The heavy clatter of the metal door came from the ceiling overhead, and the clear vibration caused the chandelier to shake a few times.

Is anyone coming......

Merlin squirmed his body in his restraint suit, glanced at the slightly flickering fluorescent lights, sighed softly, and leaned his back into the corner of the wall tiredly.

He didn't know how long he had been arrested, maybe a week, maybe a month. There's no clock, no calendar, no one to talk to.

During this time, Merlin was imprisoned in this cage that did not see the light of day, and was attended to from three meals a day to washing and going to bed, and the only place where he could move freely was his mouth.

However, the mouth can only eat and drink, and it has lost the function of language.

This was because he was worried that Merlin would use a spell to escape, and after Beverly finished asking, he directly gave him a dumb injection.

Bang-

The sound of the metal wall gradually opening layer by layer came from far and near, and the iron door of the outer passage of the cell also sounded the sound of a winch turning, and after a few seconds, it opened inward with a clatter.

Bright sunlight poured into the room like a yellow golden carpet, spreading from the bright entrance to Merlin, making his eyes tingle.

Who is it this time?

Certainly not the one delivering the food and washing themselves, as they all went through the inner passageway, and this person had apparently come in from the outside.

Maybe it's the red-haired inquisitor, maybe it's the doctor who gave him a dumb shot, maybe it's the executioner who is about to carry out the execution...... Whatever...... Being imprisoned by such an immortal person, it is better to die.

Before being sent to this cell. Merlin tried countless ways to get out, quibbling to the death, exchanging interests, and selling his freedom, but to no avail. Nevertheless the governor's palace condemned him.

Alas!

I have just crossed the timeline, and before I can implement the long-brewing plan, I am about to face the death penalty, which is really unwilling.

Merlin barely kept his eyes open, staring at the figure coming from the light, trying to see his face through the shadows.

"I'm Pompey. ”

In the dark shadows of the backlight, an old but powerful voice came out.

“......”

Merlin squinted. Raising his face, as he gradually got used to the vastness, he saw the other party's appearance clearly. An expression of surprise and joy suddenly appeared on his face.

"I almost forgot, you can't speak now. Pompey leaned aside and waved at the attendants.

The acolyte nodded, picking up a syringe from the metal tray in his hand. The syringe is the smallest model. It was filled with half a tube of blue liquid, which was the antidote to dumb agents.

The prison guard who followed them immediately pulled out the key, walked briskly forward, and opened the door to the cage.

The attendant walked through the cell door, walked straight to Merlin's side, motioned for the other man to turn sideways, and then stabbed the injection around his neck. The half-tube antidote was injected into the mage's artery along the needle, and the cold liquid quickly melted into the blood and flowed throughout his body, reinvigorating Merlin's long-languishing spirit.

"I want to be alone with him for a while. Pompey watched as the antidote was fully infused into Merlin's body. Said lightly.

"Your Excellency, please be careful. ”

The attendant glanced at Merlin's restraint suit. Without saying much, he withdrew with the others.

Bang dang!

The light was swallowed up by the heavy wall once more, and the light inside the cage dimmed, leaving only the soft glow of the fluorescent lights flickering slightly.

"I'm here because I feel that you and I are both observers, and it is necessary to meet each other. Pompey smiled at his colleague, reached out and straightened out his toga robe, and sat down on his couch.

"You...... You ......"

Merlin gripped his tongue, adjusting to the recovered language function, and said vaguely:

"You...... Are you here to help me?"

"You and I are peers, but in a way, we are also competitors. Pompey looked at him with a look of pity and said with a smile: "The difference is that I won, and you, before you can make a move, have already failed." ”

"But we have the same goal, and the date of the Great Shift is getting closer and closer, and if we want to stop it, we must strengthen the strength of the princes by all means. Merlin stared into his eyes, his words becoming clearer as he spoke:

"Everything I do is for this. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. ”

Pompey nodded slightly in agreement, and shook his head again:

"But I don't think a plate of loose sand can achieve anything, I will only choose the strongest, the wolves under the leadership of the lion, is the best way to resist the great transfer. ”

"Stupid!"

