The discussion about ideals gradually stopped as time went by. It can be called a discussion, but in fact it was just Thanos instilling his own ideas into his adopted son Beckett.
Beckett, who is only three years old, is ignorant and doesn't know what a lofty ideal is. In addition, because he is not yet fully familiar with all kinds of knowledge in the universe, he can't go anywhere. His daily activities are limited to the temple. His understanding of the outside world depends entirely on Thanos' teachings...
Fortunately, Beckett himself does not feel bored. He studies and trains in the temple every day, waits for Thanos to come back to fight him, and chats to enhance the relationship between father and son. His life is fulfilling.
Beckett was delighted by the visible improvement in strength. As he grew older, driven by Thanos and the dream of revenge in his heart, Beckett, who was already seven years old, had already determined to become the strongest in the universe.
Only by becoming the strongest warrior in the universe can he help his adoptive father Thanos to achieve his grand ideal to the greatest extent. Only by becoming the strongest warrior in the universe can he find Frieza, who has hidden somewhere unknown, find him out and kill him.
Yes, Beckett had always believed that Frieza was in hiding.
At the age of six, Beckett, who had already begun to think independently, did not find any records about Planet Vegeta and the Emperor of the Universe Frieza in the "Universe History" given to him by Thanos. Beckett could understand that there was no record of Planet Vegeta, after all, it had been destroyed by Frieza. However, after searching through Thanos's collection of books, there was no record of Frieza, who was called the Emperor of the Universe by his mother.
Young Beckett had no idea about the multiverse, and Thanos had no habit of educating a child about the concept of the multiverse. Therefore, Beckett concluded that something must have gone wrong with Frieza, which led to his disappearance from the universe.
Psychologically speaking, Beckett doesn't want Frieza to die now, or he doesn't want Frieza to die at the hands of someone else.
Frieza, who killed his mother, could only die at his hands.
Gazing at the magnificent starry sky above the temple, the image of Frieza's wild and hideous grin appeared before the young Beckett's eyes again. A new strength suddenly surged in his tired body, supporting him so that he would not fall down in the battle with Ebony Maw.
"Beckett, aren't you going to give up yet?" The thin Ebony Maw looked at the child who still insisted on standing up from the ground, with admiration and surprise in his eyes.
Today was the first time he fought Beckett on Thanos' orders. This seven-year-old boy really gave Ebony Maw a great shock. He should have fallen down long ago, but his young body broke through the theoretical limit again and again, shattering Ebony Maw's prejudice against Beckett.
As long as you can't kill him, beat him to death.
This was the conclusion Ebony Maw came to after summarizing what Thanos had said to him before he came back, but in this situation, Ebony Maw was really afraid that he would use too much force and use only 50% of his strength to completely nail Beckett to death in the wilderness of the temple.
From 20% at the beginning to 40% now, the fighting power shown by Beckett, who is only seven years old, amazed Ebony Maw.
As expected of Thanos' most cherished adopted son, this combat talent alone is enough to kill all of Thanos's troops in seconds. Imagine what these people were doing when they were seven years old?
Everyone is still playing in the mud on their own planet.
"Why is it you this year?"
After steadying his staggering body, Beckett reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked up at Ebony Maw, who had one hand behind his back and obviously had no intention of fighting again, and finally asked the doubts in his heart.
Every year in the past, Thanos would come back in person to test Beckett and enhance the relationship between father and son, but this year it was Ebony Maw, the number one flatterer under Thanos and in Beckett's eyes.
Beckett had no chance to ask questions when the fight started. Now that the test was over, Beckett could not hide his doubts.
"Beckett, you have a high talent for fighting, but because of this, you need to be exposed to more fighting styles. Do you understand?" Ebony Maw held the broken stones in his hands and changed them at will according to his thoughts. Ebony Maw spoke very slowly, as if he was afraid that Beckett would not understand. "
After seven years of personal teaching by Thanos, Beckett, who has become accustomed to fighting only Thanos, needs to break out of the vicious circle of a single opponent and start to come into contact with monsters with different abilities.
Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight and even Black Dwarf, the four Black Order generals under Thanos are bound to have a battle with Beckett, not to mention the other extraordinary people in Thanos' army, who will all join Thanos' plan to train Beckett in the coming year.
In Thanos' view, Beckett, who is already seven years old, has grown up a little bit. It is time for him to step out of the circle of family affection drawn by his old father and step into a new battlefield. Thanos has resources that ordinary people cannot reach. He can create an extremely superior growth environment for Beckett, so superior that even Ebony Maw sometimes feels jealous.
They also called Thanos "father", but the level of attention he received was completely different from that of Beckett. Using a whole legion of strong men to promote Beckett's growth, this level of doting seemed insane to Ebony Maw before. He didn't even know if Thanos had gone crazy because of the incident on Titan.
But now, he understood that Thanos was doing his best to cultivate a possible overlord in the future. The potential in this child was unfathomable. Especially when Beckett roared in anger, a little golden light even appeared on his body. Although it was weak, the power of that moment made Ebony Maw remember it deeply.
Ebony Maw didn't know what the golden light on Beckett's body meant, nor did he know why it disappeared without a trace after flashing for a few seconds, but he knew that Beckett, the son of Thanos, had a fighting talent that was no less than that of Hela, the princess who was only ten years old and was taken by Odin to fight with the Asgard army. He might even be better.
"In the next year, you will participate in many battles and meet many people with strange abilities. These people can help you grow faster. Of course, you may also die."
"And this is just the beginning if you want to become the strongest warrior in the universe. How about it, are you scared, Beckett?" Ebony Maw, who had squeezed the stone in his hand into a ball, stretched out his hand towards Beckett, looking meaningfully at Beckett, who was covered in dust but had an unusually determined look.
"I want to become the strongest warrior in the universe. This goal will never change, forever."