Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 364 The Advantage Lies With Me (5000+ words)

Seeing that Jerry's portal had failed to open, everyone was plunged into despair.

"Jerry, can your defensive magic withstand missile bombardment?"

Coulson asked, sweat beading on his forehead.

He remembered that Jerry seemed to have a protective magic similar to an energy shield that could block attacks from modern weapons.

Jerry thought for a moment:

"I haven't tried that before, but if ten missiles were to bombard us simultaneously, it's highly unlikely we could withstand it!"

Jerry's improved Ironclad Charm has amazing defensive capabilities, but the power of ten missiles bombarding him at the same time is no joke.

He felt that two or three frontal bombs shouldn't be a big problem, but ten was still a bit risky. Mainly, he had never tried it before, and different missiles have different powers, so who knew what kind of missiles were coming.

Everyone fell silent upon hearing Jerry's answer.

What would you do if you only had ten seconds left to live?

Some were at peace, some were nostalgic, some felt guilty, some were remorseful, and some suddenly realized something and boldly did things they wouldn't have dared to do before, like Fitz at this moment.

When he saw on the instrument that the missile would arrive in ten seconds, he suddenly felt that if he didn't do something at this moment, even if he died, he would have a great regret.

"Gemma, I like you!"

Fitz threw down the instrument he was holding, strode up to Gemma, and after loudly proclaiming what he had kept hidden in his heart, he hugged Gemma tightly and kissed her.

Fitz and Gemma are both typical introverted scientists. Before being selected by Coulson, they spent most of their time in the same lab doing research. Over time, they developed feelings for each other and unknowingly became the most important people in each other's lives.

However, due to their personalities, neither of them realized it and assumed they were just good friends.

During that year, after frequently working in the field with Coulson and experiencing several crises, the two gradually came to understand this point.

But there is still a barrier that hasn't been broken through.

Now, facing imminent death, Fitz, as a man, mustered the courage to break down this barrier.

At this moment, ten huge missiles flying rapidly towards them could be clearly seen from the air. Perhaps in two seconds, or perhaps in one second, the rocky mountain where they were standing would be razed to the ground.

"Although it's not guaranteed to be able to prevent it, but..."

Seeing Fitz and Gemma kissing, Jerry stopped himself from speaking, shook his head, turned, picked up his wand, and pointed it at the ten missiles that were already upon him:

"Place your order!"

As a powerful surge of magic emanated from the wand, the ten massive nuclear bombs about to fall from the sky were instantly frozen in mid-air, as if struck by a spell.

That's right, Jerry is currently using time magic, which he has been researching for a long time.

Although the Ancient One warned him not to use the Time-Turner to open new timelines, using time magic normally, like now, to freeze time in a localized area, was still no problem.

In fact, in that situation, he could have used the Transformation Charm to transform the missiles into something else, but firstly, the missiles were too fast to aim accurately, and secondly, there were ten missiles in total, so he could only fire one Transformation Charm at a time, and could not transform them simultaneously.

Therefore, the best and safest way is to use time magic to freeze time in the area where the ten nuclear bombs are located. Fortunately, he learned a lot about time magic from the Ancient One, which further improved his understanding of time magic.

Of course, besides time magic, there are many other ways to avoid those missile attacks, such as directly opening a mirror space and pulling everyone into it. Even if a nuclear bomb explodes outside, it will not affect the mirror space.

Alternatively, one could use the area-of-effect attack "Storm" to directly engulf all missiles that haven't yet landed into the air and cause them to explode.

In short, Jerry has plenty of magic at his disposal to deal with this modern weapon. Using time magic was more of a way to see the results of his recent research.

So far, the results are quite good.

Seeing Jerry use his magical powers to freeze the missile, Coulson and the others, who had been on edge, all breathed a sigh of relief. Nobody wanted to die.

However, there are exceptions, such as Fitz and Gemma, who are still basking in the afterglow of their first kiss.

But soon, the two opened their eyes in confusion, because even if they were completely absorbed in their own world, they could sense that much more than ten seconds had passed.

"Don't rush, I think if you two kiss for another ten minutes or so, I should be able to keep going!"

When they heard Jerry's teasing voice and saw everyone looking at them with maternal smiles, Fitz and Gemma blushed and separated.

"Alright, let's get down to business. What do we do now?"

Coulson turned to Jerry and asked.

Jerry waved his hand, summoning Norbert and Norsa:

"I can't keep the timeline of that missile's location indefinitely, so we'd better fly out of the area the explosion might affect!"

Time magic is extremely mana-intensive, and even with Jerry's current magical power, he cannot maintain it for long.

A moment later, high in the sky.

Standing atop Norbert's back, Coulson looked down at the rocky mountain below, utterly flattened by the simultaneous bombardment of ten missiles, and couldn't help but sigh:

"Luckily, we parked the Airbus far enough away, otherwise it would have been a real problem!"

