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Chapter 202 Dormammu: The aura of the Infinity Stones has disappeared! Here I come!

While browsing through the books in Kamar-Taj, Du Mu learned that the magic in the Marvel world was indeed similar to what he had known in the past.

All magic power belongs to someone. It is impossible for ordinary people to obtain magic power and cast magic through so-called "cultivation".

All wizards' magic has a specific source, usually a demon from a certain dimension, and every time they borrow magic power, they must pay a corresponding price.

This is why, although there are wizards in the Marvel world, they never appear in mainstream society and have no desire to integrate into it.

This is not a route worth developing. At most, it is a process where a small number of people rely on borrowing to improve their living conditions. It has no promotional value.

Compared to the Hogwarts world, the only advantage is that it does not rely on bloodline. Theoretically, anyone can cast magic by paying the price.

Other than that, it's all shortcomings...

In Du Mu's opinion, the biggest disadvantage is not even the need to pay a price to the devil, because it is like a transaction where both parties pay off the debt. If you think it is not worth it, just don't borrow it.

If the time comes when you have to use magic, it means that the threat you face is greater than the price you pay to the devil. Using magic at this time can at least give an ordinary, powerless person the ability to resist.

Of course, it is another matter if Gu Yi borrows money but does not repay it, and then "gets away" before the creditor comes to the door.

In his opinion, the biggest drawback of magic in the Marvel world is that there are too many demons and their powers are too complex, making it almost impossible to form a systematic knowledge structure.

Most magic is just a mix of hammers here and there, the main point is that it works. At the knowledge level, people only know the results but not the reasons.

Therefore, it is difficult to judge a magician's strength level through external conditions.

Even if a person who has just learned magic for a short time, because he does not understand the specific principles of magic, and makes sacrifices to the devil without restraint, it is possible for him to cast magic more powerful than a wizard who has practiced for many years.

Du Mu was in the library. Having already been exposed to the relatively complete magic system of the Hogwarts world, he became more and more disgusted with the content of the Marvel world that could almost be called "ravings".

However... this is just the beginning.

After Du Mu read more deeply, his expression became serious again, and he even showed admiration from time to time.

The wisdom of mankind is secretly and silently revealed between the lines, like weeds in the cracks of bricks and stones, small but full of vitality.

Even though all the magic in the Marvel Universe has its own masters, humans still try their best to sum up a lot of experience from the chaotic hands of various demons.

For example, after borrowing a portion of magic power, you can collect the magic power again at the end of casting, and cast a much weaker spell again. One portion of magic power can be recycled and used as three portions.

Raise a favorite animal as a pet in advance, and use a pet as the price every time a sacrifice of a beloved object is required or the caster is required to be sad... This may sound like a paradox, but when the price required is sadness and pain, those emotions are real, they just put the purpose of the spell above their own pain.

There are also cases where one accidentally borrows too much and gets into debt, so one might just give up and, after borrowing a large amount of magic power, choose a demon and sacrifice oneself completely to the other demon, then one does not have to pay back what one owes to other demons.

The last one is usually Vishanti, the source of magic used by most of the magicians in Kamar-Taj. Vishanti can also obtain the energy of many other demons through this, so he accepts all comers and has a very good relationship with Kamar-Taj.

But the one chosen by Ancient One seems to be a god called Eternity...

Du Mu didn't know much about him, he only knew his name and general appearance, but he should have a good personality, or even be the type that is easy to bully, otherwise Ancient One would not have chosen to hide from his debts through eternity.

The game between these humans and demons is not elegant at all, even rude, full of pettiness, betrayal, stinginess and cheating.

But Du Mu didn't think those people were dishonest at all.

Because it was in this kind of survival in the cracks that the Supreme Wizards of all generations relied on their mortal wisdom to resist the invasion of countless dimensional demons over a long period of time.

They have no innate powers, they are all ordinary people.

However, he struggled among countless demons, formed alliances with them, and used the power of demons to resist them at the cost of his own life.

