Orange Cat opened an energy channel, and countless streams of Star Mark power poured in. Smoke filled the area as several types of energy rapidly converged. In less than three seconds, Doctor Strange discovered a massive pillar rising straight into the clouds before him.
What was that? He turned to Orange Cat, hoping she would explain.
Before his eyes, Orange Cat's golden fur turned silver. She was still short and chubby, but a wooden staff had suddenly appeared in her hand. Hanging from its tip was a large kettle, emblazoned with the huge Chinese character for "God."
Orange Cat covered her mouth and snickered slyly, pointing at the pillar in Doctor Strange's view.
"Doctor Strange, from our perspective, magic is not a necessity. The original body doesn't like magic, so there's nothing we can teach you. But this can help."
Standing beneath the pillar, Doctor Strange looked once more at the section disappearing into the clouds. This pillar probably extended beyond the atmosphere, didn't it? Was there really any need to make it this tall?
Thinking it was some sort of knowledge-transmission device, he nervously reached out and touched the pillar. There were no illustrations, texts, images, secret spells, or anything else. Other than the feel of metal, it was utterly ordinary. It seemed to be nothing more than an exceptionally tall pillar.
Orange Cat naturally would not tell him that this was a prop Daisy had thrown together at the last minute. The raw material was some magic god they had just killed in the Skrull Pantheon. Magic was outdated. Gods whose domain was magic were rare these days, but not nonexistent. Among more than five thousand Skrull Deities, they could always find a few.
Using their divine bodies and divine power as materials, then applying Reality Alteration, they