. I have been with her for a long time. She is a person with a proper sense. I think that this time she joined forces with Magneto should not be aimed at us. According to the principles that Riwen has always adhered to, she is likely to be carrying out another rescue operation, so she has temporarily cooperated with Magneto."
"Do you trust her so much?"
Merlin looked at Hank, and he noticed that Hank's eyes would become gentle every time he mentioned the Demonic Girl.
This made Meilin convinced that the rough man with mane in front of him had a kind of expectation that the female mutant who could change in the legend could be beyond her friends.
"I trust her."
Hank said confidently:
"It's like I trusted Charles."
"Well"
While speaking, Qin Grey, who was knocked out, woke up leisurely. The mutant of the mind opened his eyes and saw Ororo, who was worried, and she stroked her forehead with some pain. She said:
"Riwen was Riwen who attacked me. Lorna wanted to protect me but was taken away by the red devil who suddenly appeared. They planned it in advance."
"I'm sorry I didn't protect Lorna."
"Do you know where that child was taken?"
Merlin asked.
Qin shook her head and said:
"The Red Devil is too fast, and I can't feel his thinking, but when Riven is fighting, I see some pictures in her mind."
The psychic mutant raised his head and said to the Stormwoman and the Beast Hank:
"In Canada, there is a base in a valley where many mutants are locked up. Raven is here to save them. Logan Logan is also locked up."
"She must have deliberately let you see it."
The beast frowned and said:
"According to Riven's martial arts and disguise ability, if she really wants to knock you out, you will not have the chance to fight with her, Riven is using this method to convey the message to us. She wants us to join this rescue operation as well."
"Okay."
Hank's words and words made Merlin very dissatisfied with the protection of the Demon-shaped Woman. The Demon-shaped Woman had already launched an attack on the people on his side, but this guy was actually talking to his enemies and these mutants had problems with their brains?
But he didn't show this emotion. He just nodded, looked around and said to the Stormwoman and the Beast:
"It seems that the missing mutants have been found, and the things the professor has entrusted me to do have been completed. I will leave first."
After saying that, he took a step and prepared to leave the room.
"Merlin!"
The storm girl called behind him:
"We have to determine the next action plan, and we have to act together."
“I have my plans, and I prefer to act alone.”
Merlin said without looking back:
"Besides, Lorna has been taken away, I have to bring her back."
"Do you know where that child was taken?"
The beast asked:
"Instead of blind searching, it's better to act with us. Maybe we can follow the clues to find Magneto's base, maybe Lorna is there."
"I have a special way to track it."
Merlin responded expressionlessly:
"What's more, this matter may involve alien demons. You have no idea about them, so it's better for me to deal with it."
"You are going to act alone?"
Ororo felt Merlin's mood change, and she asked:
"Why?"
"nothing."
Merlin was silent for a moment, he said:
"Just, I promised that I would protect her, but I disappointed her. Lorna must be scared now, she was taken away by a demon, God knows what that bastard will do to her, I have to find her."
"And, you have your own things to do, don't you?"
He looked at the time of the clock on the wall and said:
"Time is tight, so let's divide the troops into two groups."
After saying that, Merlin left the room. Ororo looked at Merlin's back as she left. She raised her head and looked at Hank, and she said:
"He seems to be angry? Why?"
"It's probably because of our favoritism towards Riven."
The beast Hank was a very keen man. He watched Merlin leave and whispered:
"Merlin is an agent, they are a group of people who distinguish enemies from friends very well."
"He found it difficult to understand the grudges and hatreds between mutants, especially the complex relationship between professors and McGonitt. After all, in the mutant system, the boundaries between friends and enemies are not so clear, which may make him feel a little uncomfortable."
On the other side, Meilin, who left the manor, stood in a messy lawn covered with metal wreckage. He turned around and looked at the manor behind him. He shook his head and whispered:
"What a group of people who are very emotional. They just beaten to death and want to cooperate to save people in a blink of an eye. What do they regard this as? Do they play house games?"
While complaining, he took out the pages of the Dark God's Book from his pocket, and he said to the page:
"Tell me where is Lorna?"
This time, the yellowed pages in his hand simply stopped reminding him, and skipped that part and gave the task.
"Catch the Red Devil Asazo and find a way to the border of hell from it."
"Why?"
Merlin asked:
"Why do you always let me do these weird things?"
Soon, a line of words appeared on the paper.
“Because ‘they’ want the story to be more exciting.”
"It's 'them' again?"
Merlin couldn't help but look up at the sky under the night, and he said:
"The person watching the gladiator? The audience in the theater? Or a group of observers?"
Merlin looked at the paper in his hand and said:
“‘They’, is the one who manipulates all this behind my back?”
This time, the parchment was "silenced" for a few seconds, and then a clear answer emerged:
"No!'They' are not"
"What about you?"
Merlin said:
"Are you the messenger of 'they'?"
A reply that Merlin wanted to tear it off soon emerged on the parchment.
"you guess?"
Merlin's eyes twitched, he took a deep breath and said:
"Okay, I'll take on this task. Give me a message!"
"Swish"
A clear line of addresses soon appeared in front of Merlin, a street in Detroit, and even the house number and specific basement number were clearly marked.
Merlin pulled out the silver sword Vlad with his backhand, took out the demonic oil, and applied it to the blade.
He held a bottle of flaming holy water in his other hand. The next moment, his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. With a certain address, the shapeshifting spell could lead him into the Red Devil's hiding place.
"Sprees! Mazefakel!"
Accompanied by a slightly frivolous greeting, Merlin's figure jumped into the Red Devil's hiding place.
In the slightly dim basement, the weird mutant who was wearing a black suit, red skin, a demon's inverted triangle tail and a small black horn, had only time to turn around, but a bottle of scorching holy water poured over him.
The red devil Asazo's face, which was covered with strange talismans, was still a little astonishment, but it reacted very quickly. The moment before the holy water was added, its figure disappeared from the spot in the flash of red.
And the little girl Lorna, who was tied to a chair and looked fearful, saw Merlin jump out, and a surprise suddenly appeared on her face.
"elder brother!"
A crisp, full of surprise shout also rang in the basement. It seemed that Qin's treatment was useful, and the child has recovered from aphasia.
"Swish"
The red devil appeared behind Lorna like a ghost. At this moment, the sharp blade in Merlin's hand also roared at the red devil that appeared. The latter grabbed Lorna's shoulder with one hand and waved it with the other. As the strong smell of sulfur exploded, several small evil devils howled and rushed out of the red light and rushed towards Merlin.
"Crash"
The sharp silver sword flashed several arcs in the air, killing the little evil demons who rushed in the air in less than a second, but Lorna and the Red Devil disappeared in the basement again.
"Bang"
Meilin kicked the chair in front of him with a little annoyance, but it felt bad that he was missing.
But the Red Devil's space jump that ignores distance is almost instantaneous and does not need to pause is really tricky. It is difficult to catch it again by relying solely on the shapeshift spell.
After all, although the casting of the shape-shifting spell is short, it still takes time, which is completely incomparable to the instant movement brought by the talent of the Red Devil.
"I have to think of a solution."
Merlin breathed a sigh of relief and tried to calm himself down. His mind changed rapidly, and after a moment, he took a look.
Merlin took out his cell phone and dialed an unfamiliar number while checking the things left by the Red Devil in the basement.
A few seconds later, the phone was connected. A familiar, low voice rang out in the phone.
"Hello?"
Chapter completed!