"Their defenses were this weak?"
Natasha easily took out two grunts and looked at the enemies gradually emerging across the battlefield, somewhat puzzled.
"We seem to have broken through their defenses rather easily."
Hawkeye Clint casually fired an explosive arrow, destroying a tank as he spoke calmly.
Mark 46 flew past the castle stairs, taking out several enemies preparing to reinforce their allies.
"Anyone want to make a speech? The Captain told us not to swear..."
"Enough, man...!"
Captain Steve, riding a massive Harley, performed a forward flip and flung the motorcycle away.
It smashed an enemy armored vehicle.
He had finally experienced the power of Tony's mouth firsthand.
"Call it a slip of the tongue."
The castle's anti-aircraft guns and long-range missiles continued firing.
Though Tony nimbly dodged them, the shells followed their momentum and landed one after another in the distant town.
Civilian homes repeatedly collapsed under the bombardment.
The refugees screamed as they fled for their lives.
"They're still attacking the town!"
JARVIS reported the situation.
"I knew Strucker wouldn't care whether civilians lived or died... Deploy the Iron Legion!"
A group of intelligent robots rose from another mountain valley, swept over the castle, and flew toward the town.
They landed in the square beneath the resentful gazes of refugees ravaged by war.
"This area is unsafe. Please leave immediately. We are here to provide assistance..."
The Avengers emblem was painted across the Iron Legion's chests, and their mechanical voices echoed through every corner of the square.
Yet they received no understanding from the people.
The civilians loudly voiced their grievances against the Avengers at the robots.
"Avengers! Go home..."
"Get out!"
"You're not welcome here!"
"You're the real disaster!"
The local people's resistance toward the Avengers stemmed from several factors.
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