"You want to see us?" said Hastings' voice sounding strange now, like a babbling baby suddenly speaking, and there was a hint of jerkiness in his tone.

Merlin didn't reply, and the scalpel swirled around his fingertips, eventually severing one of Hastings' toes, but the latter's expression did not change in any way, and his eyes were indifferent, as if he did not feel pain.

"I'm sorry, but I'll have to confirm your identity first, so I don't have to make a fuss. Merlin chuckled and put down the scalpel, "When we do business, we always use to talk to the boss, not some unnamed pawn, don't we?"

"You're so bold, a mere mortal ......"

Merlin interrupted unceremoniously without waiting for the other party to finish, "I'm not a mere mortal, and if you don't admit this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to proceed." ”

The Black Stats seemed to fall silent.

Merlin continued to himself, "Now that we have reached an agreement, let's talk about business, you have always had what I want, there is no doubt about it, and I have the ...... you desperately need now."

"We will not fear a mortal. Hastings said expressionlessly.

Merlin chuckled when he heard this, "You know, what I like most about you is that you are always so arrogant, dead ducks have a hard mouth, and Pargos was still immersed in this self-satisfaction until the last moment before he died, until the toxin eroded his proud divine body, anyway, how does it feel to watch your companion die at the hands of ants?"

Dark Stats looked up and looked straight ahead, "You're trying to provoke us?"

"No, I'm just stating one thing. Merlin shook his head and said, "That kid, Rob, he is even more powerful than you think, you know, what kind of power he will wield once he succeeds in becoming a god, but your innate arrogance and sense of superiority from nowhere have prevented you from paying attention to this hidden danger early." ”

Merlin pointed to Dark Stins' chest, "Even this fool has a sharper sense of danger than you, and I, now, offer you an opportunity to make up for the mistakes you made and eliminate this potential crisis." ”

"But as far as we know, the formation of this mistake has a lot to do with you. Hastings said coldly.

Merlin shrugged his shoulders, "I did push a few times along the way, but I'm a businessman, everything I did was to make this deal happen, and now, we're all sitting here, actively exploring solutions." ”

"Do you really think that you can blackmail us with such dirty, dirty methods?"

"You don't seem to have figured out one thing. Merlin put away his smile, "Now you are begging me, not me, maybe I need to remind you that there is less than half a day, and the child will be successfully canonized." ”

"The premise is that you do have the means to bypass the Soul Flower and succeed in becoming a god. ”

"Okay, so we're back to square one. Merlin sneered, "If you're not in a hurry, we can start with the color of my panties." ”

The other side was silent again, blood pouring out of Black Stins' stomach and spilling down his calves on the ground, but he didn't care, he was lying there like a puppet, not even blinking his eyes.

Merlin knew that the other party should have left the body temporarily, and was probably discussing his request.

A mortal's body could not withstand this kind of high-intensity will, and Black Stins' soul had already been destroyed in the process of coming, and he would probably have to spend the rest of his life in such a state of dementia.

As the head of the Matthews family, the existence of the once powerful existence on the Dawn Continent ended up like this, which is not miserable, but Merlin didn't have time to care about the spiritual civilization construction on the other side, and after about six or seven minutes, Black Strongs raised his head again and said, "We can accept your request, we will provide you with the remaining half of the soul flower, so that you can enter the kingdom of God and become one of us, but in return, you have to interrupt the god sealing ceremony that is going on now." ”

"Sounds fair. Merlin nodded, "As long as I don't tell him the last step, the canonization ceremony will automatically fail, and you don't need to worry about this trouble anymore." ”

"We never worried, just to minimize the risk. Hastings said.

"I understand, I understand. Merlin rubbed his nose, "After all, I have lived for more than nine hundred years, and although I am a little tired of it for so long, who doesn't want to live it any longer." ”

"What you want is here. Apparently not wanting to continue talking to someone, Hastings scribbled a spot next to his bed with his fingertips dipped in his own blood, "Remember to keep your promises. Hastington paused, and said in an emotionless tone, "Also, welcome to join us, for the first time in 200,000 years, we have a new companion." ”

"You happen to have two empty seats lately, don't you?" Merlin smiled, glancing at the address next to the bed, before erasing it with his hand.

"We will wait for you. With that, Hastings hung his head.

Merlin plunged the scalpel into Black Stins' throat to help him end his pain, then stood up and took off his leather skirt, humming a little song as if in a good mood.

He did have reason to celebrate what he had been planning for more than 900 years and was now one step away from succeeding, but unfortunately he couldn't find the wine in this safe place after that.

Merlin summoned a golem and asked it to help deal with the corpse of Dark Estims and the mess in the basement, while he himself took up his staff and put on his coat.

It wasn't far from where he was now, and he had time to buy a drink before he left.

Merlin remembered the last time he came to this town more than a hundred years ago, and there seemed to be a decent tavern on the west side of the city, but he didn't know if there were any more, but he planned to go there anyway.

It's a pity that he is the only one left in the dark night, and no one can celebrate the upcoming victory with him, who said that the winner is always lonely, but fortunately he has been used to this loneliness for a long time, and hundreds of years have not left any traces on his body.

He is like a big tree, growing lonely among the cliffs, quietly watching the world.

(End of chapter)