American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

Kamar-Taj.

The Library.

Kaecilius and his men stormed into the library, murdered the temporary librarian, and made their way to the restricted section.

《The Book of Cagliostro》

《The Book of Energy》

Kaecilius and his men found the two heavy books. He had already obtained information about their location beforehand. 《The Book of Cagliostro》 contained a large number of spells and mystical magic knowledge, including many secrets and incantations, including how to use the power of darkness and the ritual magic to summon many dangerous dimensional demon gods.

《The Book of Energy》 was an unexpected surprise. Kaecilius had seen this book with the Ancient One. It was the crystallization of Hebron Luke's energy technology! It was said to hide the secrets of new energy. However, the threshold for reading it was too high and it had a certain degree of danger, so the Ancient One placed it in the restricted area, and only a few authorized mages could borrow it.

Kaecilius first tucked 《The Book of Energy》 under his arm, then quickly opened 《The Book of Cagliostro》, directly searching for the ritual magic he wanted, and then hurriedly tore it from the book, stuffing the torn page into his pocket.

"Kaecilius, you shouldn't be doing this."

The voice suddenly sounded from behind. Kaecilius closed the book and slowly turned around. He saw Wong and Mordo looking at him with grim expressions.

"Then what do you think I should do?" Kaecilius asked, a strange smile on his cold face, while subtly gesturing to the mages around him.

"Put down those two books! Surrender and wait for the Sorcerer Supreme to return, and you will receive a corresponding judgment." Magic shone in Wong's hand, and a golden energy whip suddenly lashed out at Kaecilius's arm.

However, his sudden attack did not hit Kaecilius. After seeing Mordo and Wong appear, he had been guarding against their sudden attack. He threw 《The Book of Cagliostro》 in his hand as a shield, then, carrying 《The Book of Energy》, turned into a wisp of black smoke and rushed into the portal that his teammates had taken the opportunity to open.

The energy whip thrown out by Wong twisted and wriggled in the air like a snake, binding the 《The Book of Cagliostro》 that Kaecilius threw over, and pulling it back to his hand. By the time he freed his hand, he only saw a rotating portal flashing a few sparks in the air before quickly closing.

Looking at the book in his hand, and then at the librarian who died unexpectedly, Mordo and Wong exchanged glances, each seeing the trouble and worry in the other's eyes.

"If I'm not mistaken, he took Luke's 《Book of Energy》," Wong said worriedly.

"What does he want that book for?" Mordo frowned. Of course, he also knew of the existence of 《The Book of Energy》, and even knew that it was a symbolic book of Luke's sharing of new energy with the Sorcerer Supreme. But viewing it required extremely high willpower and knowledge reserves, among other requirements.

"He tore out a part of the book." Wong opened the 《Book of Cagliostro》 in his hand, and quickly turned to the pages that Kaecilius had torn out, his expression becoming even heavier.

"Which part?" Mordo approached.

"It's a ritual magic to communicate with dimensional demon gods." As a scholar among the mages, Wong closed the book. He had not learned this magic, but he knew of its existence. So after thinking for a moment, he said the answer.

"Which one?" Mordo became nervous when he heard this.

"I haven't studied and read the books in the restricted area in depth. But without a doubt, the books recorded here are mostly dark and mysterious knowledge. We have to prepare for the worst," Wong took a deep breath.

"So, he finally gave up 《The Book of Cagliostro》 and chose 《The Book of Energy》?" Mordo was a little surprised. In his opinion, 《The Book of Energy》 seemed less useful to a mage's power than the forbidden book that recorded mysterious knowledge.

"That's because 《The Book of Energy》 is not just a book. It is also a hub! A powerful artifact," Wong glanced at Mordo with a serious expression, and said seriously.

"Artifact?" Mordo's eyes widened.

"Luke is the creator. As the crystallization of his distorted power during his ascension, this book is like the Eye of Agamotto to the Sorcerer Supreme, and Gungnir to the God-King Odin. This book is just kept in the library of Kamar-Taj," Wong explained to Mordo: "I heard Luke say that this book has two modes, one is recording, which is a knowledge carrier similar to other magic books. The other is a hub and power."

"Hub and power?" Mordo slowly repeated Wong's words.

"Yes, as Luke's creation, it is born with the power to control and divide new energy. What's even more terrifying is that it also has extremely high growth potential. It can extract and transform the recorded energy into opposing energy! To achieve a restraining effect," Wong's tone was full of distress.

"I have also read 《The Book of Energy》. Although it is very magical, I did not perceive what you said from it," Mordo said cautiously after listening: "Could it be that you misheard? Or did Luke exaggerate?"

"No, I have seen its other form in Luke's hands. It can give the user unparalleled power and amplify all his spells and attacks. You didn't perceive it because Luke and the Ancient One sealed it and set up corresponding permissions," Wong shook his head, very sure. He was also assigned some permissions by Luke at the time, and personally experienced the power of that book. It was indeed an intoxicating feeling that made people feel full of power and omnipotence!

After the experience, it takes too much endurance and strong will to resist the temptation of that book. The only bad thing is that if someone uses this book beyond their body's load, for the user's body safety, 《The Book of Energy》 will forcibly transform and transform the user's body in a corresponding way. As for what life you are after the transformation, no one can say for sure.

"Then he simply took 《The Book of Energy》 because of what you said?" Mordo said, frowning and looking at Wong, and asked in surprise: "Then how did he know this secret?"

Wong spread his hands: "I don't know either. Perhaps he deduced some information himself, or perhaps he doesn't know, but he needs 《The Book of Energy》 to help him achieve a certain purpose."

