After returning to Kamar-Taj, Luke walked to Ancient One's residence. At this time, Ancient One was probably teaching Stephen spells. As Kamar-Taj's big sponsor, Luke felt it was necessary to check out the training progress of Kamar-Taj's future manager.
Arriving at Ancient One's residence, Luke happened to see Ancient One showing Stephen the mainstream magic of Kamar-Taj - Shaping Magic.
By the way, why did Ancient One learn Shaping Magic, and when Doctor Strange later used Thanos, he became a heretic with the light throwing skill?
Luke shook his head, threw this idea away, and looked at Stephen frowning at the black magic circle.
"What's wrong?" Ancient One asked in confusion. Logically speaking, Stephen shouldn't be surprised now, right?
"Well, I just feel a little strange." Stephen pointed to the side with his trembling hands.
"When I passed by a square this morning, I saw that the energy of the mage contacted there was golden, but why is your energy black?"
Ancient One was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect his focus to be here.
After coming back to his senses, Ancient One looked at Luke who had appeared at the door at an unknown time, and smiled.
"Perhaps you should let this person explain it to you." Ancient One pointed at Luke, and Stephen also turned around.
Luke looked at the two people looking at him and smiled helplessly, "I thought about coming to see how the situation was, but instead I was asked to give the lecture, right?"
Luke looked at the two people sitting cross-legged on the ground and sat aside without any fuss.
Ancient One watched Luke sit down and simply introduced Stephen: "This is Luke."
"Hello, Master Luke." Seeing Ancient One being so polite to Luke, Stephen said to Luke respectfully.
Before Luke could speak, Ancient One spoke first.
"In fact, his main profession is not mage." Facing Stephen's confused eyes, Ancient One explained, "For Luke, his main profession should be Dimension Lord. Mage is just his secondary profession."
Stephen listened to what Ancient One said and looked at Luke in surprise, as if he was looking at some rare animal.
Luke looked at Stephen's eyes and silently raised his fist.
"Uh, sorry." Stephen gave a France military salute, indicating that he was admitting defeat.
Luke sighed helplessly and looked at Ancient One, "Is it still too late to make a substitution?"
Ancient One smiled, "Of course not."
"Okay, then there's nothing we can do." Luke spread his hands.
Stephen was a little nervous because of the riddle between the two, "Um, what's wrong, are you going to fire me again?"
Ancient One looked at Stephen, "That's not the case, it's not that important. Okay, now if you have any questions, just ask."
Stephen nodded, "Then I still want to know why the color of your magic circle is different from others."
Ancient One turned around and looked at Luke, "The reason is him."
"As a mage, you should first know that energy cannot be generated out of thin air. It can be understood as Law of Conservation of Energy. In order to obtain energy to cast spells, we will obtain energy through transactions with other Dimension Lord."
Ancient One pointed at Luke and continued, "Before Luke appeared, most of Kamar-Taj's mages used their lifespan or other things to exchange energy with Dimension Lord outside the territory."
Stephen frowned, "I've heard that many believers in gods say that gods will reward them with everything, but this is the first time I've heard of gods sucking the blood of believers."
"Strictly speaking, we are not their believers, but we are their enemies!" Ancient One seriously corrected Stephen's concept, "Most of those guys are demons that eat people without spitting out their bones. You can understand them as parasites that lie on Material World and suck blood."
Luke: I feel like I've been offended.
"Really?" Stephen didn't expect Ancient One to be so serious, but he was much more serious. At this time, he suddenly looked at Luke.
Luke's eyebrows are knitted together, little brother, what's the matter with you?
"Uh." Ancient One was stunned for a moment, "Of course, not all Dimension Lord are parasites. Luke himself has the ability to generate energy without relying on Material World. At the same time, he also selflessly signed a contract with us to supply his energy to us."
"But his energy is limited, and it is impossible to sign energy contracts with everyone in Kamar-Taj. Therefore, he has only signed contracts with a few people in Kamar-Taj, so the color of our energy is different from others."
