The Destroyer Descends

The Warriors Three and Sif watched through the window as Thor was about to enter the hospital room.

Andrew immediately stopped them.

"Thor is thinking. Don't disturb him."

"Thinking? Thor can think?"

The Warriors Three immediately burst out laughing.

The Thor they remembered only needed to raise his hammer and bring it down to solve any problem.

The Warriors Three brushed past Andrew and pushed open the door.

Inside, Thor was flipping through an unfamiliar book, reading with great interest.

"Thor!" ×3

Thor turned toward the voices, his eyes lighting up. "Volstagg, Hogun, Fandral. What are you doing here?"

"Look who came with us."

The three stepped aside, and Sif walked forward from behind them.

"Sif!"

Thor was genuinely surprised. He had never expected everyone to come.

Then he asked, "Why are you here? I'm undergoing the trial Father gave me."

Sif hurriedly said, "Thor, this is all Loki's scheme. Loki is impersonating the king and is sending the Destroyer to kill you."

Thor immediately got to his feet, saying, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. He's my younger brother. I watched him grow up."

"He's the Evil God and the God of Lies," Volstagg murmured from the side. The other two nodded in agreement.

Rumble!

A tremendous sound suddenly came from the sky.

"The Destroyer is here!" Sif knew that the Destroyer had arrived on Midgard.

She grabbed Thor by both arms. "Thor, we'll hold off the Destroyer first. Hurry and restore your Divine Power."

After speaking, Sif looked at the Warriors Three.

The three warriors also came over and patted Thor on the shoulder one after another.

"We're going. Wait for our good news." The four immediately ran toward the sound.

Thor looked at Andrew, who shrugged.

"Let's go."

Outside town, Coulson was nearly deafened by the massive boom.

"What happened?"

"Sir, a giant robot has appeared outside town."

An agent immediately handed over a tablet.

"A robot?" Coulson took the tablet from the agent in confusion.

A bipedal robot was heading toward the town.

"Quick! Evacuate the civilians!" Coulson immediately gave the order, then made a phone call.

"There's a massive energy fluctuation on your end. What's going on?"

Before Coulson could speak, a demanding voice came from the other side.

"Director, I'll send you the video." Coulson moved quickly and immediately sent the footage over.

"Set up a perimeter and evacuate the civilians immediately. I'll figure something out. Also, find that man claiming to be Thor at once," Nick Fury ordered from the other end.

"Understood."

After ending the call, Coulson quickly grabbed an agent.

"Come with me."

Coulson arrived beside the hammer and waited quietly, though his palms had begun to sweat.

If Thor truly existed, then with the robot's arrival, Thor would definitely come to reclaim his hammer.

At that moment, Clint Barton's voice came through his earpiece.

"A car has arrived. Two people got out, and one of them is the guy who claimed to be Thor."

"Quick, let him in immediately."

The moment Thor got out of the car, someone approached him.

"Are you trying to stop me from lifting the hammer?" Thor's face immediately turned fierce.

"Follow me." The man merely said that before turning and running off.

Thor froze for a moment. Andrew gave him a push from the side. "Hurry up and follow him."

"Oh, okay." Thor immediately snapped out of it and hurried after him.

The two made their way through without obstruction and arrived beside the hammer. Coulson merely studied Andrew out of the corner of his eye, intending to investigate his identity afterward.

Smiling at them, Coulson saw Thor enter and immediately showed goodwill. "Quick, try and see if you can lift it."

Thor ignored him. Coulson was not offended and simply stepped aside, allowing Thor to quickly approach the hammer.

Reaching the hammer, Thor closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He gripped the handle tightly and drew in a huge breath.

"Rise!"

The hammer did not budge.

At that moment, another voice came through Coulson's earpiece.

"Sir, the robot has changed direction and is heading toward your location. At the same time, four people dressed in exotic clothing are holding it back, but..."

"But what?" Coulson could not help asking.

"They can only delay it for a little while," the agent said while looking through binoculars at the four battered figures.

"Understood."

Coulson began to panic. Judging from the robot's actions, the blond, muscular man before him was undoubtedly Thor from Norse Mythology.

Even if he was not Thor, he had to be some other god. At the very least, perhaps he was someone capable.

Watching Thor struggle, Coulson prayed, Please, you have to succeed.

Meanwhile, on a distant hillside, Nathan Hawke was using binoculars to watch the Warriors Three and Sif battle the Destroyer.

Behind him, Max Dillon had already equipped the Electro suit, specially prepared for him by Umbrella Corporation's weapons development department.

