Chapter 131: The Galaxy's Most Pathetic Army
Watching Tony soar into the sky, Oaks was filled with uncontrollable anger. He instantly understood the purpose behind the Council launching the nuclear bomb!
The "other objective of the Council's insistence on launching the nuclear bomb in the Battle of New York," which had been only speculation and suspicion, became crystal clear as the tide of battle began to turn.
Even with his involvement, even with the addition of the Sorcerer Supreme, they still couldn't change the outcome of this key event!
"Sorcerer Supreme!"
Oaks looked at the astonished Ancient One and asked, "Tony is carrying the nuclear bomb into the portal! Can your portals work in mid-air?"
"Unfortunately, no. The Tesseract makes the space above extremely unstable. Opening portals on the ground is already extremely risky," the Ancient One calmly replied.
Understanding Oaks's intention, she shook her head, "If he really intends to do that... I have no way to directly teleport the nuclear bomb over there or bring him back from there."
Even as the Sorcerer Supreme, she couldn't contend with the power of the Infinity Stones.
Even with the Time Stone in her possession, she couldn't counter the Space Stone when it came to the portal.
Mirror Dimension wouldn't work either.
Especially since the power of the New York Sanctum was still restraining the portal. If it caused the Space Stone to go wild at this moment...
Not only the New York Sanctum, but even the Earth might lose this magic node under the backlash of the Infinity Stones!
The consequences of such an event were unimaginable.
"In that case, we can only delay the closing of the portal—Thor, take Tony's place. Sorcerer Supreme, I'm counting on you... Hold on for this wave!"
Oaks returned to his human form and pressed his earpiece.
"Tony! Will you have enough energy to come back?"
"..."
"Shit! I understand!"
"What the hell do you understand..."
A faint light flashed, and the bird-form that Oaks had transformed into disappeared in an instant, appearing at the top of Stark Tower.
"Natasha! Don't close the portal until you see Tony come out!"
"Understood!"
Natasha held Loki's scepter, inserted it into the force field of the Tesseract, and asked, "But Tony doesn't have enough energy to return, right?!"
"Leave it to me!"
The Nature Energy that Oaks could manipulate had been exhausted from multiple empowerments of Thor's lightning and providing healing to the civilians. After all, this support had come from across the sea, and the local Nature Energy in New York was simply insufficient.
If it weren't for this nuclear bomb, everything would have been perfect.
But, it wasn't too late!
Finally, Tony hoisted the nuclear bomb and rushed straight up Stark Tower, without hesitation, and plunged into the portal!
Cheers erupted in the command center of the Helicarrier!
But after seeing the nuclear bomb explode the Chitauri mothership, Tony, who had finally breathed a sigh of relief, encountered a situation where his suit's power supply was severed.
Just as Jarvis had said—he wouldn't be able to come back once he went in.
And he couldn't get through to Pepper on the phone.
Jarvis had already gone offline; he had known for a while that he wouldn't have enough energy left to return to the portal. He could only let himself float slowly—
He didn't even know where he was drifting towards.
"Hum—"
Tony widened his eyes as he saw the enchantment-infused armor plates emit a dazzling green light. Within his field of vision, it seemed like the stars had grown brighter.
"Boom—!"
"Splurt!"
A tremendous force propelled him forcefully toward the still-open portal, and he passed through!
"You little brat! My back!"
He was kicked out in a "V" shape, and he could even hear the groans coming from his spine!
Of course, Oaks couldn't hear his curses—because the suit had run out of power.
"Close it!"
"Shoo!"
As Tony's figure passed through the portal, Oaks gave the command, and Natasha immediately deactivated the activation device of the Tesseract!
With the output of the Tesseract cut off, the massive wormhole portal in the sky closed rapidly, as if it had never existed.
The remaining Chitauri soldiers and Leviathans had already lost power when the Chitauri mothership was destroyed—
After all, they were artificially created war machines, half biological and half mechanical. They needed the mothership for remote command. Now that the mothership was gone, they immediately lost connection, and the biological parts of their bodies weren't sufficient to sustain their operation.
That's why Rocket had once mocked them as the "most pathetic army in the galaxy"...
But everyone remembered that Tony had run out of energy!
The Ancient One frowned. The power of the Space Stone hadn't subsided yet, so she couldn't use the portal at the moment.
However, at the moment Tony fell out of the portal, a burst of starlight flashed at the top of Stark Tower, and a gigantic Starlight Falcon appeared!
And now, it was hovering above Tony, who was still descending!
In the next moment, the Starlight Falcon's soaring talons had already grabbed Tony, who was encased in his armor. With a flap of its massive wings, it decelerated and then landed in front of the Avengers before taking off again.
"Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."
Thor stepped forward and removed Tony's faceplate, only to see him panting heavily.
But Tony didn't forget to complain "That guy Oaks... I thought I could finally ride a bird this time, but he used his claws—"
"Where is he?!"
"..."
The Avengers exchanged glances and looked up towards Stark Tower—
Natasha and Dr. Selvig, both being held by Oaks in the form of the Starlight Falcon, were being carried back while holding the Tesseract and the scepter.
"..."
Tony, of course, also saw it, as he was lying on his back.
"Well, I think my treatment was pretty good."
"The job isn't finished yet. Although these guys aren't moving, there's still a troublesome fellow in your house."
Steve patted Tony's armor. "I believe Loki doesn't want to stay there anymore."
"You deserve to be single!"
Natasha was released from Oaks's claws, furrowing her brows as she rubbed her waist. This guy didn't know how to take care of a lady... He was too rough! She'd rather wait up there!
But upon hearing Steve's words, her expression changed.
"We won't go up there again, right?! Tony, tell me your elevator still works!"
"Of course it does..."
"In fact, I can give you a lift. The energy disturbance caused by the Tesseract has already subsided."
Sorcerer Supreme, who had been smiling while observing the Avengers, interjected when she saw the Space Stone in Selvig's hand. An orange portal opened beside her.
On the other side of the portal was the top floor of Stark Tower, and they could even see Loki embedded in the cracked ground.
Tony struggled to sit up and shivered. "I realized I'm a little allergic to portals... but I can overcome it."
"The Tesseract is quite troublesome."
The Ancient One looked at the pensive Thor and said, "The trouble Asgard left on Earth, I believe you will be able to solve it, won't you?"
"Of course, that was our goal from the start!"
Indeed, Thor had come for the Tesseract, as Asgard needed it to repair the Bifröst.
"Thank you for your assistance, Sorcerer Supreme."
Oaks had returned to his human form and was immune to Natasha's disdain. He walked up to the Ancient One and gave a slight bow.
"About Loki..."
"You handle it yourselves."
The Ancient One nodded gently. "I have something that needs my attention. I'll come find you later."
"...Alright."
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