Thanos's expression darkened too. "The Demon King set us up?"
What kind of scheme was this?
How many layers deep did it go?
The Ancient One nodded gravely. "He definitely set us up. We just don't know how."
Star-Lord was baffled. "What kind of scheme involves giving away a Divine Artifact?"
Thanos asked seriously, "So are we leaving or not?"
The Ancient One considered it. "Have the army retreat. We'll wait for the Demon King to return, sound him out, then leave."
"All right."
Ronan ordered a retreat, and the army began pulling back.
The Anti-Demon Alliance Army's first war had yielded spectacular results... like hell it had!
They had seemed unstoppable, even pushing close to Nova's inner defensive perimeter at one point.
But once the enemy tightened its formation, its defensive strength shot straight up.
After fighting for most of the day, everyone stared pensively at the Mainframe's display, which showed half the Light Element remaining.
It would be unfair to say they had accomplished nothing.
It would only be accurate to say they had accomplished nothing.
Their sole achievement was coating the Dark Empire's forces with half their Light Element.
Overall, it had been as utterly useless as the balls on a loveless bachelor.
Only Commander Dier, caught up in the heat of battle, insisted on fighting to the death. If the enemy wouldn't retreat, neither would he. He would fight until the very end.
Then the Anti-Demon Alliance Army withdrew, leaving several million Sovereign troops facing a fleet of 900 million warships and nine Super Life beings.
Commander Dier declared that they would advance and retreat alongside their comrades in the Anti-Demon Alliance Army, setting an example by obeying orders. It wasn't that they refused to retreat; they simply wanted to cover everyone else's withdrawal.
As it