The Kama Taj in the Himalayas is now bustling with tourists from all over the world, who come to the temple to pray, visit the once magical shrine, or come here to find the legendary mage saint due to illness.

And half a month ago, a top surgeon named Stephen Strange was one of them who had a car accident that ended his career early.

After a series of tribulations, he finally got his wish and stayed in Kama Taj to start practicing magic, but magic was more difficult than he imagined, more than half a month of practice, he still can't even do the simplest way of communicating natural energy with spirit, and then extracting the lines of magic energy.

"Master Casillas, don't I have the talent to do so, other students can successfully sketch the simplest lines of energy in ten days at the latest, and I'm ......" Strange looked at his trembling hands, his face full of decadence.

Casillas smiled and said, "I used to suspect that I didn't have talent like you, but now I've become a real mage. ”

Strange couldn't help but look at Casillas with a look of dazedness and longing in his eyes.

"Stephen, anyone can practice magic, as long as you let go of your preconceived notions and believe that there is magical energy in this world." Casillas said as his hand drew in the air, and soon lines of energy emerged, forming a circular pattern.

"But my hands ......," Strange shook his head in frustration.

Calicias moved his gaze to a man in Taoist robes in the distance, and shouted, "Master Hamill, please come over for a moment." ”

Mage Hamill walked briskly.

"Please show him that." Calicias said respectfully.

The robed mage Hamill was silent, but he stretched out his severed hand, quickly outlining lines of magical energy in the air.

Strange's eyes widened, "He, he'......"

"Master Hamill's hand was amputated before he came to Kama Taj, and he is now a respected mage." Casillas said and smiled, "Stephen, do you still think it's your own hands?" ”

Strange stared at his hands, then at the departing Mage Hamill, his mind fluctuating.

At this moment, a layer of dark blue ripples suddenly rippled in the air, and then a figure walked out of the ripples.

"Master Gary!" Casillas, who was just about to release the shield of Seraphim for defense, couldn't help but shout excitedly when he saw the familiar figure.

When the rest of the people saw Gary, they were relieved and continued their previous practice.

Only Strange stared at the dark blue ripples in the air with a horrified face, apparently unable to comprehend how a person could appear out of thin air.

Is this the magic of magic?

At this moment, Strange's original worldview is collapsing.

"Casillas, meet again." Gary smiled, but was a little surprised in his heart, after all, according to the timeline, Casillas should have betrayed Kamateidi a long time ago, and absorbed the dark energy to throw himself into Dormammu's arms.

Casillas took a deep breath, "Master Gary, I have a lot of confusion, and I hope you can help me solve it. ”

Gary was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, you can go to the library to find me later." ”

"Okay!" Casillas nodded heavily.

Gary glanced at Strange next to him, then walked to the main hall of the front hall.

After Gary left, Strange couldn't help but ask, "Master Casillas, ...... he?"

"That's Master Gary, the most mysterious mage of Kama Taj, he is a powerful being who transcends time like the Ancient One, I met Gen Gary when I first came here, he has been with Kama Taj for more than forty years, and he is still so young." Casillas was inspired by the Tao of worship.

"What? You mean that the just Gen Gary is over a hundred years old? Strange stared, "He looks younger than me!" ”

Mage Mordo came over out of nowhere, "The same goes for the Ancient One, no one knows his age, Strange you know that magic is real now!" ”

Strange didn't speak, but the expression said it all.

……

In the main hall of the front hall with ancient charm.

The ancient one, dressed in a white magic robe, sipped fragrant tea, and sat leisurely at the table reading a book, even if Gary was sitting opposite, he didn't look up.

"You have a few more powerful forces in your body that don't belong to you." After a while, Gu Yi slowly spoke.

Gary flipped his hand, and the Primordial Blade appeared.

"Four Infinity Stones...... Ancient One looked at Gary in surprise, and then suddenly said, "That's the real reason why you came to Kama Taj, right?" ”

Gary didn't intend to deny it, and smiled, "Yes, I was originally for the Time Stone, but I know that you won't give me the Eye of Agamodo." ”

Gu Yi shook his head: "If you are willing to become the supreme magic of the next generation, I will give it to you." ”

"Don't you already have a candidate in mind?" Gary looked out into the plaza outside the hall.

"The future is vague, and I don't know what to do." The Ancient One sighed, stood up and said, "Casillas already knows the secret of my dark power, but I didn't expect him to choose to stay. ”

"He's waiting for you."

After saying that, Koichi turned his gaze, stared at Gary and continued, "If you can't solve the problem he faces, I'm afraid Kama Taj will suffer a catastrophe. ”

He can see fragments of time in the future, but he can only follow the trajectory of time, because he knows very well that if he changes the future without permission, then it is likely that things will go for the worse.

When he drew on the power of darkness to change the future, it turned out to be Dormammu's invasion several times, which brought great disasters to the earth, and since then, the Ancient One has never used the Eye of Agamodor anymore, and has kept this supreme artifact of the Supreme Mage in the library.

"Casillas's confusion, you and I both know it, if you want to really solve it, you need to pay a lot of price, Ancient One Mage, are you sure you want to choose Casillas?" Gary asked.

"I don't have much time to keep training the next gifted successor, now that the future has changed, all I have to do is follow the rules, no matter how you solve it, as long as Casillas doesn't absorb the dark power, he will be the next Supreme Mage." The Ancient One's tone was full of determination.

Gary pondered for a moment, "Yes, Time Gem ......"

"That's the next Supreme Mage." Gu Yi said with a smile.

