While Marcus watched Seth's father and Zayna rush toward the Alphaverse, he communicated with the rest of the Grave Keepers.
For reasons best known to the Vultures, they had stopped attacking. The Undead Carrion Beetles had stopped flying after the cat fleets and just floated with blank expressions in the void.
Meanwhile, there were a few arkships that had been attacked by the Vultures but had not been destroyed at all.
These arkships were inconspicuous, as the pilots and crew members probably thought that they were lucky to escape the undead insect swarm.
Little did they know that they had been infected.
In the heat of the moment, when everyone was so focused on running to gain cover behind the barrier of an Alphaverse, no one bothered to check everyone properly and everything that was entering.
And so, soon enough, Marcus was left floating in space with his wings slightly tucked close to him and an army of undead Carrion Beetles behind him.
