The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 461: Strange in pursuit of power
"So, you have become the Sorcerer Supreme?"

Natalia looked at Zhan Liu with a smile and tears as he threw the Eye of Agamotto back and forth like he was throwing a bone to a dog.

No matter how he threw it, when the artifact was beyond a certain distance from his body, it would automatically reverse time in a small area and return to his hands.

Natalia was dumbfounded and filled with envy at this amazing sight.

"Then can you now see our origins through the long river of time like the Ancient One did before?"

"Unfortunately, no!" Zhan Liu shook his head. "Controlling the Time Stone requires magic power, but I don't have any magic power at all."

"The time reversal we are seeing now is not caused by me, but is controlled by the Time Stone itself. It consumes the energy inside the Time Stone and has nothing to do with me."

"Unless I switch to magic, it will be impossible for me to see the past and the future as clearly as Ancient One."

"From the look of you, it seems that you are not planning to switch to studying magic?" Natalia asked regretfully.

"Yes." Zhan Liu nodded and said firmly: "I told you before that if you want to learn magic, you must borrow magic power from those demon gods, and then you will lose everything."

"I don't have a big backer like Ancient One. How stupid do I have to be to learn magic?"

"A Supreme Mage who can't do magic?" Natalia laughed. "He punches his enemies when he meets them?"

"Ahem..." Zhan Liu awkwardly tried to save his dignity by saying, "This is called a battle mage..."

Looking at Natalia, who was laughing so hard that her body was shaking, Zhan Liu said angrily: "It's not that I want to be the Supreme Sorcerer. This is clearly a trap set by Ancient One. I don't know what she is thinking..."

"But I see you're clearly enjoying it secretly..." Natalia looked at Zhan Liu with a half-smile, "Since you can't resist, why don't you just lie down and enjoy it?"

"The main thing is that the Time Stone is such a good thing, no one would be willing to give it up..." Zhan Liuqiang argued.

"I understand!" Natalia nodded with a smile, "I just want the Time Stone, but I don't want to bear the responsibility of the Supreme Sorcerer."

"You said before that as long as there are benefits, there will be no responsibilities. I understand."

"And most people in the world are like this, there's nothing strange about it."

In Natalia's memory, she has seen many selfish humans, and she doesn't find it strange at all. Or to put it bluntly, compared with those people, the current Zhan Liu is just like a little flower, and his heart is not dark enough at all!

Having said that, Zhan Liu always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, as if he vaguely felt that he had made a wrong decision.

Under this strange feeling, Zhan Liu felt very upset.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally managed to suppress the desire in his heart and sighed:

"I'll go find Doctor Strange and send him to Kamar-Taj, so that he can follow his predetermined destiny and become the most powerful Sorcerer Supreme!"

He tossed the Eye of Agamotto in his hand and said hesitantly:

"Perhaps this thing will be able to change its mind after seeing Doctor Strange?"

"Otherwise, if it stays in my hand forever, I might not be able to resist the temptation and switch to magic!"

"Now we can only hope that Doctor Strange is still alive and has not died inexplicably in the previous turmoil."

"Otherwise, if Doctor Strange really dies, I really can't think of anyone else who can take over the position of Sorcerer Supreme."

Zhan Liu only remembered that Strange was a famous neurosurgeon, but New York was in chaos right now, and he didn't know who to turn to if he wanted to inquire, and he had no place to use his strength.

After the chaos in New York finally subsided, the whole city was filled with crying again.

In a state of madness, everyone did things that were difficult for them to accept. After regaining consciousness, regret was inevitable.

Not everyone can accept such a horrific change happening to themselves, especially when many people have caused the tragedy of their relatives and friends with their own hands.

After the chaos subsided, a large number of people chose to commit suicide out of grief, adding a heavy sense of sadness to the entire city.

Zhan Liu strolled along the devastated streets, his ears filled with cries and wails of pain, and his nose was filled with all kinds of burnt and smelly odors.

Although rescue forces have been mobilized from surrounding cities, many fires have not yet been completely extinguished.

