Ophelia reported to Leon about the incident involving Alexander Pierce and Bucky, the high-ranking members of HYDRA.
In truth, Leon didn't pay much attention to Madripoor, Sokovia, or the Guardians. He only managed the overall direction, leaving the details to Ophelia, Melina, and others.
Whether the supreme power is wielded by humans or a more advanced civilization, the dynamic is essentially the same.
Why else would Leon have specifically sought out Melina and Ophelia?
Melina is an absolute top-tier scientist with leadership skills, and Ophelia is a natural leader and strategist.
With Ophelia on his side, Leon can save most of his energy. Ophelia enjoys the feeling of being in control, so he simply gives her that power.
In the face of Leon's absolute power, Ophelia's loyalty is unquestionable. As long as she isn't foolish, she knows she will be one of the top leaders in the vast theocratic empire he plans to build. Betrayal? Only a fool would do that.
She is more eager to make progress than anyone else. In addition to working hard to improve her own strength and small universe, she spends the rest of her time controlling the direction and formulating strategies.
Her daily life is fulfilling and beautiful—this is the life she wants.
As for HYDRA, whether it's Pierce or other faction leaders, or the Far Star Project to retrieve the Hive from its exiled planet, they are all minor players in her eyes. But Ophelia must show a strong attitude.
Meanwhile, Leon is preparing to talk to an old friend.
In a world between Earth and a parallel dimension, chaos and dark energy shroud everything.
The immense energy forms a planet-sized head that writhes and churns, as if possessing the terrifying power to destroy and devour everything.
It is a place of darkness and evil that would cause one's soul to sink and rot just by looking at it.
A low, thunderous sound echoes and explodes.
Rumble!
Raging black magic instantly spreads, and boundless energy condenses into crystals and meteorites that burn and explode, simply to kill the "ant-like" figure in front of him. He loathes his opponent.
However, he knows that such black magic cannot harm the person before him.
"Hahaha, Ancient One, look at your foul, decaying body. Human life is so fragile and short."
"You can't resist the temptation of darkness. The Sorcerer Supreme who protects the Earth has betrayed what you believe is justice and light. You should let those magicians see your hypocrisy."
In the void ahead, the Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, stands calmly in a yellow robe.
Under the cloak of darkness, the red mark on her forehead is very obvious.
It is a sign that she has absorbed the power of darkness.
"Dark power, white magic—they are all just different kinds of power. But you are wrong about one thing, Dormammu. Human life may be short, but it is not fragile."
Ancient One is not angry. Instead, she calmly and amiably talks to Dormammu.
"And, I think you were stifled by a human before."
The tone at the end of her sentence becomes lively and pokes at his sore spot.
Dormammu is so enraged that he roars. "How can that damn guy be considered human? That kind of power is definitely not something humans can possess. He must be the spokesperson of some being."
Thinking of the man Ancient One mentioned makes his heart ache.
He wants to devour this main universe because it is so special. Earth, in particular, contains an extremely large amount of energy. Once he devours it, his life will be greatly enhanced.
But the three magical Sanctums built on Earth have created a thick barrier that severely restricts his ability to cross dimensional boundaries.
Every time he tries to break through, he has to expend a lot of power and time.
Even if he opens it, he has to face the successive Sorcerer Supremes of Kamar-Taj.
He has returned empty-handed again and again. In this generation, Ancient One is the most outstanding Sorcerer Supreme.
She has blocked him for hundreds, even thousands, of years.
For Dormammu, time has no meaning. A thousand years is just a snap of his fingers, but Kamar-Taj will always train the next Sorcerer Supreme. If nothing unexpected happens, his ambition and greed will forever be isolated from the universe.
Fortunately, what gives Dormammu a glimmer of hope is that although Ancient One is the best, she seems to have her own secrets.
She has ambitions. She bears her responsibility, but she also seems to be starting to hate it. She has even begun to absorb dark power to maintain her frail, old, and decaying body.
And there is another disciple who is also ambitious. He has opened the forbidden book and unknowingly absorbed the dark power within it.
The dark power that belongs to Dormammu is a form of medium.
He cannot directly and consciously invade a high-level magician like Ancient One, but her disciple is too fragile, and it's easy to succeed.
He wants to corrupt the disciple's mind and make him his slave, in order to break through the three magical Sanctums and the barrier to allow him to enter.
However, the plan was over almost as soon as it began. That kind of powerful and sacred ancient power was something Dormammu had never seen before. His mere medium and a wisp of consciousness could not resist it at all and was eventually eliminated, causing his plan to fail completely.
Thinking of this makes him furious.
The vast dark energy surges and rages as Dormammu grows angrier.
But what makes him even angrier is that a familiar voice and a disgusting presence suddenly appear.
"Dormammu, how are you?"
Dormammu's huge head, made of energy, stares blankly at the young ghost who has suddenly appeared next to Ancient One, as if a large question mark hangs over his head.
In the next moment, Dormammu's furious voice echoes with the dark frenzy.
"Damn you, stinky ghost!"
(End of Chapter)
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