Human technology has only been developing for a few hundred years.

Throughout the long and primitive ancient times, there has always been a group of people who use dishonorable means to accomplish great things.

They gave up glory, never showed off their achievements, and concealed their contributions in the dark side of human society, so as to prevent the unreliable force of magic from interfering with the normal development of human civilization.

The only things these people can rely on and the only things they can pay are their own emotions, wisdom, and lives.

"Peng..."

Du Mu closed the magic book in his hand.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Ancient One was so eager to give the position of Supreme Sorcerer to him.

This position has never symbolized glory and benefits, but responsibility.

As the Sorcerer Supreme, why did Ancient One use Dormammu's dark energy without any restraint?
To prolong life.

So is Ancient One afraid of death?
Judging from her relaxed attitude, she is obviously not afraid of death.

In addition, Ancient One also possesses the Eye of Agamotto, which can see the future, also known as the Time Stone.

Du Mu suddenly discovered something hidden in the original work, which Gu Yi had never revealed and seemed to be the most normal behavior.

Over the past few hundred years, due to the development of science and technology and society, people have been rushing to pursue progress and more advanced ideas.

What will such a 'modern man' do when he discovers magic?
This "modern man" will most likely start studying magic right away, and even try to include magic in the category of science that is making great strides, so that the glory of the "science" of "magic" can benefit every human being just like antibiotics.

Du Mu is not saying that such thinking is wrong. Even in the world of Hogwarts, such thinking is very positive.

But, this obviously doesn't apply to magic in the Marvel world.

Human technology is still too weak, and we can't even leave the cradle of our home planet. How can we face the dimensional demons in the universe?

I'm afraid that's why the Ancient One used the Time Stone to select countless qualified successors to the position of Sorcerer Supreme over the past few hundred years, but they all had no choice but to give up.

To be the Sorcerer Supreme, one must be smart enough, cautious enough, thick-skinned enough, and dare to break all the rules.

And then... such a smart person has to be cautious in what he says and does, ignore all glory and social progress, and hide his magic like an antique.

This is a very, very contradictory thing.

It was so contradictory that Ancient One borrowed Dormammu's dark power and lived for hundreds of years before he met a smart man, Strange.

Then, the future Strange was cured by the healing potion and continued to stay in his own field of surgery without going beyond the line.

Du Mu chuckled helplessly.

Gu Yi was probably in despair at first.

Because of her mistake, Dormammu will soon come to Earth.

And the Ancient One has borrowed so much dark energy from Dormammu, even the energy to sustain her life comes from Dormammu, how can she win?
that's the truth.

At that time, Ancient One was already in a dilemma with a powerful enemy at the door and no one available.

But now Gu Yi is enjoying French foie gras happily.

Because after going around in circles, Ancient One suddenly realized that to be the Sorcerer Supreme... one does not necessarily have to be a native Earthling.

When Thanos invaded the earth, Du Mu rushed in without hesitation and strangled him.

Such power, coupled with actions and thoughts that take protecting the earth for granted.

It's perfect for the other party to take the blame... bah, take over this position.

It even possesses unrivaled power in itself, coupled with two complete Infinity Stones - one represents the destructive power at the root level of the universe, and the other represents a mental barrier that will never be taken advantage of.

Du Mu does not need to rely on the power of any other dimensional demon to protect the earth without any pressure.

At least in this universe, Du Mu’s current overall strength is comparable to that of the demons in ordinary dimensions, and he may even be slightly better than them!

And someone with this kind of power...actually has morals.

He actually still identifies himself as a human being and thinks it is natural to protect humans.

This is actually a very rare thing.

At this point, Gu Yi immediately realized that even if he had to deceive, he had to pin the title of Supreme Sorcerer on Du Mu.

Fortunately, things went very smoothly. Du Mu was not opposed to protecting humans, so all Ancient One had to do was to give Du Mu the inheritance and titles accumulated by the Supreme Magicians of all generations. "Well, I finally finished reading it..."

