In front of Superman, you have no choice but to give yourself to a little girl.

Hela ignored Malekith's question and instead looked up at the sky behind him.

"..."

Seeing Hela's expression, Malekith laughed, a somewhat forced laugh. "What? Is there something behind me?"

Then Thor laughed too, his grin stretching almost to his ears. "Malekith, look behind you!"

"Hmph, Odinson, trying to trick me into turning around so you can ambush me, huh?"

Malekith feigned composure, but his speech was somewhat incoherent. "You want me to turn back? I won't... Why is it getting dark?"

Malekith glanced silently at his shadow on the ground, then turned around stiffly, the golden capital M making him feel somewhat dazed.

"Um...the weather's really nice, don't you think?"

Malekith, feigning composure, summoned the Dark Rainbow Bridge. "Then I'll leave now, Superman, without bothering you any longer."

Wayne looked up at the falling dark rainbow bridge and simply threw an uppercut—the unstoppable pure power blasted a vast expanse of sky above the white clouds. As for the dark rainbow bridge? That was the disappearing light particle.

"..."

Looking at the completely shattered Dark Rainbow Bridge, Malekith felt utterly relieved.

Wayne landed slowly in front of Malekith.

Although this was Malekith's first meeting, he would probably never forget that face for the rest of his life.

"As expected... he's a monster..."

Malekith managed a weak twitch of his lips, then slumped his head, only to see his right hand, which he had thrust out in a sneak attack, being crushed.

*Thud!* His chest was pierced through—the aether particles on his body were useless, unable to provide any resistance, and he could clearly feel Wayne gripping his heart.

As Malekith's heart was crushed, the aether particles within him sensed his life waning and immediately transformed into countless crimson particles that swirled and coiled around Wayne's arm that was piercing Malekith's chest.

Thud— Malekith's body collapsed limply to the ground, his lifeless eyes reflecting the scene of "the Aether finding its next host as soon as it left him"... Holy crap, that's amazing!

Malekith did not close his eyes until they were completely out of focus.

Thor stepped forward and smashed Malekith's head with his hammer, then looked at Wayne with concern, "Second brother, what was that just now...?"

"The Aether, or rather... the Reality Stone."

Wayne watched with interest as the crimson particles merged into his body, choosing not to stop them.

He wasn't really interested in the ether particles at first, but after sensing their almost instinctive intimacy, he suddenly became interested.

The ether particle is unconscious, but its almost instinctive intimacy seemed to express just how satisfied it was with its new host... Malekith had never seen such a fawning ether particle before he died.

However, this cannot be blamed on the aether. Its entry into Wayne's hyperdimensional body is like a beggar moving into a mansion, which Malekith's thatched hut certainly cannot compare to.

If the aether particle weren't mindless, it probably wouldn't have dared to actively merge into Wayne's body.

After all, it wasn't exactly useless to Wayne; it was better than nothing.

"Let me see what you're capable of."

Seemingly in response to his host, countless crimson particles covered Wayne's body and coalesced into a brand new suit of armor!

The matte, crystal-textured battle suit is covered with deep, knife-carved patterns, and the forearms, calves, and the capital M on the chest radiate a dazzling light like molten metal.

The battle suit formed from ether particles no longer had a cape, or rather... the cape had changed its form of existence.

As Wayne thought of it, crimson, dazzling aether particles appeared on the patterns of his battle suit, flowing like lava.

Countless crimson particles extend out of its body, and these freely moving crimson particles are the "cloak" of this new battle suit!

"It looks...not bad?"

Wayne didn't pay much attention to the effects of the Aether, and it was obvious that a single Infinity Stone wouldn't be enough to provide him with much help.

Of course, this will vary from person to person.

For others, the help that the Aether can provide is beyond their wildest imagination.

This suit's defensive capabilities far surpass those of Uru alloy, and it also possesses the ability to warp reality, giving it the ability to protect itself against many powerful beings in the universe.

However, for Wayne, although the Aether particles can slightly enhance his biofield's ability to modify reality, it is only a slight enhancement.

However, the Aether was one of the Infinity Stones from the beginning of the universe, and it did bring Wayne some benefit.

With a thought from Wayne, crimson particles spread out, instantly covering the entire Earth—after merging with the aether particles, his biofield finally had "special effects"!

As the crimson particles converged, the entire Earth seemed to "reverse time."

In areas not affected by war, the effects of the extreme winter are completely erased.

In all the areas ravaged by war, the dead and wounded were revived and healed, and the collapsed buildings were repaired and rebuilt.

In the blink of an eye, the damage Malekith and his villainous henchmen had caused to Earth was completely averted.

……

Kama Taj.

Under Loki's anxious and puzzled gaze, the Ancient One, who was using soul magic to help Frigga stabilize her condition, suddenly stopped.

"Supreme Sorcerer of Midgard, you..."

"It's no longer necessary."

The Ancient One knew what Loki wanted to ask, but she simply raised her eyes and looked beyond the snow-capped mountains, where a few red lights mingled with the pale world. "He's back."

"Who?"

Completely bewildered, Loki wanted to ask more questions, but Frigga's half-asleep "Loki" left his mind blank.

"Mother...you're awake?!"

……

Why do you care about the lives of these mortals?

Hela looked at Wayne's behavior with some confusion and couldn't help but ask.

She couldn't understand why Wayne, who was like a god and possessed power surpassing even the Allfather, would still care about these weak mortals? Just for the sake of so-called justice and goodness?

(Odin: Yes, yes, everyone is trying to save people. He is kind, and I am cowardly.)

"Do I care about them that much? Maybe?"

Wayne certainly cares about his family, but it would be a lie to say he cares about strangers as much.

He's not a saint like Steve; he's just a neutral, slightly benevolent, normal person. Therefore, given his strength, his mindset towards ordinary people is definitely a bit different.

So how should I put it... it's like playing a game. If you keep exploding after becoming invincible, you'll eventually get tired of it.

On the contrary, he could unlock different dialogues and all sorts of hidden quests by just passing by any NPC, so he would definitely frantically click the "interact button" to see what happens.

So rather than caring, it's more like a way to pass the time. It's good to keep the smart NPCs around; saving them is just a matter of convenience anyway.

Super Hearing received the cheers of the crowd—look, here comes the "achievement" after the mission is completed!