Zero squatted on the snow, his fingers lightly brushing over the edge of a footprint.

After Merlin captures Ademili, Zero follows him out of the Stormkeep, and chases the Red Grand Duke deep into the belly of Mount Tulash. He picked up the slush at the edge of the footprint and put it to his nose and sniffed it, and the faint smell of the slush crept into Zero's nose. Zero sniffed in the air again, and there were at least dozens of different flavors in the air.

These flavors are indistinguishable to ordinary people, they are entangled and there is little difference. But this can't hide Zero's nose, as early as when he first entered the wilderness, in order to track down his prey, Zero has learned to distinguish the taste of different prey. And after having the ability, his senses are more acute, as long as he remembers a taste, it can be followed from a hundred miles away.

I inhaled so hard that the smell was immediately sorted into zeros. Such as the fishy smell of mud and wood, the body smell of animals, and the freshness of flowing water. And among these many flavors, Zero finally found a wisp of flavor that matched Merlin. He continued to chase after the smell that remained in the air, and it was by this method that Merlin set a trap many times to lure Zero away, but he couldn't get rid of him.

A moment later, the sound of water was heard ahead. Zero drilled out a bush as hard as steel thorns, and saw an icefall hanging naturally between the mountain streams. Now that the icefall is thawing, many of the ice shoots melt into water and flow down the mountain, turning into a stream in the low-lying area.

Merlin's scent vanished near the icefall, but his footprints appeared on the other side of the stream. Zero flashed across the stream and continued to chase the footprints, but after walking another hundred meters or so, even the footprints disappeared completely. As a result, Zero loses all clues.

Zero frowned, taking a closer look at his surroundings, hoping to find some clues. But after searching around the neighborhood many times, he found nothing. It can be seen that when Merlin arrived here, he must have used some method to hide his own smell, and deliberately left footprints to lead Zero to continue to move forward, and then suddenly interrupted the old suspicion formation, so that Zero could not guess his trace at the moment.

Retreating into the stream, Zero's gaze fell on the flowing stream. In this environment, only the stream that keeps flowing down can get rid of the smell. In other words, Merlin escaped Zero's tracking through this stream.

Running straight down?

Zero did not hesitate anymore, and drove at full speed along the stream, chasing down the mountain.

After he was gone, a red figure appeared above the icefall in the mountain stream. Dressed in red heavy armor, Grand Duke Merlin sneered and watched the distant figure, the mountain above the icefall was invaded by the cold wind and created a natural cave, and an ice curtain hung at the foot of the cave became a natural cover. Merlin walked through the ice with his axe into the cavern, and in the cavern, Ademili stood up straight and looked at Merlin.

Merlin leaned the Flame Judgment against the rock wall and said lightly, "You didn't even use your intention to inform him, but it was beyond my expectations. ”

"Because I'm going to ask you personally, Archduke Merlin, why did you do this?" Although Ademili did not have any fighting ability, her momentum was very high, "Tell me, those who attacked us, and Midra of the Bug Country, did you take them to the Storm Fortress?"

"I've only taken the humans with me, and as for Midra, I'm surprised by it. Merlin showed a thoughtful expression: "From this point of view, although Midra has formed an alliance with us and the Blackstone Temple, she has already developed a different heart, otherwise she would not have provoked those people." ”

"Leave Midra alone, I'll just ask you why the Grand Duke of Merlin did this!" asked Ademili.

Merlin raised his head suddenly, his eyes bursting with a flash of lightning: "Everything is for me, for the sake of my green capital, for the esteemed Lord Hamermis." Ademili, I can't let you take that human back to Gegnaia, the man called Zero, he must die here!"

Ademili shook her head and said, "What are you talking about?" Grand Duke Merlin, Zero is the son of the planet, and Lord Hamelmis personally ordered me to bring him back. You're disobeying your lords!"

"Even if you disobey your lordship, I won't let you take him back. Otherwise, we will lose Master Hamemis. Merlin sighed softly, "Ademili, your talent in spiritual will is almost comparable to that of adults, so we all respect you. But you're still too young to understand some things. ”

"I don't know why you're doing this. But believe me, Grand Duke, zero will not be bad for adults. Ademili said.

