Tear apart his soul?
The mere thought was enough to make anyone tremble.
Vision said firmly, "I can accept that."
"Then that problem is solved," John said, raising an eyebrow. "Now for the second question."
He snapped his fingers, and a chair scurried up behind him.
He sat down. "Since they'll be coming back, how many people do you have?"
Steve looked at him and said, "All of Wakanda."
It was time for everyone to lay their cards on the table.
Steve believed that Wakanda's new king would step forward for the sake of the world.
John raised an eyebrow. "That's a surprise."
Then John turned to Rhodey, who said, "I'll figure something out."
Well, it seemed there wasn't much hope there.
Probably those wonderful leaders again, eager to claim credit for saving the world but unwilling to lend a hand.
Seeing that he couldn't count on them, John said evenly, "On my side, there's the Wizarding Kingdom, Kamar-Taj, Namor, the Second Alliance, the Children of Miracle, some extraterrestrial forces, and a few personal friends."
That made the Avengers, who had struggled to recruit anyone at all, stare wide-eyed.
"Thanos suffered losses when he waged war in Vanaheim. The forces he can currently field have been greatly reduced."
"According to the intelligence we obtained from Cull Obsidian, whom Kamar-Taj captured, Thanos is on his way to collect the Reality Stone-the Aether we encountered in London last time."
"It takes time to get here from Knowhere. Their weakened forces are also scattered. All we need to do is wipe out his armies before Thanos arrives."
Compared with John, the Wizard King who had returned from space, the superheroes who had never left Earth suddenly felt like ignorant local farmers facing someone who had studied abroad among the stars.
They didn't even