"Send as many as you like. The outcome will be the same." His voice came from inside the wall.
Just as the bricks were about to engulf Ebony Maw completely, the entire wall of the building collapsed. He stood on one of the falling bricks with his hands behind his back.
He looked utterly confident, as though to say, Line up and come meet your deaths.
Ryan ignored him. Scarlet Witch was still growing stronger, and she could not yet defeat Ebony Maw in a single move.
Besides, there was something more pressing to do.
When the wall shattered, Strange, who had also been embedded in it, fell out. Ryan stepped back so Strange would not land on him.
Thud.
Strange hit the ground. His cloak hung lifelessly behind him, making no attempt to fly him away.
Ryan looked down at him. "Are you all right?"
"I feel awful." Strange climbed to his feet, feeling as though his bones were about to fall apart.
Ryan did not know what to say at the sight of him.
He certainly did not look capable of living up to The Ancient One's description of him as "the finest Sorcerer Supreme among us."
Still, Ryan knew stories from other parallel universes.
In one of the other parallel universes involving Strange, he had traveled through time and devoured everything to resurrect the woman he loved.
In the end, he had touched power on the scale of the Multiverse.
That power was later used against Ultron.
Ryan sank deeper into his memories. Even if he had not had his Cheat,
his knowledge of the original story would have been a Cheat in its own right.
Now, for instance, Ryan remembered the rules that governed the universe.
Fate held sway here. The actions of different people created