While Alex was trapped in an unknown place, racking his brains over how to reach the temple, the outside world was undergoing earth-shaking changes.
On the battlefields of World War II, following the Normandy landings, the Allies had advanced like a force of nature, and the German forces had fled at the mere sight of them. Just as Germany's defeat seemed imminent, Red Skull miraculously returned from the dead and led a Hydra army back onto the battlefields of World War II. Not only did he save Germany from its decline, but he also dealt a devastating blow to the Allied forces that had landed on the European Continent!
After suffering such a disastrous defeat, the Allies were badly weakened, and their triumphant momentum came to an abrupt halt.
At Allied headquarters, the champagne prepared to celebrate victory had not even been cleared away. The Allied generals had gathered together, their faces so grim they seemed ready to drip water!
"Speak! What exactly happened?" A stern-faced American general slammed his hand on the table and turned toward Phillips, who sat at the far end. His face looked like that of an enraged lion. "Wasn't Hydra destroyed by Captain America? Wasn't Red Skull already dead? Why have they appeared again?!"
Phillips looked up at the furious general, and a faint mocking expression unconsciously appeared on his wrinkled face. "General Nemo, the report submitted by the Howling Commandos never said Hydra had been destroyed. Cut off one head, and two more shall take its place—that is Hydra's creed. Hydra was never going to be that easy to wipe out. As for Red Skull, he merely fell from a plane. It would not be impossible for him to have survived by sheer luck."
"You..." General Nemo's face flushed red, but the anger in