……

On the way out of the main hall of the front hall to the library, Gary couldn't help but sigh lightly, although the original timeline has changed a lot because of his appearance, but Gu Yi is afraid that he still wants to break free from his physical body and choose to follow the eternal life.

In other words, the death of the ancient one could not be avoided.

But that's fine, after all, if the Ancient One doesn't die, then he will never get the Time Gem.

After a moment's relief, Garry regained her composure.

Coming to the library, Casillas was already waiting.

Glancing at the vast magical tomes around him, Gary's gaze couldn't help but fall on the Eye of Agomodo, which had an indescribable attraction and summoning.

"Gary-senpai!" A chubby man walked over from the side and said respectfully.

"You are?" Gary wondered.

The chubby man hurriedly said, "I'm the new librarian, you can call me king!" ”

"What about the original librarian?" Gary asked, according to the original timeline, the old man who guarded the library was killed by Casillas before the young Chinese king would succeed him.

"His time to guard has come, and he returned to the arms of magic two months ago." Wang replied.

Gary suddenly realized that even if he practiced magic, he only lived a little longer than ordinary people, and he could only maintain his youth by absorbing dark power, but if he wanted to be eternal, he had to leave the mortal body.

"Don't bother the two of you." When Casillas came up, the king said a word and left the library.

"Master Gary." Casillas performed a solemn magical etiquette.

Gary nodded slightly, "Casillas, the Ancient One has already told me about you. ”

Casillas didn't feel surprised, but said a little dazedly: "Master Gary, so to speak, the ancient one, he really absorbed the dark power of evil?" ”

"Yes."

Hearing Gary's confirmation, Casillas clenched his fists and said with a fierce expression: "The Ancient One Mage is the Supreme Mage who is admired by all mages, and I have always regarded him as a god, why, why, he would betray the magic of the Trinity Vishan Emperor, is it not that only the dark power can obtain eternity, and can obtain great power!" ”

"Master Gary, tell me, isn't it!"

Casillas's emotions became more and more intense, he came to Kama Taj not to heal, nor to practice magic, but to see his wife again, originally thought that the ancient one mage could help him fulfill this wish, but he did not expect that even the Supreme Mage betrayed magic and absorbed the evil dark power that ran counter to magic.

When he first discovered this secret, Casillas almost broke down, and even had the idea of stealing the Book of Vishandi and betraying Kama Taj, but in the end he suppressed this idea, after all, Kama Taj also had a mysterious mage, which was his last hope.

"What kind of answer do you want? Casillas! Gary said lightly.

"What answer do I want?" Casillas was stunned, but soon he gritted his teeth in hatred and said, "I just want to know why the Ancient One drew the power of darkness!" ”

Gary shook his head, "Casillas, I know your story, you chose to practice magic for the sake of your wife, so if magic can't help you achieve your wishes, you won't hesitate to turn your back on it, am I right?" ”

Casillas bowed his head in shame, but there was doubt in his confused eyes.

"What kind of power you choose will bear what price, the ancient one mage absorbs the dark power not for himself, but to resist the invasion of dark dimensional creatures, he has been resisting the erosion of dark power for so many years, so no one knows the horror of dark power better than him." Gary's voice soothed with a hint of soul, and Casillas' intense emotions slowly calmed down.

"And the Ancient One Mage will soon have to pay the price."

Casillas subconsciously asked, "What price?" ”

"In the near future, he will return to the arms of magic!" Gary sighed.

"What? How could it be, the Ancient One Mage was so powerful, and he also absorbed the power of darkness, and the years had left no trace on him, how could he die! Casillas looked incredulous.

Gary said in a calm voice, "That's the price. ”

Casillas was silent, though he still didn't believe it, but Gary didn't have to lie to him.

"You want to see your wife again, I can help you, but until then, I hope you can put aside all distractions and practice magic well, and when the ancient mage returns to the magic embrace, if you still want to absorb the power of darkness, I will not stop you at that time." Gary said slowly.

Casillas looked up and looked at Gary and said word by word, "As long as I can see my wife again, I can do everything." ”

"Trust me, you'll see."

……

Casillas's affairs are over for the time being, and Gary stays by the Eye of Agamodor in the library, as he has done before, studying the secret method.

During this time, there was also a small episode, although Dr. Strange believed in the existence of magic, he was still unable to sketch the lines of energy as quickly as the other students, and the Ancient One, who had identified the heir, no longer focused on Strange.

"Maybe I really don't have talent." Strange was frustrated.

Mordo sighed, in fact, he and the Ancient One, as well as Callicias, knew that Strange just didn't believe in himself, and his hands were his magic barriers.

"Strange, you can go to Gary, maybe he can heal your hand." Mordo said.

Strange couldn't wait to get to the library, "Master Gary, Master Mordo said, you have a way to ......"

"I can heal your hand, but if your hand is healed, will you continue to practice magic?" Gary opened his eyes and said.

"I ...... I don't know, I'm a surgeon, and although I've learned a lot of things during this time that I've never been exposed to before, I still feel like I should be a doctor. Staranch hesitated.

Gary nodded, Doctor Strange Strange can never forget, so he has a talent far beyond ordinary people in magic, but at the beginning, his heart was still on his profession, after all, there was his lover there.

"Close your eyes." Gary Road.

"Oh." Strange quickly closed his eyes.

After a few seconds, he felt a warm current of heat rushing into his body.

"Open your eyes."

As the voice sounded, Strange opened his eyes and saw a new pair of hands, he moved his fingers, and said excitedly: "My hands are good, my hands are good!" ”

……

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