After hundreds of years of inheritance and evolution, the Assassin League has become a very mature organization, with a complete internal operating system.

Regardless of whether there is a ninja master or not, the affairs within this organization will be pushed forward according to a fixed set of processes.

Even after the death of the Master Ninja, the members of the League of Assassins continued to search for the Assassin City of Nandarbat. The last order issued by the Master Ninja was to abandon the exposed Nandarbat and transfer all the remaining forces from the Assassin Alliance's base camp to Interlaken, Switzerland.

That's Lars. Al. The territory that Gul had acquired hundreds of years ago, the Assassin League had long ago built a reserve base in the mountains of Jungfrau in the mountains.

In the hustle and bustle of preparing for a mass migration, Merlin, as an outsider, quietly observes the rules of operation of this mysterious organization.

Although he was not a member of the League of Assassins, watching the ancient Order's style of conduct could give him a lot of information about the future management of S. L.D.'s inspiration and experience.

To be honest, there aren't many opportunities to observe like this.

Especially the ancient organization in front of him, its internal style of acting is exactly the same as that of S.H.I.E.L.D. administrator Nick. Fury's advocacy of "split management" is completely polarized.

At least in Merlin's eyes, there was no particularly obvious class distinction between these assassins, and what they admired and fulfilled was obviously a group combat mentality.

The entire League of Assassins was like a unit, and they didn't seem to go it alone when they did anything.

"An amplified version of the 'fraternity.'"

Merlin, who was standing on a rampart, pushed his glasses and whispered:

"Binding members with established rules and a sense of mission, and reinforcing the concept of rules through continuous training, is like the legendary Spartan, who pursues collective glory while advocating individual glory."

"But this kind of thinking is more applicable to small and medium-sized organizations, and it takes a strong leader to maintain and lead by example, otherwise it is easy to have all kinds of problems."

Merlin shook his head:

"When it comes to managing large organizations, Fury's approach is obviously easier and more effective."

"What are you doing standing here?"

Just as Merlin was about to leave, Thalia, dressed in a mournful black dress, came to Merlin's side.

"I'm just looking at the scenery."

Merlin pointed to the majestic snow-capped mountains in the distance and said to Talia:

"I'm curious, how many secrets are hidden in this snow-capped mountain at the spine of the world?"

"Then I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed."

Talia stepped forward and stood with Merlin, looking out at the mountains in the distance that towered like a recumbent snow dragon, and said:

"I grew up here, and my father stayed here for more than 300 years, and for that long time, my father didn't know all the secrets of this mountain."

"For a while, I was as curious about the hidden secrets of this mountain as you are, and I tried to explore it, but my father stopped me."

Talia Says:

"He warned me more than once that there are several places in this snowy mountain that are very dangerous for ordinary people... There are also people who call those places 'holy places'. Do you know what that means? ”

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded, and he replied:

"Since it is a holy place, it means that it is not a place that ordinary people can set foot in."

"If you know, it's good."

Talia brushed her hair and said:

"Although in the eyes of ordinary people, you are mysterious and powerful. But in the eyes of the higher powers, you are no different from ordinary people. There are a lot of secrets that are very dangerous, Merlin, there... The secrets of the mountains are not what you can explore now. ”

In the face of Talia's well-intentioned warning, Merlin did not answer, nor did he deny it.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze from the snowy mountains, turned his head to look at Talia, and said:

"Let's talk about the real world. What about my compensation? ”

"I brought it to you."

With a wave of her hand, two silent warriors walked up the city wall with two wooden boxes. Pointing to the two boxes, Talia said:

"That's what you want."

Merlin stepped forward and picked up the smaller box, which he opened to reveal two pieces of irregular parchment, the two that had been left blank in the treasure map of the Berserker's staff, which Talia had given to Merlin.

But next to the parchment, there was a bank card.

Merlin picked up the card and looked back at Talia, who shrugged at him and said:

"I was young and frivolous, I did something wrong and caused trouble, you can take it as my apology."

"Okay."

Merlin hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end he didn't refuse the apologetic gift. Although it is cheesy, money is still quite useful in this day and age.

