Fortunately, Sharlot's worries were unnecessary.
Ancient One Great Master truly was an old sorceress who had cultivated for thousands of years.
After taking a few deep breaths on the balcony, she calmed her mind.
She turned around, opened a Portal, and said to Sharlot, "Sharlot, your performance today was excellent.
You can be considered the best among this group of Apprentice Sorcerers.
Therefore, you have the right to independent accommodation and free access to the library.
You can go back first.
I still have some things to discuss with Sorcerer Mordo and Sorcerer Wong."
Listening to the gentle tone in Sorcerer Ancient One's voice, Sharlot breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that he had probably managed to fool Ancient One.
So, after a simple thank you, he stepped through the Portal and left the second floor of the New York Sanctum.
After Sharlot left, Mordo immediately became impatient and reported, "Sorcerer Ancient One, what are you doing!
You saw that scene just now!
How could Dormammu, the lord of the Dark Dimension, so casually transfer so much Dark Energy to Sharlot!
There must be some unspeakable secret connection between them!"
Ancient One gestured for him to continue, asking, "Oh? Then tell me, how should we deal with Sharlot?"
Mordo slapped his thigh, exclaiming excitedly, "Does that even need to be said?
We definitely need to dismember that kid Sharlot!
Before he grows up, we must eliminate him!
Otherwise, once he matures, all of us Sorcerers at Kamar-Taj will be finished!"
Ancient One glanced at him.
Such an extreme attitude... well, that's very Mordo.
"What about you?
Wong, what do you think we should do with Sharlot?"
Ancient One turned and asked Wong.
The plump Wong scratched his head and replied, "Sorcerer Supreme, I will follow your lead."
Sorcerer Ancient One nodded.
After sensing their attitudes, she stated her own view, "I think we should focus on nurturing Sharlot!"
Mordo: ???
"Why? Sorcerer Supreme, you clearly saw just now..."
Mordo's impatient words were cut short by Ancient One's raised hand.
"Mordo, I understand your concerns.
However, I have seen this child's past.
Before this, he indeed had no contact with Dormammu.
You can rest assured about that."
"The reason that compels me to want to focus on nurturing Sharlot is because I cannot see his future!"
Mordo raised his eyebrows, filled with shock.
"Can't... can't see his future?"
You must know, the eye of agamotto is known as the All-Seeing Eye!
It can see the past, present, and future!
How could it not see Sharlot's future?
Ancient One understood Mordo's confusion and continued, "The fact that I cannot see his future proves that this child is a variable in the path of destiny!
This means that how his future unfolds is entirely up to us now!
Mordo, do you understand what this means?
Over thousands of years, I have seen too many futures.
Although they had many possibilities, they had all become fixed outcomes!
But Sharlot's future is uncertain!
This means that Sharlot right now is a blank canvas.
What he will become in the future depends entirely on how we choose to paint him now!"
As she spoke, Sorcerer Ancient One's eyes lit up.
"Yes, he did receive Dormammu's Dark Energy.
But this fact, conversely, proves that Dormammu has a high regard for this child.
Otherwise, he would not have disregarded our presence so much as to cause such a huge anomaly over New York City."
"So, as long as we guide Sharlot's character well, and ensure he always stands on the side of light, then let Dormammu cause as much trouble as he wants.
No matter how much he does, it will only be aiding the enemy."
Upon hearing this, Mordo somewhat understood Sorcerer Ancient One's meaning.
Given the external condition that Dormammu has a favorable impression of Sharlot, what they needed to do was to cultivate Sharlot even better, ensuring he always remained on the path of light.
Ignoring him, or even becoming wary, would instead allow Dormammu to take advantage of the situation and tempt Sharlot to fall into the Dark Dimension.
As for why not just kill Sharlot now? That would save a lot of trouble.
Mordo vaguely guessed from Sorcerer Ancient One's word "aiding the enemy" that perhaps Sorcerer Ancient One wanted to use the power of the enemy, Dormammu, to strengthen Sharlot's power.
Coupled with Sharlot being highly favored by Dormammu, Sharlot might be able to lurk by Dormammu's side in the future and deliver a crucial blow at a critical moment!
If this move is used skillfully, it would be a brilliant strategy! It would be a divine move!
Of course, he understood the reasoning, but emotionally, it was still difficult to accept for now.
After all, his creed had always been to fight Dark Magicians, Dark Creatures, and their lords from the Dark Dimension.
Suddenly having Sharlot, someone favored by Dormammu and learning only Dark Magic, by his side, inevitably caused some discomfort in his heart.
However, since this whole idea was proposed by the Sorcerer Supreme, he couldn't object.
He could only grit his teeth and accept it... Meanwhile, back at Kamar-Taj, in his single room, Sharlot began to tally his gains from the day.
"System, open panel!"
The next moment, a transparent panel appeared before Sharlot's eyes.
[dark magic system]
[Mastered magic: Hell's Gate, Dimensional Demon God Meditation Technique]
[Weapon: cloak of undead]
After reviewing the panel, Sharlot nodded slightly.
Based on today's experience, he decided to set two goals for himself going forward, which were also two directions for him to enhance his strength in the future—learning magic and collecting weapons!
First, there was nothing to discuss about learning magic.
After all, his system was called the dark magic system.
Of course, he needed to learn more magic to convert more of it into Dark Magic.
And he had only learned two magic spells today, yet he had already stood out among all the Apprentice Sorcerers.
This was enough to demonstrate his prowess.
So, what if he learned a few more in the future?
Wouldn't that be like a calf flipping over, becoming incredibly awesome!?
Besides continuing to delve deeper into magic, collecting weapons was also crucial.
Just like today, when the cloak of levitation was transformed into the cloak of undead, could he also transform other people's weapons in the future?
For example, Thor's hammer, the Stormbreaker, Odin's Spear of Destiny, Tony's mark armor, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier, Hela, Goddess of Death's Night Sky Sword, Zeus's lightning spear... various weapons, like mountains of gold, awaited his discovery!
And after he used the system to transform these weapons with Dark Magic, the abilities they granted would double again!
So, Sharlot decided that after he came into contact with these superheroes, he would definitely find a way to trick them into giving him their weapons.
This way, he would be able to walk freely in the Marvel Universe in the future!
However... for now, it was better to honestly cultivate the magic he had and increase his proficiency.
After all, as the proficiency of Hell's Gate increased, the number and quality of the Dark Creatures summoned would also improve.
As more time was invested in the Dimensional Demon God Meditation Technique, more Dark Energy would be absorbed.
Both Hell's Gate and the Dimensional Demon God Meditation Technique would only provide more benefits to the user as proficiency and invested time increased.
Thinking of this, Sharlot began to practice Hell's Gate and the Dimensional Demon God Meditation Technique in his room.
It was at this moment, on the other side, on the second floor of the New York Sanctum, after Mordo and Wong had excused themselves, Ancient One received a call from one person.
It was Kaecilius, the man whose strength was second only to hers in all of Kamar-Taj at the moment!