Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 356 The Emergence of the Aether Particle (6000+ words)

"Who would come over at this hour, Belle? Is she your friend?"

Has turned to Ms. Belle in the kitchen with some confusion and asked.

If his friends from the police station were coming over, they would usually call him in advance, so he assumed it was Belle's colleague, since they sometimes came over to visit during holidays. But Belle hadn't mentioned having guests today when he was buying groceries.

"Marika and the others didn't say they were coming over today. Could it be Anne and Susan?"

Teacher Belle poked her head out from the kitchen, her face full of confusion.

"Elsa said they weren't coming today. Never mind, I'll go open the door. They're probably salespeople or something."

Has muttered something and tried to get up, but Jerry pressed him back down.

"Dad, he should be my friend, or more precisely, the boss of the company where I did my summer internship."

"What? Your boss, you've already found a job in advance?"

Haas clearly hadn't expected Jerry to be so fast.

Jerry shrugged and walked towards the door, explaining as he went:

"Well, I should say he was the one who contacted me first. This time, he also suggested that I try out his company, saying it would be very helpful for my university studies."

"Really? I'd like to see which heartless vampire dares to trick child laborers into working for him!"

Has was clearly wary of the guy who was trying to trick his underage son into working.

Although there is no law in the country that prohibits child labor, he personally despises the businessmen who employ child laborers, and he thinks they are all legal bloodsuckers.

"Tony, it's your turn now!"

Jerry opened the door and gestured to Tony, who was wearing a suit and sunglasses.

Tony took off his glasses and winked at Jerry:

"Don't worry, leave it to me. I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

"Good morning, you must be Mr. Haas Witt. I've heard Jerry mention you before, a great policeman, his idol since childhood. Let me introduce myself, I'm from Stark Industries."

Haas, who had been furious, was completely stunned when Tony Stark strode up to him from the doorway, shook his hand, and showered him with compliments.

After a long pause, he confirmed it with some disbelief:

"You're Tony Stark, Iron Man! This is unbelievable! Your Iron Man suit is so cool! Oh, I'm a fan!"

Hass never imagined that the person who tricked his son into working was actually the famous Iron Man.

"Has, what's wrong? Who's coming?"

At that moment, Ms. Belle poked her head out of the kitchen again.

Before Haas could reply, Tony turned and waved, saying:

"Hello, Mrs. Witt, I played golf with Mr. Pizarro last month, and his skills are still as superb as ever."

Bailey's father, Chuck Pizarro, was a basic raw material supplier for Stark Industries, and Tony knew him, but he never expected that Pizarro's daughter was actually a wizard's stepmother.

However, this also gave him the opportunity to quickly build a relationship.

And so, with the information he had gathered beforehand, Tony quickly got together with Haas and Berry.

At that moment, Elsa, who had heard the commotion, came down from the second floor.

"who is he?"

Watching the back of a stranger chatting so amiably with her parents, Elsa asked Jerry a question.

"Tony Stark, Iron Man!"

Jerry briefly explained that he was going to work at Stark Industries for the summer.

"Jerry, you're going to work this summer? That's great! That's terrible!"

Elsa's eyes lit up when she heard that her brother wouldn't be home for summer vacation, because it meant that she wouldn't have to worry about being caught by her brother studying at home this summer vacation, and could instead embark on their magical adventure with Anne and Susan.

Seeing Elsa's feigned sadness, Jerry's lips twitched involuntarily. He felt that he had almost ruined his little sister and that he should probably urge Has and Bailey to have another little sister soon.

"Don't worry, even though I won't be home for summer vacation, I've already prepared a study plan and related test materials for you for the second year of middle school. I'll get them for you in a bit. Study hard during the vacation, and keep up the good work!"

Elsa: "."

A moment later, everyone sat down in the living room.

Tony spoke first, getting to the point:

"Mr. Witt, Mrs. Witt, ever since I met Jerry by chance, I've felt that he's a genius no less than me, so I don't think his summer vacation should be wasted like this."

He should come to my company for practical learning; this will be more beneficial for his future studies at university.

Has, who had initially vehemently opposed Jerry taking a summer job, now reversed his previous stance and replied with a hint of excitement:

"That's right. Of course, it's always good to learn from Mr. Stark."

With the added benefit of idol-like appeal, Has's previous worries naturally disappeared.

Jerry, who had expected this, shook his head to himself. Although he knew Haas was a die-hard Iron Man fan, he was still quite helpless to see Haas's pathetic behavior in front of Iron Man.

