In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 361 The reason why I couldn't become the Supreme Mage was...

"Ahaha! It's really you, Walter. You said you're not a wizard, but you can even use space magic."

Thor arrived at the scene carrying a Meowth Hammer.

When he saw Qingshui, a simple smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Well, Thor, they're here to see me."

An old and heroic voice sounded, and an old man wearing gorgeous golden armor and holding a spear that looked like a scepter came here, surrounded by several Asgard guards.

"Your Majesty Odin."

Ancient One looked very calm at this time and nodded slightly to Odin.

Odin returned the gesture by placing his hand on his chest.

Asgardians, who are generous by nature, rarely use these etiquettes in their daily lives, but that doesn't mean they don't know how to use them.

"Father, he is..."

Even someone as reckless as Thor could see at this moment how formal Odin was in treating the Ancient One.

This is the respect shown to a powerful being who is also a Father-in-law.

As one of the nine realms of Asgard, Earth must have had some interactions with Odin as the nominal ruler of the nine realms and the Sorcerer Supreme who has protected Earth for thousands of years.

With Odin around, the Earth can be shielded from many interstellar gazes. Facing the powerful Sorcerer Supreme who holds an Infinity Stone, Odin, who was brave and good at fighting in his youth, probably suffered losses and therefore has not interfered with the Earth.

"Thor, this is the Supreme Mage from Midgard, the most powerful mage in the Nine Realms."

The strongest wizard in the Nine Realms?

But isn’t the number one wizard in the Nine Realms his own stupid brother Loki?

Thor looked at Ancient One with a scrutinizing gaze, his tiger eyes full of interest.

Since my father pays so much attention to you, you must be a good fighter, right?
"Your Majesty Odin, your divine raven should have brought the message, right? Watt needs to borrow the power of the World Tree. I am here to introduce you two to each other."

Ancient One straightened his body and said to Odin.

On this occasion, he pretended again.

Qingshui looked at Gu Yi's pretentious look and curled his lips in disdain.

"Introductions, haha, let me do the introductions! Father, this is Watt, a warrior and a wizard. He is just as smart as Loki. No, he is even smarter than Loki. When they were in the courtyard, he guessed every move of Loki. Just like you, he has the wisdom to see the future!"

Thor walked towards Qingshui with a laugh and patted Qingshui's shoulder hard.

Odin's expression changed when he heard this and he looked at Ancient One.

The latter just gave Odin an unfathomable smile.

Odin suddenly spoke:

"Thor, go inform your mother and ask her to arrange a banquet. We want to welcome the Supreme Sorcerer and Master Walter."

"Hey! It's just a notification. Brother, please excuse me. I have to entertain friends here. Remember to ask the Queen Mother to take out the fine wine that I have treasured for five hundred years."

Thor didn't listen to Odin's intention to get rid of him. Instead, he patted the shoulder of an Asgardian guard beside him and shouted loudly.

"This……"

The Asgardian guard glanced at Odin.

Although Thor is the crown prince, Odin is the current king of Asgard.

"Go ahead and let Frigga prepare. Thor, in that case, you will be the one to entertain Master Watt. Master Ancient One and I still have something to discuss."

Odin waved his hands helplessly.

It was not convenient for him to scold his stupid son who only had hammers and muscles in his head in front of outsiders.

And he had something he wanted to discuss with Ancient One.

"Okay! Come, Walter, let me introduce you to my friends. This is Volstagg, the Lion of Asgard. He has the best appetite in Asgard."

Thor pointed at a fat man who was over two meters tall, obese and strong, and wore a golden helmet with a vegetable-leaf-like device on his head.

"Good fighters usually have big appetites. I can see that you are a very good fighter."

Shimizu and Volstagg shook hands.

"Ahaha, Thor, I like this guy."

Volstagg grinned.

"This is Sif, Heimdall's sister."

Thor then pulled over a tall female swordsman wearing silver armor.

"I heard that you beat up Loki pretty badly. I'd say it was a good job."

Sif smiled.

