Marvel: You Call This A Sorcerer?

How to put it.

This terrifying alien invasion this time successfully let the British government experience the difficulties of the American government.

Of course, for the British media, they also felt the happiness that the American media had.

Because they now had headlines they could talk about for many days.

This time's news not only had aliens, but also included many famous superheroes on Earth.

For example, Thor from Asgard.

For example, Tony Stark, whose popularity has always remained high.

However, the one people discussed the most was instead that more mysterious Mr. Fantastic.

Because people knew nothing about him, their curiosity drove them to greater interest in him.

For example, what does he look like?

How old is he this year?

Is he male or female?

Especially in Europe, where legends of wizards and such have always circulated.

Mr. Fantastic's identity was considered by many to be that of a legendary sorcerer.

Even though Thor's identity was considered by many to be the thunder god of Greek mythology, his level of discussion still could not compare to Mr. Fantastic.

Gods are high and aloof.

How could they be as grounded as a fellow from our own planet?

In any case, right now the British media's coverage of this matter could be described as overwhelming.

And the British government, which seemed quite uncomfortable on the surface, actually felt the happiness of the American government.

After all, they also obtained alien corpses.

Although from the looks of it, these are all just some ordinary alien soldiers, not as abundant as during the New York incident.

But this is already enough.

At least from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s perspective, they got some more samples to study.

Of course, S.H.I.E.L.D. got scolded once again.

The original vision in establishing S.H.I.E.L.D. was to prevent Earth from being attacked by aliens and thus suffering indelible harm.

And now, Earth was once again attacked.

So where was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s usefulness?

Because of this, S.H.I.E.L.D. was once again reprimanded by the Council.

Naturally, Ronan knew nothing about all this.

At this moment, he was sitting inside the London Sanctum, playing with the Reality Stone formed by the fusion of the Aether in his hand.

It had only been one night since the Dark Elf Malekith's invasion of Earth.

Thor and Jane Foster could be described as "a brief separation makes the reunion sweeter," and the afternoon of that same day they vanished somewhere, no one knew where they went or what they were doing.

Thor even stopped caring about the Aether, so it seemed he was already quite eager.

So, Ronan had studied this thing for one whole night.

As for the results of the research…

How to say, anyway, Ronan still hadn't figured it out.

The difficulty in gaining mastery of the Reality Stone is much higher than the Space Stone.

By difficulty in gaining mastery, it refers to how to use it and how to utilize this stone to develop new moves.

There's no higher or lower between these two stones; it's just that their usage methods differ.

Therefore, Ronan still needed some time.

"Master Ronan, Thor has arrived at the door."

At this moment, a trainee sorcerer came over and said to Ronan.

At Kamar-Taj, every sorcerer is equal. Even a trainee sorcerer and the Sorcerer Supreme are equal.

It's just that everyone's duties differ. This trainee sorcerer was responsible for guarding the London Sanctum.

"Good, thank you, Lopez."

"You can go back to your work. I'll attend to him."

Ronan nodded, stood up from the chair, and walked toward the main hall.

When he reached the main hall, Thor was strolling around inside, obviously very curious about everything here.

Unlike yesterday, he wasn't wearing that Asgardian armor. He had changed into a human-world hoodie.

He held a black umbrella in his hand.

At least he didn't stand out so much this way.

"Hey, brother, we meet again."

Seeing Ronan arrive, Thor opened his arms and gave him another enthusiastic hug.

This is the basic etiquette of Asgard, and Ronan could only accept it.

"It seems you can adapt to life on Earth."

Ronan looked at Thor's outfit and couldn't help but smile.

How to say it.

This set looked much better than when he wore armor.

"Jane says so too, but I still need to go back once."

"After all, I must consult my father-king over there."

Under Ronan's guidance, Thor walked into another room, and the two of them sat down separately.

Ronan glanced at the place Thor sat and thought of a certain meme.

"Coffee or water?"

Ronan asked with a smile.

"Do you have wine?"

"In the morning we like a cup of something mellow—"

However, before Thor could finish speaking, a glass of beer inexplicably appeared in his right hand.

He looked at the beer glass in surprise, then looked at Ronan.

When did a glass of beer appear in his hand?

"Didn't you want a drink?"

