The Himalayas,
Amid the snow-covered mountains, fierce winds howled, driving blade-like snow through the air. Heaven and earth were an endless, desolate white.
Four hundred and fifty meters deep into the mountainside, inside the safe house built by Nick Fury.
Stephen Strange, Nick Fury, Pietro Maximoff, and Wanda Maximoff were thrown out of Stephen Strange's sensory link spell. They swayed in a daze before steadying themselves, their faces filled with shock.
"He-El is... above... My God!" Wanda Maximoff covered her mouth with both hands. Her shocked eyes welled with tears as she exchanged an incredulous look with Pietro Maximoff. She simply could not believe that He-El was someone who had worked with Dormammu while concealing such a massive conspiracy.
It was the first time Wanda Maximoff had seen He-El's indifference and ruthlessness. It was vastly different from the calm, gentle smile he usually wore.
She and her brother Pietro Maximoff could practically be considered He-El's admirers and supporters. He-El had directly changed both their lives, and they were deeply grateful to him. They held considerable affection and trust for the man who had changed their lives, and like everyone else in the world, believed He-El to be humanity's greatest saint.
Yet no matter what, they had never imagined that He-El would work with Dormammu and cause Ancient One's death.
The truth of it all was simply unbelievable, utterly shocking.
Pietro Maximoff walked to his sister Wanda Maximoff's side, wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and comforted her.
Pietro Maximoff knew that his sister was deeply grateful to He-El. Before Stephen Strange and Nick Fury had even come looking for them, she had already planned to join the cult that worshipped He-El and do charity work alongside it. Even her catchphrase was the same as those who believed in He-El's faith—she