United States South Dakota.
On the boundless wasteland, the withered grass bowed low in the wind.
At the edge of the wilderness, a two-story wooden farm stands all alone.
This is the secluded place of Ajak, the supreme leader of the Eternals.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the farm's spacious but slightly old-fashioned living room was quite lively.
They parted ways five hundred years ago in the Aztec Empire due to ideological differences.
This is the first time that this group of gods, who have lived for seven thousand years, have gathered together like this.
Chief Ajak sat in a rocking chair in front of the fireplace, staring intently at the communicator on his wrist that was gleaming faintly.
Scattered around her were seven figures with distinctly different auras.
Kingo, dressed in Bollywood costume, is admiring herself in the mirror and fixing her hair.
The illusionist, Sprite, who has the face of a twelve-year-old girl, sat idly at the dining table, swinging her legs.
Gilgamesh, the mighty god with a towering, iron-tower-like physique, was baking cookies in the kitchen, wearing an apron.
And Thena, the Valkyrie, sitting quietly in the corner, polishing her golden longsword.
Beside the sofa by the window, the Black engineer Phastos frowned and spoke.
" Ajak, you didn't call us here in such a hurry just so we could watch Luca Stark put on a show, did you?"
The Druig, leaning against the doorframe, also spoke up.
He was wearing a black leather jacket and had a gloomy expression.
"I admit, this person is quite adept at manipulating people politically."
"But Sersi said in the message that Ikaris discovered a threat that could destroy the Earth prematurely?"
"This is a joke. And where are Ikaris and the Sersi? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
Kingo, who was fixing her hair, turned around, shrugged, and said with a smile.
"Perhaps Ikaris taught Luca Stark a lesson on his way here."
"You know, that guy's been calling himself Superman on TV lately, and he even started a Justice League. Knowing Ikaris's temper, he absolutely can't stand a human stealing his thunder."
"Teach that human a lesson? There's no need for Ikaris to get involved."
The Sprite on the dining table curled its lip and made a sarcastic remark in a condescending manner.
The tech expert, Phastos, turned off the TV, took off his glasses, and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"While I must admit that the Stark Family has pushed humanity's industrial technology to the edge of nuclear fusion and nanomaterials in just a few decades, a talent that is extremely rare in lower-level civilizations."
"However, that was still just rudimentary technology."
"Whether it's energy utilization or the reconstruction of matter molecules, it's still very rudimentary compared to our current technology."
"I really can't understand why Sersi is so wary of such a human."
The Druig snorted coldly, a faint golden light flashing in his eyes.
"If Luca Stark dares to bother me, I'll show him what mind control is."
The Eternals in the living room chattered amongst themselves.
His words were full of disdain for modern human society and contempt for Luca.
On their lifespan of seven thousand years.
The rise and fall of dynasties and the emergence of capitalist empires are all but fleeting moments.
They are shepherds sent by the gods; how could they possibly care about the lead sheep in the flock?
Only the leader, Ajak, frowned more and more deeply.
Something's not right...
Ajak stood up, looked at the gloomy sky, and felt a strong sense of unease.
Even if Ikaris went to New York, at his flying speed, it would only take him fifteen minutes to get here from New York at most.
"Moreover, just a few hours ago, I suddenly lost my connection with Ikaris."
"What?! I've lost contact?!"
Thena, who was in the corner, suddenly raised her head, her gaze instantly turning sharp as a knife.
Even Gilgamesh was in the kitchen, came out carrying a baking tray, his good-natured smile gone.
" Ajak, you mean... something happened to Ikaris?"
"Besides top-tier Deviants, what else can threaten Ikaris now?"
Just then...
"Squeak!!"
The farm gate was gently pushed open from the outside.
A strong wind swept withered grass from the wasteland into the living room.
Sersi, dressed in a beige trench coat, stood at the door with a complicated expression.
" Sersi! You've finally arrived! Where's Ikaris? What exactly is this fleet invasion?!"
Ajak immediately went to meet him and asked eagerly.
Sersi gazed at her companions, with whom she had shared seven thousand years of life, and noticed the lingering arrogance and ease on their faces.
Her lips trembled slightly, and her eyes held deep guilt and sorrow.
