Seventy-five million light-years
For Kaecilius and his group, who can now freely fold space in the real world, the restrictions surrounding the Sky Temple couldn't hold them off for even a few minutes.
While Wang issued the alarm, he also sought help from the Avengers, but to his dismay, it seemed that there was no one at the Avengers Compound today.
Even some of the staff who had been stationed at the base for a long time were nowhere to be seen.
On F.R.I.D.A.Y., I told Wang that the Avengers had a team-building gathering today.
Wang was frantic; he could sense that outside the building, Kaecilius was leading his men to break the protective barriers around the Sanctum.
"Whether or not we can get in touch with them is a matter of life and death for the Earth."
Wang is now filled with regret. He initially thought Kaecilius was a traitor to Kamar-Taj and that they should handle the matter themselves. However, he hadn't expected Kaecilius to be so powerful, nor had he expected that the Ancient One hadn't appeared yet.
I should have notified Xia Yu and the others sooner, so that we could have had some support when Kaecilius arrived.
Now it's all over, there's no one left in the base.
"I'm sorry, sir, I can't contact any of them right now; they're too far away."
Wang Zhen is not afraid of distance; as long as he knows the exact address, he can open a portal and bring the person back.
"Where is it? Give me an address, I'll find it myself."
The king was practically jumping up and down in anger.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Stark hasn't Nova map for me, so I don't know their exact location."
F.R.I.D.A.Y. said calmly.
"What?"
Wang jumped up completely.
"Are they traveling in space?"
Are the Avengers really that great? They go on a team-building trip to an alien planet.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Their base is in outer space, so what's so strange about them going on space tourism?
"Yes, all I know is that they went to a picturesque planet 75 million light-years away, but I don't know the exact location."
Wang was utterly desperate. Even if you were in the Sun System, I could find a way to bring you back.
What Wang didn't know was that everything was a deliberate arrangement by the Ancient One. Just as the New York Sanctum was being destroyed, Xia Yu safely brought all the Avengers to the New York base.
Let alone the Avengers, in the entire floating continent, right now there are only him and Kaecilius's people.
Seventy-five million light-years away, Wang was starting to panic.
They could only be teleported back to the Sanctum, and Doctor Strange and Mordo arrived at the same time.
Seeing his two companions approaching, Wang felt no joy whatsoever.
Every Sanctum mage has sworn an oath to protect the Sanctum they are responsible for with their life.
So Wang is prepared to die today, but Doctor Strange and Mordo really didn't need to come.
"I'm happy to see you all, but I have to say, you didn't need to come. Three people and one person—it makes no difference."
Wang summoned an energy disc, pointing it towards the entrance, where the space was constantly folding and twisting.
"Although I only want to heal my hands, you are my friends. Although I don't want to die, I can't watch my friends die."
Doctor Strange summoned an energy whip, his most familiar attack method.
Although that's what they said, no one wanted to die needlessly, so Doctor Strange couldn't help but ask Wong a question.
"Didn't you ask those people over there for help? Protecting the Earth is their responsibility too, isn't it?"
"That's what I was thinking too, but they're all 7,550 light-years away right now, there's not even a fly in the base."
Wang answered Doctor Strange's question, and at that moment, Kaecilius and his group finally broke the barrier.
The walls on either side of the gate folded and deformed rapidly, revealing a passageway.
Kaecilius was accompanied by four men, three of whom were men and one woman, as could be discerned from their chest features.
Because its appearance no longer resembles that of a human.
"Mordo, King, my old friends, it's great to see you all. Is this the new sorcerer? Tsk tsk, yet another poor soul deceived by the Ancient One."
When Kaecilius was at Kamar-Taj, he had the best relationship with these two people, just like Doctor Strange.
I saw an old friend and we chatted for a bit longer.
"Kaecilius?"
Wang and Mordo asked uncertainly, for the 'person' before them was indeed beyond their imagination.
"That's right, old friends. Look at me now, how perfect and powerful I am. If you just nod your heads, I can make the great Dormammu accept you, make you as perfect and powerful as me, and even grant you eternal life."
Kaecilius opened his arms wide, chanting Dormammu's name almost fanatically.
Doctor Strange curled his lip.
"You call your current grotesque appearance perfect? You look like a few genetically mutated amphibians."
"They must not have looked in a mirror in a long time."
Doctor Strange then whispered to the two people beside him.
"Poor rookie, I was going to give you a chance to pledge your allegiance to Dormammu, but I'm sorry, you must be the first to die."
Kaecilius raised his hand, and an energy-conjured spear hurtled straight toward Doctor Strange.
Wang quickly jumped in front of Doctor Strange and used the energy disc in his hand to block the attack for him.
However, Kaecilius's throwing force was beyond imagination, sending the two of them flying several meters backward.
"Splash!"
They smashed several glass cabinets containing religious artifacts.
Neither Doctor Strange nor Wang noticed that a dark red magic Cloak automatically waved the end of its fabric towards Doctor Strange without any wind.
It's like greeting someone.
Upon seeing this, Mordo immediately pulled out a staff-shaped magical weapon and lunged at Kaecilius.
"You go and destroy the Sanctum's array. Leave this to me alone. My old friends, let me personally send them on their way."
Kaecilius also wanted to test just how powerful he was now, so he immediately engaged Mordo in battle.
When Doctor Strange and Wong stood up...
Mordo's Magic Baton had already been sliced in two by Kaecilius.
If it weren't for the magical artifacts on Mordo's feet, Valtorr's Leaping Boots, which allowed him to move nimbly through the air, he would probably have been captured by Kaecilius by now.
Others were destroying the magic circle, but it was too late to stop them now that the Sanctum was being destroyed.
So Doctor Strange and Wong exchanged a glance, then conjured their own weapons and joined the battle between Kaecilius and Mordo.