Merlin sneered and squinted at the other party: "None of the princes who rose up in the Great Transfer were willing to be swayed by others, do you think you can manipulate him?"

"Manipulating ......"

Pompey chewed for a few seconds, revealing a hint of enlightenment, and sighed with his long beard: "No wonder you want to approach the unborn red dragon, it turns out that you want to manipulate her from a young age...... Merlin, you're crazy. ”

"We are people who have experienced the Great Shift, and we know the details of all the disasters, but they don't know anything about it, so naturally we should personally take care of the layout, is there a problem?"

Merlin asked as he stared into his eyes and looked blank.

"If the Great Shift is a constant disaster, you might have no problem doing so. Pompey stared at the cold light in his eyes, his ruddy face gradually turned blue, and he replied softly.

"What do you mean?" Merlin looked up in surprise.

"Are you the one who came back from the first catastrophe?" Pompey did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"How many times?"

Merlin's expression suddenly froze on his face, and after realizing something, he was dumbfounded for a while, and then exclaimed madly:

"Is there another calamity after the Eternal Night Havoc?"

"It was just one time...... The Eternal Night Catastrophe is followed by the moment of the Twilight Cataclysm and Purification...... Then came the apocalypse, the invasion of the Void...... And finally the real Judgment Day......"

Pompey stretched out the index finger of his left hand and pointed to his chest:

"I was the last group of people to return before Judgment Day. One of the survivors of the shelter who has survived the catastrophe of countless variables. ”

“......”

Merlin stared at him dumbfounded, and it took a long time for her lips to twitch. Spit out a few syllables:

"It can't be. ”

"Because of that. ”

Pompey pointed to his head and said as usual:

"I will not change anything, because calamity will change, and I will only assist the person I think is most worthy of allegiance, who is the leader who will lead us to victory. In this process, there will be competition, the weak will be eliminated, and the strong will rise, which is the right way to resist the big transfer. ”

“......”

Merlin was silent for a moment. His eyes twitched slightly, and he glanced at the other party:

"You can come and go in places like this, and you seem to be trusted by Black Hawk...... I chose the Red Dragon for the convenience of controlling her. What did you choose him for?"

"It's just a gap in information. ”

Pompey looked at the sparkling fluorescence on the floor, his eyes gradually softened, and he said with a chuckle:

"He was a loser at the beginning of the Great Transfer, but he really made it to Judgment Day. Princes who are still resisting. There is not much left. Void Fear, though evil, has always been on our side, fighting all the time...... Until destruction. ”

"Where's the Red Dragon...... What's the end for her?"

"In order to cope with the moment of purification, he lost his sword scabbard and died in the great flood by forging a shelter...... Idealist from start to finish, firm executor...... A hero who is remembered and revered by the survivors"

"Yes......"

Merlin gradually closed his eyes, revealing a hint of exhaustion, and sighed faintly:

"I was right. ”

Then. He suddenly opened his eyes: "If you say so, the battle of the Destiny of Atlasus." Is it over before it even starts?"

"At least I didn't wait for that day, and so did the veiled woman, who was so persistent, convinced that only a true emperor could lead us to an end to all calamities. Pompey stroked his white beard and smiled slightly, and hugged his shoulders:

"Of course, that's not much different from what I thought. ”

"Have you seen her?"

"Every observer will leave a mark in the Imaginary Corridor of Numbers, and I am the last of them, so I will naturally know a little bit of information about my predecessor, and the Compass of Destiny is in her hands, of course there is more information. ”

“......”

Merlin opened his mouth and glanced at the other party without saying anything, but finally failed to speak.

"Are you trying to ask yourself if there's a chance?" Pompey vaguely guessed something.

"yes, do I still have a chance?"

"No chance, Merlin. He shook his head slightly regretfully and explained seriously:

"It's not that I'm unwilling to come to the rescue, it's that you killed an Origin Knight with the potential to deify, and someone must be held accountable. You know, this is not the era of chaos when order collapses, and even if the emperor wants to punish an origin knight, at most he will be exiled. You've made a big mistake that you can't make up for, you've been arrested again, and now no one can save you. ”

"Lilith could live. Merlin looked at him coldly.

