As for whether Angela will respond to the "invitation" she left behind, Merlin is very sure.The wingless angel was trapped on the land of what she regarded as an enemy, and she had to endure the torture of the terrible truth of her life at all times, and every time she met the queen, she must have been restless.The conflict between the ideas she cultivated since childhood and the harsh reality left her at a loss.And the sudden confinement of a hunter and a warrior into a prisoner will also stimulate her inner desire for freedom.The most important thing is that she still has the people she wants to see, the people she wants to rely on in this vulnerable time, and the people she wants to talk to.She also has a dedication to finding the truth.She would have agreed, she would serve the Raven Maharaja, and even if it didn't need the power of vanity, she would have made that decision in the end.It's just a matter of time.Merlin was waiting, and he wasn't in a hurry.He had one more important thing to do.Incubus!
The remnants of the nightmare, to be precise.The nightmare tree that carries the nightmare will, it was originally only one last step away from being able to break free from the shackles and return to Earth, but under the joint efforts of Raven and Hela, it collided head-on with the army of sapient machines that rushed out of the wasteland prison.That's definitely its most hated opponent.A group of beings who do not have fear because of changes in the external environment.Robot warriors are not written into the fear circuit, and theoretically, they do not generate fear no matter what the situation encounters, and they lack the ability to simulate that emotion.For high-level intelligent machines, relying on a relatively complete mechanical soul is enough to simulate the emotions of real fear.But with the computing of a strong data loop, fear is only an option when faced with a critical situation.Robots don't need fear to oppress their instantaneous power.They also don't live in fear.If they choose to retreat, it must be because they have come to a conclusion after analyzing the data, not because of fear dominance.In short, the Nightmare Remnant, who was blocked on the Rainbow Bridge, finally fought hard, destroying the bodies of many of the Robot Warriors, but after the high-level combat units joined the fight, the already weak and battered Nightmare Tree was finally torn apart.Now, the remains of the tree are placed in Merlin's office, or throne room.After losing the blessing of the Nightmare Will, the Nightmare Tree's body became shriveled as if it had been sun-dried, forming some kind of strange tree specimen.The black limbs, with the dark red runes, seemed to be burned by flames and shrouded in ashes.It's like some kind of special root carving, and because of the long-term infiltration of the nightmare power, the dry tree exudes a black halo, which looks quite corrupt and depraved beauty.The sound of teeth clasping together abruptly in the throne room, followed by the sound of chewing breaking the silence.In the chair across from the desk, Ganata, dressed in a short white dress and wearing high-heeled slippers, was sitting in the chair, clutching the black branch in one hand as if eating a chicken leg, sending the remnants of the nightmare tree into her little mouth.This purple-eyed girl really has a good appetite.You can eat everything, and you can eat everything with relish.Merlin's Book of Ravens was spread out to the fourth page, and he was making precious starry sky ink out of some magical materials, apparently intending to include a magic seal again.In front of him, there was a black heart taken from the Nightmare Tree.It is a heart-shaped piece of wood, the vessel used by the Nightmare Tree to carry the Nightmare Will, and the place where the Nightmare Power is most concentrated.Even though he was dead, the heart of the tree that had been cut out still emitted a black glow, beating like a real heart, and it felt strange and evil.That's the material of the new French seal."
What does this tree smell like?"
Merlin was grinding the ink as he looked at Ganata, who was full of happiness in eating, and asked softly, "Seeing that you are so happy eating, I guess, it is sweet?"
”"Yes!"
Ganata reached out and wiped the black ash from the corner of her mouth, she waved the half-eaten tree trunk in her hand, and said to Merlin with a fluttering eyebrow: "It's like a fermented fruit, but it is not as sweet as it rots, although it does not look very good, and it looks withered, but in fact it tastes very much like slightly charred chicken." ”"Well, it's like those snacks on street stalls, you can tear off a big piece with a light tear."
The purple-eyed girl describes the smell of the Nightmare Tree to Merlin, like a top-notch gourmand immersed in the way of food."
But it shouldn't be the smell of the trees themselves, I think it's the smell of those nightmares that remain in the wood...
Merlin, does Nightmare taste sweet?
”"How do I know?"
Merlin rolled his eyes, and said, "I haven't tasted dreams again, but if I think about it, dreams should be sweeter, like yes." ”"And the nightmare, perhaps, is bitter, after all, it is full of fear and darkness, like a dark dish.""
But anyway, it doesn't mean anything to you, anyway, whether it's a nightmare or a sweet dream, you can eat it with relish."
Raven Lord sharpened the ink.He put the bottle in front of his eyes and shook it, and the arranged starry ink shone brightly, really like a reflection of the path of the stars.Only this kind of liquid that is extremely inclusive and malleable can indiscriminately accommodate the penetration of so many forces.Through the ink, Merlin saw Ganata's starry body, like a pure astral confluence.The sweet human appearance of this stellar creature is just a disguise..."
You're not angry now, are you?"
Merlin put the ink aside and picked up the black heart of the tree, and after the vanity slowly wrapped the heart of the tree, the same sound of chewing and devouring as before rang out in the light.The Raven Lord looked at Ganata, who was eating deliciously, and said, "When I woke you up just now, you really looked as angry as if you were about to eat me." ”"Hey, I've said it all, I was woken up when I was asleep, and I got up quite angry."
The purple-eyed girl shrugged her shoulders, she bit down on the sweet twig again, and as she chewed, she said to Merlin in a slurred voice, "But I'm not angry anymore, how could I be angry if you woke me up to ask me to eat...
