Ancient Sanskrit, this is a special text that ancient spellcasters used to record ancient secrets.
According to the Supreme Master, this kind of text is born with strange power.
It is a prophecy, and it is full of two powers of disaster and hope, but this power is not suitable for combat, it is just a proof of talent.
Any spell caster who can understand ancient Sanskrit has an incomparable spell casting talent.
As far as Meilin knows, in this world, there is a wizard who can understand ancient Sanskrit...
It's the ancient one.
The current supreme wizard.
At this moment, in Merlin's dream world, Stephen Strange widened his eyes, and at Merlin's request, he stared at the text of the book in front of him.
Compared to when he was reading the black book book just now, the difficulty this time has obviously increased a lot.
If the words that just recorded the curse were primary school textbooks, then what Merlin asked him to read now is very much like documents that only college students or even graduate students can understand.
But this has nothing to do with knowledge reserves...
Strange could feel the twisted words in front of him beating like bugs, and they seemed unwilling to let him understand it. This feeling was annoying.
But as long as he concentrates, he can still understand something.
A little bit of text is stumbled.
He read:
"In ancient times, all things were born, uh, I can't see clearly the next paragraph."
"In short, the first ancient gods were born in the purest shadows and lights. They were not kind or evil... It seems to mean this, but they should have other meanings."
Strange glanced at Merlin, who said nothing.
So he continued to read:
"Each of them has their own name, the god of life, Gaia, the goddess of the earth, and the powerful Bellazettor, the haze of Sithorne, the elusive Oshutu, the mysterious Seth, and..."
"Okay, don't read it."
Hearing this, Merlin reached out to stop Strange from continuing to recite.
Just now, every time Stranger pronounces a name, the dream world will be peeked at by divine thoughts.
Meilin could only tell one of the gazes from Ao Shutu, the ancient god who was one of Emperor Weishan.
This is enough.
The shock of these divine thoughts means that Strange has indeed read the names of those ancient gods correctly.
This kind of power shock at the symbolic level has shown that Strange does have a rare talent.
He put away the book and said to Strange:
"You are a talented person, a lucky person who makes everyone jealous."
"You are born with the work of Supreme Mage, and it's the case in any world... Well, from now on, you'll follow me to learn magic."
Merlin said seriously:
"From now on, you should call me a mentor."
"I will be strict with you, and you can't waste your precious time and I anymore... Before that, I need to emphasize to you one thing about the Supreme Mage battle you will participate in in 6 months."
"Wait!"
Less than 10 minutes after entering the magic world, Strange was instinctively shocked when he heard the unconscious battle.
He reached out to stop Meilin from continuing, but Meilin stared at her fiercely.
"Uh, I mean, mentor!"
Strange stood up straight like a primary school student under that stern gaze.
At this moment, he felt like he was in college and faced with the harshest professor, and he whispered:
"I don't even know what that battle means? Who am I going to fight for what? Can you explain it? Mentor."
"cannot!"
Under Strange's earnest gaze, Merlin replied coldly:
"For your confidence and a stable mindset, you'd better not know what this game means. I won't tell you until you pass the Advanced Caster Test."
"And you...well, you have about 4 months to pass this test."
"Well?"
Strange was stunned for a moment.
This handsome and very mature former doctor raised his head and looked at Merlin, and he asked calmly:
"It doesn't sound like a simple challenge, Mentor Merlin, I want to ask, how long did it take you to pass this test?"
"It's about 5-6 years."
Merlin said expressionlessly:
"Is there any problem?"
"I'm only 4 months?"
Strange widened his eyes and said:
"Maybe I can consider giving up now."
"It's four months outside."
Merlin explained:
"From now on, you have to learn to think about these issues with the mind of a spellcaster. I will give you a practice place to slow down 10 times, which means you will have 40 months to complete this challenge."
"If you can't finish it... there's no punishment. I'll still hand you the candidate badge and throw you into the trial ground."
The Raven Lord said:
"But you, who are not even at high-level casters, have less than 3% chance of surviving in that trial field."
Merlin's tone was calm, as if she was talking about something tonight. This calm tone made Strange shudder.
"So, for your life, for the happiness of Ms. Palmer and for the children you may have in the future, I think you should seize every minute and every second."
"Also, I won't teach you magic yourself before becoming a high-level spellcaster. I'll find a lady with extremely solid basic skills to teach you magic."
He said:
"She is my housekeeper and...well, very good, very close friend, so you should respect her as much as you have ever been to all the teachers."
"Is there any other problem? My disciple."
Merlin said:
"Ask any questions quickly and don't hide anything."
"The last question!"
Strange quickly thought about the situation he was facing. After he sorted out his thoughts, he asked:
"Who will my future opponents?"
"Well, this is the wisest question you will ask after entering here."
Merlin nodded with satisfaction, and he said in a gentle tone:
"Continue to keep this, I'm starting to appreciate you, Stephen Strange."
"Your first opponent is the King of Latvinia, Victor von Doum, the representative of the Secret Wizard faction."
"He was already a famous wizard more than ten years ago. He is good at secret magic and magic, and he also knows some mysterious witchcraft of gypsy. He is also a super inventor, scientist and user of war armor technology."
"He is your most dangerous opponent. I will describe it in words you can understand. The frost beast that almost killed you couldn't even hold on in front of Dumm. Moreover, Dumm is a good planner."
"I can be sure that he is bound to win the position of Supreme, so he will definitely prepare an extremely powerful trump card."
Merlin patiently introduced his future opponent to Strange.
Strange held the pen and paper, quickly recording Merlin's words.
"The second candidate is the Omega-level mutant Wanda Django Maximov, who is the representative of the Dark Wizard faction."
