Earth, New Magic Holy Land.
A group of teenage apprentices, ranging from twelve to seventeen years old, gathered in the center of an oval open-air plaza, attempting to forge a connection between themselves and magical energy according to their mentors' teachings.
Some of the more gifted children could already vaguely control energy to alter matter.
Although these changes were so minor they were almost imperceptible, Mordo, watching from afar, still wore a gratified smile.
Ever since the great battle on Titan had ended, he had returned to Earth and devoted himself to realizing his ideal of turning Earth into a powerful civilization where technology and magic coexisted.
Using that as his roots, he would gradually accumulate power, explore the unknown corners of the universe, and one day find an ownerless dimension. Then he would abandon his flesh and merge with it, becoming one of the Demon Gods as well.
Of course, meals had to be eaten one bite at a time, and becoming a dimensional Demon God had to be done step by step.
To Mordo, the most important thing now was to train these apprentices into mages capable of standing on their own.
After all, his greatest competitor, Kamar-Taj, had lost its most important leader, Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange, and was currently mired in unprecedented chaos.
No one knew what to do, nor did they know who should lead them. Even the sanctums' operations had fallen into paralysis.
Although there had always been people within Kamar-Taj who resented Ancient One for bestowing the title of Sorcerer Supreme upon a novice before her death,
when trouble truly came, they discovered that Doctor Strange had long since, without anyone noticing, taken on the responsibilities and mission of the Sorcerer Supreme.
After he disappeared, no second person could step forward and carry