CHAPTER 116
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Fighting Juggernaut had taught me a valuable lesson, things could and would turn unpredictable one way or another.
Thor, my strongest ally had in a manner of minutes started to lose the battle against the avatar of Cyttorak.
I had only won because Juggernaut was basically mentally disabled, and outthinking him had been quite an easy task once I realized that.
But, what if the next avatar of Cyttorak was a bit more intelligent, if I was like I was now, I would most certainly die.
I needed to get stronger, but how?
Defeating Juggernaut had given a lot of power, but even then, I was still too short to match the likes of him, the likes of Thanos, and those were low-level players in the great scheme of things if they represented a threat, beings like Knull were so far out of my current reach I might as well beg for mercy.
Crafting would no longer do.
If I wanted to become stronger, I needed something else, something extra.
With that in mind, I commissioned a few things with Eitri, who at first was reluctant to help me, mostly because of how outrageous my commissions were.
But, with the help of Odin, and a few very compelling points, he accepted.
To which I was immensely glad.
Anyway.
In the end, Etri had accepted to craft two things for me, one, a weapon for me to wield which I desperately needed, which Thor had offered to pay for, and two a Destroyer factory.
Out of the two things I had asked. The Destroyer Factory Eitri would create for me, was the hardest thing to get, because of the implications this brought in the larger picture, but eventually, both Kings accepted under the condition I would use my own metal to craft the destroyers, meaning no Uru for me.
I was completely fine with that agreement, I had all the Adamantium one could ask for, and would soon find some Vibranium to add to the mix.
Needless to say, I would not get my Vibranium from Wakanda.
I would get it from the source.
From the place, the meteor that had struck Wakanda had come from.
How would I do that?
By tapping into the space stone.
If my suspicions were correct, connecting my powers to the space stone would expand my map to all in existence, for everything existed within a given space, then from there, it would only be a matter of finding the birthplace of the Vibranium.
Which I was confident would be remarkably easy after I had my map updated to the entire universe.
All I currently needed were three levels.
[STATS
Name = Alex Walker
Title = The Gamer
Occupation = Crafter.
Level = 217
EXP = 98%/100%
HP = 1,074,000/1,074,000
MP = 1,097,500/1,097,500
STR = 2500 (+1500) = 4000
VIT = 2148
DEF = 1899
DEX= 1875
INT = 2195
CHA = 756
WIS = 700
WILL = 1400
PER = 1289
LUK = 469
STAT POINTS = 550
MONEY: 14,548,142,752$
]
The required level to use the space stone was 220, meaning I was remarkably close.
Meaning that for now, I would focus only on getting those three levels alongside my golems, which if I pushed it through would get by the end of the week or so.
"Brother!" Thor shouted, bursting into my office through the ceiling… once again.
"Thor, what have we talked about?" I sighed, rubbing my temples.
"Not to break anything in your house?" Thor asked, and I nodded.
"So, why did you not use the door?" I asked, pointing at the perfectly usable door.
"Well… this is technically not your house… so… you know, grey areas and such," Thor replied with an innocent smile.
"I… never mind, I am wasting my time," He would never learn how to stop breaking stuff, I can't fix what he has learned in 1500 years, "So… what are you doing here?" I asked, already imagining my construction company wondering why my ceiling had a hole and burnt marks all around it.
They probably think I am crazy or something.
"Well, I wanted to ask you, what weapon do you fancy?" What weapon do I fancy, well ain't that a good question.
"To be honest, I have no idea," I replied scratching my head at the thought, what weapon would go well with my fighting style? A sword? No, I sucked at them, perhaps a whip? Maybe, whips are known for generating many times more force than the user can generate, so it could be a good idea, "A whip maybe?"
"A whip?" Thor tilted his head humming, "Maybe…" and just like that he was gone as Heimdall opened the bridge for him… in my office.
"Bye?" I sighed, looking at the markings on the floor, now my construction company was going to think I was satanic or something.
