Chapter 1139 Why should I return the power I borrowed? Opening the Mirror Dimension

"Then the question is." Aaron clapped his hands, "Can the energy lent to her by the Trinity alone protect the Earth?"

"Oh!" Strange seemed to understand something. "The reason why Master Ancient One draws power from the dark dimension is because the power to protect the earth is not enough?"

"No, you think too simply of the Sorcerer Supreme." Aaron pointed to the Eye of Agamotto hanging on Strange's chest and said earnestly, "What do you think this is?"

"Uh... the Eye of Agamotto, a magical device that can control time."

"Superficial." Aaron rolled his eyes at him, "The Big Bang produced six Infinity Stones, representing time, space, power, soul, mind, and reality.

And what you have hanging around your neck is the Time Stone, the treasure sought after by countless lives in the universe."

Gulu!

Strange swallowed, feeling inexplicably that his neck was bearing a weight that it shouldn't have to bear.

"After the previous Sorcerer Supreme passed away, Ancient One inherited the position of Sorcerer Supreme and also inherited the Eye of Agamotto.

After observing countless timelines, she naturally knows which path is the best solution to protect the Earth."

"And she chose to absorb the energy of the dark dimension?"

"No, she is even more inhuman than you think." Aaron said with emotion, "The magic of Kamar-Taj comes from Vishanti. In other words, the Supreme Sorcerer of Kamar-Taj is the spokesperson of Vishanti.

Therefore, Ancient One was well versed in the essence of borrowing power. She borrowed all the power she could, and also found ways to borrow the power that could not be borrowed.

Dormammu is only the most difficult of her old man's creditors."

"Eh?" Strange's eyes twitched. "You, what did you say?"

"What this means is that Ancient One has grabbed a considerable number of dimensional demons. No matter what the attribute of the power is, whether it is light or darkness, as long as it is power, she wants it.

She used these borrowed powers to raise her combat power to the level of a Heavenly Father, and combined with the three holy temples and the Eye of Agamotto, she was able to protect the peace of the Earth amidst the tigers and wolves.

"But you have to pay back the power you borrow." Strange frowned, "It is Vishanti's mission for Kamar-Taj to protect the Earth, so the mages of Kamar-Taj don't have to pay too much to borrow Vishanti's power.

But isn't the way Master Gu Yi borrowed it too... crazy?"

"Pedant." Aaron rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Why should I return the power I borrowed based on my own ability?"

Strange: ???

Is this something that a decent person like me can understand?

"There is a way to pay off debts, which is called debts are wiped out when one dies."

"Master Ancient One is going to die?"

"Well... you can think about it from another angle. If the creditor dies, then you don't have to pay it back, right?"

"what?"

"Ah what? Is this hard to understand?"

"It's not hard to understand, but, but, this... you can't joke like this!"

"Who is kidding you?" Aaron rolled his eyes at him and said, "Master Ancient One first plucks the wool from the sheep, then slaughters it and eats its meat.

Not to mention the meat, she even spared the bones and blood.

The creditor is dead, and the property owned by the creditor will naturally become hers."

"Master Ancient One fleeced and killed a large number of relatively weak dimensional demons, and then used their power to strengthen her own magic. Her reputation among the dimensional demons is definitely negative."

“Of course, those below Heavenly Father can only consider themselves unlucky because they cannot defeat Ancient One.

The Father-level ones are not so easy to kill, for example, Dormammu, even the Ancient One cannot really kill a dimensional master. "

“But so what?

The saying "If you borrow, you must return. It's not difficult to borrow again" is bullshit in Gu Yi's eyes.

If you owe the bank 100 million, you have to listen to the bank, but if you owe the bank 100 billion, the bank has to listen to you. If you die, who will pay back the trillion-dollar debt?"

"This is..." Strange's expression became interesting, "Are you playing rogue?"

Aaron spread his hands, noncommittal, "After some of the father-level dimensional demon gods realized that Ancient One was a trap, they chose to cut off their own flesh and blood. They no longer wanted the power they had lent out, and they didn't need her to pay it back. It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one!

