"Soul Stone?"
Beckett narrowed his eyes, the power gathering in his palm slowly dissipating.
"That's right, the Soul Stone."
Seeing that Beckett was as interested as she'd hoped, Jennifer smoothed her hair from her forehead and said with a smile.
"I know where the map leading to the Soul Stone is hidden. If you're willing to make this deal with me, I'll give it to you once it's done."
Jennifer spoke with utmost seriousness.
Strictly speaking, she wasn't lying.
She had learned from her teacher long ago that The Collector had the map to the Soul Stone's burial place. However, for some unknown reason, The Collector had only collected the map and hadn't retrieved the Soul Stone.
As long as Beckett helped her defeat the Knowhere King and allowed her Xiangluo Tribe to be reborn, she could then exchange rare treasures she had already collected with The Collector.
In that case, she wouldn't be breaking her word.
"Give me a reason to believe you."
Beckett retracted his arm and asked, tilting his chin up.
He admitted that the Soul Stone was indeed a great temptation to him. His adoptive father, Thanos, had been searching for these six stones for a long time.
If he went out and brought back another Infinity Stone, he would be very happy.
That was, of course, if Jennifer was telling the truth and not deceiving him.
"This is actually quite difficult."
Jennifer shrugged. The movements of her mature woman's body exuded charm, but unfortunately, Beckett had no interest in that.
"Because I don't know if you can be sure that what I'm using is the power of an Infinity Stone!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a captivating purple light suddenly erupted from Jennifer's body!
"Do you want to die?"
Beckett frowned, looking at the woman who had just punched him. He instinctively extended his right hand, only to widen his eyes in shock the next second!
Boom!
An unparalleled power erupted from Jennifer's body, forcing Beckett to retreat repeatedly.
"This is..."
"The aura of an Infinity Stone. What do you say? Can you believe me now?"
Jennifer retracted her fist. Dressed in a red dress with golden hair, she appeared incredibly alluring in Beckett's eyes.
"In the name of an Infinity Stone wielder."
The smile blooming on Jennifer's face was exceptionally captivating.
"Your Highness Beckett, theoretically speaking, the Soul Stone doesn't possess this ability. This should be the effect of the Power Stone."
Woz's isotope detector also displayed the analysis results of Jennifer's punch.
It was indeed an energy structure on par with an Infinity Stone.
"You scoundrel, how dare you be so disrespectful to His Highness Beckett!"
The Other raised his scepter, aiming the glowing Mind Stone at Jennifer, who had short, golden, ear-length hair.
"What are the terms of the deal?"
Beckett reached out and forcefully pushed down The Other's scepter.
"Your Highness Beckett!"
"Silence."
With his usual harsh tone, The Other immediately fell silent.
Beckett was still the same Beckett.
"Help me defeat the Knowhere King, Robin." Jennifer breathed a sigh of relief, secretly marveling at the power her teacher had given her. She slowly walked to Beckett's side and extended her hand to him.
"Overthrow the Knowhere tyranny."
"Deal."
...
The fact that the Son of Thanos possesses two Infinity Stones has been exposed. The rebels will definitely target him; there's no doubt about it.
What I need to do is make Thanos's son and those ignorant rebels gather.
This way, that old immortal hiding in the shadows will appear before me with Jennifer.
Inside the tavern, thanks to habits developed in Asgard, Hela drank heartily and ate meat with large bowls. Her slender figure, encased in a black bodysuit, and her delicate face as she drank attracted many gazes.
At her feet lay three or five corpses of men who had dared to speak lewdly.
Only then can I let that old immortal know that his ideals are long outdated.
The words of the Knowhere King Robin kept replaying in Hela's mind. Taking another bite of meat, she was still processing the truth she had learned.
"Who is that old immortal?"
"Who? 35 million years ago, he was my teacher."
Hela felt that she probably wouldn't forget the reminiscing look in the Knowhere King's eyes as he spoke these words, stroking the purple armor on his body.
Thirty-five million years ago, the Knowhere at that time was dominated by the Xiangluo Tribe. The Xiangluo King led his army to slaughter the Knowhere soldiers at will, and enslaved all the Knowhere people in every conquered tribe for their amusement.
Robin, who had just come of age then, was unwilling to see his people suffer such humiliation. He traveled far and wide to find a powerful figure named Great Sage on Knowhere. Fueled by passion and ambition, he became Great Sage's disciple.
It only took Robin five hundred years to become Great Sage's most favored disciple. He even received armor personally forged by Great Sage, who fused his own power into it – the very purple armor Robin wore now.
However, the master and disciple, who were a match made in heaven, broke apart due to the war between the Knowhere and Xiangluo tribes.
Thirty million years ago, Robin, determined to free his people from the clutches of the Xiangluo Tribe, encountered the Collector, who had just found the Flower of Life.
After paying with nearly half his lifespan, Robin received the Collector's help and obtained a mechanical behemoth from him, powerful enough to destroy the heavens and earth.
Legend had it that it was a rare item that had survived from the mechanical era of the previous universe, and only one remained in the entire universe – the one in the Collector's possession.
With this mechanical behemoth and his own strength, the Knowhere tribe, under Robin's leadership, successfully overthrew the Xiangluo Tribe's rule.
But, the boy who slayed dragons eventually became a dragon himself.
Having overthrown the Xiangluo Tribe's rule, Robin, to fulfill his promise to the Collector, relegated the remaining Xiangluo people to slavery, driving them all to the northern hemisphere's desert on Knowhere. There, they were to mine the planet's resources while also providing a large number of life forms to grow to perfect state for the blooming of the Flower of Life.
Thus began thirty million years of rule over the Xiangluo Tribe.
"Aren't you afraid of losing?"
"Lose? It doesn't matter."
"I've already gotten what I wanted."
"I will personally prove to that old immortal that some people, with their ingrained servility, are destined to be ruled by others from birth."
"Everything they do is just a futile effort."
"Besides, I won't lose."
"Won't lose?"
"That guy might give you a surprise."
Drinking her wine, Hela's mind conjured the image of Beckett with his golden hair flying in Valhalla. For some reason, she felt a flicker of anticipation.
"To let such a beautiful lady sit here drinking alone, I think the men in this pub must all be blind."
As she pondered which of the two sides had a greater chance of winning, a figure with long, middle-parted hair suddenly appeared before Hela.
"Look down at your feet." Hela's eyes were full of mockery.
"In my eyes, they probably don't even qualify as men," the middle-parted man shrugged and sat down in front of Hela.
"Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ego. And you?"
The backstage didn't explode today, how strange~
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