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[The Ancient One POV]
Alex had finally used the Space Stone, in a way I had not expected, at least not entirely, then again, he had changed the timeline so much, I had no idea what to expect anymore.
Revealing the secrets of the universe to him, with his new knowledge, he had moved all of his golems out of Earth to mine some Vibranium off the crust of some uninhabited planets.
I was happy for him.
He was slowly but surely becoming stronger and more resourceful.
The question now was, how long would it be before he asked me for the time stone.
I hummed at that thought, watching through the window in my office as Emily bested his peers in everything, I smiled at the sight, Emily was truly a prodigy, in fact, she would probably be the best sorceress of her time, only second to Dr. Strange.
Back to the time stone.
I suppose soon enough he will come to ask me for the stone.
A momentary loan I am sure.
Especially since his power connects so well with the infinity stones, that it almost seems like he was made to wield them.
One second using the Space Stone, and he had uncovered the entire cosmos.
Perhaps with the time stone, he would uncover the mysteries of the past, or something else, who knows?
"Oh…" I muttered, getting a brief vision about Alex's arrival.
He's coming already, how fun.
I chuckled.
Three.
Two.
One.
"Hi, Mr. Walker," I greeted as the portal opened in my office, this portal unlike the ones we the master of the mystical arts use, was blue, and was charged with cosmic power, it seems Mr. Walker was learning how to use the space stone quite adequately if I say so myself.
"Hi," Alex replied in kind, with his usual smile.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" I asked, with a knowing smile, mostly because it annoyed him.
"You already know…" Alex rolled his eyes, taking a seat.
"I do?" I gasped with a playful smile.
"You enjoy this?" Alex sighed returning the smile.
"I have no idea what you mean," I chuckled.
"Ok then, I want you… to lend me, emphasis on the lending part, the time stone, for a few minutes or so," And there it is, it took him a week to ask me for the stone, frankly I expected this conversation a few hours after he used the Space Stone.
I hummed, pretending to think about it, "Sure… but only for a few seconds," I winked at him eventually, summoning the Eye of Agamotto to the office.
Alex beamed at my response, tackling me into a hug.
"Mr. Walker, please behave, I am fifty times your age," I teased him with a sigh.
"You are way too playful today," Alex laughed, breaking the hug.
"Well, what can I say, you bring the child in me," I smiled at him, handing him the stone.
"Thanks!" Alex smiled.
"Be quick, the last thing I need is others finding out I basically gave, that, which we are supposed to protect from everyone," I smiled, as he studied the stone with a scrutinizing look on his face.
"This won't be long, a minute at most," Alex replied, holding the stone in his right hand before it disappeared.
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[Alex Walker POV]
After sending the majority of my golems to mine the Vibranium in Sufuro.
I decided to test a theory out.
If equipping the Space Stone had given me so many rewards, and such, what would happen if I equipped another stone? The Time Stone let's say.
Would I perhaps get some rewards?
Would I perhaps get nothing?
I had no idea, but it was worth trying anyway.
So, with that thought in mind, I teleported to The Ancient One's office to ask her a favor, using the Space Stone to flex, of course.
I wanted her to lend me the Time Stone, just for a bit.
I was ready to negotiate for it, but surprisingly she accepted rather quickly.
I guess a part of me was waiting for a quick no.
Which was stupid now that I think about it, she had after all offered the stone before.
In any case, it was time to test that theory out.
[Space Stone Unequipped]
[Do you wish to equip the time stone?
YES/NO
Click ? for more information.]
With a smile, I smashed the yes option.
[The Time Stone has been equipped]
[Do you wish to reveal the history of the universe?
YES/NO
Click ? for more information.]
Don't mind if I do.
[Library/Gallery Unlocked]
[The Entire History of the Universe has been added to your library/gallery
+9928999477 EXP]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[LEVEL UP!]
[Hidden Quest Completed: A True Scholar Never Rests.
Knowledge is power, and you need power to survive! So, seek the knowledge hidden in the past! For there lays the answers to your questions!
Rewards: The Boons of The Living Tribunal x 10.
Additional Reward: Time Walking Dungeons.]
The Boons of The Living Tribunal again… well ain't that a treat.
[Quest Completed: The Secrets of the Cosmos! And the Predators that Lurk Within!
Description: You alone know what is to come, but what can you do about it, how can a man prepare if he doesn't know how strong his enemy is? Well, the answer is simple, to prepare you must reach the skies, and find what you can about the Threats that will hold the universe to its knees.
Objective: Investigate in the ever-expanding universe about the predators that lurk in the cosmos, some of them are free, others are imprisoned, but all are very much alive and waiting for the time to strike.
Investigate about Hela 100/100%
Investigate about Thanos 100/100%
Investigate about Knull 100/100%
Investigate about Kang 100/100%
Investigate about Mephisto 100/100%
Investigate about Galactus 100/100%
Rewards: Fragment of the Cosmos]
Fragment of the cosmos? What the hell is that?
Confused, I opened my inventory.
[Fragment of the Cosmos - Legendary Crafting Item.
A piece of what was before the bang, elemental like the six aspects of the universe, but hollow lacking a purpose, maybe you can give it one?
This can be used for crafting.]
That… sounds like something I might want to add to my weapon.
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[STATS
Name = Alex Walker
Title = The Gamer
Occupation = Crafter.