"Um... because Loki cut off Sif's hair as a prank when they were kids, their relationship isn't very good. But we often go to the battlefield together, and we're both comrades who can be trusted. It's just that Loki is in prison now, and that place is not open to outsiders, so it's not convenient for me to take you to see him."

Thor put his mouth next to Qingshui a little embarrassedly and explained in a low voice that he didn't want Qingshui to go to see Loki.

"Oh, and there are Hogun and Fandral. Together with Volstagg, they are known as the Three Warriors of Asgard. They are also very reliable partners on the battlefield. I will take you to meet them!"

Thor excitedly took Qingshui to find Hogan and Fandral.

At this time, Odin and Ancient One came to a place where they would not be disturbed for the time being.

"You changed your heir? But he looks more reliable than the one I had."

Odin leaned his hands on the white jade railing and asked Ancient One beside him.

"I'm not sure yet, I can only say that he has a real chance now compared to before.

The future is always changing, and this change is different from the past. You have the ability to predict the future, so you should be able to feel it."

Ancient One said to Odin.

Odin has many divine duties. He represents royal power, wisdom, poetry, war and other divine powers, including prophecy.

"Prediction is different from seeing the future directly. I can only see part of the future, not like you."

Odin held the spear of Gungnir, looked out at the prosperous Asgard, and said to the Ancient One beside him.

According to his original prophecy, the prosperous Asgard will eventually be destroyed.

"You haven't made a prophecy in at least two years."

Gu Yi suddenly said decisively.

Because if Odin had sensed the changes in the future, his answer would not have been so vague.

"That change started two years ago?"

After Odin realized that the Ancient One was testing him, he also reacted. There was nothing he could do, because of the poor intelligence.

Others can observe the future at any time, but I can't.

"My divine power has become so strong that it is almost uncontrollable. In order to prevent it from getting out of control, I have stopped using my divine power since two years ago unless it is absolutely necessary. I even go into Odin's sleep every winter to suppress my divine power."

Odin sighed slightly.

Asgardians grow stronger as they age, and their powers grow stronger as time goes by.

If they were just ordinary Asgardians, no matter how strong they were, there would be a limit and there would be no riots.

But Odin is the king of gods.

Part of his divine power was inherited from his father, the previous king of gods, Bor. That is to say, five thousand years ago, Odin's power was called Bor's power, and five thousand years before that it was the power of Buri.

Similarly, Odin's power will be inherited by Thor in the future.

The power of the God King is the highest in Asgard. As the crown prince, Thor has the strength of a sub-god father even though he has not yet inherited Odin's power.

Excluding the sealed Hela, his strength is second only to Odin in Asgard.

Odin possesses the power of three generations of gods. When he was young, he was strong and had no problems. But now Odin is approaching the end of his life, and his ability to control has declined.

"That kid Walter has changed since two years ago. I think his achievements today are related to some demon god from outside the domain."

Ancient One answered Odin.

"Then you dare to consider it? Are you planning to bring in other demon gods to fight against us?"

Odin continued to ask Ancient One.

"If we introduce other demons, Strange can do better, or even the best."

Ancient One shook his head.

Most of the spells cast by mages require the help of external forces and they are very dependent on the dimensional demons outside their domain. Even Vishanti of the neutral order requires paying a price, and Ancient One usually steals Dormammu's dark power and has no intention of paying the price.

Because the means of stealing were sophisticated enough, and Dormammu could not do anything to the Ancient One, he could only let it go and take advantage of the situation. He planned to wait until the dark power had almost completely eroded the Ancient One, and then devour and assimilate him into his own dark wizard.

This kind of god-level wizard is rare.

The Ancient One knew Dormammu's plan very well, so he had already found a way out.

No matter how powerful the Lord of the Dark Dimension is, he is not as powerful as the Eternal God.

But if you don't have this ability, then you have to do what Strange did after he took office. You have to mortgage your soul and liver in exchange for power first, and then use other methods to slowly solve the problem later.

It was because of this that he was able to acquire the power to serve as the Sorcerer Supreme in less than a year of studying magic.

