[Strange's astral body flew out of his physical body and floated in the air.]
[He looked at himself in astral form, then at his physical body which Mordo was supporting so that it would not fall to the floor. An expression of complete disbelief appeared on his face.]
Seeing this scene, many people in front of the screen were also shocked.
"This is astral projection! Is this bald woman also a powerful Mutant? Does she, like Charles, have some ability connected to the soul?"
Erik's expression changed slightly as he looked at the screen and kept thinking, but then he noticed that messages at the bottom of the screen began appearing continuously.
[Charles Xavier: Forcefully ejecting the astral body from the physical body? Incredible. Even I cannot do something like that.]
[Charles Xavier: This lady's mental abilities may even be above mine.]
Seeing Charles's completely unconscious words, those who knew the true situation could not stop themselves from smiling bitterly.
[Stephen Strange: "Maybe above you"? Please, do not exaggerate, alright?]
[Mordo: Mr. Charles, although I do not know who you are, you should still show a certain degree of respect toward the Sorcerer Supreme.]
[Charles Xavier: Hm? Sorcerer Supreme?]
[Stephen Strange: Speaking of which, this technique of knocking an opponent's astral body out of their physical body with a single strike really is very useful.]
[Mordo: Stephen, you have only just started learning. It is still too early for such advanced spells.]
[Stephen Strange: It does not matter. If you refuse to teach me, I will go to Wong and find a book.]
[Mordo: Stephen! Not every magic book in the library is suitable for beginners!]
[Charles Xavier: Wait! Magic books? Are you joking? Are these not superpowers?]
[Mordo: Whether it is superpowers or magic, fundamentally it is only a different way of using the energy of the universe. The essence is not that different.]
[Magneto: Magic? How is that possible?]
Erik frowned, opened his eyes wide, and stared at the screen before him without blinking.
A storm rose in his heart.
Magic?
So sorcerers from legends really existed?
And Strange, who stood before him and looked somewhat ordinary, was actually one of those sorcerers?
[The image continues.]
[Seeing that the Ancient One had knocked him out of his physical body with one strike, Strange's astral body floated in the air in confusion.]
[Suddenly, the Ancient One lightly moved her left hand, and Strange's astral body returned to his physical body like a swallow returning to its nest.]
[Although he was a doctor, but also an extremely stubborn and arrogant man, Strange still did not want to believe that magic existed even then.]
["What did you just do to me?"]
[The Ancient One calmly replied: "I pushed your astral form out of your physical body."]
[But Strange still did not believe her. He even suspected that the Ancient One had put some kind of drug in the tea he had drunk earlier.]
["It is just tea. With some honey."]
[The Ancient One approached Strange and calmly said:]
["You just entered the Astral Dimension. It is a place where the soul can exist separately from the body."]
[Seeing that Strange still did not believe her, the Ancient One placed her hand on his forehead.]
["Open your eyes."]
[In an instant, Strange felt as though his soul had been launched toward the sky, piercing through the atmosphere at incredible speed.]
["God! God..."]
["This is not real! This is not real!"]
Watching himself on the screen awkwardly tumbling through the air and screaming, Stephen Strange felt his face burn with embarrassment and unconsciously lowered his head.
Every time he thought that all the students of Kamar-Taj might be watching this scene on a large screen right now, he felt all the blood rush to his head.
This was a problem.
How was he supposed to look people in the eyes after this when he returned?
This was practically social death.
[The image continues.]
[After Strange's astral body was thrown out of the atmosphere, he suddenly saw a butterfly in space.]
[In disbelief, he reached out and touched the butterfly, and his body was instantly thrown into some strange space.]
[While he kept screaming, Strange suddenly heard Mordo's voice.]
["If this continues, his body will not be able to endure it."]
["What?!"]
[In the next moment, Strange discovered that his astral body had returned to his physical body and that he was sitting in the chair again.]
[But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw an unusually cunning smile on the Ancient One's face as she looked at him and quietly said:]
["I think he can handle it."]
["!!!"]
[Before Strange could react, he was once again thrown into another incredible world.]
[As he screamed again, the Ancient One's voice echoed beside his ear:]
["You think you know how the world works."]
