Stephen Strange could not just rebel in such a muddled way because of a few words from Kaecilius. That said, Stephen Strange could not help wanting to continue listening to Kaecilius. Not only that, even his steps stopped, and the metal device in his hand was lowered again.
However, the expression on Stephen Strange's face seemed to have already betrayed him. In fact, Stephen Strange really was curious about the Ancient One. When he had been at Kamar-Taj's Academy of Magic before, Stephen Strange had also asked around about the Ancient One.
Mordo, Wong, and some older students—Stephen Strange had asked them all. However, these people were either like Stephen Strange, not knowing what to ask, or they were secretive, as if the secrets of the Ancient One were beyond their ability to pry into.
However, the more this happened, the more it aroused Stephen Strange's curiosity. Although he knew this was wrong, and although he also knew this was not the time to dig out the Ancient One's secrets from the enemy, in the end, Stephen Strange's curiosity overcame his caution, and he let down his guard.
"No."
"It is Lord Dormammu."
"The Ancient One is not as noble as you think."
"You have all been deceived by her appearance."
"Her energy also comes from the Dark Dimension."
"The secret of her immortality is also the result of her continuously absorbing dark dimensional energy."
"Unlike Lord Dormammu,"
"the Ancient One hides everything."
"It is also dark energy."
"Why is the Ancient One so secretive?"
"Aren't you curious?"
"The schemes of the Ancient One are worse than Lord Dormammu's."
"You should wake up too."
Listening to Kaecilius's long speech, although Stephen Strange knew it was a trick to sow discord, he still stood there thoughtfully. He was not thinking about how to betray the Ancient One, but thinking about the truth and falsehood of what Kaecilius had said.
Some people were brooding, but others were impatient. Yes, Blaine, who naturally knew all this would happen, was anxious as he watched from upstairs. Originally, Blaine was a bug-like existence in the Marvel world, and he knew the next plot, so watching it was not only embarrassing, but listening to it was also helpless.
It was not that Blaine was in a hurry. The main thing was that it was boring—not just their conversation, but Kaecilius and Stephen Strange themselves were boring. If it had not been for the Ancient One's underwhelming payment, which included protecting Stephen Strange from half-fatal blows, Blaine was afraid he would not have been able to help blasting them away from this Sanctum.
"R..."
Suddenly, just as Stephen Strange finished thinking about what he wanted to ask Kaecilius, a figure rushed up from the stairs.
...
"Uh."
There was the dull sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh, and it actually pierced Stephen Strange from back to front. This was truly heart-piercing.
"Cough, cough..."
There was no need to think about it. Having his flesh and blood stabbed through like this, Stephen Strange must have coughed up two mouthfuls of old blood.
Looking at the attacker behind Stephen Strange, Blaine was afraid Stephen Strange had not expected it to be the underling he had kicked downstairs earlier.
At some point, this guy had crawled out of the pile of fallen steel armor. Moreover, he had approached Stephen Strange without anyone noticing, taking advantage of Kaecilius's words to leave him stunned, and directly delivered a ruthless blow.
Of course, Blaine had naturally discovered him long ago. However, knowing that Stephen Strange's ex-girlfriend would save him in the end, he did not bother to act.
Sure enough, after being attacked, Stephen Strange immediately opened a magic portal and went directly to the hospital where he had worked before. As for the New York Sanctum?
Screw it. At this time, saving his life was still more important. If the Sanctum was gone, it could still be repaired, but if a person was gone, then there would be nothing left.
Since Stephen Strange had escaped, Blaine naturally had no need to stay here. With teleportation, he also followed Stephen Strange. Once people left, the building was empty. As for that underling, he would save Kaecilius without needing to think about it.
It was just that Blaine could not figure it out. Wasn't Kaecilius's purpose to destroy the New York Sanctum? Why had he followed Blaine and Stephen Strange? What, kill people to silence them, cut the weeds and pull out the roots, and refuse to give up until Stephen Strange was dead? Had they forgotten their own job?
Huh? Or perhaps Kaecilius had also figured out the importance of Stephen Strange. Since he had been personally named by the Ancient One, one could figure out with one's toes that Stephen Strange was going to become a stumbling block on their path forward. As long as he was alive, there would be countless obstacles to Dormammu coming to Earth.
Blaine slowly rushed to the hospital. Inside, Stephen Strange had already fought with Kaecilius again. However, Stephen Strange's body was becoming weaker and weaker. He had lost a great deal of blood, his heart was slowly stopping, his body was dying, and his soul would not last long either.
Seeing Stephen Strange in trouble, Blaine had no doubts. But what made Blaine unclear was why the female doctor who was supposed to operate on Stephen Strange on the operating table had disappeared from the operating room...
"Where's the nurse?"
Blaine was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. Wasn't this going to kill his own man? Without the female doctor, everything was completely messed up. Did that not mean Stephen Strange was dying and would soon die?
In desperation, Blaine did not dare to sit idly by. No matter how Kaecilius's and Stephen Strange's souls were fighting, they both looked at Blaine, who had suddenly appeared. Blaine walked into the operating room without hesitation and stood beside the operating table.
Right now, Stephen Strange's body was lying motionless in front of Blaine. Seeing his gradually weakening breathing, Blaine was also a little confused. What was going on? Logically speaking, he should have remembered the Marvel plot correctly. Then why was the female doctor gone? Was it really because of him? Had his intervention changed the plot of Marvel's next development?
It seemed that now was not the time to think so much. No matter what, Blaine could no longer be a hands-off shopkeeper and watch indifferently. If this continued, Stephen Strange absolutely would die.
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