"Were these the people who rescued the Avengers? That black egg Nick Fury had some tricks up his sleeve. He even managed to contact the Eternals. Hmm, they really are a bit much for the Superhuman Personnel Bureau's people to handle. That speedster might even be faster than Pietro."
Karn was somewhat surprised after reviewing the details of the raid on the Island Prison. The Red Queen had records of it, but he had not looked at them closely.
There were ten Eternals in total. In principle, they were not supposed to interfere in any human disputes on Earth, instead living on the planet under constantly changing identities. Yet now Nick Fury had actually persuaded them to actively participate in conflicts between Earth's factions.
The ten Eternals were only moderately powerful. Aside from Ikaris and Makkari, the others had somewhat unusual abilities, but they were particularly easy to counter.
What worried Karn was Arishem, who stood behind them. This Celestial had existed in the universe before the six singularities formed. His power should have reached the multiversal level.
In theory, Arishem would not care even if all the Eternals were killed, but if he happened to go off the rails, Karn would have no choice but to flee using the Space Stone.
There was also Tiamut, the Celestial on Earth. However, he had no intention of destroying Earth and, in the end, wanted nothing more than to die. Karn could not understand that mindset, but he wholeheartedly supported Tiamut's actions.
The corpse of a Celestial on the verge of maturity-that would be an incredible windfall.
"Hiss... no more licking, Simmons. You're so obedient now that it actually feels boring. Go wash up."
Simmons's slurping brought Karn out of his thoughts, so he patted her bottom and told her to get