"She had an adventure when she was a child and learned dangerous chaos magic because the mutant's ability gave her the magic level far beyond the great wizard."
"Wanda has a gentle personality, but that doesn't mean you can underestimate her."
"Especially when Wanda enters an unstable state due to pressure, she may use some taboo chaos magic, and if she wants, she can erase one tenth of the earth's life in an instant..."
Strange blinked.
He suddenly felt that it was a wrong choice to open the book just now.
Perhaps, he should be brave enough to bet, perhaps after he becomes a useless person, Palmer will not leave him so easily?
As for the two opponents Merlin mentioned now, no matter how he looks, he has no chance of survival.
"The third candidate, Billy Batterson, is the representative of the Eternal Rock faction."
Merlin said helplessly:
"He is another disciple of mine, maybe he is the least threatening one of your competitors, because his brain is not very good occasionally, and he is as impulsive as a young man."
"But from the purely level of strength, Billy is perhaps the strongest of all contestants."
"He has a mysterious inheritance of divine power and can be transformed into a superhuman form to fight. In that form, he has the absolute strength to confront Wanda head-on."
"The premise is that in 6 months, that silly boy can truly master the destructive power of Shazan's form. I... to be honest, I don't have much hope for this."
Merlin sighed and continued:
"The fourth candidate, Hermione Jane Granger, Deputy Minister of the British Ministry of Magic."
"She is the representative of the traditional wizard faction and is the weakest among all candidates on paper. After 6 months, maybe even you may be able to crush Hermione on paper strength."
"But if you think you can underestimate my sister because of this, you will definitely be taught a lesson by her."
"Hermione will command her own Heroes Legion, and famous legends in history will fight for her."
"I can't reveal more, but I can tell you that her first hero is the legendary King Arthur Artoria Pandragon."
"As far as I see, the power of King Arthur's casual blow is definitely not weaker than a great wizard, which is the legendary rank in the traditional sense."
"Even if you are as strong as Doom, if you accidentally fall into the trap, you are very likely to lose in the number battle."
Strange nodded.
He carefully recorded the information of the four candidates, he raised his head and looked at Merlin, and he said:
“Are there only four people?”
"No, there is still."
Merlin rubbed her chin and said softly:
"The current Supreme Mage has its own magic faction, called Kama Taj. In this battle, Kama Taj will also send two candidates to the battle."
"I don't know them very well, but according to the information I have received so far, they should be practicing Kama Taj's unique magic martial arts system."
"The fusion of magic and martial arts allows them to not only take on the role of a spellcaster, but also transform into powerful first-class warriors when necessary. Moreover, Kama Taj is definitely not lacking in powerful secret art inheritance."
"Maybe, they will receive gifts from the Supreme Master and hold special artifacts to participate in the battle...their threats should not be underestimated."
"Then I am the seventh person?"
Strange's tone was not afraid or angry at this moment.
He is already numb.
None of the 6 candidates is easy to deal with.
But I can't beat it anyway, so it doesn't matter how many of it is.
"Yes, you're the last one."
Merlin was carrying his hands on his back, and he looked at Strange in scrutiny, which made Strange very uncomfortable.
A few seconds later, he said:
"Say whatever you want, Mentor Merlin."
"Well, what I want to say is that you are actually the endorsement of a very special faction."
Merlin sighed lightly and said:
"There are many inheritances in the magic world. In addition to the 5 spellcaster factions represented by the above 6 people, there is also the sixth faction, which is the faction where I am..."
"We do not have an orthodox heritage. All magic needs to be obtained by ourselves. Without the support of the power behind it, we are like the rootless duckweed in the magic world."
"We... are wild mages."
"Wild Master?"
Strange touched his chin and said:
"It sounds miserable, I guess we must be excluded, right?"
"Yes."
Merlin said:
"Although there have been many wild mages in the history of magic from ancient times to the present, we, like rootless duckweed, have never truly integrated into the mainstream magic world."
"It's no exaggeration to say that I am probably the most accomplished of all wild mages... Another mysterious wild mage has the same name as me, the ancient great wizard Merlin."
Merlin shook his head and said:
"But this does not mean that wild mages are all weak. We just don't want to obey the tradition of the magic world, don't want to be bound and pursue freedom."
"And on a personal level, my starting point and you are very similar, Strange, we are both forced into the magic world."
"Anyway, you will fight on behalf of the wild mage faction."
"I don't ask you to win the title of Supreme Mage. As long as you can live to the end and prove yourself in battle, you will fulfill this promise and will not let down the candidate badge in your hand."
The Raven Lord looked at his new disciple and said loudly:
"You will have things that others will have. After you realize your talent, Strange, I will give you what you need."
"I won't let you go to die alone."
"Now, go back to the world and have a good sleep. I will arrange your recovery ceremony. In 3 days, go to the Mick House in Queens and find someone named Old Stan, who will take you into the mysterious house."
"Give you 3 days to deal with your personal issues."
Speaking of this, Merlin suddenly blinked at Strange, and he said:
"Palmer is a good girl. Three days may not be enough to create a new life, but preparing for a less luxurious wedding should be enough."
"Remember, Strange."
In the sound of the dream shattering like glass, Merlin's words rang in Strange's ears.
It’s like teaching earnestly.
"From now on, you're a wild mage."
"We have no tradition, but you have to have a bottom line in your heart!"
"We are not restricted, but you must have your own rules!"
"We despise faith, but you have to find a pillar for yourself!"
"We have nowhere to go, but you should remember... the whole world behind you is our warm home."
"Raise your head, raise your chest, be full of courage, strode forward, never stop until death..."
Chapter completed!