Merlin's chest rose and fell sharply, and his emotions seemed to become overly excited. After about a second or two, the Grand Duke calmed down and said in a calm voice, "Ademili, the key is not zero. But in the case of Lord Hamermis, with whom I have had several secret conversations since you left. Although he didn't say it explicitly, I can piece together a rough idea from his few words, my lord thought."

With that, Merlin suddenly turned his head to look at the ice curtain outside the cavern, and at the same time grabbed it with a lightning bolt of his hand. The fiery ruling, leaning against the rock wall, jumped silently back into the hands of the Grand Duke, and at the same time, the ice curtain shattered.

Tens of thousands of broken ice blasted towards Merlin under the traction of the shock wave, and these usually fragile broken ice were now driven by the shock wave with full penetrating power, and even the ripe cowhide could be broken with one blow. Merlin didn't dare to be careless, and the Flame Judgment spun like a wheel, blocking the broken ice while carefully dragging them to the other side of the cavern so as not to injure Ademili.

After blocking this wave of attacks, the Flame Judgment was on the ground, and Merlin looked at the man in front of him with a solemn expression.

The black hair fluttered slightly, like a burning black flame. Under the black hair, there is a pair of strange eyes, and the heterochromatic eyes of black and gold on the left make him show his charm that is different from ordinary people. The man's facial features are as exquisite as a painting, but they do not give people the slightest sense of weakness. On the contrary, under that exquisite appearance, there is a murderous intention that can make Merlin feel a slight pain like a pinprick.

He was slender, at least much more slender than most human men Merlin knew. As we all know, liliang tends to be proportional to the size of the body. For example, those abyssal beasts, which one is not a huge one. The Ice Wing that inhabits the Storm Fortress is already considered to be a slender one, but its head and tail length are also nearly five hundred meters, not to mention other abyssal mutant beasts.

As for the human race, the often huge ones are the embodiment of the aesthetic of violence, even Merlin himself. With a ninth-order liliang, when he goes all out, his height can even rise to nearly three meters.

And even in his regular state, he is much taller than the man in front of him. But in him, slenderness does not seem to mean weakness and weakness. The muscles outlined by the close-fitting tactical suit are evenly and moderate, almost perfect.

Beneath this seemingly slender body, there is a terrifying explosive power. Evenly balanced muscles not only provide it with full explosive power, but also reduce the load on the body and reduce the usual energy expenditure. If I had to describe it, then this body was the most perfect humanoid weapon Merlin had ever seen.

"Zero?" Merlin softly called out the man's name.

Zero made an "um" in response, his hands hanging low, not even a gun in his hands. But if desired, Zero can shoot with a gun in an instant, like a magician. For him, this is no longer a jishu, but a mere instinct.

Terrible instincts!

When the Grand Duke of Merlin looked at him, Zero was also not idle. The golden pupil of the right eye turned on the ability to detect the structure, and the detection wave that could not be detected by the Dao could fall on the red Grand Duke. So Merlin fell into Zero's eyes, and was structured into a diorama, and with all kinds of data generated.

Merlin's body structure is not much different from that of other Gegnas, with a fish-like head and a human-like body, but the lower limbs are more conducive to running. If I had to make a distinction, it would be the muscle strength of Archduke Merlin. With the help of structural probing, zero obtains a set of data. Among them, the muscle strength of Archduke Merlin is more than three times that of Baldur.

That means that the Red Grand Duke's basic defense, basic liliang and explosive power are all very amazing. Merlin's heart, in particular, is not any biological tissue, but a crystalline container. There is no doubt that it is an energy crystal, and it is also the energy center of the Grand Duke. Merlin is provided with a constant stream of liliang, which is also the most important difference from the other Gegnas.

Know that both Ademili and Balmore are standard lifeforms. However, this energy crystal of Grand Duke Merlin made Zero smell a trace of biological weapons. This reminds Zero that the green capital of Gegnaia was supposed to be a biochemical kingdom created by the True King under the command of Prosius. If normal procedures followed, the True King Hammis would produce a creature weapon from the Black Crown's blueprints, rather than a conscious being like Ademili or Balmore.

