Han Yu chuckled and patted the Planetary Thruster in front of him. When he usually forged things, he used it at no more than thirty percent power. Uru Metal was no ordinary material; clearly, even fifty percent power wasn't enough to melt it.
"Come on, full power!"
Han Yu smiled faintly, and the Planetary Thruster's flame surged. This was the first time he had seen it fire at one hundred percent.
As soon as the Planetary Thruster's flame flared, the space around it began to ripple faintly under its full power, despite the protective barrier Han Yu had already set up. It felt as though the barrier might shatter.
"This is bad. If this temperature keeps up, it might shatter my spatial protection!"
Han Yu raised both hands, sending countless specks of green light streaming toward the spatial barrier in front of him, reinforcing the protection.
Only after the temperature rose did the Uru Metal begin to melt slowly, though at an extremely sluggish pace. Han Yu left it alone, checked the strength of the spatial protection and how long it had been melting, and estimated roughly when it would finish. Then he began forging the other components.
Han Yu spent a full three days forging Ultron's body. Only after those three days did Wanda push open the workshop door and call out, "Han, there's news about Ultron!"
At Wanda's words, a flash of delight crossed the eyes of Han Yu, who had been working with his head down. He took out a Senzu Bean and tossed it into his mouth, chewing as he said, "Has he finally made his move?"
For the past few days, Han Yu had been forging Ultron's body in the workshop, while Wanda had been outside amusing herself and keeping an eye on everything happening online for him. As soon as there was news of Ultron or the Avengers, she was to come in and tell him.
When Han Yu came out of the room, Wanda asked, "Do you need me to come with you?"
"Sure. You can help the Avengers while we're at it. Having them owe us a favor wouldn't be bad either; we might need it later."
Han Yu smiled. He was just about to take Wanda out when the space beside him rippled and a figure stepped out. Seeing Han Yu and Wanda ready to leave, he smiled and said, "Are you going out? Where are you going? I'm coming too!"
"Pietro, so you finally remembered to come back. You were gone so long I thought you'd settled down over there."
Han Yu rolled his eyes. The man before him was Quicksilver, Pietro, who had been holed up in the world of Pirate King all this time.
Quicksilver also felt he had stayed over there a little too long. He had originally promised to work for Han Yu, only to run off and have the time of his life in another world. It left him rather embarrassed.
Quicksilver scratched his head and said sheepishly, "Well, this was a kind of training too. You have no idea—I've been sailing the seas with them for over a month. It was amazing!"
Wanda said in surprise, "A month? How could it be a month? You haven't even been gone a week."
"Really? How is that possible? I clearly remember boarding Ace and the others' ship on December first, and when I checked the time before coming back, it was already sometime in January."
Quicksilver sounded a little surprised. Had he seen a ghost?
"All right, stop guessing. Time in other worlds is different from ours. Sometimes time here is faster, sometimes it's slower over there, and sometimes the timelines run parallel. It's all perfectly common. Maybe when you see them again in a few days, another year will have passed for them."
As the owner of the general store, Han Yu stepped forward to explain. Only then did Wanda and Quicksilver nod, half understanding. They hadn't expected such a thing.
Han Yu said, "That works out, then. Pietro's back too, so let's all go together."
Quicksilver asked, "Where to?"
"To recruit someone!"
With that, Han Yu walked onto the balcony. There was no guardrail, so he leaped lightly onto the surrounding wall, Green Lantern Energy pouring out of his body.
Wanda stepped forward and did the same, though her Green Lantern Energy was mixed with quite a bit of red.
"Hey, wait for me!"
Quicksilver hurried after them. He hadn't been wrong; he really had gotten some training during that time.
Han Yu had intended to carry him along with his own Green Lantern Energy, but to his surprise, Quicksilver released Green Lantern Energy shot through with bright silver himself. It seemed he had done plenty of fighting in the world of Pirate King.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have become so skilled at using the Green Lantern Sub-Ring Han Yu had given him as a communication device.
Han Yu smiled with satisfaction. Quicksilver's ability to use the Green Lantern Sub-Ring so skillfully was a good thing. When he had first let Wanda and Quicksilver join, Quicksilver had practically been a free accessory thrown in with her.
Perhaps Quicksilver also knew how weak his combat power was compared with his younger sister's. If he continued doing nothing, the distance between him and Wanda would only grow wider.
Han Yu looked into the distance and laughed aloud. "All right, Green Lantern Squad, move out!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, three streaks of light, each a different color, shot into the sky. Their destination: Sokovia!
In Sokovia, Ultron had used the Vibranium he had stolen earlier to design a number of underground devices powered by Vibranium.
Several devices were evenly spaced underground around Sokovia. Once activated, they generated tremendous thrust, lifting three-quarters of Sokovia's city into the air.
And because of the Vibranium devices' special effect, the soil beneath Sokovia stuck together, keeping it from falling to the ground like a tray of loose sand once airborne.
Ultron intended to use Sokovia to create an "artificial meteorite." If a "meteorite" of such size struck the ground, the harm to humanity would be irreparable.
The Avengers had arrived in Sokovia long ago. While one side tried to figure out how to stop the island from rising, the other kept rescuing Sokovian residents who were still trapped.
"Captain, there are more and more enemies!"
Hawkeye's voice came over the Avengers' shared channel. The Avengers were fighting a grueling battle in Sokovia.
They had to rescue the civilians still trapped in Sokovia while also fending off attacks from Ultron's Iron Soldiers.
"Avoid fighting them head-on as much as possible. These guys are like cockroaches that just won't die, no matter how much you hit them. There's no end to them!"
Captain America hurled the Vibranium Shield in his hand, bouncing it off several objects to smash several Iron Soldiers apart.
As soon as the Iron Soldiers were shattered, green threads emerged between their broken limbs and connected the pieces, actually bringing them back to "life."
Captain America said, "Damn it, these robots can repair themselves. No matter how much we hit them, they won't die. We need to find Ultron fast. Does anyone have any news of him?"
"No, we still haven't found him."
Hearing that, Captain America's heart gradually sank. It was obvious at a glance that the enemy was strong and their side was weak, although the enemy's attacks weren't particularly powerful; Captain America had no trouble fighting ten of them at once.