World Of Magic: Part 1

"World Of Magic: Part 1" is the series premiere of Network League. It originally aired on January 20th, 2024.

Plot
A tropical storm blows in Mire City and a fire truck is hit by a wayward stop sign. Gwen aids Ben as Diamondhead in rescuing the drivers, then the truck. They then notice a young girl trapped up in a tree. Gwen rescues her and takes her to her mother. After seeing the way that the girl's mother reacts to her daughter, Gwen begins to get homesick and reminisces about her friends, Charmcaster and Ignaceous. Under Ben's encouragement, Gwen decides that she has been away from Ledgerdomain for too long and needs to return.

She travels back to the dimension, and finds that the island is in ruins and all her magical people have been turned to stone. Frantically she searches for her friend, Charmcaster, only to find that she too had been turned to stone. A sorcerer Adwaita, approaches her. Gwen confronts him and after a brief fight she takes him down, but he tells her if she hurts him he'll leave the magic people the way they are. He claims that he only seeks knowledge but confesses that he is the one who attacked Ledgerdomain and turned the Magic people to stone. He goes on to explain that he is looking for pieces of an artifact. He then restores Charmcaster to her normal self but turns her back to stone when she attacks. Adwaita blackmails Gwen into gathering the artifacts. He claims that if she brings the artifacts to him, he will restore the Magic People. Believing she has no other choice, Gwen agrees. He gives her a limited amount of time and mystic gems that glow when near the artifacts. Gwen then leaves.

While Gwen pursues the artifacts, Faust is seen speaking to an impatient someone through a floating flame. As Adwaita reports, he explains that Charmcaster's friend is helping him.

Gwen calls Hendrix for help learning about more about Adwaita but won't say anything else. Gwen searches for the first artifact in a museum. Obtaining the artifact is easy enough until a giant stone statue of a gladiator comes to life and attacks. After a brief fight Gwen comes out the victor but the museum is left in ruins. She is confronted by Ben as Jetray who insists that if Gwen is going to be destroying public property she should have a good reason. She reluctantly explains the situation to him, and he, along with Rex, Tarlock, The Saturdays, Powerpuff Girls and Hendrix volunteer to help.

Rex, Tarlock, The Saturdays and Powerpuff Girls go to collect one of the artifacts. Rex manages to snatch the artifact from a temple but a giant fire-breathing snake rises from the ground and attacks. Tarlock and his team deal with the snake and with Tarlock strength there is little trouble defeating it.

Ben as Armadrillo and Gwen find the other artifact buried underneath a mall but as soon as they touch it, the artifact flashes and they see each other as demons. Both believing the other to be a threat, they fight but Ben eventually sees Gwen in their reflection and realizes who she is. Now Ben only defends himself and doesn't fight back. With Ben as Four Arms refusing to fight, Gwen incapacitates him. Fortunately, they're near mirrors and Ben is able to show her their reflection revealing his true form to Gwen and ending the "fight".

Back on Lederdomain, Adwaita talks to his unknown benefactor and the two are confident that the world will soon be theirs.

Continuity

 * Gwen prepares to explain her long absence from Ledgerdomain, after leaving, approximately eight months earlier, to fight the invasion in "Network Origins".

Trivia

 * The title refers to "World Of Magic" is a reference to the old Ben 10 episodes


 * Sky Hawks, Max Steel, Steven Universe, Pearl, Vetro Man and Samurai Jack do not appear.
 * The battle between the League and Adwaita in the temple uses a remixed version of the music played during Ben's fight with the mysterious creature from "Good Copy, Bad Copy" in Ben 10: Alien Force.
 * The magical medallion Adwaita uses to petrify the amazons is a gorgoneion, an amulet illustrating the face of Medusa.