Chapter 42: Surprise
Tony Stark was eating dinner as he pondered Landau's story.
The origins of white magic are almost the same as those of the first Supreme Mage, and they are all related to Agomoto.
In the ancient period of the earth, many ancient gods were born, and Agamotto was born from a tear of the goddess Oshit, and finally formed a trinity with the goddess Oshit, the outer god Hoggs.
The power of Emperor Vishan, that is, the source of white magic on earth.
All the white magicians on the entire earth, their strength comes from Emperor Weishan, and from the perspective of faith, they can be regarded as believers of Emperor Weishan.
In addition to protecting the earth, the Supreme Mage's duty is also to inherit white magic
Being marked as heaven shows that heaven is not a member of white magic, or even ......
"There's an invitation from the European Union, and Obadiah suggests you go." Potts' voice interrupted Tony's thoughts.
Tony swallowed the food in his mouth, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go, when."
"I'm afraid you won't be able to attend Ambreger's ribbon-cutting ceremony, this time you'll have to walk all the countries of Europe again."
"The construction period of the Flatiron Building has come to an end, when will the ribbon be cut and opened?"
"Peter is more responsible than we thought, and is decorating the interior and will be able to open at the beginning of next month, you don't want to ......"
"My newest Mark 7 will make everyone's eyes shine, and I won't let go of this opportunity."
Potts didn't dissuade him too much, just silently picked up the mess.
Things often went a little different from the plan, and more than a month later, Ambreger's ribbon-cutting ceremony finally took place.
Peter walked up to Landau, approached Landau and said, "Where's Mr. Stark?" How I didn't see him. ”
Landau smiled and said: "Relax, Tony will not be absent from such an event, even if he should be in Europe right now." ”
Peter craned his head to look into the ribbon-cutting ceremony below, but didn't see any common room or anything like that, and said worriedly, "He wouldn't want to open the portal and walk out in front of everyone, there would be no way to explain it." ”
"I guess he'll be like you, going to the police award ceremony with a spider silk and then hanging upside down with his girlfriend kissing in full view."
Peter's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he said in surprise, "How do you know?" I just got over there! ”
Landau took out his phone, and the screen of the phone was a photo of Spider-Man kissing.
"Peter, it's the age of the internet."
Landau turned off his phone and put it in his arms, looked ahead and continued, "Public figures should pay attention to their public image. ”
The host on stage looked around with a card, and there was only one name on it, Tony Stark, but it was clear that the world's richest man was not in attendance.
A red figure landed on the stage at great speed, kneeling on its right knee, a typical superhero-like landing position.
Tony stepped out of his armor and cut it cleanly in front of the ribbon, heading straight for the gate.
The unique structure and decoration of the Flatiron Building has not been altered, and the former revolving door has been retained.
Tony glanced at the lobby slightly, and except for the replaced furniture, whether it was the crystal chandelier above his head or the wooden floor under his feet, it all contained the smell of history.
Walking to a no-man's corner, Tony approaches Landau and Peter through the portal.
"Can anyone tell me why it's been delayed for so long?"
Landau and Peter turned around together, smiled mysteriously at Tony, and led Tony to the elevator.
"Peter told me he wanted to surprise you."
Peter walked over to the mirror and stood still, and the mirror in the elevator moved upwards to reveal the buttons hidden in the back.
With Peter's operation, the elevator began to descend slowly.
After a minute passed, Tony immediately realized that something was wrong, the floor where the ribbon-cutting ceremony was watched before was up to the 4th floor, and it didn't go down for a minute.
The bell rang, the elevator doors slowly opened, and a gentle light instantly filled the entire elevator.
"Is this the Light?" Tony immediately changed his words, "No, it's softer, more like a protective magic." ”
Peter led the way, explaining, "This is a light that Dr. Doom has modified, it doesn't have the properties of holy light, but it makes people feel very comfortable. ”
Passing one isolation room after another, Peter opened the office at the end of the hallway.
When the group walked in, Doom was picking up a small tentacle with a fork and shoving it into his mouth.
Peter hurriedly closed the door, walked over to the table, and said, "Dr. Doom, why are you eating tentacles again, how bad it is to be seen." ”
Doom slowly cut the tentacles on the plate and replied methodically, "I eat, what a normal thing it is. ”
Tony leaned over to Landau and hesitated, "Normal people don't think about eating tentacles, he is..."
Landau walked over to the couch and explained, "The price of magic is a small problem. ”
Peter took out the champagne that had been prepared from the wine cabinet on one side, opened it, and came to the two of them with his glasses.
