This Land Is Under My Protection

"Senior, I have arrived at the front line."

"Good. New York's defense is in your hands." "Can I really handle it?" "Believe in yourself."

Standing atop New York's tallest clock tower, Mash took a deep breath and quietly made up her mind under Li Chen's encouragement.

Though she had great confidence in her own defenses, the C-Class Hero could not help feeling uneasy in the face of a simultaneous barrage of hundreds of **—after all, she had never endured such a ferocious bombardment.

However, Li Chen knew that Mash's ultimate defense could even withstand Demon God King Goetia's attack capable of destroying human history. "Remember, Mash. As long as your will does not break, the walls will never fall." "Understood, Senior."

Clad in pitch-black heavy armor and holding a shield-type Noble Phantasm, the pink-haired girl stood against the wind. As a Servant, the more magical energy her Master provided, the stronger all her abilities became. At this moment, she continuously drew upon Li Chen's vast, ocean-like magical power—enough to sustain thousands of Heroic Spirits at once.

The citizens of New York had not fled. Instead, they shouted "League of Heroes" in unison. Countless beliefs became tangible and flowed endlessly into the Shield of the Round Table in Mash's hands. This Noble Phantasm, formed from the sacred table at the heart of Camelot where the Knights of the Round Table once gathered, radiated light in her grasp.

"This is our homeland, which heals every wound and dispels every hatred—"

"Appear!"

"The distant ideal city—Camelot (Lord Camelot)!"

She fiercely plunged the holy sword in her hand into the ground, and pale-blue hexagram light abruptly blossomed.

The magical energy within her continuously poured into the Noble Phantasm. Beneath countless watching eyes, the once-glorious castle of Camelot appeared once more.

Towering walls became an impregnable barrier, standing above New York.

Solemn, majestic, and magnificent, it was like an absolute fortress that could never be breached, protecting the entire city without a single gap.

Several seconds later, hundreds of *** poured down at once.

"Boom—!"

As a mushroom cloud soared into the sky, violent nuclear shockwaves swept across hundreds of miles...

### **Members of the League of Heroes appeared in several major cities one after another.

King Billy, a muscular man clad in black shorts, stared at the sky as every muscle in his body instantly tensed.

He stomped the ground, leaving behind a deep crater. The explosive force launched him thousands of meters into the air, where he caught a *** with one hand and hurled it into outer space with tremendous strength.

Then he crashed down like a meteor, smashing out a massive crater.

With strength nearing his limits, he hurled dozens of *** into the cosmos in succession.

"My, my, how frightening~"

Not far away, a sleazy middle-aged man with a monkey-like face feigned terror, yet his expression remained calm.

With black curly hair, a yellow-and-white striped suit, stubble, sunglasses, and a tall, thin frame—

The Glint-Glint Fruit user, Marine Admiral, and ***-Class Hero of the League of Heroes, Kizaru.

"Mr. Kizaru, please do not slack off."

"King, the strongest man on Earth... As an S-Class Hero, are you not going to act?"

"The president assigned me to supervise you, make sure you work properly, and stop you from loafing around as usual."

"Sigh, this old man still has to work overtime. The president is so heartless~"

Just as Li Chen expected, the old fox Kizaru would fish in troubled waters whenever no one watched him.

For him, kicking *** away at light speed was effortless. If he went all out, clearing every *** in America would take only an instant.

King raised a hand and lowered the brim of his hat. This minor situation should never have required him to personally step in, but the current circumstances had exceeded the range of normal handling.

"Let's call it a warm-up."

"Speed itself is absolute power."

"Have you ever experienced a kick of light?"

Kizaru's body gradually turned into photons as dazzling golden light leaped rapidly through the clouds. Wherever the golden glow passed, the falling ** all changed course and shot straight into the depths of space.

In an instant, the ** over North America had been cleared. At the League of Heroes branch on the South American continent, Accelerator, stationed there, looked up at the sky and watched the falling ** with a manic smile on her lips. (cdeb) Dark Plasma rapidly collapsed in her palm before she raised her hand and threw it into the sky, detonating the approaching ** midair. She did not care about any ** side effects; having fun was the highest principle. Passing by, Ikaros also spread her wings and used the Eternal Spear to precisely fire upon the airborne targets.

