But she still retained a sliver of consciousness and reached out, trying to grab Dane's ankle.
Dane looked down, lifted his foot, then stomped down.
He drove that still rather beautiful head deeper into the ground.
Druid could no longer sense Thena's thoughts. The next moment, a powerful feeling of suffocation struck him.
"Ikaris" had seized him by the throat and lifted him into the air.
With his feet off the ground, he felt as though he were being hanged.
Druid had never been so pathetic. His face flushed red, and he looked like a fish stranded onshore, desperately trying to open its mouth and breathe.
He grabbed Ikaris's hand, clinging tightly to it as though he still wanted to say something.
In the end, his entire body went limp, and he fainted.
A Commonplace New Ability
Dane's laboratory welcomed five new Eternals test subjects.
This time, he did not intend to use the Mind Stone to control them again. Druid's attainments in matters of the mind were considerable. If Dane relied blindly on the Stone's power, the other side might very well find a loophole.
Although the Mind Stone could be used by him, it had yet to submit to him completely. He could not let down his guard.
Ignoring Kingo and the unknown force that had helped him escape, Dane focused on himself and continued communicating with the Mind Stone.
Several more days passed.
Through his studies during this time, Dane discovered that there was a special space within the Mind Stone.
The concept of time did not exist in this space. Or rather, time within this space could be set arbitrarily.
You could make a thousand years pass here while only an instant went by outside, and the reverse was also possible.
Because this was not reality,