Those time travelers that year

Before Ciel could react, the pocket watch's power abruptly ceased, or rather, was interfered with, causing the spatial tunnel it had created to collapse instantly. A boundless, pitch-black world, yet shimmering with countless dazzling lights, enveloped Ciel.

This was a dark space devoid of time, and the moment Charles entered, he froze. Then, a dazzling light converged, and a gigantic human face appeared in the darkness, opening its mouth to devour Charles.

"Go to hell! You idiot!" The twilight glowed, the flames of the flaming sword Levadin tearing through the darkness. To the surprise of the ruler here, the Shire, who should have been trapped in a frozen timeline, wore a mocking expression, gripping a sword engulfed in raging flames, and looked at the gigantic face with the gaze of someone looking at a fool. "Dormammu, do you really think I didn't know you were plotting against me?"

The flaming sword struck down. The Star Destroyer Slash, once unleashed by Surt, was now equally capable of being performed by Shar. Moreover, amplified by the etheric particles, this attack far surpassed Surt's. A flash of fire, and the enormous face, caught completely off guard, was cleaved in two by the flaming sword's light.

"Why are you able to move in a frozen spacetime?" The giant face vanished like a bubble, but in this dark world, another incredible voice rang out.

"Nonsense! You're not one of those genuine cosmic gods. If it weren't for this dark, alternate dimension, you'd just be an ordinary wizard." Charles said sarcastically. "But this isn't the real world. In other words, the rules here are much looser. Your ability to stop time here is just to bully and fool those idiots who don't know how to manipulate time or can't perceive its flow..."

"Is that so? You ant!" Dormammu's voice rang out again, this time filled with rage. Then, the face that Shire had previously slain reappeared. "But I can still crush you like an ant..."

As Dormammu finished speaking, the space around the Shire was completely distorted.

"Useless!" The distorted spaces vanished like phantoms as they approached Ciel, and Ciel's sarcastic voice followed, "Although I can't beat you in spatial manipulation without the Tesseract... as I control the Reality Stone, I can completely change the rules of my location and directly substitute the rules of the real universe here."

"So, you think you can control me by pulling me into your dimensional space? Idiot!"

Roar!!! Dormammu's enormous face opened its maw, and a beam of annihilating energy shot directly toward Shire.

Facing the overwhelming annihilating energy, Charles fearlessly swung his flaming sword, Leivatin, cleaving it into the torrent of energy. The twilight-colored flames collided with the energy surge, forcefully splitting this torrent, powerful enough to shatter the entire Earth. Simultaneously, a dark red liquid substance of ether particles surged from Charles's body and appeared beside him.

Then, the ether particles began to rotate, forming a huge vortex with an area of ​​tens of kilometers behind Shire.

"How dare you!" Dormammu's furious voice rang out.

The Reality Stone's power is altering the rules of this dark dimension, and Dormammu's soul is linked to it. If anything happens here, he'll be the first to suffer.

283. Summon

Dormammu, who underestimated the power of the Infinity Stones, panicked immediately. After all, as Ciel had said, the dark dimension he inhabited was not a fully-governed real universe. Although he possessed power comparable to a cosmic god, it was only comparable. If anything happened to this dimension, he would be the first to be affected.

However, the immense vortex formed behind Ciel by the power of the Reality Stone is gradually draining the energy of this space, creating a chaotic vortex. If this vortex is allowed to expand indefinitely, the dimension upon which Dormammu relies will become uncontrollable. This is unacceptable to Dormammu; he dragged Ciel here to covet the Infinity Stones in his hands, not to bring a time bomb.

Instantly, the entire Dark Dimension surged and churned in Dormammu's rage. Countless distorted spaces and annihilating energies pressed directly towards Ciel's location, intending to obliterate him. However, unfortunately, faced with the Reality Stone's power to alter the rules of reality, this dimensional world, which was not a complete universe, was severely affected by the Reality Stone.

