May 6, 2016
13:20
In another arena, the second largest after the main arena
I am now standing alone, wearing my usual blue training suit, but now I have several accessories
a red waistband, a black rosary bracelet on my right wrist, a gold bracelet engraved with the Sanskrit-English characters "Akami - Visitor" on my left wrist, a sling ring on my left index and middle finger, and a necklace with a chain made of pure silver with a crystal clear snake fang pendant framed in gold.
I didn't go out and find all of these to wear myself, but Cyttorak gave me the waistband, Watoomb gave me the gold bracelet, Valtor gave me the gold snake pendant,and Balthakk gave me the rosary.
These four are the identities of the owners of the spells that I talked to, negotiated, and made a contract to borrow magic power from.
Right now, my left hand is full of the letters DEATH tattoo on finger The right hand uses the thumb and index finger. The other 3 characters used are used to learn the ancient language, the mirror dimension, and the sword of the Vishanti
'The remaining 3 characters, save them for learning something important in the future.' I thought to myself as I watched the 5 masters who would act as judges to test my abilities. . .
Do I have what it takes to be a MASTER?
This test, there were witnesses who came to watch. . . by all people in Kamar-Taj!
Because this was a historical phenomenon, a rookie who visited here for only a week. . . Just 6 days!
only 1 week but havequalified enough to apply for the promotion exam to become a master of the Mystic Arts, the master sorcerer who protects the world!!
In the past, the fastest record was Master Mordo who took only 7 months and 7 days.
Next was Master Wong who took 8 months. Then there was the record of 1 year or more. The slowest was 12 years old, who was an old man with no arms. The oldest master in terms of appearance here. Because the highest elder in this magician's hermitage is Ancient One, just like her name and nickname.
Primitive One, Ancient One, something like that. It depends on how people find the translation, but all of them refer to her. A woman wearing a golden yellow dress, often uses the Mystic Arts in the form of a fan to attack and defend, along with many mystical arts that can change the situation like a puppet master, controlling the scene as the director orders
She is the person that people, no those with magical powers from other dimensions including aliens fear do not dare to invade and occupy the world because they will be driven out, dealt with, destroyed, or sealed with the magic arts. And the Eye of Agamotto has the power to distort time like a child playing with dough, stretching and squeezing it like crumpling clay.
Normally, the exam to become a master will have a theoretical exam 2 days before to prove that you have truly mastered the knowledge of mystic art. Then there will be a practical exam, a battle without magic for 1 day before continuing the magic competition the next day. But these rules. . . Not used on me at all
Because I'm a child of Ancient One's connections?
You could say that, but I proved myself by taking the oral test with the 10 masters yesterday evening. I already did the one-on-one duel with spell-less moves this morning. This afternoon was the final exam.
Normally, it was a one-on-one duel, but I... I don't know if it was because Ancient One was pressured by the other masters.
Or maybe she did it on purpose. She wanted me to show off my potential to the other disciples.
This made me have to deal with the 5 masters in front of me!
Each of them summoned a golden-yellow Mystic Arts weapon and held it in a ready-to-fight stance. They used the basic appearance of a magic ring that could be both a shield to receive attacks and a base for firing magic energy borrowed from another dimension to attack the enemy.
Using magic from another dimension directly would be a burden on the body that had to act as a bridge between the energy of that dimension and sending it out to this world's dimension. However, if you use the Mandala Cube Ring as a launching base, this burden would be greatly reduced. It's like filtering water from a natural source with a filter before boiling it to drink. You will get clearer, cleaner water than just boiling it from the stream.
But I am a special case...again. With the blessing of the Mother of Death, the four magic masters that I made a contract with agreed to grant me the power to use without any additional conditions, without any burden on my body at all. However, I will not use these four spells in the duel. They are too violent.
Just the magic of Vishanti, the Seraphim Shield, the Holy Sword, and the Mystic Arts manipulation should be enough to pass this test!
"Are you ready, Strange?" Master Mordo who was the leader of the five Masters who would be testing me asked.
He still had a brown plaster on his right cheek, which had been cut by my sword of the Sacred Sword yesterday. It was a defeat he didn't really want to accept and he would probably use it as motivation to give me a hard time in this test.
"Ready" I replied shortly spreading both arms out raising my hands with my palms facing the other person, in the attitude of a surgeon ready to operate.
He revealed to the other person that the back of my hand, besides the black DEATH tattoo covering my left hand
my right hand had only D and E along with 10 nails with characters woven from the power of the Sacred Sword, in 10 ancient languages, from Pali, Sanskrit, Hieroglyphics, Latin, Hellenic, Hebrew, Mayan, Sumerian, Sepang, and Aztec, all of which meant
Conqueror of Death according to my profession . . . Whether in World 4, Blue 1, Grand Line, or this world . . .
Surgeon
"Killer of Death. . . Who do you think you are?" The red-brown-robed Master beside Master Mordo asked with an interested voice like a child who had encountered something new and exciting to jump into. Unlike the voices of the disciples next to me who were shouting and cursing at me,
"Where do you think you are, to the point that you dare to call yourself the Death Slayer!"
"Strange has gone mad! Does he think he has power over death?!"
"He must have joined Dormamu's dark cult like Kaecilius!"
"Catch him! Defeat him!! Stop him before he kills his fellow sect members like Kaecilius!!"
A small commotion on the level of a riot broke out, but it ended immediately when Ancient One coughed softly once.
"Strange, explain the origin of the 10 characters on your nails to everyone"
she said softly her tone like she was chatting about what kind of tea she wanted to drink today, honey tea or lemon tea, but everyone heard it as if they were sitting at the tea table with her even though they were several meters away from the arena.
"Because I am a Surgeon. The death surgery ending the death of people for decades... Although it is not a permanent victory, it is an extension of people's lives giving them a chance to continue living in this world... This is who I am."