23. The Fate of the Master(1/2)
A few minutes later, under Taggs' flattering escort, Merlin and the other two entered the Sulphur Port safely.
Meilin also had a small purse in his hand, which contained jingling gold coins. Each gold coin had a painful face on the surface. Putting the gold coin in his ears, he could still hear the screams of those souls.
This thing is a soul gold coin, a circulating currency widely used by demons and devils in the hell dimension. As the name suggests, each gold coin contains a soul of a fallen person, which can not only be used to buy things, but can also be eaten directly when necessary.
"I didn't expect that you are still the son of the Three Palaces."
Nisha looked at Merlin with some fear and surprise, and she said:
"My father never told me about this."
"Madame Makinos is to protect you, Miss Nisha."
Merlin put the soul gold coins in his hand into his pocket, and he said slowly:
"It's not a good thing to get involved with Sanguchi. But your perception is a bit too slow. Do you think people with your father's status will casually make friends with an ordinary human agent?"
"I just suspect that you have some special inheritance, but I didn't expect that you are so big."
Nisha looked back at Taggs and said:
"You scared that bastard. It was the first time I saw the lawless Taggs in such a mess."
"It's just a median demon with some strength."
Merlin looked at the sulfur port in front of him and said:
"Does it think that if it escapes from hell, you can avoid being shackled by the hell masters? It's so stupid that you will never need to be afraid of it again. Nisha, my friend, it will not dare to blackmail you anymore. If it continues to tease you, then please kick it in the crotch, don't show mercy, don't worry, I can help with all the aftermath work."
"Okay, I should say thank you."
Nisha shrugged, and she looked at the bustling underground city in front of her, and she said to Merlin and Elsa:
"Anyway, welcome to Sulphur Port. The family has prepared a car, and the guests don't need to walk any more."
This is the Sulphur Port, which is the largest gathering place for aliens in North America.
This place has become a legendary land amid the passage of time and the changes of the world, but the rise of any legend requires challenges. Now, the city has faced its own challenges.
An ambitious legendary man wants to turn the free Sulphur Port into his own territory. People living in this city and the city itself are unwilling to give up resistance, but how long can they last in the shadow of Dracula?
No one knows.
Merlin and Elsa sat in a slightly strange carriage, and Nissa sat opposite them. This carriage looked like a means of transportation used by the nobles of the Middle Ages. On the low-key black carriage, the redstone gold star ring logo of the Supreme Family was painted. However, the one who pulled the carriage was not an ordinary horse, but a strange pack beast covered with scales, with horns and manes on its head.
This is a city where aliens gather, and ordinary horses cannot survive here.
"When you told me that a car took us to Blood Street, I thought I would get into a real car, a four-wheeled car with a steering wheel."
Merlin looked at the luxurious decorations inside the carriage and said to Nisha:
"Not a carriage that should be entered into the museum."
"This is an alien city, Merlin."
Elsa was curious about this medieval means of transportation. She said while pulling the golden tassels beside her:
"Not all aliens are willing to keep up with the times. Most aliens still retain their own living habits. If there are sports cars everywhere on the street, it will surprise me."
She looked out the window, and on the wide street, there were carriages like carriages of the Supreme Family, magic carpets made by wizards, or some strange mounts. In the sky above the carriage, some winged aliens flew over them.
The streets are also surrounded by shops and residential buildings of various styles, from hotels with spires to weapons stores full of steampunk style, from low taverns decorated with oak barrels, to ready-to-wear shops built by elves under big trees or on trees, as well as signs that impose magic, and those aliens walking openly on the streets without concealing their race.
Goblins, elves, dwarves, vampires, werewolfs, humans in robes, as well as some ugly-looking inferior demons and devils, evil demons, Sartre, etc., are almost filled with all the aliens in the world, and here they are not like the outside world, and they want to break each other's heads as soon as they meet.
"Here, it reminds me of Diagon Alley."
Meilin looked at the special scenery outside the window and the scenes of multiple architectural styles mixed together, making the streets of the city look a little scattered, but full of a vibrant feeling, he said:
"But it's 100 times bigger than Diagon Alley. I heard some wizard friends say that they occasionally go to Sulphur Port to buy some materials? There's a black market here, right?"
"Yeah, there are."
Nisha said:
"The black market is in the center of the city, and it is operated by several major forces. It is the largest gathering place for magical materials and special items in the entire North America. I heard rumors that the Magic France Society also has some benefits in it."
"Okay, not as expected."
Merlin nodded. He looked at the aliens on the street, probably because the Sulphur Port was not very calm recently. The aliens on the street were all in a hurry, many shops were closed, and some fully armed aliens were patrolling.
