By the time Hill ran out of her office, Nick had already Teleport back with Pierce in his arms.
"Fark, can anyone tell me what happened?" Hill roared, looking at the S.H.I.E.L.D. left behind by S. H. I. E. L. D.
" Nick, what exactly did you do?"
Nick took a syringe from his pocket and injected it directly into Pierce's neck.
"This is a stronger version of the truth serum. This big rat is yours now."
" Nick, I need an explanation for the higher-ups!" Hill took a deep breath, not even glancing at Pierce at his feet, but pointing to the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in the hall, where only a fraction of them remained.
He'll explain it to you!
Just then, Nick's phone rang; it was Coulson calling.
"Boss, something's happened here!"
"Open Teleport Gate for me!"
After hanging up the phone, Nick looked at Hill and said, "Tell your guys behind you to wait patiently for news. If anyone causes me trouble right now, I don't mind going to their homes and having a chat with them."
Ignoring the bewildered Hill, Nick Teleportation back to his office after finishing his sentence.
Coulson's chosen return point was also located in his office.
Therefore, the Teleport Gate Coulson creates will only appear in Nick's office.
In Nick's eyes, Hill was a barely trustworthy outsider; she held the title of Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.., but in reality, she rarely got involved in anything.
Hill represents the Council of Elders, and her main job is to oversee Nick.
But Hill has his own bottom line, and during his years at S.H.I.E.L.D.., he helped Nick quite a bit.
In Old Bridge, as Nick stepped out of the Teleport Gate, he instantly felt a chilling Aura.
Snowflakes were falling heavily from the sky, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow.
In the distance, on the horizon, a massive blue ice curtain was slowly advancing toward Old Bridge.
"It seems Odin has put in a lot of Kung Fu Hustle for this fool," Nick sneered.
"But his biggest mistake was choosing Earth as the trial grounds, and he shouldn't have underestimated us."
Just then, Barton exited the instance world and, upon seeing Nick, also used a town portal scroll.
A bright blue cesium Teleport Gate appeared, and moments later, Steve, Bucky, Tony, Happy, Wilson, Mark, Banner, Eddie... and Ling Yi and the others all appeared.
Even Ivan Vanko usually grinds monsters alone and rarely interacts with others, came.
This was the first offline gathering for all players except Loki.
No, Loki has appeared too.
It just remained Invisibility.
The invasion of the Frost Giants immediately reminded him of Thor and Odin, just like Nick.
But Loki didn't want to get involved.
"I wonder what Father would think if the Frost Giants' army were wiped out by the Midgardian!" Loki couldn't help but smirk.
Although he no longer cared about the throne, Odin's favoritism still made him somewhat unhappy.
So at this moment, he was somewhat gloating.
"I've heard there's some kind of god coming to cause trouble for Earth?" Wilson asked Nick as he approached him.
"Yes, this enemy might be very powerful, and we might die."
"Then I'll really have to see for myself."
"God? Interesting!" Ivan Vanko glanced at Tony, then looked towards the direction of the ice curtain.
Nick glanced at Ivan Vanko, thought for a moment, walked up to him, and took out a tablet Computer, handing it to him.
"Document number 33855 contains the truth you might not want to know."
"About my father?"
Yes, about your father!
Nick had already thoroughly investigated all the players in the game, so he naturally knew Ivan Vanko's background and purpose.
Nick hadn't had time to deal with these things before, but now that a major battle was imminent, Nick didn't want to be stabbed in the back by Ivan Vanko out of hatred.
Ivan Vanko glanced at it briefly before silently tossing the Computer to Nick.
The feud between Anton Vanko and Howard Stark is quite simple.
Anton Vanko did play a significant role in the development of the Miniature Arc Reactor technology, but Howard Stark was still the one who made the major decisions.
Howard knew that if this technology had been introduced at that time, it could have pushed the war, which was nearing its end, back into an even more terrible Abyss.
However, Anton Vanko only wanted to convert this technology into money.
When Howard discovered this, he was already preparing to contact high-ranking military officials in the Ugly Nation and the Bear Country.
"These are the facts!" Nick emphasized, looking at Ivan reaction seemed rather muted.
"I know!" Ivan said calmly.
Ivan didn't care about the right or wrong of the matter, he only needed to know that his father had indeed died because of Howard.
However, Ivan's hatred eventually lessened somewhat, and his original intention to kill Tony turned into wanting to teach Tony a lesson.
By this time, the ice curtain on the horizon was very close to Old Bridge.
The group finally spotted the enemy beneath the ice barrier.
They were a group of giants, each about three meters tall, covered in ice-blue cesium, each wielding a spear or a battle axe, moving with the shifting ice curtain.
"We can't let them get any closer." A magnificently designed shield appeared in Steve's hand.
This is the [Dragon Shield], a gold-quality item, exclusive equipment for Knight. It grants +5 to all attributes, 45 defense, and +3 to the [Prayer] skill level!
[Prayer] is a Knight's Spirit Manipulation that increases the health regeneration rate for themselves and all allied units.
However, this skill was only upgraded to level 2, and Steve didn't level it up further. With the shield's skill level bonus, the level 5 [Prayer] skill could already provide teammates with 6 health points restored per second.