What’s worse is always man-made disasters.

Not all people stopped committing atrocities after regaining consciousness. Many were instead stimulated by the bloodiness in front of them, which aroused the beast in their hearts and made them take advantage of the situation to rob even more fiercely.

It can only be said that not all humanoid creatures can be classified as humans.

As his strength grew, Zhan Liu's five senses also became sharper.

The howling sounds from several surrounding blocks filled his ears, all kinds of bloody odors filled his nose, and the blood stains that looked like mud all over the ground caught his eyes, causing Zhan Liu a stronger stimulation than the illusion attack.

These tragic scenes made Zhan Liu very uncomfortable.

Although he is now stronger, at his core, he is still just a college student. It is inevitable that he will empathize with these people and feel compassion in his heart.

The Eye of Agamotto hanging on his chest flickered gently, allowing Zhan Liu to clearly feel that as long as he used magic to activate the Time Stone, he would be able to rewrite everything, resurrect the dead, and recreate the destruction, making all these tragedies seem as if they had never happened, and even these people would not remember that these things had ever happened.

Zhan Liu looked down at the artifact and felt that it seemed to be reminding him and tempting him, which made his heart beat fast.

In fact, if you don’t consider the final outcome, being the Sorcerer Supreme is not bad.

Moreover, the Sorcerer Supreme is a powerful being at the multiverse level, and is also one of the few top superheroes in the entire Marvel Universe.

Now that you have traveled to the Marvel Universe, how can you not be a superhero?

Unconsciously, Zhan Liu's originally unsteady resolve weakened again, and his pace in searching for Strange gradually slowed down.

It's really impossible to go faster even if I want to!
In New York right now, social order has not been restored, and the locals are basically either going crazy or crying. Who would care about his questions for directions?
After realizing that he had made the wrong choice, Zhan Liu called Director Pierce again and asked him to help investigate.

Although the Hydra in New York has most likely collapsed, they are professionals after all, and they will definitely restore order faster than the official ones.

Sure enough, soon, Strange’s work address was sent to Zhanliu’s mobile phone.

It’s easy with the address. Zhan Liu can just fly over and search it.

After arriving at the private hospital at the address, Zhan Liu discovered that the place had been requisitioned by a group of medical workers.

Unfortunately, even at this time, this medical center was not accessible to just anyone. In Zhan Liu's impression, the retrogrades that would inevitably appear in every disaster did not appear in New York. There were only various "humanitarian organizations" working here, followed by a large number of reporters who came here to smell the blood.

This hospital is home to a large number of "saved" powerful and wealthy businessmen, so naturally reporters flocked here and surrounded the hospital gate, hoping to get some explosive exclusive news.

A huge accident like this, where an entire city was destroyed, is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. Maybe the culprit is in this hospital. If we don't come here to interview, are we going to the streets?

All you need to do is send a film crew to record the tragic situation on the streets. If you want to find out the truth, you have to ask the big shots.

Reporters are well aware that no matter what the truth is, ordinary citizens will never know it.

Zhan Liu knew what kind of people those reporters were, so of course he didn't bother to pay attention to them. He just flew high in the sky, landed on the roof, and went in to look for someone.

Just ask two people at random and everything will be clear.

The original doctors and nurses in the hospital were basically disabled. Faced with a disaster of this magnitude, even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would not be able to continue working.

After being taken over by outside medical staff, those local medical staff who were lucky enough to survive were temporarily admitted to the general ward.

However, Dr. Strange is an exception. After all, his surgical skills are very high and his income is very high, so he is qualified to enter the intensive care unit.

When Zhan Liu saw him, he was like a frightened bird, shivering all over as he sat beside the bed, holding a glass of water in both hands, but his eyes were dull and blank, unfocused, as if he had been ravaged by someone.

"Hi, Doctor Strange."

Zhan Liu went forward to greet him in a friendly manner, but Strange shuddered at the sound, and his body shrank subconsciously, causing the cup to fall out of his hand. Zhan Liu quickly reached out to take the cup, put it on the table next to him, and asked with concern:
"Are you feeling okay?"

