"What? You thought you were the only one stalling for time?" Ultron sneered, as if everything were under his control.
"The remaining Vibranium is all down there. Its function is unclear." F.R.I.D.A.Y. sent the scan results before Tony's eyes. This control console led directly underground, at least two thousand meters deep.
"This is your Apocalypse, Tony.
This is the peace of my era."
As his words fell, countless mechanical soldiers crawled out from underground.
They appeared in every corner of the city and attacked civilians without restraint. Explosions and panicked screams instantly became the city's main refrain.
Ultron had given Tony no chance to stall for time at all. Caught off guard, he could only fly out of the church at once to help evacuate the civilians.
The mechanical soldiers surged in like a tide. Steve and Barton immediately joined the fight, clearing out the enemies before them as best they could.
Pietro charged at superhuman speed. As an impossible-to-track blur flashed past, a row of mechanical soldiers was torn apart into scattered pieces.
Wanda had no choice but to abandon the evacuation as well, but her combat skills were far more inexperienced. The protective barrier she raised to cover the civilians' retreat was blasted apart by several mechanical soldiers' energy cannons almost as soon as it formed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A rapid series of gunshots suddenly rang out. Like golden streaks of light, bullets tore bowl-sized holes through the chests of the mechanical soldiers.
With their cores destroyed, they immediately collapsed to the ground, the blue light in their eyes swiftly going out.
Wanda glanced back and saw Aaron shouldering a black Sniper Rifle, continuously pulling the trigger to ease the pressure on her.
"It's not too late to pull out now," Aaron's voice came through her earpiece. "I