Masked Rider from Marvel World

They knew Strange a little better and knew very well that this was probably not a joke.

"Are you serious?" Ling Ge said with a meaningful smile, "It has the flavor of Ancient One, but it's still a little short.

If Gu Yi was in the same situation as you, she would never tell me her plan. She would only see me for the last time before her death and express her last wish.

At that time, the dead were the most important, and I had to fulfill her last request no matter what. Even though I knew I was being plotted against, I had no choice but to do it, otherwise I would feel guilty."

After a few seconds of silence, Strange smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This is the difference between me and her, she is confident enough to face death.

But I am different. I have to try my best to ensure that I am still alive before completing the inheritance.

You are not the Sorcerer Supreme, so you don’t know how much pressure I am under.

The successor of the Supreme Sorcerer must first have top qualifications, this is the most basic.

The second thing is character, mentality, IQ, EQ, etc. These all need to be cultivated by me as the Supreme Mage, and it takes a lot of time.

I am not like you who has a lifespan so long that I am almost immortal. I am just an ordinary human being. Since I cannot observe the future, I have to take some force majeure factors into consideration.

Just in case, I mean just in case!

What if you spend decades finding me the best successor? I may not be in the condition to train him at that time, and Kamar-Taj’s strongest power, the Sorcerer Supreme, will be lacking.

The Supreme Sorcerer is passed down from generation to generation. If one generation is bad, the following generations will probably not be much better, and the consequences will be quite serious.

Now only you can help me, I mean you... do you understand?"

"I understand." Everyone nodded in unison, and they truly understood Strange's difficulties.

He is the most outstanding Supreme Sorcerer. If he only trained one or mediocre successor, it would be irresponsible to the following generations.

If it weren't for Ling Ge, he might have just accepted his fate and picked a talented and decent magician among the magicians of Kamar-Taj to be his successor, which would be like picking a general from a group of dwarfs.

But now a shortcut is right in front of you. As long as you are "shameless", you can walk on this "sunny road". Anyone with a normal brain knows what to choose.

"I was wondering why you looked at Little Naughty with a strange look in your eyes!" Spike laughed, "At first I thought you were interested in her, but now it seems that I was too narrow-minded."

"Spike!" The little rascal rolled his eyes at her, "This joke is not funny at all."

"That's right." Strange also curled his lips, "Although Jasmine is good-looking, has a good figure, and a good personality.

But she is my apprentice, and in my opinion she is just a little girl, and I don’t have that intention at all.”

"Huh!" Ling Ge took a deep breath, "Actually, I know everything you said.

But please at least consider my difficulties!

Although the world is peaceful now, I have just become a father!

To be honest, I have participated in enough battles and saved the world more than once or twice.

I just want to enjoy my retirement life, go home to spend time with my wife and children, and watch them grow up, so... I don’t have that much time. ”

"I understand! I want to retire more than you do, but the burden on me won't allow it." Strange pursed his lips, "So I gave you three years.

Three years! Ordinary people's children can walk or run, but your two children may be able to go out and fight monsters.

Three years later, I will still be at my peak and can devote all my energy to training the best successor. "

"Uh... you've really thought it through!" Ling Ge's mouth twitched, "But my ideal time is at least thirty years. You compressed it to one tenth of it. Isn't that a bit unfair?"

"I'm not kind?" Strange's voice rose a few notches, "Ling Ge, how many three years do you have in your life?

Some matters must be dealt with as soon as possible and cannot be delayed, otherwise there will be more and more trouble. You know this better than me.

Besides..."

Strange paused for a moment, his eyes lingering on Ling Shi, and continued, "Besides, you might have to take care of your grandchildren in thirty years, so you won't have even less time by then, right?"

"It's all about time," Pietro said thoughtfully, "if you could live for hundreds of years like Ancient One."

Hearing this, Ling Ge's eyes lit up, "That's right.

Stephen, I will give you thirty years to live, so that we will both have enough time."

"No." Strange said in a very serious manner, "Birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of nature. I will not violate them for my own selfish reasons."

Ling Ge: ...

"Bah! Others may not know who you are, but how could I not know?

Don’t say this in such a righteous way, even a dog won’t believe it.”

"I'm serious." Strange said solemnly and helplessly, "If I were the former Doctor Strange, I would wake up laughing in my dreams if I could get thirty years of life for free.

But now I am the Supreme Sorcerer, and karma has long been entangled with me.

Just as I cannot play with time, if I accept this gift, I will definitely return it one day in the future."

Ling Ge curled his lips and said disdainfully: "That's a lot of requests.

I once gave the Avengers a few years of life, even Rogue, Wanda, and Pietro have accepted my gift, aren't they doing fine?"

"Their locations are different. They don't have to guard the gate of the mysterious side to prevent invasions from other dimensions or even the universe." Strange explained, "If you don't believe it, look at Master Ancient One.

She drew on the power of darkness to extend her life, but what was the final result? This is a lesson for us!

I am her direct disciple, and I cannot follow her path no matter what."

"Ha! Haha!" Ling Ge's mouth twitched and he didn't believe a word of this statement.

Although he didn't know why Strange gave up this opportunity, it was his subjective wish and he was embarrassed to force him.

Rushing to offer benefits to others, but this person obviously wants it very much but still acts like "I can't accept it".

If he continues to insist under such circumstances, that would be not just putting a cold face on a warm butt, that would be despicable.

"It's up to you! As long as you're happy."

"So... three years, have you agreed to that?" Strange asked expectantly.

"No way, are you kidding?" Ling Ge waved his hand. "This time is too short. I can't squeeze it out for you in my retirement life of raising children."

Strange: ...