"Go down, the one with the ability to see far should be inside."

Jerry pointed to the underground steel base that was exposed after the rocky mountain was bombed flat.

The base established by the Thousand-Mile Eyes organization is obviously not only inside the rocky mountain, but there is another layer below the rocky mountain, or it should be mainly located deep below the rocky mountain.

The ten missiles just now only blew up the rocky mountain and the upper base inside it; the underground base suffered almost no damage.

After landing, Jerry put away the two fire dragons and took out the owl again.

Sure enough, the owl immediately flew with the envelope to a metal door that seemed to lead underground.

"The Arahomon Opens!"

A lock-picking spell opened the metal door, and Jerry followed the owl down a staircase toward the location of "Clairvoyance".

Then, before they had gone far, a piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the corridor.

Jerry didn't mind and continued following the owl.

When encountering guards who come with guns, simply cast a stun spell to knock them unconscious.

Pushing forward smoothly, they arrived at a huge warehouse in less than five minutes. Inside the warehouse, a supersonic aircraft unique to S.H.I.E.L.D. was preparing for takeoff.

The top of the warehouse was slowly opening to both sides, revealing a clear blue sky outside.

"Jerry, we can't let him escape!"

As Cole saw the supersonic plane take off, he shouted loudly at Jerry.

"Don't worry, he can't run away."

Seeing the owl in his hand eagerly heading towards the supersonic plane, Jerry understood that the "clairvoyant" must have discovered their intrusion and was trying to escape in the supersonic plane.

"wind!"

Jerry pointed his wand, and a gust of blue wind flew out, transforming from formless to tangible. It caught the supersonic plane, which was slowly taking off under the power of the jet engine, and then slammed it hard into the wall on the right side of the warehouse.

The powerful impact caused the supersonic aircraft's right wing to break off completely, rendering it unable to take off normally.

A moment later, more than twenty soldiers with metal inlays resembling centipedes on their bodies and backs helped a middle-aged agent with blood streaming from his forehead out of the supersonic aircraft that was no longer able to take off.

The moment Coulson saw the middle-aged agent, his pupils dilated in shock, and he showed a look of complete disbelief:

"John Garrett!"

"Look, who's this? My old buddy Coulson. Back in the day, we learned tactics and went on missions together under Fury. How wonderful those times were! Look, I'm already about to leave, why are you still being so aggressive!"

Garrett wiped the blood from his forehead, which had just flowed from the collision, his tone filled with regret.

"You bastard, you think you can see everything? Have you forgotten the oath we took when we joined S.H.I.E.L.D.? Fury will personally rip your head off when he finds out!"

Listening to Garrett's words, Coulson was now completely certain that his former friend, who had risked his life for him, was the "clairvoyant" he had been searching for.

No wonder every operation by S.H.I.E.L.D. to take down the Clairvoyant organization could be predicted and evaded; no wonder S.H.I.E.L.D. would launch missiles at their location.

He had always suspected that the Clairvoyant organization had planted a spy within S.H.I.E.L.D., but he never imagined that its leader, Clairvoyant, was this spy himself, and one of his most trusted friends, a Level 8 agent.

Level 8 agents are currently only a handful within the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. network, including Victoria Hand, John Garrett, and the one who was promoted after nearly dying in the Battle of New York.

Even Black Widow, Hawkeye, Sitwell, and May are only Level 7 agents now.

"Coulson, don't get so worked up. S.H.I.E.L.D. is just an empty shell. Do you think I'm the only one? As for those ideologies, they're utterly ridiculous. And Nick Fury is nothing but a megalomaniac."

Why don't you, Coulson, bring your team and join us? And that wizard, why cooperate with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Join us, and you can have whatever you want.

Money, women, a powerful body, even immortality—these are things we can achieve!

Garrett was not angry at all because of Coulson's insults. Instead, he laughed and spread his arms, as if he wanted to persuade everyone.

Coulson spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the ground to show his disdain, while Jerry didn't even glance at Garrett.

For Jerry, neither Clairvoyance, Hydra, nor S.H.I.E.L.D. can actually give him anything truly useful.

With his current magical abilities, he can get as much money as he wants, it's no different from waste paper.

If he really wanted to get his hands on cutting-edge equipment and machinery, he could do so without going through S.H.I.E.L.D.; it would just be a waste of time.

As for all that miscellaneous stuff, Jerry doesn't need it at all. He has already achieved immortality and possesses so many powerful magical abilities, and he has good relationships with beings of the Ancient One and Odin's caliber.

The only benefit this ordinary people's organization could bring him was the little red star.

Now that Hydra and the Thousand Miles organization are considered evil forces, taking them down would bring Little Red Star a reward, so he is cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D.

If one day S.H.I.E.L.D. turns into an evil force and the person who takes down S.H.I.E.L.D. gets a red star, then he will also stand on the opposite side of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's that simple.

Therefore, Garrett's words held no appeal for him.

