This was the command room of one of Thanos's main warships.
Though it was called a command room, it was more like a cave where some ancient demon from a horror story hid.
The surrounding walls were made of jagged rock, dotted with bands of light that resembled patches of frozen lava in the dimness.
Beneath the walls—
Murky standing water of unknown depth surrounded Thanos's throne.
The throne was entirely stone, like a gravestone weathered for hundreds or thousands of years.
Thanos sat atop that gravestone, his hands resting on the armrests, his eyes closed as a violent aura naturally emanated from him.
"Gasp!"
The moment Gamora saw Thanos, she instinctively let out a choked cry.
But she immediately suppressed her voice.
She stared at Leon in disbelief, her eyes darting wildly as she tried to convey with her gaze that they needed to get out of here.
Nebula, on the other side, was not doing much better.
The moment she saw Thanos, tension appeared on her usually cold face.
Leon took in both of their expressions.
He smiled and raised his voice toward the throne.
"Thanos, your two adopted daughters haven't seen you in a year, yet neither of them is happy to be reunited with you. As an adoptive father, you're an even bigger failure than Odin."
After saying that, he snapped his fingers and released the spatial restraints binding Gamora and Nebula.
The two women looked at Leon with expressions that said, "What the hell?" before dropping to the ground with a thud.
They could not believe that Leon was not only refusing to run, but was actually provoking Thanos.
Thanos slowly opened his eyes from atop the throne.
His murderous gaze landed on Leon. "Who are you?"
Then he saw his two daughters on the