It combined absorption, output, and release, with added observation, impact, defense, and other functions.

The pitch-black equipment covered his body, while his eyes were shielded by goggle-like lenses.

After adjusting his eye gear, Max Dillon could clearly see the battle ahead.

"Boss, do you need me to go in?"

"No. We'll just watch."

The original plan had been to let the media enter, then have the superheroes save the day.

But because of the severity of the situation, S.H.I.E.L.D. had already set up a perimeter around the area. Perhaps because the media had breached it so easily last time, this defensive line was now airtight.

Andrew had been sent in because Thor needed protection at all times until he became Thor.

In the movie, Thor had nearly died. In some parallel worlds, Thor's story had also changed—some versions survived, some died, some were replaced, and some even changed sex.

Nathan Hawke did not dare gamble.

That was why he had sent Andrew.

Andrew's Psychic Power could protect Thor, whether by pulling his body out of danger, forming a psychic shield around him, or scattering rubble flying toward him.

Nathan Hawke's best all-around protection for Thor was to prepare him for joining the Superhero Project in the future.

Since Nathan Hawke had already made the arrangements, Max Dillon silently watched from behind, waiting for the order to join the battle.

On the battlefield—

"Hmph, just you lot?" A disdainful voice rang out.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The four Asgardian warriors were sent flying by Loki, who was controlling the Destroyer.

"HAHAHAHA! Look at you! Look at how pathetic you are!" Loki's lips curled upward as he entered full taunt mode. "Compared to a true god, your strength is nowhere close."

"Now, kneel and swear loyalty to me, and I will grant you the highest reward—the reward of Asgard's king, Loki Odinson."

Loki was immensely pleased. Seeing the four people who had always opposed him suffer at his hands made him extremely happy. And if they truly swore loyalty to him...

"HAHAHAHA!" At the thought, Loki burst into laughter.

Boom!

An explosion rang out, but the Destroyer remained completely unharmed.

"Oh? Does a firefly's body dare contend with a god?" Loki noticed Hawkeye drawing his bow and firing in the distance.

He controlled the Destroyer to fire an Energy Emission at Hawkeye, then stopped paying attention.

"I should see whether my dear brother is still dejectedly playing 'pull the radish.'" Loki sneered as he controlled the Destroyer toward the hammer.

"Boss, the robot is coming," an agent's voice came through Coulson's earpiece.

Coulson immediately said to the two of them, "Gentlemen, the robot is coming. We need to leave right away."

"No. I have to lift the hammer." Thor refused, continuing to grip the handle and pull upward with all his strength.

Coulson looked at Andrew, signaling for him to speak, but Andrew shrugged, indicating that there was nothing he could do.

With no other choice, Coulson glanced at them and quickly withdrew.

"I need your help." Thor looked at Andrew with a grave expression.

Hearing Thor ask for help, Andrew's lips unconsciously curled upward. "It would be my pleasure, my friend."

"I need you to delay the Destroyer." Thor released the handle, breathing heavily, then took a deep breath.

"No problem. I'm looking forward to the moment you become Thor and shine brilliantly. Max Dillon and I are with you." After saying that, Andrew stepped forward and patted him.

"Relax. Feel your state of mind. Think carefully—what it means to be a part of Asgard, to be the king's..." Andrew did not continue, because he could not remember too much of the prepared rhetoric.

These were lines Nathan Hawke had instructed him to use, more than fifty of them in total, tailored for different situations involving Thor.

"Thank you, my friend." Thor exhaled and looked at him gratefully. Then he stopped looking at Andrew, gripped Mjolnir, and closed his eyes. This time, he was no longer relying on brute strength alone.

Watching faint sparks of electricity flicker around Thor, Andrew smiled slightly and flew away.

"You cannot stop me!"

Loki looked at the Warriors Three and Sif desperately blocking his path. After snarling those words, he fired one Energy Emission after another at them.

Rumble...

"Hey, catch this, big guy." Andrew used Psychic Power to lift a huge boulder and hurl it at the Destroyer.

"What was that?" Loki did not even look. He controlled the Destroyer to raise a hand and blast the boulder apart.

Looking at the Warriors Three, Sif, Andrew, Electro, and Hawkeye drawing his bow in the distance as they surrounded him—

"You insignificant people really think you're figures capable of rivaling gods?"

The Destroyer unleashed its full firepower!

The thunderous blasts continued without end.

"Hawkeye, fall back." Hawkeye, who had been blasted away while dodging and landed face-first in the dirt, heard the Director's intermittent voice through his earpiece. "Understood."