Rune Continent Jarva. Merlin Sanctuary, First Sanctuary. The moss-covered stone palace shimmers with a turquoise luster and birds chirp in the woods. The trees are deliberately trimmed with simple magic patterns to control their growth rate and shape.

It was the stronghold of the Merlin cult, a nondescript complex at the foot of Mount Cabis on the edge of the continent.

Overall, when viewed from the top of the mountain, it looks like a blooming stone-colored rose, and the tops of the eight sanctuaries shimmer with different colors, bringing rich magical blessings to the holy place. It's also the place where the Primordial Rune is located, the center of the magical vortex around which everything revolves.

At this time, the First Sanctuary seemed to be unpeaceful, and people in various robes were constantly coming and going, most of them holding thin and tough parchment paper and a magic pen in their hands. Using the magic power you have accumulated as ink, the magic pen will automatically reveal the ink, which is said to last for tens of thousands of years without fading.

"The Magic Index is rising linearly and is still within the range of change."

The First Sanctuary contained a large number of large glass tubes that were glowing with different lights, some of which were empty, and some of which contained some strangely shaped creatures. They're all still alive!

A creature resembling a monkey with a translucent tail, its body twitching involuntarily in one of the glass tubes.

This is a precious sample of experiments caught in this magical Cabis Mountains, and the members of the Merlin Cult exist to explore the ultimate mysteries of runic magic, and these things naturally cannot be let go. However, instead of studying this astonishing creature, they are conducting experiments that have been repeated countless times.

"Merlin Plan".

In order to achieve the spiritualization of human flesh and the materialization of souls, the warlocks of the Merlin Sect can be said to have tried their best to capture all kinds of spiritualized rune creatures, and then gathered orphans or babies who were stolen shortly after birth collected from all over the world, and used their bodies to carry out a series of bold and advanced experiments.

If you spiritualize your own body, you can get rid of the shackles of your body and be able to freely obtain energy, instead of carefully testing the critical point of your body, which means that people can eliminate the boundaries of each other's talents and enjoy the blessings of the power of runes together, which is not bad. But...... The difficulty of the experiment can be imagined.

The physical fitness of adults has been shaped, and of course the people of the Merlin Sect have also done experiments to forcibly fuse runic creatures with human flesh, but none of them have been successful, but they have consumed lives in vain. After a lot of experiments, it was finally discovered that the baby's body seemed to be more able to withstand the power of runes due to its stronger plasticity, and the probability of success was higher. Of course, babies who can't withstand the huge magic can't run away from death.

At this time, a baby in the huge nursery has half-open and half-closed eyes, his blonde hair is floating up and down in the pale yellow liquid, and a little bubble bubbles are coming out of his mouth, as if in the water, the baby can still breathe. This is the breathing water that Merlin has created, which can supply the breath of the creatures soaked in it. Of course, runic creatures don't need to breathe, they don't even need to eat, and they don't get energy in the same way as normal creatures with physical bodies.

Next to the nursery cabin, there was a cabin about the size of it, and a nightmare was sealed in it. With the general characteristics of runic creatures, the shape of the nightmare is unstable, like a small ball of purple wool, and bright purple spots of light flash on it from time to time, which seems even more mysterious and weird. This is the Sealing Chamber, and only a container without a single blemish can bind the runic creature and let it lie dormant inside.

This nightmare was born out of the rune rifts of the Obis Mountains, and was sealed and transported here just after birth.

An adult nightmare can bring everyone in a small town into a dream world that they have created, and if people are not careful, they will stay in this dream forever, turning the magic in their body into the nightmare's nourishment. Especially some people with good physical talents, their bodies are not only targeted by some evil warlocks, they are also stared at by runic creatures hungry for more energy, they must be careful, careful, careful. In this continent full of intrigues, any mistake can become a stepping stone to the soles of someone else's shoes.

"The forty-second generation of the 'Merlin Project', the 3,744th human nightmare fusion test, is now launched, and the estimated fusion time is three minutes." A man with long fiery red hair and a scruffy beard held a large roll of parchment in his hand and read it carefully, his tone languid, as if he could not expect the experiment to succeed, "The success rate of the experiment: 0.72 percent." If the mana concentration exceeds the target by 3 percentage points, the test should be terminated immediately, and if the baby's body disintegrates, the experiment must be terminated immediately. ”

"Yes, Mr. Fregel." Beside Fregela stood a chestnut-haired man, his tone respectful, and then he stepped forward, skillfully debugging the huge machine that had taken countless manpower and material resources to build, and the trickle of magic trickled from the machine's pipes in all directions, and finally converged on the surface of the nursery and the demon sealing room.

These ever-changing specks of light magic were the product of the few [Primordial Runes] of the Elemental Magic, which were constantly changing colors, and now wriggled like blood vessels connecting two completely different creatures together.

Buzz –

A large mana shield expanded out of thin air within the First Sanctuary, squeezing the surrounding air aside, firmly protecting the two glass-made vessels.

"Márquez, open the hatch, I don't need to remind you." The magic pen in Fregel's hand lightly lit the parchment, leaving a trail of ink of unknown significance.

"Yes." The chestnut-haired Márquez nodded, slamming the pale green button under his hand.

Smack-

In fact, they couldn't hear anything, everything was isolated by the mana shield, and the two hatches opened quickly at an extremely high synchronization rate.

The yellow breath that should have overflowed along the opening of the hatch actually floated in the air, not even the whole, it was completely like a golden giant egg floating in the air, and the sleeping nightmare also floated out of the sealed demon chamber, and the two were slowly approaching under the control of the magic power.

