Chapter 188: What If the Interdimensional Travel Went Wrong (Patreon)

"So the person you went to for help is the one trying to kill me?"

Inside Kamar-Taj, America asked in disbelief upon hearing the news.

"Yes," Strange nodded.

It wasn't exactly a hunt.

The Scarlet Witch was using the Darkhold to control magical creatures across the multiverse to capture America.

But Strange didn't explain this. After all, to America, falling into the Scarlet Witch's hands meant only one outcome.

Death either way.

"Immediately halt all instruction. Arm the disciples. Transform Kamar-Taj into a fortress to resist the enemy," Wong immediately ordered.

"Wait." Rex, however, held a different opinion. "Against the Scarlet Witch, what use are ordinary sorcerers? They are easily broken from within, which will only add to the casualties."

In the original plot, Kamar-Taj gathered a bunch of people, seemingly armed to the teeth, but even the undeveloped saplings were pulled into the fight, resulting in heavy casualties.

Wong and Strange found Rex's words reasonable, so they only mobilized the elite sorcerers.

Rex knew these sorcerers wouldn't be of much use, but elite sorcerers at least had some self-preservation ability and wouldn't suffer excessive casualties.

He then ran into Kamar-Taj's library to search for magic books about the multiverse and quickly found his target in the restricted section.

After spending two or three hours, Rex learned the method to control abilities similar to spatial traversal. When he walked out of the library, he found Kamar-Taj bustling with activity.

"I looked up some information about Chaos Magic," Rex found Strange and said bluntly, "Kamar-Taj won't be able to hold her off."

"Do you have a plan?" Strange asked.

"I've already proposed my plan, but the Darkhold disagreed." Rex was quite helpless that his clone plan was rejected. "For now, we haven't found a way to go to another universe, which could both buy us time and allow us to seek reinforcements."

"Every world always has superheroes."

Since Wanda could no longer be reasoned with, and they couldn't defeat her, they could only temporarily avoid her sharp edge.

Strange nodded.

Before sunset, the Scarlet Witch arrived at Kamar-Taj. Although the sun hadn't set yet, the moment she arrived, the entire Kamar-Taj was shrouded in dark clouds.

Seeing that preparations for battle were complete here, her tone darkened.

"For a child you only met yesterday, is it worth it?"

Strange flew up to her side, wanting to offer a final word of persuasion, but Wanda no longer wanted to listen. She directly attacked. The sorcerers of Kamar-Taj worked together to prop up a shield, temporarily blocking her.

Although everyone here was an elite sorcerer, they still fell short against the Scarlet Witch. After holding on for a bit longer than in the plot, the Scarlet Witch eventually seized an opportunity and shattered the shield.

Rex didn't run. Even though America's ability was already being analyzed and he was almost certain to complete this mission, if he just walked away at this moment, his persona in the Marvel world would collapse.

He continuously opened portals, transferring injured or soon-to-be-injured sorcerers to safe locations, greatly reducing Kamar-Taj's casualties.

However, the defense line was still quickly breached. Strange hurriedly led everyone to evacuate. When Wanda caught up, Doctor Strange trapped her inside the Mirror Dimension.

"Thank you."

Strange sincerely thanked Rex, having seen his actions of saving the sorcerers.

"Don't mention it, I am also a member of Kamar-Taj," Rex urged. "The Mirror Dimension can't trap Wanda for too long. Let's go to another universe to lay low."

Strange nodded, but America's ability wasn't under her own control; it wasn't something they could use just because they wanted to.

It didn't take long for the Scarlet Witch to escape the Mirror Dimension using reflection spells. At this time, America was still struggling to open a portal.

Strange and Wong quickly stepped forward to intercept her, but Wong was completely no match for the corrupted Wanda and was instantly sent flying.

The energy source for Kamar-Taj's sorcerers was generally borrowed from demon gods or drawn from different dimensions.