But no matter what methods Strange uses or what tricks he plays to avoid the cost, he still needs to pay in the end. In fact, it is not as good as getting it for free like Ancient One.

"Some time ago, Walter came up with a method that looks very similar to the methods of Kunlun's Qigong practitioners. It weakens some of the influences on himself. If he can eliminate these influences before I leave office, he may be no worse than Strange."

"Can't you see if he can clear it?"

"It's always changing, as if it's being updated and strengthened every once in a while. Every subtle change will bring a slight change to the infinite futures that this world has set. So every once in a while I have to observe the future to ensure the normal direction of the world."

Ancient One emphasized.

Odin understood.

In other words, Walter brings too many variables.

"Then you came to me because you must have used the Time Stone to see the future and were sure that I would help you. And I chose to help you because the changes brought about by Walter also led to changes in the future of Asgard, and they were good changes."

Odin looked at Ancient One and affirmed.

"You know, your Queen of Gods doesn't have much time left. She will die in an accident."

"And one of the changed futures brought by Walter can save Frigga?"

Odin clenched the railing with both hands.

After being husband and wife for thousands of years, he and Frigga, who is still behind him, still have a deep affection for each other.

“The predetermined future will move in the direction of the world’s original inertia. There are some things that are destined that we cannot change. Once we do something, we will be smashed to pieces by this inertia, and we will not be able to bring much change. So in the past, we can only guide this inertia in the direction we want.

This is what the Eastern magic world often says: big trends are irreversible, but small things can be changed.

But when the orbit deviates slightly, even if the general direction does not change, many things can change after all.”

Gu Yi put one hand behind his back and spoke in an unfathomable manner. He looked as deep as an abyss and as high as a mountain, with the bearing of a master.

Odin asked again: "Does Walter have to take action?"

Ancient One: “He is the core of change, and letting him leave this world this time is also an experiment to see how much he will change after returning from other dimensions.

However, one rule that is certain is that the stronger he becomes, the more things he changes. As the source of change, the more you come into contact with him, the more changes will happen to you.

If you want to save Frigga, he has to do it. No matter how strong you and I are, we may be shattered by the big collision."

The old God-King pondered for a moment, looking at Frigga who was presiding over the arrangement of the banquet below.

"I agree, but as the source of the change, isn't it safer to let him directly control the Time Stone so that he can better control the changes he brings?"

"I know that this experiment is also a test and an examination. It is to test the state and thoughts of the demon behind him, whether he will do something after he leaves this world, and whether he can withstand the pressure brought by the demon."

Gu Yi explained with a calm expression, but he actually sighed in his heart.

He actually wants to retire early, whether it's Walter or Strange, it's all fine.

But the problem is, no matter what changes happen in the future, this kid Watt will hold the Supreme Sorcerer's First Seventh Singing King Conference.

For Ancient One, this is fucked up.

Damn it! If I really gave you the position of Supreme Sorcerer, wouldn’t that be digging my own grave?
The banquet hosted by Frigga began soon.

The food in Asgard is somewhat different from that on Earth. The types of fruits and vegetables are different from those on Earth. Even because the upper limit of the alcohol content of normal wine is only one hundred, it is not strong enough for some Asgardians with strong bodies, so they often cast magic when brewing wine.

Thor even brought out a small bottle of wine that was a thousand years old.

Even though his physical strength exceeded that of an average person, Qingshui only dared to take a sip of this wine that could knock out even Asgardians, and then he would drink the three to five hundred year old aged wines that the people of Asgard often drank.

Yeah, that's exciting too.

“Aha! Another one!”

"Hogan! Try harder! I'm putting a lot of pressure on you!"

"Volstagg, beautiful! If you win, I'll treat you to the tavern tomorrow!"

Hogan and Volstagg were drinking when they started fighting in the middle of the banquet.

This is the tradition of the Asgardians. They value bravery and believe that martial arts competitions are the most exciting shows and the best way to entertain guests besides fine wine.

(End of this chapter)