"M'Kraan is gone," the Black Queen reported.
The Shi'ar Empire had gone completely ruthless with that move.
Not only had Thanos's Black Order been devastated, but countless civilizations that had invaded Shi'ar territory to profit from the chaos or settle old grudges had been erased alongside them in the supernova.
"That's why gravitational collapse bombs are terrifying," Drex said calmly.
If he were personally present, he wouldn't care.
But if he wasn't?
Even the Kryptonian Empire could suffer catastrophic losses.
The destructive force of a supernova was difficult to overstate. Realistically, only Gladiator could survive sothing like that head-on. The man had literally endured the center of a supernova explosion in the comics without dying.
Almost everyone else would be vaporized.
"I'll increase Ultraman patrols," the Black Queen said.
There wasn't much else she could do.
Weapons like gravitational collapse bombs were essentially the galactic equivalent of doomsday-level nuclear arms.
Still, using one effectively wasn't easy. To recreate the Shi'ar Empire's results, the attacker needed access to a star, and most stars important enough to weaponize were heavily monitored.
After what happened to the Shi'ar Empire, the rest of the galaxy would be far more cautious as well.
As for Thanos...
Drex doubted he cared much about the losses.
If anything, the Mad Titan was probably satisfied.
The supernova had killed far more people in an instant than he could have slaughtered personally in the sa amount of ti.
Thousands of planets erased in monts.
Even Thanos would have needed ages to achieve that body count manually.
After resolving the Captain Marvel situation, Drex returned to Earth.
Wanda Maximoff had willingly undergone enhancent through Compound One.
She desperately wanted the power to help him.
After placing her into a deep sleep, Drex used the Mind Stone to fully awaken the power hidden inside her.
Wanda's abilities originated from Chthon.
A true elder god.
Among dinsional entities, there were clear levels of hierarchy.
At the very top stood beings like Cyttorak, ruler of the Crimson Cosmos. At his peak, while within his own domain, he could contend with cosmic abstracts and even challenge the Living Tribunal itself.
Even the Ancient One treated entities of that caliber with caution and respect.
Then there were the Vishanti.
Frequently overlooked, but arguably the most powerful magical trinity beneath Eternity itself.
The Sorcerers Supre throughout history had operated with such confidence not only because of their personal strength, but because their backing was absurdly powerful.
Any dinsional entity attempting to extend influence into the main universe had to think carefully before provoking them.
Lower on the hierarchy sat figures like phisto.
And Dormammu...
Though in Dormammu's case, it wasn't a lack of potential that held him back. He'd originally been nothing more than a sorcerer who stumbled into the Dark Dinsion and sohow beca its ruler.
Like a beginner player accidentally maxing out their character overnight.
The result was a dinsional god with overwhelming raw power but comparatively poor mastery over it.
In short, the lower limit for dinsional entities was already skyfather-level.
The upper limit reached all the way to omniversal.
And Wanda, empowered by Chthon's chaos magic, had beco sothing exceptionally dangerous.
A reality warper.
Soone capable of reshaping existence itself according to thought and emotion alone.
The best example was still the infamous phrase she would one day speak:
"No more mutants."
A single sentence capable of erasing powers across the planet, including abilities that technically had nothing to do with mutants at all.
Fortunately, Drex wasn't worried.
Whether as Doomsday Superman or Black Hole Superman, he was already powerful enough to overpower almost anything. Even beings above single-universe level would still get beaten into dust if they stood in his way.
anwhile, the public had beco fascinated with Umbrella Corporation's newest operative.
Her codena was the Scarlet Witch.
People imdiately started asking the obvious question.
Witch?
Did that an she actually used magic?
Wanda herself was confused.
She had assud Compound One had simply awakened telekinesis.
"Not exactly," Drex explained. "Your power is far more dangerous than simple telekinesis. It responds to your imagination."
Wanda blinked.
"My imagination?"
"In simple terms," Drex said, "you can make your desires beco reality."
Her eyes lit up instantly.
That explanation she understood perfectly.
Then she looked at Drex's face and abruptly blushed bright red.
Drex frowned.
Sothing had just attempted to tamper with his mind.
The effect had lasted less than a fraction of a second before being crushed and devoured by the black hole force perating his body.
He looked at Wanda thoughtfully.
Did she just accidentally use chaos magic on him?
This power adapted fast.
Very fast.
Wanda fled the room not long afterward.
As she walked through the city, she gradually began realizing what kind of power she had truly received.
When she felt thirsty, a glass of water suddenly appeared in front of her.
When she wanted to see her brother...
Pietro dropped from the sky.
Literally.
He slamd into the ground hard enough that he nearly broke his spine.
That was the mont Wanda realized her powers weren't simply miraculous.
They were dangerous.
Wish fulfillnt didn't distinguish between good outcos and disastrous ones.
Based on her situation, Drex recomnded that she study at Kamar-Taj.
The Ancient One accepted Wanda with a pleasant smile that looked entirely genuine on the surface.
Privately, she was almost certainly cursing Drex's existence.
He didn't particularly care.
Then there was Thor.
The God of Thunder had essentially settled down on Earth.
At so point, he'd apparently decided that if he couldn't return to Asgard easily, then he simply wouldn't bother trying.
Odin eventually lost patience and sent Sif to retrieve him.
Honestly, Thor's life was a little tragic.
Most of his stories amounted to him cleaning up disasters created by Odin during his younger years.
Loki was only one example.
Eventually there would also be Hela, Surtur, Jormungandr, even the Celestials themselves.
So ancient cosmic nightmare or forgotten godlike enemy was always climbing out of the shadows looking for Odin.
And Odin, perhaps because of age, tended to react to every major threat by muttering things like Ragnarok is coming or everything is over.
Then Thor inevitably had to charge into battle and clean up the ss himself.
Sotis at the cost of his own life.
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