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[Alexander Pierce - Hydra POV]
Our plan had failed.
Terribly may I add.
Alex had countered our weapons by capitalizing on his stupidity.
And had once again, delayed our plans a few decades, but not to worry, eventually, he would fall.
"Start the next operation, the Wolverine," I ordered one of my agents as I walked to my office.
"Yes, sir, we find the mutant as fast as possible," Wolwerive while weaker than Juggernaut, was vastly more intelligent, and immortal, with a few added modifications he would prove a valuable asset to our cause, eliminating Alex Walker.
"You will not," A voice said, followed by the sound of a loud thud, as if a bowling ball had fallen into the ground, but unlike a bowling ball, this sounded soggier, immediately I turned around, to find not only the agent I had just talked to death on the floor, his head decapitated but everyone else in the base.
The once white and black room coated with blood and other body parts, painting a bloody work of art.
In front of me, stood a woman, around twenty or so years old, smiling at me in a sweet yet terrifying manner.
"Who are you?" I asked, and she giggled.
"Who are you, why are you doing this? Blah blah, they always ask the same questions, the wrong ones," The woman sighed, seemingly disappointed with what I had just said.
"What is the right question then?" I asked, buying as much time as possible, as I slowly reached for my gun.
"Well, that's a new one," The woman giggled once again, taking a seat on a blood-coated chair, index finger pressing to her lips as she hummed, "Well, I guess it would be, what did you do to become my enemy?"
"I don't know you," I replied, had we perhaps attacked her family, it could be, it was plausible enough.
"Oh but you do," The woman replied, "Not like this though, but you do know me, and well, you have been a very… very naughty man,"
Finally reaching my weapon, I aimed at her but my and body stopped, "What…" I mumbled, my body paralyzed by some sort of invisible force.
"What what?" The woman mocked, "Oh you silly goose," she booped my nose with her blood-covered finger in a lively manner, "The moment you saw my face, you achieved absolute death, there is no point in fighting it."
"Hydra will stand once again, you kill one head…" All of the sudden, I couldn't speak.
"I know, I know, hydra and their mythos, boring," The woman rolled her eyes, "The thing is, there are no more necks for a single head to grow," she grinned sending a shiver down my spine, "It took some time, but I killed every single last survivor,"
"Impossible!" Once again, I could talk, it appeared the woman was controlling my body with some sort of power, if only I could put her a mutant suppressant collar, we would get a valuable asset against that man, but unfortunately she killed everyone.
"Impossible?" The woman snorted, "You guys only had two bases, that's basically a snack for me, nothing like the old days, hundreds of bases…" she giggled, "Walker walked all about you,"
"So you are his ally?" I scoffed, when all of the sudden, I saw one of my agents move, there was a chance.
"More than that," The woman answered in a cryptically sweet manner, the little bastard was enjoying toying with me, "Anywho… time to die, so… any last words?"
"Yes," I smiled, "Welcome to Hydra," as soon as I said this, the agent that had somehow survived put the collar on her, neutralizing her powers, effectively releasing me from her grasp.
"One survived?" The Woman muttered in panic, good, she would soon learn to obey.
I chuckled, "It seems you got overconfident little girl,"
"Hahahahahahaha," She… was laughing?
"You think… I'm a mutant? Oh god, I wanted to play this charade a bit longer, but… look at you, all high and confident cuss of this little bitty collar?" I looked at the woman, and took a step back, witnessing in terror how she destroyed the mutant suppressing collar with some sort of invisible force.
Then, with her neck free of any restraint, she turned around and with a smile, eviscerated the last agent alive with a wave of her hand, "I left him alive to make a point you know?"
"What point?" I asked, my hands trembling.
"If you haven't got the point yet…" She giggled, approaching me with a disappointed look, "Well, there is no point in explaining it," and with that said, she killed me, ending Hydra once and for all, and leaving me with one question, just who the hell was her?