On the Sanctuary Flagship, Thanos and Malekith aligned their thoughts.
The alliance might not be stable, but at least their goals were indeed the same.
For Thanos—
Not long ago, Loki had asked Thanos to lend him troops and had even taken away Thanos's Mind Stone.
What was more, Thanos had even sent his loyal subordinate, Supergiant, one of the foremost members of the Black Order, to Loki!
But what happened?
Not only had Loki failed to break open Asgard's gates for him and bring back the Space Stone that had ended up on Earth as promised.
He had even sent Thanos's Chitauri army and Supergiant into death's embrace!
Most infuriatingly, the Mind Stone had gotten drilled like a recruit. What the hell was that supposed to mean?!
As far as their agreement was concerned, this was an utterly disgraceful betrayal.
And to Thanos, it was an insult beyond measure!
If Loki were allowed to keep swaggering around the universe alive, would Thanos's prestige and reputation not become a joke on everyone's lips?!
Was this a slap on Supergiant's ass? No, it was a slap straight across Lord Thanos's face!!!
Even without Malekith, once Thanos had finished his current plan to destroy a planet, he would have raised his armies and fought Asgard.
But now—
Faced with the Dark Elves' request for an alliance, Thanos felt like a thirsty man who had run into someone digging a well.
Unlike Loki, Malekith's hatred for Asgard was unquestionably real.
It was a blood feud of national ruin and family destruction!
As for the Frost Giants Malekith had mentioned, those little blue people not only shared a deep-seated grudge against Asgard, but Asgard had now directly invaded their doorstep!
Given the situation, if Thanos did nothing, he would be letting down the name