Dormammu was powerless to stop the vortex behind the Shire from expanding. In fact, the space that had been distorted under Dormammu's control was smoothed out by the power of the Reality Stone, and the massive destructive energy was completely sucked away by the vortex behind him like a vacuum cleaner.

At that very moment, while resisting Dormammu's power, Ciel, with a mocking expression, began to use the Demon Master series of spells that he had never dared to use before.

"??, (Flames blaze, doomsday is coming)"

“? ?? ?? ? ?? (All realms are ablaze, all living beings are overthrown)”

“.?, ? ??. (A scheme of deception, a reign of fear)”

“???'? ?, ? ??? (Pollutioner, Abyss Walker)”

"?? , ? ??? (Dark Titans, Legion Returns)"

The vortex behind them instantly turned a disturbing eerie green, and fel energy began to spread out. In a flash, based on the Reality Stone, it drew upon the endless energy within the dark dimension controlled by Dormammu. A massive portal was being opened.

Then, at that moment, the Mind Scepter's amplification effect activated, and Shire began projecting information directly into the Marvel universe. In just a split second, the information Shire projected was captured by another universe, traveling directly from its source.

Then, quite unfortunately, at that very moment, in some chaotic universe, a being in a state of utter chaos happened to receive a report from its subordinate about a new recruit, and glanced at it. And because of this glance, a vast amount of information spread directly through the void outside this world, traversing unimaginable distances to reach the Marvel multiverse, arriving first in the Marvel parallel universe where the Shire was still existing.

As the Lord of Chaos, the first batch of evil gods who wreaked havoc on the world throughout the void originated from it.

The psychopath named Azathoth, under the influence of its equally insane and chaotic power, caused the One-Above-All (OAA), the governing body at the core of the Marvel Multiverse, to twitch. Immediately afterward, the omniscient and omnipotent OAA within the Marvel Multiverse learned what had happened: a major problem had occurred in a parallel universe within the Marvel Multiverse.

There are far too many random things interfering in that universe these days. And this time, someone is using a completely different system of power, borrowing the rules of the Marvel multiverse, to begin transmitting information across universes. And as if by coincidence, the lunatic named Azathoth also paid a brief look at this place at this moment, but that was all. But inevitably, this parallel universe began to be affected.

Without even considering the fundamental condition of maintaining the Marvel editorial department's salaries, the core management of the Marvel Cinematic Universe decisively and directly severed control over this parallel universe. From that moment on, so-called plot factors could no longer affect the operation of this universe. In other words, the so-called protagonist's halo, villain's halo, and all things that died or came back to life, or came back to life and died again, were all weakened to the extreme at this moment. Essentially, they were no different from being rendered useless.

However, this was the beginning of a catastrophe in this Marvel parallel universe.

Because of the attention of some madman, and to prevent the entire Marvel multiverse from being completely targeted by that group of evil gods, this world was directly severed. Now exposed to the eyes of other worlds, the first to respond was the Azeroth universe.

The entity called the Twisting Nether directly received the information emitted by Ciel through the GM privileges granted by the Infinity Stones, and then peered over. Even more coincidentally, Ciel was summoning within the Dark Dimension controlled by Dormammu. The rules here were not as perfect as those in the outside real universe, thus minimizing resistance.

Furthermore, the thing that Char used to construct the passage, in the Twisting Nether's view, looked exactly like something called the Great Vortex, formerly known as the Well of Eternity.

……

"What have you done!" Dormammu's furious voice rang out. The moment the eerie green vortex fully appeared, a deep unease surged into Dormammu's heart. At that moment, he could sense that something had changed in the rules of the entire universe, and he was now the first to be affected. Then, a humanoid creature clad in black armor and engulfed in flames appeared directly before the Shire—it was Dormammu in his true form.

Dormammu, now in his true form, raised his arm towards the eerie green vortex behind the Shire, and terrifying dark power converged towards it. Dormammu was attempting to use the energy of the Dark Dimension to forcibly close the vortex that served as a portal.

