Facing the praise from the bald-headed Great Mage, Wanda appeared extremely calm, responding without arrogance or impetuosity: "【The Ancient One】, you flatter me. The progress I've made is entirely due to your excellent guidance..."
Even though Wanda isn't usually good at expressing herself, the necessary mutual flattery is still essential.
Flattery will get you everywhere!
Wanda has always kept every one of Karl's teachings firmly in her heart.
The Ancient One smiled slightly, the look of approval in her eyes intensifying. Then, she inquired casually:
"I've noticed that you've been practicing the magic of 【Astral Projection】 recently..."
"So, when you enter the 【Out-of-Body】 state and frequently travel through the 'Astral Dimension' outside the real universe, have you felt anything unusual?!"
"Unusual?"
A look of confusion appeared on Wanda's fair face. After thinking carefully for a moment, she said somewhat uncertainly:
"If I had to say there's anything that feels wrong, it's probably that after entering the astral projection state, I can always sense an ominous aura around the perimeter of the Sanctum?"
That's right, don't doubt it. From the day you arrived at 【Kamar-Taj】, the ominous aura has already begun to shroud the three Sanctums...
The Ancient One nodded with a calm expression. "Very good, it seems your perception is also outstanding... As I taught you before, we 【Kamar-Taj】 are responsible for guarding the Earth's natural laws and maintaining the balance between reality and the mystical dimensions..."
"And the 【Eye of Agamotto】 is our most important weapon against the forces of darkness!!"
As she spoke, the Ancient One formed a hand seal, and the 【Eye of Agamotto】 appeared out of thin air in front of her chest. The internal mechanism rotated, and the 【Time Stone】, emitting a brilliant green light, was revealed to Wanda.
"This is... the 【Infinity Stone】?"
Wanda's eyes widened suddenly, obviously having learned about the 【Infinity Stones】 from Karl before.
After all, the "superpowers" of her and her brother Pietro were all activated by the 【Mind Stone】.
"Very good, it seems you already know about the existence of the 【Infinity Stones】."
The Ancient One wasn't surprised by Wanda's reaction, after all, that hateful dimensional demon had an 【Infinity Stone】 in his possession. So, she continued:
"Then you must also know that besides the 【Time Stone】, there are actually 5 other 【Infinity Stones】..."
"It is precisely these 【Infinity Stones】 that together created the flow of time we experience now!!"
"Although 【The First Sorcerer Supreme】 Agamotto used the power of the 【Time Stone】 out of the need to protect Earth and the dimension we are in at the time...
But in this universe, there are still many people who, out of a desire for power and various purposes and ambitions, are relentlessly searching for the whereabouts of other 【Infinity Stones】!"
"First is the 【Space Stone】's container, the 【Tesseract】. You should remember the 【Battle of New York】 that happened in this city about two years ago, right?"
Although Wanda didn't know why the Ancient One would suddenly start popularizing the origin story of the 【Infinity Stones】 to her, she still nodded very obediently.
Seeing this, the Ancient One continued, "But what you may not know is that the reason why the 【Battle of New York】 happened was actually more related to another 【Infinity Stone】... which is the 【Mind Stone】!!"
Upon hearing the name 【Mind Stone】, Wanda's beautiful brows furrowed slightly.
Karl had previously told her that the 【Mind Scepter】 in the hands of 【Hydra】 contained the 【Mind Stone】.
"Loki, the adopted son of Odin, the 【God King】 of 【Asgard】, brought the 【Mind Stone】 to Earth, and then successfully used the 【Space Stone】 to open an interdimensional portal, allowing the Chitauri army to invade Earth..."
"I have to say, he almost succeeded, but in the end, he failed due to the tenacious resistance of the 【Avengers】... Then Odin's son, 【Thor】 took Loki and the 【Tesseract】 back to 【Asgard】 together..."
"And that scepter inlaid with the 【Mind Stone】, after many twists and turns, came into the hands of 【Hydra】, hidden under the guise of 【.】.
Then, 【Hydra】, led by Baron Strucker, began to try to use the power of the scepter... which is actually the power of the 【Mind Stone】 on it, to conduct human experiments, and the power you and your brother have comes from this..."
"Not long after, another war triggered by the 【Infinity Stones】 broke out again. Malekith, the leader of the 【Dark Elves】, attempted to use the 【Aether】... which is the 【Reality Stone】, to envelop all 【Nine Realms】, including Earth, in endless darkness at the moment of the universe singularity created by the 【Convergence】."
The Ancient One paused slightly, looked at Wanda opposite her, and smiled, "The result, I believe, you know without me saying, after all, you and Mr. Karl acted together and successfully stopped this disaster!"
My Karl is the most important thing in the world!
"【Sorcerer Supreme】, what exactly do you want to say?"
Seeing the undisguised vigilance on Wanda's face, the Ancient One felt a burst of helplessness in her heart. This little girl's 'love-brain holy body' is really incurable.
"Wanda, what I want to tell you is that Loki, who has twice used the 【Infinity Stones】 to create disasters, is now causing an unprecedented disaster in the universe, and no one knows how this disaster will end..."
Faced with this answer, Wanda couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Because an event that could make the 【Sorcerer Supreme】 feel apprehensive and call it a 'disaster' was destined to be extraordinary. So, she subconsciously asked:
"Even the 【Sorcerer Supreme】 can't predict it?"
"That's right."
The Ancient One nodded with an extremely solemn expression, but after hesitating slightly, she continued like a riddle, earnestly:
"Faced with this epic disaster, there is currently only one person who can prevent the event from further deteriorating... But the premise is that he is really willing to take action to stop it."
