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Chapter 281: Is the Dark Book a fake?
These two conditions sound simple.

After a moment's silence, Carl explained, "We need the dream walking technique from the Dark Book to communicate with Wanda's counterpart in the parallel universe."

"The other Wanda I know is lost in the multiverse, so I want to use sleepwalking to find her."

"As for studying the Dark Tome in front of you, that's not a problem either."

Wang was a little confused.

"Another Wanda? You mean the Wanda from other parallel universes?"

Hearing about herself, Wanda opened her mouth to help explain: "Yes, Carl wants to find Wanda from another universe, so we came to ask to borrow the Darkhold Book."

Strange considered this for a moment.

He didn't want to go to war with Wanda and Carl. Regardless of whether he could win or not, once the war started, it would definitely cause great damage to Kamar-Taj.

This was the situation he wanted to avoid the most, so after much consideration, Strange finally agreed to lend out the Darkhold.

"Since you are willing to study the Dark Book under my supervision, then follow me."

After saying that, Strange asked Wang to watch the other mages continue their melee training, while he turned and walked out of the training ground.

Carl and Wanda followed immediately.

The three walked out of the training ground, passed the library of Kamar-Taj, and came to a temple halfway up the mountain.

This temple is built on the mountain and blends naturally with the surrounding mountains and forests, giving people a sense of harmony and tranquility.

This temple is the treasure room of Kamar-Taj.

On the stone altar, there is a rosewood box that looks very old.

Strange opened the wooden box, took out a black leather book from it, turned around and solemnly handed the Darkhold to Wanda.

"Remember, don't believe the whispers in your ears. They are lies from Sithorn."

After Strange repeatedly reminded Wanda, he finally handed the Darkhold to Wanda.

"I remember." Wanda nodded to show that she understood.

Strange then took Carl and Wanda out of the temple and went to the meditation room next to the Kamar-Taj training ground.

"You can practice dream walking in this meditation room. How long it will take you to learn it depends on your personal understanding."

Wanda nodded and walked into the meditation room under Carl's expectant gaze.

Both Strange and Carl stared at her as she sat on the futon and began to turn the first page of the Darkhold.

"How long does it usually take you mages to learn a new spell?"

Seeing Wanda flipping through the Dark Book, she suddenly showed a puzzled expression, and Carl couldn't help but ask a question.

Strange replied calmly, "If it were me, it would only take a few minutes to half an hour to learn a new spell."

"It may take an ordinary wizard several days or even half a month to learn a new spell."

Carl thought thoughtfully, with Wanda's magical talent, she should be able to learn dream walking quickly, right?
After waiting for a few minutes, Wanda suddenly stood up from the futon and walked out of the meditation room with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Uh, I can't understand the words on the Dark Book."

Karl was confused, "What do you mean by not understanding?"

Wanda looked embarrassed and said, "I can't understand the words in the Dark Book. I don't recognize any of those strange symbols."

Upon hearing this, Strange frowned and said, "Impossible. The pages of the Dark Book may seem blank, but in fact, when a reader touches them, they will automatically reveal the reader's native language."

Wanda was very depressed and held the Darkhold in her hands and opened it for Strange to confirm.

"If you don't believe me, come and have a look. I really can't understand the symbols above."

Strange turned sideways to glance at the open Darkseid Book, and his expression suddenly turned very ugly.

"This is Sanskrit, no, this Dark God Book is fake."

"Wait!" Carl was speechless, "This Dark Book is actually a fake?"

Wanda was also stunned. After a long time, she realized that the problem was with the Dark Book, not her own.

She just felt embarrassed because she couldn't even understand the words on the Dark Book, so how could she learn it?

Strange frowned and recalled.

"I found this Dark Book five years ago, before Shuomie. At that time, I was very sure that the Dark Book I found was absolutely real."

"During the past five years of Shuomie, the Dark Book has been kept in the treasure room. Normally, there would be no accidents."

"unless."

Carl continued, "Unless there is a traitor in Kamar-Taj!"

