It took a solid 15 minutes to defeat the platoon of Heven. It took so much time because the army was well trained and were better than the previous smaller platoon.
"Is that all they have got?" Thor asked.
"No. This was a distraction for us too while they set up long range combatants around us." Constantine said.
"We need to neutralize them before they can do any harm." John said.
"Victor, Constantine, John and I will be going around. You all hold the fort." Arthur said.
"Let catch these sneaky bast***s." Constantine said. Then they all flew away to neutralize the opponents.
"Don't make them unconscious. We need to talk to them. It's not going to lead anywhere if we just go on assaulting." Loki said.
"From when did you become such a pacifist, Loki? I still want to bury you 6 feet down, you know." Clint said over FOCUS. He was still angry with the manipulation that Loki did. Even though nobody was killed in it, it still pissed him off.
"We are here to bring the realm to surrender, not make this an empty shell. And you are welcome to try if you can defeat a God, mortal." Loki argued back.
"Both of you just put a zip to it." Strange said.
"John, we do need to talk."
"I will bring some people who can talk. Hold them down." John replied. The 4 were going through building after buildings flushing away the long range assassins who had already started shooting at the people on the square. The people who were fighting on the ground had to defend now. Strange and Zatanna used magic to defend.
Clint and Oliver were still on a rooftop sending long range arrows to the surrounding buildings, wherever they thought the enemies were hiding. Even though they were in the open, they were able to defend well. But unfortunately, they weren't perfect. One such shot went straight through the shoulder of Clint.
"Clint.. No..." Oliver shouted who was close by.
"John, we need help. Clint's been shot." Oliver said. This was the first injury they suffered. John became angry when he heard that. They had been trying to keep the damage to the minimum.
"Since they don't understand, let's try the hard way now." John said as now he proceeded to demolish buildings around. All the tall buildings around the place were demolished as he went through them one after another.
His body was powered by the strength of Zeus and Phoenix so even these sturdy buildings couldn't stop him. As he demolished them, he came to the place where Clint was.
He was bleeding profusely. John used his resurrection fire to heal him and even the philosopher's stone to grow the tissues that were damaged. On the other hand, Constantine was able to catch an assassin.
"Phew. Thanks John. Couldn't handle another scar on my body. My wife would just be very angry." Clint said.
"You are Hawkeye. You shouldn't get shot so easily." John said.
"I am not invincible as you guys. I can't see all the shots." Clint replied.
"It's fortunate that the shot went through your shoulder and not the head. It would have been game over for you." Oliver said.
"Let's go down. And see what their deal is." John said. They then both teleported to the square where Constantine brought the woman prisoner.
"Thor, did you ask?" John asked.
"Yes. Her name is Lorelei. She said they don't know anyone named Aldrif." Zatanna said.
"In a much less friendly way." Strange commented.
"Do you know anyone named Angela?" John asked, looking at the woman. She could be said as one of the most beautiful woman John had ever seen. The woman in the army wore golden armor.
This new army had golden wings on their back which allowed them to fly, though not at high speed. John could see the hatred in the eyes of the woman. The woman shuddered when she heard the name Angela.
"From your reaction it seems you do know her. Z, find out from her memories what is the deal with Angela. Angela is the name that these people had named your sister. Aldrif was the name given by King Odin." John said.
"Gladly." Z said with a very evil and seductive smile looking at Lorelei.
"No.. No.. Don't come close... The Queen will kill all of you...No... " the woman resisted but of no avail. Constantine was holding her tightly as Z used magic to read her memories.
"The Queen can't even defend herself, forget about killing us." John said. Even if Heven had a weapon that could pose a threat to them, Triss and others were going to take care of it as the furnace would be destroyed soon. Any weapon would need massive power to launch and by destroying the main power source it would be much easier.
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