The Death Knell

Behind the bookshelf is a secret door, and inside the door is an elevator leading to the underground. Apparently there is a secret underground in this mansion.

"Maybe it's a dungeon. Xiao Zha told me that her father imprisoned many monsters and warcraft in the old house, so there may be danger, so let me go to the front."

Diana, who was holding a sword and shield, took the lead and got into the elevator first, and then... stood in the corner waiting for others to enter the elevator.

"..."

Deathstroke gave her a thumbs up wordlessly, not knowing what to say. What's the use of being the first to enter the elevator?

Wonder Woman blushed. She had just forgotten this, but she still raised her chin and pretended that nothing happened.

"Hee hee." Donna snickered, walked into the elevator for the second time, and poked her sister's waist with her finger, whispering: "My sister, she seems to have suddenly become stupid."

Diana glared at her, pursed her lips tightly, and turned to look at the inner wall of the car next to her.

The elevator is very old, probably from the 1950s. In addition to being covered with spider webs, the interior wooden boards are also full of dust.

But when you reach out and wipe away some dust, you can see the beautiful wood on the lower floor, which should be worth a lot of money.

Su Ming took the orangutan into the elevator, closed the elevator door, and pressed the button to go to the basement. The car began to move silently.

Ten seconds later, everyone came to a dark corridor, and was greeted by an eerie coolness.

"Ah, even if I don't have night vision, I know this must be a haunted area. It's so cold, it's like a cemetery at night." Bobo shivered and tightened his plaid suit.

Su Ming used a lamp ring to create a lantern to illuminate everyone. The corridor in front of him was divided into two directions. One side was most likely the library and the other side was the dungeon.

As for which way to go, it's very simple. The direction with strong Yin energy is definitely wrong, just go to the other side.

He didn't want to clean up the ghosts in this house if it wasn't necessary, because from another perspective, these ghosts were also Zatara's legacy to Zatanna, weren't they?

If Xiao Zha has the opportunity in the future, he can teach these ghosts and ghosts well, and at least let them wear maid uniforms and do some chores.

The green light made the corridor look even more eerie. As he walked, Bobo looked back from time to time, as if he was worried about a ghost coming out from behind.

But the corridor was not long, and soon everyone came to a beautiful tall wooden door. As the death knell opened the door, the braziers in the originally dark room suddenly lit up, and the flames swayed and brightened.

This is a circular hall, which should have used the magic of space folding. It is much wider than expected. Although rows of bookshelves more than ten meters high block the view into the distance, the sound waves of opening the door are diffused and reflected back. The answer given by Strangler is that it is at least the size of four football fields.

Seeing this, even Bobo was a little surprised. Although this place is not as grand as the tower in Naboo, as a magic family, it would be a bit exaggerated for a library of this level to store magic books.

"It's really incredible. There are so many books. When are you going to find them?" The orangutan took off his hat and wiped the sweat on his head.

"I'll let Strangler read the book, and you just need to guard the door." Deathstroke didn't panic. This area is still within the range that can be easily handled, at least it's not as big as the Time Management Bureau.

After saying this, the black tide instantly spread out from under his feet, and then formed a sea of ​​tentacles. The tentacles stirred each other like snakes and flowed into the distance.

Each small tentacle quickly flips through the book on the shelf, and the crescent-shaped eyes at the tip of the tentacle transmit everything it sees back to the host's brain.

It cannot read the magic book, but as long as the host knows what it is looking for.

Pay attention to the records outside the origin wall, and pay attention to books related to ancient lost magic. In addition, Xiao Dai said that the other party summoned a special vulture monster, which was also added to the filtering conditions. Bobo said that the other party was a humanoid creature. Then monster casters like Gorgons can be ruled out.

The sound of tens of thousands of books being turned over at the same time was like sawing wood. Reading books was done so quickly, and Su Ming also had enough brainpower to analyze suspicious content.

About a minute later, the black tide retracted into Deathstroke's body, and the tentacle came back with three books rolled up.

Su Ming handed the book to Bobo and Diana. He didn't understand magic, and it was time for the professionals to show off.

What the orangutan is holding is a history book about the Royal Court of Camelot, which records the story of how the famous archmage Merlin helped King Arthur found the country.

It not only records Merlin's resourcefulness, but also mentions that he can use props such as feathers or nails to conjure the characteristics of vultures, manticores, chimeras and other magical beasts.

Merlin is recognized as the first mage in the DC universe and the first true war mage. His army of familiars once provided a lot of help to King Arthur. Their numbers are enough to fight the enemy head-on on the battlefield, and he controls almost everything. Forms of magic, from heavenly and hellish spells, to fey magic, voodoo, inversion magic, druidic spells and more.

He was skilled in alchemy, stargazing, enchanting, and making magic props. He left behind thousands of magical books, which are still required reading for wizards today.

Unless they are people who rely on their own blood or superpowers to cast spells, if others want to learn magic, they can't bypass his works anyway. So many wizards today often subconsciously do so when they want to express their emotions. Said: 'Merlin's beard'!

His place in the history of magic can be imagined.

Bobo looked at the book that Strangler had folded for him, raised his hand and patted his head: "The matter of summoning soulless monsters is right, but isn't Merlin dead long ago?"

The orangutan detective considered many powerful spellcasters as murderers, but he did not consider the dead ones.

Diana had two other books in her hands, one was "The Origin of Alchemy" and the other was an unknown manuscript. She looked through it while answering the orangutan's question:

“Mrs. He would often talk to himself, saying that he had discovered the truth about the world, and he also secretly performed some horrific bloody rituals, planning to sacrifice all humans in exchange for power."

"I've heard about this too. It was because he was so crazy that King Arthur and Lady Xanadu had to assassinate him." Donna was not worried, but rather eager to try.

She wants to fight a powerful enemy, and if the enemy is a dehumanizing villain, it means she can kill her, which is convenient.

"There is no record of the horrific rituals he performed. King Arthur erased the history of Merlin's rebellion and only said that he finally disappeared into the lake. But if the person who is resurrected is me, I will definitely find a way to find my most convenient weapon and kill him. The God or the Great Sword of Night. And Merlin’s most powerful weapon is called the ‘Alchemy Stone’, look here.”

While talking, Su Ming reached out to help Diana turn to the page and pointed to a piece of text that was slightly blurred with ink stains:

"Although I don't know if the records at Zatanna's home are accurate, this thing is simply a wishing machine, capable of realizing all wishes through 'equivalent exchange'. It is driven by another strange energy from outside the multiverse. In my case, It seems that it should be of a very high level. Because according to the records, when Merlin made the alchemy stone, he didn't even know how it worked."

"Let me see...but it is also recorded here, because the stone seems to be connected to some external threat. Merlin and King Arthur sealed it somewhere and sent the most loyal Knights of Mirror Lake to guard it. ...If we want to prevent Merlin from regaining it, where can we look?”

Diana looked down at the book and moved her fingers under the words while reading, looking very cute.

But Deathstroke shook his head, took out a cigarette and lit it:

"I'm afraid it's too late. If I'm right, Merlin is the one who secretly promoted the multiverse. He was resurrected a week ago, and we were several steps late. He killed a bookstore owner today , I don’t know what books were taken from the other party, which means that he has completed the layout and begun to surface and take official action.”