In a hidden place, in a temple.

Casillas returned to the hidden hideout with his followers, but was stunned when he entered the main hall. He stood in the doorway and looked into the hall from afar, and saw that another person was already sitting reclining on the chair that belonged to him. The man was dressed in silver-gray armor and wrapped in a dark green cloak, and his posture was casual but unmistakably majestic. He sat in that chair and looked so natural, like a natural king.

Casillas stretched out his arm to stop the believers behind him, frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man looked up. The moment their eyes met, Casillas felt as if his soul had been grasped by an invisible hand. There seemed to be a bottomless black hole in those eyes, and there was cold thunder churning in the black hole.

In an instant, he recognized it—a man who was also Dormammu's messenger, just like him. And the dark magic on the other party's body is boundless, but I am afraid that it is not under me.

"You're moving too slowly." Victor von Doom sat in that chair and said coldly, "Time is running out, and you have been grinding and making limited progress so far. ”

"The temples in New York and London have been destroyed. Now only the Hong Kong Temple, the last temple, remains. Casillas argued in a deep voice, "The Supreme Mage has also been solved by me, and the protective net of this world is unprecedentedly weak, and now it can be broken with only one last touch. The fall of the Hong Kong Temple is only a matter of time, and we just need to "

"I doubt it." Doom interrupted in a voice that didn't have a temperature, "If things were as easy as you said, you should be on your way to attack the Hong Kong Temple by now, not here." After a pause, he narrowed his eyes, "The last temple is guarded by all the remaining mages. What's more, there's an extremely tricky outsider who might also step in – I'm sure you've learned what he's capable of. ”

Casillas couldn't help but think of the appearance of the black and gold armor mage from before, and his strength that was so strong that it was almost unreasonable. If that guy intervened, it might not be so easy to breach the final temple.

"I'm pretty confident we can come up with a solution." Casillas looked at him coldly, "But before we can do that, we may have to clarify one of the most basic things, and that is the question of leadership. ”

Doom squinted at him, "You think you should call the shots?" ”

"It always has been." "And I don't see any indication that this convention needs to be broken." ”

"Then why don't you come up and try it out for yourself and see if things really go as you say?"

Doom's gaze unnerves Casillas, who felt uncomfortable in fact. But he suppressed his emotions, stepped forward, and flew straight up, straight towards Doom, who was sitting on the top of the seat. His right palm slapped out in front of him, and the churning dark mana condensed into the palm of his hand, and the palm of his hand was wrapped in a swaying cyclone.

Doom's arms resting on his seat seemed to move in a trance. No one could see what he had done, only Casillas, who had rushed forward, flew back upside down the road in the next second, smashing the brick floor to pieces in his back. Doom sat still, his arms resting in place, as if he hadn't moved a bit.

Casillas jumped to his feet, his dark eyes glaring at Doom with a fierce glint. He had one hand, and his magic power was quenched, and a pair of air blades were held in his hands. He stepped and jumped, and approached Doom with a transparent stab. Doom tilted his head, and the knife stabbed into the back of the chair behind him. Casillas followed with a slash, and was dodged by Doom's short head. Doom reached out and grabbed his arm before he could withdraw his hand, then flew up and kicked Casillas out of his seat again.

Doom stood up and walked slowly down the steps, his dark green cloak hanging to the ground. When Casillas gritted his teeth and stood up again, Doom was already in front of him.

Casillas raised his knife and slashed again, slashing him in the neck with his left hand. Doom raised his palm, twisted his blade off with a twist of his wrist, and staggered back with a blow to his shoulder. Casillas gritted his teeth, and with his other hand, he swung his knife without giving up, and in the blink of an eye, he slashed five or six more in a row. Doom stood motionless, dissolving with his hand, then reached out and grabbed Casillas's arm, and an over-the-shoulder throw slammed the mage to the floor.

Casillas snorted, but when he landed, he twisted, and a carp jumped up and tried to fight back. But he was only halfway up when he was kicked in the shoulder by Doom, and flew backwards with a more embarrassing momentum than before, until he hit the gate and stopped, and he couldn't get up again for a long time.

Doom put his hands behind his back, hidden under his dark green cloak. He swept his eyes coldly at everyone in the hall: "Now, is there anyone else who has a problem?" ”

The mages looked at each other, and no one said a word for a while.

Doom's gaze then fell back to Casillas, who had just gotten up in disgrace. Realizing Dom's eyes, he lowered his head and said stiffly, "No." ”

Casillas, of course, was not willing to give up the leadership of his small group, but he was helpless. The mage in front of him and the one he used were all from Dormammu, which showed that this person was also a follower of Dormammu. And the other party is stronger than him, more than one grade stronger, it's as simple as that.

Doom flicked his cloak, turned and walked back to his seat, and sat down again. "So, let's get back to the previous topic. Let all the mages rest and adjust to their best, we have a lot of work to do. ”

"The Hong Kong Temple is heavily defended, as you said before." Casillas whispered, "To lay down this last temple, we must"

"Nope." Doom waved his hand, "We're not going to fight that temple anymore." ”

Casillas was stunned for a moment: "What? But don't we want to"

"Like I said before, fighting that temple might be a tricky guy, and I'm not ready to face him right now."

Doom paused, then continued, "The advent techniques recorded in the pages of the dark magic books you stole need to destroy the temple and destroy the magic protection net before it can be effective. But there is another way to bypass that protective net, directly open a passage to the dark dimension, and use magic and technology to combine it. ”

"You mean the machine?" Casillas shook his head, "We tried, we failed. Now that the machine has been carefully preserved by its owner, we can't get any closer."

"I didn't say I'm going to steal that machine again. One thing you need to know about that machine is that I'm the one who designed it. "So that means I can build another one at any time." This time, I only need a few hours. ”