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Chapter 903 "The Main Characters"
Chapter 903 "The Main Characters"
After putting his phone away, Peter began to ponder a crucial question: what kind of teammates did he need to join this secret war?
First, these people cannot be from the 616th Universe Court; second, they cannot be Spider-Man. These two conditions made Peter's vision of future allies seem clearer, but the scope was still too broad, practically limitless.
"The Beyonder would never want a one-sided battle; he's not here to fight crickets. In other words, even if different superheroes have varying strengths, the Beyonder will maintain some degree of balance," as evidenced by the shift from a battle royale to a beacon war.
After a moment's thought, Peter concluded that the strength of the participating teams wasn't the most important factor; other factors needed to be considered. If that's the case, what qualities would make a teammate more suitable for joining this battle?
After a short while, Peter suddenly realized, "Why don't I just find the 'main characters'?"
In many Marvel parallel universes, there exists an absolute "protagonist." For example, in the Wasteland universe, despite numerous derivative works, Old Wolf is undoubtedly the core of the entire universe. Similarly, in the Ogre universe, the core is the Punisher.
Other universes, such as parallel universes like the zombie universe, have no "protagonist" of their own.
"At least in terms of recruiting more and more main characters, that's definitely not wrong, except for these two—"
Peter began to think, and fell into deep thought, realizing that he couldn't think of a suitable "protagonist" to be a teammate. Some universes are entirely ensemble pieces or involve total annihilation, so there's no protagonist; others simply have protagonists who aren't good people.
For example, the protagonist of the magazine "The Imperfect Future," Hulk, is undoubtedly the protagonist of his universe, but he is by no means a good person.
Characters like the Cosmic Ghost Rider could also be considered, but on the one hand, that would mean two Punishers (the Cosmic Ghost Rider is actually the Punisher), and on the other hand, the Cosmic Ghost Rider himself isn't exactly a good person, and his mental state is somewhat unstable.
As for similar beings, theoretically there's also Thor, the Father. In a certain universe, Earth's civilization has been destroyed, and Thor sacrificed one of his eyes to become King Thor, the Father. However, that universe is actually a possible future for Earth 616. If Thor from 616 died before the point of divergence between the two universes was clearly defined, then this elderly Thor would also die. Peter isn't sure if he can bring him here.
besides----
Peter was surprised to find that if "Spider-Man" were removed, he couldn't remember six characters who had independent publications and were considered protagonists of some kind of universe.
Well—Tony Stark of Universe 6160 is indeed a protagonist in their universe. But the problem is that Universe 6160 needs a creator to change history to become the new ultimate universe, and this universe probably doesn't exist now.
"Never mind, I'll go ask Strange for help."
Peter stood up and glanced at his phone, noticing a message from Gwen saying "I'll come find you later." He quickly replied and then opened the portal to the Sanctum Sanctum.
Inside the Sanctum Sanctorum library, Strange was talking to Wong when he saw a Suspended Ring portal open. Strange, who was sipping tea, suddenly brightened up: "Ah, Spider-Man, you've come at the right time! I just had something to tell you. Would you be interested in succeeding the Sorcerer Supreme?"
Peter paused for a moment, then realized what he meant and replied, "Huh?"
"You know, Sorcerer Supreme, and then you get a free big house, a lifetime job, and become a big shot in the wizarding world—"
Peter, having understood what Strange was trying to say, immediately replied, "The Beyonders want me to bring a separate team to the competition."
"Is that so? That's a real shame. I really don't want the Holy One's possessions to end up in the hands of that little girl, Iliana, if I were to die. That would be terrible."
Strange sipped his tea and shook his head, while Peter asked in surprise, "Tony Stark is looking for you?"
"Without a doubt, yes. But a crucial question is, what will happen to Mephisto if I leave? The Beyonders gave Doom the option to choose another team, and he certainly won't pick Mephisto."
As Strange spoke, he glanced at Peter, who asked curiously, "Because Mephisto imprisoned Doom's mother's soul?"
"—Is this also information from the multiverse?"
What could Peter say? He could only agree, and then Strange continued, "So, if I leave, I'll have to find a way to contain Mephisto. The Sorcerer Supreme must continue the legacy."
"Why not Wanda Maximoff? She's the Scarlet Witch."
"If she's willing to abandon her witch teachers and learn Kamar-Taj magic, I'll consider it," Strange said, then turned to Peter and asked, "So, what's up, Spider-Man? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Peter quickly explained his ideas to Strange, though some words needed to be changed. After thinking it over, Strange nodded: "Some special characters in these worlds. You're right, these characters are practically the anchors of reality in these universes. Although they aren't actually special, they have special meaning in the realm of mysticism, so what?"
Peter honestly explained, "But the problem is, I'm usually only around Spider-Man, so I don't really know much about this kind of universe. So I'm trying to find some, uh—"
Strange understood. He finished his tea and shook his head. "There's nothing I can do about this, Spider-Man."
"What?!"
"You need to understand that what you're about to do is cast a massive prophetic spell across the entire multiverse, or at least a vast number of universes. The scope of this is so broad that even the Sorcerer Supreme cannot do it casually."
After Strange finished explaining, he seemed to remember something else: "Unless—"
"Unless what?"
"Unless there is a Sorcerer Supreme who can access the entire multiverse's map of souls at any time, it might be worth a try."
Peter paused for a moment, then realized that the entire multiverse's map of soul celestial bodies—wasn't that the Web of Fate?
"In other words—"
"You'll need to find a Spider-Man who becomes the Sorcerer Supreme to help you."
Peter paused for a moment, then began to think. He knew of only one Spider-Man Sorcerer Supreme: the Sorcerer Supreme of the Spider-Army.
That's not a teammate—
Then Peter realized something: "Wait a minute—Cindy is the totem responsible for chance and magic in the entire web of fate. How is her magical talent?"
"I don't think it's too late to learn it on the spot."
Strange sighed. "But there is indeed a way to fix it."