205 Chapter 205
"Susanoo!" I called out quickly right before the car hit us!
-500 MP
A purple skeleton wrapped itself around all three of us. The car impacted directly against the giant ribcage and promptly exploded in a ball of flames. The interior of the restaurant was ripped to shreds. Pretty much everything was busted or on fire.
"Are you OK, Frigga?" I asked her.
"I'm fine. Thank you for the save. That would have hurt." Frigga said while looking at the burning wreckage around us. She was only Level 42 after all. Her level had slowly been rising ever since Odin fell. It seemed like he was suppressing her powers for some reason when I first met her. Possibly so she didn't overthrow him?
"I'm fine too, thanks for asking." Hestia pouted.
I laughed. I wasn't worried about Hestia. She could probably tank a nuke to the face. She currently looked cool as a cucumber and was munching on her biscuit.
My Susanoo disappeared and the three of us stepped out of the remains of the Cafe. I was surprised that we didn't hear any screaming from people nearby. An explosion like that should have drawn quite a bit of attention. Everyone nearby really was gone.
I was also wondering who was strong enough to throw an entire car at us?
A group of four people walked up to us. I only recognized one of them, and even then, I had only met him once briefly. As for the other three, they vaguely resembled their actors from my previous life.
Jessica Jones - Level 26
Danny Rand - Level 20
Luke Cage - Level 33
Matt Murdock - Level 19
"You have got to be shitting me…" I mumbled in disappointment. I thought we were about to get attacked by somebody cool.
"Do you recognize these four?" Frigga asked me.
"It's the Marvel B-team…" I said in disappointment.
"B-team?" Frigga repeated. "What is that?"
"Imagine the world's mightiest heroes. Me, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, The Hulk, and a few other awesome heroes. Imagine we're off on an awesome mission saving the world. These are the guys that are left behind holding down the fort…" I said with a deadpan while gesturing forward.
Frigga snorted. "So these are basically the Midgardian version of the Warrior's Three then? Why are they attacking us?" She asked.
I had no idea. I tried calling out to them to find out. "Why are you all attacking us? And Danny, you never gave me a call about The Hand!" I added.
None of them responded to me. They just stared blankly forwards. They weren't even really looking at us.
Clap, Clap, Clap…
A man emerged from a nearby alley behind the four of them. He was walking slowly while clapping.
[What a drama queen…]
Whoever this guy was, he was just waiting in that dirty alley for me to ask that question so he could come out dramatically…
Zebediah Killgrave - Level 15
The man finished his slow clapping and smiled at us. "Exquisite! You are truly exquisite, Layla of the Fallen! The moment I saw you one TV for the first time, I knew I had to have you! I knew that you were strong though, so I assembled a small team to face you. They are quite the resilient force I assure you." He said while gesturing to the group of four in front of him.
First of all, did this guy not just here me call them the B-Team? Second of all, he was here for me!? In this D-list villain's dreams!
"You have all of them under mind control?" Frigga asked him.
Killgrave grinned wickedly. He snapped his fingers dramatically. "You got it in one, beautiful! I have no idea who you are, but you're a perfect specimen too. I'll be adding you to my collection as well. Along with that short cute girl behind you!" He said and finally pointed to Hestia.
[How is this idiot even alive!?]
Hestia was just standing behind us munching on some more biscuits. His Level was so far under her radar that she probably placed him on the same level as an amoeba.
He mistakenly took our silence as fear and grinned at us wickedly. He spread his arms wide. "The name's Killgrave! I'm the man that gets whatever he wants in this world! No one can resist my charms!"
"…" The awkward silence was palpable after that introduction.
"Damn, I wish we took Artemis with us now. She could have permanently turned this loser into a goat or something." I said.
Hestia giggled. "Artemis stopped turning people into goats a few hundred years ago. Zeus kept having sex with them."
"...What?"
[…What?]
That's a horrifying picture I'll never get out of my mind!
Killgrave glared at us when we started ignoring him. He pointed to the three of us with a scowl. "Get them slaves! I will have these women!"
"Do you want to fight or should I?" I asked Frigga.
Frigga blushed. "I'll admit that I'm currently a bit out of shape. I'll let you do the fighting…"
I shrugged and stepped forwards to see what the B-team could offer. It wasn't much…
The first one to run towards us was Daredevil. He ran up to me and tried to punch me in the face. I didn't even bother dodging his punch. His fist struck my cheek and I heard a crunching noise. He broke his hand on my face.
That's about what I expected to happen. He has super senses, but he doesn't have super strength.
Daredevil stumbled backwards while clutching his broken hand in pain.
Killgrave scowled. "Ironfist! Show her the power on K'un Lun! Aren't you the greatest warrior!?"
Danny Rand ran forward and his right hand glowed golden. He threw out what I suspected was his strongest punch. I raised my hand to catch the blow. A loud bang echoed across the small street we were in.
-1 HP
Daredevil clutched his ears in pain and fell to the floor from the loud noise.
"The power of the Iron Fist…is lacking." I said honestly. My hand stung a tiny bit, bit that was all. That 1 HP replenished instantly. I swung my own hand and lightly slapped Danny across the head. He collapsed to the floor unconscious…
Or he was dead…
I didn't really care either way. I could just revive him if I accidentally killed him.
Killgrave was now scowling at me furiously. "Attack her together!" He commanded.
Luke Cage and Jessica charged forwards at the same time. They had the highest levels and I was hoping they'd put up a slightly better struggle than the first two guys did.
The street cracked under Luke Cage as the large man rushed at me. His large fist swung downwards and I raised my arm to block it.
-5 HP
The ground cracked under my feet from the force of his hit. I'd put his strength somewhere in the 100s. He wasn't bad honestly.
He tried to punch me again, but I struck my leg forwards and kicked him hard in the stomach. His body folded inwards and he went flying backwards into the building in front of me. His body slammed into the bricks and left a cartoonish indent into the wall.
Jessica tried to kick me in the side but I caught her foot mid kick. Her strength was higher than Iron Fist, but lower than Luke's was.
I was more gentle when I knocked her unconscious. I pointed my finger at her temple and knocked her out with a small pulse of Light Energy.
[I'm sure that has nothing to do with here being a pretty girl…]
I will shamelessly admit that it absolutely did.
Killgrave was now the last guy standing. He was looking around in shock that his elite team got bodied in under 30 seconds.
He stomped his foot on the ground like a child. "NO! NO, NO, NO!! You can't be this strong!" He yelled pitifully. "And why haven't my pheromones worked on you yet! We're close enough that you should be under my control by now!" He spat out.
That was his whole gimmick if I recalled. He could mind control anyone who breathed in his pheromones.
That was a gross ability and I had actually been holding my breath this whole time. Even though I knew it couldn't work on me, I still didn't want to breathe in anything that came from this creep…
I raised my hand and prepared to summon a Lightspear to finish this guy off.
Before I could though, Hestia passed by me and walked forwards towards Killgrave. "I thought you didn't like fighting, Hestia?" I called out behind her.
"This isn't fighting." Hestia replied without turning around. Instead of running away, Killgrave actually stood there in confusion as Hestia placed her hand on him. There was a flash of golden light and I had to momentarily shut my eyes.
"Baaaaaaaaah!"
[No way! She didn't…]
When I opened my eyes, Killgrave was no longer in front of Hestia. In his place was a very confused goat that was screaming loudly.
Hestia turned back to us and smiled. "Too bad my little brother is dead now…" She said with a shrug before she started giggling.
I rolled my eyes at her dark humor while looking around. I now had four unconscious sort-of superheros to deal with. I couldn't exactly leave them here all battered and bruised.
I let out a sigh…
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