"I wanted to try out a weapon, but if you don't have one, it wouldn't really be fair for me to use one," Mercer said.
"It's fine. As long as you don't kill or cripple me, use whatever you want."
Stark sounded a little breathless. His opponent was far, far stronger than he had expected.
He truly felt how powerful Mercer was now. It wasn't just that Mercer possessed all this strange equipment; he also had the skill to use it.
"Then your weapon..."
Stark was about to ask where his weapon was. Lockdown had already transformed into humanoid form, so it certainly wasn't on him.
Could he summon that too?
Before he could finish voicing his confusion, something happened.
Behind his faceplate, Stark's eyes widened. He watched Mercer turn the dial on the right, catch something that popped out of the Taiji Emblem in the center of his belt between his index and middle fingers, and flick it to the side.
A crystal card bearing the image of a double-edged blade floated beside him.
And Mercer actually pulled that double-edged blade out of the crystal card!
"What kind of trick is that?!"
Stark had never imagined anyone could draw a weapon this way.
Was this another ability of the armor Mercer was wearing?
The armor descending from the sky had already shocked him enough.
He hadn't expected the weapon to pop out of the belt, either. What kind of advanced technology was this?
Stark was beginning to feel numb. Mercer had surprised him too many times. He hurriedly assumed a fighting stance, ready for whatever came next.
Gripping the double-edged blade's hilt, Mercer charged straight at him.
In movies and TV shows, clashes only produced showers of sparks. That was just a visual effect.
In reality, however, the Blazing