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Midgard.

The Triskelion.

"Listen, Sorcerer Strange, we need more cooperation, closer! Deeper! Only in this way can we deal with the increasingly complex situation." Nick Fury poured Strange a cup of coffee. "Try it, it's from the Gesha forest in Ethiopia."

Strange's Cloak of Levitation obediently offered a piece of fabric, as nimble as a human finger, to help Strange receive the coffee from Nick.

"What are you referring to?" Strange took a sip of coffee, crossed his legs, his fingers intertwined, suspended above his knee, and looked at Nick's face.

"Luke is playing bigger and bigger games." Nick turned around and poured himself a cup of coffee. "We have to be prepared and plan for the worst."

"Frankly, Luke still has some sense of propriety. You're being a bit too alarmist." Strange said.

"Just consider me an alarmist then. But you have to understand, I've spent my whole life guarding against all sorts of unexpected events. I always want to nip them in the bud, or solve them before the danger brings greater harm to this world." Nick said with a serious face, "I believe Luke has a sense of propriety, but there are always accidents, aren't there? Like the last time that Dark Dimension lord invaded…"

"That was part of the plan." Strange explained, "In fact, I later learned that the entire barrier had been quietly upgraded by my teacher, the Ancient One. She also had backups. According to her, with the support of new energy, she could re-establish the barrier at any time and drive out the lord of the Dark Dimension. I suspect she wanted to give the Sanctum Sanctorum a major upgrade."

"Do you think this behavior is reasonable?" Nick frowned.

"If you're referring to the Ancient One's behavior, then I can only say that she saw far more than you do." Strange stroked a certain gem inside his clothes, and said softly. Only by using the Eye of Agamotto would one know how terrifying it is to grasp the future.

"The Ancient One must have seen the outcome. She was just following the future she had chosen."

"I have no intention of questioning the Ancient One, because as the guardian of this planet, her contribution to the safety of this planet is unmatched by anyone. I'm just a little worried." Nick smiled wryly.

"Worried about what?" Strange raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Worried that we won't be able to contribute when needed. In fact, this feeling of powerlessness has become stronger and stronger in the past few years. I used to think I could control everything, but I found out it was just wishful thinking. I thought I could isolate the supernatural forces of this planet and prevent them from affecting the normal world, but later I found out I couldn't do it either. Finally, I wanted to contribute to the safety of this world, but now I find that if there really is a world-destroying danger, I seem to be able to only watch. This feeling is very bad, and I can't accept it." Nick leaned against his desk, facing Strange who was sitting opposite him.

"I can see that." Strange shrugged. "You're not someone who's willing to be idle."

"I'm quite willing to be idle, but only if there's lasting peace. Instead of a world-ending crisis every few days, and I can only stand by and cheer, or play a supporting role. Sometimes I even have to accept that I'm not even worthy of being a support." Nick grinned.

"That's a bit of an exaggeration." Strange smiled.

"Exaggeration? Since Thor of Asgard came here, do you really think this world is still normal? Can it still maintain the relative peace it used to have? I worked so hard to recruit and build a strong team, wanting them to be the planet's counterattack trump card. But in fact, they are also incapable of dealing with many disasters." Nick said slowly, "So I think I should go further."

"So you chose the sorcerers?" Strange put his coffee cup on the side table propped up by his Cloak of Levitation, his right elbow resting on the armrest, his hand clenched into a fist, against the side of his face.

"In fact, there are others. I just think I should talk to you first. Your position in my mind is very high." Nick also put the cup on the desk behind him, spread his arms, and propped them on the edge of the desk, his expression serious and solemn.

"But sorcery is not a conventional force that can be popularized. It's very magical and selective." Strange said.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. has plenty of people. This world has plenty of people. If we cooperate, S.H.I.E.L.D. can provide you with the talents you need, and it won't prevent you from choosing and training your core strength in your usual way." Nick leaned forward slightly.

"I don't think this is a good idea. In fact, instead of expecting us to train sorcerer power for you, you should go to Luke or Stark and use the power of science and technology to improve." Strange spread his hands: "I don't know what magic is in your eyes, maybe it's an omnipotent power beyond human imagination. It is indeed very powerful, but this power comes with great risks. The sorcerer's rule of choosing people may be the best.

Believe me, if the agents under your command master the power of magic, that may be a disaster for you and the world. The sources of magic are not easy to mess with. You don't want to have some strange dimensional creatures on this planet every now and then, do you? Who knows what difficult characters those sorcerers will summon? Even if there is a barrier, the big ones can't get in, but some of the small ones are enough to wipe out a city."

"I know what you're thinking, and I understand your worries. The power of sorcerers in the past was indeed powerful, but it was accompanied by great risks and crises. After all, the essence of the sorcerer's power at that time was a kind of borrowing and exchange. But the situation is different now, isn't it?" Nick obviously guessed what Strange would say, and gave a targeted reminder: "We have our own new energy. In Luke's and your words, this energy is versatile and can be used as a source of energy for sorcerers."

"New energy also has various side effects, and I believe you are also aware of this. It's just that compared to the risks and costs that sorcerers used to take when borrowing power, the new energy bears less and is more easily accepted.

My suggestion is still to use the super-powered equipment Luke made for you. Magic is not suitable for organizations like yours. Besides, other sorcerers will not agree." Strange also told the truth in the end.

"But you are the Sorcerer Supreme." Nick reminded Strange.

"I am the Sorcerer Supreme, but I am not my teacher, the Ancient One. Almost all of the current sorcerers were cultivated by her little by little over hundreds of years. They will not refuse any suggestion from their teacher, but this respect and fanaticism will not extend to me.

