Three Wind Arrows screamed through the air toward Steve in a triangular formation.
Steve dodged two, and the last struck his raised shield with a crisp clang.
He was unhurt, but his expression was grim.
He saw that Natasha and Hawkeye still wore the same expressionless faces as before.
And Hawkeye had just attacked him.
Was her control permanent?
Or was she not dead?!
Steve glanced at Supergiant's corpse, its brain and heart destroyed, and for a moment, he actually could not be sure whether she was dead.
In his experience, no living creature could possibly survive injuries like those.
But she was an alien.
He knew full well that relying on past experience to judge an unknown being would come at a steep price.
So, for now, assume she's still alive...
Still, she's only a corpse for the moment. Better deal with Natasha and Hawkeye first.
After all, Hawkeye's Elemental Arrows and Natasha's instant-death effect were both enormous threats.
With that thought, Steve launched Divine Charge, leaving an afterimage as he reached the pair.
Perhaps sensing the threat, Natasha swiftly merged into the shadow beneath her feet and fled into the distance.
The sheer speed of that sequence was enough to make anyone despair.
Hawkeye also wanted to put some distance between them, but Steve had already reached out and seized his bow.
Hawkeye could either let the bow drag him along or abandon it and escape.
But the bow was Hawkeye's very soul. Without it, he could only push ordinary people around.
So, naturally, Hawkeye hesitated for an instant.
That instant gave Steve the opening he needed to step forward and grab Hawkeye's arm.
Now Hawkeye had completely lost his chance to escape.
It was easy to imagine what would happen when a warrior got his hands on