An alien pirate had discovered a planet-destroying weapon...
To be honest, every Avenger present instantly went into combat mode. Nearly all of them instinctively assumed that the Nova Corps had failed to stop him, and Earth was about to face such a terrifying enemy.
But the outcome was much better than that. At the cost of disregarding losses and casualties, the Nova Corps had successfully destroyed that horrifying weapon. Then Roman Dey, a Centurion of the Nova Corps, had pursued that damned interstellar pirate leader despite his injuries.
By the time he had driven his target to Earth, he too had reached the end of his strength.
After hearing Roman's story, Captain fell silent for a moment before asking Roman a question.
"Is anyone waiting for you to return?"
Roman's artificial intelligence fell silent for a moment.
"My... more precisely, Roman still has many comrades, as well as a wife and daughter waiting for him to return."
Richard looked at Roman's artificial intelligence, then shifted his gaze to the Nova helmet. "Then perhaps... perhaps I should give this back..."
"No. Zoe is the priority. Although this cosmic pirate has lost nearly all his outside support and landed in this world alone, he is still extremely dangerous."
Roman's artificial intelligence looked at Richard. "Richard Rider, Worldmind calculated that you are the person most suited to this helmet. I trust its judgment. Having told you everything, I need you to save your world."
In that instant, Richard suddenly understood what Spider-Man had told him before. In the blink of an eye, he had gone from "a lucky kid who found a helmet that gave people superpowers" to "the inheritor of a noble warrior's legacy."
After his death, a hero had seemingly tossed all his power and responsibility onto Richard as though it