Silent City.
Luke's Laboratory.
"My God! What happened here? Was it invaded?" Nick Fury and Stephen Strange stared in shock at the dramatically altered interior, which looked somewhat like a magical apocalypse.
"Who could invade Luke's Laboratory? Do you know how many layers of defenses Silent City has? Without the coordinates, you couldn't even find it. At most, you'd find Bright City. Kamar-Taj has established at least two barriers here! Unless something went wrong internally, something so serious that Luke didn't have time to handle it." Stephen spoke sternly and without ceremony.
"Can you open that portal?" Nick asked Stephen. He remembered that the Sorcerer Supreme had special privileges here.
"No. The surrounding energy is too chaotic. It's difficult to stabilize a Spatial Gate." Stephen shook his head. He had already tried just now. The psionic energy around them was like a storm, affecting not only portals but the formation of many spells as well. To a mage, it was equivalent to being hit with a severely weakening DEbuff.
"Then what do we do? Do you think we can still get out safely?" Nick held his breath behind a stone pillar, sneaking a glance at a ghostlike black Spirit Form floating ahead as he asked quietly.
"I think it'll be difficult." Stephen gave Nick a look, then almost immediately shot forward along the ground toward one side.
Nick's heart skipped a beat. Almost instinctively, he activated the Psionic Ring on his body. Bathed in Golden Energy, he left a long golden afterimage in his wake.
Two hooded monsters, their entire bodies covered in black currents like black cloaks, silently circled the stone pillar. Their empty eyes, hidden beneath their hoods, seemed fixed upon Stephen and Nick.
"Damn it, what kind of monsters are those? They can actually make me feel