As a wizard, he was a mysterious and incredibly powerful figure in Tony's eyes. He could lift a cruise ship into the sky with a single spell, and he was ruthless and merciless towards his enemies.

But there was no other way; this was exactly what he needed. Otherwise, if he had asked someone else, he probably wouldn't have been able to convince Haas to let him take the summer job so easily.

The key issue is that he doesn't want to use dark magic on his family, so in the long run, finding Tony is the best option right now.

He doesn't have time to relax at home during the summer vacation now; there's still a lot of Kamar-Taj magic waiting for him to study, so the "summer job" thing has to be decided today.

He didn't need to be in such a hurry. With his current strength, he was practically unmatched on Earth.

But it was the Ancient One who took him to the multiverse, where he met the true dimensional demons and realized the vast difference in strength between himself and those dimensional demons.

At least for now, he can't just give up; he still needs to work hard to close the gap, just in case.

Sure enough, as soon as Tony appeared, Haas agreed to let Jerry work at Stark Tower during the summer without any hesitation.

However, just as things were about to be settled, Ms. Belle suddenly pinched Haas hard in the waist:

"I think Jerry is still young, so there's no need to rush things. We can take it slow and wait until he graduates from college before interning with Mr. Tony."

Ms. Bailey is not a fan of Iron Man, and as the daughter of a large corporation, she had long heard of Tony's reputation as a playboy, and her preconceived notion of him was not very good.

She didn't want Jerry to be with Tony so early on, lest he go astray.

Moreover, she felt that Jerry was actually too young. It was only the beginning of summer vacation, and he had to go to work a summer job after only a few days at home. It was too hard for him, especially since his family was not short of money.

Pizarro only has one daughter, Belle. After Pizarro passes away, his vast estate will belong to Belle's family, so money will not be a problem at all.

Hass was pinched by Ms. Belle, and knowing that she disagreed, he began to hesitate.

After all, while idols are important, my wife's point is valid.

Seeing this, Tony immediately placed one of the metal briefcases he had been carrying on the table:

"Mr. Witt, I heard from Jerry that you're quite interested in some technological products. This is a Mark IV model I made in my spare time. Although it has no weapons, can't fly, and has many simplified functions, it can still be worn normally and has extremely strong defensive capabilities. Consider it a gift for our first meeting!"

After saying that, he began to teach Haas how to bind and how to quickly put on the battle suit.

"How is it? Does it fit?"

"Perfect, Mr. Stark, I love this gift!"

Haas, wearing a simplified version of the Mark IV jersey, walked around the living room, striking various poses, as if he had returned to his youth.

Tony smiled and asked again:

"Mr. Witt, what do you think of Jerry's summer vacation?"

"No problem, I agree!"

Has did not hesitate this time and answered very decisively.

He felt that although his son was a minor, his body was not much worse than that of an adult, and there would be no problem for him to exercise for a summer vacation.

Most importantly, Tony gave him an Iron Man suit, an Iron Man suit, which is absolutely awesome!

"Has, you..."

When Ms. Bailey heard that Haas had agreed, she immediately got up, but Jerry stopped her.

"Teacher, you don't need to worry about me. I asked Mr. Tony to come to my house to help out, and I've already made up my mind!"

"Hey, you don't need to push yourself so hard. You've already done enough. I've never seen a child as sensible and outstanding as you. You can take some time to relax and don't put so much pressure on yourself."

Upon hearing this, Ms. Belle knew that Jerry had made up his mind, and sighed helplessly.

Although she didn't know Jerry was a wizard, with a woman's intuition, she always felt that Jerry seemed to be under a lot of pressure and had many things on his mind.

So she hoped that Jerry could relax properly this summer instead of doing a so-called summer job.

But she also knew that Jerry had always been a very opinionated person, and since Jerry had already made up his mind, there was no point in her objecting.

At the entrance of the villa.

"Mr. Stark, are you really not willing to stay and have lunch with us?"

Has said with some regret.

Tony waved his hand:

"Thanks. I still have a big thing to finish in my lab. I'll send someone to pick Jerry up and take him to Stark Tower tomorrow."

"Uncle Tony, do you know the witch sister?"

Just then, Elsa, who hadn't said much until now, suddenly spoke up.

Tony smiled and glanced at Jerry before replying:

"Of course we know each other! We're very good friends, and we've fought side-by-side many times to defeat the bad guys!"

"Could you get me three autographs from the wizard sister? My two friends and I are all her fans!"