"I've said this much, why are you so heartless?

If three years is not okay, I can accept five years, at least you can bargain a little!"

"Alas! I won't easily promise something I'm not sure of.

I still say that, I can help you, but you need to give me a little more time."

"Are you sure it's just a little bit, not a billion bits?"

"Um... don't worry about these details!" Ling Ge laughed awkwardly, "How about this! I have a way to have the best of both worlds.

I will give you information about a qualified heir every once in a while, and you can choose the most suitable one from them.

As for the defense of the temple, if anything happens, you can call me at any time and I will do my best to help you deal with it. Is that okay?"

"No!" Strange said with a wry smile.

"Hmm?" Ling Ge's expression changed slightly, and he said coldly: "Don't be too pushy.

I have already spent a lot of money to make this decision, what else do you want?"

"Don't get me wrong, listen to my explanation first." Strange said immediately, "There are two reasons in total.

On the one hand, the efficiency is too low, and I have to shop around for a lot of products, which would take more than 30 years."

"This... doesn't seem to be unreasonable." Ling Ge couldn't deny it, "What about the other side?"

"On the other hand, you are too strong. If we really leave the defense line to you, the safety of the Earth and even the universe will not be a problem, but the invading party will probably suffer a devastating blow."

"When did you become so sentimental?" Wanda asked, "They have already fought their way into this universe. Do we really need to persuade them to go back?"

“Wanda, not every dimension has an attitude of aggression and destruction like Dormammu’s.

Some of them accidentally entered this dimension, while others came with good intentions. Kamar-Taj must do a good job of distinguishing them."

"The Supreme Sorcerer is so tired!"

"Then you can just call me over when you're sure you need to fight!" Ling Ge said impatiently.

“This… won’t work either, time is money, time is life.

Unless you stay in Kamar-Taj, I'm afraid you won't be able to be completely safe."

"Fuck! Fuck you..." Ling Ge's forehead was covered with black lines, and he couldn't help but swear a few times. Looking at Stephen Strange, who was so guilty that he didn't even dare to look up at him, he said, "I understand now. You just want me to find you the best heir in a short time, right!"

"I know what to choose between short-term stability and stability for the next few generations," Strange said weakly.

Ling Ge: ...

It is true that shameless people are invincible. This is really my fault.

1103. To solve the root of the problem, how about making a written agreement?

"Hey! You can't say that!" Strange laughed awkwardly, "This is what you promised me, you can't go back on your word!"

Ling Ge's face darkened. "I always keep my word, but your time is really too tight."

"I can't help it." Strange spread his hands, "You understand my difficulties.

I know it's not very kind of me to force you like this, but for the sake of Kamar-Taj's future, I have no choice but to be a villain this time."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. If they didn't know what kind of person Strange was, they would probably applaud and praise him for his righteousness.

Ling Ge's mouth twitched and his teeth itched with anger.

He just raised his hand to give Strange a pair of black eyes, but then he noticed his daughter in his arms and suppressed his anger helplessly.

It’s not wrong to hit people, but hitting them in front of children may teach them bad habits.

"Huh!" Ling Ge took several deep breaths and said sarcastically, "Stephen, there is a reason why Master Ancient One chose you as his apprentice.

I used to think it was your talent and character, but now it seems that she may not value your face.

You are worthy of being her successor, you are truly better than her!"

"Um...thank you for the compliment." Strange said embarrassedly, his left and right ears automatically filtering out the sarcasm in the first two sentences.

Ling Ge was stunned for a moment, then gave a faint smile, "Pietro."

"What's wrong, brother-in-law?"

"Take care of your little niece first. I won't be able to get over this unless I beat him up. I feel so choked up."

"Ah!" Pietro reacted and looked at Strange with amusement in his eyes, "Why bother you to do it yourself, brother-in-law? I can do it."

"No, you can't beat him," Wanda said immediately, stabbing Pietro's inflated heart and calming him down instantly.

Among the people present, besides Ling Ge, the only one who can fight Strange one-on-one is Wanda.

Although the remaining people still have some abilities, they are still much weaker than the Supreme Sorcerer.

"Wanda is right." Strange nodded in agreement, "You are not my opponent yet. Even the three of you combined cannot beat me.

Let Ling Ge do it himself! This way I can feel better.

I promise that if you want to beat me, I will stand here and will not resist."

"You want to resist, but can you resist?" Ling Ge rolled his eyes and said with disdain.

"Ha ha!

Whether you can resist is one thing, whether you resist or not is another. "Strange shrugged as a matter of course, "I am just expressing my attitude and my guilt."

"You are really sharp-tongued." Ling Ge sneered, "I used to be proud of my thick skin, but now you have shown me that there are always people better than you. Your shamelessness has shown me what shamelessness is."

"Mmm, that's too good of a compliment." Strange blushed and was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

Although he had put his face on the line at the beginning of the day, he had been insulted in front of others several times, and his self-esteem had been badly damaged.

Ling Ge looked at him angrily for a few seconds, then sighed, "You are so cruel. I am really afraid of you."

If ordinary people were to cling to him so stubbornly, they would be sent to see God in a minute, but at this moment, Strange made Ling Ge feel like he had no idea where to start.

They definitely cannot be killed. The relationship between their family and Kamar-Taj is so strong that they have been entangled for a long time.

Not to mention that Ancient One taught Wanda and Pietro, and not to mention that Strange took Rogue as his apprentice, just because Kamar-Taj has been taking care of Wanda diligently for more than half a year, there is no way he would attack Strange no matter what.

Otherwise, if it gets out, he will appear to be an ungrateful villain.

You can’t hit him, otherwise this bastard will be more justified in making his demands.