American comic book: Scarlet Witch's Multiverse

For ten years, she was different from other monks. She didn't need to do any other work. She basically didn't need to do anything. She could go to the training ground to cultivate whenever she wanted and not go whenever she wanted.

Therefore, no one was dissatisfied. Firstly, because she was just a child when she arrived, everyone was quite tolerant of her, after all, she was just a child.

Secondly, because at that time, Teacher Gu Yi told everyone her identity: the future Sorcerer Supreme.

Thirdly, the Ancient One told everyone that as long as she succeeded in her cultivation, they could borrow her power.

Because her power can be viewed as a dimension in itself, the source of her magic is herself.

If she becomes powerful enough, she can completely replace other dimensional demons and become the source of power for Kamar-Taj.

This news completely shocked everyone in Kamar-Taj, and then everyone was filled with excitement.

Because the power of the sorcerers in Kamar-Taj is entirely borrowed from dimensional daemons.

The sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, or rather, the sorcerers in Marvel, cultivate in a different way than traditional sorcerers. Instead of cultivating their own magic and storing it within their bodies, they directly borrow power from dimensional daemons and then use it to cast spells.

There is no magic power inside the body; it can be used and obtained immediately.

However, this borrowing of power is not without cost. Even though the Kamar-Taj mages borrow from righteous or neutral dimensional daemons, it is not unconditional.

For example, one can borrow the most famous dimensional daemons of Kamar-Taj, the Vishanti. Normally, they can borrow as many as they want, but this depends on their talent; those with good talent can borrow more.

Although they could borrow it at any time, no one would do so, not even righteous dimensional demons.

Borrowing their power comes at a price, even if they are righteous.

Borrowing power comes at a price.

However, since they are borrowing from righteous demon gods, when they usually use minor and weak spells, such as teleportation, the only price they pay is fatigue, mental exhaustion, headaches, and muscle aches. This is the price of frequent use, not something that would happen after using it once or twice.

They barely felt the cost of using the portal once or twice.

Using powerful spells consumes their life force. This life force is not lifespan; to use an analogy, it's like working tirelessly for a long time, relentlessly pushing yourself to the limit. The body becomes extremely weak, fatigued, and mentally exhausted, with numerous minor illnesses and organ damage—the kind of organ damage that is permanent and irreversible.

This happens if powerful spells are used for a long time; in fact, when a mage can no longer withstand the loss of life force, their lifespan will be directly reduced.

Forbidden spells, whether used by villainous or righteous demons, are simply a matter of trading one's lifespan for them.

Compared to the Dark Dimensional Demons, such as Dormammu, borrowing his power will result in erosion, corruption, irreversible physical damage, and soul damage. Even after death, one's soul will return to him, be devoured, and become nourishment for the dimension.

Although righteous demon gods do not devour souls, they still require mages to work for them in their dimension for a period of time after death.

They will be free when the time comes.

Even some neutral demon gods, chaotic and benevolent demon gods, would demand that the souls of mages directly belong to them after death.

This is the practice method of the Kamar-Taj sorcerers, commonly known as "borrowing for practice".

Now, the Ancient One has brought back an entity that can become the source of power for Kamar-Taj, and may even be the next Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj.

When they heard this news, how could they not be excited, how could they not dote on Wanda, how could they not protect Wanda?

You should know that the power they will be borrowing from later will be the Sorcerer Supreme. Who is the Sorcerer Supreme? He is one of Kamar-Taj's own people.

At that time, will we still need to pay a price for the borrowed power? Not at all.

You can borrow it whenever you want. When you need to travel, just use the teleportation portal. You can use it dozens or hundreds of times a day without paying any price.

If this frequency were used with the power of the current dimensional demon gods, some mages with poor talent would probably pay the price of their lifespan.

At that time, by borrowing the power of the Sorcerer Supreme, they wouldn't need to pay these prices at all.

It's important to understand that for mages, borrowing power always comes at a price, even without using any spells.

This can be described as the ultimate method of practicing lending.

For these three reasons, no one in Kamar-Taj feels a single trace of envy for Wanda's current freedom.

They even desperately wanted Wanda to quickly become a being comparable to a dimensional lord, and they were more eager for her power than Wanda herself.

After all, once Wanda becomes the Sorcerer Supreme and gains immense power, they will be able to completely break free from the cost of borrowing.

Looking at the news on her computer, Wanda smiled slightly; the Iron Man storyline had already begun.

This is the beginning of the superhero era.

Extraordinary events will become the norm from now on.

"Let me see how things are going with Tony Stark."

Wanda put down her computer and then opened a portal in the room.

A very small portal.

It was just a portal used as a camera, so Wanda didn't open it very wide. Moreover, Wanda opened this portal in a hidden place, in a corner of the cave where Tony Stark was captured.

Through the portal, Wanda saw Tony Stark, who was still unconscious and passively undergoing Ethan's surgical treatment.

At this point, Tony Stark was not fully conscious, meaning he still had several days before he could build his armor and escape.

So she can't take action right now. She doesn't plan to get involved in this whole ordeal; she'll just watch and see.

Leaning back on the sofa, Wanda looked towards Tony Stark through the portal.

She plans to watch it like a movie, well, the live version.

However, after watching for a while, she lost interest.

Because reality is different from movies and cannot be sped up, she watched for half an hour, but nothing changed on the other side; they were still in the phase of Ethan treating Tony Stark.

It just goes to show that reality and movies are different.

Wanda then closed the portal and picked up the computer she had just put down from the side.

But before Wanda could even look at the computer, a familiar voice rang in her mind.

"come to me."

The voice of the Ancient One echoed in Wanda's mind.

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