Elsa and her two friends, Annie and Susan, idolize wizards, but for some reason, they never encounter a wizard when they are out fighting crime.

Since Iron Man fought alongside the Wizard to defeat aliens, he must know the Wizard. That's why she brought it up at this time, asking if she could get a few autographs from her idol through Iron Man.

Upon hearing Elsa's request, Tony almost burst out laughing, but quickly covered it up with a cough before replying:

"That's easy. Next time I meet the witch, I'll ask her for you. I'll give it to Jerry and he'll bring it back to you."

"That's great! Brother, come back early after you finish work."

Elsa happily gave Jerry a word of advice.

Jerry nodded helplessly.

"Alright, Mr. Stark has important things to do, so let's not disturb him. Jerry, Elsa, say goodbye to Uncle Tony!"

Haas said with a smile.

"Goodbye, Uncle Tony!"

Elsa waved sweetly at Tony because he had promised to get the wizard's autograph for her.

Jerry, however, twitched his lips and shouted:

"Tony."

Before he could utter the word "uncle," Tony tactfully interrupted him:

"Goodbye everyone, I'm leaving now!"

Then, with a wave of his hand, he summoned Mark 43, who was standing in the yard, to possess him, and quickly flew away.

Just kidding, he wouldn't dare let the current wizards call him uncle, otherwise he'd be in big trouble if the wizards retaliated against him one day.

"You're smart to know what's good for you!"

Seeing Tony's quick reaction, Jerry nodded inwardly.

If Tony dares to take advantage of him, he'll secretly cast a hair loss spell on Tony one day, making all the hair on Tony's body fall out for a month, so Tony can experience the consequences of offending a wizard.

One month later, at Columbia University's classrooms and dormitories.

Saul was holding Jane as they watched the horror movie "The Cabin in the Woods," which had just been released last year. Every now and then, he would grab his hammer because he was scared by the terrifying atmosphere created in the movie.

After their last argument and subsequent breakup, the two calmed down for a while, but eventually couldn't resist their longing for each other and reconciled.

Thor returned to Earth from Asgard, and Jane returned to New York from London.

Having come to terms with it, the two no longer dwell on the age difference, and their relationship has become even closer than before their argument.

Thor learned to fry eggs every morning, and the two of them even bought roller skates together. When they had nothing to do, they would wear the roller skates and use Thor's hammer to pull themselves around the school.

The two would also watch horror movies together, go to amusement parks together, and so on.

"Ring ring ring!"

Just as the movie reached its most crucial moment, Jane's phone suddenly rang, startling Thor so much that he almost threw his hammer away.

"Honey, don't get excited, it's Daisy who wants to see me."

Upon seeing the name displayed on her phone, Jane quickly reassured him.

Daisy was her student at Columbia University and also her best friend. Two years ago, she went with her to Old Bridge, New Mexico, to study astronomy during a vacation. Saul also knew her.

Daisy has now graduated from Columbia University and become an astronomer like her, and is currently in London studying strange astronomical phenomena with her interns.

Jane originally planned to go with them, but because Saul went to London to find her, the two reconciled and changed their plans to go back to New York together for a romantic getaway.

"Daisy, is something the matter?"

Jane paused the movie and answered the phone.

But Daisy's terrified voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Jane, I'm having some health problems!"

Meanwhile, in Svartefheim, one of the Nine Realms, the homeland of the Dark Elves.

Deep within the skies above Swatefheim, amidst countless meteorite fragments, a colossal spaceship, like a long-dormant beast, suddenly awakens.

The life support compartment in the warship's command center slowly opened after the warship's power was activated, and a humanoid creature with white hair staggered out of it.

"After sleeping for thousands of years, the etheric particle has finally reappeared, and the celestial convergence is about to begin!"

The humanoid creature with pointed ears walked to the glass of the command post, looking down at the densely packed tribesmen waking up one by one, countless images flashing through its mind.

They are a race of dark elves, born in darkness before the birth of the universe, and he is their chieftain Malekith.

In order to return the universe to darkness and allow the Dark Elves to thrive and multiply, he found the Aether particle, which contains infinite power, and wanted to use its power to achieve his goal.

However, the powerful Asgardian warriors, led by Bor (Odin's father), forcibly seized the Aether and defeated the Dark Elf army, forcing Bor to lead the remaining Asgardians into hiding in space in the last Dark Elf warship to slumber.

