Corvus Glaive stood frozen.
The Avengers beside him looked just as stunned.
They had fought tooth and nail for ages, only for Ren to show up and clear the field?
Tony Stark even lowered his repulsor.
As a top-tier engineer, he had nothing against supernatural powers, but the scene before him defied everything he knew about physics. It drove him mad.
Ren had done nothing, yet their once-arrogant enemy lay helpless as a dead dog. A superpower? Magic? Stark had lost all interest in fighting. He just wanted to drag Ren into a lab and study him.
Steve Rogers was even more shaken.
Moments ago, he had felt the deadly edge of the enemy's weapon firsthand. It had left him in a cold sweat.
The alien warrior's strength was terrifying. Even Steve had been unable to break free of his grip.
And now?
Ren had merely stood there, and the brazen enemy had instantly gone limp like a puppet with its strings cut.
It was absurd!
He could subdue a powerful enemy with his presence alone?
Captain America touched his still-pounding chest and fell into deep self-doubt. What kind of higher life-form was Ren? He was on an entirely different level from the rest of them!
Ren paid no attention to their wild theories. He raised his right hand and gave it a casual wave, lifting the captive off the ground.
"Couldn't you have stayed in the depths of space and played king of your little corner?" Ren asked with a trace of ruefulness. "Did you have to travel all this way just to die?"
To his surprise, the prisoner put on a show of unbending courage. Corvus Glaive struck a righteous pose and roared:
"Save it!"
"I lost because I wasn't strong enough! Kill me or torture me, do