As for the Special Services Bureau, Hydra's commandos, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armed agents...
They were all units with the highest budgets, the first to receive the latest weapons and equipment, and the best treatment and salaries.
Their loyalty was certainly much higher than that of the National Guard. Even when faced with a situation where death was all but certain, they would still rescue their superiors without hesitation...
Or rather, their masters.
Beneath the monument.
A group of commandos and agents dressed in suits attacked Heros with pistols, while also aiming at William and the others.
But the result was just as ineffective.
"Bzzzt~! Bzzzt~!"
The various pistol bullets were all blocked by the Divine Stance generated by Keisha. Like Neo stopping bullets with one hand in The Matrix, the rounds simply "floated" in midair.
Heros, on the other hand...
This demigod, dozens of times stronger than Ares had once been, completely ignored those attacks that were no more threatening than BB pellets and walked straight to the edge of Keisha's Divine Stance.
He asked William, "Grandpa, is there anything else you need me to do?"
Grandpa...
Hearing Heros's question, William's expression darkened considerably. He felt as if he had somehow become the grandpa from Calabash Brothers...
Still, he did not blame him too much. He had long since gotten used to it.
"Good boy." William responded by calling him grandson as well. With both hands behind his back, he smiled at Heros and said:
"For now, just stand there and don't move. You don't need to deal with those annoying fellows. Just wait for my next order."
"Yes." Heros stood outside the stance and obeyed the order, continuing to ignore the pistol rounds fired at him.
"Rat-a-tat-tat!"
At that moment, the Hydra forces, Special Services Bureau agents, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armed