"Goodbye, you idiot!" Just as Dormammu's attention was focused on the eerie green vortex, the freed Shire extracted the Aether particles from his body and detonated them.

"You!" Dormammu roared, the detonation of the Aether particles blasted open a passage to the outside real universe in the alternate dimension he controlled, and then the Aether particles fell out from there.

The next moment, psychic power erupted, and Ciel plucked the Mind Stone directly from the Mind Scepter, triggering a psychic storm. Dormammu, who was trying to control the energy to close the vortex while also paying attention, was immediately hit in the face by the psychic storm. Then, Ciel threw the Mind Stone into the channel through which the Aether particles had fallen.

"Bye-bye!" Taking advantage of the psychic storm that Dormammu was experiencing due to the Mind Stone's eruption, Ciel waved to Dormammu, then activated the pocket watch's power again with a smile, disappearing directly into Dormammu's dark world.

He left!

However, this left Dormammu with a huge problem.

Because his face was covered by the mental storm, Dormammu could no longer control the energy in front of him to suppress the vortex. Without the suppression, the vortex expanded wildly and without limit while Dormammu was in a daze, and on the other side of the vortex, a dark and ruthless consciousness infiltrated.

284. Welcome, Mr. Sa, to send out lunch boxes.

This consciousness was filled with flames, darkness, destruction, and absolute ruthlessness. And after passing through the vortex, this consciousness, in the very first instant, followed the spatial channel created by the exploding ether particles and came into contact with the rules of the real universe outside.

As a universe with rules less loosely defined than the Marvel multiverse, this being truly reached the pinnacle of life in that universe, instantly understanding and adapting to it. Moreover, because the rules of this universe are more relaxed, this being's power began to increase steadily upon entering it.

Soon, a colossal arm, a trillion feet long, emerged from the other end of the vortex, burning with flames far more intense than Dormammu's. It grabbed Dormammu's true form and crushed it.

It would be as easy as crushing an ant, but of course, that wouldn't be enough to kill Dormammu. This former wizard had bound his soul to the entire Dark World. Although he was trapped here, as long as the world wasn't destroyed, Dormammu could be considered a kind of immortal.

However, it seems that this immortality will be somewhat diminished today.

The enormous arm retracted, but not because it intended to leave. The next moment, two palms appeared at the center of the vortex, and then, like a door being blocked, they pushed outwards...

A distorted space appeared at the center of the vortex, and within that distorted space, a monster stretched out most of its body.

It was a giant, even Surt, whom Sharl had seen before, was nothing but trash in comparison. Surging energy enveloped this majestic giant, flowing into his blood and searing his soul. Continuous fiendish volcanoes rose from his once-noble form, and beneath his cracked skin, churning and boiling with an eternal, raging hatred.

An inextinguishable flame forever burns upon him, and he wears grotesque armor. Even his upper body alone is countless times larger than a planet. In his left hand, he grips a broken greatsword. That sword was once known as Gorshalach (The Dark Ripper), the most powerful weapon in his universe, which he once used to conquer all evil within it. But now the sword is broken, just as its master has fallen…

This broken weapon is now named Gorribal (DarkSeether).

Its master was no longer the most outstanding, valiant, and noble warrior of the Pantheon, but the one who commanded a burning army, ruthlessly and resolutely destroying everything in his path—he was the fallen dark titan Sargeras.

Two universes that should never have intersected overlapped at this moment, or at least the world controlled by the unfortunate Dormammu became the port connecting the two universes. However, Dormammu probably wouldn't be happy to see this situation. In fact, at the instant the rules of the two different universes clashed, Dormammu almost lost control of the world he ruled, barely maintaining a tiny bit of control.

However, precisely because of this control, the demolition office manager who came from another universe didn't escape immediately. The same thing happened last time; he got stuck in the portal and was eventually blasted back. This time, that mistake won't happen again.