Ronan smiled and made a gesture inviting Thor to drink.

Thor raised an eyebrow and directly downed the beer in one gulp.

This time, he learned Earth's rules and didn't smash the empty glass on the ground.

After drinking, Thor gave Ronan a thumbs-up. Before he could say anything, he felt his right hand suddenly become heavy again.

The beer he had just finished somehow refilled the empty glass once more.

"Is this your Kamar-Taj sorcery?"

"If you had shown this trick last time, you would definitely have been more popular."

Thor pointed at Ronan, very excitedly drinking half of the beer in the glass again.

Only this time, the beer did not refill after he drank it.

"The first was indeed Kamar-Taj sorcery, but the second was not."

"If you want, you could also infinitely create such beer."

After saying that, Ronan tossed the Reality Stone in his hand to Thor.

When Dr. Strange replenished Thor's beer, he actually used the Time Stone's power.

But Ronan used the Reality Stone.

They are fundamentally different.

The former just rewinds time, while Ronan slightly modified reality.

Of course, it takes no pressure for Ronan to alter reality in such a small detail as refilling a glass of beer.

Even turning an empty glass into gold would be possible.

Thor hurriedly caught it with his left hand while firmly holding the glass in his right, without spilling a drop.

He looked at the Reality Stone in his hand, a bit puzzled.

"This is the Aether from before?"

Thor was obviously a bit uncertain.

After all, previously the Aether he had seen was fluid, like water.

But what he held in his hand now looked like a gemstone.

"That's right, this is the Aether, but it also has another name: the Reality Stone."

"Have you heard stories about the Infinity Stones?"

Ronan smiled. Right now, Thor should not have dreamed of the Infinity Stones yet, nor would he know what would happen in the future.

So, Ronan could try to bamboozle him a bit.

"I've heard of them, but I don't know much."

"You know a lot?"

Thor played with the Reality Stone in his hand, seemingly less interested in it than in the beer in his right.

Ronan just smiled.

Right now, you're not very interested in it. Tomorrow it'll be beyond your reach.

"I don't know much either, so I'm thinking of handing this thing to Asgard."

Ronan narrowed his eyes.

Now the storyline is almost completely messed up by him.

Currently, the Space Stone is in his hands, so naturally Asgard won't have the Space Stone.

In that case, they definitely wouldn't hand the Reality Stone over to the Collector.

If that's so, then Thanos wouldn't be able to get the Reality Stone first thing.

More importantly, in this universe, Loki has already been taken by the TVA and has traveled to another parallel universe.

If that's the case, will Ragnarok still occur?

You know, the prelude to Ragnarok was because Loki exiled Odin, causing the seal restraining Hela to gradually fail.

Ultimately leading to Odin's death and Hela's complete release.

Now, Odin is well and safe in Asgard, so the divine power sealing Hela won't vanish.

Without Hela's appearance, would Ragnarok still happen?

Anyway, the upcoming storyline is basically in chaos.

So, Ronan seemed to gradually feel the fun of the unknown.

"Alright, I'll take it back then."

"But bringing it back is just leaving it in the treasury to gather dust. We Asgardians never use such external powers."

As he spoke, Thor tossed the Aether in his hand.

He wasn't bragging.

After all, in the 616 universe, the Tesseract was stored in Asgard.

But the result was obvious: except for Loki, no one used the power of the Tesseract.

"Suit yourself, anyway, just keep it with you."

"I heard you plan to stay on Earth permanently in the future?"

Ronan inquired about Thor's plans.

If he remembered correctly, after this ended, Thor planned to stay on Earth and live shamelessly with Jane Foster.

Of course, their ending wasn't great either; they eventually broke up.

"I don't have the qualifications to be a king, so I don't want to inherit my father's throne."

"I'd rather be a general, a warrior."

Thor nodded and downed the remaining half of the beer.

Then, imitating Ronan's action, he focused his gaze on the glass. In the end, nothing happened.

"Since you've come to Earth, I won't say much."

"I suppose you also know that hiding your identity is the most important thing, right?"

Ronan initially thought of letting Thor do some part-time work at the London Sanctum. If something happened, he could help.

But on second thought, forget it.

If you let this reckless fellow stay at the London Sanctum, it would definitely be discovered sooner or later.