Only Dormammu was reluctant to give up the power he had lent out, and she plundered it over and over again, almost plucked it bald. "

"Although Dormammu has long regarded the Earth as his own and has never given up on invading, the existence of the Ancient One... carries some personal grudges."

Strange forced a smile and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He didn't think Aaron was lying to him, but if this was true, then the lofty image of Ancient One in his mind was suddenly shattered.

"But her body was eroded by various energies. She was able to hold out for hundreds of years, and she felt powerless to protect the Earth."

"How do you know these?"

“I am the Lord of the Dimension. When I was controlling the Shadow Dimension, a long magic thread penetrated into my territory and stole my energy like a thief.

She probably didn't recognize my identity at that time. For the energy of the Shadow Dimension, she offered to make a deal, but I refused without even thinking about it. Otherwise, my Shadow Dimension would have become a sheep in her sheepfold.

However, I was attracted by Kamar-Taj's identity as a wizard, so I simply exchanged some of my dark magic for Kamar-Taj's magic, and bound her with a contract that she could not teach these magics to others."

"Dark magic?"

"Don't get me wrong, my magic has nothing to do with the dark dimension."

"I understand. It's the magic from another universe!" Strange said angrily, feeling that his knowledge was still not enough.

"Strange." Mordo suddenly ran up, "Are you okay?"

"Relatively speaking, it's fine."

"The magic cloak of floating." Mordo pointed at the red cloak on Strange's body, "It has found you."

"Impressive." Ancient One also came up, "It's really fickle."

"He ran away."

"Casillas?"

"Yes, he can fold space and matter at will."

"He can fold matter outside the mirror dimension? In the real world?"

Wow!

The walls and the ground suddenly twisted, rolled up like a blanket, and then returned to their original shape.

"It doesn't seem that difficult." Aaron smiled nonchalantly, the tip of the wand in his hand flashing a light blue light.

"The wizard of Kamar-Taj is different from Gaius." Ancient One said calmly, then looked at Strange, "How many others are there besides him?"

“Two, I left one in the desert and the other one escaped with Casillas.

The body of Master Daniel is still in the hallway."

"He was taken back to Kamar-Taj." Mordo said in a deep voice.

"The London Temple has fallen, leaving only two temples to defend against the dark dimension.

You defended the New York Temple from attack, and the wizard here left, and a new one is needed." The Ancient One said meaningfully, "Master Strange."

"Me? Guard the Temple?" Strange was flattered, "No, I, I can't.

I am Doctor Strange, not Master Strange or Mr. Strange, but Doctor Strange."

“When I became a doctor, I swore to do no harm.”

"Naive." Aaron curled his lips in disdain, "You don't hurt others, but others will hurt you.

If it wasn't for me just now, that transparent blade would have pierced your heart."

"How can this be the same?" Strange said speechlessly, "I was a doctor a year ago, holding a scalpel to save lives.

But now you ask me to kill people... I became a doctor to save people, not to kill people."

"You become a doctor mainly to save a life." Ancient One said calmly, "Your own."

"You can still see through me, right?"

“I see what I’ve always seen, your over-inflated ego.

You want to go back to the time before, when you had the delusion that you could control everything, even death.

But no one can control death, not even the great Dr. Stephen Strange."

"Ha! Haha!" Strange laughed twice. "Someone just told me that he can grant people eternal life!"

"Correction." Aaron raised his hand and said, "In a sense, I have already left the category of human beings.

Do you know what the god of magic is? I am the god. "

Strange's face twitched. You've even stopped being a human being just to sabotage me!

"But that's not important. What's important is that you can't go back to the past." Aaron patted Strange on the shoulder and secretly cast a protective spell. "Fighting and then winning are the only two paths you can take now."

"So there's another way, right?"

"Wait to die." Aaron spread his hands bluntly, "Before Dormammu devours the earth, you can still go meet Christine and cherish the few last moments you have."

Strange: ...

"You're so funny."

“Thank you for the compliment, but I have to state in advance that I will not save you.

If Kamar-Taj cannot prevent the apocalypse, I will move my family away from Earth without hesitation."

