Ouranos was the first of the Eternals—just as the name implied, he was the first one created by the Celestials.
Perhaps they lacked experience when making him for the first time and used especially generous materials, so he was also the strongest among the Eternals. His strength was remarkably well-rounded too. At least as far as Su Ming knew, the guy had no obvious weaknesses.
In the comics Su Ming had read in his previous life, Ouranos had once wiped out the entire X-Men roster in an hour. That alone proved he was considerably stronger than Thanos in his normal state. And forty-seven of those minutes had been spent defeating Legion head-on.
Anyone familiar with Mutants knew what level Legion was at, right?
But back then, Apocalypse, the most powerful Mutant, had been sealed beneath a pyramid, while the strongest Eternal had been locked away in the exclusion zone. The reasons for their defeats in ancient times were more or less the same: they had been too confident.
That was beside the point. Since it was certain that Ouranos would not be released, he could keep sleeping. Su Ming was not bored enough to release him just to make trouble for himself.
Cloak carried everyone back to the Arctic, returning them to the patch of ice they had left earlier. From far away, they could see that Thena was the only one still standing.
Ikaris's face had turned green, and he had long since stopped breathing. Kro lay nearby with his head separated from his body, while Thena knelt beside the two corpses as if she had lost her soul.
The wind and snow had buried half the bodies. Given a little more time, even the blonde woman would likely have been buried.
Carol sighed. As a soldier, she was