Since the main impact zones of the ** were concentrated across Asia, Europe, and North America, only a handful of ** fell over South America.

Oceania branch base.

Hashirama Senju scratched his cheek with a troubled expression. Although the number of falling ** was limited...

"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

As he completed the hand seals, massive amounts of chakra drove giant trees from the earth, weaving into a towering barrier. Handling a few scattered ** was more than manageable.

African theater.

The armies of Noxus and the League of Heroes ceased fighting by unspoken agreement, joining forces against the disaster falling from the heavens. Wakanda's Vibranium weapons, Noxus's rune magic, and Child Emperor's "Vibranium Dreadnought Giant" unleashed their power one after another.

"Descend, my other half!"

Yugi Mutou, head of the African branch, raised a God Card high. Osiris the Sky Dragon, one of the three Egyptian Gods, tore through the clouds and descended. Its crimson body stretched for ten thousand meters, prompting the masses to worship. This was the manifestation of ancient Egyptian faith.

European front line.

Drawing upon Li Chen's magical power, Joan of Arc raised her banner. The faith of the continent's people became tangible streams of light sweeping into the heavens. The torrent of steel and magical radiance complemented one another, grinding every falling threat into dust.

Her Noble Phantasm was deeply ** into the ground as surging magical energy roiled around her.

"Noble Phantasm unleashed—My Lord Is Here!"

A magical barrier covering all of Europe abruptly spread open.

Hundreds of ** fell from the sky. Cracks covered the banner in Joan of Arc's hands, as though it might shatter at any moment.

"I can't hold on much longer..."

"Then let them be destroyed in midair."

The Lion King of the European branch stepped forward, holding the legendary holy lance.

Divine light coiled around the holy lance as endless power erupted and vast magical energy poured into it madly.

"Holy Lance—Unanchor!"

"Shine at the End!"

"Tear apart the heavens and connect the earth! Storm Anchor!"

"Noble Phantasm unleashed—Spear Shining at the End!"

The tower-like holy lance that pierced the surface of the world burst forth with starlight, transforming into a fatal strike that pierced heaven and earth!

A brilliant pillar of light swept across the sky, and every ** before it was reduced to ashes.

Asian continent, League of Heroes headquarters.

"Need help?"

"No need. This land is under my protection."

Facing Tatsumaki's offer of aid as she passed by, Li Yun, head of the Asian branch, politely declined.

As an ancient Chinese Heroic Spirit standing upon his homeland, his power was inexhaustible.

A thousand years of valor, peerless strategy, fearlessness, and the blessing of the faith of China's countless people rested upon him.

At this moment, Li Yun was the guardian of this land, the inheritor of the dragon soul!

"Soul of China, burn to ashes!"

"Essence of the dragon, gather within my body!"

"At this moment, I am the incarnation of China's dragon soul!"

"Noble Phantasm unleashed—Dragon Soul Awakening: Pure Radiant Crystal Dragon!"

Vast power poured into Li Yun's body, and his form rapidly transformed.

He became a branch of the ancient divine beasts—the Pure Radiant Crystal Dragon, flawless and majestic, hailed as a legendary guardian!

Li Yun's realm rose steadily, reaching quasi-vice president level, even allowing him to contend with gods and demons.

Though this state could not last long, destroying several thousand ** would be effortless.

"Roar—!"

The Pure Radiant Crystal Dragon released a roar that shook heaven and earth. Its body turned into a stream of light, moving beyond all limits.

In only an instant, every ** was utterly annihilated by dragon breath...

New York City, deep within Supernatural Academy.

The mutant Havok Alex had just destroyed the Psychic Amplification Device, successfully severing Apocalypse's psychic control over Professor X.

In the eyes of the ruler of the Apocalypse Era, this pathetic age relied too heavily on steel and machinery. But how could such mundane creations possibly harm a god?

Those alliances that called themselves heroes were merely petty vermin who dared usurp divine authority!

At this moment, he would use humanity's proudest technological weapons to completely cleanse this twisted era and return the world to the proper path of divine rule!

He would rebuild order from the ashes of the apocalypse, free humanity forever from the shackles of technology, and make them kneel before the gods once more!

