" You look tired, Ikaris. I advise you to stand down before things get ugly. Honestly, I don't think you are a bad person."
Arthur tried to persuade him with a polite tone but Ikaris didn't budge a bit which made him sigh in exchange. He really didn't want to make things difficult for him but it appeared that he had no choice, so every eternals except Gilgamesh and Sprite stood before him with different expressions.
Some openly showed their disdain while others shook their heads. Especially Sersi who had a relationship with him in the past showed a sad face, knowing he would be hunted down like a dog.
" Bring it on!"
Ikaris gritted his teeth, inviting them to dance with him as he turned into light. However, right before he reached Ajak who was the weakest in the group, Makkari grabbed him his collar while throwing him to Panthos. Pasthos hit him so hard that he spurt out blood, kneeling on the ground with a pale face.
" You are already injured, Ikaris. You are no match for us."
Kingo shook his head with a sigh, slightly opening his sword. When the sword showed its light, the clothes around him became tattered.
Moreover, Ajak and Thena nailed him on the ground with their spears whilst Sersi used her power to bind him down.
" You should have listened to your feelings, not your reason. You could have saved countless, yet you decided to sacrifice them."
Druig stood before him, hitting his face with his fist. Although he had one of the weakest physiques in the group, nevertheless his strength was far more than any human.
Ikaris didn't say anything except looking at him with calm eyes that indicated he wasn't feeling anything. Sersi who saw this bit her lips with frustration.
" Would you stop here if it was for me?"
She asked calmly, looking at his eyes that were filled with blank. The silence between them continued for a minute before he opened his mouth with a low tone.
" I am sorry."
These words made everyone relax their guards as Arthur cuffed him with special cuffs that negated his power. However, this wasn't the end as Druig who was standing there, suddenly vomited due to backlash.
" It is no use. He had already gathered enough to reflect my mental projection."
Druig clutched his head with a white face. This made Arthur switch back to his backup plan as he flew up to the sky. Then he motioned the satellite to activate the second phase which was to use a large scale gravity distorter device.
This device was a powerful tool that could destroy an entire planet if it was in the wrong hand and it used a terrifying amount of energy besides the precise calculation needed to control it.
" You have 2 minutes at most."
Arthur said with a light tone, looking down at them calmly. This was the duration for Eternals to decide whether they should betray the celestials or not since he had no place to intervene except to watch his planet die.
" I will do it."
Sersi got up from the ground, looking at Arthur with determination to end this. The rest of the eternals also nodded their heads, showing they were ready to oppose them even if it meant their death.
" I see. Thank you."
Arthur lowered his head, turning off the device that was keeping him at bay. As a result Tiamut's giant hand rose from the deep of the planet, tearing apart the earth's crust. It was so big that it was similar to the continent in size.
Yet Sersi remained calm because she knew she had to do it as the rest of them gathered their remaining energies to charge her power. The golden and purple halo surrounded her body, strengthening her power.
" This is the end."
She flew over the hand and touched it gently, petrifying the celestial with her reality manipulation power. The giant hand which was emerging from deep, immediately became a marble mountain that stretched across the entire ocean as Arthur knew what he had to do after this.
Certainly, he would meet with celestials in bad blood and that meant he had another mission under his tab.
" Sigh, I guess I will work overtime."
He complained with a helpless face.