"Grandmaster, someone is attacking us..."
The Grandmaster immediately asked, "Where? How many of them are there?"
"There are six of them."
"How many guards do we have here?"
"One thousand four hundred and forty..."
The Grandmaster wore an expression that said, Are you fucking kidding me? That many people couldn't stop them? Did every one of these attackers have a weapon of mass destruction?
With a thunderous crash, the room's tightly shut metal doors were blasted apart from outside. Beyond the shattered doorway stood a tall, burly monster.
He held an enormous hammer. Going by the rate of forty for a small hammer blow and eighty for a big one, this thing had to cost at least eight hundred a swing.
Some unidentified tissue clung to the hammerhead, so slimy that a single glance was enough to make anyone queasy. The Grandmaster didn't want to know what it was.
With a bang, the intruder raised his war hammer again and smashed it into the metal doors. Amid a teeth-grating screech, the special-alloy doors were smashed open.
Six people filed inside.
"Stop them..."
Like a startled rabbit, the Grandmaster immediately called for his guards.
But the next instant, the eyes of every guard who had raised a weapon went blank. Like puppets on strings, they aimed their weapons at the Grandmaster standing above them.
Supergiant said softly, "Lord Thanos, he wants to escape."
Thanos nodded slightly and walked toward the Grandmaster, each heavy footstep seeming to land on the Grandmaster's heart.
"Stay away from me..."
Terrified, the Grandmaster crouched behind his chair like a child.
"He won't get away..."
Thanos hurled his double-bladed sword with all his strength. It flew toward the space in front of the Grandmaster, frightening him into hastily pulling his hand back.
"I've heard your name across