This not only means that the vast amount of manpower, resources, and financial investment that . poured into the early stages of the plan has now all gone down the drain.
Not to mention the large number of field agents who died or were injured in the Battle with the Blood God Sect.
Most crucially, this means that . will directly lose its only opportunity to gather information about Dracula, the Ghost King, at the Centennial Conference.
It can be said that they have lost everything!
Now.
Even if . wanted to find suitable vampire clans in other cities again, it would be completely too late.
Without a doubt.
Whether for Nick Fury or for ., this is the biggest defeat in history... even a complete rout!
And the person who ruined the plan, needless to say, is Karl Mordo!
To think that the Sorcerer's Society he painstakingly planned has now become a 'wedding dress' offered to his mortal enemy.
Nick Fury, who has always been known for his composure, cunning, and never suffering losses, finally had his mentality completely崩坏 broken by jealousy and hatred.
To the point that now, within ., the name Karl Mordo has become an absolute taboo that no one can easily mention.
Looking at Nick Fury, who was in a state of inexplicable暴躁 irritability in front of her, Maria Hill couldn't help but feel a sense of "why did you give birth to Yu, when you already have Liang".
In fact, after obtaining the relevant video from the New York Police Department of Police Chief George Stacy having his head eaten by Anti-Venom, the keenly perceptive Nick Fury set his sights on the Life Foundation.
Anyone with discerning eyes could see that.
Their director has a great interest in this alien symbiote that can provide the host with super strength, speed, and many other enhancements.
But just as they were painstakingly searching for the whereabouts of the three "lost" alien symbiotes based on the information obtained from "raiding" the Life Foundation.
Who would have thought that Karl Mordo would have gotten there “again and again” before them.
Moreover, King Kong, who had combined with the symbiote, also shone brightly in the recent battle with the two MUTOs.
It's no wonder that Nick Fury would lose his composure and instantly破防 break down!
Tell me, who could stand this?
Sure enough, jealousy can make people unrecognizable!
In fact, it's not just Maria Hill who thinks this way.
Many old . employees privately regard Karl Mordo as Nick Fury's nemesis.
Because in almost everything related to this man, their director only gets the short end of the stick.
And this situation had never happened before Karl appeared!
Maria Hill couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh in her heart, "Alas, it seems that the days ahead will be difficult!"
"...Damn bastard, you wait, I will personally send you to the Raft one day."
After continuously输出 outputting a lot of trash talk towards the non-existent Karl in the void, Nick Fury, who had lost his composure, finally calmed down.
Then, pretending not to see the undisguised strange gazes in Maria Hill and others' eyes, he ordered with a dark face:
"Increase manpower to track down Eddie Brock's whereabouts, and we must find out as soon as possible whether he is the host of that alien symbiote."
"And, I'm sure he must know some secrets that we don't know yet."
"If he is really the monster the police are chasing, maybe we can take the opportunity to recruit him into ...."
Speaking of this, Nick Fury felt another extremely憋屈 suffocated and extremely郁闷 depressed feeling in his heart.
Because no matter what he does now, he is destined to be one step behind Karl.
One step behind means every step behind!
Originally, he was wondering whether to send a Skrullian spy to Sokovia to inquire about information.
But soon this idea was rejected.
Because from the personal information about Karl currently掌握 mastered by ., it is recorded that the other party seems to have some kind of telepathic ability.
Nick Fury is not sure whether the Skrulls' transformation ability can deceive the other party.
If Karl were to detect the existence of this powerful trump card of the Skrulls in advance because of this, it would be a great loss for Nick Fury!
So, now he can only place all his hopes for breaking the situation on Eddie Brock.
Maria Hill: "Yes, sir."
…………
……
At the same time.
In a dilapidated hotel.
Eddie Brock and Anti-Venom, who were evading pursuit, had already seen the relevant live broadcast from the Daily Bugle on TV.
"Hey, steed Eddie, how can there be such terrifying things on Earth?"
Anti-Venom pointed to King Kong, who was wearing the A02 symbiote on TV, and said with a face full of fear:
"I remember that Extreme wasn't摸除 erased of its consciousness by that terrifying man along with Venom?"
"Why is it appearing on that big gorilla now?"
