Aboard Valkyrie's wooden spaceship, Yang Bo faced Death without a trace of fear. If Death had the power to kill him for good, so be it.
He would accept that fate. He believed in the saying, "Those who kill will themselves be killed."
His only regret might be that he had never taken Skye home.
Everything around him had stopped. Time seemed to have ceased flowing, and Thor was still staring intently toward the City of Omniscience.
Valkyrie held the Bun God, stroking the deity with her small hand, a blissful smile on her face. Her gaze was a little unfocused, though, clearly lost in thought.
Time has been killed...
The thought surfaced in Yang Bo's mind.
Yang Bo showed no reaction and continued waiting for Death to speak.
Death did not keep him waiting. Rather than taking offense at his somewhat brazen words, Death simply looked at him calmly and said:
"I can help you resurrect Kaecilius's family and grant Skye a lifespan as long as yours."
Death did not offer eternal life because, in Death's view, nothing was eternal-not even Death.
Yang Bo almost agreed at once, but he paused to consider it, then raised one finger. "Include Gorr's daughter."
"Agreed."
Death readily accepted Yang Bo's condition, then said, "I hope you will refrain from interfering with the lives of certain key individuals. Their missions are not yet complete."
Yang Bo nodded lightly. "No problem."
Whether Zeus lived or died did not matter. As long as he did not appear before Yang Bo in that little white skirt, Yang Bo certainly would not pick a fight with him. He already had the Bun God, and as for the City of Omniscience, he could simply build one himself.
Once Doctor Octopus's controlled nuclear fission technology was mature, he could