Chapter 116: Supreme Mage
"Want to see me? Who? When David heard that someone in Steve's world wanted to see him, his first reaction was Nick Fury, who was nicknamed the Black Egg.
Ever since Captain America Steve mastered the light and elemental powers, he guessed that the agent leader would definitely find a way to inquire about where Steve learned these abilities, and found him through Steve.
But what he didn't expect was that Steve gave an answer that he had thought about before, but that he habitually ignored.
"The Ancient One Mage from Kama Taj."
"This ......"
"The Ancient One is the leader of Kama Taj and the supreme mage of the present day. The duty of the Supreme Mage is to protect the earth from being invaded by the demon gods of the Alternate Plane. Steve briefly introduced Davy to the Ancient One, "At least that's what she told me. β
In fact, even if Steve didn't introduce him, David knew who the Ancient One was, and he was surprised why this contemporary Supreme Mage wanted to see him? You don't have anything to do with that person, do you? Even the few successors of the Supreme Master do not know each other.
Seeing that David was sitting there and not answering, Steve thought that David didn't want to see the Ancient One, so he said that he could help refuse the request of the Supreme Mage.
"No, I'm just curious why this Supreme Mage wants to see me?"
"Perhaps, she thinks of you as an alien demon god who wants to invade Steve's earth." Laura dragged her chin with her palm, looked at David, who was sitting next to her, and didn't understand what he was having a headache: "Didn't Steve say that?" The duty of this Supreme Mage is to defend against the invasion of the Alien Demon God. β
"So, you think she's trying to make sure David's mind?" Steve thought for a moment, "Probably not, right?" β
"It's not impossible."
David thought about it carefully, and by the way, recalled some of the settings of the Marvel world about magic and plane demon gods, and found that the way he helped Steve obtain mysterious powers looked like ...... Probably...... It's no different from what those Alien Demon Gods do.
The magic and magic of the Marvel world have a right to belong.
These belong to powerful beings from other planes, such as Vishandi, Sithorne, Dormammu, and so on.
And if mages want to become stronger, they have to 'sign' with a certain power, so as to obtain the magic power mastered by the power, and cast the spells that the power has labeled and holds the copyright.
Now, Steve Rogers has acquired a mysterious power from another world, is it some great power or demon god who wants to get his hands on their world? So choose Steve Rogers as your spokesperson?
"So, you think the Ancient One is here to warn you? Or do you just want to take you down? β
"Probably not." David was also puzzled, what does Ancient One mean by this?
There are many existences that covet the earth, and as long as they don't launch an actual attack like Dormammu, the ancient one is not very reasonable.
In other words, even if the Ancient One Mage really suspects that David wants to invade Earth, before the actual attack, the Ancient One Mage will only be vigilant, instead of playing some kind of door-to-door warning like he is doing nowβwhat's the use of that? It's more like taking the initiative to run to other people's turf to find fault.
"If she wants to talk to me, bring her over!" David finished the breakfast in front of him, and by the way, he thought of a place to receive the ancient one: "I'll wait for her on the bank of the Winter River." β
"Is it okay?" Steve was worried that the Ancient One Mage was really looking for trouble: "Otherwise, I'd better refuse her." β
"No, I thought about it carefully, she shouldn't have any ill will towards me, maybe she just came to visit?" David felt that the possibility of the Ancient One coming to her specifically to trouble her was really not high.
As for visiting, these Supreme Mages like to observe the timeline, and to some extent, they are also wandering around in various parallel worlds, plus they will also go to some different planes, so when the Ancient One mage learns that a different world exists that he has not been to, he is more likely to want to go over and see it.
At the same time, as a powerful spellcaster, maybe the ancient one also wanted to study which powerful existence Steve possessed, right?
Standing up, he asked Steve to go back to the Ancient One, and from the previous conversation, he was sure that Steve could contact the Supreme Mage directly, and there was no need to make an appointment.
He himself left the cafeteria and walked to the Winter River again.
Elias and Freud followed as usual, but it was not clear what the Baron was doing by the river. Are you going to help that blue turtle grab food? Speaking of which, I couldn't find the turtle named Jenny Turtle since just now, and I don't know where it ran to.
David didn't wait long by the river, and Steve soon arrived with the Ancient One.
And it was only then that Steve noticed the man who was about to stop him. He remembered that the two men had been sitting at the next table when they were in the cafeteria.
