Captain Marvel was stunned when she saw Mantis killed and Thanos's blade pointed at her.
Hearing him admit he had killed Female Adam sent her spiraling into doubt.
"What's going on? Am I still dreaming? Yes, that must be it."
Thanos saw her doubting herself. He shook his head calmly and said, "Anyone who schemes against me had better be prepared for it to backfire."
With that, he charged at Captain Marvel.
She stood there in a daze, showing no reaction at all, as though she truly believed this was only a dream.
In the end, though, the blade stopped a centimeter from her forehead. It did not fall.
Thanos withdrew it and said with a bitter laugh, "I was the one who got played. Why take it out on a woman?"
He took out this universe's Space Stone and vanished.
The next moment, he was back aboard his Spaceship. He ordered his subordinates to activate the Quantum Realm transport and prepare to return to their universe.
Just then, a figure of gold streaked with black appeared before him.
Thanos looked closer. It was an Avatar of Nightmare, and Nightmare had pulled him into a dream again.
"What is it now?"
Nightmare nodded, then produced a dull black stone. "If you run into trouble, you can come here to find us. Remember: destroy it as soon as you've read the information inside."
The figure vanished at once, as though unwilling to stay even a second longer. Thanos returned to reality immediately afterward.
But the stone in his right hand told him Nightmare had truly been there.
After a moment's thought, he sent his mind into the black stone.
A set of coordinates appeared before him, pointing to the endless void.
It was where the Dimension Lords used their Avatars to