The blonde baby was still asleep, seemingly unaware that he was about to merge indescribably with the horrible creature in front of him. His little mouth was sweetly bent, and his little hands were fat, as if he were clutching something empty.

"Start merging." Fregela commanded, let Márquez continue.

The current condition is good, and there is no situation where runic creatures infect babies with their magical powers, but they don't seem to interfere with each other, and even the nightmares released show no signs of escaping, just floating there quietly, like a mass of cotton wool flying wildly.

"It's good at the moment, and the nightmare is still dormant." Márquez's hands were now off the console, raised high, two shiny miniature circles lit up at his wrists, words in his mouth, and his eyes glittered with magic.

"Start merging!"

I saw two dark golden six-pointed stars appear out of thin air behind the baby and the nightmare, the baby was still asleep, and the nightmare felt the fluctuation of magic power, and reacted, but it was not big.

"The nightmare of inertia...... It's really interesting. Fregela smiled, and he pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and the magic pen in his hand danced rapidly, scribbling graceful words on the parchment.

Driven by the six-pointed star, two distinct creatures moved closer to each other, eventually becoming one.

"Ho......" Márquez swallowed a little nervously, "the speed at which this mana rises exponentially......"

It's a little slow.

It was the first time he had seen such a situation, shouldn't an ordinary nightmare be rushing forward to devour the life energy of the baby in front of him? How did you become like this now?

"It seems to be a good fit." Fregela gestured at him, motioning for him to let the two lazy fellows come closer.

Marquez nodded, a large brilliant magic pattern appeared on his neck, and his arm trembled slightly, and he had to complete the operation with a high concentration of attention.

As the nightmare and the baby got closer, the nightmare seemed to begin to move, its tentacles carefully reaching out, brushing away the yellow breath and gently caressing the baby's face. What is it doing? Could it be ...... It doesn't even have the instinct to eat yet?

The blonde baby's eyelids tightened, and the corners of his mouth pursed. He seemed to have a feeling.

"Woo......" he opened.

In front of me is an endless dreamy purple, and in the depths of purple is a deep starry sky.

"The mana index is starting to swell dramatically, and it has exceeded the set parameters, do you want to stop?"

"No, that's it, I'm going to see—"

In an instant, such a large purple flocculent object actually took the initiative to burrow into the baby's right eye!

"——!!Uhh Thrilling cry!

From the baby's right eye, dense magic patterns poured out from the depths of his skin like a tide, and the shockwave spread like a wave around the baby's body!

"This is ......" Márquez muttered in disbelief as he looked at the console in front of him, "Are they actively merging......"

The roots of the baby's hair were dyed a bewitching purple from the original gold, and as the magic pattern retracted into his right eye like a low tide, his hair had already turned into a nondescript gold and purple, flying wildly in the barrier of magic.

It worked......

The atmosphere was so frozen that it was almost dripping, and they were not happy about the birth of a new Merlin, but were afraid. What the hell did they make...... And where will your future go?

"Hmm......" The baby woke up and opened his eyes.

One of his pupils was a simple bright gold, his original color. And the other...... It turned into a bottomless purple, and the inner brilliance flowed, like a swimming fish at the bottom of the pool.

In the sea of the baby's knowledge, a strange individual squeezed into the space that belonged to him. And that consciousness seemed to be hostile, but it did not make any other movements, just stared quietly at the consciousness that belonged to the baby. And in the depths of his soul, the two sigils revolved around each other and then merged into one.

The mana shield opened, and the breath had automatically returned to the nursery barn, and both cabins closed their glass doors, quietly returning to their own places. The baby floating in the sky easily landed on Freguerra's hand with a wave of his hand. He looked at the baby and didn't speak. The parchment paper in his hand was between his fingers so that it would not cut through the baby's delicate skin.

"He's Merlin."

"Yes, he's Merlin."

"His name is Merlin Márquez."

"What do you mean ......?"

"That's right, this baby will be raised by you in the future, I will apply to my superiors to promote your Yulu, and your task in the future is to take care of him." Fregela snapped his fingers, conjured a swaddling swaddle out of thin air, smiled and held the baby on it, handing it to a dazed-looking Márquez.

"Remember, don't believe in nightmares." Ignoring Márquez's expression, Fregela solemnly said to him in front of everyone, "Even if he is a baby." ”

"We don't know if this baby still has consciousness of his own, Nightmare learns very quickly, and you know, he can invade our dreams and spy on people's ......"

"Nightmares mature for eight years...... Márquez muttered.

"He wasn't destined to be ordinary." Fregela said.

"He's Merlin."

"And," Fregela said more solemnly, word for word, "don't let him do anything superfluous, we don't want another escaped Merlin." ”

"Of course I do." Márquez pursed his lips and said dryly.

When he looked into Merlin's right eye, he always felt that something of his mind was being spied on, which made him shiver.

"Remember to find him milk." Fregela smiled and turned around, a hint of banter flashing in his eyes.

"This era will eventually be opened by us, and the decaying wood should also be cleared of maggots."

"What are you going to do?"

"Get rid of those who stand in our way."

"You're crazy!"

"No matter how much Merlin there is, if we don't do this, we'll never get ahead." Freguera's figure gradually disappeared from the forest, leaving only a sluggish Márquez sitting on a stool next to the First Sanctuary.

I don't know why, he always felt that he was not holding a baby in his hands.

Merlin never cried.