Chapter 681
The Aether disappeared around the corner, but Dio didn’t have time to chase it as he had to focus on Stephen’s resurrection first. After a while, Stephen that had already been cleaved in two suddenly opened his eyes. Dio sighed in relief as he didn’t have to think about the guilt of killing Stephen anymore. Furthermore, because Stephen was resurrected, he was no longer under the control of the Mind Stone.
“Looks like I owe you once again,” Stephen said while holding his head from shame. He remembered everything that happened, so he was ashamed of what he had done earlier.
“That’s alright, but can you help us out right away?” Dio said as he pulled Stephen to his feet. Dio didn’t even say anything about the state Stephen was in before he was resurrected, as Dio didn’t need Stephen thanking him more than this.
Stephen began to look around as he didn’t have the complete information about their situation, but he was confused as he saw something that shouldn’t be here anymore. “Where are we, and why is Vision still alive? Didn’t that woman already take his Mind Stone?” Stephen asked confusedly.
“Generally speaking, we don’t have much time to tell you about everything that has happened so far! This is our last chance to get our hands on those Infinity Stones!” Dio said solemnly. He didn’t know whether Thanos had already got his hands on the Soul Stone or even taken the Power Stone from the worm king, but Dio had to always assume for the worst!
Stephen nodded as he was an intelligent man. He knew they didn’t have much time for catching up and thus followed Dio’s word. But now that he had lost his Time Stone, Stephen was in a pickle. Perhaps, Dio noticed that Stephen was overwhelmed, so Dio began to direct Stephen regarding what he needed to do first.” Did you see those portals? Your task, for now, is to close as many portals as you can and save your Sorcerers comrade on your own.” Dio said as he pointed his fingers towards one of those portals that allowed the Chitauri to slip into Wakanda.
Stephen began to look around and nodded his head before floating with the help of his cloak and flying towards the nearest sorcerer. Stephen expressed his gratitude as he flew. He didn’t want Dio to hear his gratitude so clearly as he was as prideful as Tony.
Dio smiled as he heard it and immediately focused his attention on searching for the woman once more. Meanwhile, the woman was injured, and she was healing her wounds by wrapping the Aether particle to his wound. She didn’t know where to hide anymore, so she took her time to recover her health back.
The power of Reality Stone was really problematic as she could do anything that she could imagine with it. She could create anything, including a bunch of illusions if she ever desired it. Such a powerful relic was wasted on Malakith’s hand as he didn’t have much imagination to bring out the Reality Stone’s power true power.
But still, Dio was thankful to Malakith for further advancing the Dark Elves technology, as Dio was enjoying the Dark Elf’s tech for himself now! The Dark Battleship was the main tech that has become irreplaceable in Dio’s arsenal.
Now that Stephen was back to normal, the portals were immediately closed one after another. Almost all sorcerers were shocked by an electric current and fainted, causing the portals to close on their own. He also sent the sorcerers towards the Mirror Dimension to avoid more casualties in this war.
But Dio had to say that it immediately relieved the pressure on the frontline! The self-destructing soldiers began to dwindle as the Chitauri had a tough time entering Wakanda after the portals were closed.
Hadn’t it for Wanda and Quicksilver who kept saving the Wakandan Soldier from the explosion, the Wakanda Army would have been reduced to ashes right now.
Now the only hero that looked pathetic on the battlefield was, in fact, Steve himself! His shield was not in its best condition right now as it was broken after tanking the enemy’s explosion earlier. Of course, Steve’s hand-to-hand combat ability exceeded everyone on the battlefield, but there was only so much he could do in such a situation!
Take T’challa, for example. His Black Panther Suit allowed him to make such a reckless maneuver on the battlefield while destroying as many Chitauri Army as he could. He even ignored the explosion from the Chitauri suicide bomber as his Black Panther suit allowed him to. T’challa was very angry to see his beautiful Wakanda was razed by these aliens!
The enemy explosion could fully fill the energy storage on the Black Panther Suit and thus making T’challa even more dangerous! The Vibranium materials were a good energy absorbent and so, in the war where energy weapon was the norm, T’challa easily became the best fighter!
In comparison, Tony and Scott that also used technology at their disposal, couldn’t act as recklessly as T’challa. Tony surely had firepower at his fingertips, and he did suppress the enemy’s movement as he flew in the sky. The Chitauri might not seem like a threat for him right now as the fliers were weak, but still, he had to keep his vigilance as he couldn’t summon that many armours to Wakanda.
Ant-Man himself kept beating the enemy in his giant form, but even if it were such an easy task for him to squish the enemy with his feet, he still had to be careful as it was easy for the enemy to injure him. But surely, in terms of raw power and destructive ability, no one could surpass the Hulk!
The enemy could self-destruct, and even though it was really annoying, it wouldn’t do much to Hulk’s tough and thick skin! It would just anger the Hulk further at best!
The suicide bombing simply made the Hulk roar in anger every time they rammed themselves into him, and this anger bolstered Hulk’s strength, creating another round of slaughter. This cycle would be repeated several times, and the Hulk’s anger has reached boiling points!
At this time, the Hulk would be so much stronger than normal that Thor wouldn’t be able to stand a single punch that the Incredible Hulk threw at him!