Syd was brimming with anticipation.
As he reveled in his thoughts, the light energy flowing from his transford divinity received an inexplicable boost, becoming significantly stronger.
Kamar-Taj
Doctor Strange's eyes widened in shock.
Draped in his newly acquired crimson Cloak of Levitation, he hovered in a ditative pose,
his hands weaving through magical gestures as he practiced his spells.
But monts ago, sothing felt off. The power from his dinsional patron seed to have undergone a change.
Instinctively, Stephen Strange cast a spell.
Bolts of Balthakk!
Instantly, golden lightning-infused with dinsional power-manifested before him. Boom! Boom! Boom!
With flashes of gold, chunks of the ground shattered beneath him, leaving a crater several ters deep.
Staring at the destruction, Strange froze in disbelief.
The Bolts of Balthakk had grown significantly more powerful.
"No... It's the power granted by that unknown dinsional entity-it's beco much stronger!" he murmured in astonishnt.
Strange had assud the power he'd been granted previously was already a glimpse into the entity's true strength. But now it seed even that wasn't its limit.
He wondered if even this level of power was just what the entity had chosen to bestow for now, with its true potential lying far beyond comprehension.
Taking a deep breath, Strange marveled at the thought of what he could accomplish if he wielded the entity's full power.
Elsewhere
Strange wasn't the only one noticing the change.
Kaecilius, along with other followers of the entity, experienced similar revelations.
So, caught in life-threatening situations, found themselves saved by the sudden surge of power.
One by one, the believers beca more awestruck and devout.
In the Desert
Several hundred kiloters from Syd's location, a caravan of cals and travelers braving the sandstorms began to stir with commotion.
"Was it just , or did the surroundings seem brighter for a mont?"
"A sudden flash of light?"
"Could it have been a mirage?"
Giovanni, a burly man with fair skin and a thick beard, hesitated as he spoke.
"Uh..."
Hearing his words, the other nineteen mbers of the caravan exchanged uncertain glances.
"You noticed it too?" Lisa, a slender woman dressed in brown, asked hesitantly.
She'd dismissed the flash as a hallucination brought on by their long journey.
If Giovanni hadn't ntioned it, Lisa might have brushed it off entirely.
Hearing her, the rest of the group began chiming in.
"Yes, I saw it too!"
"What could it an?"
Amid the chatter, Najido, an elderly man in the group, began gesturing and muttering prayers.
Seeing this, Giovanni and the others frowned.
"What are you doing?" a young man nad Rainer asked irritably.
Najido ignored him, continuing his prayers in the local dialect. Though the others couldn't
fully understand, they caught words like "god" and "forgiveness."
As their patience wore thin, Najido finally finished praying and began packing his belongings, seemingly intent on leaving.
"What are you doing?" Giovanni demanded.
Under the group's questioning gaze, Najido stroked his white beard and replied gruffly, "Your search for that pyramid must have angered the Egyptian gods. The vision we saw was a divine warning."
"If I continue to guide you, I'll surely face their wrath. If you insist on going, you'll have to do it without ."
His explanation left the group dumbfounded. Then, as realization dawned, they burst into laughter, their expressions a mix of amusent and exasperation.
"What century are you living in? Egyptian gods?" Giovanni scoffed.
Admittedly, their expedition was to uncover a mysterious pyramid rumored to hold treasures linked to the Egyptian pantheon.
But that didn't an the gods actually existed.
If they did, would the world still be in its current state?
Giovanni and the others were the first to dismiss the idea.
Najido retorted, "Didn't Thor, the god of thunder from Asgard, show up not long ago? Why can't Egypt have gods?"
His argunt gave Giovanni pause, reminding him of Thor's appearance a while back.
Lisa waved it off. "Asgard is Asgard. Egypt doesn't have gods, period. At least, we've never
seen any."
"And as for Thor... call him a god if you want, but to , he's more like an alien. Doesn't seem godly at all."
Her words found unanimous agreent among the group.
To them, Thor was more akin to an alien visitor than a deity. And as for the Egyptian gods, the myths were far too exaggerated to be real.
Najido frowned but didn't argue further, quietly contemplating Lisa's points.
However, he countered with, "What about the White-Clad Hero? Isn't he rumored to be an
Asgardian god?"
"Doesn't he seem like a god to you?"
The ntion of the White-Clad Hero left Giovanni and the others montarily speechless.
Lisa was quick to respond, "The White-Clad Hero is just that a hero. Isn't he supposed to be an Oga-level mutant?"
"Rumors say he's an Asgardian god, but there's no concrete proof. Besides, he doesn't seem like a real god to ."
What Lisa left unsaid was that while the White-Clad Hero was undeniably powerful, he hadn't
yet shown anything that convinced her he was truly divine.
She changed the subject. "Enough talk. Are you coming or not?"
Najido stroked his beard, then shook his head firmly. "I'm not going."
"Two hundred thousand dollars," Lisa offered coldly.
"No..." Najido began.
"One million dollars!" Lisa snapped.
"Uh..." Najido froze, then mumbled, "Fine..."
He added weakly, "But you must pay three hundred thousand up front."
A million dollars was more than enough for a lifeti of comfort. If it ant taking a risk, so
be it, Najido thought, clenching his teeth.
Lisa's eyes glead with a mix of satisfaction and disdain.
Money could solve anything.
With their guide placated, the group resud their journey toward the mysterious pyramid.
(End of Chapter)
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