Kang the Vanguard, was no fool. The moment he realized his identity had been exposed, he activated the emergency teleportation device built into his armor without hesitation.
This is the last life-saving measure granted to each advance party by the Council of Kangs, enough to instantly teleport them back to the Council headquarters.
However, the expected feeling of spatial tearing did not occur.
On his personal terminal, a scarlet error code flashed wildly, accompanied by a piercing alarm.
[Transmission protocol blocked... Error... Strong magnetic field interference detected...]
It's out of control?!
Kang the Vanguard, felt a buzzing in his head. He felt as if his armor was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and every joint groaned under the strain.
The surrounding air began to tremble, and a scorching smell of ionized metal filled the air.
He struggled to lift his head and saw a figure in a dark red suit slowly rising from the city below, hovering not far from him.
The person simply raised their hand, and that stirred the magnetic field of the entire space.
Magneto Erik Lehnsherr, the first foreman in Frost City.
Kang the Vanguard, instantly recognized the other party's identity, but before the fear could ferment, he saw the three figures also floating in the air behind Magneto.
A man with a huge "S" symbol on his chest, his eyes gentle yet carrying an undeniable power; a woman in red, blue and gold armor, holding Lasso of Truth, like a Valkyrie from mythology; and a boy in a white cloak, with golden lightning flashing on his chest, his face displaying a composure beyond his years.
The three laborers hovered silently behind Magneto, their eyes fixed on him.
That's not all.
Above their heads, space twisted without warning.
Brilliant star-diamond particles gathered out of thin air, forming a crystal-clear platform.
Emma Frost and Betsy appeared silently, looking down at him with eyes as if they were looking at an insect trapped in a spider web.
On the other side, a crimson figure streaked through the air at an astonishing speed and came to a steady stop.
It was a black-haired woman wearing a blue and red battle suit, followed by a blonde girl riding a hoverboard, and a black-haired girl whose body was occasionally surrounded by star-shaped halos.
Kara, Valeria, and Miss United States America Chavez, who has begun to control her abilities.
Kang the Vanguard, was completely frozen in his thinking.
He stared blankly at the group of people who had completely blocked all his escape routes. He never expected that a place marked as the "multiverse junkyard" would be such a hidden den of dragons and tigers!
Magneto, Emma Frost, Betsy... Of course he knew these Mutants. Countless Mutants at the feet of the Council of Kangs on their path of conquest.
But he always felt that these few in front of him were not in the same league as those of his kind in his database who had been easily slaughtered!
The texture of that power was completely different!
Not to mention those guys wearing cloaks!
Kang the Vanguard, scanned Superman Clark, Kara, and Shazam before finally settling on Wonder Woman Diana.
These people have no record in his database!
But this did not prevent him from feeling a power emanating from these people that was enough to make his Soul Stone tremble!
Of all the people who came, apart from the blonde girl named Valeria who flew using a hoverboard, everyone else hovered in the air using their own abilities!
Although he had to admit that those who can fly aren't necessarily the strongest, how could a true powerhouse not know how to fly?
At this moment, Kang the Vanguard, finally understood.
He finally understood why those high-ranking leaders, Kang, went to such great lengths, even risking being discovered by that supreme being, to send him into this coordinate system.
He messed it up.
He not only completely ruined the reconnaissance mission, but also learned an even more despairing truth from the girl's frenzied shouts—they had captured the traitor, Kang the Conqueror, who the Council of Kangs had been hunting for!
No, there's still a chance!
In despair, the instinct to survive overwhelmed everything.
Kang the Vanguard, instantly fixed his gaze on Valeria.
Fighting these monsters that look ridiculously strong is tantamount to suicide!
The only way to survive is to take the weakest one hostage!
That girl who is the only one who needs technological creations to fly!
In a flash, he poured all the remaining energy of the armor into the short-range teleportation module.
"Now!"
His figure vanished from his spot in an instant, and the next second, he appeared in front of Valeria, his armored hand reaching straight for the girl's slender neck!
However, he was fast, but someone was faster than him!
Kang the Vanguard, felt a blur before his eyes as a blinding red light filled his entire field of vision.
He didn't even see what happened; he only felt an unimaginable heat rushing towards him.
"Sizzle--"
A sickeningly loud melting sound rang out.
His prized silver-white armor, crafted from countless high-tech marvels and originating from the 31st century, proved as fragile as ice cream exposed to the scorching sun before the two crimson beams of light. It instantly melted and deformed from the chest down, eventually turning into pools of molten metal that dripped onto the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a hand grabbed his neck and lifted him up from mid-air like a chick, now that his armor was no longer protecting him.
Kang the Vanguard, was completely dumbfounded.
He looked down at his bare upper body, then at the pile of smoldering metal scrap on the ground, his mind blank.
Plans... can't keep up with changes.
Did the other party subdue me in just one second?
It seems... not, right?
"Well done, Kara!"
Valeria picked up her personal terminal, her eyes shining, and walked up to the stunned Kang the Vanguard, giving the black-haired Kryptonian was carrying her a thumbs-up without hesitation.
"To be honest, if you weren't sent by Thor specifically to spy on me, I would definitely fall for you!"
Valeria's tone was filled with the fervor of a scientist. She circled the Kang the Vanguard twice, as if admiring a perfect experimental subject.
Kara merely glanced at her indifferently, without saying a word, but her eyes held a hint of helplessness.
Valeria didn't care. She raised her personal terminal, preparing to activate some kind of device to pack up this new "Kang" and take it back to her laboratory.
"Etc."
A cool and authoritative voice came from above.
Emma Frost Frost spoke, her voice not loud, but it made everyone in the room stop in their tracks.
Valeria looked up at Emma Frost with some displeasure. "What? This one's mine! I've pretty much figured out that Kang the Conqueror from last time, I just need a new one!"
" Valeria," Emma Frost's tone left no room for argument, "You now, immediately, use your program to scan the entire Frost City, no, expand the search to the entire Knowhere. I need to know if there are any more similar rats in there."
A cold glint flashed in Emma Frost's icy blue eyes. She glanced at Kang the Vanguard was being held by Kara and was completely incapacitated, and slowly said:
If I'm not mistaken, we're being watched by someone.