Ryan stood in front of Coulson, facing the Ice Giants. He is blocking the Ice Giants from getting to town.
Hawkeye just arrived from the helicopter. He hops down from the helicopter with a safety rope attached to him. Once he is down, he disconnects the rope.
The helicopter just dropped him here. It is going to the town with a team of elite agents to fight the metal suit. None of them will survive though.
"This is none of your business, draconian," An ice giant growls at Ryan in their language. The group gets into a battle stance against the masked man.
Ryan's eyes widened beneath the mask. His glowing purple eyes underneath the hood flicker.
'Draconic?' He is confused as to why the giants call him that. 'Ohhh' He comes to a realization.
It is because the ice giants feel the breath of a dragon from him. More precisely, from his cloak. He had upgraded his magic equipment because he will face the Asgardians.
He didn't know if they could see underneath his cover, nor did he want to find out. The new cloak provided him with the requirement.
An Elder Shadow dragon could even hide from a god. What he bought is an adult one.
'Thanks to QueenElf's recommendation that I buy the materials. It was very expensive though. Half million tc just for 2m² clothes.'
The young Ice Giants are stupid and can't differentiate the difference between the breaths.
Their primitive culture only needs them to be strong. All knowledge is with the royal family and the generals, none for the common foot soldier.
"What's going on? Who are they?" Coulson asks Eclipse. Shield has been searching for now, but there are no leads.
With Eclipse's appearance, Coulson knows that this is a very serious matter. Not that he didn't realize it before when the metal machine attacked.
"Very strong foe. Retreat. You will die." Ryan said to Coulson using his voice modulator. He makes it sound like Morgan Freeman.
He is confident in killing them all even if it took some time, but he is not confident in doing that while protecting the audience.
"Come on, don't be so cynical. It'll be fun." A voice said while approaching them. Hawkeye is drawing his bow and ready to give cover.
Well, he tried. Ryan ordered. "Hold them before they get to town". He made the first move. He closes his distance and gets into a stance.
"Rock Punch!" He gathers the strength of his whole body and punches the first Jotun in the face. It's a punch infused with the energy of the earth. As he did not simulate a specific type of energy right now, he can freely change into any energy.
*Bam*A shockwave can be seen from the impact as he hit the giant's abdomen. His spiked gauntlets injured its stomach, but it only dealt a superficial injury.
"He's not very strong." The injured Ice Giant said to its kin. The drop of Ice Giant blood that spattered on Ryan Gauntlet starts to freeze it.
"I've known it's not going to be easy. Lucky for me I've prepared for this. " Ryan guided new energy from his magic circuit into the gauntlet he is wearing.
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Hands Armor
Legendary Gloves (Quality decreases - Rare)
42 - 55 damage deal. ( No reference to this universe)
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He made the gauntlet from a blueprint he received from KickBaal who is in Diablo World.
Fiery energy starts to envelop his gauntlets. His hand becomes two bright reddish-flame fists.
Coulson, who is 20 meters away, can feel the heat of the flame. He had to put his hand over his eyes to withstand the bright light coming out from the Eclipse's fist.
Ryan is not done yet. He is not sure that his fire energy will be enough. Once the gauntlet is charged, he circulated another type of energy in his body.
"Poison Flame Fist" He mutters. Poisonous energy seeps into the fire, changing its color to dark purple.
Finally, Coulson can see again. He is agape seeing the supernatural situation going on. The bright light becomes dim. The lights pair nicely with Ryan glowing eyes, making him look frightening.
The Ice Giants start to feel anxious. They instinctively feel like running away, but their ego won't let them do it.
*Roar* An Ice Giant runs toward Ryan and punches at him. He missed, and the punch shattered the floor.
While the giant hand is still on the ground, Ryan has sidestepped it to its side. He punches the monster using his purple flame fist at its temple.
The fire burns the Giant's head, and poison corrodes its brain. The primitive-looking alien staggered. He isn't dead yet, but he is greatly weakened. He fell to his knees.
"He did it," Coulson said. He becomes excited seeing the battle. He has helped the injured agents retreat while Eclipse is holding back the Giants. The last surviving car is going to leave.
Ryan turned to the agent. "Go help the town. I only need the arrow." He ordered. Barton nods. Helpless, Coulson retreated with his men. Agent Sitwell is among the survivors.
He already contacted Alexander Pierce about the situation here. Coulson did the same with Fury. Help is on the way!
Tony Stark suddenly received a call from Nick Fury.
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The kneeling Ice Giant looks at Ryan in horror. Ryan decided to finish him off. He punches his head rapidly 3 more times. Then, he clasped his hand together and used a double-fist punch toward the creature's head.*BOOM*
The impact makes it buried in the ground. It is no longer breathing.
