"The Ultimate Eraser? What's that? An eraser?" Stark lightly rapped on the case, but in fact, he was scanning the object using Jarvis.
The results of the scan were speedy enough, but he couldn't decipher them. Again.
He could only ascertain that the tiny device held unimaginable power, and leakage could blow Earth into cosmic dust!
This thing is dangerous! Don't let Magneto have it!
This was Stark's conclusion, and that of Doctor Strange as well. As the possessor of the Time Gem and the best mage endorsed by the Trinity Visandi, his eyesight surpassed Stark's by a wide margin. The Ultimate Eraser—of course he did—it was one of the deadliest assassins in the universe!
"Eric, my gut feeling is that this thing is very dangerous! What are you going to do with it?" the professor demanded, his voice firmer than before.
"This is a key. I just want to use it to open a door," Eric said with a grin as he moved to take the Ultimate Eraser.
"Lying!" Doctor Strange was the first to respond. Cytorak's red necklace automatically encircled the safe. With all his might, the safe ripped from the wall and soared in Doctor Strange's direction.
"Your turn!" Eric gestured, and a few of the steel bars erupted through the wall and wrapped themselves around the safe as they struggled with Doctor Strange.
Stark charged forward as well, shooting two palm cannons point-blank. Eric didn't even flinch. He let the attack collide with an invisible shield, which merely rippled slightly.
"Damn it, magnetic shield!" Stark muttered under his breath and soared into the air, looking for a crack.
Eric wouldn't give him his way. With a flick of his wrist, Stark was sent flying like garbage. "Stark, going out in steel armor to battle Magneto? I seriously doubt your IQ."
Professor X took immediate control of Mystique and brought her to withdraw immediately to a secure location. Against Eric, who had an anti-mind-control helmet, his abilities were in vain. To avoid himself and Mystique being taken as hostages, he needed to withdraw as quickly as possible.
Naturally, he also had a more significant function—to call reinforcements.
Magneto had the ability to manipulate electromagnetic fields. Normal communications equipment didn't work on him, but Professor X had something more advanced.
The range from the Moon to Earth was beyond the reach of his powers, but he possessed Mister Fantastic's black tech: an ultra-long-range single-wire teleporter, a headset-like Bluetooth device that could link members of the Illuminati anywhere in the solar system.
Eric wasn't bothered by Professor X's withdrawal; it was all in his expectation. He raised his hand softly, and a faintly glowing metal door turned like a windmill, severing Cytorak's red necklace coiled around the safe.
Doctor Strange abruptly materialized a magical long knife and cut into the safe.
It was a clean cut! Whether it was the special material made safe by Mister Fantastic or the steel bars bound around it, they were like paper—cut into two parts by Doctor Strange.
"Visanti's holy sword? I don't know why they call it a sword when it's actually just a knife," Eric grumbled, familiar with Doctor Strange's tricks.
He again possessed the remaining steel bars on the safe, converting them into a number of snake-like spirits that wrapped the Ultimate Eraser inside the box. Nevertheless, he had no immediate control over the Ultimate Eraser itself.
Witnessing this, Doctor Strange promptly chanted a spell. An ancient small model of Hogarth was hurled on top of the safe. The safe and the steel bars exploded immediately, transformed into fluttering butterflies that scattered. The Ultimate Eraser dropped free alone.
Eric attempted to manipulate some metal once again to pull out the Ultimate Eraser, but too late. A portal suddenly materialized under the Ultimate Eraser, and it dropped right through it. Based on the view across from the portal, the New York Temple was where it had gone.
"Return to me!" Eric outstretched his hand to seize it. A metal disc shield burst forth from the New York Temple and intercepted the Ultimate Eraser at the bottom. Just in time, before the portal closed, the Ultimate Eraser was propelled back and securely fastened in Eric's hand.
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