Ereshkigal is surprised that Kro has activated the Unbinding Stone of Oshemar. As they return to Lemuria, Thor and
Phastos see the glow of reality being dissolved and reach the palace to find
their friends Ransak and Karkas freed from Ghaur’s mental control as the
Deviant leader is in a panic over the new disaster. Phastos explains that he
led Kro to believe that he could repair the resurrection chamber so that he
could contrive to collect the Antarctic Vibranium and use it to destroy the
Unbinding Stone before it was activated but now he grants that they should have
hurried. But Thor refuses to believe the universe is doomed and takes the
Vibranium and flies toward the center of the chaos, flying through shifting
reality including into the mouth of a giant Kro, who is regretting the disaster
he has caused. He reaches the Stone and touches the Anti-Metal to it and it
dissolves….
When Thor awakens he is surrounded by his friends and Kro
who tells him that Ghaur, Ereshkigal, and Tutinax are among the
missing, ironically leaving Kro in charge now that he has forsworn his lust for
power. Kro grants them safe passage out for the heroes—except for Ransak.
Ransak is the only Deviant who is not sterile so they need him to repopulate
the city. But Ransak doesn’t want to stay so a fight breaks out which ends only
when Phastos volunteers to remain to find a solution to the problem because he sees
the Deviants not as monsters or threats but unique life forces….
Thor
and the others return to Olympia where Thor asks Virako what happened to the
other Eternals. Virako explains that when Sprite gave the Eternals human
identities, it recalled all of the space-faring Eternals home as well. Once
they had regained their true identities, they formed the Uni-Mind once more to
decide whether to return to space or remain on Earth. At that moment the Uni-Mind returns and all one hundred
Eternals descend to Earth to stay. Ikaris approaches and apologizes for the
delay but his father Virako hugs him. Ikaris then explains that the Eternals
have also decided to remain apart from all other beings and so this will be the
last time Thor (or any other outsider) visits Olympia. Thor agrees to this and
says farewell, wondering what their next meeting may be….