Battle Against Sentry!

Silence.

A deathly silence.

Sam's death was like a pause button being pressed, instantly bringing the chaotic battlefield to a standstill.

The wind stopped, the thunder vanished, and even the world-destroying battle between the two gods in the sky seemed distant and unreal.

Everyone's gaze instinctively focused on the body gradually growing cold on the beach, as well as the star-spangled shield stained with dust and blood.

Cyclops Scott hovered blankly in midair, his eyes no longer glowing red.

He was lost.

His enemy was dead.

The Avengers leader he had wanted to blast into ashes with his optic beams had died just like that.

But not by his hand.

Instead, he had died in an absurd accident.

The thrill of victory never came. In its place was the helplessness of realizing how small he was.

The Avengers' communications channel was utterly silent.

Their leader was dead.

They no longer had a spiritual leader.

Then a roar of fury shattered the silence.

"Roar!!!"

Thor descended like a golden meteor.

He slammed down beside Sam's body, kicking up a cloud of sand.

He did not look at the hole in Sam's chest, nor did he pay any attention to the dark tentacle slowly retracting into the Void Domain.

He suddenly raised his head, his eyes locking onto the golden figure in the sky.

"It's you! Bauer!"

Thor's voice no longer carried its earlier wild laughter and fighting spirit. Only boundless fury remained.

He raised Thor's Hammer and pointed it at Sentry, mustering every ounce of strength to hurl out his accusation.

"You killed him!"

"You coward! You monster who only knows how to hide in the sky and fire cheap shots! You killed a true warrior with such despicable sneak attacks!"

The accusation made no sense.

Yet at this moment, on