Marvel: A New God's Reign

Chapter 91: A Falling God, A Titan & Infinity

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"It's not some sort of special power, but he has the ability to make allies of everyone he meets. And that is the most fearsome ability on the high seas..."

- Dracule Mihawk, (One Piece)

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<(Atem POV)>

"You don't get it; my father is not someone you can just make an enemy out of so lightly. If you have not heard of him, he is THE Mad Titan, Thanos. I do admit that you are quite powerful as well but defeating my father isn't going to be as easy as you are imagining. There is a reason why he has been able to conquer an entire galaxy and why every big intergalactic empire is afraid of his wraith. And once he gets all of the infinity stones, he will be able to conquer the entire universe." Gamora warned with a grim voice while playing with the shackles binding her arms.

"Really? You are trying to scare me with how scary and powerful your dad is? So, what do you propose I should do? Release you so that you can go back to your daddy? Because if you still haven't figured it out, I am not really afraid of Thanos. Yes, a fight with him this soon will be annoying since I am not aware of the limits of his full power, but I am going to have to fight him sooner or later. After all, unlike you, I actually know what he is going to do once he gets his hands on all the Infinity stones." I smirked. "Anyways, it's not like I'll be waiting for him to get all of the stones before I kill him," I muttered to myself as I glanced at the big metal box behind me.

Two para-demons were currently kneeling on the floor, holding the box for me while Brunhilde stood in a corner, observing me with curious eyes.

"No" Gamora responded after a few seconds of silence. "Instead, I want to make a deal with you. You and I want the same thing, to kill Thanos. I can help you do it. I can tell you all about his armies, his strategies, his weapons, his powers and mystical abilities, everything. I can help you defeat him. At least, then you will have a decent chance of success." She offered.

"And in return?"

"My freedom from Thanos and his ways, that is all I want." She answered, slightly bowing her head to show her submission.

Instead of verbally answering her, I just slowly nodded in acceptance before turning my attention towards the box again.

"If you are thinking of opening that thing, you should wait for some of our scientists to finish their tests on it. The feeling I get from that... orb is a lot like how I used to feel near the Tesseract back on Asgard... before it was a Tesseract that is." The Valkyrie warned after sensing my eyes on her.

"Why? Did it explode with power or something when opened?" I questioned, raising one of my eyebrows.

"No, but a lot of powerful and godly entities were able to sense it with most of them wanting it for themselves. Attacks and break-ins were becoming so common that even Odin, power-hungry as he is, had to seal the actual stone inside the Tesseract and then hide it away on Earth, to protect it from prying eyes and greedy hands." She answered. "If I am right about this which I usually am, then the moment you open that artifact, you will become the target of a lot of beings in this universe."

"I see. Honestly, as much as I am tempted to forget about this stone, I know that it will only be a matter of time before Thanos or someone else discovers it and uses it for some nefarious purpose. So, better me than them." I replied before casually opening the box and retrieving the fist-sized orb within.

The orb looked like some kind of complex puzzle that could only be opened when twisted in some particular pattern or combination. It even seemed like it was made out of some rare hard metal not found on Earth to suppress the energy of the stone within it. However, I was not in the mood to solve childish puzzles, so I just applied a significant portion of my strength to the orb and broke it into several pieces with a single clench of my hands as the small purple stone inside it came into full view of everyone.