Kaecilius: Are All Newcomers This Fierce Now?

The next morning, Lin Xu awoke with a start from the transformation of divine power.

The Eye of Agamotto, the Hoggoth's Bone Armor, the Orb of Agamotto, and the Heavenly Eye on his forehead all issued warnings at the same time.

Lin Xu infused his divine power into the Orb of Agamotto.

Suddenly, a purgatory appeared before his eyes, the entire Earth filled with dark power, and a huge energy head appeared outside the Earth.

Dormammu?

Holy crap, the Ancient One is about to retire.

Without a second thought, Lin Xu opened a Mystic Portal leading to the Avengers Compound and threw the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade from his waist over there.

This magic weapon for suppressing destiny is more than enough to suppress a base.

According to the plan, Strange's job is in New York; he's not familiar with London.

Another portal opened, and with one step, I arrived at the Hong Kong Sanctum.

At 8 a. m. in Houston, it was already 9 p. m. in Hong Kong Island. Despite this, the streets were still bustling with pedestrians, especially the pedestrian street Sanctum was located.

"Master Lin Xu, you've arrived."

At the entrance of the Sanctum, the mage Hamir sat in a wicker chair, his expression solemn—unless, of course, one ignored the enormous cup of bubble tea in his hand.

"Hamir, did you know I would come?"

"His Holiness gave these instructions last night."

"What did that old man say?"

"That old Dong... cough cough, His Holiness said that everyone in the Hong Kong Sanctum is under your command." After saying that, Hamir looked around suspiciously, and seeing that nothing had happened, he quickly took a sip of milk tea to calm his nerves.

"Leave it to me, okay?"

Lin Xu nodded. Although this wasn't his real hometown, he still felt a connection to it. He would take responsibility for the safety of Hong Kong Island!

"Call everyone out and assemble."

"Good."

Why aren't you moving?

Master Hamir blinked, looking completely innocent. "Everyone from the Hong Kong Sanctum has arrived..."

"So you're the only one? Wait, I remember there were more than ten people."

"Last night, following the Venerable One's orders, they were all taken away, supposedly to protect Death Valley..." (from Chapter 50, The Weakest Point in the Dimension)

"Grass!"

At the same time, in Kamar-Taj, at 6 PM.

After dinner, Strange returned to the library, but he couldn't concentrate on the books in his hands. He remembered what Lin Xu had said yesterday.

Just then, he caught sight of a book out of the corner of his eye.

He had read the Book of Cagliostro, a book about time and darkness, but two pages had been torn out.

Lao Wang is still working in the cafeteria; this is a good opportunity.

Having made up his mind, Strange took the forbidden book from the shelf, went to the secret room, and put the Eye of Agamotto around his neck.

With his hands intact and his exceptional talent, he restored the two torn pages from the Book of Cagliostro in just two or three tries.

"Dormammu? The Dark Dimension? Immortality...? Can it resurrect Christine?"

With a bang, the secret room door was violently pushed open, and Mordo and Lao Wang walked in.

"Strange, what are you doing?"

Mordo stepped forward and turned to the last page of the book. "You just used Dark Time Magic, didn't you? Do you know what the consequences will be? If things go wrong, it could very well cause time collapse, time loops, time..."

"Mordo ~" Lao Wang suddenly interrupted Mordo's impassioned speech, carefully sensing the atmosphere in the secret room.

He then looked at Strange: "Did you feel time being divided just now?"

Strange looked completely innocent. "No... I think it went pretty smoothly, and why didn't you put the precautions on the first page?"

"That's impossible. A forbidden book is forbidden because its use will inevitably have karmic consequences, no matter who you are or how powerful you are."

"Perhaps because I have two doctoral degrees."

"Hmph, Bruce Banner has seven doctorates, yet he still can't escape the consequences of his growing power." Lao Wang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the consequences were truly ignored, and carefully closed the Book of Cagliostro.

"Bruce Banner, you mean the Hulk? You guys still follow them?"

"The Avengers, including Hulk, protect ordinary people from harm, while we are responsible for protecting reality as a whole."

"Who is the enemy?" Strange pressed.

"Other dimensions, like what you just saw in that book... Dormammu, he exists in the Dark Dimension, beyond time, he is the conqueror of the universe, the World Destroyer, possessing infinite power and endless greed..."

Strange fell silent upon hearing this.

Unlike Doctor Strange, who was treating his hands, he had absolutely no intention of backing down.

His purpose in coming here was to seek Mind Stone redemption, and if he could also redeem his girlfriend, that would be even better.

Just then, a bell rang, and the three of them looked up at the same time. One of the three electric grid logos above the secret room suddenly lit up.

"London!"

The permanent gate to London was opened.

On the other side of the door was the defector Kaecilius, who held an energy bomb that he had been accumulating using the "Energy Projection" technique.

Seeing that the energy bomb was about to explode, Strange quickly drew upon the Ego's Power from the Sub-Dimension, and the Shield of the Seraphim instantly formed.

Boom~

After the impact, Strange and his Lao Wang were unharmed, but Mordo was a bit further away, was not so lucky and was buried in the rubble.

Kaecilius, who had been confident of victory, stopped in his tracks upon seeing this. This person... he had never seen him before.

"A newcomer?"

"It's been almost a year, it's not that new. And you're the Kaecilius they're talking about, not that great either."

"Yeah?"

Kaecilius held back, swiftly pulling Strange and Lao Wang into the Mirror Dimension, while simultaneously wielding two spatial blades and charging towards them.

Strange dusted himself off and smiled helplessly. "Where's the mage I was supposed to be? It's been so long since I learned, and everyone's just melee."

He then clenched his left fist, imbuing it with the Ego's Power, and with his right hand wielding the Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts, he slammed it towards Kaecilius...

Ping~

With a crisp sound, the Mirror Dimension shattered, and Kaecilius was sent flying.

Kaecilius, lying on the ground, coughed up a mouthful of black blood, somewhat annoyed. "Are all the newcomers this fierce these days?"

The one in Houston a year ago was one thing, since the other side had some powerful artifacts, but why is there another one now?

Kaecilius turned back to look at the Hong Kong Sanctum Gate, which was so close at hand, and rushed over.

Looks like we should deal with that old bastard Hamir first.