And as a veteran agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Merlin is not a rich man in the true sense of the word.

Although he is in charge of S. The cash flow of the L.D. department also has the power to allocate funds freely, but that is public money after all, and Merlin's bottom line is not low enough to pry Fury's corner.

His other identity is that he is a wizard who has no job, and he has to research new alchemy recipes and buy new magic materials, all of which cost money. Seriously, since jumping into the two big pits of potions and alchemy, Merlin's daily expenses have actually been maintained in a very extreme state.

Of course, money was not a necessity for Merlin, so he didn't care too much about it.

He put the first small box in his pocket, then moved his fingers to open the second box.

The moment the box was opened, a cold wind suddenly appeared on the city walls, blowing Talia's long hair back and forth, and in the wind, there was a whispering sound, which sounded quite noisy.

"The Red Can of Cletus."

Merlin looked at the quaint, rough workmanship, without any embellishment, and at first glance it looked like an ordinary amphora, and he could feel an obscure and dark power winding around the pot.

He stretched out his finger and touched the surface of the clay pot, and at this moment, the hidden power of the entrenchment made Merlin's fingers feel frozen and tingling.

This means that the power of the seal in the jar in front of him can easily destroy Merlin's defenses, and even to a certain extent, suppress the dark magic in Merlin's body that originates from the three palaces.

He withdrew his fingers, took the wooden box cautiously, and said softly:

"It's a dangerous thing..."

"Do you know where this thing came from?"

Talia, who was standing beside Merlin, asked:

"I only learned the name of the jar from my father, who told me that it was part of a powerful magic weapon and that it was something extremely dangerous. He stored it in the deepest part of the treasury, sealing it with a spell left by a dark wizard from a hundred years ago. ”

"Master Ninja is right to be cautious."

Merlin placed the wooden box in a large sealing box, and then locked several anti-magic locks on the box, and while casting a Prison Spell on the sealing box, he explained to Tarya:

"This red jar is not an ordinary magic weapon, even in the wizard's Ministry of Magic, such a thing will be given the highest level of vigilance."

"What's in this jar?"

Talia watched Merlin's movements, and she couldn't help but ask:

"Demons?"

"Yes, a demon that is said to have been born in ancient times has been eternally sealed by another mysterious force tens of thousands of years before the birth of world civilization."

Merlin Says:

"But since it's a seal, it can definitely be broken. But what's interesting about the Red Jar is that the Ancient Demons sealed in the Jar can't be summoned alone. ”

"Let's talk about it in detail."

Leaning against the wall on one side, Talia said:

"I'm not in a good mood right now, and listening to a wizard tell a story might be a good pastime."

"It's not a secret thing."

Merlin placed the sealed chest of several confinements into his magic pocket, and then said to Talia:

"A lot of wizards have heard of the legends about the red pots, but few have seen them in person."

"The Red Jar of Cletus, which is part of a whole set of dark artifacts, its full name is 'Green Bell, Silver Wheel, and Red Jar'. In each of these three items, there is an ancient demon sealed, no one knows why, but they are indeed sent down by the mysterious sealer, a very strange binding rule. ”

Merlin stretched out his fingers, made a bow and a shaking, and a turning motion, and said:

"Only when the three actions of worshipping the red pot, shaking the green bell, and turning the silver wheel at the same time will the seal of the ancient three demons be opened for a short time. And the life that made these three actions will get all the power of the ancient three demons without reservation... But this has a time limit, and it can only last for 100 years. ”

"At the end of 100 years, if the user who has received the power of the Ancient Three Demons does not die, he will be sacrificed to the three demons as a sacrifice, and they will be free. But this freedom, too, has a time limit, the same 100 years. ”

Merlin, like a teacher of knowledge, said to Thalia:

"After 100 years of freedom, whether the Three Ancient Demons want to or not, they will be re-sealed into the three magic weapons, waiting for the next reincarnation."

