Thanos's evil reputation was known far and wide; everyone had heard of it.
Everyone in the Milky Way knew that he regarded slaughtering life as his destiny.
Captain Marvel's first reaction was that Thanos found it too slow to massacre planets one by one and wanted to pull off something big.
But Apocalypse knew it was not that simple.
The blazing flames of misfortune, invisible to the naked eye, surrounding them alone showed that there was a deeper reason behind this.
Apocalypse said, "Hela, go destroy those stellar rings and stop them from continuing to transmit energy toward the center of the Milky Way."
"Carol, please save the people aboard those engineering motherships. Have them take spacecraft and leave as quickly as possible."
"A great battle is coming. The nearby star systems may not be safe."
"Alright!" Hela and Captain Marvel split up and were just about to set off.
Then they saw a mothership flying straight toward them.
Yet upon reaching the edge of the Stellar Network, it stopped advancing and remained within the network.
This was not an engineering mothership. It was covered in weapon emplacements and was clearly a combat mothership under Thanos's command.
Black energy surged from Hela's body as she conjured a massive sword, preparing to strike.
Unexpectedly, the mothership opened its hatch on its own, and several figures flew out from within, hovering before the vessel.
Since they were still within the protection of the energy shield, none of them wore spacesuits.
The leader looked like a dried corpse. It was Ebony Maw, one of Thanos's most capable generals.
There were also two men and a woman: Cull Obsidian, General Corvus Glaive, and Proxima Midnight.
Thanos's four great generals had all arrived.
"Earthlings, if you dare take another step forward, I will kill these