Madman!
That was the word that sprang into the Hell Lord's mind as he watched the man before him act so insanely.
Who would be crazy enough to threaten a Hell Lord in Hell?
The Wizard King was merciful. He sheltered all Wizards.
The Wizard King was also cruel. He would destroy an entire dimension to get his family back.
This was the Wizard King's obsession and selfishness, a sacred domain no one was allowed to trespass upon.
Equivalent exchange.
It was a phrase John liked to say.
Not just because he was an Alchemist.
It also represented a path to the highest pinnacle of alchemy.
The Gate of Matter.
A place that existed according to the principle of equivalent exchange.
A place one could glimpse only after reaching alchemy's greatest heights.
John took off the Limited Gauntlet so he could use it for the equivalent exchange that would follow.
Though it pained him somewhat, the Limited Gauntlet was not irreplaceable to John, who could forge another.
At worst, he could go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and draw energy from the Mind Stone again.
The gauntlet now contained both the Mind Stone and a Super Magic Crystal. John thought trading it for one full-powered release of the Casket of Ancient Winters' core was perfectly acceptable.
That Eternity Freeze was nothing like the shell of the Casket of Ancient Winters that Loki had used. It could truly freeze even time itself.
Even if an eruption from the Casket of Ancient Winters' core could not freeze the Nine Realms, making Hell's already harsh environment even worse would be no great challenge.
As for whether John himself would be caught in it, that was of little importance to the crazed Wizard King.
The Hell Lord had never imagined John could be this insane.
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