Text 9. Tracking Down the Devil Man

"Qin!"

The door on the top floor of Xavier Castle was pushed open, and what Merlin and Ororo saw was a messy room.

Jean Gray, the psychic mutant who was in charge of treating Lorna, fell to the ground and seemed to have been knocked unconscious. The room was full of signs of fighting, twisted metal, and an abnormal magnetic field remained in the air. , it seems that the little Magneto King Lorna also joined the previous battle.

"The space is slightly disordered."

Merlin sensed the remaining traces in this room. At the end of the house, beside the collapsed bookshelf, he felt a faint energy left after the space jump.

"Someone 'jumped' here, intervened in the battle in the room, and took Lorna and Colossus away."

Merlin squatted on the ground, looking at the footprints left on the ground, but what made him feel puzzled was that there was still a faint smell of sulfur in the room, which was a faint devil's breath, and in this room except the piano , Lorna, and Colossus, there are also footprints left by two other strangers.

One of them appeared to be left by a woman with bare feet.

"She was knocked out, probably because time was running out, and the intruder didn't have time to hurt her."

Ororo hugged Qin and carefully checked the situation of her friend. After a while, she tried to wake Qin up and said to Merlin:

"Did you find anything?"

"A person who is suspected of being a demon contractor has entered here."

Merlin stood up, frowning tightly.

Magneto came for Lorna, but the cunning old man didn't do it himself. The previous confrontation in the courtyard was just to attract the attention of the X-Men.

That old man is very cunning, and while possessing great strength, he has not lost his wisdom, and he also has a helper with super execution ability.

Sure enough, he is a difficult guy to deal with.

"Devil Contractor?"

Storm shook her head, she said:

"You should be talking about the Red Devil, a mutant black wizard who is good at space jumping and charm spells, the most powerful tracker and assassin under Magneto. He does have some signs of demonization, but he is essentially a mutant. "

"Well, maybe."

Merlin was noncommittal to Ororo's statement. Merlin didn't know much about mutants, but when it came to understanding demons, Storm Girl was not worthy of lifting Merlin's shoes.

Merlin can be sure that the guy who jumped here is a real demon. Although the remaining breath of it is weak, it is very pure.

That is the breath from the dimension of hell, unmistakable.

"But what I'm more puzzled about is that I can understand that they want to take Lorna away. But why do they still want to take Colossus away?"

Merlin frowned and said:

"Is there some secret about Piot that we don't understand?"

"They didn't take Colossus away."

While Merlin was hesitating, Beast Hank, who had changed back into a suit, opened the door and walked in.

This kind of power-type animal mutant has strong resilience. Just now Hank was pierced by Magneto with a steel bar. After just a few minutes, his wound was almost healed.

But judging from his slightly staggering footsteps, his injury has not fully recovered.

"Summers found Colossus in a coma in the woods behind the castle. He was stunned by Magneto's magnetic force before the battle. The people you stayed here to protect Qin and Lorna just now should have been changed by Riven. "

The beast shook his head with an ugly expression, and said:

"Ruiwen has kept a low profile in recent years. She hasn't been active in public for a long time, which made us ignore her threats. But her ability to disguise is still as sharp as ever."

"Raven?"

Merlin looked back at Hank, and he said:

"Mystique? Hasn't she always been a loner? According to our records, Mystique should have been active in Europe these years, and she has been rescuing injured mutants, isn't she? I heard that, She also has a high status in the mutant society?"

"Yes."

Ororo stretched out her hand, condensed two ice cubes with her own ability, and applied them to the swollen wound on Qin's forehead. She replied:

"The ever-changing witch Raven was the original partner of Professor Charles and Magneto. Her origin is mysterious, but she is very self-reliant and has her own ideas. After the professor and Magneto fell out, she first followed Magneto, but later He broke away from the fraternity and started his own rescue business."

