12. Bondage, inducement, fuse

All good things pass, because happiness is always short-lived.

All sad things will pass, and although the pain will last forever, time will wash away everything.

The sunlight eventually reappeared in the sky above Kama Taj, but it was already a matter of fact, with the grizzled Cyber leaning under a crooked-necked tree, smoking cigarettes one by one, and Strange leaning on a beast-headed stick, searching for survivors in the ruins.

In the current situation of the collapse of the mage tower, the nearly 100-meter-high building was left with a base of less than 10 meters, and the entire building itself was shattered and corroded by that dark lightsaber, and the whole Holy Spirit Land was desolate as a post-war ruin when the first rays of sunlight cast down.

Strange couldn't get close to the center of the ruins, the substantial dark power was entrenched there, just getting close would burn his soul, he could only look for it outside the ruins, the king was already completely unconscious, if it weren't for the support of the mage's powerful soul, this fat man would have died a long time ago.

But he was lucky, and beside him, there were 37 corpses, all of which were found by Cyber and Strange, all of them official mages or mage apprentices of Kama Taj, and they had fallen in the sword of the evil god Dormammu.

"Bang"

Strange used the beast head stick to pry up a piece of rubble with difficulty, and as a result, he saw a body crushed under the rubble, it was the Hamill mage who had been in charge of teaching him magic in the last few days, and the old mage who had lost a fist was an old-fashioned Chinese, but he absolutely did not say anything about teaching.

Now he was also killed in battle, and in a posture of one kneeling, with his sword on his knees and not falling, it seemed that at the last moment, he was not willing to succumb to the brutal force.

The funny round-framed eyes on his face were shattered, his eyes were open, and there was an awe-inspiring aura, the magic sword that supported his body had broken and twisted, and beside him, there were the remains of seven completely shattered shadow beasts, his fatal wound came from the back, it was the wound of being stabbed by the dark lightsaber, and in the face of the power of the evil god, even a senior mage like Hamill was no match.

"No... Nope!"

Strange reached out to drag Master Hamill's body out of the rubble, but the moment it touched his left arm, the dark arm dissipated into the air, his fingers froze in place, as if unable to accept the tragic scene before him, he grabbed his hair and collapsed to the ground.

As a pink newcomer who has just entered the mysterious world for less than a month, this world means novelty to him, it means a new field, it means a whole new power system and life, but now, the cruelest side of this world is presented in front of his eyes in this tragic way.

Cyber had told him that the world was too cruel for him, and now he understood what Cyber meant.

But just as Strange didn't notice, the substantial dark power was diffusing in the air, as if it were a substantial presence, wrapping around Hamill's corpse from under the rubble, and resonating faintly with the remaining dark power in his body.

"Get out of the way!"

Strange was awakened by Cyber's roar, and when he jerked back, he saw the broken sword in the other hand of Master Hamill, who had lost his left arm, stabbing him in the neck, and the corpse's lifeless eyes had turned black.

At this life-threatening moment, the whole world slowed down again in Strange's eyes, and he hurriedly retreated, the stubble of the magic sword almost grazing his neck.

"Bang"

The flaming alloy knife flew out of Cyber's hand and stabbed into Hamill's corpse, nailing the body awakened by the dark power into the ruins, the raging flames quickly licked the dark shrouded body, and in less than 5 seconds, the dark power was incinerated away, and only one knife remained on the stone wall.

"These corpses can't be kept!

Cyber walked over, pulled out the metal knife, and gave a command to Strange, the frightened surgeon's eyes flashed a twitch, and finally nodded, and a few minutes later, he poured the oil among the corpses and the ruins, Cyber held the torch in his hand, took one last look at Kama Taj, and lit the oil.

"Boom"

The flames flew high, and beyond the scorching flames, the figures of the two people standing in place were pulled by the elder long.

"Why do you think he did it?"

Strange looked at the burning flames in silence, "He's a mage, and he's said to be a highly respected man, so why would he destroy everything he once guarded? Isn't this an abuse of power? he could have used it to do good." ”

"There's no why... He wanted to do it, so he did. ”

Cyber flicked the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth into the fire, "A more brutal battle than the civilized world, because of the conflict of ideas and ideas, you can start a war, this is the true essence of this world, there has never been any order, there will always be such madmen in chaos, not now, or in the future..."

"But that's why order is so precious! Look at you, this is the result of the collapse of order!"

The voice of the Supreme Mage appeared behind the two people, and in the portal composed of huge golden runes covering half the sky, the ancient one in white robe and Mo Du in black robe strode out, the face of the always kind Supreme Mage was already covered with frost, and Mo Du's face was even more undisguised anger.

But there is no sorrow...

"Whew... It's still too late. ”

The Ancient One looked at the ruins in front of her, she took a deep breath, and held the quaint mage pendant hanging on her chest with her left hand, which was a bronze ball with the special mark of the Ancient One, and when the Ancient One's fingers brushed the pendant, it emitted a green light, and quickly appeared chaotic runes around the Ancient One's body.

It was a unique system that was different from the soul magic, and at a glance it would make people feel that time and space were separated, and the 7 layers of rotating rune rings appeared on the ancient one's arm one by one, and under the gaze of Strange and Cyber, the ancient one's arm followed a special trajectory, from left to right, and turned in a counterclockwise direction.

“También es más antiguo y el ojo de MoGe atto nombre... Ayer, reproducir, vamos!!!”