In the end, after getting David's signal, Floyd let the two go to David's side.
"Those two are ......"
"My knight of the guard, Sigmund Freud, and Elias, the ceremonial officer."
Steve felt weird, but he still reached out and congratulated David: "I forgot to say hello to you just now, it seems that things are going well." β
"It did go well."
After a few gossip conversations, Steve then introduced the woman in the yellow robe next to him to David: "This is the Ancient One Mage from Kama Taj." β
"This is the ...... here It's time to call Mayor Mare, David. β
"Hello, nice to meet you."
"I'm glad to meet you, mage, too."
After the two of them greeted each other, Ancient One and Steve made a request, "I want to talk to David alone." Rest assured, I don't have any ill will. β
Steve just smiled back with an embarrassed smile, he looked like he was just standing next to him casually, but in fact, the whole person was in a tense state, and the holy light in his body could be released at any time, obviously wary of the ancient one.
And when Gu Yi proposed to talk alone, Steve glanced at David, and after seeing Davy nodding at him, he said that he was going to meet the newcomer: "I'm going to say hello to the two newcomers." β
By the time Steve walked over to Floyd and Elias, David and Koo began to have a real conversation.
"The Ancient One Mage specially asked Steve to bring you over, I don't know why?" David doesn't like to go around in circles, and the first sentence goes straight to the point, confirming the true intentions of the ancient one.
The Ancient One didn't have any opinion on David's straightforwardness, and immediately expressed his intentions: "As a mage, it's normal to be curious about the unknown world and unknown powers. Rest assured, I have no ill will towards you, as well as Steve. As for this special visit, the main reason is that I have some expectations for Steve. β
"Looking forward to it?" David was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly thought of a possibility: "What do you want Steve to do?" β
"I've lived for a long time, and I've been in the position of Supreme Mage for a long time, and I'm almost over......whelmed," Gu Yi was just halfway through speaking, and after noticing David's expression, he suddenly realized something: "I'm sorry, I'm used to it." β
"It's okay." David realized that he had 'lost his temper' again: "So, you are going to let Steve take over as the new Supreme Mage?" β
"Yes!"
"This ...... Won't it go wrong? β
"No, it won't." The Ancient One looked certain. People like her, once a decision is made, will not be easily shaken: "Steve is very suitable, and it can even be said that he is the most suitable one among several successors." β
"Why?" David was curious, how did the ancient one make such a judgment? Could it be that Steve really has the talent to become a Supreme Mage? Is there a world line in Marvel's countless parallel universes where Steve became the Supreme Mage?
Because there are too many parallel universes in Marvel, David can't think of an answer after thinking about it.
"Because of the power that Steve has in his possession called the Light." A few words of conversation had already made Gu Yi realize that it was best to be simple and direct when chatting with David, so she simply said the reason why she chose Steve: "That's a kind of power that can be mastered and used at will without paying an additional 'price'." β
"That's it?"
"That's because of this!" The Ancient One had lived for so long, and her knowledge of various spells had reached a very high level, and after only a short time of contact with Steve, she realized that the Holy Light that Steve mastered was fundamentally different from the magic that Kama Taj currently mastered.
First of all, the energy of the Holy Light, which is one of the foundations of the existence of the universe, is of a very high level. Secondly, this power exists in almost any plane, and even the dark dimension of Dormammus is not completely devoid of 'light'.
Best of all, this power doesn't belong to a single power, it doesn't carry any markers, and there is no additional cost to cast Holy Light spells.
These few points alone were enough to make Gu Yi make up his mind to make Steve the successor of the Supreme Mage, not even one of them!
As long as Steve becomes the Supreme Mage, the Mage of Kama Taj can learn the Light. There is no longer a need for a very small number of mages to find a certain dimension master and sign a contract with those powerful beings to obtain strong enough magic power to cast those powerful magic.
The biggest concern of the ancient one is that the power used by Steve is not a decoy released by some great power? After all, during the Great Battle of New York, she sensed a powerful presence and channeled power to Steve from another plane.
So she took the initiative to contact Steve, and used a little trick to trick out the magical place of Winter Town, and then asked Steve to take her over to see and meet the mayor (who was still the village chief at the time).
And after seeing each other in person, Gu Yi found that he couldn't see through this young David.