How Could I Lose While Having the High Ground

Chapter 66 How Could I Lose While Having the High Ground?!

Fanny had no idea how his stunt had shaken the world all over again, especially for those who had seen it directly.

SHIELD.

They discovered the robots that surrounded the Stark Building almost immediately due to Tony's status as a special surveillance target. But none of them had known what was actually happening.

Even within Hydra, most personnel had no idea about what had happened. After all, the organization called Hydra was not completely unified.

They only understood that these robots were dangerous, although Tony had grasped the situation and started the battle before anyone could reach him.

In the perilous combat that ensued, Tony had no concentration to spare for the phone call.

The agency had installed quite a few monitoring devices near Stark Industry facilities ever since the Iron Monger incident, so they could monitor the battle in real-time.

Nick Fury watched the combat footage in his office, specifically the scene where Fanny flew in the air, reached his hand out, and summoned the 'Explosion Magic' with all its glorious and horrifying destructive power. He really couldn't afford to let Fanny be this time.

"I hope Natasha can bring good news."

Nick dialed Black Widow's number through the encrypted line.

Coincidentally, Natasha had just overheard Pepper's call with Tony. She noticed a certain name that Pepper slipped out due to her panic.

"Fanny?"

Natasha pondered for a moment. If her assumption was correct, that must be the name of the silver knight.

Her phone rang with the encrypted call from Nick Fury not long after. He immediately urged, "Do you have any new results?"

Noticing Pepper's curious eyes, Natasha naturally coded her reply to his question, "Thank you. I still have some in stock. I don't need them for now."

She immediately hung up the phone and turned to Pepper, explaining apologetically, "Salesmen."

Pepper didn't really care and hurriedly told Natasha what Tony had said, "Tony wants us to stay inside for now. They haven't found the person who controlled the robots yet."

"Then let's go to the hall; it would be safer there,"

Natasha suggested.

Natasha excused herself to the bathroom just after arriving at the hall. She called Nick Fury back to submit her report.

"The robots were controlled by Ivan Vanko, created to seek revenge against Tony. The Silver Knight's name should be 'Fanny;' it doesn't seem like they're in close contact."

"Just a first name…

." Nick Fury was still pretty dissatisfied. He thought for a while and finally gave his order, "Drop your disguise. They're still fighting, so you go find a chance to contact him. Even if you can't unveil his identity, you must discover a way to contact him again."

Natasha was a little surprised, but she nodded obediently.

SHIELD was not the only one watching this battle unfold. There were many other ways for today's incident to become known across the world, an example being some New Yorkers that recklessly risked their lives to record videos about the event with their mobile phones.

The flames that filled the sky silenced all who witnessed it.

Not only those who recorded the videos but also everyone else in New York; they all bore witness to the scene.

At this time, the people of New York were still rather naïve. They had not experienced the battle between Hulk and Abomination, or an alien invasion. They also did not know about Captain America and Hydra.

They had seen Iron Man's debut battle, but only part of them.

At this time, they were still living simple and honest life, unlike the citizens of Gotham.

"God's Punishment, this is God's Punishment! He is the messenger of God!"

The videos shot through the cell phone cameras had shown them Fanny in all of his incomprehensible glory. Some people even tried to deify Fanny; perhaps that was the only way they could accept the existence of such power.

"Weapons, he must have weapons even more advanced than Stark technology. A hidden and extremely powerful weapon."

Some claimed that Fanny's 'Explosion Magic' was just a special weapon. Many people accepted this rationalization, but those on the scene knew that Fanny had no weapon at all.

Other than his words, that is!

A small automated camera that SHIELD installed had been in the lucky front row spot to see the entire process of Fanny chanting the spell. The camera itself was destroyed by the blast, but the video it took was transmitted in real-time to the SHIELD headquarters.

Hydra and SHIELD immediately started experimenting with the spell for 'Explosion Magic' that Fanny had used.

Translated to every language, spoken in every tone, and performed in every posture.

They tried everything they could to imitate Fanny's release of 'Explosion Magic,' but unfortunately, none of them had the system.

This skill couldn't be replicated just by knowing the spell—nor did it even require a spell. Fanny only needed to chant the spell to release the skill at full power.

There was one thought that everyone had in common.

Who was the silver knight?!

All kinds of underground sites and channels offered massive rewards for the silver knight's real identity. Fanny was a little tempted when he saw the amount.

Thinking about it, there were quite a few people who knew his real identity, if everyone in Kamar-Taj were included. But outside of Kamar-Taj, there were only Skye, Pepper, and Tony.

The three of them would never willingly reveal his identity. As for Kamar-Taj's mage, they would never let even a single letter slip. Everyone could find Kamar-Taj were people who knew the value of secrecy.

Not even Kaecilius would sell Fanny out for money.

The mages all had their own goals!

Fanny had not known that he had become the most mysterious person in the world.

Fanny, Rhodes, and Tony were cleaning up the few stragglers that managed to escape, as well as helping the injured people. Fanny continued to chat with Rhodes secretly.

"Did you come up with the nickname War Machine yourself?"

Fanny was still bitter about the Silver Knight nickname. He was clearly a mage, yet he was called a knight. He felt uncomfortable every time he heard it.

"I did, yeah. Why? Is there a problem?"

Rhodes shook off Fanny's terrifying image as Explosion Magic's harbinger after learning about his personality. He was simply not familiar with Fanny as he was with Tony.

"No, it was pretty cool!"

Fanny answered casually, still thinking about how to shed the Silver Knight nickname.

"What about you?" Rhodes couldn't help but be curious about Fanny. He carefully looked at 'Demon Armor Incursio' for a long time and finally asked, "Who made this armor of yours?

How did it fly?"

"Uh!" Fanny was caught a little off-guard, "It's passed down from my ancestors. The armor itself can't fly, but I can."

"Do you have wings hidden somewhere?"

Rhodes blurted again.

"…"

Fanny was at a loss of words.

Fortunately, Tony interrupted the two and warned them while gesturing at the sky, "Something is coming. Be careful."

The person who was the most bitter at the result of this battle must be Ivan Vanko himself. He had planned this event as his joyous revenge feast, but who could've guessed it would turn this way?

How could he lose when he had the high ground?!

Fanny snickered. You only had to fall!