"Thank you, teacher. I understand."
Karl nodded respectfully after hearing the Ancient One's explanation.
The Ancient One only smiled faintly and did not reply.
The two of them simply continued drinking tea quietly.
Not long afterward, Karl stood up and left Kamar-Taj.
After returning to his manor, Karl briefly reviewed his current situation.
At that moment, he possessed four Infinity Stones:
Mind Stone
Space Stone
Reality Stone
Time Stone
The only ones missing were the Soul Stone and the Power Stone.
After thinking about it for a moment, Karl disappeared from the manor once again and headed toward his private island.
The island was still filled with countless vibranium robots and piles of rare materials.
However, Karl didn't see Yan anywhere at first.
Eventually, he found her near a massive prototype warship, completely focused on constructing something.
Seeing how concentrated she was, Karl decided not to disturb her.
Instead, he quietly left again.
This time, he went straight to Tony Stark's house.
Karl appeared directly inside Tony's underground workshop.
"Hey! Karl!"
Tony immediately noticed him and looked surprised.
"What brings you here today?"
"Come take a look at my newest armor. I guarantee it'll blow your mind!"
Tony excitedly pulled Karl toward a nearby workbench.
There, resting on a cylindrical display platform, was a brand-new suit of armor.
It appeared to be forged from a combination of adamantium and vibranium, giving it an extremely solid and refined appearance.
"Not bad."
Karl nodded casually.
"But I actually came to talk about something else."
Tony raised an eyebrow.
Karl spoke calmly.
"If I could resurrect your parents, would you want them back?"
Tony froze.
The tools in his hand fell to the floor.
He stared at Karl with wide eyes, disbelief filling his expression.
For a moment, he thought he must have misheard.
"Yes!"
Tony blurted out immediately.
Then he grabbed Karl's shoulders.
"You're serious, right?"
"You're not joking?"
"You can really bring my parents back to life?!"
After all, Howard and Maria Stark had been dead for many years.
Karl nodded.
"Yes."
"Take me to their graves."
"Also tell Happy to bring Pepper there."
"If they're resurrected, they should at least meet their daughter-in-law."
"Okay!"
Tony immediately turned to the air.
"JARVIS!"
"Send a message to Happy and Pepper."
"Tell them to meet us at my parents' graves!"
Then Tony shouted excitedly:
"And suit me up! I can't wait!"
BOOM!
Moments later, Tony—already wearing his armor—burst through the roof of his house and shot into the sky.
Karl followed calmly behind him.
Tony was so impatient that he kept accelerating again and again.
Karl couldn't help chuckling at the sight.
About five minutes later, they arrived at the Stark family gravesite.
After landing, Tony looked toward Karl.
Karl nodded slightly.
That was all the confirmation Tony needed.
Tony immediately flipped over the tombstones and began digging up the coffins.
Even though he was wearing his armor, he moved carefully and respectfully.
Still, the task took time.
Tony's excitement grew stronger with every passing minute.
Inside the armor, his hands were trembling.
Half an hour later—
Both coffins were finally unearthed.
At that moment, Happy Hogan arrived with Pepper Potts.
Pepper immediately froze when she saw the scene.
"Tony?!"
"What are you doing?!"
"Why did you dig up your parents' graves?!"
"Have you completely lost your mind?!"
Tony shook his head quickly.
"No! No, I'm not crazy!"
"Because they're about to be resurrected!"
"Karl can bring them back to life!"
Pepper stared at Karl in shock.
Karl calmly nodded.
Pepper immediately covered her mouth, unable to believe what she was hearing.
"Step back."
Karl spoke calmly to Tony, Pepper, and Happy.
They quickly moved aside.
Karl raised his hand.
A surge of telekinetic power lifted the coffin lids away.
Inside were only two white skeletons.
Tony couldn't stop the tears that streamed down his face when he saw them.
Karl grabbed one skeletal arm in each hand.
Then he activated True Rewrite.
Since he had killed many Dark Elves earlier, Karl had accumulated hundreds of units of copy energy.
Two streams of white light flowed from Karl's hands into the skeletons.
The bones immediately began transforming.
The white glow spread across the entire skeleton.
Meanwhile, Karl used one of the Mandarin's Ten Rings to manipulate the surrounding soil.
The earth reorganized itself into two sets of clothing, which Karl placed over the bodies.
Thirty seconds later—
The skeletons had completely transformed into two living human bodies.
Howard Stark.
Maria Stark.
Moments later, both of them slowly opened their eyes.
They looked around with confusion.
After sitting up, they saw each other first and smiled instinctively.
Tony rushed forward.
He even stepped out of his armor.
Then he tightly hugged both of them.
"Excuse me…"
Howard looked confused.
"Who are you?"
"Where are we?"
"I'm pretty sure… I died."
Maria Stark also looked at Tony with confusion.
Tony wiped the tears from his face.
"Dad… Mom…"
"It's me."
"Tony."
"You really did die."
"But my brother brought you back."
Howard and Maria stared at him in disbelief.
Then realization slowly dawned.
They immediately hugged Tony tightly.
After a moment, Howard turned toward Karl.
"You must be the gentleman who resurrected us."
Howard spoke thoughtfully.
"I'm not sure if it was a dream… but when I woke up, I heard a woman's voice."
"She told me to tell you that she's very interested in you."
Howard looked at Maria.
"Did you hear anything like that?"
Tony immediately looked at Karl in concern.
"Karl…"
"What does that mean?"
"Is something bad going to happen?"
Karl didn't answer immediately.
Instead, he fell into deep thought.
A woman's voice.
Resurrection.
The soul returning.
There was only one possibility.
One of the five primordial cosmic entities.
Death.
Karl hadn't expected that Death herself would notice him.
Was it because he had resurrected several important figures in such a short time?
The former king of Wakanda.
The Queen of Asgard.
Now Tony's parents.
Or…
Had Death been watching him all along?
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