Alaric, who had received the blessing of the Heart of the Cosmos, quickly absorbed the cosmic energy from the Celestial, and the consciousness of that being was completely extinguished, leaving only the body.
Alaric thought for a moment: the corpse of a Celestial is also an extremely powerful existence, even immortal.
Recalling the head of the Celestial in the Land of Nowhere, there's a reason why it could exist for so long.
Alaric wondered if this thing could be put to good use.
"Maybe Tony has a way to turn it into a mecha, and Banner is right there. If the two of them join forces and rework it, then Earth will have a powerful weapon."
Alaric made up his mind and stored the entire body of the Celestial into his small universe.
"All right, the Celestial is dealt with. Considering your stance, I won't interfere with how you choose to live from now on."
Alaric flew to the shore, looked at Sersi and the others, and said.
"Thank you, Mr. Alaric!" Sersi sincerely thanked him.
This was originally supposed to be the task of their clan, the Eternals, but in the end, Alaric had to resolve it.
"Take care of yourselves, I'm leaving."
"Wait! Mr. Alaric!" Sersi suddenly called out.
"What is it?"
"Mr. Alaric probably knows that the awakening of the Celestial has already been detected by Arishem, the Celestial Judge. I think it won't be long before he comes to Earth. I wonder if Mr. Alaric has a way to deal with it?"
Sersi asked anxiously.
Compared to a newly awakened Celestial, the Judges represent the full power of the Celestial Order.
It can be said that for them, destroying a planet is an everyday occurrence. If Earth doesn't have the strength to resist, all their efforts will have been in vain.
That's something neither Sersi nor Phastos want to see.
"We'll talk when they arrive."
Alaric replied and vanished into the air.
Not to mention, Alaric had now grasped a trace of the power of the Heart of the Cosmos, and even without it, as a single-universe level entity, if he couldn't stop one Celestial, he might as well light the furnace...
So!
Alaric was very confident.
"What do we do now?" Phastos asked in confusion.
Alaric's answer was quite vague, making it hard for him to gauge whether the future would be good or bad.
"I have no idea."
What else can they do but wait?
"Let's first heal Makkari, Druig, and Thena, and then repair the ship."
As for Ikaris and Sprite, all they could do was erect tombstones for them.
After dealing with the Celestial, Alaric arrived at Stark Tower. "J.A.R.V.I.S., call Tony upstairs."
Alaric sat on the top floor, approached the bar cabinet, glanced at it, and said.
"Yes, sir!"
J.A.R.V.I.S. quickly responded and notified Tony and Banner, who were currently in the lab.
"Alaric is here?!" When he heard that, Tony panicked for a moment.
"What do we do!? Will Alaric be angry?!"
Banner was also flustered, like a child caught doing something wrong.
Because Banner felt that he and Tony had made a mistake by dismantling the Mind Scepter and the Tesseract.
After all, Thor had asked them to give them to Alaric.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Maybe Alaric came for something else. Let's go up and see."
When Tony saw that Banner was more nervous than him, he was surprised.
Besides, Tony was just researching the Mind Scepter, he hadn't done anything wrong. Why panic?
Thinking that, Tony quickly collected himself.
The two left the lab and headed upstairs.
In the lab, two holographic projections were constantly running and computing.
One set was a new artificial intelligence jointly developed by Tony and Banner, and the other was the J.A.R.V.I.S. program.
Tony was currently thinking about how to integrate J.A.R.V.I.S. with the developed artificial intelligence called Ultron, as preparation for creating the Iron Legion.
"Alaric? Why are you here?"
Tony and Banner exited the elevator and saw Alaric drinking.
Alaric put down his glass and remained expressionless.
"What's up with you? Did something happen?"
Tony asked cautiously, seeing Alaric's expression.
"Nothing, I'm just not used to this wine."
Alaric shook his head.
"Huh…" Tony and Banner looked at each other and sighed in relief.
Looks like he didn't 'find out.'
"What's with you two? You seem tense?"
Alaric noticed Tony seemed a bit stiff.
"It's nothing, you just appeared suddenly, and I thought something big had happened."
Tony poured himself a drink, calmed down, and said.
"I came across something, but I handled it. I came to give you something."
"What is it?"
"Come with me."
Alaric opened a portal and stepped inside.
Tony and Banner followed him.
"Where is this? Why is it so… primitive?"
Tony looked around and discovered that the air, the ground, and everything around them radiated a strong sense of primordial ecology.
Banner felt it too. Here, for the first time in a long time, he felt the peace of nature, and his mood improved significantly.
"This is my small universe, and what you're walking on is a newborn Earth."
Alaric explained.
"What!? Your small universe!?" Tony suddenly shouted.
"New Earth!?" Banner knelt down, scooped a handful of soil, and felt shaken inside.
"How did you do it? How do you have a small universe!? And Earth… how is that possible!?"
Tony felt like his worldview had been shattered again.
Not long ago, they had defended Earth from alien invaders. And now, Alaric turns around and tells him he owns a universe!!
What does 'universe' mean?
Even if Alaric calls it a 'small universe,' the Earth under their feet already proves that this universe is beyond the reach and detection of today's technology!
Through the Chitauri and Thor, Tony and the others knew that beyond Earth and countless planets, there were countless top-tier technological civilizations spanning time, space, galaxies, etc., it wasn't strange to them.
But the pinnacle of Earth's technology right now is launching satellites and exploring the solar system.
"Where did you get this small universe?"
Tony asked through clenched lips.
The news was so huge that Tony couldn't digest it immediately.
He was already thinking about how to protect Earth, and now you turn around and reveal a newborn Earth. What does that mean!?
Does it mean that if Earth is gone one day, people can emigrate… to you?
Wait… that actually sounds like a good idea, doesn't it?
Tony suddenly thought.
If Earth really disappears one day, wouldn't Alaric become the safest escape route!?
A primordial, virgin Earth!
How many untapped resources are here!!
Tony suddenly got excited.