American comics: Starting with Luke the Maker

“You actually use the Abyss to make a contract?”

Dormammu looked at the parchment filled with energy that made him feel headache and nausea, looking at Mephisto as if he were a madman. Who would dare to sign such a contract?

“Because only the Abyss can ensure that both of us abide by the contract. Our worlds have experienced the erosion of the Abyss, and we have all dealt with and come into contact with the energy of the Abyss, so no one knows the difficulty of the Abyss better than us. It is precisely because we understand it that we will not easily violate the contract.” Mephisto argued plausibly.

Dormammu was silent for a moment. Although he felt that Mephisto was playing tricks, he could not refute a single word of what he said.

“The contract is two-way. If we fulfill our promises, then as long as you pay the reward, the deal is done. The abyssal energy on the contract will not affect us. But if either party fails to do what is stated in the contract, then he will face a deeper abyss again. This is not a threat, but a guarantee for both of us!” Mephisto spoke eloquently, “Only by signing it can we initially establish trust. You don’t want your Dark Dimension to be occupied by the Abyss, do you? Or are you just planning to freeload off us?”

Towards the end, Mephisto's tone and expression became serious. Odin and Gu Yi, who were present, also turned their attention to Dormammu's clone, which made Dormammu feel a little pressured.

“Of course, I will abide by the contract.” Dormammu's eyes flickered, “If you can really help me solve the Abyss problem.”

“We can’t help you solve the Abyss problem. What we can do at the moment is to help you maintain the Abyss and prevent it from spreading further. Do you understand this concept? You are sick, and we can’t cure your illness, we can only keep your illness from getting worse.” Mephisto shook his finger and cautiously corrected Dormammu’s idea.

Indeed, Luke's technology can seal the abyssal energy and transfer it to other places for storage. But that is a treatment and technology that only their partners can enjoy.

Dormammu?

Well, from the premise of maximizing profits, continuously demanding fees is definitely better than solving it once and for all. Anyway, they are the only ones who can solve the Abyss problem at present. As long as Dormammu doesn't want his Dark Dimension to be transformed into an Abyssal Dimension, he can only agree to Mephisto's conditions and accept his technology.

Technical and exclusive business is so overbearing.

Of course, it can't be too much. If it's too much, Dormammu might turn around and look for other methods. With the erosion of the abyssal energy, it will take a long time to completely occupy the Dark Dimension on a time scale.

Mephisto has been waiting for the largest energy deposit in the bank to open for a long time.

The conditions were revised and finalized by Gu Yi at the meeting. After all, if anyone present understands the Dark Dimension and Dormammu best, it is undoubtedly Gu Yi, who has clashed with Dormammu in more than one timeline. She can grasp Dormammu's psychological bottom line.

If it were Mephisto himself, then out of greed, he might just try his best to fleece him first and eat his fill. He has always liked to play with words, but there is not much room for manipulation in the Abyss Contract. He can only use a cautious way of splitting hairs to minimize the loopholes on his side as much as possible.

“This is different from what you promised.” Dormammu's pupils narrowed. Although his clone came, he didn't have much trust in these people on the field.

An energy thief.

A war fanatic in his youth.

And a cunning demon god who is good at bewitching people.

Although he is also good at deceiving and disguising himself, if he is not careful in the face of these old opponents, he may be sold clean by them joining forces.

“We never said that we could completely eliminate the abyssal energy. We have always said that we would help you control its spread. Also, a friendly reminder: the wider the spread of the Abyss, the more dimensional energy it erodes and assimilates, the more troublesome it will be to govern and control, and the higher the price you will have to pay!

The ideal situation is to deal with it at the very beginning when the Abyss sprouts. At that time, it is best to deal with, and the expenditure and hidden dangers are also the smallest. If it spreads to a certain extent and exceeds a certain limit, then even if you are willing to pay everything and come back to us, we can only say that we are powerless.

My advice is, don't hesitate, don't delay.” Mephisto hinted.

Stephen Strange, a former doctor, listened to Mephisto's words and surprisingly felt familiar. It seemed that he often heard and saw these words in his active field.

“Are the conditions on this contract all of them?” Dormammu's broad chest expanded and contracted like bellows a few times, and finally he asked absentmindedly while flipping through the dense clauses on it.

“These are just the basic terms, which are used to ensure the trust between us. There will also be a supplementary clause, which requires us to understand the degree of abyssal erosion on your side to determine whether your contract will take effect. If your side is too severely eroded, for the sake of our safety, we may give up this business.” Mephisto said rigorously.

“When can you go over to confirm?”

“It depends on when you pay the upfront labor bill first. It includes labor costs, travel expenses, and personal security fees, etc. As soon as the money arrives, I will take people over immediately.”

“I hope to see the effect as soon as possible.”

Mephisto's businessman-like appearance made the corner of Dormammu's mouth twitch, and he was too lazy to bargain with Mephisto any more. His dimensional power imprint, as a signature, flashed and disappeared on the contract that he had scrutinized hundreds of times.

As Dormammu's clone disappeared from the seat, under the access permission given by Luke, a vast amount of energy from the Dark Dimension poured in crazily. After the energy conversion process set by the data dimension, it was transformed into pure energy and划进了数据维度特别为能量银行开辟出的能量存储区域.

“I love the Abyss!”

Seeing the energy pouring into the energy bank, Mephisto's eyes were as bright as high-wattage light bulbs. In the years since the establishment of the energy bank, the losses he had advanced and paid out have not only been completely compensated in recent times, but there has even been a profit! Especially since this is just the beginning!

The sealing materials for the Abyss require money, right?

The technology needs to be paid for, right?

The erosion of the abyssal energy is so strong, it is natural that the seal needs to be strengthened and maintained from time to time, right? These expenses cannot be paid by his side, right?