Eddie Brock suppressed the fear in his heart, and replied with a slightly trembling voice:
"That monster's name is King Kong, it's a type of Titan beast... it had previously defeated two Titan monsters, and then it was taken back to Sokovia by the Subspace Group."
"Now it seems that both King Kong and the Subspace Group should be related to that superpower user named Karl Mordo."
Eddie Brock now hates and fears Karl.
What he hates is that they were clearly the two of them who caused the damage in the laboratory that day.
But in the end, all the blame was borne by him, Eddie Brock, alone?
This is obviously extremely unfair and unreasonable.
Moreover, if Karl hadn't broken the experimental艙 chamber, he wouldn't have been controlled like a puppet by this monster who can talk and likes to eat people's heads.
Causing him to not only lose his job now, but also be wanted by the police and unable to go home!
At the same time, even his girlfriend took the initiative to break up with him and投入 joined the arms of another doctor.
How many days has it been?
Annie, you even found a replacement?
So... Eddie Brock, whose love life, career, and life have all plummeted to the bottom, transferred all the resentment in his heart to Karl.
But.
The opponent's unparalleled strength made him feel无比 extremely frightened.
Especially after seeing the performance of Symbiote King Kong today, it made him dispel the stupid idea of using Anti-Venom to seek revenge on Karl.
Because he and Anti-Venom combined are probably not enough for Symbiote King Kong to fill his teeth.
"Steed Eddie, that man is too powerful, he is simply not someone we can deal with now."
Anti-Venom seemed to have guessed what Eddie Brock was thinking, put his little head in front of the other party, and said with ill intentions:
"It seems that if we want to take revenge, we must find a more powerful partner, and then take the opportunity to bring the main force on the comet back..."
"In this way, maybe we can become the rulers of this planet in the future!"
When Eddie Brock heard this, raging flames of revenge ignited in his eyes.
For revenge, he can endure and wait.
Just to wait until the day the opportunity comes, to take back everything he has lost with his own hands!!
…………
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Kamar-Taj.
Karl followed Wanda, passing through an ancient corridor, all the way to the Supreme Mage's study.
"Come in."
Without even needing to knock on the door, Gu Yi's voice, which did not reveal any emotional fluctuations, came from inside the study.
Karl directly pushed the door open without hesitation.
On the other hand, Wanda stood at the door with a tangled expression and hesitated.
It could be seen that she really wanted to continue to stay by Karl's side.
But her respect for Gu Yi made her dare not overstep the strict rules of Kamar-Taj.
This is not to say that Wanda is so afraid of Gu Yi.
On the contrary.
In the process of learning magic on weekdays, she can keenly察觉 perceive that this respected Supreme Mage seems to be deliberately avoiding too much contact with her.
Even the task of teaching basic magic has been completely handed over to other female mages to do it for her.
However, Wanda takes this very lightly.
Because the reason why she chose to come to Kamar-Taj to learn magic was entirely to be able to help Karl better in the future.
As for who teaches the relevant magic knowledge, it doesn't matter to her at all.
Therefore, Wanda pays special attention to the rules of Kamar-Taj on weekdays.
Fearing that she would be kicked out by Gu Yi for an excuse if she was not careful, thus wasting Karl's painstaking efforts in vain.
"Master Wanda, thank you for your hard work, can you let me talk to Mr. Karl alone for a while next?"
Gu Yi turned her head to look at Wanda at the door, with a polite yet dignified smile on her face.
"I understand."
Although Wanda's heart was full of reluctance and reluctance, she still nodded very obediently.
Then the little girl widened her eyes and took a few glances at Karl, as if to deeply engrave the man's figure into her memory, before closing the door and turning to leave.
Karl didn't say a word or look back at Wanda throughout the whole process, but entered a state of single-mindedness.
This is a habit he developed when conducting major negotiations in his "previous life".
It can speed up the operation of the brain and help him better deal with unexpected situations that may occur during negotiations.
"Mr. Karl, we meet again!"
Gu Yi sat in front of an antique solid wood table, stretched out her hand towards the empty seat opposite, and示意 signaled Karl to sit down there.
Accurately speaking, this should be considered their second official meeting.
Although the two had met several times before because of opening the portal.