However, for Dormammu, if he didn't find a way out, he would be completely finished. The conflict between the rules of the two universes weakened him without any limit. As mentioned before, in Marvel, the restrictions on various rules become weaker as the story progresses. Therefore, after losing the support of the world's rules themselves, Dormammu was unable to resist the Dark Titan who came from another universe but began to adapt to the rules of the current universe, thus becoming more and more powerful in this world.

Dormammu wants to escape. If he can sever the part of the Dark World that the Dark Titan has seized control of, he can still find a chance to make a comeback. Although his fate may be to return to square one, the world he controls now is nothing more than a result of his continuous expansion over a long period of time, as he controlled the Dark World he initially acquired and devoured other worlds.

So he thought he might still be able to prolong his life!

All you need to do is sever the part of the country that's already out of his control, and then blow it up...

Perhaps after it's blown up, the conflict between the rules of different universes might even send the Dark Titan back. But Dormammu probably doesn't know that within the illusion of life, there exists a concept called—"I can fight back!"

Immediately, half of Sargeras, the Dark Titan of the Burning Legion's demolition team, passed through the vortex into this universe, and Sargeras, the boss of the demolition team, decisively realized Dormammu's plan. Then, on a planet called Azeroth in some obscure corner of the original universe, someone who was stuck in a portal and couldn't get through was probably slashed in the knee by a greenskin with cheat codes, and then couldn't get through.

How could we possibly repeat the same mistakes?

So just as Dormammu had this thought, Sargeras swung his Gorribal (Dark Seether) and slashed it down at a certain point in this dark world.

In the original world, Sargeras was initially helpless against demons, able to destroy their bodies but not their souls. However, after falling to the Dark Titan and tearing apart Mardum, the exiled plane that had once imprisoned countless demons, this demon king, the Dark Titan, gained a deeper understanding of the nature of demons—and the method for completely annihilating their souls.

Similarly, in this world, nothing is beyond his ability to destroy and kill souls. In the original world, the pantheon composed of star-soul titans born from the universe itself was shattered by his rage, and the same is true for this world, this creature now lingering in darkness.

"Insignificant creature, foolish fellow. No matter how you struggle, you are only hastening your fate of being annihilated in endless darkness!" The ancient Titan language pierced through this dark dimension, accurately reaching the depths of Dormammu's soul hidden within it.

At that moment, Dormammu had a strange feeling that the Dark Titan had seen his soul and that he was about to die. But this shouldn't have happened. However, as the Dark Titan Sargeras raised his sword to strike, Dormammu realized that his end was near.

"Before this eternal end and the power of the Titans, do you not realize how insignificant you are? This world began its destruction the day it was born; I merely brought it forward a little..."

The emerald green fel storm tore through the entire dark world after Sargeras's blade fell, and even in the real universe outside, countless vast cracks were torn open.

Dormammu's soul, bearing the brunt of the attack, was utterly annihilated by the fel storm, dying as insignificantly as an ant, leaving not even a trace. This man, who had been plotting to invade Earth, was implicated because of a small thought that led him to intercept a transmigrator and a newly born evil god.

If the One-Above-All (OAA) hadn't abandoned this parallel universe, Sargeras, the Dark Titan, would never have come here. However, also because of someone else—a certain lunatic paid a little attention—the core management body of the Marvel multiverse simply abandoned this parallel universe that had intruded on so many things it shouldn't have.

Then this abandoned parallel universe will welcome more uninvited guests in the future. And now, this Dark Titan and his Burning Legion are just the first to arrive. Dormammu's death merely allowed this Dark Titan to completely control this Dark Dimension world; similarly, like Dormammu before him, he is unable to descend into the outer real universe.

However, it doesn't matter. He's not a lone wolf like Dormammu. After he completely controlled this dimensional space, the Twisting Nether spread out and eroded this dimension, completely connecting the universe of the Azeroth worldview with this abandoned Marvel parallel universe.

Then, within that enormous vortex, a tidal wave of Burning Legion demons surged into this world.

