"Sir, then we're leaving."

Next to a helicopter about to take off, Coulson is saying goodbye to Merlin.

"Also, sir, an invitation to dinner was delivered to your office at noon today, do you need me to deliver it to your house later?"

Fury still has a bit of a conscience, and when he knew that the incident was over, he immediately sent a helicopter to pick up the heroes and take them home. But Merlin wasn't going back right away, he still had something to do.

"These things don't matter, then the invitation is thrown there, and I will deal with it when I am free."

In the darkness of the night, Merlin told Coulson:

"What's really important is a report on the battle at the Temple of Eternal Night, Coulson, you draft a copy first, and I'll look at it in a few days."

"Okay."

Coulson didn't refuse, he was used to helping Merlin write report materials from the time he entered S.H.I.E.L.D. to now.

"You two, go back and get some rest."

Merlin then said to Melinda and Sharon, who were sitting in the helicopter:

"After I return to work, you can take turns to take vacations, you have worked hard for most of the year, this time I will fight for you, see if you can choose a better place to take a vacation. By the way, Melinda, I heard, you're getting married? ”

"Hmm."

Melinda nodded, leaned back in her chair lazily, and said to Merlin:

"You're going to have to come to my wedding."

"As long as I am not allowed to be the best man, and if I have time, I will definitely go."

Merlin smiled and took out a golden pendant of ruby from his pocket and threw it to Melinda, saying:

"This is my gift."

"Wow, that's beautiful!"

Sharon, who was sitting next to Melinda, let out a scream, even as a good action expert, but a woman's instinct could not be suppressed. In particular, the necklace that Merlin tolew, whether it was the retro and elegant workmanship or the huge ruby, made the women unable to ignore it.

"You have it too."

Merlin shrugged his shoulders and took out a silver ring encrusted with sapphires from his pocket and tossed it to a cheering Sharon.

Finally, a gold pocket watch embellished with black agate was quietly stuffed into Coulson's hand.

These items were taken from Vlad III's private collection, and Merlin had no intention of turning them over to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Vlad III's collection all have different magical effects, and giving them to S.H.I.E.L.D. will not only spoil them, but also cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"This is my personal allowance for your work."

Merlin crossed his waist and said to the three subordinates in front of him:

"Alright, go back and tell Fury that I'll go see him when I'm done."

Watching his subordinates leave Mount Todd with the hum of the helicopter, Merlin let out a sigh of relief as he stood in the darkness of the approaching dawn.

This Vampire incident, which is rated S, is finally over.

"Where's my work allowance?"

Miss Bloodstone's disgruntled voice rang out behind Merlin, who still had a blood-stopping bandage on her cheek, a scorched wound on her arm, and her hair was disheveled, looking like a female warrior who had just stepped down from the battlefield.

She complained to Merlin:

"Even though I'm just hiring, I've done a lot of work, and I've been with you deep into the vampire's lair, and I've also..."

"It's yours."

Merlin turned around and placed a small bag of a dozen magic gems in Elsa's hand, and said:

"I found it in the ruins of the Temple of Eternal Night, in Diagon Alley in London, and each of these gems could be exchanged for tens of Galleons. Save a little money, that's a lot of money. ”

"Diagon Alley... I've been there a few times and the clothes are beautiful and the snacks are delicious. ”

Looking at the glittering magic gems in her hand, Miss Bloodstone's complaint disappeared immediately, and she happily put these gems in her pocket, and then carried her black armed bag on her back, and waved her hand to Merlin in a dashing manner;

"Then I'll go back first, I'll take a week's off, go to London, and go home by the way."

"I'm only going to give you 4 days off."

Merlin raised his wrist and looked at the time, and he said to Elsa:

"The underground situation in New York is still in turmoil, and I desperately need an expert to help me deal with these things, and don't forget to buy myself a magic pocket."

"I'll be waiting for you at the headquarters office in 4 days, okay? Bloodstone Advisor. ”

"Okay, 4 days is 4 days."

Elsa pouted, but didn't say anything. In the darkness of the night, she called Dupend, and ten minutes later, the cab, haunted by the sound of cheerful music, disappeared into the streets of Staten Island with Miss Bloodstone.