The biggest difference between biological weapons and life is the degree of controllability and freedom of will, and both Adimili and Balmore have autonomous consciousness, so they are living beings rather than biological weapons. As for Merlin in front of him, he also has autonomous consciousness, but his body, at least the part of his body is obviously a model of biological weapons.

Zero can't help but guess that this so-called Red Grand Duke is actually a biological weapon created by Hamermis, a biological weapon that retains its own consciousness!

"Lord Merlin, I don't know why you took Miss Artemilia. But as my important guide, I'm sorry I want to take her away. Zero asked, his tone was friendly, but his nerves, which had been in a state of imminent battle, did not relax for a moment.

There are no flaws.

Merlin thought to himself.

Zero had already taken him by surprise when he broke through the ice, and Merlin didn't want the suspicious array he had set up to be seen through by Zero so quickly. What's more, Zero may have known from the beginning that he was not downstream but upstream, and that he had left just to show Merlin and then turn back from the rear to find Merlin and Ademili's hiding place. The thought frustrated the Grand Duke a little, but it was gone in a flash.

Merlin's mind has long been sharpened to the point that ordinary things are difficult to shake, even if it seems to lose, he will not easily admit defeat.

He tightened the flame ruling in his hand and said lightly, "I don't look like such a generous person, if you want to take Ademili, please ask my old buddy first." ”

Zero's gaze fell on the Flame Judgment, and it was not difficult to judge from this weapon that Grand Duke Merlin was a very brave melee fighter. And the previous structural probe has already told Zero, the Grand Duke's Liliang is only high and not low. The two are holding each other, and it is not difficult for him to come to a conclusion.

Merlin is probably three points better than the Destroyer.

It's a tough opponent.

But for Zero, it's just an emotion, and he won't back down because of the strength of his opponent. If even Merlin didn't dare to face it, then how could he face Prosius, the star beast that even Agradis couldn't completely eliminate?

Merlin and Prosius are completely opponents in different weight classes.

"I don't think you're going to go to war here, are you?" said Zero.

Merlin laughed, "I can't see that you're still a gentleman, so let's go outside and fight." However, if you want an open environment to be more favorable to you, I will correct you for this mistake. ”

"Then let me see the bravery of the Red Grand Duke. "There is no committal for Merlin's statement. He smiled faintly, then jumped over to the edge of the cavern.

Stepping on the smooth surface of the icefall, I slipped down as if I were skating. When he was about to reach the ground, he jumped slightly, and Zero had already fallen to the side of the stream.

"Don't go away, Artemisi. Merlin commanded, leaping out of the cavern.

The Red Grand Duke fell heavily to the opposite side of Zero like a ball of flame, and his feet wrapped in heavy armor even sank into the ground, and when he pulled it up again, a cloud of mud powder burst out on the ground one meter around him, forming a shallow circular pit around the Grand Duke of Merlin.

Located on both sides of the stream, neither Zero nor Merlin was in a hurry to make a move. The power of the two was not released immediately, but slowly condensed, and continued to climb towards the top. This is a hundred times more difficult than immediately opening up the power, and the advantage of such condensed power is that when you reach the tipping point, the power will be stronger, and you will knock the opponent down with a thunderous blow.

Obviously, both of them had the same idea. But what I didn't expect was that the other party's mind coincided with his own. As a result, the situation becomes even more unpredictable.

At this moment, when both of them were fully focused on their opponents, suddenly, Zero seemed to have discovered something. He looked slightly surprised, and did not move, but his eyes skimmed to the left in a very small way.

It's such a subtle movement, but in Merlin's eyes, it's a huge flaw. Grand Duke Merlin shouted violently, and his power instantly climbed to the peak. His whole body emitted a misty aura of energy, and the Flame Ruling moved forward, like a battle axe dragging the Grand Duke's body, and Merlin sprinted straight towards Zero like a ball of flame.

He finally found an opportunity to make a move!