And to the northwest of the city, a dark spire looms, which is the area controlled by Dracula.
"It seems that the situation is not optimistic."
He pointed to the distant tower and said:
“Dracula’s control area is there, right?”
"Well, yes, on the other side of the Sulphur Harbor."
Nisha said:
"Near the edge of the semi-plane, this is a cave area, with the dwarf shamans and psychics guarding nearby, and they have established huge and rigorous defense lines and are always paying attention to Dracula's movements."
"That legend is not a reckless person. After showing his power in the previous battle, he did not launch a large-scale purge and confrontation, but instead began to win over the dark wizards. He was very sensitive to the filth between the major forces in the Sulphur Port and was dividing them. I heard that some of the black wizards had already admired Dracula's power in the spellcaster camp, so he turned against him."
Miss Vampire said with some concern:
"But the situation will not continue to be so stalemate. Maybe in a few days, Dracula's second wave of offensive will arrive. Once the mutant under his command breaks through the defense of the city's edge, it's really bad that the entire Sulphur Port will fall rapidly."
"I want to go down and have a walk."
Merlin suddenly said to Nisha:
"If I were to ask for information, where should I go?"
"Sheep Head Bar."
Nisha did not stop Merlin. She roamed the bell and signaled the carriage to park on the side of the road. She said to Merlin:
"Just three blocks away, there is an antelope skull on its sign, which is easy to identify. It is a place where some devils have established it and a place where news gatherings and disperses the entire city, but there are many people there, all kinds of religions and all kinds of people."
"It's okay, I can only find the information I need."
Merlin said:
"Where is Blood Street? After we collect the news, we will go there to meet you."
“Blood Street is just east of Sheep Head Bar, about 11 blocks away.”
Nisha said:
"There are not many blood clans in the entire Sulphur Port, so when you see a blood clan wearing a Redstone Venus Ring, it means you have entered the range of Blood Street. I will notify the subordinates here that once they meet you, they will take you to the stronghold of the Supreme Family in Sulphur Port."
"Be careful, Mr. Merlin."
Nisha watched Merlin and Elsa leave the carriage, and she reminded her:
"I know you are very strong, I know you have your own means, but there are some urban strange stories in Sulphur Harbor that make people feel scared. Some say that there are several demigods living in this city, some say that there are alleys leading directly to the dimension of hell, and some say that this city is actually built on the capital of evil gods above a sleeping city."
"Anyway, try to be as low-key as possible."
"We will pay attention, goodbye, Nisha."
Merlin waved to Nissa, and Elsa beside him quickly put on a gray hood, covering her face and eyes, and two swords were also put into her magic pocket. As Nissa and the Supreme Lord said, this alien city does not welcome witch hunters.
Two people were walking on the intricate streets of Sulphur Harbor, and a few minutes later they arrived on the street outside Sheep Head Bar.
As Nisha said, the sign of this bar was very conspicuous. A huge antelope skull was hung on a sign full of demonic words. There was a green light pounding in the eye sockets of the antelope skull, which looked very evil.
"Icarus, compare the position."
Merlin pushed his glasses and said:
“Is the place we are in now still in the material world?”
A pair of beating cross-sections of the ground appeared on Merlin's glasses, and two red dots shone on the twisted lines, and Icarus's voice sounded in Merlin's ears:
"Based on the comparison of ground coordinates, Mr. Merlin, you should be in a cave about 1,500 meters below Manhattan City, but according to geological surveys in recent years, there should be no such huge cave terrain below Manhattan, so it is not ruled out that you have entered the twisted space. But it is also possible that the geological exploration has been wrong because of magic shading."
The sound of artificial intelligence seems a little confused, she said:
"There are too few samples of magic power detection in Icarus' database, and Icarus cannot draw a definite conclusion."
"Well, it seems that in the magic world, you are not as magical as the real world."
Merlin said with a chuckling, and he looked back at Elsa beside him, and he said:
"Girl, here are all aliens, extremely vicious guys. Once your identity is exposed, the aliens in the entire bar will attack you. Are you afraid?"
"Hmm? Scared?"
Elsa raised her head, and the beautiful green cat eyes under her hood stared at Merlin. She looked at the aliens who were entering and leaving the bar. As a witch hunter, she really rarely entered such places.
"With you here, what else am I afraid of?"
She said:
"Will you not protect me? Just like it was in the past."
Elsa stretched out her hand and put it on Merlin's arm, and she whispered:
"Or, would you throw me here alone and turn around and run away?"
To be continued...