Chapter 1094: Marvel: Awakening the Little Universe at the Start, Chapter 596

"Mage."

"I said you possess deep wisdom regarding magic."

"Yes."

Wanda recalled the scene on Hawk's timeline where she accompanied him to Kamar-Taj to borrow the Time Stone and comprehend time, when the Ancient One invited her to study Kamar-Taj magic, and smiled as she said, "Thank you for allowing me to borrow Kamar-Taj's library."

Her magic is divided into three stages.

The first stage was under Hydra's help, completely awakening her own Scarlet Hun Dun Mo Fa.

But back then, she had power but did not know how to leverage it with four ounces moving a thousand pounds.

The moment she truly knew how to wield it was when Hawk hired the witch Agatha, and under Agatha's teaching, she learned how to control her Scarlet Chaos power.

Yet what truly caused her magic to undergo a qualitative sublimation was the moment she stepped out of Hawk's sacred timeline.

Before entering Hawk's sacred timeline, she was only Wanda.

But after stepping out of Hawk's sacred timeline, she was Wanda, and also Gwen, belonging uniquely to Hawk.

She was the Gwen who, back at Kamar-Taj, had perused Kamar-Taj's endless magic library.

This is also why, taking Hawk's sacred timeline as the pivot, the Wanda before the pivot was one person, while the Wanda after the pivot controlled magic as if she had become a different person entirely.

After all, witch Agatha's teaching method was useful, but too wild, somewhat similar to the Federation's happy education.

But Kamar-Taj, as the cradle for systematically cultivating mages, possesses a comprehensive set of theoretical knowledge regarding magic.

Similar to the Federation's elite private education.

From this, another conclusion can be drawn.

Happy education is not advisable.

Hearing Wanda's thanks, the Ancient One smiled slightly, then looked at Wanda and joked, "Then should I address you as Phoenix Empress Wanda or Phoenix Empress Gwen?"

Wanda smiled: "Whether Wanda or Gwen, we are the same person, both Phoenix Empress."

Seeing this, Hawk looked at the Ancient One: "So, my Time God, you knew this fact very early on?"

Wanda is Wanda, but she is also Gwen, belonging uniquely to him on his sacred timeline.

Hearing this, the Ancient One snapped back to reality and looked at Hawk.

"The past cannot be changed, the future..."

"... the future cannot be observed."

Hearing the Ancient One's words, Hawk immediately took over the conversation, then looked at the Ancient One with some resentment: "But you should have given me some hints."

The Ancient One laughed.

"I did give you hints."

"What?"

"This is Ms. Gwen Stacy, belonging uniquely to you."

"..."

Hearing the Ancient One's words, Hawk recalled the first time he and Gwen went to Kamar-Taj; when he introduced Gwen, the Ancient One indeed said this sentence.

But back then, hearing the Ancient One's words, he didn't think much of it, simply following the conversation and saying, "Yes, this is my Gwen."

But now?

Hawk recalled the scene from that time, then looked at the Ancient One before him again.

The Ancient One's expression was as usual, wearing a gentle smile, looking at Hawk with calm eyes.

"See, I reminded you."

"Yes, you reminded me."

Hawk shook his head and let out a helpless laugh.

The Ancient One indeed reminded him; it was he himself who didn't pay attention.

Once again.

In the universe he inhabits, Spider-Man is the bully version of Maguire, and while the bully Maguire version might have Gwen, it is absolutely not that Gwen Stacy belonging to him.

So—

Admit mistakes when made, stand straight when beaten.

This is one of Hawk's many virtues.

Thinking thus, Hawk looked at Wanda beside him once more.

Receiving Hawk's gaze, Wanda directly gave him an eye roll, then complained to the Ancient One: "Ignore him; he just thinks that since Gwen is also me, he fears I will hold his past indifference toward me in my heart and constantly guard against him settling scores later."

Hawk raised his sword eyebrows: "I didn't."

Hearing this, Wanda merely smiled, then looked at Hawk without saying a word.

Under Wanda's gaze, Hawk's eyes became wavering, then he coughed, as if seeing something, pointed at a spot, and feigned surprise: "Where there is destruction, there is rebirth; after the universe's nirvana, this is my Phoenix Universe parallel world."

As everyone knows.