In fact, let me tell you the truth, maybe everything is fine now, but in the future, the sorcerer group will inevitably split because of the new energy." Strange felt a headache when he thought of the corner of the future he had glimpsed.

"Split?" Nick's eyes became deep.

"The characteristic of new energy is infection and assimilation. The more you use a certain emotion, the closer your personality will be to similar emotions. And the closer you are to similar emotions, the more power you will gain from it. Look at that Captain, he is now almost becoming the embodiment of some kind of virtue. What's even more terrible is that this is his active choice. Subconsciously, it has already become deeply rooted." Strange smiled wryly. "I suspect that even if magic is used to distort his spirit and personality now, the power brought by emotions will not match for a while, and either he will get rid of the influence of magic, or his combat power will be greatly reduced."

"Luke did tell me about these hidden dangers, but I didn't expect it to be so serious?" Nick couldn't help but show surprise on his face. He had indeed heard Luke talk about these things, and was nervous for a long time, mobilizing a group of top psychologists to keep track of and record the psychological state and personality changes of the agents under his command who used new energy for a long time.

But over the long term, whether it was the psychologists' credit or Luke exaggerated the hidden dangers, the changes in those agents who used the new energy were not significant. Especially the elite agents themselves have the ability to regulate their emotions and psychological problems.

"You are using filtered and purified energy, which reduces the power while also giving you correspondingly lighter effects and a longer safe usage period. But sorcerers are different. To put it scientifically, we must at least master the skills of high-power output and input! To go deeper into the contact and understanding of its essence. That is a double-edged sword." Strange said.

"In the world of magic, all power comes at a price. It's just a matter of how big the price is. Compared to those dimensional forces, the price and consequences of the new energy are smaller and more easily accepted. The only uncertain future is whether Luke can come up with newer technologies to upgrade and help make the hidden dangers smaller."

"God knows how embarrassed I am when I face Mordo now. Under the influence of the new energy, his jealousy of me is almost unbearable."

Speaking of the end, Strange sighed deeply, with a look of helplessness.

Sorcerers mostly have some kind of obsession, and this obsession often magnifies one of them after coming into contact with new energy. Strange has always believed that the fall of Kaecilius was not only due to Dormammu's bewitchment, but perhaps also some infection from the new energy. After all, Kaecilius himself was a relatively gloomy person with slightly extreme ideas. He has talent and ability, and on the premise of not doing any protection and pursuing power wholeheartedly, he will be more deeply assimilated and infected by new energy than most sorcerers.

More power is drawn.

Higher energy supply.

Equal to deeper infection and assimilation.

Ordinary sorcerers will use other mental and emotional energy to neutralize and buffer, and will not always immerse themselves in a certain emotion. But Kaecilius and his followers obviously did not do so.

It was fine when the Ancient One was there, but now that he has become the Sorcerer Supreme, Mordo, who had been mediating well before, seems to have signs of being immersed in a certain emotion for a long time and unable to extricate himself.

Nick was speechless for a while. He found that some ominous changes seemed to have occurred in the current group of sorcerers. Or rather, there had always been signs of this ominous change, but the Ancient One's reputation and strength were too high, which made this sign always in a dormant state before it sprouted. But now that the Ancient One has stepped down from the position of Sorcerer Supreme and left, the successor Strange has not yet reached the level of the Ancient One's god-like status in the hearts of the sorcerers, so it is obvious that some sorcerers have undergone some secret changes in their minds under the promotion of various factors.

It is not known whether this change is good or bad, but it is likely to be not very good for Strange.

"You also have difficulties." Nick thought of the time when he had just taken over S.H.I.E.L.D., empathized with him, and stepped forward to pat Strange on the shoulder. But soon, before his palm touched Strange's shoulder, it was blocked by the Cloak of Levitation on his body like swatting a fly, with the corner of his clothes.

"I can't train sorcerers for you for the time being, but I can let some sorcerers who are willing to contact the world work part-time here. I believe some young sorcerers will be happy to earn some extra money, or gain some combat experience or something." Strange thought about it and still gave a promise.

"That's really great!" Nick, who had already felt hopeless, was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. Failure in communication is nothing. Nick has the confidence and time to slowly achieve his goals. Although the initial plan was not achieved this time, it was a good start.

Strange wanted those young sorcerers to hone their minds more in the world. Because of the emergence of new energy, the number of sorcerers has increased, and not everyone is suitable for the sorcerers' hard cultivation.

Strictly speaking, S.H.I.E.L.D., which has new energy shares, is also barely considered a member of the interest group. You can't let those sorcerers work for Luke, that black-hearted man, for nothing, can you?

"I can provide you with a low-interest loan, and you can go to Luke to buy some of the latest equipment. Believe me, he has good things in his hands! If you can dig it out, you don't need those agents under your command to become sorcerers, and you can also have powerful power. I believe Luke has a plan." Strange also instigated Nick before leaving, giving him a batch of bullets.

He has a lot of things on his mind now, not only internal troubles, but he vaguely feels that some big trouble will come to him recently. He has used the Eye of Agamotto to predict and observe the timeline many times, but has found nothing. This situation either means he is overthinking, or it involves some powerful dimensional demon gods. In other words, he is in big trouble!

Will it be Dormammu?

I haven't had time to observe His situation yet.

The abyss shouldn't erupt so quickly, right?

PS: Thank you to the students Ji Jing De Feng and ?Ba Yun Hong? for the reward!