Chapter 307 Gwen and Ancient One at the Station
"Whoosh!"

Taking a deep breath, Strange reached out and touched his chest.

It was found that except for the clothes on the chest being torn, the skin was not damaged.

"Looks like I'm pretty lucky."

Patting his chest, he stood up and looked at his surroundings.

The surroundings were quiet, as if in a quiet and deserted place.

"Well, I have to continue my reboot, but before that"

Strange muttered to himself, stood up and walked out.

But when he turned around, he saw a figure standing in front of him.

The other person wore a conical hat and held a strangely shaped wizard's staff in his hand.

"Uh, hello, I'm going to look for the Lost Book City of Camustro, did you know that, sir?"

The Camustro he was talking about was a famous wizard.

The Book of Camustro is a forbidden book that records various kinds of magic.

It also includes a lot of dark magic, such as summoning Dormammu and the Beholder.

Its author, Camustro, was not a person of this century.

He is a magician born in the 31st century. He traveled through time to the beginning of Genesis, absorbed and learned all the magic, and eventually became a god and turned into "Genesis".

Additionally, he was also the first wizard to discover the Eye of Agamodor.

The Eye of Agamotto is a sacred artifact passed down from generation to generation by the Supreme Sorcerer. It was created by Agamotto, the son of Ossit, the mother of white magic.

As he was the first to discover the Eye of Agamotto, one can imagine his magical power.

After Strange learned of Camustro's deeds, he tried to find greater power from the books he collected.

Now that he has turned against Master Ancient One, the only thing he can do is to enhance his own strength before thinking about time travel.

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Strange waved at him, "Hello, can you hear me? Library, do you know where it is?"

He gestured with his hands, "I think I have come to the forbidden land of time. Maybe you can give me some inspiration. The Lost Book City of Camustro I mentioned is a place for storing books, reading and acquiring knowledge."

The man in the bamboo hat stared at him for a while, then suddenly turned and left.

"Hey, hey, I'm talking to you? Why are you leaving?"

Seeing the other party preparing to leave, Strange immediately chased after him.

Following the strange guy out of the dense forest, a majestic castle appeared in front of him.

Looking up at the towering castle in the distance, Strange shook his head helplessly.

“Nice place, but unfortunately there is no entrance.”

As he said this, he immediately cast a portal spell and sent himself to the castle hall which was dozens of meters high and close to the cliff.

He had previously used the Eye of Agamotto to teleport himself to this legendary lost place outside of time.

It was said that the Book of Camustro existed here, but he was now somewhat skeptical.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

He shouted into the empty surroundings.

No one responded to him, and there was still dead silence all around.

Taking two steps forward, he saw a magic rune symbol on the floor.

"Hmm, it looks like there are some hints."

Crouching down, he made a hand gesture and used explicit magic on the magic rune.

"Whoosh!"

As he moved, the magic runes on the ground immediately moved and floated in front of him.

Afterwards, more and more magic runes rose from the ground, emitting a brilliant light that surrounded him.

At the same time, the ground beneath his feet began to move.

"boom!"

As Strange screamed, he fell under the collapsing ground.

Falling into the pitch-black ground, he staggered to his feet.

Covering his aching head, he looked towards the place where the faint light was coming from in the distance.

Then the firelight continued to grow in his eyes, and the man in the bamboo hat he had seen before walked towards him with a torch in his hand.

"You are the most bizarrely dressed wizard I have ever seen."

The man in the bamboo hat finally spoke to him.

"Ahem, this is an Armani suit. It might be worth a bit of money."

Glancing at his suit, Strange said to the other party, "I came here to meet the legendary wizard Camustro. According to records, he has mastered the secret of breaking through the time point. Where should I find him?"

The man in the bamboo hat shook his head. "Sorry, this is a bit difficult. He appears and disappears like a ghost, and there is no trace to find him."

Strange stared at him. "Well, you are speaking mysteriously and keeping a bit of uncertainty. Don't tell me that you are Camustro."

"No, I am not."

The man in the bamboo hat said that he was not the person he was looking for. "I am Auburn, the administrator of the Camustro Library. Come with me, Master Armani."

As he spoke, he walked forward holding the staff.

"No, my name is not Armani, my name is Strange."

"The name doesn't matter. Besides, I've seen many wizards with weirder names than yours."

As he spoke, he led Strange to a door.

"boom!"

The door was pushed open, and a warmer and more dazzling light shone in.

A tall tower made up of countless books appeared before him.

Staring at the mountains of books in front of him, Strange was stunned.

"This is the book you are looking for. As the librarian, I will allow anyone who enters here to browse these books. However - how long do you want to look at them?"

Strange stared at the spectacular scene before him and whispered back, "I don't know. Probably until I find it."

After Auburn left, Strange immediately started his magic.

Countless books in the air began to revolve around him.

