In fact, Leo knew a little bit about Master Daniel.
Not through the gossips of Karma Taj's mages, but through the plot of the "Doctor Strange" movie that Leo watched in his previous life.
There is such a section in the plot.
Strange was accidentally smashed into a door by the shock wave caused by Casillas's energy bomb, and fell into the Holy of Holies in New York City.
Casillas then attacked the New York Sanctuary, and the protector guarding the Sanctuary was Daniel.
I don’t know whether it was because Marvel couldn’t afford extra actors or because the mages were delayed due to other matters. Anyway, there was only one Protector Daniel in the New York Sanctuary at that time.
What happened next was the same old routine. Daniel, the sidekick, met the big devil Casillas. After showing his face, he received the lunch box as a matter of course, without much sense of presence at all.
Naturally, Leo didn't have a deep impression of him in his previous life. It was his black bald head that left a slight impression on Leo.
At that time, Daniel was already middle-aged, and gave people the impression of being calm and persistent, which was completely incompatible with his current style.
For example, the middle-aged Daniel would never give Leo this holy grail that he couldn't name but was worth a lot of money at a glance.
Leo held the shining Holy Grail in his hand and was a little confused.
Could it be that this is a gift from Daniel in return!?
"Master Daniel, if I guess correctly, the items in these glass cabinets should be magic weapons, right?"
Daniel nodded.
"Then can you give me this thing...?" Leo asked with some uncertainty.
Exchanging a rice phone for a magic weapon is a very good deal.
The deal is so good that even a shrewd businessman like Leo can't believe it.
"Of course! Why not?"
Daniel explained,
"I am the guardian of the New York Temple. Except for a few special items, I have priority in handling all kinds of magical instruments in the New York Temple."
"And, the most important thing is, I refined this magic weapon. It belongs to me. Of course I can choose to give it to you as a gift."
"Did you refine this magical weapon?"
Leo's words were filled with surprise.
In his previous life in the Marvel series of movies, he had never seen how magical weapons were refined, so he naturally had a lot of curiosity about the refining of magical weapons.
If he could learn how to refine magic weapons, he might be able to upgrade his mechanical army.
Daniel was very satisfied with Leo's reaction, and his face showed the confidence of a genius:
"Of course, I am the youngest master of magic weapon refining in Kama Taj!"
"Otherwise, how could those old mages who have similar magical attainments to me but are older than me willingly give up their positions as guardians of the New York Temple?"
Leo nodded secretly in his heart, it seemed that this Master Daniel was indeed amazing.
This is a person worth making friends with. In addition to learning how to refine magical weapons, Leo might also be able to get some magical weapons from him in the future to enrich his arsenal.
Magical weapons are not like spells. As far as Leo knows, some magic weapons can also be used by ordinary people without magic power.
For example, in the plot of the movie "Doctor Strange", the iron chains that lock Casillas can automatically work as long as they are thrown out.
Thinking of this, the smile on Leo's face became even brighter. He shook the Holy Grail in his hand and asked:
"Master Daniel, what is the name of this magic weapon? What does it do?"
"That's the Goblet of Fire. It can emit high-temperature flames. The flame can be as big or small as you like. It's a gadget I made at random. If you like, you can even use it to light cigarettes."
Leo weighed the weight of the Holy Grail, visually measured its volume, and complained helplessly in his heart:
How big a cigarette is needed to match this "lighter"!
Complaints are complaints, Leo still has to show some respect to Daniel, the youngest master of magic weapon making.
So Leo continued to ask:
"Then how to use this Goblet of Fire?"
"Use magic power to communicate with the magic core of the Goblet of Fire, and with the basic magic weapon control formula, you can control it as you wish. Do you want to try it? It's very simple."
Daniel introduced the use of the Goblet of Fire just like how to eat and drink.
Leo felt a little helpless. He didn't understand a lot of common sense about magic. It seemed that this was a magic weapon that required magic power to control, and he couldn't use it yet.
Leo handed the Goblet of Fire back to Daniel:
"To be honest, I haven't cultivated my magic power yet, so I can't use it yet. You'd better take this Goblet of Fire back first."