Strange also thought of this possibility and walked towards the training ground with a gloomy face.

Just as Wanda was about to follow, Carl called out to her.

"Don't go. This is an internal issue of Kamar-Taj. Let's hurry up and look for the Dark Book somewhere else."

Wanda was stunned for a moment, and said, "But if we find out the traitor in Kamar-Taj, can we also get the Darkhold back?"

Carl shook his head and explained, "That's too slow. Let's go directly to a witch who has a copy of the Dark Book."

"And right now, she should be in Salem, Massachusetts, and we can go find her."

Wanda replied: "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Later, just as the two were about to leave Kamar-Taj, they saw the king hurriedly walking into the meditation hall.

"You two, I'm sorry that I can't keep you as guests any longer."

"The Sorcerer Supreme just ordered the blockade of Kamar-Taj. In order to catch the traitor who stole the Dark Book, he asked me to send you away in advance."

Hearing this, Karl couldn't help but say: "It's just right, we want to leave too, thank you for your hospitality."

"It's okay, come with me, I'll take you out."

Wang led the way out and waved for them to follow.

After sending Carl and the other man to the foot of Kamar-Taj, several mages, also wearing monk robes, blocked their way.

"I'm sorry, but the Supreme Being has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave Kamar-Taj now."

Wang quickly stepped forward to explain, "They are guests who came to visit the Supreme Mage."

The mages who were blocking the road waved their hands and let them pass for the king's sake.

The group continued walking along the rugged mountain road towards the village at the foot of the mountain.

However, just after leaving the sealed space formation of Kamar-Taj, Carl stopped and said to Wang:

"Just drop it off here, we can leave on our own."

Wang nodded and kindly asked, "Where are you planning to go? I can help open a portal."

Karl shook his head and declined: “No, I can do it myself.”

After saying that, a space fluctuation appeared, and Carl and Wanda disappeared from the spot instantly.

After seeing the two people leave using some kind of space teleportation ability, Wang completed his mission of sending people away, and he was about to return to Kamar-Taj.

As a result, a golden portal suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Strange? Why are you here?" Wang asked with a puzzled look.

"Where are Wanda and the others?" Strange asked anxiously.

"Let's go, any questions?"

Strange's face was serious: "I just thought about it carefully, the Darkhold might have been swapped by Wanda and the others." Wang understood what he meant.

"You mean, Wanda and the others stole the real Darkhold? But didn't she practice the Darkhold in front of you?"

Strange shook his head slowly: "I'm not sure, but what if Carl has some special abilities and secretly replaced the Darkhold?"

"The Dark Book is too important. We cannot miss any possibility!"

Wang looked helpless: "But they are all gone."

The more Strange thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

"They left in such a hurry, maybe they were guilty. I have to go find S.W.O.R.D. immediately. They should be able to find Wanda."

"King, from now on you will be responsible for keeping an eye on everyone in Kamar-Taj. Be careful of any traitors that may appear among the mages."

Wang actually felt that Wanda and the others would not do something like stealing the Dark Book.

But since Strange insisted on going to Wanda to question her, Wanda couldn't say much to persuade him.

"You go ahead, I'll keep an eye on the others."

Then, Strange used his right hand, which was wearing the dangling ring, to draw a circle and summon a portal to S.W.O.R.D.

"Goodbye!" After saying goodbye, the king turned around and returned to Kamar-Taj without any reluctance.

As soon as Strange walked into the portal, he saw chaos in S.W.O.R.D.'s space base.

Many fully armed agents are trying to maintain order and escort some ordinary staff away.

But there are many more people running around like headless flies.

Deafening explosions were heard from time to time around.

"Something happened at the S.W.A.R.D.?"

Strange stops a woman who is running around screaming.

"Tell me, what happened here?"

The woman who was stopped had an ordinary appearance and was just an ordinary civilian employee of the Tianjian Bureau.

"Ah, run! The space base has been attacked by an unknown enemy. Everyone is evacuating urgently."

