The night of December 22, 1992, 3 days before Christmas.Agent Merlin, who was seconded to the Strategic Danger Intervention and Espionage Logistics Division, was sitting in a hotel room in Paris, with four boxes on the table in front of him.Three of them were delivered to him through the original Strategic Science Corps' postal channels, and the last one was delivered directly to the front desk of the hotel in a regular FedEx box.All four boxes are labeled with Christmas gifts.Merlin had received Christmas gifts before, but the four in front of her obviously had a different meaning.These were the first gifts he received at the beginning of his new life.Merlin took the paper cutter and carefully opened the first box, which was a black wooden box, and in the wooden box, there was a classic Colt 1911 black pistol.This pistol has notches left by long-term use on the handle and body of the gun, and when placed in the box, there is a feeling of precipitation over time, but it is like an old knife, and after years of sharpening, it is still sharp.Merlin picked up the pistol, it felt perfect, and he withdrew the magazine, which was filled with brass bullets.And in the box, there is also a card.The card read, in beautiful letters: "My first trophy for my friend Merlin, Merry Christmas."——- Clint.
Francis.
Patton: "Thanks, Clint. ”Merlin whispered, putting the black pistol aside, and picked up the second case.The chest was much lighter than the first, and Merlin shook it, and the sound of some kind of item colliding could be heard inside.He opened the box, and inside it was a cardboard box, and inside the cardboard box was a black, similar to a camera film barrel.And next to this thing, there is also a card, which reads in a very feminine font: "Thank you for the gift, little boy, may you like my gift in return." ”Well, this frivolous tone must be Natasha's return gift.Merlin picked up the light black cylinder, it was only the thickness of a thumb, and after looking through it, Merlin found a small clasp at the top of the cylinder, which seemed to be attached to his little finger.Merlin tightened the clasp and pulled it outward.There was a soft "boom", and a black, wire-like object made of unknown material was pulled out.It buzzed in front of Merlin's eyes, and Merlin's neck felt a chill when he saw it.He knew what it was, and he had seen something like it in the assassination class at the Secret Service Academy.This thing is a coil specially designed to carry out assassination and cut throats.As long as you tighten the target from behind, you can easily cut the throat of the target in just a few seconds.In the case of assassination, this thing is much more convenient than a knife.However, it takes a certain amount of skill to use this thing skillfully, otherwise it is easy to injure yourself in battle, and Merlin has never used it."
Sure enough, it has the style of Black Widow..."
Merlin casually placed the assassination cord in the pocket of the inner lining of his clothes, which was inconspicuous but very practical."
Thanks, Natasha."
Merlin happily pushed the second box aside, then picked up the third.Compared to the first two boxes, the third box is much more compact, and the packaging is only the size of Merlin's palm.Merlin was curious about what the box contained.Although he can sense the contents of the box with his dark perception, if he does, he destroys the mystery of the gift itself, which Merlin does not like, and he does not like the feeling of his expectations being disappointed.He took the paper cutter and opened the box.As a result, I was stunned to find that inside the box, it was...
A pack of cigarettes.Well, a pack of silka cigarettes, and it's already an opened cigarette."
Is this a prank?"
Merlin picked up the card on the cigarette case with a line written on it, "I found this from Agent Silver Bullet, and I think you'll like it...
Also, thank you for the sunglasses, they work very well and I love it. ”This should be a gift from Fury.Fury shouldn't be that boring, right?
And it seems that he spent some effort to find this thing.Merlin took the box of cigarettes in his hand, and with this hand, he immediately saw that something was wrong.The weight of this pack of cigarettes is wrong, it is at least twice as much heavier than a real silk cigarette!
Merlin opened the cigarette case, and there were only two cigarettes inside.He picked up the first one, put it in his hand and looked at it, it looked exactly like a cigarette, but it was made of metal, Merlin held it with both hands, and found that it could spin, so Merlin swirled it slightly."
Hiss" A faint sound of electricity sounded from the cigarette, Merlin could feel that a faint energy burst out from the cigarette, and at the same time, all the electronic-related products in the entire room were abnormal at this moment.The lamp bulb in his hand and the lamp tube above his head were completely scrapped in a flash.
“EMP？”
In the darkness, Merlin looked at the cigarette in his hand in surprise, this thing was actually an ultra-miniature electromagnetic pulse emitter, and its range could radiate to the house at most, but it was definitely enough to destroy electronic equipment at close range.This was a big surprise to Merlin, and it was the first "gadget" related to the secret agent profession in his hand."
There's James.
Bond feeling!
”Merlin happily put the cigarette back in the box, he picked up the second one, and with the experience of the previous time, he carefully rotated the knob, and a hot red laser shot out from the front of the cigarette, easily melting a small hole in the table in front of Merlin."
Cool!
Miniature high-frequency ray gun!
”Merlin wears this metal cigarette case close to his body, and Merlin is very fond of this practical gadget.It can be regarded as Fury's heart.The bad news is that he will probably have to explain the problem of the broken lamp in the room and the broken table to the hotel staff early tomorrow morning."
The last one, let me see, what is this thing?"
Merlin picked up the last package, it wasn't from a friend he knew, in fact, it contained only a document bag.In the dark, Merlin picked up the file bag, the darkness couldn't block his eyes, he clearly saw that on the surface of the file bag, there was a small line of text: "Coulson, this is what you need, remember your promise!"
——- Talia. ”"Oh, it wasn't a Christmas present."