"Transfiguration, mind control, and teleportation are not these."

A similar magic book flashed before him.

"Interesting, time control technique, finally found."

Opening the book written by Camustro, Strange sat down and read the words on it.

"Breaking through the absolute time node requires a powerful force that is beyond reach."

Turning the page over, he continued to read the words on it, "Absorb dark creatures to gain power!"

"absorb?"

After seeing this, he began to become interested in "absorption".

He read the words quickly.

Soon he understood the secret of this "absorption" magic.

The "absorption" here means absorbing other people's magic and vitality for one's own use.

This magic was first created by Camustro, and the other party also became a god through this magic.

Although this type of magic rarely appears, it has appeared in the Marvel world.

In "WandaVision", Agatha also used this magic.

Just as Strange was about to summon the dark creature, he suddenly thought of the several tentacles of the Beholder that he had specially preserved before.

"Well, maybe I could try to absorb some of this stuff first."

He immediately made a hand gesture and used space magic to summon a space belt.

"Clap!"

In the space belt, several tentacles of the Eye Demon fell to the ground.

Strange opened his mouth as written in the magic book.

Suddenly, a glow appeared on the surface of the Eye Demon's tentacles, which was completely absorbed by him.

"It feels good."

Feeling the magical power in his body increase, Strange continued to summon other creatures.

The first creature he summoned was a Bigfoot.

The monster with bared fangs and claws rushed towards him, but was absorbed by him in one swoop.

"the second!"

Strange burped and continued to summon other dark creatures.

Meanwhile, New York.

Gwen held an umbrella and looked at New York's Times Square which was being renovated.

After the Beholder incident, Times Square suffered severe damage.

There are rows of oak trees on both sides of the road.

Some of the leaves have turned yellow, some have fallen to the ground, and some have rotated and landed on the road like helicopters.

She tried her best to stay herself and not think about the tentacle monster that made her feel sick.

The wet asphalt has a somewhat unpleasant smell.

Gwen thought about her previous conversation with Dr. Pym.

Although the monster was created by the other party, Dr. Pym expressed his apologies and said he was willing to take all responsibility.

"Quantum channel, if it really can travel through time, maybe I can go back to the past and take a look."

Gwen remembered Dr. Pym's quantum channel.

As she thought about it, her eyes turned to the bus stop at the corner.

Holding an umbrella, she walked into the bus stop.

She was riding home after attending school band practice.

After becoming a superhero, she usually swings in the air to go home and rarely takes a car.

At the bus stop, there was a person waiting for the bus, a stranger in a heavy robe.

Although it's not cold enough to wear a thick coat yet.

But this is a free country and people can wear whatever they want.

She just stood there, her floppy hood pulled low.

Gwen's feet were soaked and rain water poured in.

The mailman handed in a copy of Consumer Reports, the yellow pages... the yellow pages. Holding the magazine and staring at the increasingly heavy rain outside, Gwen took out her cell phone and called Peter.

"Peter, it's raining hard, you have to come pick me up."

"You can fly over here, Gwen."

"I'll still get soaked."

"Your symbiote suit is not afraid of erosion by rain."

“But it’s still going to be hard.”

After a lot of persuasion, Gwen finally got Peter to agree to pick her up.

While waiting for Peter to pick her up, Gwen looked outside.

All the vehicles came and went, passing by in a hurry.

Gwen remembered coming here before, but that was years ago.

Nothing has changed here.

The sausage and onion combo is still available.

The ice cream shop next door had expanded, and the pink cone of plywood hung loosely below the sign, its paint slowly chipped and faded under the relentless assault of time.

Also around the corner was the thrift store, which is still called that name today - "Benner's thrift store."

However, it would be impossible to buy something for only fifteen cents like before.

Even the machines outside sold gum for twenty-five cents.

Everything else has changed, though.

A natural gas station in the distance, now replaced by an Exxon Oil company.

Also, that Ruberto brick furnace seems to have been a Lai Ai company in the past.

The former Pepper Pot Cafe opposite has now become the Ink Monkey Studio.

"Can we talk?"

The woman in the yellow robe next to her suddenly sat down next to Gwen.

Gwen was startled and looked up, only to see the Ancient One smiling at her.

She felt that the other person looked familiar.

Have you seen her yourself?

"Uh, are you talking about me?"

"of course."

Master Ancient One said to her: "I am waiting for someone here, and you seem to be waiting for someone too."

"Yes, I'm waiting for my friend."

Gwen exhaled and said to the other party, "It's raining a little hard outside. He is going to pick me up."

"I guess we are waiting for the same person."

The Ancient One said to Gwen, "And I guess your name is Gwen, right?"

Gwen looked at her in surprise.

"Can you tell fortunes?"

"Then can you tell me whether I am a good girl or a bad girl?"