However, I seem to have been doing something wrong lately. ”Ganata frowned, rubbing her flat belly.The girl shook her waist-length black hair, and she said to Merlin, "I seem to be getting more and more hungry, and the more I eat, the more I want to eat, and the feeling of hunger is burning like wildfire, and after eating Steppenwolf, this feeling comes in." ”"I thought it was just eating too much at once, but after eating Surtr, it got stronger and stronger," she said. ”"Can you understand?
Merlin. ”Ganata looked at the Raven Maharaja, a hint of worry flashing in her purple eyes, and she said, "It's as if the recent binge eating and drinking has awakened the appetite that has been suppressed by me." ”"It's like a chronically hungry person who is used to having an empty stomach, but after a sudden full meal, that dormant hunger is awakened, and it roars and craves more food."
She looked at the scented twig in her hand and said, "I can control it now, after eating this, I have to go to sleep, if I let that hunger grow any longer, maybe...
Maybe I'll lose control and eat everything in front of me. ”The gluttonous lady shuddered.Merlin, who was sitting across from her, also raised an eyebrow.Things don't seem like is going well with Ganata.This girl ate two heads of Heavenly Father, and her satiety was less than 10%, even if she ate the Nightmare Tree where the Nightmare was stored, this food that also retained the power of Heavenly Father would make Ganata tenths fuller at most.Such a big appetite, if you let it go, is estimated to be able to eat the entire solar system in a short period of time.But even the solar system can't satisfy her terrifying appetite."
Perhaps, you should go back and meet your father."
Merlin rubbed his fingers and blended the wisp of orange light mixed with a black halo in his hand into the starry ink, stirring it with a crystal rod as he said to Ganata, "I mean, if you really can't control your appetite, maybe your father can help you." ”"No, not going back!"
Ganata shook her head vigorously.Like a girl who had broken her head, she pouted in dissatisfaction and said to Merlin, "I won't be able to get out when I go back, and my father will definitely lock me up in his spaceship...
He kept saying I still have a lot to learn. ”"Besides, your agreement hasn't been completed yet, I haven't eaten 40% yet, and I won't leave anything."
Ganata jumped out of her chair.She reached out and held the remnants of the Nightmare Tree in her arms as if she were holding a large pile of snacks.As she walked to the exit of the throne room, she said to Merlin without looking back, "I have something to eat with you, and you don't want to get rid of me...
Okay, I'm going to sleep, don't bother me this time.Maybe when you go to sleep, that hunger will disappear. ”The Raven Lord watched Ganata disappear, a hint of worry in his blue eyes.He didn't think that a good night's sleep would solve the problem, and if that hunger was caused by eating too much, then maybe next time he should find an opportunity to let Ganata "move".It's not a way to eat so much.If a beautiful girl wants to keep in shape, she always has to exercise."
But, let's wait until next time."
Merlin shook his head, the thought coming out of his mind.He took a deep breath to calm his mind, and he picked up the black quill and dipped it in the orange-lit inkwell in his hand, writing the first character on the fourth page of the Raven's Book.It's still a beautiful flower.After seeing Oneiroi's handwriting, which was almost artistic, Merlin also planned to improve his handwriting.He writes slowly.According to the construction method of the previous three seals, ink and materials are used as a medium to bind the power of nightmares and fear to the paper, but the more he writes, the more solemn Merlin's expression becomes.A third of the way through the writing process, he stopped writing.Raven's brow furrowed.I can't write it anymore.Not because of a broken train of thought, or a sudden accident, but a sensitivity to power.He squinted his eyes as he turned his head to look at the faded starry sky ink in his hand."
No, the power of the source is missing.""
The nightmare's energy is thin here, and that guy has taken away the mantra of nightmares and fears, and it's preventing me from writing its own secrets...
That guy didn't go back to Niflheim...""
It's on Earth!"
Merlin shook his head, and put down the quill with some regret.Without the essence of power, the Raven's Book of Imitation and Enhancement Seals cannot be completed, which means that he must capture the Nightmare's consciousness body in order to complete this mutilated Seal of Fear.It was only a brief reflection that Merlin understood how the nightmare could escape.It should have been when the sapient machines captured the nightmare tree, and the guy escaped from the carrier as a consciousness and returned to the dreams of all beings.It had been hiding in the dreams of the Asgardians, and then followed the migrating Asgardian land back to Earth, and this guy should have been hiding in some dream on Earth.It's hard to track down.But the problem is not particularly serious.When Zatanna was bound to Niforheim by the Nightmare, Merlin witnessed the god-king Odin destroy the Nightmare Forest with a violent thunderbolt, and the Nightmare was seriously injured before he was actually reincarnated.This time he was forced to break away from the carrier and flee back into the dreams of all beings, which was equivalent to the nightmare giving up his body and the nightmare power accumulated in his body.For its already weak body, it's definitely worse.Although it is a conceptual power, as long as it is fully supplemented by nightmares and fears, it can ignore bottlenecks and break through the level of power all the way.But while the Supreme Mage was still there, Nightmare certainly wouldn't dare to ingest fear with such fanfare.It can only come secretly.That doomed the nightmare to recover slowly.Thinking of this, the last trace of loss in Merlin's eyes disappeared, and he hovered to the edge of the throne room, looking into the distance in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.His dark intellect suddenly realized a problem.Perhaps, it is not a bad thing to let Nightmares move on Earth, that guy's power comes from the fear of all beings, and the godhead of Merlin's other friend, the serpent who escaped from trouble, also comes from fear?
And the Battle of the Hellmasters...
The lords of hell are to compete for the throne of the king of hell with measurable fear.So in this way, there are two more uncertainties in this battle for hegemony.The corners of the Raven Maharaja's mouth curled slightly, this accident was great."
Just leave it to the old guy for a headache."
He whispered, "No one wants to sit on the throne of Satan until the serpent and the nightmare are destroyed!"
I'm looking forward to your performances now, old guys, keep up the work, but don't let me down..."