But either the time was extremely short, or Gu Yi asked someone to do it for her, so there was not much communication throughout the whole process.
Karl pulled out the stool expressionlessly and sat down大马金刀 imposingly.
Then he put on an aggressive posture and looked at Gu Yi.
In fact, before rushing to Kamar-Taj, Karl had already analyzed the reason why the other party specifically asked him to talk.
First of all, what can be certain is that Gu Yi is definitely not looking for him to reminisce about the old days.
Although the two are allies in name, their actual relationship has become increasingly tense over time.
Karl can feel that Gu Yi's suspicion about his true identity is getting heavier and heavier.
Because no matter how realistic the story is, as long as it loses the support of reality, it will be exposed sooner or later.
And the suspicion in Gu Yi's heart stems precisely from the untraceable nature of Subspace and the Four Chaos Gods.
For a strong person like Gu Yi, the unknown represents a potential threat, an uncontrollable variable, an unpredictable result, and even blatant欺骗 deception!
Being able to forcibly endure the many questions in her heart and not come to Karl in the past three months has already shown that Gu Yi's ability to cultivate her Qi is very good.
Secondly, Gu Yi did not directly use the Mirror Dimension this time, indicating that although her heart is full of questions, she has not temporarily regarded Karl as a threat.
Otherwise, she would not have specifically dispatched Wanda to help Karl open the portal this time.
In addition to this.
Gu Yi deliberately called Wanda a mage in front of Karl just now, and the meaning of goodwill revealed here is already very obvious.
It is important to know that before rushing to Kamar-Taj, in order to accurately assess the true attitude of Gu Yi and Kamar-Taj towards him, Karl specifically asked Wanda about her daily life during this period.
Although he ultimately failed to find any valuable information.
But what can be certain is that Gu Yi had never called Wanda a mage before.
She even rarely took the initiative to communicate with her on weekdays...
But today, she affirmed Wanda's identity against the norm, and this is definitely not a temporary whim, or being moved by Wanda's diligence and talent.
Therefore, combining the above analysis and judgment, the answer naturally emerges.
The biggest possibility at present is that Gu Yi has noticed the existence of the Four Chaos Gods through the clues that occurred on those Chosen Ones.
And this is precisely what Karl wanted her to discover.
In this way, the initiative is still in Karl's hands.
But.
If he wants to completely dispel the doubts in Gu Yi's heart, Karl must show some of his cards appropriately at this time.
Fortunately, he was prepared for this, and immediately got into character in one second,拿捏姿态 adopting a measured posture.
It is necessary to fully and vividly演绎 portray the arrogant posture that a dimensional demon god who has regained some of his power should have.
In short, the sentence is, be as arrogant as possible, and you can't go wrong!
What's more, for Karl, he was not afraid of this big bald head when the "Five Little Ones" didn't appear, and now that they have appeared, he is even less afraid.
Come, come, see if I can control you to death!
So the two seemed to return to the scene when they first met a few months ago, and they looked at each other without blinking, staring at each other.
"Mr. Karl, I think..."
In the end, Gu Yi took the lead in breaking the stalemate.
However, she maintained her unwavering demeanor of a powerful figure, picked up a set of ancient and simple tea utensils from the table, and began to make tea, intending to say something.
But who would have thought?
Karl didn't give her a chance to take the lead, and preemptively asked a question that Gu Yi would never forget in her life?
Karl leaned forward slightly, a condescending smile on his face, feigning a posture as he asked:
"Master Gu Yi, do you think I look more like a human or a god now?"
"!!!"
Gu Yi's mouth twitched a few times upon hearing this, struggling to maintain the elegance and composure on her face, and her years of self-cultivation of inner peace, which had accumulated for over five hundred years, were almost shattered on the spot.
Good, good, so you're not playing by the rules again, are you?
Every time I see you, I can't have a proper conversation. Dimensional demons are all the same, arrogant when they gain power!!
I think you look like a *#￥%*\u0026……
Gu Yi steadied her mind and still maintained an elegant posture, filling the teacup in front of her and pushing it towards Karl.
However, just as she was about to ignore his question and restate the topic that had been interrupted earlier.
Her gaze inadvertently swept across the mysterious rune that had appeared on Karl's forehead at some point, and she was instantly stunned.
