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"Sumimasen, I accidentally got lost and wandered in here. Where is this place?"
Darian always acted quite low-key in front of a BOSS-level big shot like her.
It wouldn't be too late to act high-key once he could defeat her.
The Ancient One didn't mind his abrupt intrusion; she just smiled faintly and said peacefully, "This is the New York Sanctum, one of the three great Sanctums guarding the Real Dimension."
"Guarding the Real Dimension?"
"Yes, there are many powerful beings in the Multiverse, and among them are threats that attempt to invade or even devour our Real Dimension. The purpose of the Sanctum is to serve as Earth's first line of defense against these threats from the Multiverse."
Darian was stunned.
He hadn't even made it to the Moon yet. Was it too early to talk about dimensions and the Multiverse? Was the version a bit too advanced?
"You—"
"Are you asking who I am? I am the Ancient One, the current Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj."
Just as Darian opened his mouth to say something, the Ancient One, as if already seeing through his thoughts, interrupted him.
"Then—"
"Are you asking what Kamar-Taj is? And what is the Sorcerer Supreme?"
"No problem, I'm happy to tell you. Kamar-Taj is the holy land for mages to cultivate."
"And the Sorcerer Supreme is the ultimate Guardian who protects the Earth Dimension from magic threats, responsible for maintaining the balance between reality and the Multiverse. In game terms, it's the main damage dealer for raid bosses."
No, who asked you?
Who asked you!?
Darian had a puzzled look.
He hadn't even thought of asking those questions.
Yet the Ancient One put on an act as if she could read minds and see through his thoughts, explaining a whole lot of backstory on her own, which left him a bit bewildered.
Darian asked strangely, "Wait, did you just say 'game' and 'BOSS'?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"Isn't it a bit strange for a Sorcerer Supreme to talk about games?" Darian retorted.
The Ancient One pulled out a fan from somewhere and said calmly, "A Sorcerer Supreme is also human. She can occasionally play games, and she can occasionally fight dimensional demons."
Darian: "..."
As expected of a bald big shot, she can compare playing games with fighting dimensional demons.
He would act cool like that too when his level went up.
"I—"
Darian tried to speak again, but was interrupted by the Ancient One once more: "I know what you want to ask."
Darian's face darkened: "I—"
"You want to ask if you can come to Kamar-Taj to learn mystic arts?"
"Holy moly, you really guessed too accurately!"
Darian immediately changed his tune, expressing his heartfelt admiration for the Ancient One's ability to completely see through people's hearts.
The Ancient One had already said that Kamar-Taj was the holy land for mages to cultivate, so he could definitely learn a lot of advanced magic there. Perhaps he could shed his title as a novice mage in one fell swoop.
He quickly asked, "Then can I go to Kamar-Taj to learn mystic arts?"
"Of course you can."
The Ancient One nodded, agreeing a bit too readily.
"It's that simple?"
This, in turn, made Darian feel a bit surprised. There wasn't even an entry quest; he could directly get the opportunity to learn?
"Yes, it's that simple."
The Ancient One smiled, "Kamar-Taj has always welcomed sincere seekers of knowledge, and naturally would not turn away those with genuine hearts."
Of course, the premise is that you can find the door to Kamar-Taj.
"Is that so?"
Darian didn't know much about Kamar-Taj either.
If she said it was, then it was. Anyway, it wouldn't harm him.
The Ancient One raised her hand and drew a circular trajectory in the air. Sparks immediately erupted, quickly expanding into a shimmering golden portal.
Through the golden portal, a solemn and ancient temple was vaguely visible on the other side.
"magic?"
Darian's eyes widened. This was the first time he had witnessed real magic.
It was magic with special effects!
And not the fake magic like Loki's, where he used illusions to deceive enemies and ambush them from behind.
"Come with me."
The Ancient One stepped into the light portal first. Darian didn't hesitate and followed closely behind her.
With one step across, as if space had been replaced, the surrounding scenery instantly switched.
"Welcome to Kamar-Taj."
The Ancient One gestured to the side. Darian found himself standing in a spacious stone-paved courtyard, with majestic snow-capped mountains in the distance—the Himalayas, to be precise.
Well, this almost brought me back home.
At the same time, the game map interface automatically unfolded, with a new Kamar-Taj map awaiting exploration and activation.
Following the Ancient One's footsteps, Darian passed through a training ground, where he could see many mages in robes practicing mystic arts, and some were engaged in one-on-one sparring.
Two mages bowed to each other, indicating this was a friendly spar.
Then their eyes sharpened, and dazzling golden light suddenly condensed in their hands. Profound runes flowed in the air, and then... they picked up their staffs and smashed them towards each other!
The staffs were wielded with great force by the two mages. At the height of the battle, the two mages even took off their robes, revealing explosive muscles underneath, and actually started to engage in hand-to-hand combat!
Seeing this scene, Darian immediately felt he had come to the right place.
As expected of the training ground for mages!
This was professionalism!
The Ancient One explained from the side, "Mystic arts place a great burden on the caster's body, so casters try to use melee attack methods."
"I understand."
Darian nodded and replied, "By using a powerful body to defeat enemies, you don't have to worry about running out of mana. After all, I'm also a mage, and I understand this principle."
"Hmm, you understand it very thoroughly."
The Ancient One smiled and nodded, leading Darian to an ancient building.
She pushed open the heavy wooden door, and a scent of old paper and leather mixed together immediately wafted out.
The building, which didn't look large from the outside, had an exceptionally spacious interior. As far as the eye could see, there were dense bookshelves filled with various ancient texts.
"This is the library. Most of the magic texts collected by Kamar-Taj over the years are stored here. Every book here records different magic knowledge and mystic arts, and also embodies the personal insights and understandings of generations of Kamar-Taj mages."
Darian looked at the vast sea of books before him and asked, "Can I read all of these?"
The Ancient One nodded, "Except for the texts in the forbidden areas, you can read most of the books, but you cannot take them out of the library. However, I suggest you start by learning the most basic magic theory knowledge."
"Okay."
The Ancient One gave a few instructions regarding precautions, then turned and left the library.
Darian looked at the thousands of ancient texts before him. He casually took down a book and tried to put it into his game inventory, but found he couldn't. It seemed these books had some special protective measures.
No wonder the Ancient One left him here alone so confidently.
He opened the ancient text in his hand. The pages were filled with profound and abstruse magic content, which seemed even more complex and difficult to understand than advanced mathematics.
[The player's magic knowledge level does not meet the requirements to read this book.]
Sure enough, advanced skills weren't something you could learn just by wanting to.
Darian had no choice but to follow the Ancient One's suggestion and look for the most basic magic theory books.
As he spoke a few keywords, a dozen bookshelves in the library lit up with a faint glow, and all the books on them were texts related to basic magic theory.
This was the method the Ancient One taught him before she left, akin to a smart retrieval system in the magic world, very convenient to use.
magic changes lives!
Darian walked to the faintly glowing bookshelf, grabbed a text, and began to read it.
At the same time, a progress bar appeared before his eyes.
[Receiving basic magic knowledge. Stopping reading will automatically interrupt.]
"Does it have to be this realistic?!"
Darian was speechless.
He found that sometimes, a game being too realistic wasn't always a good thing.
There was nothing he could do. He just had to continue flipping through the text in his hand, waiting for the progress bar to finish.