The woman left Strange alone halfway through her words and continued running out of the office area.

At this time, the base's full-channel broadcast sounded.

"Attention all S.W.A. headquarters staff, there was a small accident at the space base just now, a cabin was hit by a meteorite."

Strange listened for a while and realized that this seemed to be just a misunderstanding.

Just now the entire space base was shaking and there were explosions, leading many people to mistakenly believe that the space base was attacked.

This will be repeated over and over as the broadcast continues, and people in the office area will gradually calm down.

Soon, order was restored and everyone returned to their posts with lingering fears.

Seeing this, Strange shook his head and found an agent with a gun.

"Take me to see your director. I have something important to discuss with him."

But the armed agent said, "Director? Director Taylor was assassinated yesterday. Now the top commander of S.W.O.R.D. is Nick Fury."

Strange frowned. What was going on? As the director of S.W.O.R.D., with so many security forces under his command, how could he be assassinated?
But now he was anxious to find Wanda and didn't care about so much.

"Then take me to see your acting director."

The armed agent did not recognize Strange's identity and impatiently rejected his request.

"I'm sorry, my job is to maintain order, so I don't have time to take you to see the commander."

"By the way, which department are you from? Why don't I seem to have seen you in the office?"

Hearing that the agent refused to take him to find Nick Fury, he began to doubt his identity.

Strange looked depressed.

"I am the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, Doctor Strange, and I have something really important to discuss with your Director."

The agent obviously didn't believe Strange's lies. He said with disdain:

"Are you a wizard? I've seen aliens and Thor, but I've never seen a wizard!"

With no other options, Strange had to summon a portal again to prove his identity.

"Hou Lixie! Is this a portal? Are you really the Sorcerer Supreme?"

The agent named Dylan Reynolds looked at the suddenly appearing portal with shock on his face.

Through the portal, he could even see New York's Times Square across the way.

The familiar tall building made Dylan Reynolds stunned.

Strange urged, "You can take me to see your director now!"

Dylan Reynolds came to his senses, nodded quickly and said yes, then began to lead the way.

ten minutes later.

Strange finally saw Nick Fury, who looked tired, in the director's office.

"Dr. Strange?"

Nick Fury had spent the day sorting out the aftermath of Commissioner Taylor's sudden assassination.

He saw Strange appear and recognized his identity at a glance.

And Strange hurriedly said: "I want to find Wanda. Can you, S.W.O.R.D., find her right away?"

Nick Fury had just succeeded in seizing power and had no time to sort out the countless troubles that needed to be dealt with in the entire S.W.O.R.D., so how could he have the time to help him find Wanda?

"I'm sorry, but the bureau is short-staffed right now. I'm sorry I don't have time to help you find Wanda."

"But I have a surveillance report on Wanda's recent movements. You can take a look at it."

Strange took the file, opened it and flipped through a few pages.

"The Walton Hotel, right? Thank you for your help, Director Fury. I forgot to congratulate you on becoming the top leader of S.W.O.R.D., I'm so sorry."

Nick Fury said politely, "Thank you for your congratulations, but what I want to know now is why you suddenly want to find Wanda. Is there something urgent?"

Strange did not reveal too much information. The fewer people who knew about the Darkhold, the better.

He was mainly worried that someone would covet the Dark Book.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Nick Fury didn't continue to ask.

"If you need any help, please tell me and I will do my best to help you."

"Thank you, but that's all." After saying thank you, Strange located the exact location of the Walton Hotel, summoned a portal and walked in.

But just a few minutes later, he walked out again with a helpless look on his face.

"Wanda and Carl are out and haven't come back yet. Director Fury, can you help me find them immediately?"

Nick Fury thought for a while and declined: "Sorry, that man named Carl has the ability to teleport, we can't track him."

Hearing this, Strange was a little disappointed. He opened a portal back to Kamar-Taj and walked in.

Before leaving, he left a message for Nick Fury.

“If you find Wanda’s whereabouts, please inform me immediately.”

(End of this chapter)