Magic fall

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"In the distance, Thor carried the stunned Shavege, who had been knocked out by the shockwave, while Jane and Daisy hurried forward.

Along the way, Thor's expression changed several times, and he glanced at Jane by his side again.

As if sensing something, Jane also looked at Thor. What depth of emotion lay in those big eyes of hers?

Thor took a deep breath, his speed subtly increasing. If it weren't for Jane being here, he would have immediately turned around and fought that guy with all his might!

He was the heir to Asgard, destined to protect the Nine Realms!

But now? He was being guarded by the Midgardians instead, and this feeling was very uncomfortable for Thor.

What about his comrades who came to help him through the Bifrost? Thor had no idea. He could only sense the increasing power of the Destroyer!

Even though he was on the outskirts of the town, Thor could still feel the two extremely hot sources of energy in the town!

Those two monsters were like two small suns!

Thor gritted his teeth. He knew that even if he regained his godly powers and wielded the hammer of Thor, facing a Destroyer of this magnitude... at most, he could only delay the opponent.

As long as... as long as he could send Jane and them to a safe place, he would immediately turn back to the town.

If he could wield the hammer of Thor, combined with the mysterious armor 'Nightmare' from the Midgard, perhaps he could defeat the Destroyer!

Long before the force field was torn apart by the Destroyer, Andrei drove away from the town and arrived at the desolate desert outside the town.

Between the temporary base and the land in the middle of the town, there were a dozen or so cars parked. Coulson was standing in place, using a satellite phone to report the situation to the other side.

"Chirp!~"

Coulson hung up the satellite phone, his face full of anxiety as he walked towards the Humvee that had just stopped.

"Oh, Andrei, it's so good to see you safe and sound!"

Saying that, Coulson opened his arms, wanting to give the handsome man a hug.

Andrei bumped into him, his face full of confusion. "Why do I feel like what you said is a bit insincere?"

Coulson let go of him, leaning slightly backward. "Is it?"

"Maybe it's some illusion brought by the spy profession for me," Andrei shrugged, noticing Coulson was glancing behind him.

"What are you looking for? The young miss?"

The ghost-like voice made Coulson tremble inwardly, his expression unchanged. "The Umbrella family is influential, even forcing S.H.I.E.L.D. to deploy a task force to protect you all."

"Us?" Andrei chuckled immediately, turning to look at his comrades, grinning widely. "We are just extras, aren't we? The real important one is the young miss."

Coulson gave him a look. "For God, every life is precious."

"No, no, no, God doesn't bother to care if you live or die. Coulson, do you want to meet God?"

Coulson was taken aback by Andrei's words. "When I die on the battlefield."

"Andrei placed his palm on the other's shoulder, pulled him forward, and said with a serious expression, 'You'll only die on missions, without even a chance for people to mourn you. Your family won't even know why you died. You'll only live on in the hearts of a few, until time passes, and they, too, start to forget you.'

"Coulson stiffened, 'What do you mean?'

"'I'm just trying to point out that being a special agent is too dangerous and doesn't earn much honor,' Andrei glanced again at Coulson's head, crossing his arms as if pondering.

"'Do you ever think of switching to politics?'

"'Switch to politics?' Coulson shook his head hastily, 'I can't outplay those cunning politicians.'

"'The Emperor thought the same at the beginning.'

"'The Emperor?' Coulson looked puzzled, probing, 'The Polar Bear?'

"'Yeah,' Andrei sighed, 'Have you ever noticed any resemblance between yourself and the Emperor?'

"'Wait... you mean... I also have...'

"'Yes, indeed! Your head is also getting bald!'"

Coulson's eye twitched. He did feel a slight flutter earlier because Brooks, through the Umbrella Corporation, was focusing on cultivating political power within the United States. He thought perhaps his exceptional skills had been noticed by Umbrella and that he might gain a significant position, which could also benefit S.H.I.E.L.D. immensely.

Of course, it all sounded so wonderful, but! The mistake was that he almost believed that scoundrel Andrei!