The coercive spell came out of Gu's mouth, and the seven rings on her arms dissipated into the air one by one, and Cyber turned his head to look at the ruins, like a movie being played upside down, the devastated ruins were revived in a strange way, the flames of the corpses that had been burned were extinguished, and Seb even saw another self in that distorted light.

Everything is reconstructing rapidly in a counter-chronological way, and every time the ring on the ancient one's arm dissipates, the speed of reconstruction will be faster, until the moment the runes of the seventh ring retreat, an intact Kama Taj Mage Tower appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and those mages who died, and even their bodies were burned, also appeared on the front of the mage tower with a look of ignorance.

Strange grabbed his hair and looked at the living mage Hamill in front of him, he felt the tremor of his soul, felt the stagnation of his thoughts,

"It's... Is this the power of the Ancient Venerable? a random twist of time... Incredible!"

Cyber couldn't help but reach out and seep his fingers into it at the last moment when the halo dissipated, and he watched as his fingers aged and weathered at a rate of more than a hundred times, leaving only one hand bone, and then turned into powder and dissipated in that last halo.

There was no pain, not even a feeling, it seemed so creepy...

His fingers snapped back to life, and he turned to look at the Ancient One, who lowered the pendant on his chest, his face full of exhaustion, and she noticed Cyber's eyes and shook her head,

"Don't look at me like that... Kama Taj was created by the great mage Agomoto himself, and there is a secret time circle here, which can only be achieved with the Eye of Agomoto, which is not possible anywhere else. ”

"Poof"

As Gu Yi spoke, a trace of blood suddenly surged out of the corner of his mouth, which startled Cyber, she was actually injured!

The Supreme Mage, who was so powerful as to suppress the Ten Thousand Realms by himself, was actually injured?

He turned his gaze to the worried Mordo, who whispered,

"We were ambushed in Asgard, and now it is certain that the Norse gods have united with Dormammu, and this incident is not accidental, the Supreme Mage repelled the Norse gods led by Odin himself, and sealed the spread of dark space across latitudes as quickly as possible..."

"What are you surprised about? ”

Gu Yi stretched out her hand to stop Mordo from continuing to explain, her eyes looked at Cyber, "In your eyes, am I synonymous with invincibility? I'm also a member of mortals, I'll be hurt too, I'm not invincible... King, what did Casillas take with him?"

With the help of time magic, the seriously injured king has recovered, he shook his head, his body is still a little weak, his body can recover quickly, but the wounded soul needs time to slowly heal, he used his beast head long stick to support his body, and said with difficulty,

"It is the Book of Cagliostro, His Holiness, the book that studies time and openly proclaims immortality. ”

"Hey... In the end, he still failed to overcome his own demons and immersed himself in false fantasies. ”

With a wave of her hand, a staff of light appeared in her hand, and she walked towards Kama Taj's mage tower with her cane, "The book itself is nothing to fear, but Dormammu... Casillas had probably made some kind of deal with Dormammu, but unfortunately he didn't know enough to fight the god, and he would only become Dormammu's pawn. ”

"Who's that?"

Cyber hurried to follow, and asked in a low voice, who glanced at him, closed his eyes slightly, and whispered,

"Dormammu, his real name is no longer known, only that he is a spellcaster of the same era as powerful mages such as the arcane mage Agomoto, the space walker Hogos, and the manipulator Oshiter, he had the hope of becoming a great being like them, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the dark power, entered the dark space as an entity, and abandoned his body there, merged with the dark source, and became Dormammu... The lord of the dark space is one of the powerful evil gods. ”

"He has an extraordinary possessiveness for his homeland, of course, more because of the characteristics of the dark space to devour everything to grow, in the dark dimension, he has swallowed almost everything, he desperately wants to cross the latitude into the present world, complete his plundering of his homeland, in the past 1000 years, Dormammu is one of my main opponents, the most restless one!"

"I remember that last time he and Mephisto's gang dragged you down, so what happened next..."

Touching his chin, Cyber asked, "Mephisto... You shouldn't have run away, did you?"

"The mirror space is my original spell, and Dormammu will not want to break it until he has cracked its mysteries. ”

Ancient One walked into his meditation room, Cyber was blocked by a force, it seemed that Ancient One needed to rest, Cyber asked loudly,

"That Casillas... Do you need my help?"

Gu Yi looked back at him meaningfully and shook his head,

"No... Casillas I'll leave it to Mordo to deal with, I'll do Dormammu's threat myself, Cyber, stay here in peace... Don't get involved in this matter, and don't even think about taking advantage of this opportunity to leave Kama Taj, you have seen the threat of the gods and their way of doing things, don't have any illusions about them. ”

"But it's like a cage here..."

Cyber clenched his fists, Gu Yi didn't wave his hand back, the door of the meditation room quietly closed, and at the moment when Saibo's vision was cut off, Gu Yi's originally only a little pale face instantly collapsed, and a trace of blood that had been suppressed gushed out of the corner of her mouth, and her injuries were much more serious than they seemed on the surface.

All this was directed at her, and everyone understood that this world would not fall until the ancient one fell.

"Prison cage... It's better to lose your freedom than to die. ”

But the world is so unpredictable, even if it is as strong as the ancient one, it is impossible to predict tomorrow's events, will Cyber really stay in Kama Taj honestly?