Swallowing Ego brought Lake many benefits.
The most obvious was that Lake could use Ego Planet to turn the false into the real.
Next...
Although Lake did not care about his origins, if this Ego were allowed to remain alive, honestly, Lake found it extremely irritating.
In short.
The benefits Lake gained from a dead Ego were clearly greater than those from a living one. Thus, Lake could not think of a single reason why Ego should not die.
"The Guardians of the Galaxy are dead."
Around dusk, Ayesha returned to her bedchamber. After stabilizing the Soverin people in the name of the High Priestess, she looked at Lake, who was standing by the window and preparing to leave, and said, "Your plan has probably fallen through."
Just now, Ayesha had used her authority as High Priestess to stabilize the situation after King of Gods Zeus's appearance had sent a huge shock through the Soverin people. Then she received the news from the starships sent to pursue them.
Under the pursuit of unmanned starfighters, the Guardians of the Galaxy's ship had burst into flames and crashed toward an uninhabited planet. In that condition, no one could have survived.
Lake smiled but did not answer. Instead, he turned to Ayesha. "Congratulations, Queen of the Soverin!"
"Some people won't agree," Ayesha said. "They'll only demand that the council be reestablished."
Besides.
Ayesha felt the life within her, which seemed slightly more active than before, and looked at Lake. "Once I conceive life through the most primitive, ugliest, and most humiliating method, they'll all oppose me."
"Then kill them!"
"What?"
Lake walked up to Ayesha, making no effort to conceal his way of doing things. "My dear, you must understand that I didn't fall in love with you because the Soverin mattered to