A butterfly flapping its wings far away on the African continent can, in distant North America, trigger a massive storm.
This is called the butterfly effect.
After Karl transmigrated, he had been staying in Kamar-Taj the whole time.
But his overwhelming power still created a butterfly effect.
That butterfly effect had already begun influencing this world.
At this moment—
New York City.
On a street block, a fierce battle was erupting.
A hulking figure over two meters tall was roaring madly in the street.
Opposite him was another monster who was not inferior in size at all—and looked even more ferocious.
If Karl were here, he would recognize them at a glance.
This was Hulk and his archenemy, Abomination!
"Why do you get to have this kind of power?!"
"You're just a failure!"
"You're nothing but a weakling—you don't deserve this mighty power!"
Abomination roared and charged straight in.
Hulk, on the other hand, seemed unable to speak properly at all.
Faced with Abomination's provocation, he could only answer with a furious roar.
He pounded his chest like a giant gorilla and charged in as well.
"ROAR!"
With a thunderous bellow—
Hulk's fist, as big as a soup bowl, swung toward Abomination in a single punch.
However—
Abomination was different from Hulk.
Before this, he had been an elite special forces soldier.
Compared to ordinary people, whether it was combat awareness or technique, he surpassed them by a crushing margin.
Even after transforming into Abomination,
his formidable fighting skills were still there.
Abomination moved with an agility completely at odds with his massive body.
He flashed aside, dodging Hulk's powerful punch.
Then, with a casual tug—
Hulk stumbled forward, losing his balance.
Abomination naturally wouldn't miss such an opening.
He chased up and smashed several punches into Hulk's back.
Those heavy blows landed with dull, muffled thuds.
"ROAR!"
Hulk could only rage helplessly and let out another furious bellow.
Abomination wouldn't give him the chance to recover.
Pressing his advantage without mercy,
he scooped up a chunk of wall from the ground and slammed it into Hulk again and again.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Hulk was battered until his face and body were covered in dust and debris.
"You worm! You despicable piece of trash—why do you get to have such power?!"
"Only I deserve power like this!"
"I am the true god!!"
Abomination shouted arrogantly.
"ROOOAR!!"
Hulk answered with nothing but a roar.
His muscles bulged high and hard all over his body.
Hulk was a freakishly abnormal existence.
The angrier he became, the stronger he got.
In the movies, Hulk's strength had been nerfed by far more than just a little.
At his peak—
Hulk could shatter a planet with a single punch!
The current Hulk hadn't reached that level yet,
but his power was still not weak.
Once his anger rose, his strength surged to an absurd, monstrous degree.
"Hulk is the strongest!"
Hulk roared.
He clapped his hands together.
The air compressed violently—
and a blast of compressed air shot straight at Abomination like a cannon.
Abomination, caught off guard, was blasted off his feet and sent sprawling.
Hulk might not have any real fighting technique,
but he had an instinctive battle talent—completely different from Dr. Banner.
Naturally, he wouldn't let this chance slip by.
He charged in, and a barrage of booming impacts rang out.
Before Abomination could react, Hulk didn't hesitate—
he drove two punches straight into him.
Abomination was punched so hard he went blank for a moment,
unable to muster the strength to resist.
Hulk then snatched up a thick, heavy chain from the ground.
He wrapped it around Abomination's shoulder.
The iron chain was as thick as an arm.
In Hulk's grip, it bit straight into Abomination's flesh.
Even a monster like Abomination, faced with this kind of brute force, could only grab the chain—unable to fight back.
Abomination, after all, wasn't Hulk.
He still had to obey the basic rules of biology.
Under this crushing strength, he couldn't breathe.
Little by little, his power drained away, and he collapsed limply to the ground.
"ROAR!"
Hulk pounded his chest and let out a triumphant roar toward the sky.
"Banner!"
Just then, from a crashed helicopter on the ground,
a blonde, blue-eyed woman stumbled out, calling Banner's name.
Hulk seemed to waver.
He struggled internally, as if he might transform back into Dr. Banner at any moment.
And right at that moment—
for reasons unknown, the pistol in General Ross's hand suddenly discharged by accident!
A bullet struck Hulk directly!
A single bullet, of course, couldn't hurt Hulk.
It couldn't even break his skin.
"ROOOOAR!!!!"
Hulk roared at Ross.
The sheer shock of the airflow even made Ross's face distort.
But—
Hulk still cared about his girlfriend's feelings.
He stared deeply at the two of them, then turned and ran.
His massive body radiated an astonishing sense of oppression.
Like a heavy tank,
Hulk slammed straight into a nearby storefront.
Rebar and concrete, before his monstrous physique, were like tofu—
they shattered on contact.
Hulk charged onward, trying to escape the military's pursuit.
As he ran, he barreled toward Bleecker Street.
…
New York Sanctum.
Aldrich-sensei had brought Karl to tour the New York Sanctum.
Kamar-Taj was not some peaceful paradise.
Aside from a small minority of sorcerers devoted purely to scholarship,
most sorcerers had to fight.
And the enemies they faced were extremely dangerous—
Dark Gods from other dimensions, all kinds of evil creatures, wraiths, demons, and more.
After all,
the Marvel world even has Hell.
Powerful demons and beings from other realms emerged one after another without end.
The reason it didn't turn into open chaos was largely because of Kamar-Taj's protection.
Various wraiths and otherworldly creatures were slain by Kamar-Taj's sorcerers.
Besides that,
sorcerers also guarded The Three Sanctums.
Because these were the barrier isolating Earth from countless other realms.
Many demon gods who wanted to enter Earth had their eyes on the Sanctums.
So, at every moment, sorcerers were stationed on guard.
Aldrich-sensei was currently helping Karl become familiar with a Sanctum's responsibilities.
After all, Karl would ultimately have to fight in the future.
"Karl-kun, the Sanctums are an extremely important part of Kamar-Taj."
"They're the barrier protecting this entire world. You must safeguard them well in the future."
"You're someone who's going to become a Master Sorcerer."
Aldrich-sensei spoke with a broad smile.
"I understand, Sensei."
"But doesn't the Sanctum have magical defenses? Why does it still need guarding?"
Karl asked, puzzled.
"The Sanctum can defend against magical attacks, but it can't defend against ordinary attacks—especially attacks from the inside."
"Even a single bomb could damage the Sanctum's defenses."
"Humanity has advanced too quickly."
Aldrich-sensei said with a sigh.
BOOM!!
A huge sound of a building collapsing rang out.
"The invasion you meant… is that?"
Karl's eyes widened.
"That's right."
Aldrich-sensei was also completely bewildered.
(End of Chapter)
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