Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 843 Nested Time Loops (First Update)

Friday, December 18, 2015, one week before Christmas.

The Sorcerer Supreme dispelled the magic enveloping the entire dungeon, waking Salomon from his slumber. This was the awakening time Salomon had set five hundred years ago; if the Sorcerer Supreme failed to wake him in time, the spell he had set would end precisely on schedule. He had deliberately set aside a week for preparation, giving himself more time to think. To avoid encountering his past self at this specific time, Salomon did not intend to leave the dungeon; he planned to rely on the life support system of his power armor to survive for seven days until the final battle. Besides his usual tasks of copying scrolls and reading books, Salomon also discussed with the Sorcerer Supreme the handling of the Eye of the World.

The Venerable One believed that the existence of the Eye of the World was very necessary.

While the Eye of the World isn't as powerful as the Time Stone, it still serves as a means of interfering with time, possessing a widespread availability that the Silver Key lacks. Especially in the future catastrophe targeting the Infinity Stones, if Salomon's preparations fail and the Time Stone malfunctions, preserving the Eye of the World is tantamount to preserving a means of retaliation. Since the Sea of ​​Souls has been thrown into turmoil due to the Eye of the World's imbalance, the best course of action is to find another Eye of the World—the Right Eye of Light belonging to the Sages. Combining Salomon's observations from five hundred years ago—the timeline before Bayonetta was sealed—the Venerable and Salomon made an extremely bold decision, one thousand percent contrary to the Kamar-Taj Commandments.

That is to interrupt the time loop of this timeline, take the right eye of light from another timeline, and ensure that the power of the Chaos God Aesir disappears forever, so that there is no longer any power in this world capable of seizing the authority of the Eye of the World.

The prerequisite for this is caring for young Ceresa, strengthening her resolve so she can quickly recover from the grief of losing her mother and avoid being sealed to the bottom of the lake by Joan of Arc. Additionally, it's necessary to bring Baldr, the holder of the Right Eye of Light, to this timeline to balance the Eye of the World—the Venerable One and Salomon used the Time Stone to analyze tens of millions of possibilities for the final battle. Regardless of how the process changes, the final outcome will be guided towards the Prophet reclaiming his other half of power and seizing the Eye of the World. Finally, Baldr will seal the Prophet's soul into his own body, merging with the Prophet's consciousness, leading to the Sun Island incident—a complete time loop. However, Baldr previously sent the young Ceresa to the future, resulting in the grown-up Ceresa not being sealed. This indicates that the Sun Island incident could not have occurred in another timeline, meaning the Venerable One and Salomon could manipulate a timeline in a timeline that hasn't yet formed a time loop, deceiving everyone and completing a timeline swap and connection. By guiding the right events at the right time, the course of the timeline can be altered without disrupting the original timeline.

Such a plan certainly cannot be completed in a week.

In fact, this plan began when the Sorcerer Supreme, under the pretext of searching for the Dark Book, demanded that Salomon meet with Bayonetta. The specific details were conveyed by the future Sorcerer Supreme through the Time Stone, transmitting Salomon's thoughts to the past Sorcerer Supreme. While the logic and causal relationships are quite complex, simply put, it's a time loop. The future Salomon guides every step he takes in the past, ensuring everything proceeds according to plan, like an ouroboros biting its own tail. The only thing Salomon didn't anticipate was the Sorcerer Supreme's reckless abandon, taking the plan to an even bolder step. Since the plan had already progressed this far, why not be even bolder and alter non-critical time points?

For example, could you use the Time Stone on Rosa's corpse to steal her soul from her contracted demon?

Baldr was still in shock, let alone Bayonetta, whose carefully maintained composure was on the verge of collapse.

When Salomon learned that Rosa had actually lived in Kamar-Taj for five hundred years, his expression wasn't much better. His expression worsened when he learned that Rosa had changed his diapers as a child. Even more unbearable was the revelation that the dungeon guard of Kamar-Taj was actually Rosa, disguised by illusion. The dungeon guard he had met five hundred years ago had long since died and was buried in the crypt. The person who first showed him around the dungeons was also Rosa. Salomon couldn't complain; everything was due to his own scheming, and any consequences were a consequence of his own actions.

"No time to be surprised, Baldr!" Rosa, under the cover of the War Machine's secondary weapons, charged towards the Prophet, who had just been directly hit by the pulse cannon. Salomon quickly followed. He didn't ride a horse, but went straight to the Prophet's location. Constantine, as a member of the Royal Guard, naturally followed behind him, clearing away the remaining angels and demons around Salomon. The three of them were among the few powerful warriors who were not affected by the power of the Chaos God Asar, but that wasn't enough. Salomon, the Sorcerer Supreme, and Malbus had jointly designed a magical version of the War Machine as insurance for this mission. In particular, the two giant cannons mounted on the War Machine's shoulders were designed by the Sorcerer Supreme and Salomon themselves, from the energy lines to the runes engraved inside the cannon barrels, all for the purpose of completely annihilating the Chaos God Asar.

In the future, the forces fighting against extraterrestrial powers cannot rely solely on Kamar-Taj and the Sorcerer Supreme. Humanity must develop other decisive forces, and these two experimental war machines represent one such attempt. War machines constructed purely from technological constructs will be deployed on future battlefields. When necessary, especially against enemies possessing magical powers, creations combining magic and science will become a mainstay of warfare.

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Report on the logistical arrangements and post-war impact of the Battle of Finnbowent, page 5364

Appendix B, Section Seventeen: Memoirs

Intelligence chief Victoria Hand

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Unauthorized personnel may only access the site after obtaining permission.

This is the second time I have witnessed the power of a monarch.

The first time was during the Chitauri invasion of Earth, when the Monarch stood atop Stark Industries, confronting the portal that continuously transported aliens. For a time after the Chitauri invasion, I remained skeptical about the true extent of human power, because I hadn't witnessed it firsthand—though the entire city of Manhattan, the whole of New York, couldn't forget that terrifying beam of light shooting into the sky, and even glass manufacturers across America wouldn't forget the business it brought them. But as an agent then stationed at a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base, I only trusted firsthand, verified intelligence, not fabricated reports or blurry footage on television. This time, standing on the bridge, witnessing the Monarch's power through satellite and communications systems, I never doubted it again.

I'm certain he's the most powerful human I've ever met.

Human, that's what he calls himself.

Not only me, but many of my colleagues have had more than one debate about whether the Monarch is still human. No one believes that a being possessing such immense power is still human, even though he looks no different from an ordinary person. [I suggest you all look at this from a rational perspective; just as the Aesir are actually aliens, the Monarch might also have some strange lineage.] — [Warning: Please undergo a purity check before reading this blasphemous passage.]

Please vote for me!

(End of this chapter)