Malrick floated to the center of the battlefield.
The Little Spiders fought using whatever they could find. They hurled high-hanging chandeliers, sofas, and computer equipment at the three Inheritor siblings. Chaos reigned, but the floors were still littered with the shriveled corpses of Spider-Men.
Morlun devoured any Spider-Man he touched, consuming their life energy and soul. The Inheritor family thrived on Spider-Men, their daily meals resembling roasted suckling pigs.
At that moment, Morlun reached toward Lego Spider-Man. His original target had been Gwen, but Lego Spider-Man had intervened.
Malrick hovered beside Morlun, examining the tiny hero with interest. The pixelated Spider-Man was surprisingly elastic, not the rigid figure Malrick had imagined.
"As expected of the Spider-Verse," Malrick murmured, scanning the battlefield. Dinosaur Spider-Man, Spider-Monkey, Spider-Horse, and other animal-based variants lay among the chaos. Some were partially devoured, their souls foaming at the mouth, while others had been fully consumed, leaving only mummified husks.
Malrick's gaze swept across the fallen heroes. With a mere glance, he restored them. Their withered souls healed, and blood returned to their bodies. Not only those near the Inheritors, but even Spider-Men on other floors regained vitality. For Malrick, such a feat required little effort.
Having saved the Spider-Men, Malrick searched for Holland-Spider, Garfield Spider, and the others. They were not present, which was expected. The comic, movie, and Spider-Verse Multiverses were not meant to influence each other. Gods like the Transcenders, even when conducting their "Everything Dies" experiment, should not have affected the movie Universe.
But after Malrick and Little Peter were pulled into the Spider-Verse by Kingpin's particle collision experiment, that balance had been broken. The TVA's modified Time Pad traveling to the Spider-Verse was one sign; Morlun's actual crossing of the Multiverse was the clearest evidence.
Malrick studied Morlun.
"Let's see what you've endured."
Morlun's memories unfolded before him. After being killed by Malrick, he had been revived in the Inheritors' clone base. Members of the family could not truly die because their memories were stored in the clone factory. Each time they were killed, they revived in a new body.
Since his resurrection, Morlun had obsessively focused on returning to the Spider-Verse. When world collisions began in the comic Multiverse, he seized the opportunity, using spatial weak points during the Universes' destruction to cross over. His siblings, following their father Sollus's orders, tracked him.
Malrick frowned.
"Crossing the Multiverse is surprisingly easy. And the comic Universe is undergoing a period of world collisions. Their crises will eventually destroy all Universes. Doctor Doom will then forge Battleworld from the ruins. He is already active in my side as well, likely planning the same. What similar fates."
He continued, "Since Morlun can cross worlds, the Transcenders may also reach the MCU Universe. The threat is far from over."
Malrick extended a hand to Morlun's forehead. A lethal power surged, radiating through Morlun's body, rapidly draining his vitality. The energy traveled along the causal chain to the Inheritors' clone factory in world number 01 of the comic Universe.
The factory, the family's stronghold, was erased in an instant, reduced to dust scattering across the sky. Morlun, who had crossed the Multiverse to hunt, was completely annihilated.
Malrick did not spare his siblings. Berna and Blix lost their vitality simultaneously, their bodies carbonizing into ash. Three core members of the Inheritor family were permanently gone.
Only then did Malrick stop, returning to his normal speed. Time in the Spider-Man Alliance building resumed. In reality, time had not stopped; Malrick's movements had been unimaginably fast. To the Spider-Men, a second of his action felt like a hundred million seconds.
They swarmed forward to attack Morlun, but their strikes hit only dust and ashes.
"W-what's happening?" they whispered, reaching to catch the black fragments crumbling in their hands. Lego Spider-Man fell backward, astonished.
Gwen alone knew Malrick had arrived. She dropped to the ground in relief, then leapt to her feet at the sight of him.
"Malrick! I knew you'd make it!"
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