Marvel: The Devourer Chapter 282: Wanda's Recount

Aaron looked at Wanda. He only knew a small part about this major event. He might not know as many specific details as Wanda.

Wanda hesitated for a mont, then slowly recounted the information she knew.

"Actually, I don't know much either. This whole thing started a few months ago, before the temporal storm began."

"I heard from Stephen that even earlier, Victor had asked him to borrow the Darkhold, but he refused."

"To prevent Victor from attacking, Stephen threw the Darkhold into the Astral Realm."

"However, not long after, the temporal storm struck, and the resulting world entanglent caused several Universes to rge."

"Including the world I was in. I had to use my own power to maintain the ti rift to prevent my world from being destroyed."

"After that, Dracula, the King of Vampires, used so kind of power to plunge New York in the 2024 Universe into eternal night. Vampires began a grand party in New York, countless humans were infected and turned into Vampires, and in a short ti, New York beca a ghost city."

"Only a very small number of humans were resisting in various parts of New York."

"At this ti, Dracula led the Vampires to attack the Sanctum Sanctorum, wanting to seize the Darkhold to obtain its Vampire chapters, attempting to use ancient magic to transform Vampires into a perfect race that fears neither sunlight nor has any weaknesses."

"During the battle, Stephen was struck into the Astral Realm, and due to the temporal chaos, he was unable to leave the Astral Realm and return to reality."

"So he sought , offering to resolve the ti rift in exchange for my help to escape the Astral Plane..."

Wanda had a very detailed understanding of what happened in the 2024 Universe.

Everything Stephen had experienced, he told her without reservation.

After all, Stephen had only recently beco Sorcerer Supre, while Wanda was already a qualified and mature Sorcerer Supre.

"While Stephen was in the Astral Plane, he wanted to find the Darkhold he had thrown there."

"But because of the temporal storm, the Astral Plane and the Sanctum Sanctorum's Reality Plane overlapped, and it was chaotic and disordered by the ti he found the Darkhold."

"Khonshu, the Moon God, had already gotten the Darkhold first."

Luna raised her hand. "Why would Khonshu want the darkhold too? He's a God."

"I did hear Stephen ntion this."

Wanda recalled the past, slowly saying, "I heard that Victor had once approached Khonshu, hoping that the moon would stay in the sky longer, plunging the world into eternal night."

"However, Khonshu rcilessly rejected the request."

"Even so, Dracula used another thod to plunge New York into night, which undoubtedly was a slap in the face to Khonshu, the God of the Moon."

"Moreover, Khonshu's duty is to protect pedestrians under the moonlight, but the Vampires led by Dracula frantically attacked humans under the moonlight and created a Vampire carnival. This undoubtedly slapped Khonshu's face again."

"So Khonshu decided to find the Darkhold and use an ancient magic from the book called the Montesi Formula to exterminate the Vampire race."

Iron Fist frowned upon hearing this. "Wouldn't that kill innocent citizens in New York? Can't they wait to cure them before using the Montesi Formula?"

Luna and Wolverine also felt that Khonshu was too extre.

They were Mutants and their relationship with those humans wasn't good. But as lives in the 2024 Universe, they found this outco hard to accept.

After all, if humans were treated this way, would Mutants also face a similar genocidal curse one day?

Aaron's expression was normal, and he said faintly, "For a God, sacrificing the humans of a city to exterminate Vampires and avoid embarrassnt is clearly a very cost-effective matter."

"Those innocent who died are all acceptable necessary sacrifices."

Iron Fist and the others felt uncomfortable, but Wanda showed no particular expression, clearly having a higher acceptance of such matters and agreeing with Aaron's statent.

"At this point, Stephen sought out. He was no match for Khonshu and hoped I could help him figure out a way to get the Darkhold back."

"Khonshu, the Moon God, is obsessed with an ancient Egyptian board ga called Senet."

"So I told Stephen to wager helping Khonshu cast the Montesi Formula in a ga with him, with the winner gaining ownership of the Darkhold."

Luna beca even more puzzled upon hearing this. "Khonshu wouldn't agree to a ga that clearly has an ulterior motive, would he? And the stakes are completely unequal. Khonshu could just use the magic himself."

Wanda shook her head. "The Darkhold records dark magic, and all Kamar-Taj magic has a characteristic."

"That is, any magic will incur a corresponding price. The stronger the spell, the stronger the backlash and the greater the price, and dark magic is especially so."

"The Montesi Formula is a decisive extermination spell. Even Khonshu, as a God, is unwilling to bear the huge backlash brought by such a genocidal spell."

"So he needed to force Stephen to recite the spell for him."

"Is magic that scary?"

Luna took half a step back in fright. She had thought mages were cool, but now... mages were practically risking their lives.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. "That's just Kamar-Taj magic. Even white magic requires a price to cast, it's just a smaller price than dark magic."

"If you want to beco a mage, I can help you. There's no price, you can use any magic you want."

Although he wasn't a Dinsional Ruler, he was better than one. The energy contained in trillions of Universes surpassed any Dinsional Ruler. Even Cyttorak was a little kid in front of him.

He could very well establish his own magic faction and create so real white magic with no price.

Well, it wasn't without a price.

But that wouldn't count as a price.

Wanda subconsciously glanced at Aaron. This offer was very tempting.

Even Vishanti wasn't this generous.

But now was not the ti to talk about this.

"In the end, Stephen narrowly won the ga, thus retrieving the Darkhold."

The others didn't hear Wanda speak after that.

"It's over just like that? Khonshu lost just like that? No way, he's a God."

"I thought there would be a thrilling chess match, with twists and turns and more twists."

Iron Fist said, "He's so bad, how could he agree to it?"

Wanda's expression was strange. "That's normal, Khonshu loves this kind of 'betting' behavior."

"Many years ago, when Khonshu was playing Senet with Thoth, the God of Wisdom, he lost his radiance and absolute control over the moon. This is why the moon has phases."

Aaron summarized, "So Khonshu is bad at gas but loves to play."

Iron Fist nodded in agreent.