"We have always been under He-El's surveillance."
Stephen Strange's words made everyone's brows twitch.
"We have always acted according to He-El's plans. From the moment Nick had me flee to Asgard with the Mind Stone, Wanda, and Pietro, to when you were subsequently arranged by He-El to come to Asgard as diplomats, everything was orchestrated by He-El.
"He had meticulously arranged our paths.
"Everything we wanted to do had already been anticipated by him.
"We had no choice but to act as he expected.
"We wanted to stop Thanos, stop Thanos from destroying Xandar, seize the Power Stone from Thanos. Even our failure, even Loki giving the Space Stone to Thanos—all of it proceeded according to He-El's will."
Stephen Strange closed his eyes and spoke with a faint sigh.
"He-El arranged all of this, only coming to Asgard after everything had settled, to confirm that Loki would give the Space Stone to Thanos."
"Now, all he needs to do is wait for Thanos, confident after obtaining three Infinity Stones, to come to Earth.
"I cannot even determine why He-El has such overwhelming confidence—confidence that he can defeat Thanos and seize the Infinity Stones from him."
Stephen Strange's voice was filled with deep sighs and helplessness, even carrying a trace of despair.
He-El had arranged all of this. Would he really fail at the final moment against Thanos?
Stephen Strange hoped so, but he knew that He-El was even more terrifying than Thanos. Since he had prepared all this, he would never allow himself to fail.
The despairing part was that if He-El truly defeated Thanos and took the three Infinity Stones from him—
Would Stephen Strange truly reverse time and stop it all?
Stephen Strange vaguely felt powerless. He even found himself thinking that if He-El defeated Thanos and obtained