Chapter 398: Death and Her Simp, King Thanos
This was a realm shrouded in despair and endings. Every inch of air seemed frozen with the chill of death. A dim light barely pierced the heavy gloom, illuminating at the far end a throne built from countless bleached skulls, heaped in twisted postures that spoke of eternal loneliness and ruin.
On the throne sat a woman in a long black robe, her face cold and stern. Her eyes were like abysses, burning with a fire of mingled rage and fear.
This was Death, one of Marvel's Five Great Gods, the embodiment of death itself. But at this moment, a sudden discovery had stripped her of her usual cool composure.
"Damn it! Damn it! How is that bastard's aura still out there? Wasn't that damned bastard as dead as dead can be?!"
"I'll tear him to pieces! I'll make him beg for life and beg for death and get neither!"
Her voice echoed through the empty hall, full of uncontrollable fury and disbelief. Every roar shook space itself, as if even the void were trembling.
And in her furious eyes was a barely detectable trace of terror.
As Death's rage erupted, the universes near her realm seemed eaten away by an invisible force. Whole worlds began to rot at astonishing speed. Lush green forests turned to dead wood in an instant, clear streams dried up, and countless living things lost their lives in the blink of an eye, becoming one more desolate part of her realm.
Just moments ago, Death had sensed an aura. The aura of a man who was supposed to be dead.
The man who had nearly killed her. That damned bastard Chen Ye.
To Death, the name meant hatred and fear carved into her bones. Chen Ye was the man who had made even the goddess who ruled over death feel the threat of death for the first time, and learn what true fear was.
The aura had flickered by only for an instant, but she was absolutely certain it belonged to that hateful bastard.
Death closed her eyes and tried to sense any living being that carried Chen Ye's aura.
"Damn it, why are there so many?" She couldn't understand it. At first the aura had only flickered by for an instant. Now so many universes carried traces of it.
Just then, at the foot of the steps, a hulking purple grape of a man in purple armor, his face savage, dropped to one knee and spoke reverently. "My Queen, though I cannot understand why you are so angry, I am ready to serve you like a loyal hound."
This was none other than Death's number-one simp, King Thanos. A fanatical gleam flashed in his eyes as he looked at her.
"My Queen, look, several more planets have chosen to fall into the embrace of death. Say the word, and I will bury this entire universe with them for you." King Thanos couldn't bear to see his beloved goddess the least bit unhappy.
He rose quickly and swept out a large hand. Countless dark emissaries poured out of the shadows and raced toward those planets.
Before long, several deafening explosions rang out across the universe, and several planets were reduced to cosmic dust in the blink of an eye.
Countless lives on them vanished along with them. All of it simply because King Thanos wanted to win a smile from Death.
To Death, though, all this violence and slaughter was nothing more than a way to vent the rage and fear inside her.
She had only one thought: find Chen Ye and wipe out completely this being who made her feel fear and unease.
"Thanos," Death said coldly.
"Here, my Queen."
Death walked slowly over to King Thanos, who was kneeling on the ground. She stroked his face with her long black nails and whispered softly, "Thanos, you've worked so hard for so long. I think it's time I gave you a chance. But before that, there's one thing weighing on my heart..."
Death still hadn't recovered from her great war with Chen Ye and couldn't leave her realm of death. So she had to rely on King Thanos. Any world or person carrying Chen Ye's aura, she wanted delivered into death's embrace. To make sure King Thanos gave it everything he had, she was even willing to offer herself as the prize.
As for afterward, she could always turn him down by saying she wasn't ready yet. She was sure that King Thanos loved her so much he would never hold it against her.
Babe would never be mad at me!
Hearing Death's words, how could King Thanos not understand? Never mind one task. He'd do any number of them!
He had destroyed who knows how many multiverses to make Death happy, yet she had never accepted his courtship. And this time she was actually giving him a chance!!!!
He had waited thousands of years for this chance!
"I, Thanos, will go through fire and water for you!" His voice was low and firm. As the words left his lips, a tremendous power welled up from the depths of his soul and surged around him, as if the universe itself were trembling.
King Thanos didn't even care what the task was. In his dictionary, the word "failure" existed only when it came to women!
Death raised a hand lightly and touched him with a fingertip. A deep black light slipped into Thanos's body like a ghost.
"Every person and every world that carries this aura, I want them all dead!" As she spoke, a dense aura of death poured off her.
"Yes, my Queen. Await my good news." King Thanos accepted the order respectfully, his eyes glittering with fanaticism. But the moment he turned to leave, the smile on his face slowly froze, and a dark cloud took its place.
The "particular aura" Death had spoken of came from a man! The discovery filled him with anger and jealousy like nothing he'd ever felt. He couldn't accept that the goddess of his heart cared so much about another man.
"Who is this man? Why does Death care about him so much? Death can only have one man!"
So he quickly summoned every loyal warrior under his command, powerhouses who had stirred up countless storms across the universe. They all gathered beneath him and awaited his orders.
Standing on a high platform, Thanos wore black battle armor, his cape billowing in the wind. His presence was like a raging, storm-tossed sea, warping the very space around him.
He was no longer the groveling suitor before Death. He was the emperor who made the entire universe tremble. At this moment he seemed the master of the cosmos, holding the power of life and death.
Only now had he returned to his true self. He was King Thanos, the most powerful of all Thanos variants.
And one of the newest powerhouses to rise in all these years.
He had once killed Galactus, the Watcher, and even the Living Tribunal.
The Hulk was nothing more than his pet.
"Go, my warriors!" Thanos's voice shook the heavens. "Find the place that carries this aura and wipe it out completely! And know this: there is one surname I will never allow to exist in this world. The name Chen."
"Find everyone named Chen, whoever they are, wherever they are, and kill them without mercy! I will let the universe know that challenging my authority comes at a price no one can bear!"
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