"Of course, don't worry."

"I know Earth is your territory, so I won't recklessly use my powers."

"Unless there's some unavoidable situation."

Thor shrugged, making his promise.

He came to Earth just to be with Jane Foster and not to suffer the pain of a long-distance interstellar romance.

Also, he knew that if his presence on Earth became known, his life would not be peaceful.

"That's good. Do you need me to send you back?"

Ronan asked with a smile.

Thor shook his head, gently took the umbrella beside him, and raised it.

Before Ronan could stop him, a familiar Bifrost beam descended.

In an instant, Thor vanished without a trace.

Feeling the cold winter wind blowing into the house, Ronan looked up at the ceiling, which now had a big hole, and could not help tugging at the corners of his mouth.

The guard sorcerers of the Sanctum who came upon hearing the noise were looking at Ronan with smiling faces.

"Master Ronan, your pocket money will be suspended for several years."

For Ronan, the greatest pain in life is having no money.

But now, the greatest pain had changed. It had become owning one hundred thousand dollars in assets but shrinking ninety percent of it within one minute.

That's right, out of the hundred thousand dollars he had, Ronan was left with only one thousand.

According to the statistics from the London Sanctum, besides repairing the entire roof, Thor's Bifrost trip also damaged the floor, broke an antique chair, and several ceramic items.

All these costs were ultimately written as a bill and given to Ronan.

Attached to the bill was also a thank-you letter from the London Sanctum.

The letter stated that the London Sanctum had just been thinking of renovating the roof a few days ago, and unexpectedly, when they were drowsy someone brought them a pillow.

In the end, Ronan "fully covered" all these expenses.

So, they wrote a letter to thank their generous "boss."

Ronan, enraged, directly tore up that thank-you letter!

No need to guess; it must have been Wong secretly instructing the people of the London Sanctum!

Yes, definitely him!

Even if it wasn't him, it was him!

After Ronan looked pitifully at the Ancient One three times, he only got the Ancient One's silent smile in return. He then silently took out that check.

The people of the London Sanctum not only got their one thousand dollars back, but also very thoughtfully exchanged it into old bills of ten and twenty dollars.

This absolutely ensured that when Ronan spent money, no one would suspect him.

After all, if you used a hundred-dollar bill to buy a sandwich in America, people wouldn't envy you as a wealthy person—they'd secretly call the police, suspecting something was wrong with your money.

Of course, unless your name is Tony Stark.

Having paid ninety-nine thousand dollars, besides getting a thank-you letter, Ronan also gained a seemingly inconspicuous little thing.

Yes, just a little thing.

A little red, round thing that makes people want to kiss it when they see it.

Especially when you play with it in your hand, you get a feeling of never wanting to part with it.

You even want to pinch it.

Yes, Ronan was talking about the Reality Stone!

The Reality Stone Thor took away had actually been replaced by Ronan.

Previously at the Time Variance Authority, Ronan brought back two Infinity Gauntlets and two sets of Infinity Stones.

Back then, he only wanted to show off, never expecting this surprise outcome.

Of course, the only minor flaw is that one of the Infinity Gauntlets is missing a gem and has an empty slot.

Fortunately, Ronan doesn't have OCD; otherwise, he'd be driven mad.

According to Ronan's thinking, although the future storyline might change drastically, Thanos's idea of collecting Infinity Stones to destroy the universe definitely wouldn't change.

So, sooner or later, Thanos will still come to Earth.

But by then, Ronan can do one thing.

He will wear Infinity Gauntlets on both hands, smilingly approach Thanos, and ask him a question.

"Thanos, do you want the Infinity Stones on this Gauntlet, or the Infinity Stones on that Gauntlet?"

Imagining Thanos's expression at that time, Ronan couldn't help curling his lips.

Ah, he means nothing else.

He just purely wants to ask that question.

Thinking of this, Ronan looked at the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand with satisfaction.

Two slots were already filled.

Four more to go!

Ronan smiled faintly, lightly tapped the air with his left hand, and the Infinity Gauntlet disappeared from his hand.

Perfect!

After putting down the Infinity Gauntlet, Ronan turned his gaze to his system.

Yes, that system that had been silently lurking for a long time.

Level 10!

A full level 10!

How to say it, Ronan worked hard for 10 years to reach level 10.