"I'm sorry, Ajak... I'm sorry, everyone..."
Sersi stepped aside, giving way to a wide view outside the gate.
"No fleet... Ikaris... he has been defeated."
"What?!"
The expressions of all the Eternals inside the room changed drastically.
Then, before they could even react to the meaning of that sentence...
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The roar of engines suddenly came from the clouds above!
A fierce wind is blowing!
A massive stealth transport plane, having completely removed its optical camouflage, hovered arrogantly directly above the farm, like a dark cloud looming over the city!
The powerful airflow blew off most of the roof tiles of the wooden house!
"Enemy attack! All personnel on high alert!"
Thena reacted immediately.
In an instant, a long spear of energy, shimmering with dazzling golden light, condensed in his palm, and he dashed out of the wooden house!
Ajak, Gilgamesh, Phastos, Druig, Kingo, Sprite, and the speedster Makkari, who had become a blur, all reacted.
They all rushed to the open space outside the farm and formed a battle formation!
And on the wasteland opposite them.
Several figures descended from the sky and landed steadily on the grass, forming a semi-circle around the farm!
The one leading it all was Luca Stark!
Behind him, the entire Justice League assembled!
Wanda, the Scarlet Witch, clad in a red battle suit, her fingertips wreathed in Chaos Magic.
Gwen Stacy Ghost-Spider, dressed in a pink, white, and black battle suit.
Spider-Man Peter in his red and blue suit.
Frank Punisher, exuding a murderous aura.
Matt, the Daredevil, leaning on his white cane.
Dr. Banner, his face slightly green, was struggling to breathe.
Pietro, his entire body crackling with silver arcs of electricity.
And standing to Luca's left was a burly man, dressed in light black armor, with eyes as imposing as thunder.
Thor!
The moment the Eternals members saw the opposing team's lineup.
Both Kingo and Gilgamesh were about to utter harsh words, were stunned.
Their eyes were fixed on Thor!
"Wait a minute... this bearded man..."
Gilgamesh rubbed his eyes, his face showing a look of disbelief, and turned to look at Thena beside him.
" Thena, am I seeing things? That's... Thor, Son of Odin from Asgard?!"
Thena's grip on the spear tightened slightly, and her brows furrowed.
"It was him! A thousand years ago, when we were helping humans eliminate the Deviants in Northern Europe, I drank with him and Odin!"
"How could he be here?! And... how come he's standing behind that person like a bodyguard?!"
Ajak was utterly shocked!
As the leader, she knew all too well Asgard's place in the Nine Realms.
Thor, the God of Thunder, is a living, breathing, genuine god, the future king of the Nine Realms!
How could a proud Asgard crown prince be mixed in with a group of Earthlings, and even surround the Eternals?!
"Hey! Gilgamesh! And Thena! You still recognize me?!"
Thor perked up immediately upon hearing the conversation across from him.
So he took a step forward, patted his chest, and shouted loudly.
"That's right! I am Thor from Asgard!"
"Although I'm currently residing in the Midgard and holding a senior consultant position at Luca's company, since you know me, things will be much easier!"
"Quickly listen to my friend Luca and hand over your valuables, or you'll suffer!"
The Eternals members. "..."
Thor, the God of Thunder, working as a senior consultant in a human company?
They even helped humans rob them?!
What the hell is wrong with this world?!
"Ms. Ajak, I've long admired your name."
Luca ignored Thor's antics, took two steps forward, and wore a gentle smile.
"Let me introduce myself, Luca Stark, one of the heads of the Stark Industries."
" Luca Stark! What did you do to Ikaris?! Sersi, why did you bring him here?!"
Ajak stared intently at Luca and questioned him sharply.
Luca smiled slightly, took a fragment of blue armor from his pocket, and casually tossed it onto the grass in front of Ajak.
You mean the Smurfs?
Luca shrugged, his tone relaxed.
"A few hours ago, he broke into my private space without permission and even tried to burn my head open with his unfriendly gaze."
"Out of self-defense, I gave him a little talking-to."
"By the way, I find your body structure quite interesting; it's practically a clean energy reactor."
"So, your strongest warrior is currently being kept in my lab, with several blood vessels inserted into his chest, providing free power to my building's central air conditioning system."
boom!
