novelhk Chapter 183 The Death of Fury—The Avengers' Endgame
Chapter 183 The Death of Fury—The Avengers' Endgame
Chapter 183 The Death of Fury - The Avengers' Endgame (3.7k)
The Avengers are facing an inevitable defeat, and under Red Skull's watchful eye, Black Widow is finally captured by Bullseye. Facing a super marksman, especially one who is excessively insane and adept at wielding various unusual weapons, Natalie is proving somewhat outmatched.
Thor was lost in a dream filled with inner turmoil, but thankfully, the Enchantress had no intention of harming him. Doctor Strange also seemed quite busy; the Super Skrull squad had already been completely defeated by five of the Sinister Six, while Namor in the sky was slacking off, seemingly offering no help whatsoever.
Tony, who was locked in combat with the Mad Lizard, angrily roared at Fury, "Fury, I don't care what your trump cards are, but if you don't make your move soon, we're all going to die here!"
Fury pursed his lips. He did have a trump card, but he wasn't sure if Red Skull, with his Observer's Eye, had seen it. However, he had no choice but to use it now.
So he took out a communicator, pressed a button, and a familiar woman's voice came through.
"receive."
At this moment, aboard the aircraft carrier...
Moonstone and Crossbones stared in bewilderment at the Singing Bird, who had inexplicably uttered "Received," while Bucky remained standing there, dumbfounded. Before they could react, the Singing Bird unleashed a high-pitched cry, the sound waves striking Moonstone directly.
Her sound waves refracted intricately within the bridge, causing Moonstone to discover, to her surprise, that her energy form was becoming unstable. Her eyes widened as she asked, "Not—ordinary sound waves?"
Moonstone tried to stabilize its source of power, but the Singing Bird moved and sang, its voice growing louder and louder, giving Moonstone no chance to react. Moonstone screamed and released an energy wave, but the Singing Bird nimbly dodged it. The bridge wasn't very spacious, which not only limited Moonstone's mobility but also made the sonic attack even more terrifying.
On the other side, Atlas also attacked Crossbones. His body suddenly grew larger, and due to the gravity controller specially made by S.H.I.E.L.D., his speed was unusually fast. This did not affect Atlas's power output at all. His punch sent the unsuspecting Crossbones flying and crashing into the bulletproof glass, which immediately developed several cracks.
The operators, who had previously belonged to S.H.I.E.L.D. and then joined Hydra after the Thunder Commandos' defection, screamed and scrambled to find safe corners to hide in.
Crossbones roared, "I knew it! You damned bastards wouldn't submit willingly!"
This wasn't just stubbornness; it was Crossbones's reasonable deduction. Although Taskmaster's main profession was killing for money and being a cold-blooded mercenary, he had fought alongside Deadpool, served as a combat instructor for many Avengers, and even saved the world. He could even understand Deadpool's thought process; he was an absolute madman. His betrayal was somewhat unexpected, but also within Crossbones's expectations.
The betrayals of Cryingbird and Atlas were entirely within Crossbones's expectations. Cryingbird was initially a supervillain, but she possessed a conscience; during the Civil War, Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin, deeply disliked her due to her excessively high moral standards. Atlas, on the other hand, was cowardly and lacked independent thought; although he had participated in crimes alongside the Zemo, he wasn't inherently evil. It was perfectly normal for such a person to be swayed by Cryingbird.
After falling to the ground, Crossbones, enduring the pain in his chest, pulled out his gun and opened fire, bullets whistling through the air. Atlas instinctively dodged to the side.
But several shots still hit his guard.
Atlas didn't waste any words and immediately activated the gravity field. All the metal equipment in the arsenal suddenly flew towards Crossbones, but the latter nimbly rolled away, simultaneously throwing a grenade. The explosion knocked Atlas to the ground. Crossbones seized the opportunity to pounce, a dagger popping out of his gauntlet, aimed straight for Atlas's throat. At the critical moment, Atlas suddenly shrank, dodging the dagger that should have killed him instantly, and landed a powerful uppercut on his opponent's chin. This blow was incredibly powerful; Atlas showed no mercy, the force measured in tons directly knocking this villain who had defeated Captain America several times into shock.
Atlas shouldn't have won so easily, but Crossbones was already caught off guard, and moreover, he hadn't yet come into contact with the Terragen Mist, so he didn't have any superpowers, just an ordinary person skilled in hand-to-hand combat. In his normal state, his strength was already 20-30.
Atlas's men, who weighed tons, would be lucky to last two moves.
On the other side, Taskmaster faces a brainwashed Bucky Barnes. The Winter Soldier's metal arm gleams with a dangerous light.
"New orders to kill Taskmaster, Atlas, and Singingbird," Bucky said mechanically, drawing his tactical knife, its blade gleaming coldly in the light, the hydraulic system humming softly.
Even Taskmaster, who was unwilling to speak, pressed a button on his arm, and an energy shield quickly appeared on his right arm. At that moment, the Singing Bird, who had already defeated the powerless Moonstone, held him down. The woman pressed a hidden button, and Bucky suddenly froze. The metal arm emitted a crackling sound as the nano-interference device implanted inside the vibranium arm began to activate.
Fury asked Tony Stark, Iron Man, to secretly install a safety device. The one-eyed man had already anticipated that someone would brainwash Bucky again; after all, Bucky had been brainwashed before, so re-brainwashing him wouldn't be difficult. Therefore, rather than trying to prevent it, it was better to prepare an antidote in advance.
"Ah!!" Bucky collapsed to his knees in agony, memories flooding back like a tidal wave. Hydra's brainwashing, the controlled killings, and...
