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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 182

Chapter 182: Fate’s Quiet Architect Part - 1

December 31st, 1999. 11:47 PM. Bern.

The ballroom glittered with old money and new ambition.

Cry...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 181

Chapter 181: The Thorn That Pricked a Finger

Alexandra Reid didn’t draw a weapon.

She didn’t need to.

She stood in the center of the ruined chamber like a q...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 180

Chapter 180: The Pan Elf

"Avada Kedavra!"

The killing curse ripped through the air—a streak of brilliant, terrible green light that promised instant death.

Bu...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 179

Chapter 179: Vengeance

December 31st, 1999. 10:00 PM

The Hand's European headquarters had not changed since the last failed assault.

The same b...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 178

Chapter 178: Hogwarts Again

The next morning found Arthur cross-legged in his manor's meditation room, golden light filtering through the tall windows and painting patterns...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 177

Chapter 177: When Chi Meets Cosmic

Arthur stepped through the portal and into a world of steam and fire.

The transition was immediate and disorienting. One moment he ...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 176

Chapter 176: The Iron Fist

Arthur stood in his laboratory, staring at the culmination of over two months of tiring work. What had once been a fragment no larger than a fing...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 175

Chapter 175: The Dragon’s Heart

That night, Arthur stood alone in his quarters, deep in thought. His mind circled back to the same topic again and again — the Iron Fist...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 174

Chapter 174: Chi

The morning sun cast long shadows across K'un-Lun's training courtyard as Arthur and Ariadne completed their forms. The month of intensive training had sha...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 173

Chapter 173: Starting From Zero

The morning after Arthur and Ariadne’s arrival, Lei Kung stood alone in the shadowed throne room. The vast chamber was silent, empty excep...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 172

Chapter 172: K'un-Lun’s Uninvited Guests

The portal deposited them in a forest that shouldn't exist—ancient pines reaching toward a sky far warmer than the frozen peaks...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 171

Chapter 171: The Path to K'un-Lun

Arthur stood in his study, golden mandalas spinning lazily around his hands as he worked to stabilize a portal. The circular gateway flick...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 170

Chapter 170: Path Forward Part - 2

The next morning, Arthur sat across from Daniel Wang in the Phoenix Group’s top-floor conference room. London sprawled below them, a ci...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 169

Chapter 169: Path Forward Part - 1

Arthur materialized in his study, the familiar scent of old books and polished wood a jarring contrast to the sulfur and hellfire still c...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 168

Chapter 168: The Devil and the Death-Marked

Arthur looked at the ruined island around him and lifted his golden hands. Cracks split the sky, reality folding like glass unde...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 167

Chapter 167: The Devil's Bargain

The northern island stretched gray and empty under the evening sky. Wind rushed over the cliffs, carrying the tang of salt and the cry of d...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 166

Chapter 166: Trials and Resolve

Days passed, and Arthur overheard Winky discussing Ariadne’s difficulties during her raids.

“Maybe slow down a bit,” he advised....

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 165

Chapter 165: The Hand’s Plan

Earth

Somewhere beneath the fog-choked streets of Berlin, in a warehouse that smelled of machine oil and old concrete,...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 164

Chapter 164: The Dream's End

Time on Hala blurred for Arthur and Carol, but the logs showed it had been almost three weeks since they began their work. The planet’s shift...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 163

Chapter 163: Unintended Consequences

The first night was quiet work.

His fingers brushed the back of a soldier’s neck beneath a cracked helmet, the back of a genera...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 162

Chapter 162: The Dream Master

“Dream Master?” Carol repeated. Her voice didn’t rise. It just… flatlined. Like she’d heard something that sounded like magic but sm...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 161

Chapter 161: Back to Hala

Three days after the Hand incident, Arthur received the call he'd been expecting. He was in his study, surrounded by towers of historical texts ab...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 160

Chapter 160: When Plans Fail

Arthur apparated into the manor’s entrance hall just past midnight. The party at the Rambeaus had stretched late into the night - probably th...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 159

Chapter 159: Tea with Old Friends Part - 2

Fury's eye narrowed dangerously. "Let's not teach kids the wrong things."

"We both know it's the truth." Arthur's smile was...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 158

Chapter 158: Tea with Old Friends Part - 1

The next morning found Arthur in the manor's kitchen, watching Ariadne methodically eat breakfast while reviewing surveillance ph...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 157

Chapter 157: Homecomings

The Louisiana morning wrapped around them like a warm embrace, such a stark contrast to Hala's poisoned atmosphere that Carol actually staggered. T...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 156

Chapter 156: The Dying World Part - 2

"So what now?" she asked. "Is there any saving this planet?"

"They don't need saving from some external force. They need to reco...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 155

Chapter 155: The Dying World Part - 1

Arthur stepped through the portal onto Hala's surface and immediately understood why Carol carried such guilt.

The air carried t...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 154

Chapter 154: The Annihilator

Carol took another sip of water before setting the bottle aside. The sharp, competitive energy from their sparring had faded, replaced by somet...

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Magical Marvel: The Rise of Arthur Hayes : Ch. 153

Chapter 153: The Wizard and The Star

Arthur took the Kree uniform from Winky and slipped into it. The suit's communication systems were far more accessible when properly wo...

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