Merlin is a name that all wizards in the wizarding world often talk about. In terms of usage, it is just like ordinary people calling God directly. It is a modal word. Not much is known about wizards like Merlin. What is passed down is like a fairy tale. s story.
Around AD 740, due to the rise of magic, a war began among magicians. This war involved ordinary people. In a sense, the fate of everyone was linked to the outcome of this war. among.
One of them is the upright and powerful magician Merlin, who is praised by future generations, while the other is the evil witch whose name has not even been left behind.
According to legend, Merlin had three disciples, Balthazar, Veronica, and Horvath. These three people became Merlin's disciples one after another, and among them Balthazar was the strongest.
In order to have the power to rule the entire world, the evil witch attempted to master the forbidden technique "Resurrection Curse" in the curse. She was hostile to the magicians headed by Merlin, and the two sides launched an unprecedented magical war.
In the end, Merlin was betrayed by his disciple Horvath when he was about to kill the evil witch and fell into crisis. At the critical moment, Veronica, a disciple of Merlin, stepped forward and sealed the evil witch with herself as a lock, and in her lover Balthazar With the help of others, he was imprisoned in a prison in a different space that will never see the light of day.
Later, Merlin's disciple Balthazar imprisoned all the magicians who tried to resurrect the evil witch, and embarked on a journey alone to find the legendary heir who could inherit all Merlin's magic, hoping to find a way to save his lover.
This is a bedtime story widely circulated in the wizarding world about Merlin and his three disciples. And this is also the key to whether Le Yuan can complete the first main task, which is to give up learning the magic of the Hogwarts series and switch to the magic spread in the Merlin series.
Regarding the existing direct descendant of Merlin, Balthazar, no matter whether it was how Le Yuan searched through the books he owned or asked Tom to inquire about acquaintances in the Ministry of Magic, there was no trace at all, as if everything had disappeared in the rolling torrent of history. among.
After further exploration, Le Yuan felt that the historical truth was that since 740 AD, apart from their huge reputation, the influence of the Merlin family in the magician world has slowly dissipated. Later, the classical magic he taught was gradually replaced by the magic created by the four most talented magicians at that time after 933 AD, and evolved into the modern magic that is still popular today.
And those four magicians are the founders of Hogwarts, the largest magic school in the wizarding world today - Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin.
Although becoming Merlin's disciple is naturally a very powerful thing, whether he can successfully get started is a big problem. Even though Le Yuan's qualifications are enough to get started, now he doesn't even know the location of Balthazar and is looking for something on hand. The most powerful tool, the Lucky Compass, seems to have malfunctioned since it came to this world. When asked where Balthazar is, the arrows spin around.
"What a troublesome guy, but it's up to you, Yui!" Le Yuan took the initiative to summon her for the first time since taking Yui as a familiar.
"Dad!" Yui, wearing a white dress, appeared out of thin air, threw herself into Le Yuan's arms, hugged Le Yuan's arm and said, "Really, Dad, you never called me, I thought you forgot I’m finished with my clothes.”
"Sorry, I kept looking for information as soon as I entered the world. Didn't I get busy all of a sudden? But now it's time for little Yui to show off her skills." Le Yuan said, rubbing her little head.
Yui raised her head and said proudly: "Anything, Yui will definitely help dad complete it."
Le Yuan picked up a book from a pair of books and handed it to Yui, then turned to one of the pages and pointed to one of the illustrations: "I'm looking for this guy."
Le Yuan's finger was pointed at a man with disheveled hair moving in the painting. Although the painting was considered realistic, no matter how the man moved in the painting, only half of his face was always shown.
"This man's name is Balthazar Blake. He should have settled in New York at this time. You are now invading New York's street system, starting with the Statue of Liberty as the center and radiating outwards to search, especially the identity of the owner of the antique shop. I think He shouldn't change his name." Le Yuan is very confident about Yui's hacker skills. Let alone this world with average technological level, even if Le Yuan is in the Marvel world of the 21st century, Le Yuan dared to pat his chest and say that his Yui was also one of the best hackers.
I saw Yui closing her eyes after hearing the restrictions mentioned by Le Yuan. The next second her skill hacker (C) was activated. In an instant, she was connected to the satellite above and used it as a springboard to start. Invaded the surveillance system in New York, USA, and began to search for Balthazar's whereabouts through the data in the surveillance system.
Half an hour later, Yui opened her eyes and said to Le Yuan: "Dad, I found that person, but I can't find the specific address. It seems that all clues have been blocked by him, except when he occasionally goes out to eat. Apart from being captured by surveillance cameras, I didn’t find any other image data.”
"It's okay, you've done a good job." Le Yuan picked up Yui and put her in the air and said, "Would you like to experience this interesting world with dad?"