Du Mu stretched and yawned.

He had already finished reading the information compiled by Wang, and the total time was... 15 seconds.

Du Mu read the book carefully and did not put any pressure on himself. He turned the pages at a slow pace.

After all, the information conveyed by books is the speed at which the eyes scan text and pictures, and there is no need to cooperate with other people.

In this situation, Du Mu did not have the need to accommodate others and maintain a slow speed, so he finished reading the information that was taller than him in just over ten seconds.

Although the source of magic power is the devil, the way to use various kinds of magic power is the experience and wisdom of human beings themselves.

Those spellcasting techniques gave Du Mu a lot of inspiration.

In particular, Du Mu's own magic power is a fusion of the magic and true energy of the Hogwarts world, and has stronger material properties. In fact, it is not very compatible with the system of the Hogwarts world.

All along, the reason why Du Mu was able to perform the magic of the Hogwarts world was basically because he took the initiative to be compatible and adaptable, just cutting his feet to fit the shoes.

Ordinary magic is fine, but when it comes to the soul and mind level, it will be like legilimency. A good mind-reading spell will be turned into an attack spell like mind blast.

But this uniqueness is nothing in the Marvel magic world. Magic of different natures has its own set or several sets of usage plans and application techniques.

As long as the properties of the magic are not too special, there are still many popular spells that can be cast.

Du Mu slightly circulated the magic power in his body, and instantly a layer of translucent magic armor attached to his body surface.

The style of this armor is more Western, like the one worn by medieval kings, with full-coverage plate armor carved with intricate patterns.

This is not just about appearance. The seemingly thin mana armor actually has defensive performance comparable to Du Mu's ten-layer mana shield in the past.

Even if he used the destructive purple flame of the power gem to bombard it, it would take at least 10 seconds to penetrate the magic armor that Du Mu had condensed now.

10 seconds is enough for Du Mu to read several literary works.

But pure defense is not important, because Du Mu's Krypton skin is the best defensive material in the world.

Du Mu raised his hand, and a trickle of blood seeped out from the gaps between the cells of his fingertips and merged into the translucent armor.

Du Mu now possesses the observation ability of a Kryptonian. He can directly manipulate red blood cells, eliminate the electromagnetic repulsion between cells, and squeeze the red blood cells out of the gaps in blood vessels, muscles, and skin cells. It is not difficult.

This set of translucent armor gradually took on a layer of crimson.

Du Mu smiled with satisfaction.

At this point, the spell of 'Shadow of the King' is completely completed.

The most valuable thing about this armor is that it can serve as a substitute for the user, making him the target of many unavoidable and inevitable attacks.

For example, Odin's Gungnir, the inevitable spear.

If he attacks Du Mu and hits his armor, it would be equivalent to hitting Du Mu himself, and the hit attribute would not continue to play out.

Even...assuming that Du Mu was just an ordinary person except for this spell, and came to the world of the Death Note, with his name written in that notebook. This armor can also serve as a substitute for Du Mu, enduring this weird attack that is almost a curse and takes away life.

The biggest drawback of the Armor Substitute Spell is that it consumes a lot of magic power. After condensing into armor, it is completely fixed and cannot be restored into reusable magic power.

Either it was broken by someone or discarded by the magician.

The magical resources in the Marvel Universe are extremely precious, and all of them must be exchanged for a price. Therefore, the wizards in this world cherish magic power very much and rarely indulge in the luxury of condensing magic to attack directly.

Therefore, mages often practice their fighting skills, condense their magic power into recyclable cold weapons, and go up to close combat to hammer people.

In addition, mages rarely face attacks with the "guaranteed hit" attribute, so this spell is almost meaningless to most mages.

That was the Supreme Sorcerer who originally created this spell. At that time, he was facing some fallen wizards who were completely subservient to the devil. Those people cursed him in some special ways, forcing the Supreme Sorcerer to research the Shadow of the King to protect himself.

