34. Find your way to hell
Merlin didn't know what happened after he left the mysterious house.
He didn't know what Zantana had happened. He gave the Dark Book to Zantana, but only gave himself the reward for taking away the mysterious house.
When Zatanna fell seriously injured and fell into a coma due to the failure of her will identification and was taken back to the mysterious house by Xuanlan, Meilin was at her home to comfort her angry sister.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you."
Merlin turned her back to him with an angry back. Recently, Raven, who is becoming more and more like a normal child, said:
"There is a dangerous power in that mysterious house, and I just don't want you to get in touch with it."
"Any matter related to the spirit is dangerous!"
Ruiwen said in a cold tone:
"Not only should I not touch it, but you shouldn't! When you get the key, you should throw it away, instead of exploring it with such a strong curiosity."
"I just met you just now, Raven."
Merlin said:
"I don't even have any idea of the existence of 'spirit', but when I knew what this thing represents, I could no longer escape."
He looked at Riven and said:
"You happen to have a good understanding of this, so maybe you can tell me what to do when I face these things in the future? If I encounter those mysterious spirits."
"Then you're done."
Riven turned around, she looked at Merlin seriously, and she said:
"Do you think facing the Three Palaces is the most terrifying thing in the world? You are too naive! Some creatures in the infinite dimension are more dangerous than the Three Palaces. You cannot even understand their form of existence, and you cannot understand their thinking."
"When facing them, no matter how powerful the power you have or how powerful the magic is, it is useless. If you can't resist the first wave of invasion of will, you will be completely finished. Even if you barely block the invasion of the will level, the more frequent you contact them, the more exaggerated your form of existence will be changed."
Riven looked at her brother and said in a bit disgusting:
"Do you want to become a monster full of tentacles and eyes, your brain is in chaos, and you only know how to worship the dark monster?"
“Can they be killed?”
Merlin asked with a frown, Raven scoffed at the question, and she hugged her shoulder and said:
"Kill? What are you kidding? There is no concept of 'death' in their existence. They can only be expelled and sealed, and not everyone can seal them. Only spell casters of the Supreme Mage of the level can have the possibility of sealing them alone. Even the Supreme Mage will feel trembling when facing the real deep-diving giant beasts born in the sea of light."
Riven looked at Merlin's expression and seemed to think that this warning was not enough, so she gave an example.
"You already know that the Lord of Hell's Frontier, Velasco, is the demon who took away the sister of Steelers. But do you know that such a powerful demon, why should he live alone in the barren land of Hell's Frontier alone?"
"It was once a lord in the hell dimension, and could even be on par with the seven kings of hell, but it secretly worshiped a spirit and an evil god born in ancient times. After the matter fell, it was defeated by the power of the whole hell, and almost lost its life. The evil god helped it, but exiled it because of its failure. It hid on the border of hell and lived a life of silence."
"It just secretly worships the ancient god, and is subject to crazy suppression of the whole hell. You should be able to feel the danger of those spirits from this lesson. Even the demons and devils will fear them, but you step into that vortex. You are really crazy!"
Faced with Riven's scolding, Merlin also regretted it, but it had happened and regret was useless.
He looked at Riven and said:
"In addition to these words that would scare me, can you give me some useful advice? My sister."
"What advice can I have."
Ruiwen sighed helplessly, and she said to Merlin:
"I have never encountered a spirit directly, but it is definitely right to find a way to strengthen your will. That magic, Hoggs' ancient body, you must master it as soon as possible, and it may help."
"Merlin, you don't understand yet. There is no good result in being related to the spirit. They are influenced by mysticism. No matter how you escape, they will eventually be found by them. They may not come with malicious intentions, but the problem is that you can't even bear some of their 'good intentions'."
"Well, it sounds like a cumbersome."
Merlin frowned and said, after a moment, he remembered another thing.
"Speaking of this, do you have anything to tell me about Velasco?"
"You still have the heart to help others now?"
