Dago coldly released his grip and tossed Thor, missing an eye and unconscious on the brink of death, onto the ground as if throwing away trash.
He then raised a finger and pointed at the fallen heroes scattered across the devastated battlefield.
Steve, Tony, Banner, Jessica...
He pointed slowly, calling out a number each time he indicated someone.
"One."
"Two."
"Three..."
He uttered each cold number without the slightest emotion.
"...Thirteen."
After counting the last person, Dago lowered his finger.
"You have lost."
Dago's words were a simple, direct verdict.
"Thirteen of you came."
"Then, according to the rules of the game..."
"I'll destroy thirteen cities."
The moment those words were spoken, the viewers in the livestream, who had been mourning Thor's miserable state and shedding tears...
Were plunged into the abyss by that declaration.
Thirteen cities! That meant the deaths of hundreds of millions!
This was not war. This was slaughter.
As they imagined the destruction to come, imagined Tokyo's transformation into a wasteland being repeated in another thirteen cities, boundless sorrow overwhelmed them.
The scrolling comments online vanished without a trace. Nearly everyone was terrified beyond measure, as if they had lost even the strength to type on their keyboards.
Kamar-Taj.
Scarlet Chaos Magic was already swirling around Wanda's body.
The moment she had seen Pietro's leg being broken and him collapsing with a scream in the livestream, she had been unable to endure it any longer and began drawing a spark-filled portal before her.
Ancient One approached with a calm expression and casually waved her hand, dispersing the portal.
"Let me go! I have to help them!" Wanda cried anxiously.
"They will be fine." Ancient One's tone carried deeper meaning. "This is a trial that must be endured, Wanda."
"If you want to see Anthony return