Well, as the name suggests, the Supreme Mage was the king of a small European country before he became a mage. The image of this armor is also the real appearance of the king's helmet during his reign.

"Just being able to learn this one spell is enough to take over Ancient One's duties."

Du Mu smiled. Although attacks that are guaranteed to hit or curses are relatively rare in the Marvel Universe, Du Mu has to face them in all the heavens and worlds.

Countless strange and bizarre worlds and enemies make this spell extremely practical for Du Mu.

As for its disadvantage of consuming mana... for Du Mu, it is not a disadvantage at all.

He used all his own strength, not borrowing it from the dimensional demon, so he would be able to recover in no time.

And the King's Shadow was created by the always stingy Supreme Sorcerer. Since the magic power cannot be reused, the shelf life must be long!
Therefore, as long as Du Mu does not actively dispel it, it will continue to exist and provide protection for Du Mu, which is almost equivalent to free stuff.

This is also why Du Mu used it as the first Marvel spell he used.

The duration is measured in years, so naturally the sooner you use it, the sooner you will get protection.

Du Mu waved his hand, and the crimson King's Shadow Armor disappeared. He hid it so that it would not affect his daily actions.

Then, Du Mu closed his eyes and cast a spell again.

In an instant... he felt the entire earth and all the unfolding mirror spaces.

Du Mu naturally paid attention to this magic that shined so brightly in the movie when he was reading the book, and he successfully learned it.

There are not many mirror spaces on the earth, and this is a relatively complicated magic after all, so Du Mu found his target almost instantly.

"You're hiding in New York?"

Du Mu raised his eyebrows, but this was normal, after all, one of the three holy places was in New York.

and……

Du Mu only realized this after he finished reading the book.

The protective magic maintained by the three major sanctuaries in New York, Hong Kong, and London seemed to have been destroyed by Casillas and others long ago.

Before, Du Mu didn’t know the relevant knowledge, so he naturally couldn’t notice this. Now he could sense the interruption and disorder of those magic circuits.

In the movie, due to the obstruction of Ancient One and Strange, Casillas and others destroyed the protective barrier in a very brutal way, almost demolishing the entire sanctuary.

But this time, since Ancient One was trapped by the broken Time Stone for a month, Casillas and the others didn't know what was happening, so they sneaked around and tiptoed to destroy the magic circuits of the protective barrier.

This meant that these fallen wizards who believed in Dormammu did not cause as much trouble as in the original work, but still achieved their goals.

If that's the case, why hasn't Dormammu appeared yet?
At this moment, in the New York Mirror Space, a female fallen wizard raised her head, looked at Casillas and said, "The aura of the Power Stone and the Space Stone on Earth has completely disappeared. It should be the aliens who got the Infinity Stones and used the power of the Space Stone to completely leave the Earth."

Casillas nodded: "There is really nothing worth noting about the Earth. It is normal for the aliens who got the Infinity Stones to leave directly."

Several fallen mages raised their heads, and one of them said with excitement, "Then can we summon the Lord of the Dark Dimension? This time, our Lord will definitely respond to our call!"

Du Mu was suddenly speechless.

So Dormammu didn't come out before because he sensed the aura of the three Infinity Stones?
This is no wonder. It is normal for Dormammu, who is unable to break through the blockade of the Time Stone, to think that he cannot defeat other stones.

He returned to the martial arts school only after the aura of the space gem in his body dissipated, and then returned to Earth with the disciples of the martial arts school.

During the day, the aura of the Infinity Gems only appeared for a moment at the same time, and it completely disappeared only at this moment, which was normal.

Just as Du Mu was thinking whether killing these fallen wizards directly could prevent Dormammu's coming.

They hadn't even performed the ceremony to communicate with Dormammu yet, but a dark and brilliant crack appeared in the sky, as if leading to an unknown universe.

Well...it is indeed dark and gorgeous, a bit like colorful black.

Dormammu, come uninvited.

(End of this chapter)