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"Hey, hey, what did I just see? Are you trying to say these two guys are mutants?"
They exchanged a glance and remained silent.
"Okay, even if they are mutants, I can't just watch you kill them."
The sword-wielders remained silent, though some of them were beginning to show signs of impatience.
“This is America, guys, not your hometown. You have to get permission from the law before you can do anything, just like I have to pay a lot of taxes every year…”
……
Looking at the incessantly chattering "Iron Man" in front of him, one of the swordsmen next to Wen Junhui whispered, "What is this foreigner babbling about?"
"I don't know, I just passed the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4)."
"Me too. I can do reading comprehension and stuff, but I'm still a bit stuck with this kind of everyday conversation."
"I thought I was the only one like this."
Surprisingly, the swordholders, who were originally competitors, found common ground on this topic. The shared language slightly increased their sense of mutual understanding, but it also inevitably made them feel annoyed by the foreigner in front of them, who, although they couldn't understand what he was babbling about, clearly had no intention of giving way.
Having just been promoted to a fourth-level swordsman, Wen Junhui felt much more confident and stepped forward without hesitation: "Get out of the way, or we will consider you an accomplice of the demons and eliminate you as well."
Tony Stark was not given a chance to retort. The threat from just a few swordholders was something any superhero present could have ignored. However, the unfortunate thing was that these few swordholders did not only represent themselves, but also the other 120,000 swordholders behind them and a "mysterious man" who was constantly threatening the US capital.
While forced to step in and stop it, Black Widow felt a strange sense of satisfaction. In the past, the United States had always relied on its status as the world's only superpower to boss other forces around, depending on its powerful system. How similar this scene was now, only the roles had been reversed...
"We have received information that you are permitted to deport undocumented residents of the United States."
—It is fundamentally much worse, and of course it is impossible to say it in front of everyone.
"But these people aren't illegal residents, are they?"
Because the Level 10 agent was speaking Chinese, the sword-wielders understood him.
Wen Junhui immediately sneered: "Didn't the United States just pass a policy banning religious immigration not long ago? How come now even two demons who escaped from the secret realm can become legal residents of your country?"
As an agent, Black Widow had no right to interfere with, let alone make, the decisions made by those in power. But that didn't stop her from cursing those who caused her trouble in her heart, while maintaining her original calm: "America is the birthplace of freedom. Anyone who shares the same American Dream can become a legal resident of this country. They became legal residents the moment we started talking."
Since conflict is unavoidable, the right thing to do is to take this opportunity to get closer to these people of unknown origin. Otherwise, it would be truly foolish to offend both sides in the end.
At this stage, even a fool could tell the stance of these "foreigners" on the other end.
Wen Junhui's tone turned somber: "Are you sure?"
"of course."
With one hand gripping the pistol at his waist, making sure he could draw it at the most opportune moment, he said, "We'll take care of the guests ourselves; you may go back now."
"...That's what the Brotherhood of Mutants said, and that's what the Institute of Mutants did. They've already met their fate."
Comparing their strengths, Wen Junhui, who had just become a Level 4 Swordsman, was not blindly confident and acted recklessly. Instead, he left behind a "piece of advice" before departing: "I hope you won't regret it."
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Watching the swordsmen riding flying swords disappear into the distance, Black Widow had a fleeting thought of intercepting them and killing them to silence them, but she quickly dismissed the idea.
Although the core technology remains unidentified, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't just sitting idly by. Through inferences about the behavior of those wielders and research into those "strange weapons," they've managed to figure out some things. For example, those seemingly ordinary cold weapons are actually a "carrier."
While it may be easy to block a "carrier," it is counterproductive to attract the attention of the "main body," especially when the capital city is under threat from the other side.
"I hope you can give us a reasonable explanation, at least so that I can think that what I just did was worthwhile."
The level 10 agent's tone was hardly friendly towards the Asgardians.
……
"No! Odin, my father, how could he—"
"Thor! This is reality. After activating the Rainbow Bridge, the God-King lost contact with the outside of Asgard. Now, the God-King is trapped inside, just like everyone else in Asgard. We must rush back and rescue them!"
The news came from the Warriors Three of Asgard... now it's the Warriors Two. The prince of Asgard couldn't believe it. He had only been away from Asgard for a few days, so why had he suddenly become like this?
Marvel Universe: Chapter 859 Thor (Part 2)
Rainbow Bridge starts...
Asgard has been invaded...
The vast celestial palace was sealed off by Er, Jiu, Lingwu, and three others...
The fate of the strongest being in the Nine Realms remains unknown...
……
"This can't be! You must all be lying to me!" — Although I really wanted to shout it out, both the "invaders" who had chased after me and the cold corpse of one of the three warriors of Asgard were enough to prove the truth of everything.
After extreme anger and confusion, Thor, who had been severely stimulated, became calm.
Amidst the gasps of those around him, the son of the god-king lifted Thor's hammer, which had remained motionless until now: "I will lead you to reclaim Asgard and the palace of the gods!"
