Chapter 705 - Time Master; Mind Stone (2/2)

”Hmm? Hi, what's got you stumped?” Ray inquired with her pink pupils observing the scripture.

'A seal? Hmm, Yar... be ready to pounce the moment I signal you...' Ray's heartbeat quickened slightly.

Nik had contacted him earlier to discuss a few things about Strange which would allow Ray to conquer the Supreme. However...

'So, sorry, Nik,' He snickered.

Never did the trio actually stoop low enough to let go of their own benefits for each other. Casual favors can be owed and repaid but if Ray did manage to get a hold of Strange, he wasn't willing to share anything. Not even...

His gaze fell on Strange's butt as his gaze twinkled.

'That Skeleton will be useless against this guy,' Yar contacted the 'mighty' Ghost Rider just in case. After all, that bony stud was a god in his own right.

'Not just him, contact everybody!' Ray exclaimed, 'We're starting this morning as a group!'

Yar snickered, feeling proud of her master's thoughts while Strange, feeling the stare, hurriedly stated.

”I am barely holding these two— Agh, anyway, Nik isn't answering my calls. Find Felicia Hardy! Wong will give you her profile. This is urgent and—”

Strange gasped, his gaze furiously turned towards the seal while Ray made an informed decision to skip the school.

Whatever Strange was holding didn't matter to him. Even if he dies, he'll just return back to his real world however, he would return with Strange and his trove of knowledge!

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”Hup!” Nik sat up. His fist still clutched the time stone tightly but a confused expression touched his face. Morgan remained lying in front of Nik. Whatever she wished to achieve by entering this space was clearly a failure but Nik felt that Morgan's objectives largely included understanding his true depths. Information is usually one of the forms of strengths, after all.

If Nik knew everything about the past war that killed Kaal and Sky and forced Lucifer to become an Undead Seraphim, he would have used that knowledge to formulate plans but till now, the only thing he knew was that Supreme Seraphim was f.u.c.k.i.n.g a blow doll, the sight of which was caught by Kaal. However, Kaal was present in Holy Paradise due to the bet between him and Nirdai to f.u.c.k Mirage. And this was only Kaal's and Sky's iteration of the event.

”You guys suck,” Nik muttered as everyone within Nik gazed at the slightly embarrassed Lilith while Nik called out Pickle who instantly whined. A rare situation but the pain Pickle was subjected to was quite rare, too.

”It's alright,” Nik smiled sadly as he let Pickle rub her cheeks against him. ”But... I have this strange feeling,” Pickle whispered, ”I think I can cast that spell you were learning from Loki.”

”Of course,” Nik chuckled and stood up. His energy reserves are increasing at a breakneck pace due to Pickle. Even Pickle's reserves increased due to influx from Nik's side— a virtuous cycle of energy cultivation. However, Pickle had no background in spell studying and techniques but...

Unclenching his balled fist, Nik gazed at the glimmering green gem.

Time Master!

He had gained mastery of the concept of Time alongside Pickle!

”The moment I enter Dream Core, the space of both the world connects, and since this space does not have any form of time, it creates a vacuum that the stream of time of the outside world tries to fill... Morgan used that superflow to break through the natural defenses of the Dream Core...” Nik gazed at the unconscious woman, ”What a terrifying thing to do.”

Thinking for a moment, Nik resisted the urge to rush to the castle and use the time stone to try and wake up Tanya. He simply didn't know how to properly control this newfound power and if there was something that Nik understood, it was that uncontrollable urges and power usually bring troubles like no other.

”Alright, it's time to complete the modification of the Symbiote Rings... I should give mine to Natasha. Then, when I visit the Paradise again, I will get a fistful of nanoids to fuse with Mary's and Anna's suit, too... Say, Pickle, you might—”

”No!” Pickle instantly shook her head, ”I don't have weak resistance towards fire and high-pitched noises, please, don't pump me with nanoids... not until...”

”You guys have an insanely lewd thought process,” Nik mumbled as he walked inside his hut and made some final touches. He still kept the Time Stone close to him and didn't place it back inside the Eye of Agamotto. With all intent and purpose, Morgan had lost her leverage to learn Nik's method and he wasn't just kind enough to return treasures to their rightful owner.

However, much to Nik's surprise, the Time Stone slowly dragged itself towards a particular weapon in the pile of treasures casually thrown in the corner of the hut.

The Chitauri Scepter.

Furrowing his brows, Nik looked at the black and white rings before tossing them into the pile and walking towards the Scepter.

Picking it up, he brought the scepter close to the Time Stone and the infinity gem started to move towards the blue crystal of the Scepter.

Musing slightly and not caring about Loki's displeasure should he really damage her weapon, Nik raised his fist and smashed it down.

*Bang*

His fist instantly lit up in fire as he continued as if a smith smashing flaming hammer and after eleven strikes, the gem shattered slightly, revealing a golden glimmer.

”That's...” Nik huffed slightly and blew away the shattered blue crystal before picking up the golden gem only to find his right hand paralyzed with equally ferocious golden veins reaching up to his arm.

Pickle shrieked before the familiar situation occurred while the spirits within Nik felt a tinge of pity for Nik. But not that much. After all, maybe he would gain some form of understanding after a bout of pain once again.

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