At this moment.
From a perspective that ordinary people could not see.
A mysterious "eight-pointed star rune" had appeared on Karl's forehead.
Among them, the corresponding star points in the five directions of [North], [Northeast], [Southeast], [Southwest], and [Northwest] were shining brightly, constantly flashing five different colors of light: "yellow, blue, purple, green, red".
Gu Yi was naturally no stranger to this.
After all, she had been legitimately running the business of getting "magic loans" from dimensional demon gods for some years.
As a seasoned old debtor who "only borrows and never repays."
Gu Yi could tell at a glance that the five flashing star points were actually symbols representing five completely different great powers!
And these great powers were most likely the source powers of Karl, this dimensional demon god!
However, it was the first time she had seen a dimensional lord who could simultaneously possess five completely different source powers.
No!
It wasn't just five!
Because there were still three points on the eight-pointed star that had not been lit up.
Presumably, Karl still had three other different source powers that had not been restored.
Thinking of this, even Gu Yi couldn't help but feel shocked.
A dimensional lord who simultaneously possessed eight different source powers was probably a rare and unique existence even in the entire multiverse, right?!
Gu Yi was now filled with apprehension and curiosity about this new [Subspace Dimension]?
But what truly made her feel unbelievable was.
Compared to hell lords and dimensional demon gods like Mephisto, Marduk Kurios, Dormammu… who used "dark power".
She actually felt the same "light (white magic)" aura as the [Vishanti] in Karl's five source powers.
She even felt a sacred aura from the golden light emanating from the star point in the [North] direction, as if it could dispel all darkness and evil!
"So the eight-pointed star is His [Blessing Mark]…"
"It seems that my previous guess was correct. It was Him who bestowed power upon that female vampire and that human male that night!"
At this moment, the last trace of doubt in Gu Yi's heart was finally dispelled after feeling the "light" power released from the eight-pointed star rune.
Just as Karl had guessed.
After their first meeting, Gu Yi, upon returning to [Kamar-Taj], often went to the [Library] to look through the ancient books compiled or collected by successive Sorcerers Supreme.
Attempting to find information related to [Subspace] and the Chaos Gods.
But in the end, all attempts failed.
This couldn't help but make Gu Yi have great doubts about Karl's true identity in her heart.
Although he could ignore the magical shielding of the three Sanctums and directly collect souls from Earth through killing, and it was impossible to observe his past and future through the [Time Stone].
This, however, could not prove that everything Karl said was true.
Gu Yi even began to suspect whether the four evil gods that Karl mentioned were temporarily fabricated by him at that time to deal with her?
Or perhaps, he was a follower of some powerful demon god.
The reason he appeared on Earth was just to confuse her and [Kamar-Taj], and after everyone relaxed their vigilance towards him, he would take the opportunity to attack the three Sanctums?
However, she couldn't find a single basis or clue to support this guess in Karl's series of actions in recent months.
In her opinion, this so-called dimensional demon god was more like a… businessman who was single-mindedly trying to build a vast empire in the real world!
That's right.
The word "businessman" was the most appropriate term Gu Yi could think of at this stage to describe Karl.
Because in her opinion, "businessman" is a synonym for unscrupulous means to achieve a goal!
However.
Once the seeds of doubt are sown in the heart, they will inevitably take root and sprout quickly, then gradually mature and ferment into a new crisis.
But what Gu Yi never expected was.
This "crisis of trust", which was still in its infancy, was completely ended by the sudden appearance of the [Chosen Ones].
Now, Gu Yi not only truly recognized Karl's identity as a dimensional demon god.
She also believed that she had figured out the other party's background.
Although this guy's words and deeds didn't seem like those of a good person.
At least the source power he possessed was bright and upright!
And this also meant that Karl had successfully been added to Gu Yi's "white list of people with a certain degree of credibility" at this stage.
After completely dispelling the doubts and suspicions in her heart, Gu Yi also changed her previous cold and distant posture, showing a gentle smile on her face, and said like a spring breeze:
"Mr. Karl, please don't misunderstand. The reason I invited you to [Kamar-Taj] this time is actually because I have an important decision about the sorceress Wanda that I want to ask for your opinion."
