When Thanos arrived at Knowhere on his floating throne, he saw a wasteland devoid of any life.
Boom!
Thanos casually slapped a building, and the already crumbling structure collapsed with a loud crash, sending dust billowing into the air.
He had naturally heard of the Collector's reputation long ago.
Therefore, even though he knew that Odin had placed the Reality Stone with the Collector a long time ago, he had delayed coming here.
It wasn't until he had wiped out the Dwarves and obtained the Infinity Gauntlet, and then conquered Xandar and obtained the Power Stone, and then had his subordinates absorb the Nova Corps' technology and undergo some enhancements, that he set off for Knowhere.
However, what he never expected was that the city of Knowhere had been destroyed!
The Collector was also nowhere to be found!
Where was the Reality Stone then?
He spent a long time, and a lot of effort, figuring out the locations of the other five Infinity Stones, excluding the Soul Stone.
Even for the most mysterious Soul Stone, he had originally sent his daughter, Gamora, to investigate.
He believed that, with Gamora's abilities, she would be able to find clues about the Soul Stone! However, not long after, he discovered that Gamora had cut off contact with him.
At that time, Thanos guessed that there was only one possible explanation for this: Gamora had found the Soul Stone, but didn't want to tell him!
This was normal.
Thanos had always known that his two daughters hated him, even wanting to kill him.
But who was he?
He was the cosmic emperor, Thanos! He wanted exactly that drive from them! Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, weren't they all brought out by him from planets he had destroyed? They had also been full of hatred for him in the past.
But now?
They were all his children!
Children of Thanos!
Gamora and Nebula's actions, in his eyes, were just the expression of their personalities as "children of Thanos."
Thanos expressed his deep satisfaction at this.
However, satisfaction was one thing, and finding them was another.
After all, he needed the Soul Stone!
Until recently, he had learned of a piece of news: during Ronan's battle with the Xandarians, there was a green-skinned woman in the so-called Guardians of the Galaxy, suspected to be a Zehoberei.
These characteristics immediately made him think of his wayward daughter, Gamora.
With that, the locations of all six Infinity Stones were finally confirmed!
Moreover, he also received several pieces of information he desired:
1. Odin, the god-king who ruled Asgard, was dead. Although the useless Loki hadn't obtained control of Asgard, Asgard's strength was inevitably greatly diminished.
2. Calculating the time, Hela, the Goddess of Death whom he had released from her imprisonment in the underworld, should now be turning Asgard upside down. In the end, whether Hela won or that boy Thor won, he would be the ultimate victor. Because both of them were insignificant to him!
3. The reconnaissance outpost he had placed on the planet called Earth reported that the powerful bald sorcerer was dead. As for her successor, and those guys playing house on a single planet, he didn't take them seriously!
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Thanos decided to change his previous low profile and mobilize his entire army!
His goal was the Infinity Stones!
He wouldn't pretend anymore; he was showing his cards!
(Before, Thanos had used remote control methods to collect the Infinity Stones: in The Avengers he had Loki take the Mind Stone to Earth to steal the Space Stone; in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1, he used bounty hunters to obtain the Orb, and had the Sakaaran mercenaries and Ronan go and seize it.)
The main reason he had been so low-key before was that he didn't want to reveal his intentions and scare off some of the timid stone holders!
Unexpectedly, even though he had made all sorts of preparations, he still couldn't prevent it!
The Collector had actually run away!
Thanos stood suspended in front of Knowhere, examining this peculiar planet, which was said to have been formed from the head of an ancient Celestial. He clenched his fist.
After a moment, he forcibly suppressed the urge within him to use the Power Stone to smash this planet to pieces like he had done to Xandar.
"Search for me!" Thanos said in a low voice.
"Yes, sir!" Rows of Chitauri flying vehicles, loaded with Chitauri soldiers, poured out of the ship behind him and quickly landed on Knowhere.
Then, the Chitauri soldiers disembarked from the vehicles and entered the ruined city to begin their search.
A floating throne made of an unknown metal slowly drifted behind him.
Thanos sat down with a thud.
Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight immediately knelt before him.
"You two are useless. I only asked you to keep an eye on things here, and you couldn't even manage that. What use are you to me?"
Ebony Maw stood to the side with Cull Obsidian, watching Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight being scolded, feeling a little smug.
Where there are people, there is conflict.
As the top four members of the Black Order, and also children of Thanos, there were naturally some small conflicts between Ebony Maw and the others.
For instance, the size of the armies they each led, their influence within the Black Order, and so on, were all things they had been vying for.
Initially, they were the Black Order.
The leader of the Black Order was the deceased elder sister, Supergiant.
After Supergiant died, Corvus Glaive became the leader of the now Black Order, due to his strength.
Later, he married Proxima Midnight, and the two were always on the same side, their influence increasing greatly.
Ebony Maw was forced to ally with Cull Obsidian.
However, Cull Obsidian was a true idiot, with a brain the size of a walnut.
This led to him being constantly suppressed by Corvus Glaive and his wife, unable to make a comeback.
This time, he used a little trick, taking on the task of following Thanos to attack Xandar, and inciting Thanos to assign the "more important" task of monitoring the Collector to Corvus Glaive and his wife.
The excuse was that the Collector, as an Elder of the Universe, must be very powerful.
After much deliberation, Thanos also felt that Ebony Maw was right.
Ebony Maw originally only wanted to increase his authority with this military exploit. Unexpectedly, just such a simple task as monitoring someone, and Corvus Glaive and the other one had failed!
This effect exceeded expectations!
Ebony Maw was overjoyed.
Corvus Glaive said, "Lord Thanos, please allow us to atone for our mistakes by leading the Chitauri army to Asgard and seizing the Tesseract for you!"
"Atoning for your mistakes? Hmph!" Thanos snorted coldly, "Do you think you can beat Hela? I will go to Asgard myself! The two of you will come with me to Asgard. After we get the Space Stone, we'll go to Earth and find the Mind Stone. If you don't bring it back, don't come back to see me!"
"Yes, sir!" The two of them didn't dare to refute in the slightest. They stood up and went to the other side of Thanos's floating throne, standing obediently.
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