Level = 238
EXP = 15%/100%
HP = 1,084,000/1,084,000
MP = 1,107,500/1,107,500
STR = 2520 (+1512) = 4032
VIT = 2168
DEF = 1919
DEX= 1895
INT = 2215
CHA = 780
WIS = 720
WILL = 1420
PER = 1305
LUK = 480
STAT POINTS = 750
MONEY: 14,148,142,752$
]
I gave the Time Stone back to the Ancient One, already done with what I had needed it in the first place, I couldn't help but smile.
In the span of a week, I had gained eighteen levels.
By just equipping two infinity stones.
It was clear, what I had to do next.
I had to find the next stone to equip.
The mind stone according to my universal map was with Thanos.
Meaning that stone was currently a hard no.
The Reality Stone was nowhere to be found.
The Soul Stone, well, I was not willing to pay the price.
Which left only one stone for the taking, the power stone located in Morag.
It seems I would be stealing the stone before Quill, how sad, and by sad I mean terribly great.
"Thanks," I thanked the Ancient One, who simply smiled at me.
"Nothing to thank me for, Mr. Walker," The Ancient One smiled, "I just happy to help a friend,"
I looked at her, images of Dormammu flashing before my eyes as I came to the resolution, that I would help her, that I would recover her soul, one way or another, as thanks to all she has done for me, for Emily, for us.
"See ya later," I waved at her one last time, opening the portal to Morag.
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As soon I stepped into the portal to Morag, instead of finding something solid to step on, I found falling into the sea with a loud splash, most in this situation would've tried to swim into the surface, but for a moment I did nothing but allow the sea to drag me into the abyss.
I was processing the fact I had committed a big stupid mistake, I mean, I had access to basically all knowledge about all planets, and I had still failed to check what was I to expect on the planet, in other circumstances such a mistake could very well be lethal.
Finally, over my own stupidity, I let out of breath under the dark sea of Morag and used my telekinesis to fly out of the deep sea, as I opened my map to get some information about the planet.
Something I should've done a few minutes ago.
Oh well.
[Morag X78
Morag is an oceanic planet located in the Andromeda Galaxy at the Eclipsing Binary Star M31V J00443799+4129236. Most of the current inhabitants of this planet are rodent-like creatures and aquatic crocodile-like creatures in one of the early stages of evolution.
History: Thousands of years ago, Morag was the home of an advanced and flourishing civilization, that was wiped out by a global catastrophe. Sometime prior to their demise, the inhabitants of Morag built a temple to guard the Orb, an artifact that contained an Infinity Stone within it. Following the catastrophe, Morag became a desolated planet with nothing but seas. However, every three hundred years, the sea lowers just enough and the Temple is made accessible.
Many call this planet simply Morag, but in reality, its real name is Morag X78 as it's the 78th planet with Morag as a name.
The other 77 planets that share the same name are currently desolated from all life.]
"That explains the water," I chuckled.
"Rrr!"
A growl?
Now that I think about it, I feel something shaking on my leg.
Following the sound, and the shaking sensation I found a shark-sized animal that looked like a crocodile biting my leg, and… I'll be honest, I wasn't sure how to react.
I mean, I had the equivalent of a shark biting me on the leg, and yet I had felt nothing.
[Lipotrius LV 30]
"I am not food," I told the croco-shark, kicking him or her into the sunset, I wasn't sure about its gender, and quite honestly, I didn't care, I mean, I came here for stone, anything else besides that was not important.
Leg free of the Croco-shark clutches, I used [Sight] to locate the Power Stone.
"Hmm," The Power Stone was underwater, a few thousand miles under the sea to be precise.
Maybe the Ancient One has a spell for that.
"Well, I guess I–" before I could finish that sentence, a portal opened in front of me, followed by a book hitting me in the face with a note attached to it.
~Mr. Walker, I am currently busy doing… magic stuff, so please use this book to help you in your underwater adventure, with love, the Ancient One.
P.S: Sorry for hitting you in the face.~
Amazon Prime, Ancient One department.
Snorting at that thought, I grabbed the book and inspected its contents.
[The Eldritch Arts - Barriers and their application underwater, by Yao
Do you wish to learn this book?
Yes/No]
Needless to say, I pressed yes.
[A new skill has been created.
Eldritch Pressure Barrier LV1 = A barrier capable of withstanding the might of the seas.
For each +1 atmosphere, the spell consumes 100 extra mana.
1000MP/S]
That should do.
With a smile and ready to collect what I had come to get, I activated the barrier and opened a to where the power stone was, this time willingly diving into the sea.
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[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
The moment I stepped into the temple, the skill I had just learned had started to level up non-stop, it was annoying really.
All I could see were notifications about the damn skill leveling one.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
"God damn it, I can't see!" I cursed, the notifications and the lack of light in the place making my mission harder than it had to be.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
I guess on some level I understood why the skill was getting so many levels, I mean, the pressure here was so big, that it was 2500 times bigger than the pressure on earth.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
Thankfully, I had enough mana to sustain the spell almost indefinitely.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
Fuck this.
Tired of the notification parade.
I created a ball of pure Eldritch energy illuminating the entire temple, finally locating the Orb holding the stone.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
…..
Why didn't I just do that from the very beginning, I guess the notifications triggered me before I could think… I'll go with that.
[Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]
Using my telekinesis, I grabbed the Orb, and [Eldritch Pressure Barrier HAS LEVEL UP]... opened a portal to the surface.
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