Luke pouted on the side, why did he provide energy to Kamar-Taj in the first place? It was not to hug Ancient One's thigh tightly and beg her not to die, there was no selfish intention, he was embarrassed to say it.
Looking at Luke who was blushing with honey, Stephen also looked at him in disbelief.
"What, do you doubt me?" Luke glared at him twice, and then Stephen stared back.
Seeing the two people looking disgusted with each other, Ancient One also shook his head helplessly, "So do you have any questions?"
After successfully diverting his attention back, Stephen recalled all the contents of Ancient One's demonstration of creating the magic circle just now.
Hmm~ As expected, I didn't understand anything, but judging from the most basic movements, Stephen looked at his hands.
"Ancient One, I feel like my hands are not strong enough to do the sensitive movements you just did. What should I do?"
Before Ancient One could speak, Luke interjected. "Does magic need to be cast?"
Facing Stephen's confused eyes, Luke continued, "This thing doesn't just clap your hands and shout whatever you want?"
In order to prove what he said, Luke clapped his hands, and a series of complex magic circles appeared around him.
Seeing Luke pretending to be cool, Stephen took a deep breath. Is this how big guys play?
Ancient One glanced at Luke helplessly, "Don't teach others to ruin."
Looking at Stephen, Ancient One continued, "Although it is not impossible to control energy and condense it into a magic circle like him, it requires an extremely good understanding of magic and a very high degree of mastery of energy to do it."
After saying that, Ancient One waved his hand and formed a magic circle.
"But for beginners, use these movements to help you release spells. After you develop muscle memory, you can easily release spells even in very noisy environments."
Stephen nodded and wanted to say something, but Luke said disdainfully, "But he entered my dimension for a while yesterday. He should have improved his control over my energy. He should also be able to use my energy to cast spells at will."
But Ancient One frowned. The first time Stephen successfully released a spell in the timeline, it was the simplest portal she could release. She was thrown on the snow and almost froze to death before releasing it. The condensation magic circle was a higher-level skill.
"To be selected by you, his talent should be very high, and after spending some time with Dark Energy, he should be able to do it." Luke turned to Ancient One and said.
"What do you mean?" Stephen was confused by what Luke said.
"My talent is very high?" Stephen said in disbelief.
"Of course." Luke nodded and said, "Otherwise, do you think anyone can accept Ancient One's personal teachings?"
Stephen was stunned for a moment and looked at Ancient One. He thought it was Kamar-Taj's custom that Ancient One taught him. After all, Ancient One also taught a girl some spells this morning.
"He's right, you do have a very high talent." After Luke exposed it, Ancient One simply opened up and said.
"In other words, I can cast spells at will like that in the future?" Stephen said in surprise, remembering the way Luke and Ancient One released the magic circle while strolling in the courtyard just now.
"That's right." Luke nodded and confirmed. This guy can use a series of high-level spells in Avengers: Infinity War with just two strokes of his hands. His talent is definitely not low.
"Want to try?" Luke seemed to be asking Stephen, but his eyes were looking at Ancient One.
Ancient One closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded. She always believed that Stephen would be the best among all Sorcerer Supreme, and she also believed that Stephen could do it.
Seeing Ancient One nodding, Stephen smiled happily, then looked at the two of them looking at him in unison, and quickly put away the smile on his face.
"So, what to do next?"
Ancient One glanced at Luke, and Luke also approached Stephen, "Of course you have to sign a contract with me first."
Pressing his finger on Stephen's forehead, Stephen felt an energy burst into his mind. He closed his eyes involuntarily, and his consciousness entered a dark space.
"Wow, this place looks a bit familiar." Stephen looked around and said nervously.
"Stephen·Strange." A familiar voice came from behind him.
"Luke?" Stephen turned his head and saw a giant several meters tall standing behind him, which startled him.
Dimensional Demon God Form's Luke smiled, looked at the tiny Stephen, and stood up.
Compared with the previous form of Dimensional Demon God, after summoning several Advanced Unit, corresponding characteristics appeared on his body, such as the carapace of Giant Pincer Soldier on his body, the snake tail of Alien Soldier on his lower body, and the double sickles of Sickle Shadow Soldier appearing on his back, turning into a removable Death Scythe.