Merlin opened the file bag with some disappointment, this thing was saved by him that day, and it was said that it came from the girl in the Assassin League to thank him, and gathered information about offensive magic and strange things.Frankly speaking, if the letter hadn't been delivered to him, Merlin would have forgotten about it.He didn't know what the League of Assassins were, he had never been in contact with those who looked dangerous, and as you could tell from the way the teenage Talia fought, they had nothing to do with magic, so Merlin didn't have much faith in them.But I didn't expect that the black-haired girl actually found something, and she still remembered her promise.This made Merlin's sense of the mysterious Talia who had planted him a little better.Merlin pulled a jagged pile of parchment out of the envelope and spread it out on the table in front of him.It looked a little old, judging by the lines on the shards, but it was like a child's graffiti, full of the smell of a medieval magic book.Even the ocean was marked on the map fragments, and the monsters in the water were used instead."
What is this?"
Merlin looked at the fragment of parchment in front of him in the dark, instinctively trying to put it together, he felt like a treasure map in front of him.But on this outrageously crude map, Merlin really couldn't find any clues.He turned the largest piece of parchment in front of him around, and behind the parchment, wrote a passage in what seemed to be French.Merlin frowned, he couldn't read French, and the map was so mutilated that he couldn't see any clues.However, judging from the way this parchment is made and its material, it is really possible that this thing is hundreds of years old, so what is recorded on it may be a joke made by a person who fantasizes about magic hundreds of years ago, but it is also very likely that this thing is really a treasure map that hides offensive magic weapons.It's a pity that Talia just gave it to Merlin without any explanation.It's possible that she doesn't know what this thing is, or maybe she does, but she deliberately doesn't say it, and throws this garbage-like thing to Merlin as a way to fulfill her promise and let Merlin get nothing.This made Talia's image in Merlin's mind worse again."
Cunning woman!"
Merlin shook his head, he didn't bother with the pointlessness, the mutilated treasure map couldn't find the treasure, and he didn't have time to focus on an adventure that was most likely to fall short.Ten minutes later, midnight had arrived.In the dark, Merlin came out of the bathroom, and he was ready to change into his pajamas and rest.He now serves as a low-profile civilian agent at the base in the European Division, a new identity that Gatler has given him to protect him.Merlin opened the closet, and when he picked up his pajamas, he touched the coat he had placed on the cupboard, and the coat fell to the ground, revealing a long box underneath the clothes, which contained Lola, Merlin's red devil's claw wand.Merlin reached out to pick Lola up from the carpet, and the moment he held his wand, a lightning bolt of inspiration crossed his mind.yes, he's a wizard!
What seems to ordinary people to be completely destroyed is not worthless to wizards...
If he's not mistaken, in the textbook that Mr.
Arthur gave him, there was a spell that could fix the things that were broken!
A twinkle flashed in Merlin's eyes, and he quickly put on his pajamas, walked into the bedroom in the dark, and took out the Standard Spell.
Primary", and after a few minutes, he managed to find the spell.Repair Spell.A very simple spell with mediocre results.Can only be used to repair items that do not contain mana, and if a mana item is broken, the Repair Charm is powerless.And the effect of the repair spell is uncertain, although the textbooks say it is very formulaic.But Merlin thinks it's a matter of luck.With a bit of luck, a single cast will completely heal you.If you're unlucky, you won't be able to succeed even if you cast 10 spells.Most importantly, it is clear from the textbook that to cast a repair spell, the broken item needs to be intact.But Merlin himself didn't know if the pile of parchment fragments in front of him was really complete.So he decided to give it a try.In the midnight darkness, Merlin wore pajamas, holding an open magic book in her left hand and holding Lola in her right hand.
“Reparo！
A dark red glow shone across Lola's top, accompanied by Merlin's rhythmic waving of his wand and muffled chanting.The magic of darkness meekly poured into the wand, and under the manipulation of Merlin's will, the extremely simple mana model of the repair spell appeared, and then shot out from the tip of the wand in the form of a ray of light.Like a cold breeze, the pile of parchment fragments was swept up by the wind in front of Merlin's eyes, but they did not scatter in all directions.It was as if it was being manipulated by a pair of invisible hands, and it was quickly restored on the table."
There's a play!"
Merlin's eyes lit up, and as he saw the breeze dissipate, he threw a repair spell at the parchment fragment in front of him again, until a few minutes later, after the fourth repair spell was completed, the pile of parchment formed a half-empty map in front of Merlin's eyes.On the rectangular parchment, a relatively complete map has appeared, but in the center and lower left of the map, there are two blank parts."
It's incomplete, Talia, you cunning woman!"
Merlin reached out and picked up the magically bonded parchment map.He looked at the blurred lines on the map and the monsters representing the ocean, and at first glance, Merlin felt that the image was somewhat familiar.After a few seconds, he found a map of the world, and after repeated comparisons, he finally confirmed that the lines on the top right of the map were drawn in Europe, or more precisely, the Nordic region.Merlin flipped the map over, and the French text on the back of the map was flattened, but only the upper right paragraph was intact.Merlin picked up his brick-like cell phone and called the front desk, and a few minutes later, a heavy French dictionary was delivered to Merlin.At 1:30 a.m., after a long period of comparison and translation, the meaning of that passage finally appeared in Merlin's heart."
South of the water, north of the mountain.""
Ring of rocks, among the ancient trees.""
Thirty-seven steps, the gift of the gods."
The riddle-like thing made Merlin's eyes narrow, and he looked at the mutilated map in his hand.He had a hunch that maybe he would have to take some time off...
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