Raven said to Merlin:
"You still want to help Steelers find his sister? Didn't I say everything? The years she was taken away by Velasco until now, it was enough for the demon to complete the spiritual brainwashing of her. Even if she brought her back, it would be ruined."
“It’s not just because of Steelers.”
Merlin touched his elbow, where there were several blocked magic rings. Although the parchment was taken away by Zatanna, the contract he signed with the Dark Book still took effect.
To complete this contract, he must find a way to the border of hell from the Red Devil.
Although Merlin was not very clear about why a strange and demonic mutant such as the Red Devil was related to the border of hell.
"Compared with the real hell dimension, the hell border is not that dangerous."
Ruiwen said to her brother:
"As long as you don't recklessly challenge Velasco, there shouldn't be many creatures that can threaten you. The ghost place is very barren, a world of barren and hopeless rifts, but the magic concentration there is very high. I heard that some wizards will try to enter there and practice some dangerous magic."
"Do you know where to go?"
Merlin asked.
Raven shrugged, she said:
"If you help me unseal the seal, I will immediately send you over to the place where it is more closely connected with the material world. It is much easier to get there than actually jumping into hell."
"Unlock the seal?"
Merlin shook her head:
"If I can untie the seal on you, I don't need to worry about going to the border of hell. That's the seal set by the Supreme Master."
He looked at the dark red diamond crystal on Riven's forehead and said:
"Actually, you look pretty pretty, just like the decorations that children often use."
"I don't like this feeling!"
Riven screamed, she glanced at Meilin, jumped off the chair and went back to her house.
Merlin knew that this girl had been trying to untie the seal recently. She obviously could not adapt to her current weak feeling, but Merlin felt that this might be a good thing. Riven was born with strong strength, which led to her being out of place with the world of ordinary people. Since her birth, the High Priest Azaras, who has been taking care of her, has always emphasized to her the relationship between her and the demon.
She has no life of her own, never had it.
Those powers were not like blessings to her, but more like a burden.
She should learn to live her own life, rather than be busy fighting against the great demons, which is not the fate that a child should bear.
"It seems that I can only find it myself."
Meilin moved his wrist, took out the key to the mysterious house, inserted it into the door lock of the bathroom, pushed open the door, and returned to the mysterious house. However, this time, Xuanlan did not greet him at the door.
Merlin didn't care about this, so he walked straight up the stairs and was imprisoning his prisoner in a room on the second floor where space-cutting arrays were imposed.
The Red Devil Asazo.
Rare Demon Mutants.
At the same time, it has the characteristics of demons and mutants. It is a creature between aliens and humans, but it is not a semi-demon. It is more like a unique life formed by the mixing of demonic power and mutant power.
As Merlin opened the door, the Red Devil was half kneeling in an arc-shaped barrier, looking exhausted.
“Are you satisfied with this kind of hospitality?”
Merlin stood outside the arc barrier. He looked at the red devil in front of him and said expressionlessly:
"Maybe I should help you with a few more shackles."
"You coward!"
The Red Devil raised his head, and there was an undisguised sarcasm on that extremely similar face, and he said:
"You don't even dare to go into here and fight me in a real battle! You can only hide outside the barrier to show off your power, right?"
"What the hell are you?"
Merlin was not angry with the provocation of the Red Devil. He put his hands in his pockets and looked at the demon mutant in front of him, and he said:
"Where are you from? Hell?"
"What do you think?"
A trace of hideousness flashed in the red devil's eyes. He stood up and looked at Merlin. He said:
"Where do you think I'm from?"
"Now I'm asking you questions, Asazo."
Meilin reached out and took off her glasses, put them in front of her eyes and looked at them, then took out a handkerchief from her pocket, and said while wiping the lenses:
"You'd better answer me honestly, I mean, you look like a smart person, don't cause trouble for yourself, don't ask for trouble for yourself."
He glanced around him and showed a gentle smile, he said:
"Look at the surroundings, you should be very clear. I am a wizard. I have many ways to torture you, let you experience extreme pain, and not let you die. Although in my opinion, it is not a pity for you to help the evildoer like this, I am not a judge after all, and I have no right to sentence you to death."
