Rune Continent Pangaia. Plum Grove Holy Land, the first sanctuary. The moss-covered stone palace shines with a long-lasting green luster, and the birds are chirping and playing in the forest, which is very leisurely. Carvings are carved on the deliberately pruned trees. Add simple magic patterns to control their growth speed and shape.

This is the headquarters of the Merlin Cult, an inconspicuous building complex at the foot of Mount Cambis on the edge of the continent.

Overall, looking down from the top of the mountain, it looks like a blooming stone rose. The tops of eight sanctuaries are flashing with brilliance of different colors, bringing rich magical blessings to the holy place. This is also the "original rune" "The place where we are located is the center of the magic vortex in this place, and everything revolves around it.

At this time, the First Sanctuary seemed to be uneasy. People wearing robes of various colors were constantly coming in and out. Most of them were holding thin and tough parchment and a magic pen. Using their own accumulated magic power as ink, the magic pen The ink will automatically appear and is said to last for tens of thousands of years without fading.

"The magic index rises linearly and is still within the range of change."

The First Sanctuary contains a large number of huge glass tubes that are shining with different lights. Some of the tubes are empty, and some contain some strange creatures. They are all still alive!

A creature that looks like a monkey with a translucent tail is twitching unconsciously in one of the glass tubes.

This is a precious experimental sample caught in this magical Gombis Mountains. The members of the Merlin Cult exist to explore the ultimate secret of the rune magic. Naturally, they cannot let go of these things. However, today, they It was not a study of this amazing creature, but an experiment repeated countless times.

"Project Merlin".

In order to spiritualize the human body and materialize the soul, the warlocks of the Merlin Cult tried their best to capture all kinds of spiritual rune creatures, and then collected orphans or orphans from all over the world. Babies who were stolen shortly after birth gathered together and used their bodies to conduct a series of bold and advanced experiments.

If you spiritualize your body, you can get rid of the constraints of the body and obtain energy freely, instead of carefully testing the critical point of your body. In other words, people can eliminate the boundaries between talents and enjoy together. The blessing of the power of runes is not bad. But... the difficulty of the experiment can be imagined.

The physical fitness of adults has been shaped. Of course, the people of the Merlin Cult have also done experiments to forcibly fuse rune creatures with human bodies. However, none of them were successful. Instead, their lives were wasted in vain. After a large number of experiments, People finally discovered that babies' bodies seem to be more able to withstand the power of the runes due to their greater plasticity, and have a higher probability of success. Of course, babies who cannot withstand the huge magic power cannot escape the end of death.

At this time, a baby in a huge nursery had half-open eyes. In the light yellow liquid, his blond hair was floating up and down, and little bubbles came out of his mouth. It seemed that he was in water, and this baby could still breathe. .This is the breath water developed by the Merlin Cult, which can provide breathing for the creatures soaked in it. Of course, rune creatures do not need to breathe, they do not even need to eat, and the way to obtain energy is the same as that of ordinary creatures with bodies. no the same.

Next to the nursery, there is a cabin about the same size as it, and a nightmare is sealed in it. It has the general characteristics of a rune creature. The shape of the nightmare is unstable, like a small ball of purple wool, with bright lights flashing from time to time. The purple light spot looks even more mysterious and weird. This is the magic sealing cabin. Only a container without any flaws can restrain the rune creature and let it sleep inside.

This nightmare is a newly born product from the rune rift in the Cambys Mountains. It was sealed and transported here just after it was born.

An adult nightmare can bring everyone in a small town into a dream created by itself. If people are not careful, they will stay in this dream forever, turning the magic power in their bodies into the nourishment of nightmares. Especially for those with good physical talents, their bodies are not only stared at by some evil warlocks, but they are also stared at by rune creatures who are thirsty for more energy. They must be careful, careful, and careful again. In this continent full of intrigues, any mistake may become a stepping stone for others.

"The 42nd generation of the 'Merlin Project', the 3744th human nightmare fusion experiment, is now started. The estimated fusion time is three minutes." A man with long, fiery red hair and an unshaven beard held a hand in his hand. He read a large roll of parchment carefully, his tone was lazy, and he seemed to have no hope of success in this experiment, "Test success rate: 0.72%. Please terminate immediately after the magic concentration exceeds the target by three percentage points. During the test, if the baby's body disintegrates, the test must be terminated immediately."

"Yes, Mr. Fregra." There was a chestnut-haired man standing next to Fregra. His tone was respectful, and he immediately walked forward and skillfully debugged the huge machine that took countless manpower and material resources to build. The trickles of magic power extended in all directions from the pipes of the machine, and finally converged on the surfaces of the nursery and the Demon Sealing Chamber.

These light spots of magic power that are constantly changing colors are non-attributed magic power - the product of one of the few [Original Runes], which are now squirming like blood vessels connecting two completely different creatures.

Buzz——

The huge magic light shield expanded out of thin air in the first sanctuary, squeezing the surrounding air aside and firmly protecting the two vessels made of colored glass.

"Marquez, open the hatch, I don't need to remind you." The magic pen in Freguera's hand lightly touched the parchment, leaving a string of ink marks of unknown meaning.

"Yes." The chestnut-haired Marquez nodded and suddenly pressed the light green button under his hand.

Snapped--

In fact, they couldn't hear the sound, everything was isolated by the magic light shield, and they saw the two hatches quickly opening at a very high synchronization rate.

