Mage Iron Man VS Mech

Hammer Industries, Stark Industries' shoddy imitator;

Justin Hammer, Tony Stark's shoddy imitator.

At that moment, he was grandstanding in Hammer Industries' exhibition hall at the Expo.

"Ladies and gentlemen, for too long, our nation has sent brave soldiers into danger.

"Then Iron Man appeared. We thought we would no longer lose lives.

"But now, the United States military has a new face: the Hammer Iron Soldiers!"

As thunderous applause erupted, rows of Iron Soldiers rose from the lifting platforms.

Elsewhere, Ivan Vanko, who had been looking down at his phone, watched the footage transmitted by the Iron Soldiers.

He looked up, handed the phone to Doctor Pym, and smiled. "Doctor Pym, the opportunity has arrived."

Doctor Pym frowned. He did not quite understand what opportunity Ivan Vanko meant.

He reached out and took the phone.

The Expo had already become a field of ruins, and Iron Man was doing his best to stop the Hammer Iron Soldiers.

On the screen, Iron Man darted and weaved among a group of Hammer Iron Soldiers.

Whenever he could not evade an attack and was hit, an Energy Shield appeared over his armor's surface, effortlessly blocking the blow.

A Mechanical Energy Cannon in his right hand, a small Portal in his left.

Every strike landed precisely on the Energy Reactors in the Iron Soldiers' chests.

"I heard quite a lot of people attended this Expo."

Ivan Vanko wore a faint, ambiguous smile.

"Tell me, will Tony Stark protect them, or preserve himself?"

Ivan Vanko looked toward the Whip Mech.

"To defeat Tony Stark, those Iron Man Armors alone won't be enough. It has to be you."

The moment he finished speaking, the Whip Mech, originally just over five meters tall, rapidly expanded under the effects of Pym Particles.

Until it stood around 120 meters tall.

"Set off, Pym..."

Bang!

A faint explosion sounded from Ivan Vanko's chest.

Before Ivan Vanko could finish, he clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground, bleeding from all seven orifices as he died.

"Sorry, Ivan Vanko. I don't believe that if you had the chance to kill Tony Stark, you would spare him."

After coldly glancing at Ivan Vanko's corpse, Doctor Pym headed for the Whip Pym Mech's cockpit.

His frequent visits to Ivan Vanko during this time had not been for nothing.

He alone was enough to pilot the mech in battle.

Boom!

The Pym Mech rose into the air, flying toward the Expo amid a tremendous roar and howling winds.

Mm, it was here.

Russell, who was controlling the situation from a corner of the Expo, looked up toward the incoming mech, his eyes shining.

One hundred and twenty meters?

Then it's happily decided.

After this battle, you'll be my mount.

From now on, you'll be called the Russell Mech.

With another wave of his hand, Russell saved another person.

It was not that Russell was shedding crocodile tears, allowing the Hammer Iron Soldiers to wreak havoc while rescuing people from the sidelines.

He could see through human souls and distinguish good from evil.

Those who did not deserve to die would not die in front of him.

Even if Mephisto came, it would not help. Russell said so.

Tony could testify to that.

Although he could not account for differences in stance such as someone being a hero to one side and an enemy to another.

But Russell was not American, so why should he care?

Under his control, although the scene had been reduced to ruins, the number of deaths and injuries was not high.

Crack!

Accompanied by a sonic boom, the Pym Mech punched Iron Man in the back—an ambush!

If it had been Ivan Vanko, faced with such a perfect opportunity, he would probably have greeted him with several oversized missiles and Energy Cannons.

But Doctor Pym was different. His goal was not to kill Tony directly.

Boom!

Iron Man was smashed toward the ground.

At the critical moment just before he struck the ground, a Portal leading into the sky opened.

Tony reacted in time and gained enough time to bleed off the force. He did not hit the ground directly, and the armor was not severely damaged.

Turning around, Tony could not help but freeze for a moment when he saw the enormous mech.

Pym Particles?

"J.A.R.V.I.S., scan the mech in front of me. Find its energy core or cockpit."

"Yes, sir."

Faced with the giant mech, Tony chose to fight a mobile battle. He focused on evasion and refused to confront it head-on.

Inside the mech's cockpit, Doctor Pym was growing irritated.

His mech's power, speed, size, durability, firepower, and energy output all surpassed Tony's armor.

But Tony had Portals.

And he was extremely proficient with them.

Several times, Doctor Pym had failed to pull back in time, allowing Tony to use Portals to slice off parts of the mech.

Fortunately, the mech was large enough and had backup circuits, so its operation was not affected.

In truth, Tony's Portals still had a slight delay, which could expose openings in close combat.

It was just that Doctor Pym's delay was even worse.

After all, he was old, and his reaction speed had declined.

On top of that, Doctor Pym's proficiency in piloting the mech and his ruthlessness were both insufficient.

At the very least, he was far inferior to Ivan Vanko.

If Ivan Vanko had been piloting the mech, Tony would not have been so easily toyed with using Portals.

If Tony realized the situation was wrong and wanted to open a Portal to escape,

Ivan Vanko would definitely have decisively used the other people at the Expo to threaten Tony.

He would have punched at the Expo survivors and seen how Tony chose.

After a long struggle, Tony found an opportunity and closed in on the Pym Mech.

He flew along the mech's body until he reached the cockpit.

A Portal two people tall and one person wide opened.

Tony pushed the Portal forward, cutting open the mech's cockpit and teleporting Doctor Pym inside it into the air.

"Ground chicken, enjoy your slow free fall!"

Tony cursed inwardly from inside his armor.

"Doctor Pym, you've lost again. Give up resisting. If you surrender, I can get you a good lawyer and try to reduce your sentence by a few years."

With victory in hand, Tony began to taunt him.

"Oh, I forgot. You're old. Even if your sentence is reduced by a few years, you still won't get out."

Doctor Pym did not say a word in response to Tony's mockery.

Even in such a desperate situation, he would not give up.

At that moment, Tony had a headache as well.

He did not know how many Pym Particles Doctor Pym still had, so he did not dare approach him to disarm him.

"Doctor Pym, take off your suit and hand over all your Pym Particles. Otherwise..."

Tony held out his hand, energy gathering in his palm.

He locked onto Doctor Pym, who repeatedly passed through the Portal in free fall, his killing intent chilling.

Russell, who was watching from the side, was starting to get a headache.

How did Doctor Pym even pilot a mech? Did he know how to play?

He had actually let Tony win.

In Russell's plan, Tony was supposed to be defeated and captured.

Doctor Pym would teleport Tony into the Quantum Realm.

Then he would rescue him and fight Mephisto.

But after being ambushed and struck by that punch, Tony engaged in a mobile battle and took control of the situation.

Then he seized an opportunity, broke open the cockpit in one stroke, and subdued Doctor Pym.

Russell was miserable.

Doctor Pym kept making terrible moves, Doctor Pym fell into a disadvantage, Doctor Pym was steadily pushed back.

Doctor Pym turned the tables from a passive position!

The Pym Mech, whose cockpit had been carved out and which had stood motionless after losing control,

quietly extended a gun barrel and fired a specially made bullet—Pym Particles.

Just as the bullet was about to hit him, Tony reacted and moved to dodge.

But in the next instant, the bullet accelerated.