It all happened in a flash!
Doctor Strange, who had long since prepared the price for casting his spell, spread his hands. An enormous protective magic circle expanded to the edges of Earth's allied forces, encasing every one of them in protective armor woven from golden threads of law!
"My protective spell won't last long. Destroy them!"
Only when Doctor Strange raised his arms and shouted did the human warriors notice the seemingly insubstantial golden armor glowing around them.
Even when the charging zombie robots struck them head-on, they suffered no harm within its protection!
Thanks to Strange's protective magic, Earth's forces weathered the mechanical zombies' first assault without injury.
But the disparity in numbers was so vast that the mechanical tide still swallowed them up almost immediately!
At that moment, the heavy hitters on humanity's side sprang into action.
Scarlet Witch raised a hand and unleashed a sea of deep crimson Chaos Magic as though it cost her nothing, sweeping away every mechanical zombie in one direction!
Thor raised Stormbreaker high, leaped into the air, and delivered a thunderous jumping cleave, likewise wiping out a vast number of enemies!
In another direction, dazzling lightning flashed again. The now-superpowered Spider-Man darted through the enemy ranks as fast as lightning. Wherever he passed, the hideous zombie robots were sent tumbling, reduced once more to debris that filled the air and scattered across the ground!
The Masters of the Mystic Arts on the battlefield unleashed their various techniques as well, finally clearing some space for humanity's forces. At least they could now see the clear sky, still sporting one enormous hole, above the heads of the zombie robots that had packed their surroundings.
At that moment, Captain America stood back-to-back with Bucky, holding a gun like an ordinary soldier and going "pew,