"She has rescued many mutants who were trapped, oppressed, and hurt in the past few decades. Many mutants regard her as an idol. But as you said, Raven has always been a loner and does not participate in teaching She fights against Magneto's ideas, probably because she doesn't want to hurt any of her friends, in short, she is a neutral."

"So it seems that she broke the neutrality?"

Merlin said in a bad tone:

"She's on Magnit's side."

"No, don't be so arbitrary."

Beast Hank shook his head, he glanced at the unconscious Qin, and said:

"Ruiwen is my friend. I have been with her for a long time. She is a measured person. I think that she and Magneto this time should not be targeting us. According to the principle that Ruiwen has always insisted on, she Probably another rescue operation, so working with Magneto for the time being."

"Do you trust her so much?"

Merlin looked at Hank, and he noticed that Hank's eyes softened every time Mystique was mentioned.

This convinced Merlin that the rough mane in front of him had expectations beyond his friends for the legendary female mutant who could change ever-changingly.

"I trust her."

Hank said firmly:

"Like I trusted Charles."

"Well"

While talking, the stunned Jean Gray woke up slowly. The psychic mutant opened her eyes and saw Ororo with a worried face. She stroked her forehead in pain, she said :

"Riwen was Raven who attacked me, Lorna wanted to protect me but was taken away by the red devil who suddenly appeared, they planned ahead."

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect Lorna well."

"Do you know where the child was taken?"

Merlin asked.

Jean shook her head, and she said:

"The Red Devil's speed was too fast, and I didn't have time to perceive his thinking, but when Ruiwen was fighting, I saw some pictures in her mind."

The psychic mutant raised his head and said to Storm and Beast Hank:

"In Canada, in a valley, there is a base where many mutants are imprisoned. Riven is here to rescue them. Logan Logan is also imprisoned there."

"She must have let you see it on purpose."

The Beast frowned and said:

"According to Ruiwen's martial arts and camouflage ability, if she really wants to knock you out, you won't have a chance to fight her at all. Ruiwen is using this method to send us a message. She wants us to join in In a rescue operation."

"Fine."

Merlin was very dissatisfied with Hank's protection of Mystique, both in and out of words. Mystique has already launched an attack on the people on her side, but this guy is still speaking for his enemies. Are these mutants out of their minds?

But he didn't show this emotion, he just nodded, looked around, and said to Storm and the Beast:

"It seems that the missing mutants have been found, and the task that the professor entrusted me to do has been completed. I will leave now."

After speaking, he took steps to leave the room.

"Merlin!"

Storm Girl called out behind him:

"We have to determine the next course of action, and we have to act together."

"I have my plan, I prefer to act alone."

Merlin said without looking back:

"Besides, Lorna was taken away, I have to bring her back."

"Do you know where the child was taken?"

The beast asked:

"Instead of blindly searching, why not act together with us, maybe we can follow the clues to find Magneto's base, maybe Lorna is there."

"I have a special tracking method."

Merlin responded blankly:

"What's more, this matter may involve different kinds of demons. You don't know much about them. It's better for me to handle them."

"Are you going to go it alone?"

Ororo felt Merlin's emotional changes, and she asked:

"Why?"

"nothing."

Merlin was silent for a moment, he said:

"It's just that I promised that kid I'd protect her and I let her down. Lorna must be terrified right now, she's been taken by a demon, God knows what that bastard will do to her, I have to find she."

"Besides, you have your own things to do, don't you?"

He looked at the time on the clock on the wall, and said:

"Time is running out, so divide the troops into two groups."

After speaking, Merlin left the room. Ororo looked at the back of Merlin leaving. She raised her head and looked at Hank. She said:

"He seems angry? Why?"

"Probably because of our partiality to Rui Wen."

Beast Hank is a very keen person, he watched Merlin leave, and then whispered:

"Merlin is an agent, and they are a group of people who clearly distinguish between friends and enemies."

