Ancient One's Warning

The Ancient One looked at Charlotte Doyle before her, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "Now that you have succeeded Prime Merlinian, you should know what the mission of the Magic World is."

"That place shouldn't be like this now, with everyone just closing the doors and doing their own thing."

"You must get them to take on the responsibility, and I will gradually return the areas that should have been defended by you to you."

Upon hearing the Ancient One's words, Charlotte paused for a moment before replying, "Balthazar told me that Prime Merlinian's primary duty was to command Mage and protect humanity."

"Shouldn't Kamar-Taj be responsible for the interdimensional invasion?"

With Ancient One wave of his hand, a miniature version of Earth appeared before him, and then the Three Sanctums formed a magic circle, enveloping Earth and creating a protective layer.

At that moment Ancient One pointed, and the image of Earth zoomed in, revealing the Magic World.

"The spatial interlayer where the Magic World is located corresponds to the territory of Mephisto, the Hell Lord. Before Merlin was alive, Merlin was in charge of defending this location, and Merlin also signed an agreement with him using his immense power: the souls of beings who die in the Magic World will not belong to Mephisto."

Even in death, the soul remains in the Magic World.

With Ancient One conjured up a scene of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry before everyone's eyes. The wandering souls in the school corridors proved that Ancient One's words were true.

"But fifteen centuries ago, Merlin suddenly abandoned his post and ran away... cough cough cough, Merlin suddenly sacrificed himself, and the area that the Magic World was supposed to be responsible for was left unattended, allowing Mephisto to take the opportunity to escape, devour many souls, and even wanted to turn Earth into a second Hell. So I rushed back, and the Sanctum took over your work."

Hearing the Ancient One's words, Charlotte thought to herself, "Holy crap, what did the Ancient One just say? Merlin abandoned his post and ran away! I knew it! How could someone who sends out clones across various universes die in a surprise attack? Morgana's strength isn't all that great. Even though she lost her physical body, she could still be killed by him. She shouldn't be able to ambush and kill Merlin, who's at the multiverse level."

At this moment, Charlotte's gaze turned wary as she looked at the Ancient One. This powerful figure wouldn't intend to follow suit and do the same, would she? Remembering what her teacher, Balthazar, had told her— that Prime Merlinian could simultaneously become the Sorcerer Supreme — Charlotte mentally cried out, 'Sorcerer Supreme, don't mess with me! I have no intention of becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, and I don't have the ability!'

Thinking of how the Ancient One was ambushed by her own student in the MCU universe and fell to her death from a great height, Charlotte already knew that the future Ancient One was really planning to follow suit and run away as well. At this moment, he just hoped that the Ancient One would not do that now and would have to wait for Strange.

"However, because it absorbed the defenses of the Magic World, the Sanctum's protective shield became weak, and from time to time, some extradimensional lords would transmit power or items into it."

"Therefore, you must take on the work that originally belonged to Prime Merlinian: to defend the Magic World from Mephisto's invasion."

"I'll give you some time to prepare. I'll inform you and withdraw the Sacred Land's defenses when the time is right."

Upon hearing what the Ancient One said, Charlotte knew that this was unavoidable and could only nod in agreement.

"I understand, I will make the arrangements."

When the Ancient One saw that Charlotte had agreed, she nodded in satisfaction. In countless future timelines, Charlotte had agreed or disagreed, resulting in different outcomes.

However, the other party's future is always changing, and Ancient One doesn't know which choice is right. Every time the other party increases their strength, countless more possibilities arise for the future.

After thinking for a moment, Ancient One finally spoke up, "The gods you often pray to are either fake or don't belong to this universe. I suggest you stop wasting your time."

"If we actually attract the attention of some powerful individuals, it wouldn't be a good thing."

"Also, Merlin asked me to tell you that you are already Prime Merlinian, so don't ask him for his blessing anymore. Blessing you consumes too much energy and is very troublesome."

Upon hearing the Ancient One's words, Charlotte's lips twitched. You just said Merlin sacrificed himself, and now you're sending me a message from another universe.

Charlotte also realized why she had such good luck in the previous two ninja recruitments, even managing to get a full card for Hidan – it was all thanks to Merlin's blessing.

However, after hearing the Ancient One's suggestion, Charlotte thought about it for a moment and finally agreed.

"I just tried it, and I didn't expect it to actually work. I won't ask him for blessings again."

"They won't seek out other deities to pray to anymore."

Seeing that Charlotte was so cooperative, the Ancient One nodded in satisfaction, then, remembering Hidan's situation, she spoke again.

"Are you planning to train the ninja you summoned, Hidan, into a god?"

Upon hearing the Ancient One's words, Charlotte paused for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What?"

The Ancient One repeated what she had just said, and after Charlotte confirmed that she hadn't misheard, she asked:

"Ancient One, why did you say that?"

Seeing that Charlotte didn't quite understand, the Ancient One explained, "He's killing, sacrificing himself with blood and souls."

"He worshipped himself as Jashin, and those powers eventually merged into his body."

"When quantitative change leads to qualitative change, he will become Jashin!"

Upon hearing the Ancient One's words, Charlotte understood. The Jashin had not been summoned to this world. After Hidan's sacrifice, the offering was not taken away by the Jashin. Instead, due to Hidan's own bloodline characteristics and his act of lying in the Formation, the power that should have been absorbed by the Jashin was all given back to Hidan.

"If possible, I hope he succeeds."

The Ancient One gave Charlotte a deep look before speaking, "The population can be reduced, but it cannot endanger the entire planet."

I believe you understand what I mean.

Charlotte looked at the Ancient One with a smile and said, "Ancient One, how could the population decrease? Hidan didn't kill anyone."

Hearing Charlotte's answer, the Ancient One was slightly speechless. Her Kamar-Taj was considered to be indiscriminate in terms of race; even black people would be accepted as disciples if they were destined to be so.

However, considering Charlotte's personality, Ancient One thought it over and ultimately said nothing, which was considered an admission of Charlotte's words.

"That's all I wanted to talk to you about. If there's nothing else, then I won't bother you any longer, Prime Merlinian Charlotte Doyle!"

Then a circle of light appeared, leading directly to Charlotte's Magic Tower. Seeing that the Ancient One was trying to shoo her away, Charlotte didn't stand on ceremony. He needed to go back and check on the system's rewards, so he got up and took his leave.

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