Midgard.
The ground was littered with corpses, gradually buried by wind and frost. Hela, twisting her wrists, looked up in the direction the warship had departed, silent.
"Beckett, you've interfered in the Nine Realms war. Do you understand the gravity of this matter?"
Inside the warship sailing through the magnificent universe, Ebony Maw, having handled all the aftermath, approached Beckett, who stood by the window gazing at the brilliant galaxy, and asked softly.
"Interfered in the Nine Realms war?"
Hearing this, Beckett shook his head. "No, I never had any intention of interfering in the Nine Realms war, nor do I want to meddle in that woman's affairs."
From beginning to end, he was just a passing Saiyan.
He passed Asgard, and then he passed Midgard. What Nine Realms war, what Golden Flash Savior of Midgard, had nothing to do with him.
"But your actions have indeed sent such a signal to the outside world. You gave the Casket of Ancient Winters to Odin of Asgard, and you and the daughter of Odin eliminated an entire vanguard of the Nine Realms allied army on C53."
"What do you think others will see?"
One by one, Ebony Maw listed Beckett's recent actions and laid them out before him.
"I said, it has nothing to do with me."
"It's their business what those with ulterior motives think. I don't need to explain myself to them."
The Dark Order and his own strength were the reasons for Beckett's confidence. Apart from his adoptive father, Thanos, he didn't need to explain his actions to anyone.
This "anyone" also included Ebony Maw.
"It's fine as long as you know yourself." Ebony Maw didn't care. The Dark Order's sphere of influence was nowhere near Asgard, and Beckett didn't seem like someone who would fight the Nine Realms coalition for the daughter of Odin.
"Where is the person Lord Thanos wants?"
"Woz."
Beckett directly brought up Woz's screen, projecting it enlarged before Ebony Maw's eyes.
A red dot labeled Astra flickered on the map, and the unfamiliar location made Ebony Maw frown.
"Before U40 Planet exploded, he was taken away by some unknown force. However, he was still wearing the helmet I gave him. Judging by the coordinates, where he is now should be the coordinates Father wants to know."
"And I already had Woz send these coordinates to Father. What, Father didn't go?"
Beckett, waving away the light screen, looked at Ebony Maw, who clearly didn't know about this, a hint of confusion appearing between his brows.
"No, Lord Thanos just returned with the reparations from the Skrull Empire."
"Skrull Empire?"
"Our planetary surveyor discovered that your U40 Planet had exploded." Ebony Maw was concise. Upon hearing this, Beckett immediately understood what was going on, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up, forming a subtle arc.
Beckett felt warm in his heart from his adoptive father Thanos's concern and care.
After that, there was silence. Beckett and Ebony Maw didn't have much in common to talk about.
After a series of rapid space jumps, the familiar Dark Order base appeared before them. When the warship landed smoothly, Beckett, with The Other following closely behind him, walked out of the cabin, stepping onto his familiar land once more.
"Beckett, your hair?"
Proxima Midnight, who was directing her subordinates to allocate the returned compensation resources according to Thanos's requirements, greeted Beckett and immediately noticed Beckett's incredibly brilliant golden hair.
"It changed on its own." Beckett, passing Proxima Midnight concisely, strode into the base's main hall. The figure sitting on the throne had already been waiting for him for a long time.
"Father."
The moment he saw his adoptive father Thanos, Beckett bowed respectfully.
"Good strength, Beckett." Thanos, on the throne, looked up and carefully examined his adoptive son, whose strength had transformed. He strode down the steps and came to Beckett's side.
Glancing at The Other, who had been following Beckett all along, the latter understood and, holding the Azure Scepter, obediently withdrew from the hall.
"It's a pity it's not permanent." Beckett shook his head, a look of regret on his face.
As if to verify his words, the golden hair on Beckett's head turned back to his usual black hair the moment he finished speaking, and his immense power instantly evaporated from within him.
The time had come.
An unprecedented weakness quickly occupied every nerve in Beckett's body.
How could this be?!
Beckett's eyes showed a rare look of disbelief.
"The energy of the Infinity Stones isn't that easy to fuse, Beckett." Thanos, who was already prepared for Beckett's current state, poured the prepared Nutrient Fluid into his weakened adoptive son's mouth.
"Infinity... Stones?"
Hearing the term from Thanos for the first time, Beckett barely maintained his stance, quietly waiting for the power within the Nutrient Fluid to fill his entire body.
"They are one of the most mysterious powers in this universe. Before this, I had only seen them in some ancient books."
"But you, no, it should be Astra, who came into contact with one of the legendary six Infinity Stones."
Gazing at his gradually recovering adoptive son, Thanos swiped his right hand in mid-air, and a large light screen instantly appeared before Beckett.
The information on the screen was all the information Thanos had collected over the years regarding the Infinity Stones.
Not much, but very useful.
At the very least, it allowed Beckett to understand what his adoptive father Thanos's "Infinity Stones" truly were.
"So, if I still want to reach that level of power, I need the power of the Infinity Stones?"
Having tasted the power of a Super Saiyan, Beckett found it hard to let go. That power, capable of destroying stars, filled him with longing.
Even a fraction of the Infinity Stones' power was enough to amplify his strength to such a degree. What about a complete Infinity Stone?
Or, if he gathered all six Infinity Stones, could he use their power to find Frieza's universe?
As his gaze swept over the data before him, sparks uncontrollably ignited in Beckett's mind, only to be extinguished one by one by his adoptive father, Thanos.
"Abandon those unrealistic thoughts, Beckett," Thanos said, his hands clasped behind his back, gazing at his foster son's flickering eyes. He interrupted Beckett's speculations.
"You cannot bear the power of the Infinity Stones."
Even his Eternal Titan body might not be able to withstand the side effects of the stones, let alone Beckett.
"Furthermore, do you really think the power you unleashed on U40 Planet was given to you by the Infinity Stones?"
Thanos turned and walked back to the throne, patting the empty seat beside him with his right hand.
"What?"
"You are a gift given to me by this universe, Beckett. I've always believed that."
As his foster son sat beside him, Thanos's eyes were graced with a rare hint of kindness.
The large light screen, at Thanos's will, spanned across the base's main hall, playing a scene of a seven-year-old Beckett having his first close encounter with Ebony Maw outside the Dark Order base.
In the footage, the seven-year-old Beckett, under Ebony Maw's pressure, began to emanate a faint golden glow around his body...
"Perhaps you didn't notice, but Beckett, that was your own power, not the Infinity Stones."
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