"Okay! Okay! I know what to do." Strange rolled his eyes and said, "Fight, and win."

Ancient One smiled with relief. Strange was definitely not willing to do this, but that didn't stop him from making a choice.

"Once they regroup, the fanatics will return and you will need backup."

"Aaron, I want to ask you a favor..."

"No need to say it." Aaron interrupted directly, "I only do what I promised. I don't care about anything else."

Gu Yi nodded, turned and walked into a portal.

"What did you promise her?" Strange asked curiously.

“You don’t want to know.

But I can tell you very clearly that it has something to do with you, but it’s not a bad thing.”

"baffling."

“I also find it baffling, and I never bother to care about such matters.

But since I have agreed, I must live up to the reputation of the Gaius family."

......

hum!

A few minutes later, there was a sudden noise downstairs.

Aaron, Mordo, and Strange looked at each other and ran over at the same time.

When they reached the fence and looked down, they saw that Casillas and two followers had summoned a huge ball of energy just like they had destroyed the London Temple.

"It came so fast!" Aaron smacked his lips, "Don't you even need to rest?"

"We have to put an end to this." Mordo put his hands on the fence and jumped down, "Quick."

Small magic circles emerged from the Boots of Fodo. Mordo stepped on the magic circles and flew to Casillas and his companions. When he was about to attack, he was restrained by two believers and dragged to the wall.

Casillas raised his hands, and the ball of energy spun in the air, its power reaching its peak.

"Strange, Aaron, come down and fight." Mordo shouted anxiously.

Aaron was unmoved. In his opinion, the New York Temple would be destroyed sooner or later, which was in line with Ancient One's arrangement.

If he took action, he would definitely be able to defend the temple, but the situation would become awkward.

Therefore, what he should do is not to take the initiative to attack, but to watch the situation develop and protect Strange's life.

This is more of a test of one's ability to take advantage of others' difficulties, but he happens to be good at this.

Strange immediately raised his hands and opened the mirror dimension at the moment the energy hit the ground.

boom!

With a loud bang, dark golden energy quickly spread around.

But it was like a cloud of smoke hitting the ground, causing no damage to the temple at all, only the sound of shattering glass continued to echo.

"Mirror space?" Aaron raised his eyebrows. "Did Gu Yilian teach you this?"

"This is the first time I've used this magic." Strange said with lingering fear, "Fortunately it worked."

"Mirror dimension." Strange slowly flew to the staircase landing. "You can't affect the real world from here. Who's so proud now, asshole?"

Casillas was silent for a moment, and a confident arc appeared on the corner of his mouth. "It's me."

Casillas clasped his hands together and pushed them to the sides.

As he did this, the New York Temple began to flip and fold. The stairs split in the middle and turned to both sides like gears. The walls and floors also turned into conveyor belts, sliding up and down and back and forth.

"Tsk! This is not good, is it?" Aaron smiled with some gloating while flying in the air.

"Can your magic do that?"

"No." Aaron said bluntly, "I can't change the world."

The mirror dimension is a replica of reality. Changing the mirror dimension is no different from trying to catch the moon in the water. Only a person with a crazy mind would do such a thankless task.

However, he still has the ability to break the mirror dimension, but there is no need to do it.

"Then can you?"

"No, I have more important things to do. Every bit of magic power is very precious and cannot afford to waste it."

After receiving a negative answer, Strange immediately knew what he should do.

run!

Strange immediately flew towards the gate. Given the current situation, the only way he could avoid being so passive was to leave the temple.

He flew past Casillas and stole the ring from his waist while he was not paying attention.

Mordo also hurriedly broke free from the two believers, and rushed out of the door with Strange.

Casillas looked at Aaron who remained in the temple and frowned in confusion.

He was still somewhat afraid of the wizard who had cracked his magic, "Aren't you going to run away?"

"Well... I'm not a follower of Vishanti, and I have no conflict with Dormammu. What happens to the Earth has nothing to do with me.

I want to say that we are not enemies, there is no need..."

"I think it's necessary." Casillas sneered. If Aaron hadn't hindered him before, Strange would have been killed by him long ago, and there wouldn't be as much trouble as it is now.