Have Someone Else in Charge

Chapter 777: Have Someone Else in Charge

Thanos's words were utterly blunt.

But even Tony, aside from looking unhappy, unusually kept his mouth shut and did not argue back.

It wasn't that he didn't want to fight for his pride.

It was just that stubbornly defending himself in the face of the facts would not only fail to save face but make him lose it instead. In Tony's heart, Earth was naturally more important than his own pride.

Besides, he also wanted to see how communication between the empires of the universe worked and how it differed from diplomacy between Earth's various countries.

First of all, the envoy from the Shi'a Empire did not seem concerned about coming directly into their midst. They had chosen a meeting place on the planet.

On one side was Tony's Eternity-class Battleship, and on the other was a massive warship thousands of meters long.

The meeting place was between the two ships.

Tony and the others stood behind Thanos, somewhat unwillingly, and watched the three people who descended from the other warship.

That's right, there were only three of them.

They all looked humanoid, but their skin tones were different. Standing in the middle was a woman nearly two meters tall. Her fair skin carried a hint of rosiness, and her delicate features resembled those of an East Asian woman from Earth.

The other two men stood behind her, one on either side.

This woman should be the one in charge.

Tony thought.

Then he noticed Thanos's gaze. To his surprise, Thanos was not looking at the woman at all. Instead, he was staring at the light-blue, heavily built man on her right, whose muscles were bulging with strength.

"I didn't expect you to come personally," Thanos said.

"I didn't expect you to seek