Merlin yawned, and he brought his glasses back to his face, he said:
"Tell me, tell me your story and why did you help Magneto? You don't look like like-minded friends."
Merlin's threat is straightforward and simple, but also very useful.
The Red Devil looked at the simple circle beside him. There was no magic on this ghost thing, like a meaningless cheap decoration, but it trapped the Red Devil who could move instantly. No matter how hard it tried, it could not escape the shackles of this circle.
The wizard in front of me still has something.
During the long life of the Red Devil, he had dealt with the wizards, and he knew that if he could, it would be better not to mess with these mysterious guys.
After all, he and Merlin have not yet reached the point of perseverance, and he is not loyal to Magneto, and he has no need to ask for trouble.
So after a moment, he spoke:
"I am a human being, I used to be."
"My family existed in very ancient times, and my ancestors also served the only king of mutants, Apocalypse."
"My family is ancient, and space movement is our innate ability, just like the Storm Girl's family, such as Magneto and his daughter."
Merlin nodded, and he also guessed that Asazo's space movement should be the talent of the mutant inheritance, but he didn't care about this, he was concerned about the demonic power on Asazo.
He asked:
"Well, I'm quite interested in the story of the Apocalypse of the Mutant King. But I want to know more about what's going on with the blood of the demons flowing in your body? Have your ancestors been exposed to the demons?"
"It's the real demon!"
The Red Devil nodded, and he looked at his blood-red skin, and he said:
"You are a very powerful wizard, so you should know the "Armature Agent" once every thousand years. My ancestors became a follower of a demon during the last Armature Agent, but we are not a cult."
The Red Devil made up his weird clothes, and he said:
"My ancestors just wanted to better explore the mysteries in the bloodline of mutants. As far as I know, other mutants families came into contact with another force at the same time, and they became followers of a group of angels wandering around the human world. Although we chose different paths, our goals were consistent, and we were all to understand the secrets of the bloodline."
"Unfortunately, after the armistice was over, the demons returned to hell, the angels returned to heaven, and took away my ancestors and their ancestors, but from then on, the blood of aliens was left in our blood."
"The power of the demon flows in the blood vessels of my family. We are stronger than ordinary mutants, but we also carry heavier shackles."
"No matter whether we do good or bad things during our lifetime, whether we are great or humble, after our death, our souls will fall into hell and fall into that damn place! The souls of my ancestors were wailing in hell, and I myself did not want to fall into that level. I long to be saved."
The Red Devil said:
"And Magneto can help me."
"He? He helps you?"
Merlin asked in confusion:
"He is just a mutant who manipulates magnetic force. He doesn't know much about purifying magic. How should he help you?"
"There is a kind of metal in this world."
The Red Devil said to Merlin:
"A sacred metal that can remove curses and magical powers. It can end the chaos flowing in my blood and prevent my descendants from being tortured by the powers from hell. But that metal is rare, only Magneto can find it and purify it."
After saying that, this guy who looked very much like a demon spread his hands and said to Merlin with an "innocent" look:
"Look, I'm just trying to save myself. I don't have any deep hatred with the girl you snatched away. I'm just doing it on order."
"Well said!"
Merlin nodded and said to the Red Devil:
"Here you help me do the last thing, and you'll be free."
"What's up?"
The Red Devil asked.
"Take me to the border of hell! Or tell me how to get to that place."
Merlin said:
"Don't tell me you can't do it or you don't tell me you don't know."
"Why are you going to in which ghost place?"
Even a guy like the Red Devil was a little overwhelmed by Merlin's request, and he asked:
"Have you lived enough? You mainly go to hell?"
"Of course I have something to do. Speaking of which, Asazo, we are still 'members'."
Merlin stretched out her hand, and as the red devil was gaze, the hand slowly turned into a demon's claw covered with scales in the shaking of the black smoke. Merlin said:
"After all, in a sense"
Chapter completed!