"You're right."
Even amid the fierce battle, a faint smile appeared on Infinity Thanos's face.
White light still flashed at the Teleportation Stone Tablet.
But the flashes had clearly become much less frequent.
Just then, a man in a black suit emerged from the white light of teleportation. Looking at the brutal battlefield before him and the corpses strewn across the ground, he murmured:
"Looks like we're late..."
Another man stepped up beside him, surveyed the battlefield, and said, "No..."
"I think we're right on time. Well, then..."
"Let's get to work."
With that, the man's body swelled at an astonishing speed, yet his clothes showed no sign of tearing. They grew along with him.
Meanwhile, the sky, previously covered in gray storm clouds, turned blood-red, as if it had caught fire. Everyone smelled the pungent stench of sulfur.
Space began to warp, as though something were merging with the world. Shadowy figures appeared across the battlefield. Their appearances varied, but the curved horns on their heads and the wings on some of their backs made their identities clear.
Demons.
A vast number of demons.
"Coming here in your true body, and even merging your own Nether directly with this world... That's madness..."
Mephisto looked at the now-enormous Kaecilius, that same disarmingly friendly smile still on his face.
Then he turned his gaze toward the countless Parademons. His smile widened as he murmured:
"But... I can't let you have all these souls!"
With that, Mephisto's body underwent a dramatic transformation. His human appearance vanished, replaced by his true form.
Red skin, enormous wings, and curved demonic horns atop his head-Mephisto's body was far larger than Kaecilius's.
The appearance of that hill-sized figure put both sides on edge. Then Mephisto opened his great maw and spewed a torrent of hellfire. Every