However, T'Challa did not voice his objection. He already knew it would be useless.
Thus, Li Yue's visit to Wakanda comes to an end. In the end, not only they managed to gain a lot of Vibranium, but also a few sets of Vibranium combat suits and even the Prince of Wakanda himself!
...
Time flew and passed like a shuttle. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter passed in the blink of an eye.
An entire year had passed since Li Yue's visit to Wakanda!
It was an eventful year, and yet rather boring as well!
The crew hadn't gathered all that often since the visit to Wakanda. After all, they all have their own matters to attend to. Li Yue himself went to Kamar-Taj to take charge of the place.
The news of Ancient One's passing had just proliferated throughout the magical world. As her replacement Sorcerer Supreme, Li Yue need to take on his duty!
Protecting Kamar-Taj was his primary responsibility, and he still had to wait here until a certain Strange person comes to his door!
Therefore, Li Yue spent most of his time in Kamar-Taj and gave the house that Tony bought for him to Annie! It was a house in Queens!
...
The Three Sanctum had finally been repaired a few months ago. Li Yue didn't help much; he didn't know anything about these things.
Connection to the leylines, coordinate concealment, protection spell against dimensional invasion, and so on and so forth. For someone like Li Yue who knew nothing about magic, it was all Greek.
Fortunately, the expert Wong and Mordo were there, so they could take care of the Sanctum reconstruction even without Li Yue's help!
And there wasn't any accident during the reconstruction!
However, a lot of small did happen due to people who learned of Sorcerer Supreme's death and came to Kamar-Taj to understand the situation.
Some of them were genuinely concerned mages. They were using different magical system to Kamar-Taj, but they were all practitioner of white magic.
Obviously, they had no ill intent towards Kamar-Taj. Li Yue greeted these mages as the new Sorcerer Supreme, explained the situation, and then those mages would leave!
However, there were also people that cultivated black magic. While cultivating black magic in and of itself doesn't mean that they were bad people, but continuous use of black magic disturbs the practitioner's mind.
Therefore, most of the people who studied black magic were very unsociable. Most of them came and went as they pleased by themselves, and their personalities were rather strange. Quite a few of them had even used magic to harm ordinary people!
...
While guarding Kamar-Taj, Li Yue had met a mage who cultivated black magic!
It was less than a month after Li Yue had arrived in Kamar-Taj. He had met other white mage guests that visited politely, but one morning, an uninvited guest had arrived!
The uninvited guest was wearing a black robe with a black hood obscuring his face! It was similar to Ancient One's original outfit, just in different color and thicker, heavier material!
The guest held a wooden staff the height of a person, slightly curved but looked very comfortable! Decorating the top of the staff was a gleaming white skull the size of a fist, made of material similar to white jade. It was so vivid and lifelike!
The eyes and nose of the skull were constantly emitting faint and otherworldly blue flames! As the person walked, he left behind a series of blue shadows!
Moreover, he had rudely barged into Kamar-Taj and broke down one of the ordinary wooden door!
It must be said that despite the normal appearances, the doors and entrances to Kamar-Taj were enchanted with Master Ancient One's magic seal.
Ordinary people wouldn't even notice that the door existed! One could only find and enter Kamar-Taj with the guidance of a mage!
That was precisely why Doctor Strange couldn't find anything even after going through Kathmandu several times. Mordo had to help him and lead him to Ancient One!
Moreover, the door strengthened by Ancient One's magic was capable of withstanding bombs, Yet this person with ordinary physique had been able to break it down directly!
...
"Where is the person who called himself Sorcerer Supreme? Get out of here and face me!"
After smashing the door with black magic, the person stepped on the debris and walked into Kamar-Taj, shouting loudly when he got to the training ground!
His voice was ear-piercing, and it was impossible to determine if it belonged to a man or a woman.
Li Yue heard the voice from his room. Unfortunately, Mordo and Wong was busy with rebuilding the Three Sanctum, so he was alone!
"It seems that there is finally an evil guest at the door!"
With that thought in mind, Li Yue got out of his room and walked towards the voice! He wanted to see which blind fool had come to disturb his peace!
"Who are you? Why did you barge into Kamar-Taj?"
When Li Yue arrived at the training ground, he saw a man dressed in a black robe. There was nothing visually wrong about the attire, but for some reason Li Yue felt restless when he saw it!
He could feel that this person was an evil being. If Li Yue's spiritual sense was to be visualized, it was as if the person was enveloped in pitch black magical aura, cold and evil!
"As expected, he is an enemy!"
Li Yue was convinced in his heart! But he still asked the guest, afraid that he was mistaken.
"Hahaha, is this the new Sorcerer Supreme? A brat who hasn't even grown a hair! Was Ancient One's brain broken? To think that she would let you inherit the title of Sorcerer Supreme! You haven't even practiced magic for more than three years!
"Haha, but now that she was gone, you better just hand the title of Sorcerer Supreme to me! I will grant you a painless death if you comply! Otherwise I would torture you and bind your soul as my slave forever!"
The man laughed and ridiculed Li Yue when he saw him!
"Aiya, Sorcerer Supreme's position is not an item. How am I supposed to hand it over to you?" Li Yue asked with an amused tone.
"You really don't know anything, do you? You don't even know that Ancient One obtained the title of Sorcerer Supreme through battle between adepts hundreds of years ago. She obtained it by defeating all her opponent!
"And now that Ancient One is dead, the title must naturally pass to the strongest mage. You, a neophyte, a newbie that barely practiced magic for a few years. You only obtained this title by luck.
"After I kill you, the title of the Sorcerer Supreme would belong to me!"
This black-robed man must be very old. Why else would he be so naggy?
"I am a merciful person. I will give you a chance to cast your spell first, so that others won't say that I am a disgrace that bullies the weak. Remember the name of your executor, the great—"
The man's words were interrupted by two flashes of brilliant scarlet light.
The black-robed man didn't have time to react against the beam that moved in the speed of light. He didn't even have time to cast defensive magic, but a black miasma rose from his cloak that blocked the red beam for a moment.
But it was too little, too late. He barely noticed the beam of red light when he suddenly felt burning sensation in his chest.
"You... What... magic is this!"
He looked down at his chest, with two holes neatly pierced through. His eyes were filled with disbelief as he used his last breaths to ask a question to Li Yue.
"This is called 'Laser Vision.' It's not magic, so you shouldn't have heard about it! Also, I have indeed only studied magic for less than two years, but I never said that I only know magic!
"I heard that black magic masters are cold and cruel, but how come you're so indecisive! Sigh, it seems that you have to learn black magic right from its source in hell for a few years!"
Li Yue's eyes slowly turned red again. The two red lights just now were Li Yue's signature skills!
Li Yue had no intention to argue with a blatantly villainous person, so he immediately made the first strike without giving his opponent a chance to react!
"You... you... you don't play by the rules!"
The black mage didn't even get to say his name before falling to the ground. He wasn't even able to finish his last words, and Li Yue had to finish it for him!