Now, the power of the ether particles has re-emerged, awakening him and the warship. The once-in-a-millennium celestial convergence is about to begin, and his chance to complete his plan again has arrived.

"Chief, what should we do now? Should we attack the Celestial Palace for revenge?"

At this moment, several exceptionally strong dark elves entered the warship's command center and knelt on one knee before Maleski.

Maleski closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, and then replied:

"Of course we need to settle the score with the Asgardians, but our primary objective right now is to find the Aether. It's currently located in Midgard, in Midgard. Let's head to Midgard first!"

The Nine Realms will soon be aligned in a straight line. Once he obtains the Ether Particle, he can use its power to plunge the universe back into darkness.

Once darkness descends, countless new dark elves will be born, greatly increasing the power of the dark elf race. At that time, not only Asgard, but the entire universe will be under the rule of the dark elves.

"Yes, Chief!"

Several strong dark elves immediately sent their awakened kin back to their posts, piloted the super spaceship into stealth mode, and flew towards Earth's coordinates.

Earth, Queens, New York, within Mirror Space.

After Jerry sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state, he silently recited in his mind:

"Out-of-body experience!"

Immediately afterwards, his soul flew out of his body.

"I've finally mastered it. Not bad. It seems that the physical body can indeed meditate normally."

After observing his own body for a while, Jerry nodded in satisfaction.

After a month of dedicated study, he can now achieve the state where his soul leaves his body while his body remains in a continuous state of cultivation.

However, compared to the Ancient One's ability to effortlessly blast a person's soul out of their body with a single palm strike, it is still far inferior.

Although he also knows the Soul Absorption Technique, which can extract a person's soul from their body, the prerequisite is that the person cannot have too much resistance. Just like the Sealing Technique, it cannot be used directly in battle.

The Ancient One, however, could directly blast a person's soul out of their body with a single palm strike during combat, something that soul-absorbing techniques could not compare to.

Even so, the method of astral projection that Jerry has already mastered has already benefited him immensely.

Having mastered astral projection, he could allow his physical body to meditate and enhance his magical power for 24 hours a day, while his soul studied magic outside for 24 hours a day, which greatly saved time.

The key point is that the rate at which Little Red Star was consumed did not increase because his soul left his body.

Normally, he meditates for 24 hours and studies magic for 24 hours, which consumes a total of 48 hours of Little Red Stars, or more than 2,000 stars.

Now that his soul has left his body, he has meditated for 24 hours and studied magic for 24 hours, but because it is done simultaneously, he has only consumed a little over a thousand little red stars.

This soul-leaving spell effectively saved him half the cost of his Little Red Stars, which naturally made him very happy.

Just as Jerry was about to begin enjoying the dual pleasures of physical meditation and spiritual reading, as he always did, the magic mirror on his waist suddenly lit up.

Helpless, he had no choice but to return to his physical body and stop cultivating, then took out the magic mirror to check:

"Saul, didn't this guy contact me just a few days ago? What, did he break up with Jane again?"

Seeing the magical fluctuations on the magic mirror displaying Thor's image, Jerry connected to the magic mirror with a puzzled look.

A week ago, Thor contacted him through the Magic Mirror, saying that he had reconciled with Jane and returned to New York, and even invited him to his house for drinks to celebrate, but he declined, saying he had no time to study magic.

Just a week later, Thor contacted him again, making him wonder if the couple had quarreled again and Thor was going back to Asgard.

"Jerry, I know you're busy and might not have time, but Jane's best friend Daisy has some health problems. She suddenly has an extremely powerful energy within her, and you know I'm not good at that."

"Daisy, oh, that girl."

Jerry thought back for a moment, and the image of the hot, chubby assistant who had been standing next to Jane at the time immediately came to mind. She seemed to be a student about to graduate from Columbia University.

By all accounts, Daisy Louise was his senior, because after the summer break, he was going to attend Columbia University in Manhattan.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right there!"

Jerry nodded without refusing, and then, using the magic mirror's location, drew a portal to Greenwich, London, and stepped across it.

When the future King of Asgard asked for help, Jerry was naturally willing to spend some time earning a favor, especially since he was quite interested in the "powerful energy" Thor described.

Who knows, something might happen that might earn me some little red stars.

He has been engrossed in his research on magic lately, keeping himself in a state of alertness almost 24 hours a day, so Little Red Star is consuming a lot of energy.

If it weren't for Elsa replenishing his resources quite frequently, the 100,000 little red stars he received as a reward for sealing Voldemort would probably have been used up long ago.

(End of this chapter)