"Of course!" Yui nodded with a bright smile. Fortunately, familiars are different from servants and do not need to pay any fees when summoned. Despite this benefit, ordinary familiars are far less intelligent and emotional than Yui, and their growth potential is also far inferior to that of servants.
With Yui's help, the identity problem of the two people was easily solved. Through Yui's modification of the database information, Le Yuan soon had the identity of Zack, a British-Chinese man. Later, under Tom's eyes, he looked like a god of plague. , left the Leaky Cauldron where he had stayed for half a month.
1991, New York, United States—
If the events in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" develop in memory, then the future reincarnation of Merlin, the Supreme Merlin, will receive the dragon ring from Balthazar nine years later, symbolizing the identity of Merlin's successor. As for now, the Merlin successor is just a newborn baby.
Holding a map of New York in his hand, with Yui's help, Le Yuan successfully drew a circle of Balthazar's activities near the Statue of Liberty. Judging from the available information, the antique where Balthazar, the most semi-resident Balthazar, is located. The store is located in a remote neighborhood west of the Statue of Liberty.
When Le Yuan held Yui's hand and followed step by step, he was half sightseeing, and finally discovered the suspected shop just after noon. Judging from its decoration, it is an old shop with a long history, but it exudes a wave that is more obscure and irresistible than the "idler dispelling" magic of the Leaky Cauldron. Compared with the Leaky Cauldron, which is invisible to ordinary people, this The problem is that even if you see it, you will subconsciously forget it, which can be said to be more difficult to defend against.
"Dad!" Yui, as an electronic elf, would naturally not be so easily disturbed, but she also noticed that this place was unusual and said nervously: "This place has strange radio waves that seem to have an impact on the human brain. I am currently analyzing how this radio wave operates, do you want to wait a while before entering?"
"It's okay. Don't worry. This method is not used to hurt people. Just rest assured. Come on, let's go in and have a look." As he said this, Le Yuan took Yui's hand and walked into this antique store. In the store.
As soon as you enter the store, you are greeted by an air of decay. The various antiques placed in a haphazard manner are covered with a thick layer of dust. It can be seen that no one has cleaned it for at least two or three years. .
Huge cabinets, roaring clouded leopard specimens, scepters with golden light, human skeletons, worn-out oil lamps... Eastern, Western, ancient, modern, the collection of this antique store can be said to be all-encompassing.
Le Yuan's spirit has been kept in a state of being released. Suddenly, a burst of mental fluctuations came from a large dusty jar, and a mental message "Let me out" came from inside. There was a trace of madness and a trace of filth in the spirit.
"Are you two lost?" Suddenly a man's voice came from behind Le Yuan, but what shocked Le Yuan was that his spirit did not notice the presence of anyone behind him at all. When he and After Yui turned around, she realized that at some point, a middle-aged man wearing a black leather jacket and a strange ring on his right index finger was already standing at the counter on one side.
"Uh, I'm sorry, I'm here to find someone. Are you Mr. Balthazar?" Looking at the hidden man in front of him, Le Yuan decisively gathered his energy back into his body. If he uses his energy indiscriminately in front of him, Strength is just a big show in front of Guan Gong, but it will make him unhappy.
I saw the middle-aged man staring into Le Yuan's eyes and saying: "Balthazar? No one has mentioned this name for a long time, but who are you? What are you here for?" As he spoke, his whole aura was... Changed, Le Yuan only felt that everything around him seemed strange in an instant, and anything could be a sharp weapon to take his life.
"My name is Zack. I come here hoping to become Mr. Balthazar's student and learn magic." Le Yuan truthfully stated his thoughts about the mysterious man in front of him.
"Oh? You look very honest. If you don't have advanced magic to block your thoughts, then your words can be regarded as words from the bottom of your heart." The middle-aged man had already arrived in front of Le Yuan and raised his eyebrows. Lifting his palm upward, Le Yuan's body floated uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Yui immediately grabbed Le Yuan's clothes with one hand and tried to help Le Yuan down, but Le Yuan shook his head at her and then looked at the middle-aged man and said: "Mr. Balthazar, it's enough to test here. I’m really not a magician, but I spent some days in the British wizarding world before coming here, and I learned about you from there.”
It seemed that he finally confirmed that Le Yuan was not a magician. Balthazar put Le Yuan down, then frowned and said, "Since you can enter the wizarding world, you are no longer an ordinary person. Why don't you go to Hogwart?" Instead of learning magic at a magic school like this, you come to me, and this is not something ordinary people can do."
Le Yuan stared at Balthazar, and seeing his firm gaze and a hint of wariness in his eyes, he spread his hands and said, "It's a pity that I can't learn Professor Hogwarts' magic, so I came to you to try it." Come on, I just want to confirm one thing, are you still looking for Merlin’s successor?”