The Dark Aster sailed silently through space, imposing and majestic.
The defeated Necrocraft lay dormant in the hangar without a sound.
None of the Kree dared even breathe too loudly.
They feared Ronan would vent his anger on them and end the hard-won lives they had managed to preserve on the battlefield.
But strangely, Ronan did not seem to take this defeat to heart.
What they did not know was that Ronan had long since blacklisted Su Ming.
The kind of blacklist where he ran the moment they met.
The reason was simple: if even the Power Stone could not erase him, Ronan felt his luck was nowhere near as strong as Su Ming's.
Ronan had no interest in battles with no chance of victory.
At worst, he would take a detour in the future.
It would not affect his revenge against Xandar in the slightest.
As for why Ronan was so obsessed with destroying Xandar, that was quite a story:
The war between the Kree Empire and Xandar's Nova Corps had lasted a thousand years.
Countless people had died on both sides, forging an ocean of blood-deep hatred.
As the Kree Empire's most radical Accuser, Ronan represented the pro-war faction.
He believed the Kree Empire could only attain true safety and glory by completely wiping out Xandar.
Yet not long ago, the two sides had signed a peace treaty, ending the war.
That deeply provoked Ronan.
He saw the treaty as weakness and betrayal from the Kree leadership.
In his eyes, a ceasefire insulted the sacrifices of Kree warriors and trampled upon the Empire's dignity.
So Ronan had not hesitated to strike a deal with Thanos, helping him seize the Power Stone in exchange for Thanos sending troops to destroy Xandar.
But once he truly obtained the stone, the