The Supreme Intelligence's dignified expression vanished completely, and it no longer possessed the Tathagata Buddha-like composure from before.
Apocalypse formed several hand seals and sealed the phone away.
Then he floated before Nick Fury and said, "Fury, keep this on humanity's behalf. If I leave Earth in the future, or am no longer in this universe, and the Kree dare to offend you, you can use this to kill the Supreme Intelligence."
"Yes."
Nick Fury had his staff place the phone inside a safe taller than a person.
Nick Fury knew that Apocalypse's power now extended into Parallel Universes. If he left, no one could say when he would return.
While Apocalypse was here, there was naturally no need to use it.
But if he stayed away too long, the Kree might assume Apocalypse had died and begin entertaining other thoughts.
The continuation of a civilization was measured in thousands, even tens of thousands, of years.
Apocalypse was preparing for a rainy day, laying plans ten thousand years ahead.
With that bloody lesson as a warning, the negotiations that followed became much simpler.
Naturally, Nick Fury and high-ranking officials from various nations discussed the finer terms with Yon-Rogg.
Apocalypse only put forward two conditions:
The first was that they were not allowed to directly use the Kree's high-tech products. They had to study them first, then produce them themselves.
It was not because he feared the Kree had installed backdoors, trojans, or anything of the sort.
It was because he feared that if Earth skipped entire stages of civilization and directly used advanced technology, humanity would lose its ability to learn.
If that happened, they would practically become pigs raised by the Kree.
The second condition was that the Kree had to cease their pursuit of the Skrulls.
However, Apocalypse