Upon hearing this, the expressions of everyone in the Eternals instantly changed!
"You... you used Ikaris as a generator?!"
Kingo gasped in shock, her eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
That's Ikaris!
The strongest fighter among them was captured alive and used as a battery?!
" Sersi! You betrayed us! You betrayed Arishem!" Kingo screamed angrily, pointing at Sersi.
"I did not betray everyone!" Sersi cried out in anguish.
"I have already told Luca the truth about the Emergence!"
" Ajak has kept this from us. Once Tiamut awakens, all of humanity on Earth will die!"
" Mr. Luca promised me that if we cooperate with him, he has a way to resolve this crisis without destroying the Earth!"
Upon hearing that Sersi had revealed all the secrets of the Emergence and Tiamut to this human.
Ajak, Phastos, and the others felt their brains go blank for a moment!
"Foolish! Sersi!" Ajak closed his eyes in anguish.
"You have no idea of the might of the Celestials! Humans cannot stop the Emergence!"
"Alright, that concludes the denunciation meeting."
Luca snapped his the Snap impatiently, interrupting their argument.
"I brought my men here today not to listen to your cosmological theology, but to announce an appointment."
Luca held up one finger, pointing at Phastos, then at Ajak.
"Your name is Phastos, right? I've heard you have the creation technology of the Celestials in your head; I admire you."
"From today onwards, you are forcibly conscripted by Stark Industries as the Deputy Head of the Engineering Department, specifically responsible for building starships for us. 007 work schedule, no overtime pay."
"And you, Ajak."
As for the remaining few...
Luca glanced at Thena, Gilgamesh, and the others, and smiled slightly.
"Either join us, or I'll send you to power plants with Ikaris."
I'll give you three seconds to consider.
Who's in favor, and who's opposed?
Arrogant!
Unbridled arrogance!
Do you want to treat the entire Eternals, who possess divine power, as pigs and slaves that can be bought and sold at will?!
"Court death!!!"
Even the most hot-tempered Druig couldn't stand it!
"I told you, I should have made you jump into the sea and drown before you even opened your mouth!"
The Druig took a step forward, and his deep eyes instantly turned into a dazzling gold!
An invisible and intangible mental control surged towards the brains of Luca and the others like a tsunami!
From the Druig's perspective, no matter how strong Luca's body is, as long as he is a sentient being, he can only be controlled.
"Kneel down!!!" the Druig growled menacingly.
However.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is harsh.
Wanda, standing next to Luca, took a small half-step forward.
You're trying to manipulate me?
Wanda snorted and began to wave her hands.
boom!!!
A crimson spiritual storm surged forth!
"Snap!"
The two spiritual forces clashed in mid-air.
The Druig's Mind Stone network was utterly crushed by Chaos Magic.
Immediately afterwards, the chaotic energy rushed through the mental connection and directly into the Druig's own cerebral cortex!
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
The Druig let out a scream!
Blood gushed from his eyes, nostrils, and ears, and he collapsed to his knees in the mud with a thud.
Not only that, his body was also convulsing violently.
In an instant, Wanda's shock left his mind blank, and he fainted with his eyes rolled back!
Instant kill!
Just one glance was enough to completely overwhelm Wanda!
" Druig!!!"
Seeing his crush fall to the ground in one move, the speedster Makkari next to him was filled with rage!
A golden wave of energy suddenly exploded beneath her feet!
His body instantly transformed into a golden-red lightning bolt, bypassing the frontal battlefield.
Then, using the momentum from the speed, he unleashed a flying kick, aiming straight for Wanda's temple!
Hey! You're bullying my sister? Did you even ask my fists first?!
A mocking male voice suddenly rang out.
boom!
The silver lightning bolt struck first, even though it was late!
Some time ago, Pietro was injected with a gene-enhancing drug called Luca, and now he's wearing running shoes made of Vibranium.
Therefore, the speed has already exceeded its original limit!
In the realm of supersonic speeds, which are completely invisible to ordinary people.
Pietro blocked Makkari's kick with one hand!
"Bang!"
The two kinetic energies collided, creating a huge crater in the ground!
