"You have actually come into contact with the Infinity Stones before."
The Ancient One's words left the Avengers stunned. They looked at one another, question marks practically popping up over their heads as they sought answers from those beside them.
According to Stephen Strange's description, they were cosmic artifacts capable of affecting the universe itself. Such universe-class artifacts would appear in the Laniakea Supercluster—the Virgo Cluster—the Local Group—the Milky Way—the Orion Arm—the Gould Belt—the Local Bubble—the Local Interstellar Cloud—the Oort Cloud—the third planet of the Solar System—Earth.
They would appear in such a tiny place?
And everyone had even come into contact with them.
The Infinity Stones Stephen Strange had described all sounded vast, powerful enough to destroy entire galaxies. The Avengers vaguely had an idea, but they could not be certain.
Seeing that the Avengers had yet to figure it out, the Ancient One smiled and turned to He-El. Her placid smile remained as she said, "President He-El should understand, shouldn't he? Otherwise, President He-El would not have chosen to give it up."
Everyone turned to He-El and found his expression heavy and solemn.
He-El did not answer the Ancient One directly. Instead, he looked at Hawkeye and said gravely, "Barton, tell Nick to hide the Mind Scepter somewhere even more secure. If the Mind Scepter is lost, I won't let him off!"
Hawkeye understood in an instant, his eyes widening.
Tony Stark's eyes filled with shock and uncertainty.
Bruce Banner's pupils dilated in disbelief.
Steve Rogers's expression turned grave. There was not a hint of a smile on Natasha's face, while T'Challa frowned deeply.
Peter Parker's hand froze around his glass of orange juice.
"You mean the Mind Scepter is the Mind Stone Steve mentioned? The gemstone formed from one of the six primordial forces condensed at the