Gwen immediately became interested. "Will I become a good girl, or am I destined to become a bad girl, a worthless girl, a girl who is of no use to God's creation and only creates pain and chaos."

"You are a good girl, Gwen. Although I can't understand everything about you, I can feel that you are unusual."

Master Ancient One smiled and said, "You saved many creatures that had originally disappeared, and even saved the beings closest to you."

"It sounds like I'm great, but unfortunately I don't think I've done so many great things."

Gwen felt that the woman in front of her was full of mystery.

The other person looks like Mrs. Weber, but is more mysterious than Mrs. Weber.

"So, you're waiting for Peter?"

She asked Master Ancient One curiously.

"Yes, I have been waiting for him here for a long time."

"long time?"

Gwen raised her head in confusion, looked at the rain outside, then looked down at her watch.

The watch showed that it was only five o'clock in the afternoon.

"Have you been waiting for Peter all afternoon?"

"No, it'll be longer than that."

Master Gu Yi casually made a magic hand seal, and with her movement, the scenery of the bus stop in front of her suddenly changed.

Under Gwen's astonished eyes, the ice cream shop next to them quickly returned to its previous appearance.

The pink tapered plywood, whose paint had faded under the relentless assault of time, was repainted.

Exxon in the distance has become an oil company again.

And there was Ruberto's brick furnace, which became the Lai Ai De Company.

The Mohou Studio has also been transformed into a Pepper Coffee Café.

It seems like time has gone back to a few years ago, and these stores have returned to their previous appearance.

"This is.!"

Gwen looked at the scene in shock. She stood up suddenly and looked around.

"I have been waiting here. Time is cut by me here. I am waiting for his arrival. At every point in time, I may meet him, now, in the past, and in the future."

Gwen felt a little dizzy, and she felt that what the other person said was a little too profound.

"Uh sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean, maybe it's a little complicated."

Master Ancient One stood in front of Gwen with his hands behind his back and said, "You can understand this as, if you want to find me in the future, just come to this station."

Gwen nodded hesitantly. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you a magician?"

“It can be counted.”

"So do you know Doctor Strange?"

Gwen remembered that this was what Peter called her.

"Yes, he is my disciple, but his sanity has been destroyed by love."

Master Ancient One looked forward.

Gwen followed her gaze and saw Peter approaching with an umbrella.

With his arrival, the surrounding buildings seemed to have pressed the time acceleration button and changed rapidly.

The architecture of the past is transformed into the present era.

When Peter came to her side, time seemed to have been pulled from the past to the present.

Standing in the restored station, Gwen stared at Peter blankly.

A feeling of great changes in the world suddenly arose in her heart.

"Are you okay, Gwen?"

Peter waved his hand in front of the dazed Gwen.

After a while, Gwen finally woke up from her dream.

“Peter!!!”

"You sound like you haven't seen me in years."

Peter said to the excited Gwen, while he turned his gaze to the Ancient One on the other side.

"Master Ancient One?"

He was a little surprised. He never expected that Master Ancient One would appear here.

Isn't this the woman who teaches Doctor Strange magic?

How did you find time to come to New York?

Could it be that he is planning to deal with the Eye Demon?

But wasn’t the Eye Demon sent away long ago?
Peter was in deep doubt.

At this time, he didn't know about the feud between Doctor Strange and the Ancient One.

"We meet at last, Peter."

Master Ancient One walked towards him with his hands behind his back.

"Master Ancient One knows me?"

"Of course, you know me too, don't you? There's nothing strange about this."

Master Ancient One glanced at the ring on Peter's finger, which was made from the last page of the Dark Book.

"It's not easy to talk to you. You are a very busy man, Peter."

"Isn't Master Ancient One teaching Doctor Strange?"

Peter asked Ancient One without comment.

"He temporarily left Kamar-Taj and lost himself."

Ancient One said: "He has not yet come out of his pride."

Peter listened to Ancient One's words, wondering what had happened between the master and disciple.

But it should be a bad thing.

Peter pondered for a moment and asked Ancient One, "Master Ancient One's purpose this time, is it for me?"

He felt that the only thing that connected him to the other party now was the Book of Darkness.

But he placed this thing inside Wanda's body.

If this woman asks me for it, what should I do?

Refuse or explain the situation directly?

"Yes, just for you, Peter."

Master Ancient One did not deny it. "I saw a crisis, a crisis caused by my negligence, and I tried to make up for it."

"Strange used the Eye of Agamotto to travel into the past, and I was unable to track him down."

Ancient One said the biggest crisis, "Although he escaped into the past and I can't find him, I can see many possibilities for the future, and you are the key, Peter."

Gwen looked at her boyfriend in astonishment when she heard that Peter was the key to the future.

"You said Strange betrayed you?"

"He didn't betray me. He was destroyed by love and embarked on a path of destruction."

Master Ancient One sighed.

(End of this chapter)