The two surviving Asgardian warriors suppressed their sorrow and, just as they had when the four of them were together, cried out that they wanted to return to Asgard.
"and many more!"
It was stopped midway.
No matter how unbelievable it seemed, after witnessing Thor lift the immobile hammer with one hand and unleash lightning upon it, Black Widow forced herself to accept that the myth was not false but real... However, listening to the conversation between these three Asgardians, she learned that the place where the gods resided in the myth was now under invasion, and the invaders were humans, just like them...
Suppressing the immense sense of absurdity in her heart, Black Widow stopped the three of them from acting rashly: "Even Odin, the King of Gods, couldn't deal with this enemy. What can the three of you possibly do?"
"No! Odin cannot fail!"
“Even if he didn’t fail, it’s a fact that he’s trapped in Asgard now, and there are at least 120,000 ‘invaders’ like those from before still roaming Asgard. Are you sure you can deal with them all with just a hammer?”
It was thought that such a comparison would deter the son of the god-king, leading them to form an alliance through the art of language and unite against him—
"I can!"
"..."
"I am Thor, the God of Thunder! There is no opponent I cannot defeat!"
Mjolnir, held aloft and crackling with lightning, plunged into the sky in a blinding flash, creating a rainbow bridge before the crowd. He turned and said, "As a reward for your help, I grant you permission to return with me to Asgard to witness my power—"
Without waiting for anyone else to react, he led two Celestial Warriors onto the Rainbow Bridge and disappeared.
below.
After a brief silence, Iron Man was the first to chime in: "Aren't you curious about what Asgard is like in mythology?"
Captain America followed up: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Our enemy is invading that land. Helping Asgard is helping ourselves."
Before Bruce Banner could speak, Black Widow had already taken over the conversation: "Let's go together. Even if we can't win over Asgard's friendship, at least we should see what those Swordholders are really doing."
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The world is not just the United States, and Asgard is not just a fairy palace that can be fully described.
With the activation of the Rainbow Bridge, the integrity of the Celestial Palace is linked to this star-level weapon. For the time being, the sword wielders are unable to deal with this "large-scale instance" and can only turn their attention to other areas on the periphery.
In an instant, a massive "species cleansing" unfolded within Asgard.
From three-headed hellhounds to bizarre monsters with a hundred heads, from "ordinary people" mixed with "divine" bloodlines to Asgardian warriors who were intercepted before they could escape, all living creatures were listed as targets for the sword-wielders to "slay."
This "secret realm" is so rich that in less than five days since the invasion began, more than three hundred level four sword wielders have emerged, and the number of level five sword wielders has exceeded twenty. The leader, "Left Killer Sword," even exchanged a large number of merit points for a cultivation method called "Blood Sea Sword." When he unleashed it at full power, he flooded a town on the Asgardian plain with a boundless sea of blood, earning the title of "Blood Sea Sword."
Spurred by this, the sword wielders became increasingly aggressive in their actions within this "secret realm".
Of course, losses also occurred during this radical process. After all, they were not facing ordinary people who could not resist, but genuine "mythical creatures." Casualties were inevitable. However, whenever a swordsman fell, a new swordsman would be born to take up his blade. Under this "change of the old and the new," the vast Asgardian realm, except for the first two days when it had the strength to resist, inevitably fell one by one in the pursuit of the swordsmen...
"This reminds me of a description."
"Ragnarok?"
"bingo"
It can be said that no matter how wonderful one imagines it to be, that wonderfulness is completely reversed after seeing the "Asgard Realm" in person.
As far as the eye could see, almost the entire land was ablaze. The sword lights that soared through the sky were like sharks swimming in the sea. They would swarm to any unusual light or sound, leaving behind a mess after a series of explosions before departing.
In this situation, even the combined power of several superheroes wouldn't dare to easily step forward. Superheroes are strong, but they no longer have a qualitative advantage against the current Swordholders, not to mention their sheer numbers—nearly 130,000 people, each capable of drowning them with a single spit.
With a grim expression, Thor looked at Asgard engulfed in war. Having just returned from the Rainbow Bridge, he did not see the Gatekeeper, but now it seemed that the Gatekeeper was in grave danger.
No description can compare to seeing it with one's own eyes. At this moment, Thor had the impulse and anger to rush forward regardless of everything, but in the end he did not do so—since the disappearance of Odin, the king of the gods, something called responsibility had been weighing heavily on his shoulders.
"Return to Asgard! The King of Gods is there, the warriors are there, Asgard has not yet been defeated!"
Black Widow breathed a sigh of relief after witnessing this scene. From her perspective, if Thor really went crazy and rushed up to challenge 120,000 people to a "one-on-one" fight, she really wouldn't be able to do anything. Fortunately, this Thor wasn't so reckless as to not even understand such basics. Although it was a bit of a slap in his own face, returning to Asgard immediately was the right choice.