"Okay." Coulson faced Mr. Umbrella Corporation Security, "Andrei, I'm not joking with you. Brooks is in the car, right?"

"The young miss?"

"Yes, your young miss, the little princess of Umbrella."

"Ah, you mean the young miss! Of course, she..."

Coulson was about to heave a sigh of relief when he heard Andrei draw out his words, "Isn't with us."

This time, Coulson, usually emotionally stable, not only felt his eye twitching but also his heart. Remembering what the Director had instructed him, he suddenly felt a chill. He hurriedly asked, "Where is she? Flew back to New York?"

"How's that possible?" Andrei waved repeatedly, "The young miss said she wanted to stay alone in the town and let us come here."

"Brooks said that... and you actually listened? You're her personal bodyguards!" Coulson looked utterly dismayed.

"No, I need to quickly request backup from the agency!" Just as he pulled out the satellite phone, Coulson vaguely felt something amiss. He stiffly turned back, "The shadow from before was the 'Nightmare,' right?"

Andrei nodded.

"Then its driver..."

"You haven't guessed it already?"

Coulson furrowed his brow, pacing, "We monitored the energy reaction just now. Apart from resorting to a missile ground attack, we'd need Stark's intervention."

"What about using a small-yield nuclear bomb?"

Coulson widened his eyes at him, "Are you out of your mind? I seriously doubt you got to be Umbrella Corporation Security Director using some unspeakable means."

"I'm just giving you a suggestion. Whether you use it or not is not my concern. Of course, if you really want to launch a nuclear bomb, please inform me in advance."

Coulson gave a wry smile, "Do you think nuclear bombs are vegetables? Does S.H.I.E.L.D. just launch them on a whim?"

"Your agency, being so big, don't you have any secret weapons?"

At Andrei's question, Coulson suddenly thought of the nearly completed helicarrier.

Glancing at Andrei without changing his expression, he said, "Do you think an overseas operative like me would know any classified information? I'm not a researcher."

"Oh!" Unexpectedly, Andrei retorted, "So, it seems your position in S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't high, huh?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Coulson was puzzled.

"Then we don't have much to talk about."

"Is there any direct factor present here?" Coulson asked with a furrowed brow.

"Reason? I'm the Security Director of Umbrella Corporation. How would someone like you from S.H.I.E.L.D. have common topics with executives?"

Coulson's mouth twitched. He knew Andrei wouldn't say anything good, but he still foolishly asked, blaming himself.

"Even people from vastly different social statuses can have common interests, right?"

"No, no, no," Andrei shook his head, "This isn't a story of a poor boy rising up or Cinderella turning into a phoenix on a branch."

"Well... even though I don't quite understand, I think I can roughly grasp the meaning."

"No, you don't understand." Andrei, taller, looked down slightly at Coulson, "I strongly suspect that S.H.I.E.L.D. sent you, a peripheral figure, to communicate with us at Umbrella Corporation because they don't regard us highly."

Coulson took a deep breath, "Okay, let's stop here, Andrei. I really don't have the mood to chat about these utterly pointless topics with you right now."

"Which of the two topics, the young lady and mushroom cultivation, is not worth discussing?"

"I'm talking about afterwards!" Coulson emphasized.

"Alright, let's leave it for later."

"Sir!"

A voice came from nearby, causing Coulson and Andrei to turn around and see a young agent jogging up to Coulson.

"What's going on?"

"The energy reaction has expanded again. It might not be very safe here."

Upon hearing this, Coulson immediately picked up the binoculars from his chest and looked towards the small town.

A flash of extremely bright light!

"How is it?" Andrei asked.

Coulson silently put down the binoculars, rubbed his eyes vigorously with his palms, shook his head, then looked back at Andrei, only to find that he appeared to have three heads!

He swallowed hard, remembering the image he had seen through the binoculars earlier: ruins everywhere, flames burning, and flat-roofed houses falling like dominos, one after another!

His voice was hoarse, "It seems we're really not very safe here."

