After a long silence, Kamar-Taj suddenly erupted into waves of shocked cries.
"Sorcerer Supreme?!"
The Ancient One had served as Sorcerer Supreme for far too long, occupying an immensely long span even within the recorded history of human civilization.
Everyone knew she was called The Ancient One, but at the same time, she had practically become synonymous with the Sorcerer Supreme.
The Ancient One's death was no secret.
So, when that completely identical face appeared before them all, it was not that they failed to notice Gabriel's thick, silky hair. Rather, their attention had been utterly drawn to his face.
Moreover, Gabriel was originally an angel who appeared gentle on the surface but was proud and unruly at heart.
In some respects, that trait was rather similar to Master Ancient One's as well.
Furthermore, Gabriel had just skillfully used the Space Portal, Form of A.I.M., and Mirror Dimension.
All those coincidences were crammed into the minds of Kamar-Taj's sorcerers in such a brief and frantic span of time. Their instinctive reaction and shock were hardly surprising.
When Strange saw Gabriel's face, his first reaction was shock, followed immediately by grievance.
Before The Ancient One left, she had not given him much instruction. The reason he had endured until now was largely because, before her death, she had poured a huge bowl of inspirational advice into him in soul form.
But after The Ancient One truly departed, Strange, who had been shoved into the position of Sorcerer Supreme like a duck forced onto a perch, gradually discovered over time that the huge bowl of advice had been hiding quite a lot of poison.
Strange's eyes instantly reddened.
Wong had originally been a very rational sorcerer, but his respect and worship for Master Ancient One had reached an incomparable height. For a