"What purpose requires 《The Book of Energy》 to help him achieve?" After Mordo finished speaking, he thought of the ritual magic that was torn away, and exchanged a horrified glance with Wong.

"The barrier!"

The two exclaimed in unison.

Now the energy supply of the barrier has long been replaced with new energy, and if Kaecilius's purpose is to summon a certain dimensional demon god, then undoubtedly his first step is to find a way to solve the barrier first. And the barrier that has been replaced with energy and technology is undoubtedly also recorded in 《The Book of Energy》.

"We must stop him!"

"We must notify the Sorcerer Supreme!"

The two spoke at the same time again. Mordo's eyes carried a hint of inexplicable gloom: "I will assign people to search for the traces of Kaecilius and his men. They know our search methods, which will bring some trouble to our search operations. But they cannot hide forever, and we also know where their final destination is. I will also arrange for more mages to be stationed and guarded in the three sanctums until they expose their tracks and eliminate them."

"I have already sent a notice to the Sorcerer Supreme through the Mind Ring, but she did not respond to me. I can go to Luke first. I know his character. He should have his own way to locate 《The Book of Energy》. If he is willing to help, we will soon be able to lock down the hiding place of Kaecilius and his men," Wong also said.

"What about Strange? Should we notify him?" Wong suddenly asked.

"Stephen Strange?" Wong knew very well that Stephen Strange was undoubtedly being cultivated by the Ancient One as the next Sorcerer Supreme, her successor. Her attitude was not hidden, even if she didn't do much, everyone had this impression. Among them, Mordo, who came from behind, was undoubtedly the most uncomfortable and awkward. Even if he didn't say anything or show his dissatisfaction or other emotions.

"I'll take him to Luke. His relationship with Luke and the others may be even better than mine," Wong hesitated and decided.

"There's no need to look for Luke." A portal rotated in front of the library door, and the Ancient One in a yellow robe stepped out of it. "He has important things to deal with and is not here at the moment."

"Sorcerer Supreme."

Mordo and Wong respectfully saluted when they saw the Ancient One.

"I already know what happened, and I will personally handle and resolve this matter." The Ancient One glanced at the guardian mage lying in the pool of blood and sighed softly in her heart.

……

S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Your mages defected? And took away an important extraordinary equipment? His purpose is to summon a dimensional demon god who may be extremely dangerous?" In the middle of the night, Nick Fury stared at Wong, who walked out of the portal with his one eye. He received Wong's emergency communication and gave the address to wait for the other party. He didn't expect that as soon as the other party came, he gave him a series of bad news.

"Yes, in view of the cooperative relationship, I think we should notify you," Wong said, still stating his intention: "Because Kaecilius and the others are very clear about our mage's search methods, we may not be able to find their activity traces in a short time. But I think he may not be too wary of your technological monitoring methods."

"You want us to help find them?" Nick immediately understood what Wong meant. If things were as serious as the other party said, he didn't seem to have any reason to refuse. He pondered for a moment, then asked: "What else? What else do you need us to do?"

"We will solve the combat matters, you just need to do what you should do. We will cooperate as before," Wong said vaguely.

Nick immediately understood again.

You think we are a burden in combat, right? The mages haven't changed their views on S.H.I.E.L.D., right? S.H.I.E.L.D. does not lack superhuman combat power now. There are also nearly a thousand elite agents equipped with Hebron extraordinary equipment such as Mind Rings. If necessary, there is another Avengers team outside of S.H.I.E.L.D. that can be used.

But since Wong refused, Nick didn't need to let his agents sacrifice. But he also put forward his own requirements. Helping is okay, and mobilizing forces to search for the traces of those defected mages is also no problem, but Wong needs to maintain deep contact with S.H.I.E.L.D., share information, and let him know what stage the matter has progressed to, whether it has been resolved smoothly, etc.

Wong nodded after thinking for a moment when he heard this. This was not a harsh request. When the two reached a consensus, Wong left Nick with the magical images of Kaecilius and the others, as well as corresponding information, and then left in a hurry. With the Sorcerer Supreme taking action, he needed to sit in Kamar-Taj.

……

Inside a dark, remote, and abandoned small church in Britain, Kaecilius and other mages, who had been studying ritual magic for more than a month and had thoroughly understood it with the help of a certain demon god, restored it meticulously according to the ritual magic on the page, and summoned a great existence from outside a certain dimension.

Almost very quickly, that dimensional demon god who had been behind the scenes almost couldn't wait to respond to the ritual of Kaecilius and the others. Their spiritual consciousness was forcibly elevated, crossing the cosmic space and connecting to a vast and majestic dimensional universe.

That dimension was filled with the pure power of darkness.

"Great Master Dormammu!" Seeing a giant face the size of a planet appear, the bodies of Kaecilius and the others, which had been infused with a large amount of dark dimension power, could not help but have their mental thoughts washed away and twisted. This distortion is not to completely make you lose your memory and become another person. You still have your own ideas and thoughts. It just amplifies your stubbornness and, while giving you a lot of energy and corresponding knowledge, also pierces your not-so-solid will.

Not many people can resist the erosion from thought.

Not everyone is the Ancient One, who borrowed the power of various dimensional demon gods but was not eroded and influenced, and could still maintain her clear will and thinking.

If the Ancient One purely regarded the power of the major dimensional demon gods as tools, then Kaecilius and the others willingly became slaves under Dormammu's great power.

Thank you to classmate Silent Peak for the rewards for four consecutive days.