Seeing that his speech had no effect, Garrett was not surprised, but simply smiled:

"Looks like there's no room for negotiation. Don't blame me for being ruthless, Ward!"

As Garrett finished speaking, Grant, who had been standing behind Jerry, quickly turned his gun and pointed it at the back of Jerry's head.

"Jerry, don't move, especially don't speak, and don't try to cast any spells, or I'll shoot immediately!"

"Grant, what are you doing? Put down your gun!"

When they saw Grant point his gun at Jerry, Coulson and the others immediately changed their expressions, revealing disbelief.

A fleeting look of guilt crossed Grant's face, before he replied in an icy tone:

"I'm sorry, but I have to do this."

"Coulson, have you forgotten? Grant was specially recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. by me. He's always been one of my men!"

Garrett burst into laughter.

The reason he was able to so accurately control Coulson's team's movements was not only because he was an eighth-level agent, but also because there were undercover agents he had sent into Coulson's team.

For him, Coulson's squad was nothing to fear. The culprit that had previously made him want to flee the base was actually a wizard who was terrifying in every way.

After all, with over twenty centipede warriors, not to mention Coulson's team, even a S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces team would be easy prey.

He originally didn't want to clash with the wizard because there were too many uncertainties.

Since there was no way to escape, he could only try to fight with his back against the wall. He didn't really want to persuade Coulson and the others by saying those things. He knew Coulson's temper very well. He just wanted to attract everyone's attention, especially the wizards, so that Grant would launch an attack.

Wizards are indeed powerful, but they are not without weaknesses.

First, the quantum equipment at the base is still operational, so the other side cannot teleport away.

Secondly, they discovered that wizards have a major weakness: they must use their wands to assist them when casting spells, and they must also chant incantations and perform certain actions.

Therefore, as long as you can gain the wizard's trust, get behind him, and subdue him before he can cast a spell, there is a high probability that he will be unable to cast a spell to resist.

Just like now, the wizard has a gun pointed at his head by his top agent. If he dares to move, utter a word, or show any sign of casting a spell, Grant will blow his head off.

"Grant, wake up! Think about those missile attacks just now. He didn't take you seriously at all!"

At this moment, Skye, who had always had a crush on Grant, loudly urged him on.

Upon hearing this, Grant's face showed a complex expression, but he did not lower the gun in his hand:

"Skye, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I really like this team and I enjoy being with everyone. Coulson, Gemma, May, Fitz, you are all very good people."

But I owe Garrett far more, far more than I could repay with my life, so I'm sorry!

Grant liked Skye and the family-like feeling of Coulson's team, but Garrett owed him a greater debt of gratitude, and he had to repay it.

He was born into a very abnormal family. His father liked to abuse all the children, and his mother only favored his youngest brother. His older brother was jealous that his younger brother was afraid to lay a hand on him, so he forced him to do so.

Unable to endure it any longer, he set fire to his house to take everyone down with him. After failing, he was imprisoned in a reformatory, where he lost all hope.

It was then that Garrett found him, took him under his wing like a son, personally trained and guided him, developed his potential, and helped him overcome his cowardice, thus making him who he is today.

Although deep down he knew that Garrett might only see him as a tool, a more valuable tool, he might have committed suicide long ago if Garrett hadn't pulled him out of the correctional facility.

"Inject them all with anesthesia, triple the dose for the wizard. The rest of you stay behind. Send the wizard to Baron Wolfgang; he should be very interested!"

Seeing that Grant's trump card had worked, the wizard remained motionless and silent. Garrett felt victory was assured, and then ordered the centipede warriors beside him to take the tranquilizer equipment brought from the plane and walk towards Jerry, Coulson, and the others.

"Baron Wolfgang von Stark, Colson, do you know who that is? Judging from his tone, he seems to be in cahoots with him!"

However, at that moment, a questioning voice came from Coulson's right side.

Everyone turned to look and were surprised to find that Jerry's figure slowly appeared in the place where Coulson's right side had been empty.

To his left, Jerry, whom Grant had pointed a gun at, vanished like a phantom after a flash.

It turns out that the moment Grant showed hostility to Jerry, Jerry, in Superman mode, had already sensed it and quickly left an afterimage behind while his real body disappeared and went to the side to watch the show.

The need for a wand, a spell, and specific actions to cast magic is outdated.

With his current level of magic, he could cast spells without a wand or sound a long time ago, and he also had a magic ring he had taken from the world of "The Apprentice Sorcerer".

The reason he always takes out his wand and waves it twice before loudly chanting the incantation when casting magic is to mislead potential enemies. Only enemies would rack their brains to study his weaknesses and then deliver a fatal blow at some point.

"impossible!"

Garrett's expression changed drastically when he saw Jerry appear to Coulson's right.

I clearly had the advantage, so why did this happen?

There will be another chapter tonight, but it might not be out until after 11 PM.

(End of this chapter)