The moment of the final battle had finally arrived.
Link's figure silently appeared at the very front of the United Fleet.
He gave no impassioned speech before the battle. To those about to march into a war they were almost certain not to survive, such heroic rhetoric would have sounded hollow and feeble.
He simply issued a brief, cold command over the public channel to everyone, one that stirred their hearts more than any speech could.
"I am the source of this catastrophe. So I will also be its end."
"Your mission is not to fight. It is to survive."
"Stay close to me."
With that, he lingered no longer. He turned into a streak of golden light and flew toward the center of the Solar System.
He passed through Earth's atmosphere, the vast, disparate fleet carrying civilization's last hope following behind him.
He swept past the Moon's craters, where the scars of his battle with Thanos still remained.
He passed the red deserts of Mars and flew over Jupiter's enormous storms.
At last, he came to a halt in an empty, dark stretch of space. This would be the stage on which he drew the entire universe's "malice" toward himself.
Link slowly raised his left hand, bearing the Infinity Gauntlet that had once brought him supreme glory—and endless loneliness.
He took a deep breath. No longer suppressing or holding anything back, he completely merged his will with the Six Infinity Stones.
Then he unleashed them.
This was neither an attack nor a defense, but a pure, unrestrained "declaration" to the entire multiverse.
Humm—!
The first to light up was the purple Power Stone. An utterly pure force of physical laws erupted, forming an ever-expanding purple sun whose energy was powerful enough to tear a planet to pieces in an