Kathmandu, an ancient city with a history of 1,200 years, is known as "Paradise in the Mountains" by tourists from all over the world because it is located on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, with this natural barrier to shield from the cold winds from the north and the warm current of the Indian Ocean in the south.

If viewed from above, the city is covered with layers of ancient temples and tall palaces, with exquisite stone carvings, minarets, Buddha statues filling every corner, and traditional brick and stone buildings that exude an antique atmosphere.

The winding narrow streets are often filled with strong Indian scents, children waving prayer wheels, vendors selling fruits, thangkas and papyri paintings, and cheap inns and dilapidated restaurants with twinkling lights.

The city is a hodgepodge of tradition and modernity, with numerous temples interspersed in shabby slums, with a strange sense of dislocation, as if split into two worlds, and to the eyes of travellers as a religious shrine dotted with red-walled temples, but for the locals who live here, it is a chaotic metropolis of monkeys, beggars and car exhaust.

Of course, that's not the whole story of the city, and if you have enough wealth to enjoy god-like treatment even in a small, backward and remote African country, Kathmandu has no shortage of luxury hotels and high-end shops.

When Sean removed his sentry armor and opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in Durbar Square from the downtown of New York, and the noise of tourists and red-robed monks passing by him, as far as the eye could see, was full of rolling old buildings, temples and palaces of various styles.

"I thought you'd take me straight to Kama Taj."

Sean looked at the ancient mage standing under a statue of Buddha, the strongest man who had sent Mephisto to hell with a flip of his hand, covered with a wide white robe, with an indifference between his eyebrows, like a traveler from the world, never haunted by external objects, this sense of otherworldliness made people automatically ignore her gender and age.

Gu Yi shook his head slightly, and said softly: "You will step into Kama Taj sooner or later, don't be in a hurry." ”

"Mephisto has countless incarnations, even if I destroy one of his carriers, it won't cause any loss, there will never be a shortage of fools in this world who are blinded by **, they will willingly sacrifice their souls to demons in order to obtain temporary satisfaction." The Supreme Mage walked ahead, "What's more, Mephisto also took Matt Murdoch with him before leaving, the poor man who was angry but could not do anything. ”

After that, the mage glanced at Sean, and most of the reasons why Daredevil ended up in such a situation came from the young man next to him.

Sean shrugged his shoulders innocently and defended: "I was just trying to solve the crime problem in Hell's Kitchen at the root, where did I think that a group of vigilantes would unfortunately lose their jobs." ”

The ancient one ignored the superfluous sophistry of the young man, she no longer cared about the pure morality of good and evil in the world, and the joys and sorrows of her own people, which were too insignificant for this world and even the multiverse, like a tiny speck of dust buried in the sand, which was neither noticeable nor worth paying too much attention to.

"Don't underestimate Matt Murdoch, his anger and justice are the strongest nourishment for the spirit of revenge." The mage told the origin of the Evil Spirit Rider, "Six thousand years ago, in order to regulate the sinful nature of human beings and spread its own teachings, Heaven created the Vengeful Spirit known as the Living Spirit Weapon, which is scientifically explained to be implanted with intelligent machines to identify sinful souls, and later for some reason, the Vengeful Spirit was abandoned.

"Since the last Supreme Mage Agomodha established a complete magic system, developed the three major temples, and built a strong defense line in the material world, both angels and demons have ushered in what they call the twilight era."

"Later, Mephisto traveled several times, obtained the spirit of revenge, and transformed it, fused with the fire of hell, and walked in the material world with the help of a human body, he called this the Evil Ghost Rider, a professional thug who specializes in carrying out tasks and collecting evil souls, Carter Shray one hundred and fifty years ago, and Johnny Bretz, who is far away on the other side of the world."

Following in the footsteps of the Ancient One, Sean came to the Temple of Degutaretju, the most special, or the most attractive thing about this temple, is that there are very fine carved patterns on the pillars of each diagonal temple.

The transcendent Supreme Mage looked indifferent, but Sean turned his head rather embarrassed, and the two walked to the back of the temple, a large relief with a hideous expression was inlaid in the corner of the building, with a crown of gems and skulls, white eyes and canine teeth, several arms holding swords, axes, shields and skulls, and a corpse on the soles of his feet, like an evil god in hell, lifelike and full of intimidation.

"The statue of Black Baraff is the most terrifying embodiment of Shiva, and many Nepalis believe that if anyone dares to be in front of this statue, they will be damned." The Ancient One Mage looked at the young man and said slowly: "The Three Great Temples and Kama Taj, for thousands of years, have made it their duty to expel aliens, and regarded the protection of the world order as their mission, and any creature outside the material world will be regarded as an enemy. ”

"But you allowed me to stay in this world." Sean took a slight step back and looked up at the greatest mage on earth.

"Maybe it's because I see the end of everything, even if the image of the future is blurry and I can only glimpse some fragments, but ...... It's too terrible, the whole universe is crying, and I can't reverse it, so I can only pin on the doomed ending and add a little variable. ”

Ancient One's eyes were full of compassion, she stared at Sean, and said frankly: "You are a very dangerous guy, full of possessiveness for those beautiful things. I can see many nasty traits in you, ruthless, ambitious, arrogant...... The only thing to be commended for is that you are able to restrain your other self, neither running away nor fearing, choosing to face it and accept it. ”

"Is that a compliment?"

The Supreme Mage smiled dumbly, shook his head, and said, "You can think so. ”

"Sometimes when I think about it, I feel unreasonable, I actually want a careerist, a dictator who wants to conquer the world, to stand up at a critical moment and save the world and even the universe."

Gu Yi's eyes were clear, as if he had seen through all the disguises of the young man, and went straight to the depths of the other party's heart.

And this time, Sean didn't try to hide or dodge, he calmly accepted the Supreme Mage's scrutiny and said softly: "Maybe you are right, respected mage, if it is really as you say, then how can I, who regard this world as a bag, let others destroy it!" ”

"I hope so, Sean Cippers." Gu Yi sighed slightly, she had already vaguely sensed that her limit was approaching.

The sound of the crowd around gradually dissipated, the space seemed to be still, the light of the suspension ring in the ancient hand flickered, and between the flickering of sparks, the complex magic circle had been formed.

The Supreme Mage leaned sideways and said, "Welcome to Kama Taj, then. ”