Wanda narrowed her beautiful eyes and asked vigilantly, "The person you're talking about... shouldn't be my brother... cough, cough, I mean Mr. Karl, right?"
"That's right, it's him."
The Ancient One nodded without hesitation, her deep gaze staring directly at Wanda opposite her, "Although this epic disaster was not caused by Mr. Karl, it is inextricably linked to him..."
"Wanda, the reason why I told you so much is just hoping that in the future, at a certain critical moment, out of consideration for the survival of humanity and the Earth, you can help persuade that man."
"Ah?" Wanda widened her eyes with a blank expression, seemingly not understanding the meaning of the other party's words, but the Ancient One's next sentence directly made her a little dizzy and overjoyed!
"After all, you should be one of the few people in this world who can truly make Mr. Karl care..."
However, at this moment, as if sensing something suddenly, the Ancient One's deep gaze looked through the floor and walls towards the location of the door, and said with a smile:
"It seems we can only talk later, because the uninvited guest who wants to seek answers from Earth has arrived!"
Wanda: "Uninvited guest???"
...
At this moment, outside the door of the 【New York Sanctum】.
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Thor, wearing a denim outfit and holding an umbrella in his hand, first looked at the three-story building in front of him that didn't look very luxurious, and then looked at the 【177A Bleecker Street】 written on the doorplate, and muttered somewhat uncertainly:
"Did Heimdall make a mistake?"
"How could that great wizard who can stop the spread of chaotic energy live in such a simple house? The Midgardians should at least build her a magnificent palace!"
However, before he could raise his hand to knock on the door, the scene in front of him suddenly changed, and he actually appeared directly inside the 【Sanctum Sanctorum】.
And a bald-headed person wearing a yellow, simple mage robe, whose gender and age were difficult to distinguish from the appearance, was sitting on an antique chair opposite him, looking at him with a smile.
And next to that bald head, stood a long-haired girl with a beautiful appearance, but her face revealed a strong vigilance and inexplicable hostility?
The Ancient One spoke first, teasing lightly, "Thor Odinson, son of Odin, 【God of Thunder】... not everyone likes to live in magnificent palaces like you Asgardians."
Thor raised his umbrella... accurately speaking, the 【Mjolnir】 disguised as an umbrella, and looked at the Ancient One with a look of fear and said:
"It seems that Heimdall was right, 【Midgard】 really has its own 【Wizard】... but I'm very curious, why didn't we see you the last two times we resisted the invasion of alien legions?"
"Accurately speaking, we are not 【Wizards】, but 【Mystic Masters】."
The Ancient One corrected with a smile, "And those aliens who invaded 【New York】 and 【Greenwich】 were not within the scope of our 【Kamar-Taj】's defense."
"Okay, since you know who I am, then you must be the 【Sorcerer Supreme】 who my father and mother said was secretly guarding 【Midgard】, right?"
Although Thor's brain isn't very bright, his eyes for people are still quite accurate.
Don't look at the Ancient One opposite him as if she's harmless, but she exudes an extremely powerful sense of oppression.
Thor had only felt this sense of oppression from one person before... ah no, two people, one of whom was naturally his father, Odin, the 【King of the Gods】.
And the other one was Karl, who had confronted Thor face to face in 【Greenwich】 when he was in full swing.
So, if there is really a powerful 【Wizard】... ah no, a 【Mystic Master】 on Earth who can have a way to stop the chaotic energy overflowing from the 【Eye of Fear】, then it must be this bald head in front of him.
The Ancient One nodded slightly upon hearing this, "You can call me 【Sorcerer Supreme】, or you can call me Ancient One... I know the purpose of your trip, but I am powerless about the encounters of 【Asgard】 and the 【Nine Realms】!!"
"What, you even know the purpose of my trip?"
Thor's eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief.
Looking at the entire 【Asgard】, apart from his mother, the Queen Frigga, who can divination certain fragments of the future through flames and dreams, he has never seen anyone else who can predict the future.
"Prince Thor, you don't have to be surprised."
The Ancient One said calmly, "In order to protect the Earth from the invasion of mysterious forces, I have been monitoring those people and things from other countries all these years."
"Because they may pose a potential threat to Earth at a certain time... and Loki, your brother who was adopted by Odin, is naturally one of them!"
"That's right, I deeply agree with this."
Thor smiled foolishly, not ashamed but proud, "My stinky brother absolutely deserves it, this time he has caused a huge mess again... but 【Wizard】... ah, I mean Ancient One, what did you just say about being powerless?"
"Didn't you say that 【Kamar-Taj】 has been protecting the Earth from the invasion of mysterious forces all these years?"
"Aren't those chaotic energies released from the 【Eye of Fear】 and the four 【Chaos Gods】 entrenched in the 【Warp】 among them?"
Faced with Thor's question, the Ancient One patiently explained to him, "Sorry, actually 【Kamar-Taj】 and I are also very unfamiliar with that 【Eye of Fear】 that has recently appeared..."
"Because the 【Warp】 and the 【Four Chaos Gods】 are different from any dimension we have dealt with before, it is more troublesome, more difficult to deal with, and more powerful, so..."
However, before the Ancient One could finish speaking, Thor hurriedly interrupted, "Wait a minute, wasn't it you who took action to stop that chaotic energy from corroding 【Midgard】?"
The Ancient One shook her head, "Although 【Kamar-Taj】 can indeed rely on the magical barrier formed by the three 【Sanctums】 to resist the invasion of that chaotic energy, the reason why the Earth has not been affected in any way this time has nothing to do with 【Kamar-Taj】..."
Thor was stunned for a moment, and then his single-celled brain reacted and quickly asked, "In other words, you actually also have a way to resist that chaotic energy?!"