Tony took the champagne from Peter's hand, poured himself a glass first, then Landau, looked at Doom, who had finished clearing the tentacles, and poured a glass and set it aside.
"I just saw that some rooms are studying people, what the hell are you doing?"
Landau picked up a glass of champagne and smiled at Tony, "That's not a human, it's a loving vampire volunteer who volunteers to help us with medical research and uncover the mysteries of vampires." ”
"Vampires? Volunteer? ”
"Yes, that's right. Peaceful and loving vampire volunteers who do not cause any trouble to human society. ”
Tony was not stupid, sneered, picked up the champagne and said, "It seems that the deterrent power of the Supreme Mage is far more powerful than I imagined. ”
"The Supreme Mages didn't do anything, just because they couldn't beat me."
Tony reached out and clinked glasses with Landau, "Okay, skip this link, how did this underground base do it?" ”
Landau took a sip of his wine, laughed, and said, "Remember the Xavier Genius Academy I took you to?" ”
"It seems that I should have had a good chat with those people in the first place to get a proper understanding of what a mutant is." Tony picked up his glass and took a sip as well.
Doom walked over to the table and picked up the rest of the champagne, smiled at Peter, and said, "Minors are not allowed to drink. ”
Doom, who was seated, raised his glass to Landau and Tony, and said curiously, "Tell me what a mutant is?" ”
Doom was briefly introduced to mutants, people born with genetic mutations and superpowers.
Doom took a sip of his wine and complained, "The world is really unfair, I have worked hard to learn magic, and I have to bear all kinds of costs, but some people can be born strong. ”
Peter leaned back on the couch and whispered, "I don't think it's a good thing to have superpowers." With greater power comes greater responsibility. ”
"That's who kissed the citizens at the commendation party, oh, still hanging upside down, like a spider." Tony didn't hesitate to poke Peter.
"I, I'm just ......"
Peter's face immediately flushed, and everyone laughed.
Tony stood up, walked over to Peter, patted Peter on the shoulder and said, "Little spider, you have done a good job, accept all compliments and of course teasing." ”
"Mr. Stark, I have a surprise in store."
Looking at Tony's curious look, Landau nodded affirmatively and said, "To be honest, I have to admire the imagination of young people. ”
Doom took a sip of wine, looked at Peter and smiled, and said, "Peter is really a clever ghost, it would be better if he worked a little harder." ”
A portal suddenly opened, and Peter led the group into a dark room.
Even in the darkness of his fingers, Tony could still see that a chair was chained in the middle of the room, a wooden chair to be exact.
"Friday, turn on the moonlight."
The special light was turned on, and the chair in the middle of the room gradually began to grow hair, and gradually the whole chair was covered with hair.
Tony took a step forward, trying to take a closer look at the changes in the chair, only to find that the chair began to be restless and struggled violently.
"Friday, Convert Natural Light."
Under the illumination of natural light, the hair of the chairs in the room gradually disappeared, not retreating into the body, nor falling to the ground, but simply disappearing.
"What is this?!"
Tony stepped forward in surprise, and his interest was instantly seduced.
Peter scratched his head, looked at Dom and Landau embarrassedly, walked over to Tony and explained, "This is the werewolf chair, and I sat on the edge of my bed and looked at the moon when the moon was full last month. ”
"A hunter injured on a full moon turns into a werewolf, that's the story I've heard since I was a kid. I thought that since vampires were real, werewolves might exist as well. ”
"What would happen if a werewolf were to infect a chair as a person when the moon was full?"
Landau walked up to him, pointed to the claw marks on the back of the chair and said, "The Werewolf Chair, what a miraculous creation, completely inconsistent with any scientific system, not even magic in my opinion, but he exists. ”
Tony reached out and gently brushed the claw marks, turned his head to look at Doom to the side and said, "You helped confuse the werewolves, and you paid the price?" ”
"No, that's the price of other magic."
Doom's words negated Tony's speculation, and Tony frowned and asked Landau, "What price did that werewolf pay?" ”
Landau and Peter looked at each other, grinned at Tony, and said, "When you're done dealing with Europe, come back and study it yourself." ”
"But I can tell you that the werewolf has no problems with its human form, and is alive and well in the research lab."
"That's a big surprise," Tony took a deep breath and held out his hand to Doom, "Doom, I need your help." ”
In the base below Ambreger, not only vampires are studied, but also werewolves are initiated.
Fortunately, Tony's European journey is not over yet, and Doom wants to figure out how vampires can prolong their lives, otherwise the werewolves in New York will have to start volunteering.