Some of the Ivory Kings of the Beyond-Race were deeply disappointed.
Compared to using Molecule Man to kill Donnie, they had hoped more to use Donnie to break the deadlock. They wanted Donnie to feel fear and then cooperate with them.
"Donnie is no longer useful. What do we do? Molecule Man has awakened too—this is serious trouble."
"Do we really have to use Beyonder and the Cleaners to fight Molecule Man?"
The Ivory Kings hesitated, unable to make up their minds.
Honestly, they had never intended to send Donnie to his death. They truly wanted Donnie to become the key to helping them break the stalemate.
Their entanglement with Donnie went back a very long way, all the way to the days of the Editorial Department and Earth, when one of them had tried to cast off his identity as a Beyond-Race member and chosen a suicidal path.
He should have had a chance of succeeding, but at the final moment, Donnie had ruined everything. All his efforts became nourishment for Donnie's growth, ending in utter defeat.
They had always watched Donnie, watched him rise step by step, finding ways to advance again and again in desperate, insane situations, growing ever stronger and crushing one god after another by force.
It was practically a myth.
They knew Donnie's potential and temperament well, and they thought highly of him.
Yet such a Donnie... had actually been beaten to death?!
"Didn't he know how to run?! If he had truly turned and fled, we could have controlled Molecule Man and kept him from pursuing! Was lowering his head really that difficult?!"
One Ivory King cursed in extreme anger.
The entire Beyond-Race was dissatisfied with this outcome. They had not even had time to squeeze Donnie for his greatest value before the