The strongest swallowing ability of Shadow Devourer Soldier has also appeared on him. Compared to Shadow Devourer Soldier, which can only swallow the shadow of living things, Luke can swallow its own Dark Energy to become larger, but this is a temporary effect and cannot maintain that size forever.
Although Dark Energy has not been devoured and grown, the five-meter-tall size of Luke is enough for him to look down at Stephen. And Stephen looked at Luke, who looked like a mythical creature in front of him, and was so frightened that he could not even speak.
"Stephen·Strange, if you want to sign a contract with me, I will provide you with Dark Energy." Luke looked at Stephen's trembling look and bent his body slightly to make himself less oppressive.
Stephen successfully recovered, looked at Luke, nodded and agreed to the contract.
Luke chuckled, making Stephen feel a little uneasy.
"Lesson one, don't agree to Dimensional Demon God's contract casually!"
Luke swept the snake's tail and swept Stephen out of the conscious space.
"Wow!" Stephen's real body also flew out and fell to the side.
"What's wrong?" Stephen sat up and covered his forehead, feeling a stinging pain on his forehead.
"It's nothing, it's just a sign that the contract was signed successfully." Ancient One took out a mirror from somewhere and asked Stephen to look at the mask tattoo on his forehead.
"This won't control my thoughts or anything." Stephen said uneasily.
"Of course not, we have all signed a contract with him." Ancient One said, also showing the tattoo on his forehead, comforting Stephen.
"That's good." Stephen breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's not necessarily the case." Luke suddenly interrupted, startling Stephen, but saw the humanoid Luke walking over.
"Why, are you scared by my real body?" Luke said in a sinister tone, looking at Stephen's frightened look.
"That tail of yours is quite powerful." Stephen said helplessly.
Ancient One then took a closer look at the tattoo on Stephen's forehead, but frowned.
"Why did you sign Master-Servant Contract with him?" Ancient One turned to look at Luke.
"What, Master-Servant Contract?" Stephen shouted desperately.
"Don't worry, I'm just teaching him a lesson. Don't agree to any Dimensional Demon God contract." Luke said with a sinister tone, "This contract will automatically transform into Equal Contract in three days. During these three days, I can only order him to do some unimportant things, such as..."
Luke thought for a while, "Dance the horseback riding dance."
Stephen was horrified to find that his body refused to listen to him, so he stood up and danced a horse riding dance. But after struggling for a while, he managed to break away from this action and collapsed on the ground.
"I know." Ancient One nodded. If she hadn't seen that this magic circle would change automatically, she would have suspected that Luke was going to blacken and drag the earth into Dark Dimension.
"But why does it have to be three days, not one hour?" Stephen looked at Luke uneasily.
Luke turned to him and smiled, "Because you looked at me strangely three times since I entered the door. I'll set a time limit of three days. It's normal, okay?"
Luke walked over and pulled Stephen up, "Don't worry, I won't control you into the women's restroom, nor will I let you come out without clothes to dance around."
"Hearing what you said makes me even more uneasy." Stephen swallowed, feeling that he had to walk around Luke these days.
"Okay, now that the contract is signed, let's see if you can directly release magic." Lu Qi glanced at Gu Yi, who nodded and waved to pull the three of them into the mirror space.
"Try it here." Luke looked at the stunned Stephen, pushed him, and said.
"What should I do?" Stephen said nervously.
"Feel the contract you signed with me, suck the energy from me, and then control it to create any magic circle."
Luke said casually, Ancient One nodded helplessly and walked up to teach the most basic magic circle.
Returning to Luke, Ancient One looked at Stephen and said nervously, "Do you think he can do it?"
"I don't know. If it works, it's best. If it doesn't, it means he's just like that and not as powerful as I thought." Luke said casually, and the two of them looked at Stephen attentively.
Stephen stood there, not knowing how to start, but suddenly remembered that Luke had brought him into the consciousness space before. He closed his eyes and wanted to try it, but he could never enter the state.