"Do you need me to call a doctor?"

"No, no thanks." Strange's face was pale and his lips twitched, as if he wanted to give him a smile, but failed.

Zhan Liu was dressed strangely and didn't look like a doctor at first glance, but Strange was in a fragile mood right now and desperately needed someone to talk to him.

After listening to Strange's story, Zhan Liu finally figured out what happened to him.

I don’t know if it’s because Strange is a natural magical genius, but his resistance to dark magic is surprisingly high.

Although he had never practiced magic, the wisps of dark magic were completely unable to drive him crazy.

It was precisely because he retained his sanity that he was able to escape to the operating room in time, lock himself in, and escape.

But because of this, he saw with his own eyes that his beloved Christine was like a madman, yelling and screaming, while smashing the hospital director's head into a rotten watermelon, and then had a real-life chicken game with her colleagues around her, and killed everyone else and won the final victory.

He was powerless to do anything about it and could only watch it all happen through the tempered glass of the observation room, helpless and at a loss of what to do.

After everything was over, Christine, who had regained consciousness, couldn't bear the blow and committed suicide in front of Strange.

Dr. Strange, who had been hiding in the operating room, was unharmed, but the mental trauma was irreparable.

In particular, the feeling of being helpless as he watched his beloved fall into madness tortured him and almost drove him crazy.

"I can't fall asleep now. As soon as I close my eyes, I can see Christine standing in front of me, as if questioning me, why didn't I stop her, why didn't I save her..."

Strange muttered to himself like in a dream, his voice full of regret and despair.

After listening to Strange's story, Zhan Liu asked tentatively: "What are your plans for the future? Continue to be a surgeon?"

"No, I want revenge!" Strange clenched his fists tightly, and flames of hatred spewed from his eyes.

"So many people are going crazy. Someone must have planted some kind of nerve gas in the hospital. I must find the culprit!"

"No matter how much money it costs, I will never let him go!"

Zhan Liu scratched his head. "Regarding this matter, aren't you curious about why you were not affected?"

"I..." Strange was also a little speechless and didn't know how to answer this question.

"In fact, it's not nerve gas, but dark magic..."

Zhan Liu explained the whole cause and effect in detail. Thanks to the existence of mutants and people with super powers in this world, Strange easily accepted Zhan Liu's words.

"In other words, it was your mistakes at work that led to all this?"

Strange angrily grabbed Zhan Liu by the collar, his eyes wide open, glaring at him viciously, spitting all over his face.

"Calm down, this is an accident, just like you can't blame the police for their poor defense when they commit terrorist acts... Okay, this example isn't quite right. That's what I mean, just understand."

Zhan Liu didn't care about Strange's rudeness, but looked down at the place where his hand and the Eye of Agamotto touched, to see if the Time Stone wanted to change its owner.

However, to his disappointment, this broken gem did not shine when it should, and it flashed randomly when it should not.

However, deep down in his heart, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

You see, it’s not that I don’t want to give up the position of Supreme Sorcerer, it’s just that this broken gem has set its sights on me!

"Well, Dr. Strange, are you interested in joining Kamar-Taj and becoming a wizard?" Zhan Liu made an invitation with a smile.

"By becoming a mage and practicing to protect the Earth, we can effectively prevent this from happening again and isolate the danger outside the Earth."

"Moreover, if you become a wizard, then the next time you face similar dangers, you will be fully capable of changing everything and preventing tragedy from happening again."

Zhan Liu's words successfully moved Strange, so although he was still angry, after thinking rationally for a while, he nodded resolutely:
"Faced with this extraordinary danger, I am useless without power!"

"I don't want to experience this feeling of powerlessness and vulnerability again, and I don't want to see my relatives and friends around me being hurt like this."

"I need power!"

"Extraordinary power!"

"Only extraordinary power can make me stronger!"

"Only extraordinary power can protect the people I want to cherish!"

"So, I accept your invitation to join you and become a mage."

(End of this chapter)