Sersi was the first to lose her patience. She abruptly stepped forward and looked at Ajak. "What do you mean? What Celestials? What breeding farm?"
"And who is Tiamut? What is the Emergence?"
Her words came out in a rush, edged with unmistakable panic. "What exactly have you been hiding from us?!"
Ma Dong-seok-no, Gilgamesh-also frowned. "Ajak, what is going on?"
A barrage of questions followed.
They had never understood why they had to come here or why they had to clash with the Witch. Nothing had made sense from the start.
All they knew was that Ikaris had suddenly seemed to sense something and, like a madman, insisted on dragging everyone here, claiming Earth faced an enormous threat.
So they had followed him, utterly bewildered.
Although the Eternals did not know the details, they had known Ajak and Ikaris for thousands of years. Judging by the pair's reactions now...
Those two had probably been hiding some earth-shattering secret from them.
Hermione looked at their bewildered faces and sneered.
"In all these years, have these two beside you never told you?"
"In that case, I don't mind doing you a kindness and explaining the truth."
"Don't you dare!"
Ikaris's face was livid.
Ajak's expression shifted uncertainly.
After a long silence, she sighed.
"Let her speak, Ikaris." Ajak looked bitter. "We've kept this from them for so long. Perhaps it's better that they know."
"Ajak!" Ikaris's expression changed drastically. "Have you lost your mind?!"
"I haven't."
Ajak shook her head, her voice calmer than ever before. "I simply don't want to keep lying."
Everyone turned to Hermione.
She spoke, her voice echoing across the open sea and reaching every ear with perfect clarity.
"You think you're humanity's guides? Superheroes?"
"Stop flattering yourselves."
"You Eternals aren't guardians at all. You're merely tools