Secret Ones Alliance Takes Shape

The Secret Ones Alliance Takes Shape

Early the next morning, Josh awoke from meditation. It was another bright, refreshing day, but he planned to leave today.

There were many interesting things in the Marvel Universe, and its resources were incredibly abundant, but now was not the time. In this era, nearly the entire world was at war. If Josh had ambitions, he could have gotten involved, but unfortunately, he had no such intention. Even as a reserve world, he did not intend to target ordinary people.

A reserve world was exactly what the name implied. Josh intended to treat these worlds as backup bases, places to train talent or gather supplies. Though the Muya Continent was vast and boundless, it held no real significance for the current Josh.

These worlds, however, were different. At the very least, aside from the first world, Valoran, the others were generally very safe—either he had directly become one of the strongest beings in the world, or the world’s true peak had yet to appear and could not notice him.

Since that was the case, why risk his life fighting others, even other empires, for resources on the Muya Continent? Wouldn’t it be better to turn his own territory into the center of the world? Josh was very confident about that.

He could travel through so many other worlds and acquire countless resources and knowledge. If he still could not accomplish his goals after all that, then he might as well die. He was already working toward that goal. The gains might be small for now, but he had to look at the long term.

"At Hogwarts in the Wizard World, it basically counts as my center for cultivating talent. Unless something unexpected happens, those young wizards will definitely dream of going to the Muya Continent in the future. Should I create something similar in the Marvel Universe as well?"

After washing up, Josh headed straight for Master Ancient One’s library. He planned to let her know. If she intended to go and take a look with him, they could leave together. If not, it could serve as a farewell. But another idea had formed in his mind.

"In this world’s future, superhumans will gradually enter humanity’s field of vision. S.H.I.E.L.D. even created an Avengers team for that purpose. Could I create a similar organization in advance and bring in some superhumans early?"

Though the idea had only just occurred to Josh, it seemed quite promising. First of all, this world was not all that peaceful, and in the future even aliens would come to meddle in it. The emergence of superhumans to protect this world was inevitable.

Moreover, there were quite a few mages in this world. Though many things were different, knowledge was interconnected to a certain extent. Josh felt that he could send those young wizards who were willing to follow him but still lacking in skill to this world to gain proper experience and study.

"Though this world’s danger level is higher than the Wizard World’s, it is much lower than the Muya Continent’s. There does not seem to be anything major happening when the new term begins. Once I deal with the Basilisk and kill Voldemort, I can take some outstanding students to the Muya Continent to wipe out bandits."

"After the bandit purge is over, I can let those upperclassmen who are skilled enough and willing to follow me come here to study properly while establishing a… Mage Alliance?"

Josh truly had no talent for naming things, but Master Ancient One approved of his idea. After Josh arrived at her study and explained his thoughts, she unexpectedly supported it with both hands.

"That is a wonderful idea, Josh. As expected of the lord of a world," Ancient One said admiringly.

"Establishing such an alliance would not only let my students understand the vastness of the world, but also preserve its stability. At the same time, they would be the best force for keeping superhumans in check. Many years ago, I encountered a superhuman who had awakened his powers. He thought he had become a god and began doing whatever he pleased."

"And then you killed him?"

"Yes. I tried to persuade him, but it had little effect. I had no other choice but to eliminate him."

Josh nodded. Someone like that was better off dead. In Josh’s eyes—and in the eyes of most people like him—such people were simply courting death. Even Josh himself would likely have acted directly and killed him.

He was merely someone who had just awakened his powers, yet he had already started running wild. Did he really think he was the only person in the world with supernatural abilities? Such people were no different from ordinary people. So what if they had superpowers? To Josh, superpowers were weapons. Using weapons to harm enemies was fine, but hurting innocent people was a serious problem.

"How are people like that any different from the bandits and robbers in my territory? Every one of them deserves to die."

"You have people like that in your territory too?"

"Yes. After all, the environment and era of my world are quite backward. It is not surprising for scum like that to appear. Besides, my territory is rather large and has many forests, so killing them all is somewhat troublesome."

