" You still don't know how terrifying those with magical powers can be. . . but anyway I will protect you no matter what"
I said to Christine before waving my hand casting the lightest sleep spell It was not a spell meant to stop enemies but a relaxing one designed to soothe body and mind something sorcerers developed to use on themselves and their comrades so they could sleep peacefully after long stressful days
Then I returned to my room by normal means called a taxi to my condo soaked myself in warm water to relax closed my eyes and reviewed the 403 times I had died and been reborn again in my head Though it had only been 2 days in the real world though I had just arranged it all to tell Christine in a way she could easily understand without ever learning about the mystic arts
But those memories of dying and reviving 403 times were a lot enough to recall each death analyze what worked what didn't what could be improved for years to come and record them in a notebook for the students in Kamar Taj to study as reference in case they ever had to face the Lord of the Dark Dimension again maybe someone would even try to claim themselves as Dormammu Junior or Dormammu MK II someday at least they'd know how to deal with it
Even without the Time Stone there should still be ways to survive somehow
Of course when I wrote that manual I wouldn't include the power of the Ope Ope Fruit Observation Haki or Armament Haki since even if I did no one could learn them or find such cheat-like powers anyway
So in the final scene where Dormammu was surgically removed from the Dark Dimension I would write that the Sword of Vishanti was used to slice through the dimensional barrier piece by piece until reaching the real one and eliminating it
The sacred Sword of Vishanti could really do that though it was much harder than using the Ope Ope Fruit fused with Armament Haki
" If a hundred of us worked together to attack maybe we could handle a new Lord of the Dark Dimension who still hasn't mastered its power" I murmured before opening my eyes
" Hmm better sleep now tomorrow's another workday wonder what kind of cases I'll get"
Having a good night's sleep was really one of life's greatest blessings if not for the fact that at 9 a.m. I was woken by. . . a portal opening right in my room Master Wong stepped through holding freshly roasted Indian coffee along with the Cloak and the Eye of Agamotto the symbols of the Sorcerer Supreme
" Uh good morning Wong. . . what's going on?"
" A scientific dimensional gate just opened above New York ten minutes ago it's expanding quickly Looks like your premonition about New York being invaded by aliens is happening sooner than you thought"
His answer left my jaw hanging What How aliens?
" How do you know it's an alien invasion?"
" On the other side of the portal there's an army of aliens the same kind that invaded back in 2012" Wong said letting go of the Cloak which flew over and wrapped itself around my black and white checkered pajamas immediately He looked ready to drag me out the window so I had to stop him
" Calm down calm down Let me change first. . ."
" The city's about to be invaded and you still have time to change clothes? You want your hospital to be flooded with casualties or what?" Wong said as he summoned the Shield of Seraphim in his right hand and the Sword of Vishanti in his left while his boots sparked with golden light ready for flight
" You expect me to protect the world in pajamas?" I shot back mockingly as if he had zero sense of style but Wong seemed to read my mind replying sharply
" Keep worrying about fashion and the mansion in Queens under that portal will be rubble before you know it!"
" Fashion mansion. . . good one but fine I'll cast an illusion no one will see that the Sorcerer Supreme got called out in his sleepwear to save the world" I shook my head put on the Eye of Agamotto and followed Wong out the window leaping straight into the portal
9.13 a.m.
Cunningham Park Queens New York America
5,000 meters above the junction where Highway 495 and Highway 295 crossed
The area was quickly locked down by S.H.I.E.L.D. which though officially disbanded after Project Insight's collapse still operated behind the scenes Its core functions had shifted to S.W.O.R.D. handling incidents involving superpowered beings though most of the public didn't yet know that
But I knew from the intelligence Kamar Taj constantly gathered keeping up with global affairs better than any spy network though only to monitor dark mystical energies and decide whether intervention was needed
Like when S.H.I.E.L.D. handled the case of the Darkhold the black magic tome a copied version now kept safely in Hell by the latest Ghost Rider
Ah. . . the world really is a terrifying place
But that didn't matter now forget Hell the cursed book and the Scarlet Witch who knows how she's doing after the Civil War incident right now New York needed saving from aliens
Even if it broke the Ancient One's teaching
"Do not meddle in worldly matters unrelated to magic"
But now I am the Sorcerer Supreme and I will protect New York There were plenty of spells ready to disguise us from the hundreds of agents securing the area evacuating civilians The vehicles in place were only basic flying cars with shields and machine guns no high tech weapons yet though reinforcements would surely arrive soon
And technology no matter how advanced could never surpass magic unless magic itself was used to counter it Even if some of those agents had magical users among them they would never pierce the illusions of me. . . the Sorcerer Supreme
" What do you think Wong should we strike first?" I pointed at the portal now the size of a car slowly growing with crackling thunderous sounds
" We hold our ground we are defenders not aggressors" he said sitting cross legged in the air on the Shield of Seraphim which had morphed into something like a flying carpet straight out of Arabian legends
" Hmm fair enough" I nodded sweeping my gaze around sending out magical energy to scan the area and noticed something strange among the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents " There are aliens among the agents?"
" Yeah. . . Skrulls shapeshifters who alter their DNA to blend perfectly" Wong said after a brief meditation then joked
"Maybe they're here for a secret invasion mission heh"
" Invasion huh so after the Chitauri we have to deal with Skrulls too?"
" We're not physical world guardians Strange even handling the Chitauri is already beyond our jurisdiction" Wong warned firmly I nodded in understanding Just like in hospitals surgeons have their own specialties you can't ask an appendix surgeon to perform cosmetic implants it's not the same training
" Yeah. . . everyone's got their own job to do"