["You think the physical universe is all that exists."]
["What is reality? What mysteries lie beyond what you know?"]
[Peter Parker (Spider-Man Universe 1): God, is this real? That woman knocked that gentleman's soul out of his body?]
[Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man): Not only that. It looks like the Ancient One can send Strange's astral body into other dimensions too.]
[Peter Parker (Spider-Man Universe 1): Dimensions? What is that?]
[Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man): Probably something connected to the multiverse. Honestly, I do not understand it very well either.]
[Charles Xavier: Multiverse?]
Kamar-Taj.
Watching "astral Strange" on the screen being continuously thrown through strange and terrifying worlds while screaming at the top of his lungs, the hairs on the bodies of many Kamar-Taj students stood up, and all of them secretly swallowed.
The Ancient One usually looked so kind and calm.
Who would have expected her to be this terrifying when she decided to teach someone a lesson?
In the live broadcast room, Tony looked at Strange, who was covering half his face with one hand, and said sympathetically:
"That Ancient One really is a little vindictive..."
Strange immediately interrupted him:
"Tony, I advise you to be careful what you say. If the Ancient One somehow finds out that you were talking about her behind her back earlier, I cannot guarantee what she will do to you."
"What?"
Those words made Tony's scalp go numb, and a cold breeze seemed to run down his back.
No way, right?
Was that woman really that powerful?
[The image continues.]
["This universe is only one among infinitely many universes."]
["There are infinite worlds. Some are beautiful and full of life. Others are evil and filled with killing."]
["In the dark corners of the universe, terrifying forces of darkness wait for an opportunity."]
[After the Ancient One's voice faded, Strange's astral body, after passing through countless incredible worlds, finally returned to his physical body.]
[At that moment, his entire body was trembling as he knelt before the Ancient One.]
[He raised his head and looked at the woman calmly watching him from above, then said in a trembling voice:]
["Teach me."]
[But he received only rejection, after which he was thrown outside.]
[Nevertheless, after certain discussions, the Ancient One eventually accepted Strange as a student.]
[Mordo led Strange into a small, quiet room.]
[Before leaving, he handed him a note.]
[Looking at the word "Shamballa" written on the note, Strange asked in confusion:]
["What is this? My mantra?"]
[Mordo looked at Strange in surprise.]
["It is the Wi-Fi password."]
[As he closed the door, Mordo added: "What do you think we are, primitives?"]
Seeing this scene, laughter finally echoed through the live broadcast room.
[Tony Stark: Hahaha, Mordo, I have changed my opinion of you people. I thought you sorcerers were some old-fashioned types, but it seems you still keep up with the times.]
[Mordo: Magic and science are only different ways of understanding the world. Even if we choose one path, there is no reason to reject the other.]
[Tony Stark: Well said. Now you have awakened my curiosity toward magic. If I get the chance, I would like to go to Kamar-Taj and see whether I can learn something.]
[Mordo: Well, the Ancient One already mentioned something similar. She said that your talent for magic might even be greater than Strange's. If you want to come, you are naturally welcome.]
[Stephen Strange: What? The Ancient One really said something like that? Damn it.]
[Charles Xavier: Uh, excuse me, can someone tell me where Kamar-Taj is located?]
[Charles Xavier: And one more thing... what is Wi-Fi?]
[Mordo: You do not know what Wi-Fi is? Impossible. Have wireless networks not been introduced in your country yet?]
[Magneto: Network? What is that?]
[Wanda Maximoff: Are you joking?]
After seeing his words, most people in the live broadcast room looked at Erik with strange expressions.
Magneto immediately closed his mouth, but the doubt in his eyes did not disappear.
Network?
Wi-Fi?
Were those some kind of coded terms or secret ciphers?
[The image continues.]
[Although Strange had arrived at the Ancient One, his path of learning magic was not completely smooth.]
[One day, Mordo was teaching the students how to open a portal using a Sling Ring.]
[Only Strange failed to create anything.]
[Seeing this, the Ancient One first called over a sorcerer who was missing one hand to demonstrate for Strange.]
["You cannot control magic by force. You must learn to use it and guide it to your advantage."]