From the age of six, he had been quietly taking care of some thugs to accumulate experience.

Until today…

Just today!

Ronan took a deep breath and looked at the second system the main system granted him.

[Yin-Yang Harmonization].

F*ck!

When he saw this name for the second time, Ronan's reaction was exactly the same as the first time!

What the hell is Yin-Yang Harmonization.

If this skill didn't come with an introduction, Ronan might really have sealed it away permanently.

[Yin-Yang Harmonization: All things bear Yin and embrace Yang; the interplay of Yin and Yang is called the Dao.]

[Function 1: When the host's body has two or more conflicting powers, this skill passively triggers. It can mediate various powers and fuse them.

The progress of fusion depends on the host's current mental strength and the conflicting powers.]

[Function 2: Can view the distribution of powers within the host's body.]

[Function 3: The way of husband and wife is the way of heaven and earth's Yin and Yang.

This function is a passive skill and cannot be actively triggered.]

[Note: Upgrading this skill requires special conditions, which are unknown.]

????

Subway, old man, cell phone.

This was Ronan's most accurate reaction after reading the skill description.

The first and second abilities are understandable: one can fuse multiple powers, the other can check the distribution of powers inside the body.

But Ronan finds it strange that this skill seems to have no use.

What extra power could his body have?

What puzzles Ronan the most is Function 3. What the hell does that mean?

Just one dry sentence, not explaining what it does.

Also, it's a passive skill and cannot be actively triggered.

Could it be that Ronan really needs to find some JK girl to understand the so-called Dao of Heaven and Earth's Yin and Yang?

Ah…

Thinking of this, Ronan couldn't help sighing.

"System, use [Yin-Yang Harmonization] to view the distribution of powers in my body."

Ronan could only recite silently in his heart.

Because looking at these three functions, only Function 2 seems normal. The other two both feel abnormal.

So Ronan decided to try the second ability first.

[Power distribution detection complete…]

[The distribution of power within the host's body is as follows]

Beep.

Following the system prompt, Ronan saw a familiar pie chart.

Only this time, it wasn't on someone's face, but on a virtual screen.

Tsk.

A sorcerer looking at a virtual screen.

No matter how you think about it, it feels a bit off.

In this pie chart, it's divided into three major parts, but not evenly.

Among them, the largest portion emits a blue glow. The second largest is black. The last one is white.

The blue glow accounts for 41.8%.

The black glow accounts for 30.6%.

The white glow accounts for 27.6%.

Of course, these exact figures weren't guessed by Ronan. They were written on the pie chart.

These precise numbers didn't give Ronan a headache. What gave him a headache is that each category in the pie chart has no label.

This is a bit too much!

You, a system, dare to submit such incomplete PPT work?

Who's the boss here, you or me!?

Ronan couldn't help complaining.

But the system had no intention of replying, still pretending to be dead.

"System, use Function 1 of [Yin-Yang Harmonization]."

Ronan pondered for a bit and decided to use Function 1 to see if there would be any new discoveries.

Sure enough, after he said this, the system prompted again.

[Detecting current energy distribution in the host's body]

[Beep! Beep! Beep!]

[Current distribution result: Good.]

[If this skill is used, it will balance the three energies. Do you want to use this ability?]

Ronan twitched the corner of his mouth.

Those three "beep" sounds just now gave Ronan a fright.

Especially that alarm-like beep, which made Ronan's heart race.

He seriously suspected that the system heard his earlier complaints and was retaliating!

No, this broken system can't be kept!

But thinking of the clone who attends classes for him, and the two who do his homework, Ronan decided to endure.

Heaven and earth are vast; when he goes to college…

No, when he graduates!

He will definitely find a way to deal with this system!

"Use it!"

Ronan gritted his teeth, and suddenly a sharp pain swept through his brain.

This sharp pain reminded Ronan of his time at the Time Variance Authority!

In the next second, before Ronan could raise his hand to give the system a "friendly" gesture, he passed out directly.

A thousand miles away, in the Sanctum Sanctorum.

The Ancient One, who was holding a teacup, suddenly stopped her right hand's motion.

A mystic portal swallowed her from top to bottom. After she disappeared, the teacup remained steadily on the tea table.

When she appeared again, she was already in New York.