"But Lilith is the queen, and a queen of merit! The Governor can't fault even the most bitter politician in doing this, and you, the only culprit. ”

Pompey sighed and stood up, walked to the corner, and patted him on the shoulder:

"Think about it from another angle, if Lilith dies, there will be no future red dragon. In other words, you are now trading your life for the birth of the Red Dragon. ”

"You're really comforting, but it's a lot better to think about it. ”

Merlin thought about it with his rhythm, and actually felt a lot more relaxed, and his voice also regained a trace of strength:

"If you think about it, it would be a better ending if you could die quietly in the warm sun than to go through those hardships again. ”

"yes. ”

Pompey looked at the fluorescent lights with great interest, his right hand resting on his long beard, and his eyes showed a look of reminiscence: "The terrible nightmares of the past are still on my side, and for me now, even a breath of clean air is a rare enjoyment." ”

"Judgment Day of Atlasu in the Future"

Merlin looked straight ahead, his expression was unwavering, and he asked calmly, "What day is my judgment day?"

"Half a month later. ”

Pompey carefully observed his expression and found that the other party was surprisingly calm, so he continued: "I will often come to see you in the past half month, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, you might as well tell me." ”

"Sunshine. ”

Merlin blurted out, looking up at the dimly lit fluorescent lamp, and muttered:

"I'm fed up with fluorescent lights...... I'm fed up with ......."

......

"I'm back!"

The energetic sweet voice came into the room through the door panel, and in the next moment, the door panel of the composite door "clanged" and popped open, and as soon as Ya Lei put down the things in his hand, Charlene was already hanging on him, eating and laughing:

"Did you miss me?"

"I want to die. The black-haired knight answered the question according to the standard answer.

"Really?" she narrowed her eyes in disbelief.

"Really. ”

Yalei reached out and pulled the green-haired girl off her body and put it on her lap: "During your absence, a lot of things have really happened, and I'm too busy. ”

"I know, it's a cultist thing. ”

Charlene raised her chin high, confidently touched her chest with one hand, and looked like she was in control of everything: "I've heard about what they did in Glamorgan, it's stupid." ”

"How?"

The black-haired knight immediately raised an eyebrow.

"Now it is nothing more than two situations, one is that the Black Goat Mother God will be resurrected, and the other is that the Black Goat Mother God will not be resurrected. ”

The green-haired girl raised two white fingers and explained solemnly:

"If the Black Goat Mother God is going to be resurrected, those stupid cultists are too stupid to make news at this time, and even if you are stupid to make news, you can't just come here with such a big deal. We can't paralyze the entire Celtic countermeasure system in one go, so what's the use of making trouble other than increasing our vigilance?"

"Makes sense. Arley nodded repeatedly.

"In the second case, the imminent resurrection of the Black Goat Mother Goddess is false news, and if so, then what are the cultists doing this for? Is it just a demonstration to us?"

"I understand what you're saying, but the problem is that you can't think of a madman. ”

The black-haired knight touched his chin and said calmly:

"So far, all the information we have points to the cultists, but I won't take it lightly, because there are still a lot of suspicions. But no matter what, the cultists must go all out to clean it up, but it's not time yet. ”

"Are you worried about running out of manpower?" Charlene looked at him with a wink.

"It's not. ”

Yalei shook his head and said softly:

"A few days ago, there was an assassination of Lydia, and yesterday there was another assassination of Goethe and Lolo, and if I hadn't arrived in time, the Assassins might have succeeded. There must be someone secretly staring at us, and if we don't serve this group of people in one pot, how can I exterminate the cult with peace of mind?"

"Assassination...... Is it a cultist?" asked the green-haired girl, frowning.

"I'm not sure, but it's likely. ”

The black-haired knight handed her a sketch in his hand:

"This is a parasite I drew from memory, the assassin is full of this disgusting bug, can you help me find the source of this bug?"

(To be continued.) )