"Fortunately, I didn't go. It's been fought into such a state; it seems this conflict is not simple."
Originally, Artoria had planned to go to the Hellfire Club with Raven to announce that Raven was already her person and not someone Magneto could order around at will. Unexpectedly, not long after, in just one night, the place where the Hellfire Club was located and its surroundings had completely turned into ruins. After seeing this news, Artoria felt very lucky that she hadn't gone so early, otherwise, she would have definitely been drawn into this battle. Although she no longer feared Magneto's power, Artoria hated being drawn into such battles that had no benefit for her. If it could increase Artoria's power by a level, she would definitely be there; after all, being able to enhance strength was a very hard thing to refuse.
"I even wanted to see if the White Queen was pretty or not. What a letdown."
Since such a thing had happened, it meant the visit plan couldn't proceed. Although there was no loss, Artoria felt a bit regretful. After all, the White Queen was also a great beauty. Going to see a beauty to feast one's eyes was also nice. She and the actress who played Susan were both goddess-level figures who made people 'let their imaginations run wild'. Cough, cough! The disappointment wasn't much; it was originally a troublesome matter, and now it had disappeared on its own without needing her to take action. Artoria didn't know what to say. It was better to return to a peaceful life and tease the children.
"You will never get what you want."
Artoria lived leisurely at home, but her partners who were fighting in the Universe were not having a good time. Although Gamora was not tied up at this moment, she didn't dare to move recklessly because of her psychological trauma regarding Thanos over the years. Nebula was dismantled into three large parts, lying like a corpse on the side. Gamora looked at Thanos with hatred, while Nebula looked at her sister with complex emotions. If it weren't for Gamora's pleading, she would already be dead. Rocket, Star-Lord, and Groot were all being held at gunpoint and didn't dare to move recklessly.
"There is nothing I want that I cannot get, child. You still don't understand."
Thanos sat quietly in front of Gamora, without a trace of anger, looking at Gamora as if looking at a rebellious child. He replied to Gamora with a very domineering sentence. During this period, he had wiped out Xandar and also landed on Knowhere, but he hadn't even obtained a single Infinity Stone. This was completely different from his plan. Just as he was about to explode, he suddenly encountered Gamora. This rebellious daughter really broke her old father's heart. Not coming home was one thing, but she actually started dating a fat guy. How could he, Thanos, agree to such a thing? He defeated them head-on and captured them. Unexpectedly, Gamora was no longer obedient and had learned to retort.
"Tell me the location of the Infinity Stones."
Although Gamora treated her old father this way, Thanos didn't have any emotional fluctuations internally. He asked Gamora for the location of the Infinity Stones, preparing to go get them personally. None of these children or subordinates were worry-free. Honestly, he didn't know what was going on with himself now. It seemed his spirit had been affected. He vaguely felt an old voice in his ear, whispering to him, telling him to dominate everything. This voice was like the bewitchment of a hell demon, making him unable to help but do things he couldn't imagine sometimes. At Xandar, he had already experienced such a situation once. He didn't know what the reason was, but Thanos felt he must speed up the collection of the Infinity Stones.
"..."
Gamora looked silently at this person who was familiar yet somewhat strange. He was her adoptive father, no doubt, but he had killed her mother and killed half of the people on her Planet. He made her and her sister fight each other day and night. If anyone lost, a part of their body would be taken away and transformed into a robot. Nebula had become like this bit by bit. She was young at the time and afraid of getting hurt, so she had never shown mercy to Nebula. She might have to bear some responsibility for Nebula becoming like this, but the culprit was right in front of her.
"It seems I have to use some means I am unwilling to use."
Thanos looked at Gamora's silent appearance. He lowered his head and looked down at Gamora. Looking at the stubbornness in Gamora's eyes, there was no expression on his face. After saying this, Thanos waved his hand. Ebony Maw performed a very gentlemanly etiquette towards Thanos. Ebony Maw turned his head to look at Nebula, Star-Lord, and the others. A massive telekinetic force surged from Ebony Maw's body. Nebula, Star-Lord, and the others seemed to be lifted by a pair of invisible hands, and they slowly floated into mid-air.
"Ah~!"
A massive force began to tear at them. Nebula's already broken body separated another part. Star-Lord's arm and thigh were torn, and blood sprayed out along the wounds. Rocket was kneaded into a spherical shape and was slowly being crushed by the telekinetic force, as if trying to turn it into a meat patty. Blood flowed out from Rocket's nose, and its internal organs were severely squeezed. If a little more force was applied, its life would end here. Groot's body was already in tatters, but because he was wood and had tenacious vitality, as soon as the force was withdrawn, he would immediately return to his original state. The most miserable was Drax; he had completely lost consciousness.
"Stop it, stop it quickly."
Looking at the miserable state of her partners, Gamora, who thought she would be unmoved, was now like a normal girl, her eyes red as she looked at Thanos, begging the other party to stop. At this moment, she finally understood that perhaps she was no longer the decisive female assassin she once was. She had developed deep feelings for this group of people. This was a bond. She was heartbroken now and asked Thanos to let her partners go. After hearing Gamora's words, Ebony Maw temporarily stopped increasing the force, but he didn't put the group down, instead looking at his Master.
"It only took this little time to make you like this. I spent decades building you to be so powerful and perfect, but I didn't expect you to change after just this little time with these guys. Gamora, I am very disappointed in you."
Thanos looked at the red-eyed Gamora. This girl had never cried from childhood to adulthood, yet she actually had red eyes because of these people. It really surprised him, but more than that, it was disappointment. The powerful weapon he had cultivated had so easily followed others, and even learned to oppose its creator. After so many years, even raising flowers and plants would have feelings. Thanos's mood was very complex now. He wanted to order Ebony Maw to kill all these guys, but without these guys, Gamora would definitely not tell him the location of the Infinity Stones.
"Let them go, I will take you to find the Infinity Stones."
Glancing at her partners who were about to kick the bucket, Gamora said firmly to Thanos. She had already made up her mind; she was going to die with Thanos. After this man obtained the Infinity Stones, he would definitely do unimaginable things. She couldn't let this man get the Infinity Stones. She prepared to lead Thanos to the realm of Death and die there with him. Thanos glanced at Gamora, who had her head down and was thinking about something, and waved his hand. Ebony Maw put everyone down, but basically everyone was in a discarded, half-dead state.
"Let them go. Gamora, come with me!"
After Gamora treated Star-Lord and the others a little so they wouldn't kick the bucket from blood loss, Thanos stretched out his large purple hand. Gamora glanced at her partners on the ground and helplessly took Thanos's extended hand. Just as Thanos said, there was nothing he wanted that he couldn't get, because those who rebelled against him were all dead. Thanos took Gamora and walked towards the spaceship. Nebula was carried onto the spaceship by Ebony Maw using telekinesis. The massive spaceship left the ground and flew into the distance, leaving only the remaining members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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