"Charles! Wake up!"

Jean Grey anxiously shook Professor X in his wheelchair.

After a brutal clash in the psychic realm, Professor X had fallen into a deep coma, as though his soul had been drained away. First, Apocalypse had forcibly invaded his consciousness and used him to control the world's nuclear arsenal. Then came the backlash from the ** Psychic Amplification Device. The psychic master's mental power had already fallen to rock bottom.

"Looks like we're in ** trouble."

Cold light flashed between Wolverine Logan's fingers as his Adamantium claws slowly extended.

Havok Alex and Cyclops Scott immediately formed a human wall, shielding the unconscious professor behind them.

As spatial ripples spread, five figures stepped through the void:

-Super-Dragon-Level (S) World-End Apocalypse

-The enhanced Four Imperial Knights:

*Magneto (**)

*Storm (B-Class)

*Psylocke (B-Class)

*Angel (B-Class)

"Where is Koro-sensei?"

"Bad timing. He took those two children into the wilderness for training."

"Damn it! Jean, contact the nearby guardians now! This monster has every hair on my body standing on end."

Wolverine stared fixedly at Apocalypse, who stood at the front. His Beast Instinct was issuing its fiercest warning of death. Even if the opponent had only just entered Super-Dragon-Level, he was not an existence that any of them could contend with.

Only Jean, with the Phoenix Force fully awakened, was qualified to challenge this most ancient mutant.

"Erik... is that you?"

Jean looked at her old friend among the Four Imperial Knights in disbelief. They had originally activated the Psychic Amplification Device to find the missing Magneto, but she had never expected him to be standing with the Apocalypse Era faction.

Faced with his old friend's call, Magneto's eyes were icy. Nothing remained in them except hatred for humanity carved into his bones.

He was not under Apocalypse's control. His mind was exceptionally clear.

Following the advice of his close friend Professor X, Magneto had secluded himself in the mountains and forests, living as an ordinary man, marrying, and raising a family.

However, while saving a stranger at a construction site, he accidentally exposed his identity as a mutant, drawing humanity's frenzied pursuit.

His wife and daughter died because of it.

Magneto had longed to live as an ordinary man, but this cruel world had never given him the chance.

Humanity rejected mutants and regarded them as freaks.

Since humanity could not tolerate mutants, then he would create a world containing only mutants!

Kill every ordinary human and leave only mutants behind!

To achieve this goal, he had to borrow Apocalypse's power—this was why Magneto had willingly become one of the Four Imperial Knights.

"Erik, we can talk this over calmly."

"There's nothing to talk about." Magneto responded coldly, while simultaneously manipulating magnetism to pull the unconscious Professor X, still seated in his metal wheelchair, before him.

Apocalypse needed Professor X's ability. He planned to take over Professor X's body through a special ritual and seize his power of psychic control.

Having once been betrayed and sealed away for thousands of years, Apocalypse planned to turn everyone into his devout followers after establishing the new world.

"Stop!"

Wolverine Logan was about to leap forward to save him when he discovered that his body could not move.

His skeleton was made of Adamantium, tougher than Vibranium and the hardest metal on Earth.

Even under temperatures of five hundred thousand degrees, it would not melt. It possessed properties no element on the periodic table had.

But before Magneto, all metal was worthless.

As though perfectly countered, Logan had not even made a move before magnetic force firmly pinned him to the wall, leaving him unable to budge.

"The age of Apocalypse is about to descend, my children," the blue-skinned Apocalypse said.

To him, every mutant in the world was his child.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he would not resort to **.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Cutter!"

Kakashi Hatake suddenly launched an assault. Violent lightning-nature chakra gathered in his right hand, turning into blinding electric currents as he charged directly at Apocalypse.

Lightning Cutter possessed an effect similar to the Raikage's Lightning Release cell activation, greatly increasing speed and unleashing astonishing power during short-distance bursts.

Such high-speed assaults had to be used with the Sharingan; otherwise, it would be difficult to hit the target.

"Crackle—"

The lightning in the silver-haired ninja's hand pierced through Apocalypse's body, and dazzling arcs of electricity scattered in every direction.