The yellow breath water that was supposed to spill out when the hatch was opened actually floated in the air, without even spreading out. It was completely like a golden giant egg floating in the air, and the sleeping nightmare also Floating out from the demon-sealing warehouse, the two were slowly approaching under the control of magic power.

The blond baby was still sleeping deeply, seemingly unaware that he was about to have an indescribable fusion with the terrifying creature in front of him. His little mouth curved up sweetly, and his chubby little hands seemed to be grasping the air. Nothing is the same.

"Start the fusion." Fregra ordered, letting Marquez continue.

The current situation is good. There is no situation where the rune creatures are infecting the baby with their magic power. Instead, they seem to not interfere with each other. Even the nightmares released show no signs of escaping. They just float there quietly, like a baby.

A ball of cotton wool flying randomly.

"The current condition is good, the nightmare is still dormant." Marquez's hands now left the console, raised high, two shining miniature magic circles lit up on his wrists, and he muttered words, his eyes

Sparkling with magic.

"Start merging!"

I saw two dark golden six-pointed stars appearing out of thin air behind the baby and Nightmare. The baby was still sleeping soundly, while Nightmare felt the fluctuation of magic power and had a reaction, but it was not big.

"The nightmare of inertia... is really interesting." Fregra smiled, he pushed his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and the magic pen in his hand danced quickly, writing beautiful words on the parchment.

Driven by the six-pointed star, the two different creatures came closer to each other, and eventually there was a tendency to merge into one.

"Oh..." Marquez swallowed nervously, "The speed at which the magic index is rising..."

A little slow.

This is the first time he has seen this situation. Shouldn't a normal nightmare rush forward to devour the life energy of the baby in front of him? Why does it look like this now?

"It seems that the fit is good." Fregra gestured to him, indicating that he should let these two lazy guys get closer.

Marquez nodded, and a large splendid magic pattern appeared on his neck. His arms trembled slightly. He had to complete the operation with high concentration.

As the nightmare and the baby got closer, the nightmare seemed to start to move. Its tentacles carefully reached out, parted the yellow breath, and gently stroked the baby's face. What was it doing? Could it be.

.....It doesn’t even have the instinct to eat yet?

The blond baby's eyelids tightened and the corners of his mouth pursed. He seemed to feel something.

"Ugh..." He opened his eyes.

In front of you is a vast expanse of dreamy purple, and deep in the purple is the deep starry sky.

"The magic index has begun to expand significantly. It has exceeded the set parameters. Do you want to terminate?"

"No, if we keep going like this, I want to see -"

In an instant, such a large ball of purple fluff actually got into the baby's right eye!

"Ugh——!!" A thrilling cry!

From the baby's right eye, densely packed magic lines surged out from the depths of his skin like a tide, spreading around the baby's body like a shock wave!

"This is..." Looking at the console in front of him, Marquez murmured in disbelief, "Are they actively merging..."

The roots of the baby's hair were dyed a layer of enchanting purple from the original golden color. As the magic pattern retracted from his right eye like an ebbing tide, his hair had already turned into nondescript gold and purple. Behind the barrier of magic

Flying freely in the air.

It worked...

The atmosphere was so solid that it was almost dripping with water. They were not happy for the birth of the new Merlin, but were afraid. What on earth had they created... and where would their future go?

?

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

One pupil was pure bright gold, which was his original color. And the other... turned into a bottomless purple, with the brilliance flowing inside like a fish swimming at the bottom of a pond.

In the baby's sea of ​​consciousness, a strange individual squeezed forcefully into the space that belonged to him. The consciousness seemed not hostile, but did not make any other movements. It just stared quietly at the baby's consciousness. And he

Deep in his soul, the two marks revolved around each other and then merged into one.

The magic light shield then opened, and the breath water had automatically returned to the nursery. Both cabins closed their glazed doors and quietly returned to their own places. The babies floating in the sky followed Fregra's

The wave fell on his hand easily. He looked at the baby without saying anything. The parchment on his hand was sandwiched between his fingers so as not to scratch the baby's delicate skin.

"He is Merlin."

"Yes, he is Merlin."

"His name is Merlin Marquez."

"You mean..."

"That's right, I will entrust you to raise this baby from now on. I will apply to the superiors to increase your salary. From now on, your task is to take good care of him." Fregra snapped his fingers and created a swaddling baby out of thin air.

Smiling, he put the baby on top and handed it to Marquez, who looked confused.

"Remember, don't believe in nightmares." Fregra ignored Marquez's expression and solemnly said to him in front of everyone, "Even if he is a baby, you can't."

"We don't know yet whether this baby still retains his own consciousness. Nightmare learns very quickly. As you know, he can invade our dreams and spy on people's hearts..."

"The maturity period of nightmares is eight years..." Márquez murmured.

"He was destined to be extraordinary," Freguera said.

"He is Merlin."

"Also," Fregra said solemnly, "Don't let him make any unnecessary moves. We don't want another Merlin to escape."

"Of course I know." Marquez pursed his lips and said dryly.

When he looked at Merlin's right eye, he always felt that something about him was being spied on, which made him shudder.

"Remember to find milk for him." Fregra smiled and turned around, a trace of amusement flashed in his eyes.

"This era will eventually be ushered in. The maggots on the rotten wood should also be cleared away."

"What are you going to do?"

"Get rid of those who hinder our progress."

"You're crazy!"

"No matter how many Merlins there are, if we don't do this, we will never get ahead." Fregra's figure gradually disappeared from the forest, leaving only the dull Marquez sitting next to the First Sanctuary.

On the stool.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that what he was holding in his hands was not a baby.
Chapter completed!