Inside Sanctuary II.
Thanos's Avatar sat upon the Throne.
An overwhelming aura of authority filled the entire meeting room.
Below him, the members of the Black Order, The Ancient One, Hela, and Laufey all kept their heads down, trembling with fear.
Only Quicksilver and Wanda looked at their father with curiosity.
They felt that their father was different now.
They could not say exactly what had changed, but the difference was unmistakable.
His aura seemed stronger. Just sitting there, he made it hard for them to breathe.
Once everyone had arrived, Corvus Glaive dropped to one knee and said respectfully, "My lord! Everyone is here."
Thanos nodded and told them what had happened recently.
He focused on how he had obtained the Dimension Heart, merged with the black hole in the Milky Way, and arrived in an unfamiliar Multiverse.
He said little about Below All, the Celestials, or their race.
After all, those matters were beyond his subordinates. Explaining them would only waste his breath.
"I've summoned you here to give you a new mission."
Everyone below him stirred with excitement.
Apart from the campaign against the Universal Coalition Army, they had not seen action in over a decade.
Wanda and Quicksilver had at least spent some time exploring a new universe, and Laufey had fought the Alliance of Gods. The rest were going rusty.
Corvus Glaive immediately said, his voice brimming with excitement, "Give us your orders, my lord. We'll complete the mission or die trying!"
Thanos nodded. "Activate the Quantum Tunnel, search for coordinates to new universes, and invade once you find them."
He paused, then added meaningfully, "This time, after handing over fifty percent of everything you acquire, you may keep the rest. That includes planets and Fixed Stars."
For the Milky Way Dimension to grow, it