The Destroyer fell from the sky over New York like a meteor, carrying a blazing trail of propulsion flames as it slammed headlong into the bustling heart of the city.
Starting from New Mexico in the west, passing through Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Okhotsk, and Pennsylvania before finally reaching New York, the Destroyer's acceleration had reached a terrifying speed.
Piercing emergency alarms sounded from military bases across every state, but they had no way to dispatch fighter jets capable of catching up.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjets were already among the finest fighter jets in the world, yet the Destroyer still destroyed them with ease, inflicting devastating losses.
At the same time, the Destroyer was so fast that fighter jets from those military bases had only just taken off when they could no longer even chase its shadow. They could only follow the trail it had left behind toward New York.
"Its target is New York!"
"It's charging toward the Super Technology Building."
"Our fighter jets can't descend into the city to fight."
"Sir, it has a purpose!"
More than a dozen F-22 Raptor fighter jets, F-35 multirole fighter jets, F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets... fighters of every kind from military bases in different states circled in the distance beyond New York.
The military had been caught off guard and had no immediate answer for the Destroyer, though they secretly began preparing more powerful air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles.
"It's heading for New York's Super Technology Building?"
The president, sitting in the Oval Office of the White House, was stunned for a moment.
Why target the Super Technology Building?
Nothing could happen to He-El!
"Send the most elite forces to save He-El! All of them—the most elite forces! His safety must be guaranteed!
"He cannot die!"
For the first time in New York's