With the official entry into Kamar-Taj, Shi Tiffin Strange finally started his own magical journey.
Of course, as an out-and-out rookie, he still has a lot to learn, the most basic of which is to forget the so-called "scientific knowledge" in the past and start to accept the unique concept that "spirit can shape matter."
In order to understand "the mage's way of thinking" as quickly as possible, this genius spent almost all the rest of his time in the library, except for sleeping and necessary practice.
Because he found that he was almost as ignorant as a newborn baby in Kamar-Taj.
Whether it is the energy mentioned by Ancient One, or the spells used in the process of shaping magic, or calling it a program in a modern way, it is all too profound and difficult for him to understand.
Especially when watching other apprentices around them develop Godspeed, but no matter how hard they try, they can only generate a little energy in the end Hanabi.
How could Shi Tiffin Strange, who had been a "genius" and an "academic master" since childhood, accept this gap?
Nervous, anxious, impatient...
All kinds of negative emotions continued to bother him, and he even felt that he could not control his energy for a time. The reason was Root that his finger was injured.
And this erroneous perception soon became apparent when he saw an old man with no hands easily draw a Magic Circle that was as complex as Ancient One. He fell into shock and self-doubt and was unable to extricate himself.
"You seem confused?"
Mordo appeared behind him at some point, with a faint smile on his face.
It is not difficult to see from the joy and calmness in his eyes that he has learned and borrowed a lot from "Nameless Spellbook".
After all, stones from other mountains can attack jade.
The essence of magic is the transformation of energy and matter, as well as the control and shaping of energy itself.
There are many techniques involved, so many that it would be impossible to know even one or two of them in a lifetime.
So the easiest way is to learn from other magic systems.
There was a time when Mordo wanted to communicate with Tony·Stark, but was eventually stopped by Sorcerer Supreme.
He didn't understand why Ancient One, who had always been very open-minded, stopped himself from learning from other magic systems.
But after watching "Nameless Spellbook", Mordo suddenly realized that Ancient One was right.
The part about death and soul here is really evil and terrifying.
You can even kill a person and use the body and soul as materials to create some kind of monster between life and death to work for you.
No matter how much pain or hatred the other party may have, they cannot disobey the Creator's orders.
In addition to the above, the charm and memory modifying spells are also quite interesting.
Since Mordo was already very good at this, he even invented several new magics that only he could master.
Poor Doctor Strange hadn't realized that one of his future opponents had been greatly strengthened. He immediately nodded with a wry smile, "Yeah. Maybe my talent is really not very good, and my progress has been very slow. If you have any skills or tricks, it's best to tell me now."
"No, it's not about skills and tricks, it's about you trying to control it too hard." Mordo hit the point in one sentence.
"Deliberate control? Isn't magic meant to control energy?" Shi Tiffin Strange asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Mordo explained patiently, "Yes, and no. It is true that a mage must control energy to prevent it from causing unnecessary disasters. But the problem is, you don't even have the most basic spell-casting ability, why are you so obsessed with controlling everything? Don't forget, magic will only be formed when energy accumulates to a certain level."
"So... you mean to give up control first, and then try to control it after the magic is formed?" Shi Tiffin Strange said with strong uncertainty in his tone.
Because this sentence is a huge contradiction.
"Can you imagine using your hands to control flowing water? Magical energy is actually the same. You have to learn to go with the flow, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."
After that, Mordo patted the other party's shoulder encouragingly, then stood up and walked straight in the direction of Ancient One.
And Shi Tiffin Strange was sitting there, seeming to be digesting and understanding the meaning of what he just said.
"Sorry, Master Ancient One, I violated your ban."
Mordo bent down and bowed, openly admitting what he had done.
Although he knew that doing so would result in severe punishment, he still chose to confess.
"Why are you doing this? In other words, are you so eager to gain more powerful knowledge and power?" Ancient One asked meaningfully.
"At first, I was just out of curiosity. I wanted to experience the magic recorded in this book and broaden my horizons." Mordo gave his answer without thinking.
"So what now? Do you regret it after reading that book?" Ancient One continued to ask.
Mordo hesitated for a few seconds, then quickly shook his head. "No! I don't regret it. Although some of the knowledge in it is indeed extremely evil, it also gave me great inspiration. Maybe in the near future, I will break the boundaries between the two magic systems and merge them together."
"I can see that you are very ambitious and ambitious. But please remember that going too far is never good. Being too extreme is not a good thing." Ancient One kindly reminded you.
Although she knew that even if she reminded her, it would be of no use.
Just when Mordo was about to say something, another portal opened out of thin air.
The next second...
Allen came directly from the other side.
"Is there an emergency?" Ancient One frowned subconsciously.
In her opinion, the other party's sudden visit without any warning must have been an accident.
"Nothing. I just came to inform you that King from the Africa country just made a speech in public. He called on the international community to strengthen the protection of all Superpowers groups on the earth, including Avengers. Supervision. He was assassinated just after his speech. Now, International Security Council has taken over and asked Avengers and Inhumans to sign an agreement. "Allen stated his intention casually.
Obviously, this is a very important landmark event in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
From this moment on, it is the plot of Captain America III - Civil War, and it is also the starting point of Infinity War.
The next plot will start to go crazy.