"It's hard for him to understand the grievances between mutants, especially the complicated relationship between the professor and Magnitt. After all, in the mutant system, the boundaries between friends and enemies are not so clear. He felt a little uncomfortable."

On the other side, Merlin, who had left the manor, stood in a messy lawn full of metal debris. He looked back at the manor behind him, shook his head, and said in a low voice:

"It's really a group of seriously emotional guys. Just now, they were fighting to kill, and in a blink of an eye, they have to cooperate to save people. What do they think of this? Is it a house game?"

While complaining, he took out the pages of the Dark God Book from his pocket, and said to the pages:

"Tell me, where is Lorna?"

The yellowed page in his hand didn't remind him at all this time, he skipped that link and gave the task.

"Catch the red devil Asazor, and find a way to Limbo from him."

"Why?"

Merlin asked:

"Why do you always make me do these weird things?"

Soon, a line of words appeared on the paper.

"Because 'they' want the story to be better."

"It's 'them' again?"

Merlin couldn't help raising his head, looking at the sky under the night, he said:

"Watchers? Audience in a theater? Or a group of observers?"

Merlin looked at the paper in his hand and said:

"Are 'they' the ones behind me manipulating all this?"

This time, the parchment was "silent" for a few seconds, and then a clear answer emerged:

"No! 'They' are not"

"how about you?"

Merlin says:

"Are you the messenger of 'them'?"

An answer quickly emerged on the parchment that made Merlin want to tear it up.

"you guess?"

The corners of Merlin's eyes twitched. He took a deep breath and said:

"Okay, I'll take this task. Give me the information!"

"swish"

A line of clear addresses soon appeared in front of Merlin's eyes. It was a street in Detroit, and even the house number and the specific basement number were clearly marked.

Merlin pulled out the silver sword Vlad with his backhand, took out the devil oil, and applied it to the blade.

He was holding a bottle of flaming holy water in his other hand. The next moment, his figure suddenly disappeared in place. With a definite address, the Displacement Curse could bring him into the Red Devil's hiding place.

"Sprice! Mazefakr!"

With a slightly frivolous greeting, Merlin's figure jumped into the Red Devil's hiding place.

In the slightly dim basement, the strange mutant who was eating, wearing a black suit, with red skin, a devil's inverted triangular tail, and small black horns, only had time to turn his head, and a bottle of scorching holy water was splashed on his face come over.

There was still a trace of shock on the face of the red devil Azazuo, which was covered with strange spells, but it reacted extremely quickly. The moment before the holy water was added to its body, its figure disappeared in place amidst the red flashes.

And tied to the chair, Lorna, a little girl with a face full of fear, saw Merlin jumping out, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"elder brother!"

A clear cry full of surprise also sounded in the basement. It seems that Qin's treatment is effective, and the child has now recovered from aphasia.

"swish"

The red devil appeared behind Lorna like a ghost, and the sharp blade in Merlin's hand roared and stabbed at the red devil who appeared at this moment. The latter grabbed Lorna's shoulder with one hand and waved it with the other. , a few little demons jumped out of the red light with howls, and rushed towards Merlin.

"crash"

The sharp silver sword flashed several arcs of light in the air, beheading the little ghouls in the air in less than a second, but Lorna and the red devil disappeared into the basement again.

"boom"

Merlin kicked the chair in front of him a little irritatedly, and the feeling of missing it by a small margin is absolutely uncomfortable.

But the Red Devil's space jump that ignores distance, is almost instantaneous, and does not require a pause is really tricky. It is difficult to catch it again just by relying on the transfer spell.

After all, although the casting of the Transfiguration Curse 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 way."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, trying to calm himself down, his thoughts turned sharply, and after a while, he had an attention.

Merlin took out his phone, checked the things left by the Red Devil in the basement, and dialed an unfamiliar number.

After a few seconds, the call connected. A familiar, deep voice rang through the phone.

"Hello?"

"Gordon, do me a favor!"