May 1, 2016
In a training room in the dormitory of the disciples of the Sorcerer's main palace, kamar-taj
A week later after I saw something I shouldn't have seen, perceived something that normal people shouldn't have, and received help from Ancient One, the sorcerer supreme who has protected this world since ancient times.
She explained many things to me before suggesting that I take a 3-month vacation from work to train as a sorcerer from other dimensions, drawing on that power to cast spells to protect this world.
In the normal world, Stephen Strange traveled to Tibet to calm his mind and be with nature.
But in the world of sorcerers, I became Ancient One's new top disciple, the first disciple in 129 years that she personally invited.
That made me get glares from all my disciples, along with full of gossip that I was a child of connections, who was set up to be...
The next supreme sorcerer!
After I took out my luggage, clothes, and other things from my bag, put them in my closet, connected to the Wi-Fi with the password "shamballa," I left the room to prepare to study the mystical arts, with Master Mordo leading the way.
"I'll keep an eye on how much you, with your trembling hands, can shake Kamar-taj," he greeted with an unhappy tone. I could immediately guess that he had great faith in Ancient One and hoped to inherit the position of the Sorcerer Supreme .
But suddenly, a surgeon with a broken hand like me appeared out of nowhere, receiving favor and special privileges over others, such as being invited to study from the sect master herself, while others had to overcome many obstacles before being accepted into this mystical arts.
If I were him, I would have been equally irritated. It felt like queuing up to buy lunch, and the shop owner waved his hand, calling someone out of nowhere to cut in line, or creating a special line , without caring about what the dozens or hundreds of people in line would think.
But… I don't need to care about their feelings, or the looks of those people. Because Ancient One said it himself...
"Stephen Strange, your destiny has written that you will be the successor to the position of the Sorcerer Supreme after me.
Even though your body is now the soul of a 15-year-old child from this world outside the multiverse... But the destiny remains the same. The only difference is that from now on, I can't see it anymore, whether it's through the Vishanti's Sense or the TIME STONE. Therefore, you must use all your efforts to train yourself to be excellent, to prepare for all kinds of disasters that will come to test you to see if you are worthy of this position."
This statement is both an explanation and a challenge at the same time. It puts a lot of pressure on me, but it's not stressful. Just do your best to the best of your ability. Don't be lazy or slacken about reading books or practicing.
The first lesson I received from Master Mordo was to study all the ancient languages, because the magic and spell books are all written in ancient languages!
In Stephen's memory, he only learned English, French, Spanish, and a little German. But the first book that would be the mother language for reading the spell books in the library was Sanskrit.
Similar to the key to reading other ancient languages, such as Ancient Chinese, Ancient Egyptian, both Demotic and Hieroglyphics, or Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform script.
Learning and studying magic in Karmar-taj will be a half-morning theory period, the afternoon will have to practice concentration, draw magic power from other dimensions to use through the Sling Rink, a special brass-colored magic ring used to connect our minds to other dimensions, which we don't know which dimension it is.
In the evening, you can relax as you wish, or go to the library to practice reading Sanskrit, or go to the gym to get fit, practice using various types of weapons to become proficient. When you are good at it, you will be able to choose magic weapons that are comfortable in your hands to fight more fluently.
Because here, the magicians of Kamar-taj are not the back-line mages like in general RPG games. Although they can cast big spells to destroy enemies, but basically everyone must be proficient in physical skills, able to fight in close range, giving a feeling like a Chinese Shaolin monk, even though they are monks. But he was also ready to pray spell to send the spirit away, throw punches, kicks, and swings his staff at the enemies who were living flesh and blood.
"Focus on your studies." After briefly explaining the class schedule, the senior disciple walked away, ending the sentence that sounded good, but the tone was more like looking down on me, a person with trembling hands. I will probably spend a long time studying ancient languages and practicing controlling magic power through the sling ring.
A person's tone of voice can convey many things, even if the words that come out sound good. It's really amazing, humans…
I shook my head, dismissing these unnecessary thoughts before walking to a table in the library. On the table, there were already ten volumes of Sanskrit textbooks. I had to thank the librarian, Master Wong, who had prepared them as soon as I arrived here with Mordo. He should have received notice from Ancient One that I would come here to study the language.
I turned to bow to him, who was writing something in his notebook without paying any attention to me. But I thought that showing respect to the caretaker of the place, who helped and looked after me, was something that should be done. Then I sat down and started opening the book.
Whinggggggggg
A buzzing sound rang out in my ears, along with a mysterious woman's voice that sounded all around me, as if there were ten figures standing in a circle talking in my ear.
"Trafalgar D. Water Law... You are the chosen one... There is not much time left in this world before the crisis, so I will give you time."
"Giving time? What? How?"
There was no response, but a great amount of knowledge... an enormous amount, like the four Blue waves, crashed into me, almost causing me to lose consciousness
But in the next second, I returned to normal, as if the feeling of fainting, like running out of energy like when the amber lead was removed from my body, was just a fleeting thought that replayed that bad experience in my head.
'Phantom Pain, a pain that haunts my nerves, even though it was an event that had already happened in the past. . . like this pair of hands, some days, it hurts like the first day I woke up in this body, ' I thought to myself before shaking my head back and forth and staring at the book in front of me again.
From the information that flashed through my head just now . . . D E A T H has given us time to learn the art of magic, spells faster than usual, but still within the range that the owner of this body, Stephen Strange, can learn. It is pulling the future self for 13 days, counting 24 hours a day, spending every second learning the secret art, not counting the daily routine of eating, bathing, resting, sleeping!
I can use the ability to upgrade myself instantly, like pressing the cheat code in the game, 10 times, each time will create a black tattoo, D on the thumb, E on the index finger, A on the middle finger, T on the ring finger, and H on the little finger, starting from the left hand to the right hand. If it is complete, it cannot be done again.
If I want to use the ability to upgrade myself again, I have to do a mission first, which is not yet unlocked for me to know until I use the ability for the first time, which I intend to use on. . .
" D - Learn the ancient language in the Kalmatas Library, as much as Stephen Strange can learn in 13 days!"
Ding ~ The sound of a bell rang softly. After I finished speaking this sentence to myself, I felt waves of knowledge of various linguistic principles flowing into my brain, until I could not support my body, so I collapsed on the table. The last sound I could hear, I could understand the gist of it, was Master Wong's voice complaining,
"Oh, this is the best disciple of Ancient One, just opening the first page of the Sanskrit book made fall made faint to the table, how bad , not good at all"
And another sentence, which made me feel amazed, shocked, and my heart beat with excitement, but unfortunately before I could be happy about it too much, my consciousness went out first, which was… . .
"Congratulations! You have learned Sanskrit to the level of being able to read and write, pulling out the vocabulary that Kamar-taj has recorded to compare, organizing, and translating like a mobile dictionary! Equal to a professor who has studied Sanskrit for 13 years!"