Including the death of Odin, the death of Ancient One, the history of Tiffin Strange becoming the new Sorcerer Supreme, the dimension Demon God Dormammu invading the earth, Hela breaking out of the seal and opening Ragnarok...
It can be said that each trouble is bigger than the last, and the consequences are also more serious than the last.
"Has it started yet?" A strange light flashed in Ancient One's eyes.
As the owner of Time Stone, how could she not know what this meant? She quickly glanced at Shi Tiffin Strange out of the corner of her eye.
The successor of Sorcerer Supreme is still a terrible apprentice.
Obviously, there is no time for him to learn and master slowly. He must speed up, otherwise it may be too late.
Thinking of this, Ancient One walked to Shi Tiffin Strange without even a word of nonsense, directly drew a circle to open a portal leading to the top of Mount Everest, and then led the other party directly through it.
You don't need to ask to know that she plans to imitate Allen's devilish extreme training method, using the threat of death to maximize a person's potential.
Although doing so requires taking a lot of risks, Ancient One believes that Shi Tiffin Strange will never let himself be disappointed.
In this way, poor Doctor Strange, wearing only a thin apprentice robe, was sent to the top of the world's highest peak, which was tens of degrees below zero.
Ancient One returned to the square alone.
Next, what Shi Tiffin Strange has to do is to open a portal to return to Kamar-Taj before he is frozen alive and loses consciousness.
Either seek a breakthrough between life and death, or become an ice sculpture on the snowy mountain. It's a simple choice.
It has to be said that his talent does make many people jealous.
In less than two minutes, this rookie, who had never been able to open a portal before, actually opened an unstable portal and stumbled back to Kamar-Taj.
Although there were large areas of frostbite on his face and arms, and his hair, eyebrows and beard were all stained with a layer of white frost, his eyes shone with the wisdom unique to the mage.
"Well done. You are indeed a natural mage." A smile appeared on Ancient One's calm face.
"Answer... promise me! Next time... don't do this again." Shi Tiffin Strange was shaking violently uncontrollably.
In his opinion, the other party's behavior just now can be regarded as murder.
We must know that in an environment of minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius, if there is no complete set of warm clothes, a normal person will freeze to death in two to three minutes at most.
And he was only about a minute away from being frozen to death.
If it had been a little later in the evening, or if the brain had hallucinated due to the rapid loss of body temperature, it would have become a human-shaped ice sculpture on Himalayas.
Before Ancient One could answer, Allen joked in a gloating tone, "Why not? Don't you realize that people can only truly realize their 100% potential when they face death. I heard that you It took more than a month to control the energy to open a portal, but it only took less than two minutes. So in terms of learning efficiency, the latter is obviously much higher than the former. I sincerely suggest that you should consider using this kind of stimulation more in the future to greatly improve your learning efficiency."
"..."
Doctor Strange Hearing these words, he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened. He rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot.
"Does teasing Tiffin Strange please you so much?" Ancient One asked with raised eyebrows.
"Of course!" Allen smiled and nodded. "If it's not fun, why should I tease him?"
Ancient One sighed speechlessly, "Oh, forget it, do as you like. But you came here today just to inform me of this matter, right?"
"Of course not! Some time ago, I had some in-depth exchanges with Tony·Stark, and we agreed that it is time to push for a little change in the world. But before taking action, I want to ask for your opinion." Allen simply stated his intention directly.
"Change?"
Ancient One seemed to realize something, and his face changed slightly.
But Allen turned a blind eye to this and continued, "Yes! Change! I believe you should know that I brought Red Skull John Schmidt back from the planet where Soul Stone is. Now, He has become the new leader of Hydra and is secretly cleaning up those interest groups that prevent mankind from forming a unified whole. I plan to use this opportunity to let him attack the real owners behind those capital groups and destroy these capital groups that control huge wealth and power."
"Will it affect the timeline?" Ancient One asked in an uncertain tone.
"No!" Allen gave a negative answer. "The owners of these capital groups are hiding in the dark. Their deaths will cause severe panic and shock in the entire capital world, but will have little impact on ordinary people. But as the plan advances, the earth will form a unified federal government at some point in the future. By that time, the future will be completely changed."
A thoughtful expression appeared on Ancient One's face. "In other words, this is not a problem that I need to be concerned about?"
"That's right! This is something the next Sorcerer Supreme needs to worry about."
Allen glanced at Doctor Strange who was lying on the ground and fell into a coma, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he smiled happily.
"If that's the case, then I seem to have no reason to object. But I suggest you pay more attention to Odin's physical condition. Once he dies, it means that Hela will burst out of the seal."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ancient One easily picked up Shi Tiffin Strange from the ground, turned around and walked into the temple-like house behind him.
"Don't worry, I'm always paying attention to Odin." Allen muttered to himself.
Just as the two were talking, far away at the Avengers Alliance headquarters, Iron Man Tony·Stark was sitting in front of the table, staring at the document with "Sokovia Accords" printed on it, with a solemn expression on his face.
Because this document is not a proposal from US Government or the five major countries behind International Security Council, but is something that was voted on by one hundred and seventeen countries on United Nations General Assembly and has the highest level of legal effect in theory.
As for the content inside, it is very simple, requiring Avengers to give up the right to act independently and hand over the leadership to International Security Council.
What's even more terrible is that behind this document, there are the victims of the last Ultron incident and their relatives, asking Iron Man to give him an explanation.