The Scarlet Witch, on the other hand, essentially had an unlimited credit line, far beyond what ordinary sorcerers could compare to.

Doctor Strange managed to exchange a couple of blows, but he was clearly at a disadvantage. Seeing this, Rex also hurriedly lent a helping hand.

The Sokatsui released by his Origin Power hit Wanda directly, but it only knocked her back half a step without causing any damage.

Protected by Chaos Magic, Wanda hadn't sustained any injuries even while weathering the heavy bombardment from the Kamar-Taj sorcerers earlier. Her endurance was at its peak.

However, Wanda's counterattack was not as easy to take. Rex's Origin Power shield could theoretically block all attacks, but the Origin Power consumption depended on the power of the attack it bore.

The consumption required to block Wanda's Chaos Magic was second only to the time he blocked the nuclear explosion!

Nevertheless, Rex still managed to hold Wanda off for a short while. Strange took the opportunity to counterattack from the side, forcing Wanda to retreat step by step.

"Why... are you... trying to stop me?"

"Ah!"

Wanda's Chaos Magic suddenly erupted to a higher level, instantly shattering Strange's magic and launching several bolts of Chaos Magic toward Rex.

Rex didn't plan to take them head-on, avoiding wasting Origin Power. He activated Mach 3 speed, instantly shifting his position to dodge the attacks.

Seizing the opportunity, Wanda threw out two spells to block Strange and Rex, went straight over to grab America, and immediately began absorbing her power.

At the critical juncture of life and death, America's ability activated, opening a massive star-shaped portal. Because America's ability was currently mixed with Wanda's Chaos Magic, the other side of the portal was the universe Wanda longed for—Earth-616, where her children existed.

Seeing this, Strange lunged forward, knocking America into the portal and breaking her free from Wanda's control. Rex hurriedly followed; after all, his Main Quest was to travel through three multiverses.

Going to an unknown universe could be dangerous; it was safer to stick with the protagonist.

But just as Rex was about to grab America, Wanda suddenly fired a spell, knocking Rex into a different universe, separating him from Strange and America!

"Waaaaaaah..."

Rex continuously traversed the gaps between the multiverses, his vision blurring just as it did when passing through a space portal.

Unlike the space portal, however, this traversal was filled with a sense of weightlessness. Upon arriving, Rex's stomach churned violently, making him dry-heave for a long time before recovering.

"Where is this?"

Rex looked around and found himself in a pitch-black space. There were no stars, no land, no living creatures—nothing.

Could this be a multiverse entirely composed of dark creatures?

No!

Rex quickly realized that this wasn't blackness, but rather—nothingness!

The so-called "blackness" was just what Rex perceived based on his own senses, but when he used Origin Power to sense it, there was absolutely nothing in this space.

He pushed his Origin Power to the limit and finally discovered something in a certain location.

A purple, diamond-like sphere.

The Marvel works Rex had seen were mostly movies and TV shows, rarely involving comics and animations. However, he had coincidentally seen this exact sphere.

Marvel had an animated series called What If...?

It told stories of how the Marvel Cinematic Universe would develop under different circumstances. For example, what if the Super Soldier Serum was injected into Peggy Carter instead of Steve Rogers?

The plot of episode 4 explored: what if Doctor Strange didn't lose his nimble hands in the car accident, but instead lost his girlfriend, Christine Palmer?

Therefore, according to the plot, inside this purple diamond space was imprisoned the most powerful Doctor Strange to date!

"A single life, a single choice, a single moment can destroy an entire universe."

"And what kind of surprise can an unexpected intruder from beyond time and space bring to this story?"

Rex frowned. "Who is speaking?"

This world actually had a narrator?

Suddenly, his expression changed, thinking of a very formidable character.

He looked up and saw a massive figure appearing there—bald, brown-skinned, wearing a blue cape, with eyes glowing white.

At this moment, the big bald guy's face also showed obvious confusion.

"You can hear me?"