Chapter 197: Mephisto Again

"What have you done to me?"

Agatha looked at Jack in fear and couldn't help but step back.

At that moment, she saw everything that had happened in her mind, and it filled her with fear.

She could sense it, but she couldn't do anything about it. She couldn't even resist.

What did this mean?

It meant that the man who suddenly appeared was more powerful than her, but who exactly was he?

Jack clearly didn't want to answer her question. He didn't even acknowledge her and turned to Wanda.

"What do you plan to do with her?"

When hearing these words, Agnes's face changed, and without thinking, she tried to use her magic to escape.

After the experience she had just gone through, she knew she was no match.

Even if she fought to the death, she had no chance of winning. She had to run, even if it meant leaving behind the power of Chaos Magic that she wanted.

However, in the next second, Agatha was terrified to find that her magic had failed.

She could still feel the presence of magic, but she couldn't use it.

That's when she suddenly noticed a circle of runes surrounding her body.

Seeing these runes, Agnes's face turned pale, and she was startled, almost falling to the ground.

She knew these runes all too well.

They were ancient runes. Under the influence of these runes, only spellcasters could use magic.

While others, no matter how powerful they were, would become ordinary people without any power.

Jack had naturally set this up.

He had gained knowledge of the Ancient runes from Agnes's memories and wanted to experiment with them.

The effect was quite good, and he had a talent for learning magic.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Jack had clearly dealt with her, judging from Agatha's situation.

So, how should they deal with her now?

Wanda looked at Vision with some hesitation. Her instinct told her that killing Agatha would keep them safe in the future, but Wanda never killed anyone.

In fact, she had never really killed anyone since she got Chaos Magic, even if they were bad people.

So, she was hesitant.

Jack noticed her concerns and said decisively, "Then let me help you decide."

With that, he snapped his fingers, and Agatha, who was lost and disoriented, disappeared.

Seeing this, Wanda couldn't help but ask, "Where did she go?"

"I sent her to Doctor Strange. I believe he will know what to do."

Jack shrugged.

Agatha was a pain in the ass, but she was just an average person when she was close to the Ancient Runes, where she could not use magic.

And since Jack set up the runes, they would work for a very long time, maybe even a thousand or eight hundred years.

As for why he sent her to Doctor Strange, it was simply because they were experts in handling these situations.

With the threat resolved, Wanda asked Vision to take the two frightened children home while she approached Jack.

"What do we do next? The mastermind has been dealt with by you."

"Who told you that?"

Jack looked at her strangely and said, "Agnes was just a minor character, not the mastermind behind everything."

As he spoke, Jack pointed behind her and said, "There, the real mastermind has arrived."

Wanda had a sense of something and turned around suddenly.

An older man with white hair wearing a black suit stood leaning on a cane and smiling at her.

...

Sanctum Sanctorum in New York.

Wong rushed to the library, where he found Doctor Strange reading and could not pull himself away.

"Strange, Something has happened!"

Interrupted, Doctor Strange calmly closed the book and looked at Wong.

"Wong, you're already a Sorcerer Supreme. You need to learn to stay calm in the face of changes."

With that, he picked up the steaming cup of coffee in front of him and took a sip, enjoying the warm sunlight shining on him through the window, feeling a bit lazy.

"If it's about that witch, I've already locked her up. No need to worry."

"Besides, you're the Sorcerer Supreme now. I've retired, so if there's anything, don't come looking for me. Thanks."

Wong couldn't help but get angry at Strange's relaxed attitude, but he was helpless.

After all, in name, he was now the Sorcerer Supreme, and Strange had retired.

He really couldn't find him for help.

"Mephisto has come to Earth."

SPLAT!

Doctor Strange spewed out the sip of coffee he had just taken, almost falling off his chair.

He hastily wiped the coffee stain off the corner of his mouth and scrambled to his feet.

"Mephisto? Are you kidding me?"

"Unfortunately... no."

It was a big problem.

Doctor Strange immediately knew that trouble had arrived.

Mephisto, as one of the rulers of the dimension of Hell, was incredibly powerful.

Even his teacher, the Ancient One, could only rely on the magic formation set up by Agamotto to fight with him.

Speaking of which, Mephisto and Dormammu were on the same level as dimensional gods, and in some ways, even more difficult to deal with than Dormammu.

...

Westview.

Wanda looked at the old man not far away, her expression unusually serious.

The chaos magic inside her body went wild when she saw him, as if warning her to run away quickly.

The last time she experienced this was in Wakanda when she faced Thanos, who possessed all five Infinity Stones.

But even compared to Thanos at that time, this seemingly

ordinary and even somewhat kind-looking old man appeared more problematic.

"Who are you?"

After hesitating for a while, Wanda spoke up.

"Don't be nervous, child."

The old man's smile grew wider and more kind. He looked at Wanda with affection, as if she were his own daughter.

"I mean no harm."

"Oh, come on, Mephisto."

Jack walked up to Wanda, placing himself between her and Mephisto.

He sneered at Mephisto, saying, "You said the same thing to Johnny last time, and the result... well, it wasn't great."

"Ah, it's you? I remember you."

Mephisto seemed to have just noticed Jack's presence, looking at him with a sudden realization.

He furrowed his brow curiously and asked, "What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here."

"That's none of your concern."

Jack shrugged and sighed, "You're quite stubborn, aren't you? Willing to travel multiple universes just to get chaos magic. Do you know how obsessed you seem to Chthon?"

When hearing Jack mentions Chthon, Mephisto's face twitches, clearly reminded of some unpleasant memories by Jack's words.

"I did not think I would see you here."

Mephisto looked at Wanda behind Jack with a smile on his face as he changed the subject.

"You protected Wanda in her universe, but do you still want to protect her now?"

"But I can sense that you're injured. What do you have to protect her with?"

"With me."

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