"Tony, call for backup! Get every country to send its air force, as many planes as they can!" Steve struggled to give orders as he blocked the incoming attacks.
Alarms blared one after another inside Tony's armor. He barely managed to knock back a lunging vibranium robot and said urgently:
"It's too late, Cap! The global network is a mess, and every country's got its own problems. Everything's going haywire! That bastard Ultron planned this all along!"
Everyone's heart sank. Ultron had clearly spent his time in hiding preparing for today's all-out assault, making sure they would be utterly isolated.
"Hermione! Hermione! Do you copy?" Tony switched to a private channel and shouted into the air.
Only after a long wait did Hermione's slightly impatient voice come through the communicator: "Wait."
Then the connection cut off.
"Wait?" Furious, Tony blasted a robot apart with his repulsor. "She wants us to wait? Does it look like we can wait right now?"
He turned to the others and spread his hands helplessly. "Looks like we're on our own."
Having just repelled a small wave of ordinary robots, Thor caught his breath. He glanced at the flimsy metal lumps with a contemptuous smile, then raised his hammer toward Ultron in the sky:
"Is that all you've got, Ultron? Where's your robot army? Can you only send this scrap metal? Give us something exciting if you've got the guts!"
"Bring on some Brazilian girls!"
Something flickered in Ultron's eyes, as though Thor's ignorance amused him.
He slowly raised a hand.
In an instant, countless hidden armories inside Wakanda's city burst open.
Tens of thousands of figures gleaming with metallic light poured out, each identical to the Ultron they had seen aboard the cruise ship.
These newly arrived Ultron robots were all made of vibranium,