Makkari's eyes widened.
What?!
There are actually humans on Earth whose speed can keep up with mine?!
"Madam, although you run quite fast, your running form is terrible!"
Pietro winked at Makkari.
Then, it transformed into a sky full of silver afterimages, unleashing a supersonic combo around Makkari!
The two transformed into two streaks of light, one silver and one gold, and fought fiercely on the wasteland.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Pietro was completely toying with his opponent!
"Attack! Kill them!"
Seeing that one of their own players had been killed in less than a minute, and another was tied up, they realized that their team had lost one player and another was being held back.
Thena and Gilgamesh no longer sit still!
"Buzz!"
Two energy-based gauntlets instantly materialized on Gilgamesh's arms!
He roared and charged forward like a bulldozer!
Thena, wielding twin golden swords, moved with ghostly speed, aiming straight for Luca's throat!
" Luca! Leave these two to me and Hulk! I'm going to show them the power of Asgard!"
Thor was itching to get his hands on it!
Although Mjolnir and lightning powers are gone.
But Thor himself possesses superhuman strength of tens of tons and combat skills honed over thousands of years!
"Come on, fatso! Let me see if your golden gloves are harder, or if my fists are harder!"
Thor, laughing wildly, went to meet him.
A powerful punch slammed directly into Gilgamesh's energy gauntlets!
"Boom!"
A gust of air rolled in, Gilgamesh was surprised to find that...
Although Thor is incredibly weak, he still possesses some strength.
Just as Thena was brandishing her longsword, attempting to attack from the side...
"Roar!!!"
A deafening roar that shattered the heavens exploded across the battlefield!
A massive green figure crashed down from mid-air, its feet landing in front of Thena, creating a deep crater in the ground!
Hulk shook his head, exhaling two streams of hot white breath from his nostrils.
Thena's eyes sharpened, showing no fear whatsoever.
Then, with a flash, the two swords in his hands transformed into two golden beams of light, slashing fiercely at Hulk's thick arm!
"Sizzle!"
The energy sword only left a shallow white mark, not even breaking the skin!
Thena's pupils contracted.
"How is this possible?!"
" Hulk doesn't like glowing toothpicks!!"
Hulk roared, and his massive hand swept out with a howling wind!
"Bang!"
Although Thena quickly conjured a round shield to block, Hulk's brute force still shattered the shield!
Thena coughed up blood and was sent flying backward, causing half of the wooden house to collapse!
Meanwhile, fighting had already broken out on the fringes of the battlefield.
Kingo waved his hands repeatedly, his fingertips constantly condensing golden energy bullets that swept towards the opposite side.
Meanwhile, the Sprite used illusion magic to create countless false volcanoes and monster phantoms on the battlefield in an attempt to confuse the enemy.
"A trivial skill."
Matt stood there and smiled slightly.
For a blind person who survives the world entirely through perception.
Illusions have no effect on him.
" Frank, twenty meters to your left and slightly ahead, that little girl is the real thing."
" Peter, Gwen Stacy, you're to the dancing Indian guy on the right." Matt tapped the ground lightly with his cane, accurately giving out the coordinates.
"Receive."
Frank pulled the trigger expressionlessly, simultaneously pressing the launch button on the miniature missile mounted on his shoulder!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"
A dozen miniature tracking missiles, infused with anesthetic neurotoxins, along with bullets, covered the area where the Sprite was located.
Before the Sprite could dispel the illusion, it was stunned by a stun grenade that hit its feet and lost consciousness on the spot.
Meanwhile, Kingo's situation was even worse.
Gwen Stacy left countless afterimages as she flew through the air.
The energy blast fired by Kingo was immediately neutralized by the passive energy absorption module as soon as it hit her battle suit.
"Hey! Uncle! Your fingers light up, can I use them as a flashlight?!"
While Peter was talking non-stop, he wrapped Kingo, who was still posing and gathering his energy, in a large cocoon from head to toe.
With a thud.
Kingo collapsed to the ground, only her eyes blinking visible outside.
The melee had only been going on for less than two minutes!
Aside from Gilgamesh and Thena, who are still being brutally beaten by Hulk and Thor.
The Eternals have suffered a near-total defeat!