"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother Mordo, to show us around the library."
Hawking looked Mordo up and down and said with a smile.
He remembered Baron Mordo. The man was rather rigid in his thinking. After the Dormammu incident in the Main Universe, he had left Kamar-Taj and become Doctor Strange's enemy.
In this universe, after Doctor Strange's death, Baron Mordo had inherited the title of Sorcerer Supreme and become a member of the Illuminati. He harbored considerable hostility toward Doctor Strange.
But Baron Mordo was still fairly normal at this point.
"Then please follow me, Junior Brother!"
Mordo nodded politely, then turned and led Hawking and Kaguya Otsutsuki toward the library.
As they walked, he introduced Hawking to some of Kamar-Taj's basic information, as Ancient One had previously instructed him to do.
Before long, a huge open-air training ground appeared before them.
Many mages in robes were training there. Some sparred with magical weapons, while others practiced magic with sling rings.
"This is where us Mystic Masters usually train. The one leading them over there is Kaecilius. He's also the Sorcerer Supreme's disciple, so he can be considered your second senior brother.
"His talent for magic is exceptionally high. You could say he's the most gifted disciple Kamar-Taj has seen in many years. In just a few years, he has mastered quite a few spells, and his strength is no longer inferior to mine."
Mordo pointed at the mage leading the training ground as he introduced him.
"Kaecilius, the mage who betrayed and killed Ancient One, then sided with Dormammu?"
Hawking immediately recalled him.
Kaecilius was indeed quite powerful among Kamar-Taj's mages, but compared to Ancient One, the gap between them was like heaven and earth.
If Ancient One had not wanted to die herself, Kaecilius