"Then when I go with you this time, do you need me to act?"

"No, no, no, no! Absolutely not! I am saving them as trial opponents for the little mages from another world."

What a joke. If Master Ancient One acted, those bandits would probably die without even a speck of ash left behind. Where would Josh find such weak yet vicious and bloody opponents for those young wizards to use in their trials then? Throw them into slave arenas?

After a lengthy conversation, Josh and Ancient One finalized the alliance. Master Ancient One even decided to have her disciples join it as well. It was a deeply meaningful undertaking, so why not do it?

As for leadership of the alliance, Josh had originally intended to give it to Master Ancient One, but she unexpectedly refused. Her reasoning was that Josh had proposed the plan, so he must already have his own understanding of both management and other aspects. Therefore, she intended to let Josh take charge.

However, considering that Josh might not have much time to remain in this world and would likely return to traveling through other worlds after building the initial framework, Ancient One said that she could temporarily take the leading position whenever Josh was absent.

"I think Mage Alliance is too narrow a name. Superhumans are not only mages. Look at your friend Garen—he is a superhuman warrior. So I think we should change the name."

Josh stroked his chin and felt that Master Ancient One’s suggestion was quite good. After all, among the superhumans in the future Avengers, Doctor Strange was truly the only mage. The others were either warriors or mutants, and of course there was one who relied on technology. So Mage Alliance was indeed not a very reliable name.

"Then how about Superhuman Alliance? Uh, is that too lame?"

"The name is quite fitting."

"Let’s just call it the Secret Ones Alliance. We superhumans generally will not directly interact with humanity, so our future base can be called the Secret Ones World. As for the leader, we’ll call them the Supreme Judge. We can create several Judge positions beneath that for the young wizards of the Wizard World and your disciples to compete for."

After thinking for a long time, Josh truly could not come up with any good names. He simply borrowed some ideas from novels and games he had seen before. No one else would know anyway. Yet after saying it aloud, he realized that it actually sounded quite good.

"A very good proposal, and the names are excellent as well." Master Ancient One found it quite good too. "Leaving Judge positions for mages from other worlds and my disciples to strive for will ensure they do not lack motivation, while also bringing out their initiative. Then shall we settle it like this?"

"No problem! I think the Secret Ones Alliance will become one of the most amazing and appealing organizations in this world."

Josh smiled. Though he knew that there were not as many superhumans in this movie world as he had imagined, he could enter other worlds. He could completely enter a world of mutants and bring over some capable people to improve his organization.

"Does this count as personally blending the Marvel Cinematic Universe together?"

The more Josh thought about it, the more interesting it became. Things that could never be realized in the movies now seemed possible for him to attempt. Just imagine Master Ancient One talking with Professor X, Wolverine conversing with Captain America, Magneto beating up Iron Man—no matter how Josh thought about it, it seemed interesting.

"By the way, I plan to go to the Muya Continent with you this time. When are we leaving?"

"We can leave right away. Oh, damn it, I forgot someone. You may have to wait for me a moment." Only then did Josh suddenly remember that after talking with Master Ancient One all morning, he had forgotten the other gain he had come here for.

"Do you mean Mr. Stark?" Master Ancient One asked curiously.

"Yes. Did you bring him over?" Ancient One knowing that he had gone to find Howard was not strange at all. Howard had probably already gone to the temple to wait for him, but Josh had forgotten because he was talking with Master Ancient One.

"No. I did not know your plans, but it seems that you intend to take him to your world, correct?"

"Of course. He is an exceptionally rare genius. He can help me build my territory, and I can teach him some magic. I think that should work out quite well."

"Indeed. You have changed a pitiful man’s fate, though I do not really think he deserves the word pitiful."

That was indeed worth considering. Josh stroked his chin and pondered for a long time before finally saying, "Judging from his living conditions, I think he will enjoy enough good things in the future, so let’s forget the word pitiful."

"If we really have to use one word, I think deserved would be more appropriate."