Noticing the bald head of the person who had just entered, I realized it was the Ancient One. She seemed to smile at me. I asked, “What brings you to our realm?” She replied, “I wasn’t expecting to see a newly created realm in my lifetime.”
Smiling,, “You have knowledge of the multiverse, so I won’t beat around the bush. Your help is needed. In 200 years, the Phoenix Force will destroy the Earth. This is an absolute certainty. However, your presence changes things.” She added, “I’d like you to do whatever it is you do to change the future.”
Narrowing my eyes, I said, “That’s not the only reason you’ve come here, is it?”
She smiled and admitted, “No. I also want you to humble the next Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange. He needs it.”
I nodded and said, “Yes, he’s quite arrogant. You want to give him a proper humbling?”
She smiled again and said, “Yes.”
The Ancient One then asked, “Can I also get some of that demon rice?”
I grinned and said, “You’ve been peeking into the future, haven’t you?”
She smirked and said, “Yes. That’s how I know it’s delicious. But it’s also toxic to humans—though it should be fine for mutants and certain enhanced individuals and of course those that can use magic.”
With a wave of my hand, I teleported an entire bag of demon rice from the storage room and handed it over. “We don’t have a rice cooker here.”
Without missing a beat, the Ancient One conjured a rice cooker. I raised an eyebrow and said, “There’s no electricity here.”
She calmly replied, “It runs on magic.”
I stared at her. “Wait, you have a magical rice cooker? That means you’ve really been looking forward to this demon rice if you went out of your way to get something like that. You had to find an ordinary rice cooker and then enchant it to run on mana instead of electricity.”
I gave a nonchalant shrug. “Magic power, mana—call it whatever you want. I’m not changing terms every time I enter a new universe. That’d be far too annoying.”
I laughed. “Why are you here, anyway? It seems like I’ve arrived at a point in time where Doctor Strange hasn’t replaced you as Sorcerer Supreme yet. Though to be honest, the MCU version of you pretty weak unlike the comic book versions where things are at least somewhat realistic. In those stories, people still can’t fully grasp just how powerful the things they’re witnessing are. I think Deadpool said something about the writers controlling everything.”
She raised an eyebrow, amused. “You mean how those writers are subconsciously influenced by glimpses of the multiverse in their dreams? They create great stories based on what they see, but of course, those stories are hardly historical retellings of what truly happened. The events in those stories and the events that actually transpire are different things.”
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The Ancient One continued, “You were brought to this universe by a cosmic entity. Your presence here has significantly changed the course of events—though, fortunately, in a positive direction.”
"Let me guess—if you tell me, it won't happen?" I asked. She simply smiled and disappeared with her bag of demon rice.
I continued to use clairvoyance. Oh, it looks like the Avengers are at the Avengers Mansion. I glanced at Sophie and smiled. She effortlessly teleported us into the mansion. Of course, our sudden appearance set off some alarm bells, but I calmly said, “I’m not here to fight. In fact, I have a favor to ask.”
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a book appeared in my hands. It was titled How to Become a Goddess for Dummies, with a note attached:
PS: If you don’t reach godhood as quickly as possible, the Phoenix Force, which has taken a liking to you, will probably kill you, your wives, and destroy your entire realm. Seriously. Best regards, The Ancient One.
I sighed, placing the book in my storage space for now. Then, with a snap of my fingers, I put a barrier around everyone except Thor and Hulk. Sophie teleported us all inside our realm.
"Our realm’s mana concentration is so high it would kill ordinary people," I explained. "That’s why I placed a barrier around everyone except Hulk and Thor. As you can see, our realm is in need of development. I’d like to ask the great Tony Stark for some maid androids. In addition to their housekeeping duties, I’d like them to be able to help with farming and construction so we can develop this realm.
"In return, I’m willing to offer gifts as payment."
With that, we teleported back to the Avengers' mansion, this time into what seemed like a conference room. Sophie turned to Hawkeye first. Smiling, she began crafting a bow for him.
"I’m configuring it to run on stamina," she said, drawing runes in the air, surprising me. It was the runesmith skill, integrated into my sub-skill Sixth Sense. As I investigated the sub-skill, I realized that all our abilities are linked—when one of us gains a skill that integrates into Sixth Sense, it becomes available to all three of us: Sophie, Alex, and me.
Sophie finished the bow. "Try calling your bow," she instructed.
The bow flew out of Sophie’s hand and into Hawkeye’s. Sophie smiled. "Your new bow can create arrows, but it will consume your stamina. You can also apply elemental effects or make them explosive. The more powerful the effect, the more stamina it consumes. The nature of the arrows will be based on whatever you can imagine."
She had used her ultimate skill to create the bow, which was made of solidified shadow and darkness. She added an enchantment to change its color to purple. The effects she applied using her ultimate skill likely allowed the bow to create arrows using stamina rather than mana. Although the enchantments could apply multiple elemental effects, there would still be limits, leaving her ultimate skill as the only way to do what she just did.
Sophie finished the bow. "Try calling your bow," she instructed.
The bow flew out of Sophie’s hand and into Hawkeye’s. Sophie smiled. "Your new bow can create arrows, but it will consume your stamina. You can also apply elemental effects or make them explosive. The more powerful the effect, the more stamina it consumes. The nature of the arrows will be based on whatever you can imagine."
She had used her ultimate skill to create the bow, which was made of solidified shadow and darkness. She added an enchantment to change its color to purple. The effects she applied using her ultimate skill likely allowed the bow to create arrows using stamina rather than mana. Although the enchantments could apply multiple elemental effects, there would still be limits, leaving her ultimate skill as the only way to do what she just did.