Marvel Book of Magical Events

"Certificate."

"You still don't know how old I am, you old guy!" Salomon glared at the bar owner and snapped his fingers at the tray containing four glasses of wine. "If I'm not mistaken, this thing came from a friend who is not a friend." Before returning to his seat, Salomon gestured to the boss with his chin to look at the shotgun hanging on the wall behind the bar. The body of the shotgun was covered with Gothic twisted patterns and skull decorations. The handle of the gun was wrapped with an iron chain, and the whole gun exuded terrible heat as if it had just been taken out of the furnace. The mystic mage asked casually, "Do you know him?"

"Ghost Rider asked someone to deliver this thing." The bar owner said without raising his head. "It is said that he is doing well now."

"I don't think so." Salomon shook his head.

As far as he knew, Johnny Blaze, the bearer of Ghost Rider, had found several jobs as a stunt motorcycle rider, but none of them were stable. Frequent unemployment caused him to rely entirely on his reporter girlfriend to support him. Although Karma Taj also gave him a stipend, Johnny Blaze's pride always made him refuse the assistance of Karma Taj and his girlfriend, and went to work in an unknown place to earn extra money - it is said that soon He was stopped by the police for speeding and driving without a license, but it was the local Kama Taj mystic who finally bailed him out. The mystic shook his head to stop thinking about irrelevant things, turned around and called the invisible servant to carry the tray to the seat, where the two brothers Wanda and Drum were already waiting.

"Beer, beer, tequila, martini." Salomon sat down next to Wanda, face to face with the two Durham brothers. The reason why these two people agreed to fly from South America to New York to meet with Salomon was not because of Kamathaj’s appeal or Master Daniel’s relationship, but because they thought Kamathaj might have what they needed. s things. They wanted to exchange it for a deal - it might be a book, it might be a magic weapon. The Durham brothers had no idea what it was, but they still insisted that Karma Taj had that thing. They watched with wide eyes as Salomon casually shaped the etheric spirit body to serve him, and they were even more sure of their ideas.

"This matter has something to do with a prophecy." The elder Dram's name is Daniel Dram, the same name as Master Daniel of Kama Taj. "Or, curse. This thing is relatively well-known in the wizarding world, and it's a bit old-fashioned." He laughed dryly, and only Wanda listened to the story with interest. To her disappointment, however, the story was not long and rather boring. "There was once a witch who was hostile to the Durham family and predicted that only one person in each generation of the Durham family would survive. This curse has been circulating in the blood of the Durham family for two hundred years."

"You want to lift the curse?" Salomon nodded, "Yes, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful."

He is not some cool hero whose brain is underdeveloped. He opens his mouth and asks others to unconditionally execute orders that they do not understand. He does not mind listening to other people's ideas and accepting the conditions given by others. Even if he doesn't accept it, he still has money to buy someone a drink. The Drum brothers obviously did not expect that Salomon would be so easy to talk to. According to their distant relatives, Salomon was the heir of the Supreme Mage, and his status was much higher than that of spellcasters from other schools like them.

In the magical world, a world with distinct classes, knowledge is power. Karma Taj and the Supreme Mage have supreme and unshakable status. It is because they have the most powerful knowledge that the old guy Daniel initially entered to find a way to lift the curse. Karma Taj studies. It's just that after so many years, the old guy Daniel has found nothing, so he thinks that Salomon may know some knowledge that only the Supreme Mage can know, and that knowledge can lift the curse that has plagued the Drum family for hundreds of years.

"I need to conduct experimental analysis." Salomon motioned to the Drum brothers to extend their arms, and he took out two blood collection bottles and needles. The Durham brothers complied very nervously. After all, giving blood, hair and nails is a very trustworthy thing in the wizarding world. However, the Durham family was already at the end of their rope. If they want to lift the curse, they have to cooperate with Salomon's actions. Now the two brothers can only pray to their ancestors that Salomon and Kamathaj are trustworthy.

After the brief meeting, Salomon booked a hotel room for the Durham brothers and asked them to wait there for news.

"Can you really lift their curse?" Wanda Maximoff asked in a low voice, "I think they must not be telling the truth. How can any witch be idle and bored to curse people. This kind of thing sounds like It's like something out of a fairy tale. Have you heard of Baba Yaga's story? I think breaking the curse hastily will not end well."

In the legend, if a husband beats his wife without reason, he will be cursed by Baba Yaga. The person who casts the lifting spell must pay the price with his life to lift the curse, and his soul will become a slave of Baba Yaga. The legends about curses since ancient times have been mixed with truth and falsehood, but what is certain is that a curse passed down through the bloodline must be quite powerful, and the more powerful the curse, the higher the price to be paid when it is lifted.

According to Salomon's understanding, whenever one of the twins of the Drum family dies unexpectedly, the soul power of the deceased will be transferred to the living to make him stronger. He even suspected that this curse was cast by the ancestors of the Durham family themselves, in order to allow this originally unremarkable family to continuously accumulate strength through blood inheritance and become more powerful. This kind of thing has not happened before. In many schools of thought based on family inheritance, family affection is a non-existent concept. The ultimate mystery is far more important than blood inheritance. Salomon could easily cite several cases of exploring the ultimate truth by possessing descendants. If the ancestors of the Drum family planned to use their descendants as sacrifices, then he would not be surprised at all.

"Of course I know, Wanda, but I didn't promise that I would definitely lift the curse." Salomon put the blood collection bottle into his pocket, then threw the lemon and salt into his mouth, picked up the tequila and drank it all. "If the cost of solving this matter far exceeds the cost of solving Quetzalcoatl, I will not be kind enough to help." He said, "They are not the only ones who can find clues to Quetzalcoatl. I am not stupid enough. It will be a loss-making business.”

After Salomon returned to the temple, the old wizard Daniel hurriedly approached and wanted to ask for details, but Ms. Calamity wore a ridiculously stupid mask with bulging eyes that stopped him from going further. This crazy woman has a lot of autonomy as long as she doesn't touch the books and magical instruments in the temple. The reason is simply because this woman's prophetic status can always bring unexpected surprises to Kama Taj.

"You're not going to make it, old man. Your brother's still crying over you!" She turned around suddenly, startling Wanda Maximoff. Ms. Calamity pointed at the crude mask she made, her orange-red bulging eyes becoming a little scary under her tone. She said angrily, "I saw you insert a sacrificial knife into a woman's chest and take out her heart. This is the only way to kill the serpent, Salomon, you must make a decision."

She put her hand to Salomon's forehead, and then the mystic saw what Lady Calamity saw.

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