In just a short moment, Mephisto had flashed through many items that could be charged in his mind. Even if each one was charged a little less, the accumulated amount would still be a considerable income. Even if these had to be divided with Luke and the others present, there would still be a profit.

Although Mephisto is greedy, he is one of the few dimensional demon gods who can control his desires and assess the situation. He is increasingly recognizing the small group he has joined. Whether it is Luke's technology or Gu Yi's understanding and insight into the major dimensions, including the controlled Nine Realms, they can all play a corresponding auxiliary role.

The energy bank has developed to this day, and from the time perspective of dimensional demon gods, it can barely be considered just established, but it has already begun to show potential and be able to make a profit?

Mephisto thought about it in his position and found that although the energy bank's business is scarce now, it seems to be considered high-quality business. Except for the New God Loan and the like that have not seen any return, the others are about to be profitable or have begun to be profitable.

What are these dimensional demon gods tossing around for? Mephisto doesn't know about other demon gods with bad brains, but he is definitely for collecting energy and the souls that Hell needs.

The energy bank just meets all the needs of the Hell Dimension, it's like it was tailor-made for him. And now the situation is very good. When the Abyss spreads a little more, the deposit and loan business seems to be able to be done?

“I'll send a clone to Dormammu's side to take a look first.” Mephisto volunteered with full motivation. His body quickly disappeared from the venue.

The God King Odin squinted his eyes and glanced at the place where Mephisto disappeared, then glanced at Gu Yi who turned around and opened the portal to leave, thoughtfully.

The energy bank seems to be rising?

Then should he also consider changing his career and taking a position in the energy bank first to occupy a position for Asgard? After all, Gu Yi and Luke both have their indispensable places, and he and his Asgard are not as irreplaceable as the two of them. He just occupies the identity of a pioneer who came in first.

……

Just as the Immortal Palace Alliance meeting was dismissed and Odin was thinking about the time to retire, a few people suddenly appeared in Midgard.

“Are you sure it's this time period? The dates don't match.” A handsome man with tough features looked at today's date and turned to ask the people around him.

“Something may have happened, we must contact Stark first.” A beautiful woman with wine-red hair, a delicate figure, and a charming face looked at the environment that was somewhat different from her memory and frowned.

“Where's Dr. Banner?” Captain Rogers asked. He didn't want to ask where Dr. Banner was. He knew very well where Dr. Banner was heading according to the plan. What he wanted to ask was whether there would be any accidents on Banner's side.

Agent Natasha Romanoff also understood Captain Rogers' meaning without any hindrance. She tentatively asked: “Is there a way to try to contact Dr. Banner?”

“No, we can all detect the abnormality, Dr. Banner is so smart, it is impossible not to notice it. Let's go to Stark Tower first.” Rogers paused, shook his head, and decided to go to the locations they were each responsible for to find out the situation first according to the plan.

After all, before them, no one had ever time-traveled, and there was no experience for them to refer to. The only thing they can do is to try to find out some of the situation as much as possible, and then analyze and re-establish the plan according to the situation.

Rogers believed that the partners who came with him this time would definitely find a way to come here to meet after discovering something was wrong. Even if they are not in the same time period.

……

“Dr. Banner?”

Stephen Strange, who walked out of the portal, was greeted by a green giant jumping onto his roof.

“Strange?” Seeing Strange appear, Dr. Banner's face was full of surprise: “Aren't you dead?”

“I'm dead?” Strange, who was stunned by Hulk's nonsensical words, also frowned. He also noticed the abnormality in Dr. Banner at this moment.

With Luke's help, Dr. Banner really doesn't have to worry about causing destruction after transforming into Hulk and becoming an irrational destroyer, but similarly, when the other party transforms into Hulk, he definitely doesn't show enough rationality like the Hulk in front of him.

If you have to say it, it is that the Dr. Banner he knows and is familiar with and the Hulk in his body are distinct, two integrated but different spiritual bodies.

The Dr. Banner in front of him seems to have completely merged with the Hulk. He has both the Hulk's form and power, and also has Dr. Banner's reason and thinking. In other words, it's as if the Hulk's consciousness has disappeared from him.

This situation made Strange curious.

“You are from the future? No, the access to the timeline is a bit rough, you are from another universe?” Strange used the Eye of Agamotto, and the Eye of Agamotto he wore on his chest also attracted Hulk's attention in the moment it shone.

“Give it to me.” Hulk stretched out his big hand and grabbed the Eye of Agamotto on Strange's chest with his bare hands. His purpose here was to obtain the Time Stone sealed in the Eye of Agamotto. He almost subconsciously acted when he saw the gem for the first time.

“Wow, it's not good to rob other people's things when you meet them.” Strange has been tempered and cultivated under Gu Yi for so many years, and he can be trusted by the other party to retire and throw the responsibility to him. His skills and strength have long been different from what they used to be. Although Dr. Banner's movements were fast and urgent, Strange still dodged it with a step back and sideways, and gave a palm of astral projection the moment Dr. Banner approached.

He knows Hulk's body very well. It is difficult to hurt him by simply using power or other methods, and using other methods to restrict him is too ostentatious.

Dr. Banner's spiritual body was directly shot out of Hulk's body by the energy that Strange shot into his body. Banner only felt that the flow of time around him slowed down and the space became lighter. He floated backwards out of Hulk's body.

“Now we can have a good talk.” Strange came to Dr. Banner's spiritual body, looked at the somewhat dazed Banner, and smiled.

“What did you do?” Banner glanced at Strange in surprise.

“It's just a spell, didn't the Strange over there show it to you?” Strange asked back.

PS: Thank you to classmate 寂静得峰 for the reward.