The Phoenix does not die; it merely undergoes nirvana.

The universe is the same.

When the destruction of this universe reached its end, it did not completely enter total quiescence like ordinary universe destruction; instead, when everything returned to calm and was about to enter quiescence, a pure golden-red flame was born.

Immediately followed by a second, a third...

In the blink of an eye, infinite and endless, just as when destroying this universe, the golden-red flames once again swept across the entire universe.

The flames spread, crossing galaxy clusters, superclusters, crossing the Cosmic Web and vast voids.

Where the Phoenix fire reached, the universe space originally in a state of quiescence began to become soft and malleable.

Galaxies once separated by millions of light-years could now touch each other; their starlight intertwined in the flames into complex spectral patterns.

The next second.

The Phoenix Fire began to change.

From the golden flame symbolizing the birth of the universe's first life within Hawk, and the red flame symbolizing the birth of Wanda's most impossible life, blue and purple veins were nurtured.

Then came green, silver, and colors never before seen in human language.

Massive vortices, intricate lattices, and infinitely extending fractal patterns began to form the phantom image of the Fire Phoenix, symbolizing that this universe was reborn under Hawk's will.

At the same time.

Within the crimson-gold flames, a point of darkness appeared; this was not an empty darkness, but a darkness full of potential.

Though it is often said that only with life comes death.

To put it another way.

Is it not also true that only with death comes life?

Within the black flames, the outline of a woman with a supermodel figure was similarly drawn. The woman stepped out of the darkness; at first she seemed somewhat confused, then she saw Hawk not far away. Her eyes lit up, and she instantly appeared before Hawk.

"Hawk!"

"Anna."

Yes.

It was indeed Anna.

Looking at the appearing Hawk, Anna was somewhat overjoyed. Then, gazing at this universe being reborn under the Phoenix Fire, after receiving information, she looked at Hawk with surprise: "Is this a parallel universe?"

Hawk smiled and said, "Yes."

Since only with death comes new life, naturally, Anna, his Death Goddess, would naturally come here as well.

After all, his Death Goddess Anna is responsible for all deaths within all universes belonging to him.

Here with Hawk, Anna's status is equivalent to Marvel's Death.

Hearing this, Anna, after her surprise, came to her senses and looked at Hawk: "I'll go get to work first."

Hawk hummed in acknowledgment.

After Anna left and once again plunged into the dark flames symbolizing death.

The flames of the black eye instantly began to expand, starting to devour the surrounding crimson-gold flames, but this was not a destructive devouring; rather, it was an absorption like a sponge soaking up water.

And with the addition of the Dark Fire, the flames were no longer a freely flowing sea of energy; instead, they began to condense into discrete points of light, even pulsing like the rhythm of life, as if breathing.

After Anna left, Wanda appeared beside Hawk, glanced at Anna who was faintly visible within the Dark Fire, and then glanced at Hawk.

"You've arranged another boss for Mephisto again."

"No choice."

Hawk also glanced sideways at Wanda who was speaking, his lips curling upward: "I don't trust old Mo."

Hearing this, Wanda was somewhat curious: "Didn't you say upon your return that this Mephisto seemed to have reformed?"

Hawk chuckled: "Remember, when it comes to demons, you can't trust even their punctuation marks, especially Mephisto. Every word he says is untrustworthy, even when he speaks the truth."

Especially after hearing Mephisto say that from now on he would be the greatest here, he became even more determined in his idea of finding Mephisto another direct superior.

Evil men must be governed by evil men.

Once again.

His Death Goddess Anna was no naive fool; she was Anna, carefully cultivated by Hydra leader Alexander Pierce, even treated as his successor.

So!

With Anna watching Mephisto, he would be completely at ease; from now on, Mephisto would not stir up any more trouble.

After all, he truly quite liked Mephisto.

Because Mephisto was the first person—a demon—to invite him for a drink.

So if possible, Hawk truly did not want to lose his first drinking partner.

Therefore, finding a boss for old Mo was not only for Hawk's own peace of mind, but also for Mephisto's own sake.

As for what Mephisto wants, he will give it to him.

Let's put it this way.

What he needs is simply to put a tight spell on Mephisto; as long as Mephisto does not trigger this tight spell, he will still be very safe.

The right to respond to summons but not to attend court.

He will grant it!