Aaron waved his hand, and an orange-red portal swept across the ground, swallowing all the vampire corpses.
"What was that?" Banner asked in astonishment. "I thought you weren't allowed to use magic whenever you wanted?"
"I'm using magic from this universe. Although it consumes my own magical power, no one will notice anything unusual."
"This universe's... magic?" Banner muttered for a while. "Can we learn it?"
"Of course." Aaron said. "But there's no magical power in your bodies. If you want to use magic, you can only borrow power from Dimension Demon Gods, and if you borrow, naturally, you have to repay.
Do you want to pay with your souls, your lifespans, or your senses and memories?"
Banner: ...
"Forget I said anything."
"You don't need magic at all. Focus on role-playing your respective Sequence roles. That will help you digest the potions.
Once you advance to a high Sequence, the abilities and even authorities you gain will be beyond anything magic can compare to."
"What about the Hand?" Frank asked. "They won't let this go."
"Neither will I." Aaron snorted. "From now on, make the Hand your main focus. Do everything you can to sabotage all their plans."
"Uh... that seems to be what I've been doing."
"If you make any major discovery, pray to me. I'll respond in time."
"Understood."
Meanwhile, Laisir and Bauer returned to a luxurious manor.
The moment Xiya saw their bedraggled appearance, he understood what had happened. "You failed?"
"Uncle, this Gaius really is unusual. We..."
"How did you fail?"
"He seemed to know we were going to attack him.
"He made preparations in advance and called in The Punisher and Hulk."
"That's right, we walked into an ambush. He was far too cunning and treacherous."
"Shut up." Xiya said irritably. "With Hulk