The celebration lasted for three days and three nights before drawing to a close.
On the morning of the fourth day, everyone gathered at the Bifrost Bridge to bid farewell to Lucas, the Ancient One, Thor, and Loki.
Lucas suddenly noticed a crucial detail. Heimdall had been in the Bifrost Bridge for the past three days and hadn't participated in the celebration. Now, seeing Heimdall, he remembered something.
Speaking his thoughts directly, Lucas went straight to the point, "Heimdall, can I ask you for a favor? I want to find Thanos."
Heimdall confirmed, "Thanos, the Master of the Dark Order? The executioner who massacres in the name of balance."
As he spoke, he created a projection. The projection showed a tall Titan with purple skin, a giant ridged chin, a muscular build, wearing a blue and gold suit with golden shoulder pads, golden ankle boots, and a blue and gold helmet.
Lucas nodded. "That's right."
Heimdall agreed, "Alright, once I find him, I will notify you."
"Thank you."
The Ancient One suddenly asked Lucas, "Are you looking for Thanos because of the Mind Stone in his possession?"
Lucas nodded. "Yes. I plan to use the Mind Stone to activate Wanda and Pietro's powers."
The Mind Stone can enhance the user's mental consciousness, awaken or heighten mental control powers such as telepathy and psychokinetic blasts, and strengthen the user's existing psychic abilities. It also grants the user the ability to read others' thoughts, implant memories, illusions, and even control consciousness in the target's brain.
It would be easy to use it to awaken Wanda and Pietro's abilities.
The Ancient One shook her head. "That's not advisable. Using Infinity Stones isn't that simple. Infinity Stones possess their own will and unique characteristics. The Mind Stone's characteristic is to amplify most psychological traits."
"Because of her childhood experiences, Wanda places extreme importance on emotions, especially familial affection. The Mind Stone would amplify this, making her even more unstable and highly susceptible to emotional fluctuations."
The first part of her statement was directed at everyone.
The latter part, concerning a disciple's privacy, the Ancient One privately conveyed to Lucas using telepathy.
Lucas frowned, he hadn't paid much attention to this.
He frequently used the Time Stone, but that was a replica forged by the Ancient One from Earth-616, which didn't have the problems mentioned by the female Ancient One.
As for the genuine Infinity Stones, Lucas had not come into contact with them.
But a replica?
Seeing Lucas in thought, Heimdall asked, "Do you still need to find Thanos?"
Lucas nodded. "Yes. I'm looking for Thanos for more than just the Mind Stone."
On one hand, he wanted to experience what a real Infinity Stone, the Mind Stone, was like.
And to study it, to see if he could, like the male Ancient One, forge a replica of the Mind Stone.
On the other hand, Thanos was an unstable factor..
If Lucas stayed on Earth, he naturally wouldn't fear Thanos coming for him.
After the panel upgraded to the third stage, Lucas's perception had become increasingly acute, surpassing common sense. He vaguely had a feeling that the power of the Infinity Stones would work on him.
Let alone Thanos with no stones or one or two stones, he could still hammer Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet and all six stones.
Except for an overpowered Thanos, like the one with the Heart of the Universe.
For Lucas, this was the real world, not a comic. He also didn't know if such an overpowered thing existed.
But he wouldn't always stay on Earth, or even in this Universe. And the flow of time in different Universes and dimensions is not uniform.
It wasn't impossible to encounter a situation like 'five hours in the Quantum Realm, five years in the real world' if he wasn't careful.
At that time, there would be a possibility of Thanos raiding his home. He didn't want to go to other Universes or dimensions for an adventure one day, only to return and find his home gone.
"Hmm." Heimdall nodded in agreement, preparing to activate the Bifrost Bridge.
Enveloped in a colorful glow, Lucas and the other three disappeared from Asgard.
"Gather information on the Dark Order, especially the location of its master, Thanos."
After Lucas and the others returned to Earth, Heimdall closed the Bifrost Bridge, put away his longsword, and instructed the guards.
He possessed exceptionally keen superhuman senses, with outstanding vision and hearing that transcended spatial limitations. He could hear the shouts of Asgardians from any location in the Universe across infinite distances.
But that was the result of "special attention", he could sense the life essence of the Asgardians. To personally search for Thanos in the vast sea of stars would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
The colorful light dissipated, and Lucas and the others were teleported to Tønsberg, Norway.
This was where Asgard and various forces of Midgard united to fight Jotunheim a thousand years ago.
Heimdall's decision to teleport them here was likely Odin's deliberate arrangement. It was meant to subtly suggest to Lucas that the friendship between Asgard and Kamar-Taj was deep and long-standing.
However, a certain Lucas, who didn't know much, clearly did not grasp Odin's profound meaning.
Everyone present was from Kamar-Taj.
The current Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One, the future Sorcerer Supreme Lucas, and future Sorcerer Supreme Team member Loki and external aid Thor.
Lucas also didn't stand on ceremony. Once they had settled, he opened a portal and, taking the lead, returned to Kamar-Taj.
The others followed suit.
...
Erin was very anxious now.
Three days ago, Matt suddenly lost contact with her.
Realizing something was wrong, she immediately called Lucas. Earth-made mobile phones could not communicate across the vast outer space. Naturally, the call didn't go through.
Unable to reach him by phone, Erin went to Lucas's bookstore in Queens, New York, to look for him offline, only to find that he wasn't there. After finding Lucas absent, she left a note at the bookstore.
Then, she went to find other people who knew Lucas, asking if they had any contact information for Lucas other than his phone number.
Her actions of searching everywhere for Lucas alarmed S.H.I.E.L.D., which had been paying special attention to Lucas.
"Mr. Coulson, are you saying you have a way to contact Lucas?" Erin looked at Coulson in front of her, speaking urgently.
Now, with Matt's life or death unknown, she couldn't help but be anxious.
Coulson nodded, then shook his head. "Erin, S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't have a direct way to contact Lucas, but there is one person who might."
Erin asked, "Who?"
Coulson said, "Iron Man, Tony Stark. He might have a way."
S.H.I.E.L.D. files clearly recorded that Tony was assassinated by Hank and died physically.
Afterward, his soul left his body, guiding Pepper, wearing the Mark Armor, to a building in New York. Soon after, Lucas arrived at Stark Tower and revived Tony.
It was just a pity that when S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel found that building, they were not welcomed.
"Tony Stark." Erin murmured.
She remembered that at last year's Christmas party, Tony had attended in his Mark Armor.
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