This recovery rate is already quite impressive.
With a thought from Steve, a blue aura rose beneath everyone's feet.
This is the Knight's [ Resist Cold ] Spiritual Qi defense skill.
These enemies clearly all have the Freeze attribute, so activating [ Resist Cold ] is the perfect solution at this time.
Although Steve's [ Resist Cold ] is only level 1, even at level 1, it still provides a 52% bonus to Freeze resistance.
Instantly, everyone felt most of the chill on their bodies dissipate.
"How do we fight?" Banner asked Steve.
Steve raised the Crystal Sword and charged forward.
Banner shrugged. "Okay, I know how to play."
How to fight? You'll only know after you've fought it.
Steve knew absolutely nothing about the Frost Giants; how would he know how to fight it?
Banner Transformation into a giant nearly four meters tall, Teleport directly in front of a Frost Giants, and punched it.
Banner's strength was already terrifying after his Transformation, and with the added attribute bonuses from the game, this punch carried at least tens of tons of force.
The Frost Giants in front of them was no match for it; it shattered with a single punch.
[Experience Points +10 million!]
A notification popped into Banner's mind, making Banner eyes light up.
Experience points? Does this count as grinding?
Moreover, 10 million experience points is just too much, isn't it? It would take at least one or two days of gameplay to earn 10 million experience points in the game.
One monster was worth the harvest of one or two days, Banner immediately went into berserk mode.
Steve, who followed closely behind, also smashed a Frost Giants with his shield and discovered the same thing.
But he and Banner tacitly remained silent, their Combat becoming even more ruthless Swiftness.
"These invaders are a bit weak!" Wilson said, Summon his assassin Clone and sending Clone forward first.
After receiving the experience points notification, Wilson paused for a moment, then charged towards the Frost Giants.
With such a wealth of experience points, Wilson naturally went all out.
Others also joined the battle one after another.
Suddenly, the style of the scene changed.
Even Helen Cho and Pepper, who didn't particularly enjoy Combat and were the lowest level, joined the fight to steal monsters.
There's no way around it, these experience points are just too tempting.
Only Ling Yi did not make a move.
He was also thinking about this issue of experience points.
Nick didn't gain any experience points when he killed the Hydra members.
In other words, the system does not recognize Hydra members as "monsters".
Why did the system classify the Frost Giants as monsters? Was it because they were alien invaders?
It shouldn't be.
This empirical value is clearly a form of energy, not just a simple number.
Ling Yi couldn't figure out what this energy was for the time being.
"Killing a Frost Giants will give you 10 million experience points. Are you really not going to do it?" Ling Yi asked Loki, Invisibility beside him.
"What?! 10 million experience points?" Loki deactivated his Invisibility, somewhat incredulous.
"Wait, how did you find me?"
"That's not important!" Ling Yi pointed to Xiaoming, who was happily slashing monsters among the Frost Giants army.
Just then, a golden light flashed across Mindy's body.
"Look, Mindy has leveled up."
Without a word, Loki created three assassin Clone that charged directly at the Frost Giants.
"What a genius!" Ling Yi exclaimed, looking at the three Clone Loki had created.
This guy actually managed to enhance the assassin's Clone skill using his talent and magical knowledge.
Instead of being able to Summon only one Clone, it has become three assassin Clone.
This is quite an amazing thing.
Watching the players effortlessly slaughter a large number of Frost Giants, Ling Yi shook his head.
It's not that the Frost Giants are too weak, but rather that these Marvel horns have become too powerful.
Even Helen Cho could easily kill the Frost Giants alone.
In just a short Kung Fu Hustle, she had leveled up from level 12 to level 15.
"Ah, why did I choose the barbarians!" Happy suddenly roared.
He hasn't learned any area-of-effect skills yet, so his kill speed is naturally slower than other classes.
The Mage's Chain Lightning, the druid's Summon creatures, the Undead Mage's Raise Skeleton, the archer's Multiple Shot, and Continuous Stab has the ability to Clone.
They can kill monsters much faster than barbarians.
As for Steve, who is a Knight, he also has skills that can be used to attack groups of monsters.
The Knight's exclusive Spiritual Qi attack skill, [ Holy Fire ] lv3, deals 24 points of Huoyan damage per second to all enemies within a 50-meter radius.
24 points of damage may not seem like much, but the Frost Giants's health is only around 300 points.
In other words, Steve can take down more than a dozen Frost Giants in 13 seconds, which is quite fast.
However, among these people, Ling Yi leveled up the fastest.
Although Ling Yi didn't actually kill any monsters, these players were theoretically all his tools.
This is much faster than him farming monsters on his own.
In just ten minutes, Ling Yi jumped from level 21 to level 25.
Just then, a large cloud of blue cesium mist suddenly rose from the ice curtain behind them.
The blue cesium fog expanded rapidly outwards, and at the same time, the temperature in the air dropped sharply.
"No! This is the power of the Casket of Ancient Winters! Retreat!" Loki suddenly shouted.
" The Casket of Ancient Winters?" Ling Yi silently opened his attribute panel and found the Knight's skill tree...