The death of their brethren stunned the other Jotuns. They scream at the top of their lungs and lunge at the killer.
"GREAT, NOW YOU PISSED THEM OFF," Hawkeye yells while dodging an ice spike and shooting his arrow at 3 Jotun at the same time.
"They are always pissed," Ryan mumbles while dodging a punch. He is now surrounded by 5 Ice Giants. He changes his stance.
"8- Trigram Palm. Whirlwinds." He rotated his body into a whirlwind and attacked the giants with his palm at the same time.
The palm carried his poisonous fire and seeped into the giant's body. The 5 Giants who were surrounding him all flew backward.
Some use long-distance attacks such as ice spears and spikes to attack him, but an arrow disturbs the energy gathering before they can fire the shot.
"Not while I'm here," Barton said, instigating the creatures. He is already familiar with the Giant's attack pattern.
He knows how hard it is for Eclipse to kill one of them. If they attacked at the same time, he may not survive. Hawkeye works very hard to make sure it doesn't happen.
After the Somalia incident, Barton upgraded his arrows with greater penetrability and power. It couldn't kill the Jotuns, but it can cause superficial injuries to them.
"Just like old times," Barton joked with Eclipse. Ryan and Barton worked very well together. They had experience fighting an ice creature together before. He would attack and an arrow would provide cover for Eclipse to land a hit.
In less than 5 minutes, the Jotuns are on their knees. Some had serious burns on their body. Some are greatly poisoned. Hawkeye is panting hard. "Huff…huff…is it over?"
"Not yet. They are not dead. " Ryan said. He approaches one of the kneeling Jotuns. "[Increase Penetration.] [ Wind Blade Boost] [ Increase Strength] " He boosted his body with various support magic.
"Argh" The Jotun screams in pain. A fist-sized hole opened on his chest. On Ryan's palm, a blue heart is there being grabbed by his finger.
The other Jotuns tried to crawl away and run, but the poison had paralyzed their body. Ryan killed them all one by one. There are 8 corpses on the battlefield.
"Brutal!" Barton exclaimed, a little frightened. "The other two had reached the town. We need to get moving." He said. Even with their efforts, some fish had escaped the net.
Ryan nods. He goes to Barton and grabs his shoulder with his still flaming hand. Barton is horrified, but the flame didn't burn him.
"Only burn enemies…" Ryan said teasingly. Barton is a bit bashful.
There are a lot of things that happen in the 5 minutes. For example, in the town where the Destroyer is.
*Zing* The last combat drones are shot down by the energy blast from the Destroyer. Fandral summoned his sword and attacked the metal machine's knees by sliding behind it. But it didn't work.
Hogun uses his mace and smacks the Destroyer's face while it was imbalanced. The killing machine staggered backward, but it didn't fall.
Volstagg jumped to it one more time and swung his ax again.
The Destroyer swats him like a fly, and he crashes into a car. The Destroyer approaches the fallen Asgardian and recharges its energy blast while targeting him.
While the Warrior Three is distracting it, Lady Sif jumps down from the top of the building and stabs her sword through the Destroyer's behind, impaling it.
The Destroyer becomes limp. Lady Sif smirks, while Hogun blows a sigh of relief."Phew", He wiggles to get out of the car. He almost died.
Before Lady Sif could get off the killing machine, it turns its position by moving its body part and facing Lady Sif who is on top of it.
It spews a blast to Sif, which she can barely avoid. She fell to the ground. Losing her sword, she retreats. The Destroyer targeted her and blasted her path, causing an explosion that threw her to one of the buildings.
"SIF!" Thor yelled. Some brainbots are going to the place where Sif falls.
"We need to go! " Jane says to Thor. She grabs his arm and tries to pull him away, but Thor is unmoving.
He is just a mortal man now. He couldn't do anything in the battle, and it exasperated him.
The Warrior Three retreated as they couldn't do anything to the metal machine. In their retreats, the Destroyer blasted the path again. The shockwave slams into the Warrior Three's body, and they are blown to the building nearby.
Volstagg spits out a mouthful of blood. "This is the end, my friend." He said to Fandral.
"No, you big oaf. This is not our end!" Fandral said. Hogun just stays silent.
With the help of the Brainbots, Lady Sif is taken out of the collapsing building. She is still okay as her Asgardian physique could withstand the blow she received before, but her entire body is hurting. She has lost her sword, all that is left is the Shield.
She braces herself for another confrontation when she hears a roar coming from Thor's side.
"Jotuns!" She exclaimed anxiously and she ran towards Thor.
