In Marvel: Do You Really Think Being the Sorcerer Supreme Is Hard?

"Immediately. Right now!"

This was urgent!

But Nick Fury did not receive the firm answer he wanted. Instead, he heard a shocked voice through the communicator:

"That's impossible!"

Nick Fury's brow furrowed even tighter.

What the hell was impossible?!

Just as he was about to speak, he heard another voice from the communicator: "The Chitauri army..."

Nick Fury did not catch another word.

Because he had already seen it.

"This... is impossible..." This time, it was Nick Fury who was stunned.

He was utterly incredulous.

The feeling startled him so badly that his arms, which had been tightly folded across his chest, fell loose.

Stepping forward, Nick Fury braced both hands against the glass.

As though he suspected there was something wrong with his eyes.

He even rubbed them with his hands.

If there was nothing wrong with his eyes, and he had not seen it wrong...

Was the Chitauri army drilling back into the wormhole?

And they were doing it in utter panic, like headless flies, all squeezing into the wormhole in a chaotic rush!

As if Earth were Hell.

If Nick Fury had not witnessed it himself, he would never have believed it.

He had seen aliens invade Earth before.

The first time had been long ago, when the Skrulls attacked Earth. It was also then that Nick Fury had met Captain Marvel.

The second time was this time.

Loki had led the Chitauri army in an attack on Earth.

No matter what, Nick Fury was someone who had seen his share of storms.

He had seen aliens waving their banners and shouting, charging in with overwhelming force to occupy Earth, but he had never seen aliens scrambling away from Earth in such a pathetic state!

What was going on today?

What had gone wrong?

Nick Fury felt as though he had been played.

What exactly was so terrifying?

Terrifying enough to scare off the entire Chitauri army?

"Chapter 39"

"Oh, God! The Chitauri army is actually retreating?"

"The fuck kind of retreat is this?! They were clearly scared off! Nothing seems abnormal! So why did they run away?!"

"Everyone in downtown New York City is on their knees, even Iron Man is kneeling! And you call that normal?!"

"Damn it, what exactly happened?! Sir, do we fire the missile or not?!"

"Look! The roof of Stark Industries Tower! Look at Loki! Even Loki is kneeling! Didn't he always say he was a god? Why is he kneeling too?"

S.H.I.E.L.D. had completely erupted.

The aliens' desperate escape had opened the eyes of everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Against an enemy whose combat strength was clearly inferior to theirs.

The aliens had actually retreated?!

And they had retreated so decisively, as though they had seen a ghost.

It was truly unheard of and utterly inconceivable.

But the agents' words inside S.H.I.E.L.D. also convinced Nick Fury that there was nothing seriously wrong with his eyes!

The Chitauri army really had retreated.

And they had been scared away!

Having confirmed this, Nick Fury hurriedly contacted Hill. "Hill! What happened? Did you see anything over there?"

"N-no... But, sir, I don't think I can keep moving forward... There's a demon... No, a god... Humans cannot look directly upon a god... cannot stand beside a god..."

Hill spoke in a trembling voice.

Nick Fury understood every word she said, but when they were put together, he felt as though his intelligence was not enough.

What exactly was happening?!

Nick Fury's brow knitted tighter and tighter.

So tightly that his features were nearly twisting out of shape.

Just then, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents started speaking again. "Do any of you feel an inexplicable fear? I don't know why, but I'm scared right now. My hands are shaking badly!"

"Now that you mention it, me too. Why do I feel like I'm sensing... fear?"

"Me too... It feels like... something is about to descend upon Earth. I can feel... pressure..."

Noisy yet trembling voices rang continuously through the communicator.

Those voices made Nick Fury freeze.

Before he could understand what was happening.

A strange sensation suddenly arose in Nick Fury's heart, and his hands clenched into fists involuntarily.

An inexplicable feeling surged from his heart to the top of his head.

Nick Fury's scalp went numb.

It felt as though needles were pricking the top of his head one after another.

Why had he suddenly become so afraid?

And why was that fear growing deeper?

From fear to terror, then to panic.

Cold sweat involuntarily formed on Nick Fury's forehead.

At that moment, Nick Fury felt as though an incredibly powerful person had appeared before him, someone so powerful that he feared them.

Yet Nick Fury could clearly see that no one had appeared in front of him.

There truly was no one there!

Then where was this feeling coming from?

The fear of the unknown, the nonexistent powerful being, left Nick Fury flustered.

He even felt as though thousand-pound stones had been tied to his feet, making him unable to move.

He was afraid, yet he could not run.

No, it was not that he could not run. He was simply too terrified to run; his legs had gone weak!

As the panic and fear grew heavier and heavier.

Nick Fury's entire body began to tremble, more and more violently, until he could barely support his own weight.

Thud!

Trembling all over, Nick Fury fell to his knees.

Even Nick Fury had not expected this.

He had actually... knelt?

And because of fear?!

What exactly was going on?!

On the rooftop of the New York Sanctum.

Watching the Chitauri army drill into the wormhole one after another, Mordo was dumbfounded.

"Master... what is happening?" Mordo could not help asking.

Honestly, this was truly baffling.

"Most likely, they were scared away by that powerful magic," The Ancient One said calmly.

Yet her heart churned like stormy waves.

After all, she possessed the Eye of Agamotto and could predict the future.

Even knowing that the original course of events had changed.

The Ancient One had not expected things to become so... unexpected.

The Chitauri army.

They were one of the stronger alien races, at least among the top five!

Their combat strength was countless times greater than Earth's!

Yet they had been scared away?!

After calming herself, The Ancient One finally turned back and looked at Mordo. "Did you feel afraid?"

Mordo frowned. "A little, but I used energy to block part of it."

The Ancient One nodded.

That was somewhat reassuring.

At the very least, the disciple she had trained could resist some of that power.

"Master, what about Kamar-Taj's disciples?" Mordo asked The Ancient One. Now that the Chitauri army had withdrawn, Kamar-Taj's disciples should logically be recalled.

"Recall them," The Ancient One said calmly.

"Then... Master, will you continue traveling, or..."

"Return to Kamar-Taj."

"Chapter 40"

"Zhang Yang... It's over. The aliens have withdrawn..."

Watching the Chitauri army retreat, Wong said to Zhang Yang with sweat all over his head.

Just now, in order to resist the energy emanating from Zhang Yang.

Wong had expended quite a bit of his own magical energy.

If his cultivation had not been strong enough, Wong would probably have been kneeling before Zhang Yang alongside Berkeley right now!

Good lord!

A made-up spell!

Zhang Yang had actually fucking learned it, and was using it with complete ease!