But Daniel didn’t answer:
"There's no point in taking back a gift after it's been given out! If you do this, do you also want to take back this rice phone?"
"To tell you the truth, that won't work."
"Just because you can't use it now, doesn't mean you won't be able to use it in the future."
"Karma Taj will teach a general course on the use of magic weapons. If you study more in the future, there will be a day when you can control the magic power, and then you can use this Goblet of Fire."
"Although you can't use it now, you can still save it for later use!"
"And this Goblet of Fire can emit light when it is not activated. You can put it in the bedroom and use it as a desk lamp. Just find a black cloth to cover it when you sleep..."
Daniel spoke eloquently about the benefits of the Goblet of Fire, and Xiao was moved by emotion and reason, and persuaded Leo to accept this gift.
So Leo no longer refused and accepted the Goblet of Fire, a multi-functional magic weapon that could be used as both a lighter and a desk lamp.
It had been a while in the New York Sanctuary, and Leo was still thinking about his [Mechanical Power Converter], so he held the Goblet of Fire and said goodbye to Daniel.
Daniel sent Leo out of the door with a smile, and Leo appeared on Brick Street in New York City.
Due to the time difference, it was just dusk over at Kamal Taj, but it was past nine in the morning here in New York.
It's a nice day today, the sun is shining and the sky is blue.
However, it only snowed in New York City five days ago. Although the snow shoveling efficiency in the city is very high, there is still some snow that has not melted in the sunless places on the street corners, and the temperature is only about -1C.
Leo was still wearing casual clothes suitable for Kathmandu, which was quite thin.
Pedestrians passing by all cast surprised glances at Leo, seeming to be surprised as to why Leo was so resistant to freezing.
Moreover, Leo held a glowing "desk lamp" with his bare hands during the day in the winter, which was also very eye-catching and had a high rate of turning heads.
In order not to be regarded as a rare animal, Leo tightened his clothes, held the Goblet of Fire, walked a few steps quickly, and turned into a small alley.
Brick Street is also in Manhattan, actually not that far from Hell's Kitchen.
However, it is still quite far from the Marvel base, so it is obviously not suitable to walk or take the bus or subway.
So Leo found a deserted corner in this small alley, put the Goblet of Fire into his storage belt, put on the Viper armor, and quickly flew to the Marvel base.
Soon, Leo flew to the Erwin Experimental Building and entered the laboratory directly through the reserved flight tunnel.
"Buzz~Master, welcome back."
As soon as Leo returned to normal size and took off his Viper armor, Stim's voice rang in the laboratory.
But this time, only his voice was heard, and Stim's big round head was not seen.
"Sim, where are you?" Leo felt a little itchy without Stim.
"Buzz~ Master, Stim is on the rooftop."
Leo subconsciously answered: "Is the wind strong on the rooftop?"
"Buzz~ Not big."
After the appraisal, it was not because Stim couldn't think of anything that he wanted to jump off the building.
With doubts, Leo stepped onto the rooftop.
The weather was good today. The time slowly moved towards noon, and the sun gradually showed its power, illuminating Leo's whole body with warmth.
He looked around and saw two iron pillars erected on the rooftop, fixed with gravity generators below.
A nylon rope was pulled between the pillars, and Stim was putting a quilt on the rope. The sun shone on its big round head, reflecting a dazzling light.
"Stim, what are you doing?" Leo asked.
"Buzz~ Stim is using the high-energy particle flow released by nuclear fusion to travel across astronomical unit-level distances at the speed of light, accurately sniping tens of thousands of low-level Zerg, and defending the cleanliness and sanctity of the master's habitat!"
Leo:......
"Please speak human language." Leo said expressionlessly.
"Buzz~ Master, Stim is helping you dry the quilt."
Stim's big eyes flashed,
"Sim searched the Internet and found that helping the master to dry the quilt is the basic operation of a servant, so this should be Stim's job."
"Buzz~ Master, Stim did nothing wrong, right?"
Leo took two steps forward, slapped Stim's round head twice, and said with a smile:
"You did nothing wrong, you did nothing wrong."
"Hurry up and put on the quilt and come downstairs to work."