Farewell and Departure

After putting everything he had drawn into his backpack, Xiahou lay down on the bed and prepared to sleep. It was the first time he had gone to sleep in over a year; before this, he had gotten through each day by killing himself.

It wasn't until noon the next day, when the glaring sunlight shone on his face, that Xiahou slowly opened his eyes, his mind clear again.

He suddenly realized that if he continued to replace sleep with death, it would have some effect on his mind. The longer it went on, the more indifferent he would become, until he lost all his emotions.

But his many experiences of death had also freed him from his fear of it. He no longer feared death, and his tolerance for pain had improved as well. With pain set at thirty percent, he could already ignore most of it.

After washing up, Xiahou went to the Ancient One's tea room once again. This time, she wasn't avoiding him. Just like when they had first met, she had set out two cups of tea and waited quietly for him to sit down.

"You old geezer! You finally decided to come back! Do you have any idea how I've spent these past two and a half years?" Xiahou pointed at the Ancient One, his face full of anger.

The Ancient One motioned for Xiahou to sit down first, then pointed at the tea, telling him to drink it.

Seeing this, Xiahou had no choice but to sit down and take a sip. A cool sensation immediately spread through his body with the tea, and his taut nerves slowly began to relax.

After finishing all the tea in his cup, Xiahou felt that his mental state had returned to what it had been when he first entered the game. His experiences over the past two and a half years also seemed like a movie and no longer affected him so greatly.

Looking at the empty cup, he said, "You old geezer, so you really did have good tea like this! Why didn't you give me any before? Were you looking down on me?"

The Ancient One took out her fan and played with it in her hand as she answered, "This tea isn't suitable for drinking often, and it only has its greatest effect at certain times, doesn't it?"

Xiahou disagreed. "No! And shouldn't you tell me now why you locked me up for so long? Also, if you don't give me eight or ten jin of this tea, I'll blow up your Kamar-Taj today!"

The Ancient One's previously calm expression instantly froze. He really was a troublesome kid!

Xiahou went on, "I didn't think of it before, but why didn't you do what you did with Strange? Knock my soul out too, so I could experience your multiverse and improve my aptitude for learning magic?"

"Because you don't have a soul! Or rather, your soul and body are one and cannot be separated! When you die and come back to life, your soul is merely being reassembled! Or, to put it in your terms, your data is being reconstituted, isn't that right, player Xiahou?"

"Is that how it works? Whatever, I don't care! Who gets thrown straight into prison when they play a game? I'm not accepting this! I want compensation!" Xiahou was stunned for a moment after hearing that, then began acting shamelessly.

The Ancient One said, "How about this? From now on, Kamar-Taj can serve as your respawn point, and if you need help with anything, you can contact me or the other sorcerers! Will that do?"

Although Xiahou was still a little dissatisfied with the Ancient One's answer, he could just about accept it. This meant he had someone backing him now! If Black Nick Fury dared offend him, he could just open a portal and let the Ancient One loose! The thought was delightful!

After thinking it over, he said, "Then how do I contact you? I can't look up and yell at the sky like that idiot Thor, can I?"

The Ancient One was speechless. Thinking of that idiot Thor, she agreed that doing so really was rather stupid, but the guy in front of her didn't look very smart either. Still, she took out a jade pendant and handed it to Xiahou.

"Once you infuse this pendant with magic, you can communicate with me directly. But you're not allowed to bother me for no reason!"

After Xiahou took it, a happy expression appeared on his face. He had gotten himself a super enforcer!

He then took out one of the bottles of Heaven's Potion he had drawn yesterday and handed it to the Ancient One. "I won't take advantage of you. This can completely restore your condition and magic, so you can go chat with Dormammu more often when you have time!"

The Ancient One didn't refuse. She had seen it while looking into the future, and it was quite useful.

Xiahou also said his goodbyes. He couldn't wait to go out and have fun, but first he had to say goodbye to Uncle Mads and Wong. Of everyone over the past two years, he had gotten along best with those two.

After finding the two of them training in the practice ground, Xiahou went straight over and said, "Uncle Mads! Wong! I'm leaving, and I brought you some parting gifts!"

As he spoke, he handed each of them a bottle of Heaven's Potion and explained what it did once again.

After thinking for a moment, he also gave his only bottle of Divine Blessing Potion to Uncle Mads and explained, "This is a resurrection potion. It doesn't work on the dead, but if you encounter mortal danger, you only need to drink it, and if you die within thirty minutes, you'll come back to life. With Heaven's Potion, you have three lives! Happy?"

Wong had been happy, but when he saw that Kaecilius had received another miraculous potion, he immediately felt a little dejected. Sure enough, he was closer to the person he had met first.

But Uncle Mads did deserve such treatment from Xiahou. Ever since he had resolved the knot in his heart, he had become a different person. He answered every question the sorcerers asked him, and he had been the one teaching them all along. Now, aside from the Ancient One, he had the highest standing in Kamar-Taj!

Looking conflicted, Uncle Mads asked, "Isn't this too precious? Why don't you take it back?"

Xiahou refused. "It's fine! There'll be more in the future, and I don't have much use for it anyway! It's not like you don't know that I come back to life when I die, so it wouldn't be much use to me!"

Uncle Mads stopped refusing and simply offered his sincere thanks. Wong hurriedly thanked him as well. The other sorcerers training there looked on with envy, while Mordo in particular showed a hint of jealousy.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while longer, Xiahou prepared to leave, but he still intended to leave the Ancient One a big present.

He used all ten thousand-plus points of magic in his body to activate his newly acquired skill, Quantum Bomb! He raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and a gigantic bomb plunged from the sky into the center of the practice ground!

The sorcerers around him were instantly shocked Σ(°Д°;≡;°д°). Was he planning to blow all of Kamar-Taj sky-high on his way out?

The space around them shattered in an instant, and everyone was pulled straight into the Mirror Dimension, while the bomb was moved very far away.

A mushroom cloud rose, and a shock wave rushed toward them, but by the time it reached them, it had turned into a gentle breeze.

"So, Xiahou, were you planning to set off some fireworks to celebrate?" The Ancient One's figure slowly appeared in the center.

Seeing its enormous power, the sorcerers secretly wiped the cold sweat from their brows and looked gratefully at the Sorcerer Supreme, while cursing Xiahou as a madman in their hearts.

Xiahou whistled and exclaimed, "That power! Not bad at all. More than enough to flatten New York!"

The Ancient One sighed and decided to let him vent. She then opened a portal and placed Xiahou's Kawasaki from before beside it.

She said, "Go on! Don't cause any more trouble! And remember, don't reveal too much about the future to people! Otherwise, the consequences will be severe!"

Xiahou ran over to his beloved motorcycle, happily touching it and looking it over. The bike was just as it had been before, though he didn't know where the Ancient One had kept it.

After getting on and starting it, he made sure there were no problems, then turned back to the Ancient One. "You old geezer! I'm off! I'll come find you for a chat when I have time! Goodbye!"

With that, he charged straight into the portal, leaving behind the useless sorcerers and the helpless-looking Ancient One. Mordo's expression grew even worse.