The one-armed man said weakly, "Quick, go stop Red Skull! He wants to collect all six Infinity Stones—"
The songbird pursed its lips and said, "I'm sorry, Bucky—but I'm afraid he's already succeeded. Red Skull has become a berserker and has collected all the Infinity Stones."
Bucky weakly raised his head: "Even so, we must stop him—even if—."
"Even if that means a suicidal operation." Taskmaster finished his sentence and turned to the control panel. He had learned how to operate the Helicarrier's weapon systems when he previously hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier, but now the Helicarrier had been upgraded many times by Tony, Reed, and other intelligent people, and Taskmaster was somewhat at a loss when faced with the unrecognizable control panel.
Helpless, he shouted, "Get a technician here, activate all weapon systems, target Red Frenzy!"
Soon, a technician stood up and loudly reminded them, "But the mothership's firepower may be completely ineffective against the Infinity Stone holder—"
"Then channel the reactor energy into the weapon system too!" Atlas roared. "Try it now, or watch the entire Earth, even the entire universe, perish!"
The technician who had given the order quickly stood up and pulled the others along to start operating the system. With a series of confirmation commands, all the cannons on the Sky Helicarrier turned, and reactor energy was channeled into the main weapons. An unprecedented energy beam ripped through the sky, striking Red Frenzy head-on.
In the light, they saw Red Berserker turn his head, a look of surprise on his face—before being swallowed by the blinding white light.
"Target hit!" the technician shouted.
But no one cheered. Because they all knew this was just the beginning. When the light faded, the Red Assault might still stand, but they had given it their all, unleashing their strongest attack, and at least they had nothing to be ashamed of.
The mothership began to shake violently, and its overloaded weapon systems were collapsing.
"Prepare to crash!" Atlas yelled, grabbing onto the nearest stable object. The songbird shouted back, "Control the direction, crash into the onslaught!"
Having said that, the songbird burst into an unprecedentedly high note, and a crimson barrier instantly opened—she was trying to protect everyone on the bridge.
In their final moments before losing consciousness, they saw Red Assault emerge from the smoke and dust on the main screen—the six Infinity Stones still shone, though one of them seemed to have a crack. Just as the mothership attacked, Strange made his move, but his target wasn't the villains or Red Assault; it was Iron Man. Tony reacted instantly, but his two palm-shots were swallowed by the Mirror Dimension, and everything around him began to distort and fold in an instant. Tony realized that even space itself had become his enemy.
"Friday, activate the anti-magic armor protocol!" Tony restarted Friday, but the AI delivered some bad news.
"Protocol initiation, boss. Requires 60 seconds."
"Damn it!" Tony yelled, which meant he would have to fight the strongest mage on Earth alone for 60 seconds in this distorted space.
This was practically suicide! But he still activated the miniature missile pod on his shoulder.
"At least tell me why, Strange!" The missile roared out, but as it approached Doctor Strange, it transformed into colorful butterflies and scattered in all directions. "We're teammates who fight side by side!"
Doctor Strange suddenly appeared behind Tony and slapped him on the back. Tony felt a jolt in the armor's internal systems, and the malfunctioning thrusters caused him to fall heavily to the ground.
"I am not your Strange." Before him, the Doctor Strange opened his third eye, and whiskers sprouted from his jaw: "Just like that Red Skull, he is not the Red Skull you imagine—"
"FXXK!"
On the other side...
At that moment, Namor descended from the sky and landed beside Fury. Fury breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the King of the Seven Seas by his side.
Finally, you are able to—
The next moment, however, Namor's trident pierced Fury's chest. Fury had no chance to dodge; the sharp tip easily pierced his bulletproof leather jacket and entered his chest. The king of agents' body stiffened abruptly, his single eye widened, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, his lips trembling.
Although he had been injected with the drug, it only barely prevented him from aging; he did not gain superhuman strength as a result. Namor, on the other hand, possessed super endurance, super agility, and super speed, making it impossible for Fury to react to his sneak attack.
"Why?" Fury asked with difficulty. "For seven thousand years, you surface people have polluted the oceans and slaughtered living beings. And now, the tides are finally going to reverse." Namor said sarcastically, his voice filled with a fanaticism that Fury had never heard before.
"So this is the pride of the King of Atlantis?" Fury sneered, breathing heavily as if to finish the sentence: "To be someone else's henchman? I thought you at least had some principles, Namor."
Namor didn't care. He didn't mind being someone else's henchman, and it was a mutually agreeable deal anyway, with Hong being generous enough.
"Farewell!" The King of the Seven Seas shook his head, drew his trident, and aimed it at his head: "When the Red Assault reshapes this world, Atlantis will rise on the crest of a new era."
Fury dodged with all his might, but the trident still pierced his left shoulder. He gripped the hilt tightly with both hands, preventing Namor from pulling it out. Namor tried to pull his weapon back, only to find that Fury's strength was astonishing.
"Let go! Your struggles are pointless!"
Fury, however, wore a strange smile. His right hand, seemingly out of nowhere, gripped a grenade: "Welcome—to—"
In the human world, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents—willing to perish together—will not yield—
The next moment, an explosion rang out, and Namor roared in pain. The close contact with the flames forcibly stripped the moisture from his body, and his skin began to crack. The King of the Seven Seas was thrown to the ground, but he quickly rose again.
Looking at the mangled body before him, Namo gasped for breath, re-condensing moisture into his body. The cracks on his skin slowly healed, then he burst into maniacal laughter: "Hahaha, not a bad attempt!"
"But water is the source of life, Fury. You can never truly defeat it."