[Seeing that Strange still did not understand, the Ancient One simply opened a portal and took him to Mount Everest.]
["Your intelligence brought you everything you have achieved so far. But if you want to go further, intelligence is not what you need."]
["It is terribly cold here," Strange said while trembling in the icy wind of Mount Everest.]
[The Ancient One only indifferently said:]
["At this temperature, an ordinary person can die in less than thirty minutes. And you..."]
[She looked at Strange's thin clothing, smiled slightly, and said:]
["You will probably last only two minutes before going into shock."]
[Strange suddenly realized that something was wrong, turned around, and saw the Ancient One stepping back through the portal without hesitation.]
["Surrender to the experience, Stephen!"]
["No! Don't! No!!!"]
[Strange desperately ran toward the portal, but it closed in front of him, and Strange ended up face-first in the snow.]
Seeing this, many people in the live broadcast room took a deep breath.
"No... this woman is too cruel."
Little Wanda said in disbelief:
"Two minutes? In two minutes you will turn into an icicle!"
Strange was also standing there with a stiff expression at that moment.
Watching himself on the screen with frost on his eyebrows and beard, desperately trying to open a portal, he felt a chill run down his back and shivers spread through his entire body.
Terrifying!
Fortunately, he had already learned how to open portals now.
Otherwise, would the Ancient One have had to throw him onto Mount Everest too?
In Kamar-Taj, Mordo also felt somewhat awkward.
Honestly speaking, even he thought that the Ancient One's teaching methods were sometimes a little too extreme.
The Ancient One showed no expression at that moment, but the fan in her hand stopped moving.
So far, everything shown on the screen was still within the range of what she could accept.
However, the Ancient One began to feel a certain concern.
Would this live broadcast system, which did not behave according to expected rules at all, reveal some secrets later that she did not want the world to know?
"Magic... magic really exists!"
Watching the Ancient One on the screen effortlessly use incredible spells and even freely travel through space, Erik could not resist swallowing, while his heart uncontrollably accelerated.
In the bar, Wolverine's cigar had long since burned out, but he had completely forgotten to keep smoking.
He only stared at the large screen before him with a stiff expression.
And beside him, the smile had completely disappeared from Charles Xavier's face.
His entire body froze in place.
The scenes before them completely reshaped their understanding of the world and almost shattered their previous view of reality!
[The image continues.]
[Mordo approached the Ancient One in the courtyard and asked: "How is Strange progressing?"]
[The Ancient One glanced indifferently and casually said:]
["We will know in a few seconds."]
["What?"]
[The moment he heard this, Mordo looked at the empty courtyard before him and his expression changed.]
["Do not tell me you did that again."]
[After waiting several seconds, Mordo secretly moved and quickly reached for his Sling Ring.]
["Maybe I should—"]
[But the Ancient One stopped him.]
[After several more seconds, the golden light of a portal finally appeared in the courtyard.]
[Looking at Strange covered in frost as he fell trembling out of the portal onto the ground, both the Ancient One and Mordo smiled.]
"Uh... that scared me."
Peter breathed a deep sigh of relief and, still somewhat shaken, said:
"Your teaching methods in Kamar-Taj really are... very special."
Strange opened his mouth to say something, but realized that his throat was so dry that for a while he could not say a single word.
At that moment, he had only one thought.
In the future, he had to be as careful as possible and never provoke the Ancient One!
This woman who looked so kind was truly terrifying.
[The image continues.]
[Strange studied diligently in Kamar-Taj and progressed at an incredible speed.]
[Because Wong did not want to lend books on overly advanced magic to a beginner, Strange used the Sling Ring to open portals and secretly take books from the library.]
[After teaching himself the spell of astral projection, Strange even continued studying while his physical body slept at night, using his astral body to study books.]
[Such incredible progress finally attracted the Ancient One's attention.]
[She summoned Strange.]
["In this room, you once begged me to teach you magic."]
["But now I know that you question almost everything you are told and would rather investigate it yourself."]
[Seeing that Strange still remained stubborn, the Ancient One smiled, extended her hand, and shattered the space before her like glass.]
["You are progressing very quickly. Now you need a safe place to practice."]
["This is the Mirror Dimension."]