Ronan's apartment.

At this moment, Ronan had fainted on the sofa, and around his body, three completely different colored lights were swirling!

By coincidence, these three lights matched the three colors Ronan saw on the pie chart: blue, black, and white.

Seeing Ronan lying on the sofa in such an awkward posture, the Ancient One's face showed a rare seriousness.

She gently reached out her hand, and an invisible force approached Ronan.

Buzz!

A slight sound was heard.

The energy the Ancient One released was directly bounced back.

Sensing the rebounded energy, a hint of surprise appeared on the Ancient One's face.

Then, she smiled.

She sent out another wave of energy, but this time her target was not Ronan, but the sofa under Ronan.

This time, the energy was not repelled. The sofa was slowly lifted.

The Ancient One controlled the sofa, bringing it into Ronan's bedroom. Then the sofa tilted slightly, and Ronan slowly rolled into the center of the bed.

After finishing all this, the sofa quietly returned to its original position.

Looking at Ronan, who had fallen into a deep sleep, the Ancient One gently formed several hand gestures. One after another, defensive arrays immediately surrounded the bedroom.

If Ronan were awake now, he would be stunned.

Because among the defensive arrays the Ancient One used, he had only seen one of them before.

And that one alone could protect Ronan from any harm, short of mountain collapses or tsunamis.

As for the other defensive arrays, Ronan knew nothing about them.

After doing all this, the Ancient One seemed to relax.

"You, you, never let anyone rest easy."

"Recklessly converting Dormammu's power isn't that simple."

"Although…"

The Ancient One looked at Ronan's left hand.

At this moment, the familiar symbol on Ronan's open left palm was faintly glowing.

"However, solving it early also has its advantages."

"Once troubles accumulate, it won't be so easy to resolve."

After speaking, the Ancient One looked up at the sky.

At this moment, her gaze seemed to penetrate the ceiling and even the Earth, seeing a place invisible to ordinary people.

...

In the Dark Dimension.

Dormammu, who had slept for who knows how long, suddenly opened his eyes.

"No!!!"

"Impossible!!!"

The first moment he opened his eyes, he let out a world-shaking roar.

The entire Dark Dimension echoed his words, and countless planets around were destroyed as a result.

Just because of a few words, the Dark Dimension fell into terror.

"Clearly… I was so close to him!"

"Just a bit more, just a bit more!"

"He actually dared to absorb my power, he actually dared to absorb power from the Dark Dimension!"

"Ancient One!!!"

Sensing that a portion of his dark energy was missing, Dormammu immediately thought of the Ancient One.

That person who would occasionally come to the Dark Dimension to shear his wool!

But soon, he denied this idea.

Because he could tell that the method Ronan used was completely different from the Ancient One's methods.

The Ancient One's method is to cut off a portion and take it back, then slowly absorb it using some method.

But Ronan was different.

Because previously Dormammu could clearly sense that the dark energy was absorbed directly into Ronan's body and slowly accumulated.

He was just waiting for the right time, then Dormammu could occupy Ronan's body in one fell swoop and descend upon Earth!

But now, all his plans were messed up!

Why hadn't he stopped Ronan from absorbing his dark energy before?

Not only that, he had even had opportunities to kill Ronan several times but never acted.

Moreover, he had tried to ensure that the dark energy would integrate smoothly into Ronan's body, modifying Ronan's body.

It was all for the day Dormammu would descend, and Ronan could withstand more of his energy.

Back then, because of Ronan's constitution, Dormammu had once sent people to seize him.

But at that time, it was stopped by the Ancient One.

Later, when he discovered Ronan was quietly absorbing dark energy, he even considered sending his "subordinates" to deliver big gifts to Ronan.

But he rejected that idea.

It would be too deliberate, and the Ancient One would suspect.

He had known the Ancient One for so many years and understood her character somewhat.

Because of the Ancient One's existence, he could never launch a large-scale invasion of Earth. He could only sneak around looking for opportunities.

And Ronan was the greatest opportunity he had recognized.

That's why he had always been tolerating Ronan.

But this time was completely different!

He clearly felt that his connection to the dark energy inside Ronan's body was completely severed.

This means he has to start all over again!

"No…"

"Ronan, you will be mine sooner or later!"