Merlin returns to the foothills of Mount Todd, where Blade is waiting for him.

The black vampire hunter sat on a smashed stump, wiping his silver sword, his expression calm, as if he had been waiting for Merlin for a long time.

"Where's Whistler?"

Merlin looked left and right, and saw no sign of the old hunter, and he asked:

"Is he gone?"

"Whistler is a very executive man, he's going to the West Coast to find his daughter, and now he's back to pack his things."

Without raising his head, he said to Merlin:

"When I'm done here, I'll leave with him too."

"So I'm curious, what the hell do you want me to do for you?"

Merlin crossed his arms and asked:

"Don't be so mysterious. I'm a little tired right now, I just want to finish my work early and go back to sleep. ”

"I want you to kill someone for me."

Blade looked up at Merlin with black eyes, and he said:

"Kill a vampire."

"Is it strong?"

Merlin asked:

"Strong enough that the two of us need to hunt it down together? High-level bloodlines? ”

"No, it's not."

Blade stood up, shook the silver sword in his hand, and said in a gloomy tone:

"It's weak, even the strength of an ordinary half-vampire, it's not hard to find, after getting the knowledge of Vlad III, I can easily find it."

"Then why..."

Merlin was a little confused, but before he could finish his question, Blade revealed the mystery.

"It's... My mother. ”

"Oh, that's right."

Merlin stopped asking at this moment, he didn't need to ask any more.

He knew why Blade had asked him for help. Maybe Blade was able to be caught by Deacon's gang before, and that's why it's for this reason.

The two men were silent for several seconds, and Merlin spoke:

"Then maybe, we can catch it and put it in a vampire prison, I promise, it won't come out of it for the rest of its life. Perhaps, it doesn't have to die... I mean, because of the special relationship between you, you might want it to live? ”

"No!"

Blade said in a calm tone:

"It has done evil and it is irreparable, the blood of innocents flows in its body, every drop is an ironclad proof of sin, and most importantly, if other vampires must be punished for doing evil, then there is no reason for it to escape punishment."

"It's completely dehumanized. My mom died 30 years ago, and now she is just a ghost of the past who lives on from her body. ”

With that, the blade stepped forward, like a shadow in the night, and rushed at a great speed towards the foot of Mount Todd, and he said to Merlin:

"Follow me, I'll take you to find it, please help me... End its suffering. ”

Merlin rushed into the sky, keeping up with the blade as it raced across the ground, and the two of them followed the foothills of Mount Todd towards the depths of the mountain, as if there was a coordinate attracting the blade, and he had chosen the shortest route from the beginning.

"I said, with Vlad's source blood, you still can't fly?"

Merlin flew low as he shouted to Blade:

"Elsa said that high-level vampires have bat wings, and based on the combat power you showed before, I think you've already crossed that threshold, right?"

"I don't like it."

Blade replied:

"Maybe I could, but I didn't like that, and deep down I felt like I was still human."

"Oh, that means you can fly..."

Merlin nimbly walked around the tall trees, gathering black smoke billowing endlessly, looking like the villain was coming. He said:

"I hope you're smart enough to be flexible when it counts. It's really easy for you to kill you with these rules. ”

"I've got my own measure."

The blade is still the same blade, and you can see his stubborn temper when he speaks. Merlin shrugged his shoulders and stopped dissuading, but followed the galloping blade all the way into the mountains, and finally stopped in some completely shady valley.

Merlin looked around in mid-air, the valley is small in size, there is a small stream flowing through the middle, there should be no large animals here, the vegetation is lush, and it is indeed a good place to hide.

He unleashed his dark perception outward, and soon swept the entire valley, and on the stone wall at the edge of the valley's waterhole, he found a hidden cave.

Blade didn't need Merlin's reminder, and with his blood-linked perception, he quickly locked onto the cave, climbed the rock wall with vigorous steps, and then rushed into the cave, and a moment later, a terrible scream came from the cave.

"Eric! Eric! Listen to me! ”

A woman was dragged out of the cave by the arm of the blade, she was wearing a long white dress, her figure was bumpy, but the long dress was already covered with mud, and it looked like the marks left by a long journey.