Coulson's eyes were red, and Andrei narrowed his eyes. Andrei snatched the binoculars from Coulson's hand!

With his enhanced vision as an evolved being, coupled with the military-grade binoculars, Andrei could vaguely see a silver and a black entity colliding at high speed!

The energy fluctuations emitted by both entities could be felt even from where he stood, a palpable heat in the air.

"Should we retreat back?"

Coulson remained silent for a moment. "We'll stay here for now. If the energy reaction amplifies again, then we retreat."

Andrei stood still, looking towards the center of the small town. As a core figure in Anburella, he knew some information about the 'Nightmare.'

If they continued with such high-intensity fights without considering the cost, the 'Nightmare' wouldn't last long!

Near-earth orbit satellites could provide the 'Nightmare' with about three energy supplies.

If that person, the Destroyer, could still continue the fight...

Thinking about this, Andrei couldn't help feeling a surge of excitement! He knew that the young lady hadn't fully used her strength.

And this style of exhausting energy in direct confrontation to end the battle wasn't her typical approach.

If it was as he suspected... even Andrei could witness the young lady demonstrating her true strength in battle!

For a moment, Andrei's body trembled slightly with excitement!

Meanwhile, Coulson, standing next to Andrei, was startled and quickly took back the binoculars, enduring the discomfort in his eyes, and continued to look towards the town.

When the detector's response showed that the two energy sources hadn't diminished, Coulson finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Glancing at Andrei, he shook his head unsympathetically. "You nearly scared me just now!"

Andrei raised an eyebrow, "Why? Worried about the young lady?"

"It's the first time I've seen you, as a bodyguard, so indifferent."

"Thanks for the compliment, but even so, I'll still tell the young lady that you're interested in her."

"What?" Coulson was truly confused this time, and the subordinates around them seemed to be enjoying the show. Having worked under Coulson for so long, they were witnessing their usually serious boss displaying this kind of expression for the first time!

"You better not say anything like that. I have a girlfriend!"

"What?!" This time, Andrei's expression was even more exaggerated than Coulson's earlier one, with an incredulous look on his face. "You... you have a girlfriend?"

"I... I should have one soon."

Andrei squinted at him. "Any photos? Is she sexy? Pretty?"

"What are you up to?" Coulson immediately became alert. "You can't have your eyes on her!"

"Of course not, I just want to give you a nice green hat."

"A green hat? Apart from wearing a green hat festival, does it have any other special meaning?" Coulson frowned.

"Next time, you can have Fury send you to the countries around the Far East Hua nation. Then you'll know how good I've been to you."

"I feel like you have ill intentions."

"Save it. I didn't ask you to go deep into the Far East Hua nation."

"Come on, we at S.H.I.E.L.D. don't have any business over there. If I went, it would probably be a terrible trip."

"Isn't S.H.I.E.L.D. responsible for protecting the world? Why is it impossible to go to the Far East Hua nation?"

Coulson clasped his hands together and smiled. "Isn't Anburella also not aggressively expanding in that market?"

"It's different, Coulson. We just have a shortage in supplying the upstream of the industrial chain."

"Oh, perhaps you could buy them out, then fully leverage the advantage of a big capitalist and make a huge profit."

"In fact, we've acquired quite a few companies, but the virtual world is just too costly."

Coulson's mind stirred. "You still haven't opened up globally. Is it because of an energy problem?"

"Maybe." Andrei gave him an ambiguous answer.

Coulson didn't respond but thought about the cosmic cube that had been stolen earlier. It still hadn't appeared, as if it had completely vanished from this world!

There was a natural stir among the higher-ups in the organization. Even the East Asian boy who stole the cube that day was being thoroughly checked through the global population database by S.H.I.E.L.D., and it still hadn't been matched!

The person disappeared in the New York City area, and given the capabilities, it was almost certain to be a domestic force of the United States!

The other companies had all been investigated by S.H.I.E.L.D., except for Anburella and Stark Industries... they couldn't even breach each other's perimeter firewalls.