In the cold, dim, and gray grand hall, a figure sat upon the throne. The Other than that, there was nothing else beside Beckett.
Whether it was the Chitauri army, or The Other, or even Hela.
"Woz?"
"His Highness Beckett, Woz is currently collecting data."
The bracelet lit up, and the data on the screen in front of Beckett's right eye flickered. A character model of Malekith was established. Malekith, seated on the throne, showed no intention of stopping Woz, demonstrating his sincerity.
"Name: Malekith."
"Age: Unknown."
"Gender: Male."
"Race: Dark Elf."
"…System detected an unknown error, Woz is generating an error log…"
"Error log generation complete, Woz is sending the log to the terminal…"
"Data transmission complete, thank you for your cooperation, Lord Malekith."
Woz's electronic voice was particularly piercing in the empty hall. Malekith, on the throne, stood up with a smile, gazing down at Beckett, who stood at the foot of the steps. He said, "It seems this artificial intelligence life form in your hand needs to evolve."
"Woz does need to evolve, but not now."
Beckett couldn't deny it. Woz indeed needed to evolve, and it was necessary for him to return to the Dark Order base periodically for his adoptive father, Thanos, to personally update his version information and complete his evolution.
"It's troublesome, isn't it?"
Malekith spread his hands and walked down the steps step by step. "If you agree to my conditions, besides the Space Stone I've promised you, I can also make your Woz an intelligent life form capable of self-evolution. What do you say?"
"Of course, if you still want the daughter of Odin, I can also guarantee that after we conquer Asgard, I won't kill her, but hand her over to you. How about that?"
"I refuse."
Before Malekith could finish speaking, Beckett's refusal rang out. Malekith's smile gradually disappeared as he walked down from the throne.
"My father said that a qualified king never creates trouble he cannot solve, nor does he make promises he cannot keep."
"And you, right now, clearly do not look like a qualified king."
"Really?" Malekith couldn't help but laugh, as if he had heard a joke.
"Has Thanos, who said that to you, also told you something else?" Dark mist gradually appeared behind Malekith.
"Your pride will blind you."
"Who knows? Maybe he did."
Beckett shook his head, airflow surging beneath his feet, his dark hair swaying freely. A hint of excitement gradually crept into his cold eyes.
*BOOM!*
The roaring airwaves exploded!
In an instant, Beckett's figure appeared beside Malekith. A powerful whip kick instantly pierced Malekith's body and struck the steps!
*WHOOSH!*
Stone fragments flew everywhere!
"Is that all you've got?"
Malekith's figure immediately appeared beside Beckett, his cold palm sweeping towards the latter's face with lightning speed!
*SLAP!*
A powerful force that Beckett had never felt before directly embedded his entire figure into the steps!
"How is it?"
Malekith landed lightly, gazing down at the man he had just smashed into the stone steps, and asked with a smile.
"Now, can we sit down and talk properly, child?"
For Malekith, who had lived for nearly ten thousand years, Beckett, who was only in his early twenties, was indeed just a child, or even an infant.
Although Beckett's physique was much larger than that of a Dark Elf infant.
"Tsk," Beckett stood up from the shattered steps, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. He looked up at Malekith, his eyes burning with fervent fighting spirit.
"Still a long way to go."
Beckett, perhaps you haven't realized it, but that power wasn't given to you by the Mind Stone; it is your own inherent strength.
I didn't let you use the Mind Stone precisely because I wanted you to truly find your own limits.
Thanos's admonition after the battle on U40 Planet echoed in Beckett's mind at this moment. Without The Other by his side, without the Mind Stone to rely on, and not even Hela to share the pressure, Beckett treated Malekith entirely as a whetstone to break through his limits, unleashing his own power without reservation in the vast hall.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!*
The royal palace, constructed from special materials, trembled. Broken pillars continuously fell, and the splashing dust mixed with the omnipresent dark mist, gradually filling the entire space.
Find your limit, and then, break it.
"Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!"
A furious roar echoed through the sky as silver-white energy gathered in the palms of Beckett's hands, blasting straight upwards!
"Not bad, power."
Malekith commented with mock seriousness. Drawing upon the Aether particles released from his seal, Beckett's world shifted once more.
The entire world, or rather, the entire Svartalfheim, plunged into darkness!
"But, that's all."
With a flick of his finger, the beam of energy blasted from Beckett's hands instantly vanished into nothingness.
"Give me a few hundred more years, and I might not be your match. But now, on Svartalfheim,"
A fierce wind howled, and lightning flashed behind him. Malekith, floating in mid-air, ascended in a single step!
"I am the ruler of this dark world!"
BOOM!!!
Deafening thunder rumbled, flashing as if in response to Malekith's words. Beckett, having returned to Svartalfheim's soil, saw Hela and The Other beside him, and in the distance, the Chitauri legion battling Dark Elf soldiers.
"His Highness Beckett! You've returned!"
The Other, having just smashed a Dark Elf soldier's skull with his scepter, was overjoyed. Before he could express his longing, he was tackled to the ground by more Dark Elf soldiers the very next second!
"ROAR!!!!"
The ephemeral mechanical behemoth roared, its gaping maw stained with the flesh of countless Dark Elves!
"Perish in another twisted reality."
The life energy of his kin was converted into Malekith's body through a magic circle. Dark, profound patterns appeared, and an endless torrent of darkness surged like a tide, engulfing the Chitauri legion led by Beckett.
"Since you refuse my terms, then, die."
Malekith, floating in mid-air, his eyes glinting, his lips curved into a cold smile.
Aether particle ability—Virtual Reality Conversion!
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