If you look closely, this woman is indeed somewhat similar to Blade's resolute face, especially the outline of her eyes, which is almost identical.

"Listen to me! Eric, Deacon is dead, I'm free. ”

She shouted to Blade almost pleadingly:

"I'm all forced, Eric, I'm your mom, everything I do is for you, whether it's good or bad, please, Eric, please, let me go! I'm going to get out of here, I'm going to leave North America, and I'm not going to come back for the rest of my life, please. ”

"Vanessa..."

Blade walked to the entrance of the cave, he turned his head to look at the woman who prayed, it was his last relative in the world, this woman should have taken care of him to grow up, but in Blade's life, there was almost no place for this woman.

Not even the slightest impression is missing.

"You're all for yourself."

He crouched down and said to the begging female vampire:

"You're a cowardly, selfish man, and you're willing to be Deacon's pawn to lure me in... But I don't blame you, you're just a weak woman, I know how cunning and vicious Dickon is, and you can't protect yourself in the face of it. ”

"Your only mistake is, Vanessa."

Blade looked at the face that belonged to his mother, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, shook off Vanessa's fingers that were holding his arm, and he said word by word:

"You're going to be a vampire, and it's your business to chase your indulgent freedom. You shouldn't... Don't try to turn me into someone like you. Your heart is broken. ”

"I was forced, Eric, and it wasn't of my own volition."

Vanessa seemed to have a premonition of her fate, screaming and trying to keep Eric, but the blade was much faster than her, and in a flash of a moment, the blade jumped out of the pool.

"Wow"

With the sound of the howling wind, Vanessa, a female vampire, was swept up by a dancing cloud of black smoke and was held up and rushed into the sky.

"Eric, help me! My son, help me! ”

Vanessa struggled frantically, she knew what she was about to face, but Blade was just standing by the waterhole, and he didn't even look up.

In the sky above him, Merlin carried Vanessa to the clouds high in the sky, and before their eyes, the brightest sun was leaping into the sky from below sea level.

Dawn has arrived.

"Don't cry, don't make a fuss, ma'am."

Merlin said to Vanessa, who was screaming incessantly, in the smoke:

"You have a disease, a complication caused by selfishness and cowardice. Deception makes you have a high fever, viciousness makes it difficult for you to breathe, cruelty makes you sick to your stomach, persuasion causes you to go into cardiac arrest, and oh my God, you are sick almost all over your body. You see, I often say that doing bad things is not good for physical and mental health. ”

"But it doesn't matter, Dr. Merlin has formulated the best treatment plan for you, and we will start treating it from now on."

The black mist that enveloped Vanessa dispersed at this moment, allowing the warm golden sunlight to shine on the vampire's body, and as the white smoke escaped, Merlin whispered:

"Lady Vanessa, as a vampire, you may not know that this is the best disinfectant in the world..."

"It's sunshine."

"Ahh

A terrible wail, like an echo of hell, came from the sky, shaking the blade standing on the ground.

The vampire hunter lowered his head and looked at the waterhole at his feet, he let go of his silver sword and half-knelt by the pool, he closed his eyes, and found in Vlad III's memory a eulogy that ancient vampires used to pay tribute to the death of their compatriots.

He stretched out his fingers, dipped in cold water, and tapped them on his forehead, and whispered in a prayerful voice:

"I want you dead..."

"So you don't have to suffer from me."

"Through this wound..."

"The power of blood will be rotated by this..."

"Take it."

"Born of blood."

"In the name of blood."

"Nice poem, where did you hear that?"

Behind Blade, Merlin held a wooden box, and when he had finished Blade's prayer, he handed it to him, Merlin said:

"Find a place to bury her, by the way, before she dies, let me say sorry to you."

"She didn't say that."

Blade took the wooden box, he looked at Merlin, and said:

"You're lying to me trying to make me feel better, aren't you?"

"You'll just take it for her."

Merlin shook his hand, and he said:

"It's painful to always live so soberly."

"And... I've done you a favor, and you're going to do me a favor too. Don't worry, I just need you to do something very simple for me. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Help me... Kill someone! ”