No one knew how long had passed.
Upon the vast ruins of the Time Variance Authority.
Looking at Elios, whose already bizarre body had been completely corrupted by the power of the Black Death Sword.
Feeling the emotion it displayed when facing him, no more ferocious than that of a pet dog.
Loki nodded in satisfaction.
But soon, as he sensed the hunger conveyed by the Black Death Sword in his hand.
The delight on his face.
Faded considerably.
A measure of wariness rapidly rose within him as well.
Thus.
Before long, the Black Death Sword, which had just displayed such overwhelming might, was ruthlessly put away by him.
As the Black Death Sword's current owner.
He knew very well that it was an exceedingly ominous weapon. Though called a weapon, the Black Death Sword was not a mere dead thing, but some kind of complex semi-lifeform.
Even the Symbiotes, a parasitic race that attached itself to other Lifeforms, had been bred and created using the Black Death Sword as their foundational template.
And the Black Death Sword's creator was a powerful ancient evil god, the God of Symbiotes—Knull!
A being born from the universe's primordial darkness and silence, one who had once stirred up cosmic-scale wars, slaughtered countless Lifeforms, and had even personally killed members of the Celestials!
However, no matter what, as a special weapon.
A God-Slaying Weapon specifically created by the God of Symbiotes—Knull—to kill the Celestials.
Aside from its immense power, the Black Death Sword had displayed two conspicuous traits in the hands of the God of Symbiotes—Knull, as well as in the hands of its later wielder, the God Slayer—Gorr.
Power and infectiousness...
Even the weapon's wielder could be bewitched by it!
Therefore.
Originally, according to Loki's plan, in order to contend against his elder