Looking at the two people who were looking at him not far away, Stephen became even more nervous. Looking at his trembling hands, he steeled himself and squeezed hard.
The severe pain from his hand made him calm down. He closed his eyes and felt his body carefully. Since he signed a contract with Luke, he should be able to borrow energy from Luke.
Focusing on his forehead, Stephen vaguely sensed a piece of Dark Space from the tattoo.
"Is this place the dimension of Luke?" Stephen muttered to himself, and then tried to extract energy from it.
Luke also suddenly felt that someone was trying to suck away some energy through the contract, but the speed was too slow.
Glancing at Ancient One next to him, Luke smiled and said, "He successfully sensed my Dimensional Space and is slowly absorbing energy."
Ancient One smiled and looked at Stephen with some surprise, "Sure enough, he is very talented."
Luke looked at Stephen frowning as if he had tried all his strength to suck the milk, but the speed of energy flow was still too slow. After thinking about it, "In order not to waste time, why don't I give him more strength."
With a smile, Luke directly rolled up a small part of the energy and stuffed it through the contract channel. But for this small part of Luke...
"No, it's too much!" Stephen shouted in surprise, a lot of Dark Energy seeping out from everywhere in his body.
"I think you are too slow, I just want to help you, now condense the magic circle." Luke shouted, and saw Stephen stretched out his trembling hands, trying to condense the magic circle.
But Dark Energy was not as obedient as he thought. They gathered together and turned a blind eye to Steve's waving hands.
Seeing Stephen doing useless work there, Luke frowned and said to Ancient One, "Don't he know? Controlling energy does not rely on movements, but thoughts."
Ancient One shook his head, "I was just about to teach him, but you came."
"How about giving him a heads up?" Seeing Stephen waving his hands vigorously, but Dark Energy ignored him at all, Luke felt a little embarrassed.
"Let's take a look first." Ancient One pulled Luke and said.
Stephen looked anxiously at the calm Dark Energy group, "Why are you so disobedient!"
This thought came out along with the fluctuations of his consciousness. After Dark Energy sensed it, he trembled twice, but still did not move.
"Voice-controlled?" Stephen frowned and tried to command these Dark Energy with words, but this was Luke's right, not his, so it obviously failed.
"No, I did influence them just now, but the key point is not the language, but..."
Thinking of his profession, Stephen suddenly realized that it should be the human brain! Bah! It's the mind!
Stephen Calm down and outline the shape of the magic circle you want to condense in your mind. Imagine it in front of your eyes, outline the magic circle with your hands, and at the same time constantly try to use your mind to communicate these Dark Energy.
Finally, when he was outlining the third magic circle, he sensed these Dark Energy. Seeing these energies quickly converging into the magic circle under his own thoughts, Stephen was stunned for a moment.
then
"YES!"
Stephen pumped his fist in excitement, and when he was carried away with his pride, the magic circle in front of him collapsed.
"Uh." Stephen was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the two people on the side, "You just saw that I succeeded, right?"
Seeing Stephen's embarrassed look, Luke smiled and looked at Ancient One, "He is indeed good."
"Then it's him?"
"Hmm."
Luke nodded, looking at Dark Space around him, another idea came to him inexplicably, Sling Ring appeared in his hand, Luke threw it over.
"Wear it on your hand, imagine where you want to go, communicate with the energy of another dimension, and then with a few strokes, you can open the door back."
Seeing Stephen curiously playing with Sling Ring, Luke smiled and said, "Then let's leave first. There are still four hours until dinner time. I hope you can come out in time."
After glancing at Ancient One next to him, Ancient One understood. He swiped behind him and opened the portal. Luke and the two walked out.
"Okay, believe in yourself, but I have to remind you that the energy of this portal cannot rely on Dark Energy. You have to communicate with other dimensions, but I believe you can succeed, come on!" Luke made a cheering gesture, looked at the dumbfounded Stephen, and quickly asked Ancient One to close the portal.
"How long do you think it will take for him to come out?" Luke asked with a smile.
"I don't know, this situation is not as critical as on the snowy mountains."
"Then I hope he can come out in time for dinner."