Goal: Earth

"Father."

Dark Order Base, inside the main hall.

Beckett, who was supposed to come tomorrow according to Thanos's instructions, was kneeling on one knee, respectfully bowing to the figure on the throne.

"Is everything settled?"

Thanos, still studying the galaxy map, asked without looking up.

"The Other is being processed."

Beckett stood up and his gaze fell on the galaxy map in front of Thanos.

Thanos paused in his actions, then rose from his throne, walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, and looked up and down at his adopted son whom he hadn't seen for over a thousand years with a calm gaze.

Beckett also looked up and met Thanos's gaze, just as he had a thousand years ago.

"Back then, you forcibly broke out of the execution ground and even seriously injured Black Order. Do you want to give me a belated explanation?"

"Because Hela owes me a self-criticism," Beckett replied matter-of-factly.

Thanos his hand, and the Artificial Intelligence in the main hall of the base immediately presented the yellowed papers left by Beckett back then. Beckett glanced at them, and the title "Self-Criticism" was particularly eye-catching.

Beckett twisted his neck somewhat awkwardly, a guilty look flashing across his face before disappearing.

If Thanos hadn't improved his strength over the past thousand years, he probably wouldn't have noticed Beckett's guilty conscience.

This is the emotion Beckett only shows in front of Thanos, and it hasn't changed at all even after more than a thousand years.

He's still that child who reveals everything to me.

Thanos thought he would appear very angry or very serious.

But now, Thanos realizes that all he feels is joy.

The joy of Beckett's safe return.

Which ones did you write?

Thanos, with his back to Beckett, asked calmly.

"No." Beckett stared intently at the empty throne before him, his concise and clear answer bordering on righteous indignation.

The first few of these self-criticisms were ghostwritten by Woz, while the rest were all ghostwritten by Hela. Beckett's only role was to sign his name at the end.

"Is there anything you want to explain?"

"No."

Beckett kept his eyes fixed straight ahead.

Sizzle...

Sizzle...

Sizzle...

Thanos stacked all the yellowed papers together and slowly but firmly tore them into pieces that fluttered in the wind.

One after another.

The imposing aura, though not meant to be angry, made Beckett's eyes jump.

Admittedly, his current strength has reached a point of perfect balance of physical energy, but in the face of his father, whom he has respected and loved since childhood, Beckett still cannot do anything excessive.

The vast main hall fell into an eerie silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"What are your thoughts after you come back?"

After a long Thanos, Thanos, with his hands behind his back, finally spoke, breaking the eerie silence.

"Kill Odin, Father."

Beckett responded immediately.

Are you sure?

Thanos turned around and stared directly into his adopted son's face.

Boom!

Beckett didn't speak, but chose to respond with actions.

The commotion instantly alarmed everyone in the Dark Order, including Loki, who was in the dungeon.

"An assassin? My father is in danger?"

At the mission handover point, Gamora, who was following closely behind her instructor Proxima Midnight, frowned.

"No, that power belongs to your brother."

"It belongs to Beckett's power."

Rumble!!!

In an instant, a large number of thunderclouds gathered in the Dark Order quadrant, where the climate had never changed year after year.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the wind howled!

"Super Saiyan 3".

The words, as clear as the tolling of a bell, resounded in the ears of everyone in the Centaurus Galaxy, and a crimson-gold beam of light stretched across the entire Centaurus Galaxy almost instantly!

"Super Saiyan 4".

This time, only Thanos was right next to Beckett, could hear what he was saying.

The vast and boundless energy gradually subsided, and Beckett's long golden hair gradually turned back into short, dark hair, while his previously emerald green eyes were gradually dyed into bright gold.

The oppressive aura that had gripped the entire Centaurus Galaxy vanished in an instant. Loki, who was being interrogated by The Other in the dungeon, was covered in wounds and trembling in a corner, his back soaked with cold sweat.

"This power..."

"How is this possible?!"

This was the first time Gamora had witnessed such power, and her eyes widened in disbelief.

"This guy's strength has increased again..." Proxima Midnight was already familiar with Beckett's rate of improvement, could only sigh.

The immense power was completely contained, and Beckett, who appeared normal except for his golden eyes, caused Thanos's gaze to change.

The perfect combination of energy and body allows one to instantly become a god by breaking free from the constraints of the universe's rules.

To become the most supreme deity in the entire universe.

"Have you evolved your power to this extent?"

Even Thanos, with his strong heart, couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

This power was indeed enough to kill Odin without the gems.

Even he, without the power of the Infinity Stones to replenish his strength, could not defeat his son.

This was Thanos's intuition, and his intuition was always very accurate.

Unfortunately, there are two extremely buggy Infinity Stones in this world.

Space and time.

Spatial exile and Time Loop mean that as long as Beckett hasn't transcended space and time, he will still be affected by these two Infinity Stones.

Beckett personally experienced spatial exile, and as for Time Loop... Thanos himself experienced them, more than once.

"Killing Odin is not enough."

"I know. The Other is already interrogating that man named Loki. He is Odin's son and should know where Odin usually keeps the Space Stone."

Beckett understood this principle as well, but he believed that taking the Space Stone was enough.

"Odin's son will not know."

"The Space Stone is currently on Midgard."

"Odin made a pact with Agamotto: if Agamotto stopped me, he would relinquish ownership of the Space Stone after the war and bury it somewhere in Midgard."

The Other wasn't the only one secretly watching Odin and Asgard for over a thousand years.

Midgard?

Beckett frowned; the name sounded somewhat familiar.

"That backward planet?"

Beckett remembered that he and Hela had visited that backward place a few times.

The Sorcerer Supreme Agamotto, who helped him refine his soul to perfection, was there.

"Agamotto is dead, and his apprentice has taken his place."

"A human named Ancient One."

Thanos, standing with his hands behind his back, squinted as he recalled the scene when he first met the Ancient One.

With Time Loop in his left hand and a vast amount of magic in his right, he wields the Mirror Dimension with unparalleled skill.

Thanos was truly astonished that such a powerful lineage of Sorcerer Supreme could emerge from the backward Midgard.

"Ancient One?"

"I see."

Beckett.

Woz, the robot cat who was busy writing a report in the bracelet space, couldn't help but roll his eyes.

You know nothing!

All you know is to go and cause trouble!