Outside this world, a large group of beings known as 'Gods' have also begun to secretly make contact with it. Soon, a large swarm of dimensional locusts called 'Reincarnators' will be cast into this world by the 'Gods'.

Of course, the entire group of evil gods wouldn't miss this opportunity. While the most powerful ones couldn't come, the weaker ones could easily escape. Not to mention, not long ago, one of their newborn companions was born in this world. Although someone might not know this, the evil gods always find a way to get here through some form of communication.

As for the cosmic gods in this parallel universe, they obviously can't interfere in the clash of rules between universes. And as for the five original cosmic gods of this universe, they already exist in other parallel worlds. In this universe, they are just one among countless others. Even if they give up, it doesn't matter—they can simply run away.

After all, this isn't the core of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but merely a parallel universe based on the cinematic worldview. In fact, even the observers, after realizing the unexpected turn of events, began to leave one after another. After all, the evil gods and 'chief gods' about to enter, and even the Dark Titan who had already entered, were all capable of detecting and killing them.

Moreover, without the OAA as a backer...

Oh, may God bless this world, provided that God is willing and has the courage to go there...

Of course, if that was an apocalypse, then there are two possibilities.

285. Marvel Ends

This world is full of surprises, and the biggest surprise came after an outsider who interfered ran away, leaving behind a huge mess. This parallel universe, abandoned by its backers, is now finished. Adding to this, the powerful cosmic beings within this parallel universe are also finding opportunities to slip away one by one…

And so the world descended into utter chaos. Dormammu, who was destined to have a surgeon as his nemesis, became the first unfortunate victim of a newly emerging evil god's pit, meeting a gruesome end at the hands of a demolition company executive who had just learned of the existence of universes beyond his own. To make matters worse, the dark world Dormammu originally controlled fell into the hands of this demolition company executive, an invading force from another universe. Thus, through the combined efforts of a gigantic, eerie green vortex resembling a flushing toilet, the demolition army from that other universe, which had been engaged in demolition work for tens of thousands of years, finally began its cross-universe operations.

Sargeras, after completely taking control of the dark dimension of Dormammu, which he had already slain, didn't immediately attempt to travel there himself. Unfortunately, even the Dark Titan himself couldn't completely ignore the conflicts in the rules between universes, so he got stuck, just like he had in Azeroth. However, this time there weren't many 'time travelers' from the future causing trouble.

At this moment, the Burning Legion's demolition crews, surging in like a tidal wave, also entered the Dark Dimension. Frankly, no demon would want to stay in this dark, barren, bird-dung-like place. But precisely because it was so empty, it was perfect as a bridgehead for attacking a universe.

One after another, fel warships passed through the vortex and arrived directly in this part of the universe. A huge number of cannon fodder rushed over, such as: fel imps, voidwalkers, hellhounds, demon guards, succubi, and hellfires among the cannon fodder... In short, the Burning Legion not only followed the elite route, but also continued to rely on sheer numbers.

Similarly, many technicians were the first to arrive and begin constructing a stable teleportation portal. Although Sa was still stuck, it didn't matter; the cannon fodder below could just come and sell off a wave of attacks. It was just a question of how many people could withstand the attacks from these 'cannon fodder' deliberately thrown in as expendable resources by the big shots.

Even so, these demons are unable to leave the Dark Dimension. But that's not a problem; as long as there are representatives in the outside world, that's enough.

The first one chosen was a low-level wizard named Kaecilius. Yes, that's right, let's not even talk about the CEO who'd already defeated everyone. Although Tom Dan and Tree-Earth, for some reason, were cursed with bad luck and made a huge fool of themselves… okay! Let's not talk about that. Anyway, in the eyes of that bunch of Eredar, Dreadlords, Pit Lords, and Doomguards, this mortal named Kaecilius was indeed trash.

But even trash has its advantages, namely, it's just trash. If every spellcaster were at the level of a guardian, then the demons might as well just give up and go to sleep.