"No one knows how long the Green Bell, the Silver Wheel, and the Red Jar have been on Earth, but the only thing that is certain is that this strange cycle has never been interrupted. Every 100 years, there are several supernatural events related to the Three Magic Weapons, and of course, these events occur in a way that is often accompanied by large-scale bloodshed and catastrophe. ”

"Oh, is that so?"

Talia's eyes narrowed, and she said to Merlin:

"I now regret that I handed over the red can to you so hastily."

"Stop!"

Merlin reached out and grabbed a strand of Talia's hair, tugging at it a little harder, as if as a punishment, and he warned:

"I know what you're thinking, but your father's refusal to tell you the story of the Red Can is to prevent you from having dangerous thoughts. Listen to me, Talia, it sounds nice to collect three magic weapons to gain power, but it's a deadly trap. ”

Merlin said solemnly:

"First of all, without collecting all the three magic weapons, using one or two of them alone will only trigger the demonic power in the magic weapon in a destructive way, and it will destroy anything around it indiscriminately, even the user is not exempt."

"Secondly, in all the records of wizards, none of the lucky few lucky people who have collected the three magic weapons will live to be 100 years old safely... The number of times the Ancient Three Demons have been successfully released in the endless cycle will not exceed 3 times. ”

Merlin warned:

This is a true testament. That is, those who rashly make deals with demons will definitely not end well. So, Talia, for Bruce's sake, I advise you not to think anything crooked. ”

"You know it's so dangerous, why collect it?"

Talia knocked Merlin's hand away from her hair, and she crossed her arms and asked suspiciously:

"I'm skeptical right now, you might have clues to the other two magic weapons in your hands, but unfortunately, I don't have any proof."

"You're thinking too much."

Merlin said as usual:

"The clues of the three magic weapons are ethereal, and my luck is not good enough to collect them in just a few years... Speaking of, Where's Damian? It's time for a check-up. ”

Merlin changed the subject a little stiffly, it was clear that he didn't want to talk too much about the Three Magic Weapons with Talia.

Because Taliana's guess derived from a woman's intuition was correct.

Merlin not only had clues about the Three Magic Weapons in his hand, but even, in addition to the red can, he already had another Three Magic Weapons in his hand.

That's Yustu's Green Bell.

In 1989, when Merlin first started his travels, he encountered an old trickster in Chicago who tried to help Merlin "exorcise" with an accidental green bell, but he got away with it.

It almost killed Merlin, and that time the Green Bell was awakened in less than 2 seconds, and its burst of magic almost leveled a street.

The Green Bell was later recovered by Fury, and its code name in S.H.I.E.L.D. was 89084-1, and since its recovery, Green Bell has been stored in a warehouse at Base 084.

Merlin only learned about this when he was looking through the file after he became a Level 7 agent, and of course, he didn't know at the time that the Red Canister was in the hands of the Assassins.

This can be regarded as the unexpected gain of Merlin's revenge journey.

The Three Magic Weapons are very dangerous, but they are also very powerful things. With Merlin's current situation, he needs more hole cards to deal with what might happen in the future.

If he can collect all three magic weapons, the dangerous thing will become the most powerful of all Merlin's hole cards.

But what's worse is that due to the long period of time and the small number of occurrences, even the oldest wizarding texts are vague about the true strength of the three demons.

Maybe these ancient three demons are really very powerful existences, but it is also very likely that they have long since become weak in the long past, and even have fallen.

If Merlin is unlucky, then the three magic weapons he has spent a lot of energy collecting will most likely be a waste that cannot be used, or is far less powerful than expected.

"Follow me."

Talia turned and walked down the wall, and she said to Merlin:

"My son adores his grandfather, and my father's death was a big blow to Damian. I'm going to coordinate the migration of the Assassin Alliance now, and I don't have much time to enlighten him..."

"That child is indeed strong, but this is the first time he has experienced the death of a loved one since he was born."

"Merlin, I hope you can help me enlighten Damian and let him get out of that shadow of his mind as soon as possible."

Merlin hesitated in the face of Talia's request, then nodded and said:

"Okay."

"But I also have a request, Talia, you have to send Damien to Bruce, and for the rest of the time, let Damien stay with you... To be honest, I'm not too reassured. ”