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Chapter 2 The Traveler

Loki lay prone on the ground, the bones in his palms trampled by the heavy metal soles were in severe pain.He raised his head with difficulty, only to see the five fingers of the pitch-black palm almost touching the tip of his nose.Countless light particles swirled into a vortex in the center of that palm, and a deep blue light enveloped his face.

Cold sweat began to seep from the forehead of the god of trickery. At this moment, he really had a strong premonition of "I will definitely die this time" from the deepest part of my heart.His arrogance and arrogance of being an Asgardian god were thrown out of the blue in an instant, and he felt unprecedentedly small and helpless, while the dark steel figure in front of him was as terrifying as a god of death against the blue light.

This moment is extremely long for Loki, but in fact it is only within half a second.The palm cannon of the black battle armor quickly completed charging, and the beam shot out loudly, locking on Loki's face tightly.

But this evil god seemed to be quite lucky, and the overbearing energy impact failed to blow his head apart after all.Flame-colored sparks burst out of the air out of thin air, and the flames led out a trajectory and cut out a circle, forming a circular magic circle, blocking Loki like a shield.The energy bomb exploded on the spell shield, but failed to shake the shield at all.

The black armored helmet turned sideways, and the fluorescent light in the V-shaped eyepiece seemed to flicker.

Nosy guy.He muttered inwardly.

Loki here was still in a daze, completely unable to understand the reason for his narrow escape.However, without giving him any time to think, another burst of sparks splashed and formed a circle under him—this time it seemed to be a magic circle for space teleportation.Loki let out an "ah" and fell into it suddenly, and the long cry stopped abruptly when the magic circle disappeared.

The mage in the yellow robe came out slowly from some corner of the laboratory.She was wearing a hood, and most of her face was hidden in the shadow of the brim, but it was not difficult to tell from her figure that she was a woman.The white and slender arms under the wide-sleeved robe seemed a little inconsistent with the plain robe.

"Master Ancient One." The man in black armor folded his arms, "I can't say how surprised I am to see you here, but I'm definitely not happy at all."

"I haven't seen you for so long, don't you plan to spend some time chatting with me?" the mage said calmly.

The man shrugged: "Anything."

The yellow-robed mage made a gesture, and the figures of the two people suddenly seemed to be distorted, or it seemed that the space itself was twisted and folded.Their figures were spun and sucked into a point in the space, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Agent Patton squatted behind the bunker, staring at the direction where the three unknown guys disappeared, feeling as if his side had suddenly become an irrelevant crowd watching the show.He turned to Chief Fury.

"So," he asked, "what do we do now?"

Nick Fury's face was livid, and his lips were almost pursed into a slit.

"I do not know."

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The mage in black armor and yellow robe stood on the side of a [-]-story building in a very anti-physical state, his body was completely parallel to the ground, and the traffic flowed continuously on the bustling street tens of meters away from them.

Of course, no one will notice them, because this is the "mirror space", which is equivalent to the mirror image of the real space. Although it has always existed, it is difficult to be noticed by people. Only by using corresponding spells can they be stepped into.Nothing that happens here affects reality.

The mage's hands were tucked into the wide sleeves, and they were staggered behind his back.

"In front of me, the mask is unnecessary." She said, paused, and called out the name of the armor wearer, "Michael Paso."

The wearer of the armor did not respond.He made a gesture, and sparks burst out immediately, cutting out a circular spell portal in the space behind him.The armor covering his whole body disintegrated piece by piece, hundreds of parts peeled off from his body, and flew into the portal piece by piece.

It turned out that there was a young man under the armor. He looked like he was no more than 20 years old, but he had eagle-like sharp eyes.He is thin and has untamed black hair, which makes him feel like a sharp arrow that cannot be fired.

The mage took off his hood, revealing his shiny head under the hood.

"Why does the Supreme Mage who guards the dimension have time to chat with me?" Michael glanced at the busy street below, "Don't you still have a whole plane to care about?"

Gu looked at him for a moment, and didn't answer his question directly: "It seems that you still didn't listen to me in the end."

Michael tilted his head: "You mean trying to kill Loki? Believe me, I'm making a contribution to this world. We can save a lot of trouble after this guy dies here."

"You do not belong to this world. You have traveled from a high-level dimension that is extremely far away from us, so you may know the future development trajectory of this world to a certain extent. But we discussed this when you were in Karma Taj There is a problem." Gu Yi said.

"Of course, I haven't forgotten." Michael said lightly, "You said that I should not interfere with major events that affect the direction of world history, because you believe that fate should not be easily changed. You were my master, and you taught me magic yourself , led me into the gate of secret arts. I respect you very much from the bottom of my heart in most aspects. But what I still don’t understand is why someone with such extraordinary abilities like you still have to fight for the so-called fate Trapped."