Jane, Selvig, and Darcy didn't evacuate even though the Brainbots had nudged them and even pulled them away. Ryan forbids them the excessive use of force, so the bots are helpless.
Jane is waiting for Thor to evacuate together. Dr. Selvig is waiting for Jane. Darcy is waiting for her superiors. When Ryan knows about this later on, he is in disbelief.
"You just met him one day? If it was me, even though I meet a beautiful girl who claimed to be a princess, I will run like hell If she was chased by a giant murder bot and I am just a mortal."
There is no rationality in her actions. "They can at least hide, but Noooooo. They had to stand in the middle of the street making themselves a target."
Back to the present, the Jotuns finally found Thor. They want to take revenge on the Asgardian prince that had killed many of their friends.
"No!" Sif yelled. She is too far away. The Jotun fist is inches away from Thor.
*Bam!* The Jotun got kicked by a black leg. Arrows provide the mortals with cover while they are retreating.
"Get to safety!" Barton said to his future teammate. Thor is still processing what happened.
Sif arrived at the place. Her eyes widen when she sees Eclipse. "Who are you?" she asks.
"This realm guardian," Ryan replied coldly. He ignored Sif and attacked the Jotuns.
"Damn you, Draconian!!" The Jotun yells in an All-speak language, surprising all the people there.
Ryan did not respond. His buff is still in place. He attacked the first Jotun's chest, making a bloodied hole. He did the same with the other Jotun.
The additional Ice Giant is now dead. Sif is extremely shocked. She can feel something familiar from the man. "Asgardian Magic!! Are you from Asgard?"
"Nope," Ryan replied nonchalantly. The noise attracted the Destroyer's attention. It is moving toward the place while blasting off some buildings along the way.
"We need to leave. I can't fight that thing." He said to the mortals. Even though he had instantly killed the Jotuns, it's what every Asgardian here could do. It is only the lowest tier Jotun.
The Destroyer is on an entirely different level. He didn't want to fight it right now. After all, it is meant for Thor.
Thor finally realizes what he could do. He goes to Sif and places his palm gently on her cheek.
"Sif, you have done enough," Thor said.
"No! I will die a warrior's death. Stories will be told of Today." She can feel what Thor is thinking right now. She doesn't want it to happen.
"Live, and tell the stories yourself," Thor said while smiling sadly.
'And when you tell the story, I will tell the story together with you from the gate of Valhalla,' He said the sentence inwardly.
Thor then goes to the Warrior Three. "You must return to Asgard. Loki must be stopped!" He told them.
"What about you? " Fandral asked while supporting Volstagg.
"Don't worry my friend. I have a plan" Thor said to them while smiling. Fandral feels like he can see the silhouette of the mighty Thor coming from the mortal thor. He thought it was an illusion.
Fandral nods. He is now falling back with the mortals. They have work to do.
Ryan said to Barton. "Go with them. There is nothing you can do here."
"What about you?" Barton asks. However, Eclipse already disappeared from his spot. "Still a show-off." He mumbles.
After arranging his affairs, he gathers his courage. Thor ran towards the Destroyer.
"What is he doing?!" Jane saw this and exclaimed. She wants to follow but Dr. Selvig holds her back.
The crowd stops in their retreats as they see the mortal Thor confronting the Destroyer.
Thor said calmly with a begging tone.
"Brother, whatever I had done to wrong you, whatever I had done to lead you to do this, I am truly sorry."
Loki, who is holding Gungnir on the throne of Asgard, hears what Thor is saying through the connection the Destroyer had with the throne.
"But these people are innocent. Taking their lives will gain you nothing." Thor said. Finally, he realizes what should be done to protect the peace.
The Destroyer opened his visor towards Thor.
"So take mine. And end this." Thor said. He is now ready.
Loki is contemplating his actions. The Destroyer fire dimmed. The visor closes.
Ryan is observing everything from a building rooftop. "It's time." He mumbles.
The Destroyer turned its back on Thor. Thor breathes a sigh of relief. It seems like his brother still has a love for him.
Sike. The Destroyer swings his arm at Thor, flinging him away.
"Nooo!" Jane yelled. She breaks free of Dr. Selvig's arm and ran to Thor.
What greets her is Thor's broken body with his face full of blood.
"It's over. " Thor said to Jane.
She touches his face. "No, it's not over." She shook her head, denying everything that happened.
"I mean. You're safe. It's over. " Thor said before he took his last breath.
The Destroyer is returning to Asgard as his work is done.
Drops of tears fell onto Thor's face as Jane couldn't hold her tears. Lady Sif and the Warrior Three are also shedding tears.
The incident is now over. Thor is dead.
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50 miles west of the town. The hammer in the crater shook a little.