When the International Security Council wanted to establish a magical organization under its own command, Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One merely gave a disdainful smile and acted as though she did not care.
Compared to the foundation Kamar-Taj had accumulated over a thousand years, S.H.I.E.L.D. could not even put together a proper framework yet.
Besides, magic was not technology.
As long as the right methods were found, technology could be rapidly caught up with through large-scale public education.
Magic required talent, as well as the experience countless powerful people had summarized through near-death struggles.
It was a kind of power that required teaching according to each individual's aptitude, ensuring every apprentice could gain their own understanding and insights.
In other words, no matter how capable a teacher was, they could not take on more than five apprentices at once.
In Ancient One's eyes, even if S.H.I.E.L.D. were given decades or even a century to develop, they might not be worth a single finger of Kamar-Taj.
Moreover, she did not mind having such a magical force assist herself and the next Sorcerer Supreme in handling minor problems and troubles.
Thus, only a few weeks later, Tony Stark received a direct appointment from the International Security Council and S.H.I.E.L.D., officially becoming the chief director of the first magic training class.
As for those attending the training, most of them were S.H.I.E.L.D. employees.
Young people around twenty made up more than half of them, while the oldest was no more than twenty-five.
There was no doubt Nick Fury had considered their ability to learn and absorb knowledge, so he had specifically selected younger people with stronger learning and comprehension abilities.
If not for child protection laws, he would have even wanted to recruit a batch of eleven- or twelve-year-old children.
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