The ancient one shook his head lightly: "It is the more you know, the more you can understand. You edited history and erased a disaster, and this world can always find other forms to fill this loophole. Although Loki may incur some Disaster, but his fate is not over yet, he still has a pivotal position in the future history. Disrupting the laws and definite numbers will only lead to more unimaginable disasters.”

"I don't like this." Michael said, "I just believe that I control my own destiny. The future path is to be opened by myself, and the so-called destiny is just an excuse to escape. At the beginning, it was precisely because of the basic concept that I Disagreement will choose to leave Karma Taj."

After a pause, he turned his head and glanced at the Supreme Mage.

"You should have known I wasn't going to end up following your path," he said softly, "but you gave me all you had anyway."

Gu Yi looked at him meaningfully for a while, his eyes flickered for a moment, and then his eyes turned back beyond the mirror image.The people on the other side of the mirror are in a hurry, and the vehicles flow like a continuous stream of water between the artificially marked streets.

"You are different." She said after a while, "You have profound attainments in science and technology, and at the same time, your understanding of magic and spells is equally rare. What is even more valuable is that you have the ability to combine the two It's a talent that I've never seen in anyone before."

This is a fact.About three years ago Michael appeared at Karma Taj's door and asked her to teach him magic.In the afternoon of the same day, Gu Yi taught him how to build basic spells, and warned him that the only way to master spells is to practice hard.

According to Gu Yi's experience, most people may need to practice for a month to complete the initial construction of the basic magic circle, and some geniuses may be able to reduce this time to one to two weeks.But what even she didn't expect at all was that the young man perfectly demonstrated the process of constructing the magic circle to her the next morning - and even made a little crude personal modification to the magic seal she taught.

Michael stayed up all night that night.He did not repeat the practice mechanically over and over again as taught by the supreme mage, but tried to analyze the spell from a scientific perspective by recording various energy fluctuations during casting, drawing curves, and building models.For him, every practice is like an experiment debugging, and recording and collecting the results of each experiment can help him do better next time.

Both science and magic are ways of understanding and applying the laws of the world, but from different perspectives. The two are interdependent and interpenetrating.

Since then, Gu Yi has noticed that this young man is different.At that time, she might have had the idea of ​​training Michael to be the next generation of Supreme Mage, but after she was convinced that this young man would not obediently obey the teachings, she dismissed such thoughts.

"But after you know that I may interfere with the original trajectory of this world in the future, you still impart knowledge to me without reservation." Michael squinted at her and said, "Maybe it's just that you don't want to admit it, but in fact, deep down , you also want to make changes, don’t you? You also foresee that the world will usher in the baptism of disasters one after another in the future. You say that fate cannot be violated, but deep down you still hope that someone will try to turn things around .”

Gu Yi shook his head: "I teach you spells only because your nature is not bad, I believe you will use it in the right place."

Michael shrugged: "You can say what you want. But I have already made my position clear-I am just a person who thirsts for knowledge, not a hero with high moral character."

Gu Yi smiled slightly: "It's just that you haven't realized it yet. But one day, when the time of choice comes, I know you will make the right choice."

Then the two were silent for a moment.There was a loud whistle sound from the street outside the mirror, and the biting cold wind blew along the surface of the building, stirring the mage's thin robe.

"So," Michael spoke again after a while, still staring directly at the brightly lit neighborhood through the mirror, "what are you going to do with Loki? You don't plan to let him come back and continue to do what he planned to do, do you?"

Gu Yi shook his head: "I have some friendship with Odin of the Asgard Protoss, and Loki will be transferred back to the Asgard God Realm."

"Okay, since it's all in your hands, I don't think I'll have another chance." Michael waved his hand, turned around and gestured.The mirror that cut across the side of the entire building seemed to sense the command he gave through this gesture, and quickly changed and cut a gap, like an open door.

Michael strode toward the door perpendicular to the wall, paused and turned half sideways before leaving.

"You know," he said, "what I said to you before still stands."

The ancient master looked indifferent: "If you mean my death date, I know."

Michael frowned: "Are you sure you don't want to know the details?"

Master Gu Yi smiled: "People are mortal, and I have lived long enough. I can feel that my end is approaching, but this is also a predestined arrangement. So don't worry about it."

Michael shook his head, still unable to understand her point of view.But he finally didn't say anything, turned around and walked into the gap in the mirror, leaving this magical space.The mirror surface repaired and closed closely behind him, smooth as if there had never been a single crack.

(End of this chapter)