The superheroes had no reason to refuse the choice of "host". Although their reasons for setting foot on this land were different, none of them intended to charge into Asgard's overwhelming sword light.
Marvel Universe: Chapter 860 Thor (Part 2)
As the warriors of Asgard made their way to the palace via a secluded shortcut, the group gained a new understanding of the current group of sword-wielders.
"If I remember correctly, six months ago these people were just fighting each other on the ground with iron weapons."
Watching hundreds of sword beams slant down from mid-air, tearing an empty house to shreds before disappearing, Iron Man's somewhat affected voice came from beneath his suit: "Now they can fight using particle projection weapons while riding anti-gravity levitation devices?"
"Anti-gravity levitation? Particle projection? What are those?"
"Don't mind Steve, that's just a figure of speech."
"Their growth is indeed too unusual... Perhaps they discovered something in Asgard?"
As he said this, he glanced at Thor, who had an unpleasant expression.
Although at least one uninhabited house was destroyed, the frustration of watching this scene unfold without being able to rush out still lingered in the heart of this proud Asgardian prince.
"Asgard does not possess such power, at least not to the extent I am aware of it."
"Did the mythical god-king Riodin have a treasure vault?"
“I’ve been inside, and there’s nothing like the ‘anti-gravity levitation’ or ‘particle projection’ you’re talking about there.”
"In other words, these are their own strengths."
Looking at the sword light streaking across the sky: "Ms. Natasha, perhaps we should go even faster? You know, what's even more unacceptable than a powerful opponent is that this opponent is getting stronger at a rate several times or even dozens of times faster than you."
"...I will report this to my superiors."
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The group traversed the battlefield and arrived safely at the foot of the sacred mountain, which was surrounded by rainbow light.
"This is Asgard, the palace of the gods. My father... Odin, the king of the gods, is inside."
Compared to other areas that were almost completely destroyed, Asgard, protected by the rainbow light, still retained its original complete form, which relieved Thor but also made him somewhat uneasy.
Although he kept saying that the God-King could not fall so easily, even he himself was somewhat uncertain. He was bound to face this war of invasion. It was an indisputable fact that Odin, the God-King who was the strongest in the Nine Realms, did not take action. And Asgard was the domain he directly governed, so it was really hard to believe that this situation would occur.
"Go inside. Whatever happened, you have to face it yourself."
"Hey, watch out!"
Steve shoved Thor aside as he approached the gates of Asgard, raised the shield he had been carrying on his back, and the next second, a sharp metallic scraping sound rang out.
As Steve was forced backward, the incoming magic sword trembled and spun backward, flying into the ground until the hilt disappeared. However, it quickly returned to the wielder's hand under his control: "So you really came."
"Damn it, it's you!"
Thor may not be very familiar with the other invaders, but he wanted to smash the murderer who killed one of the Warriors Three of Asgard right in front of him. However, at that time he did not understand the profound meaning of Odin's act of stripping him of his divine power. He could not even lift Mjolnir and could only watch the murderer leave. But this time it might be different!
Filled with rage and unbridled fury, Thor raised his thunder-encrusted hammer high and slammed it down on the swordsman in front of him.
Faced with this terrifying attack, the swordsman showed no intention of taking it head-on. Instead, as he fled on his magic sword, he taunted, "I'm not stupid enough to come and take down a bunch of high-level demons all by myself."
The falling lightning blasted a large hole in the ground in front of the celestial palace, but no one was amazed by the power of this son of the god-king anymore.
At some point, the area surrounding the celestial palace was surrounded by sword wielders, some riding flying swords and others forming sword incantations, all exuding a dangerous aura that could threaten them.
According to information brought by several swordholders who unexpectedly ended up on Earth in the United States, the operation ultimately determined by the "Blood Sea Sword" was not only aimed at the escaped "Son of God-King"—this information was learned from several captured Asgardian natives—but also at those "superheroes," or rather, demons, from Earth.
Just as the Avengers disapproved of the Swordholders' actions, the Swordholders themselves never felt any goodwill towards them. This time, with the opportunity to bypass the entanglements of various forces on Earth and resolve the situation directly, they certainly wouldn't let it pass. To prevent any imposters from being caught in the crossfire during this encirclement, "Blood Sea Sword," which had already reached the sixth level of Swordholder, set the entry threshold at the fourth level. Swordholders below the fourth level weren't even qualified to join. This is the main reason why the members of the Avengers, as a "gathering of heroes" of American superheroes, felt threatened.
A powerful adversary in a script can be defeated by various elements such as "courage," "wisdom," and "love," but a group of powerful adversaries may not be so easily defeated.
Faced with this situation, Black Widow had no choice but to speak up: "Are you planning to officially go to war with the United States?"
"This is Asgard, not America."
Without giving the level 10 agent a chance to continue entangled, he drew his magic sword, the "Blood Sea Sword," and thrust it out: "We are slaying the demons of Asgard, not anyone from Earth!"