Tony, in autopilot, passed by the Iron Legion flying in from his Malibu mansion. "How's the situation, Jarvis?"
"The drone swarm stationed at Stark Tower has engaged the enemy. The enemy mothership is hovering over New York City. We've intercepted communications indicating General Ross is preparing to bombard it with artillery."
"What about the others?" Tony's dizziness had finally subsided somewhat. He switched from autopilot to manual control.
"Captain Rogers is assisting the police with the evacuation. The shelters in the nearby three blocks are gradually reaching capacity. The evacuees are spreading to other blocks!"
"Deploy some of the rescue-type Iron Legion suits to assist with the evacuation and to defend against enemy attacks on civilians! How long until the space drone swarm arrives?" Tony ordered Jarvis at a rapid pace. He then landed at his Malibu mansion, took off the Mark IX armor, and poured himself a drink to soothe his throat.
"The vanguard of the space drone swarm will arrive in 3 minutes and 48 seconds. A large-scale arrival over New York City will occur in 6 minutes and 23 seconds!"
"Okay! Jarvis, bring up the Destroyer I! What else do we have that we haven't deployed?" Tony took a sip of his drink, watching the Mark Destroyer I slowly rise.
"Nothing, sir. All the equipment you have deployed near New York has already been put into battle!" Jarvis's reply disappointed Tony a little.
"Right! What about Carol? Where is she?" Tony suddenly remembered that he had asked this question before, but then he had crashed into the Dark Elf mothership, causing him to forget.
"Contacting Director Fury!"
"Tony! What's the situation in New York?" As soon as the communication was connected, Fury asked somewhat anxiously.
"Uh... it's okay. At the moment, the enemy numbers don't seem to be many. I can handle it!" Tony, while suiting up in the Mark Destroyer I, watched the holographic projection and answered his question.
"I've already notified Carol, but she happened to be eliminating a HYDRA base. It will take some time for her to return! Military bases near New York have also dispatched personnel to support New York."
"Okay! We need her support. It looks like the enemy warships are pretty powerful. At the very least, that stealth technology makes them impossible to defend against! How's General Ross's preparation? I mean his artillery attack?" Tony squinted. The holographic projection constantly changed to show the situation in New York City.
"Soon! I hope our artillery fire can threaten the enemy mothership. Just a few small warships have put us in a difficult situation! I don't know what that big one will be like!" Fury's expression was also extremely serious. He had already received the information from Ross. Their attack hadn't even started, and they had been attacked by aliens again.
Clearly, the enemy's strength was stronger than they had imagined. Ross's plans had been detected. But fortunately, in addition to ground artillery, the air force's fighter jets were also about to arrive at the battlefield, preparing to launch air-to-air missile attacks on the enemy.
At this time, the entire sky above New York was filled with flying vehicles. Most of them were Tony's Iron Legion and drone swarm, then there were seven or eight Dark Elf warships, as well as Thor, Rhodey, and the others.
Algrim piloted the warship away from Stark Tower, preparing to find an opportunity to rush into Stark Tower again to seize the Aether. But he didn't know that the Aether had already been transferred by Wanda.
Malekith suddenly found that he couldn't sense the existence of the Aether. His face changed. The Aether, which had felt so close just now, suddenly became distant and then disappeared!
He carefully sensed it, but he still couldn't find the location of the Aether. His face gradually became anxious. Without the Aether, his plan could not be realized.
Now, there was less than a day left until the celestial bodies aligned in a straight line. If he couldn't find the Aether within this short period of time, all his previous plans would be in vain. He didn't want to wait another five thousand years!
So Malekith ordered all the Dark Elves to attack, to find the Aether at all costs. For a time, the remaining Dark Elves who were still on the mothership piloted warships to attack, and the mothership began to fire on the drone swarm.
"They've dispatched more troops! Rhodey! Watch the south side! There's a group of civilians there who haven't had time to evacuate!" Banner was the first to discover the Dark Elves' movements and immediately reminded him.
"Okay! I'm on it. Can anyone come and help with the evacuation? There are a lot of people here!" Looking in Rhodey's direction, he saw that the street was crowded with people.
A large number of cars on the road blocked their evacuation route, making it impossible for them to quickly leave this dangerous area.
"I'm coming!" Pietro flashed behind a building, took a breath, and glanced at the Dark Elf warship flying overhead. He was a little envious of Wanda's ability to fly, while he could only run fast and had no threat to these guys flying in the sky.
After muttering a few words, Pietro disappeared from the spot again. Two seconds later, he arrived below Rhodey, looked up, confirmed that no enemies were paying attention to this place for the time being, and then turned to look at the congested point ahead.
Then he came to the front of this street and found that it was a series of car accidents that blocked the road. The citizens could only bypass it or step on the cars to pass.
"Uh... I need someone to clear the road here. Can anyone lend a hand?" Pietro glanced around and immediately knew that he couldn't handle this alone.
"Coming!" Banner responded and immediately flew towards Pietro's location. His weapons and ammunition had been used up, and only the palm cannons could be used as attack methods.
"Tony! When are you coming back? The situation here is a bit critical! The drone swarm can't threaten these alien warships!" Rhodey hovered in the air, covering the crowd below, while looking at the large-scale drone swarm and the Dark Elf warships fighting.
But no matter how the drone swarm's machine guns fired, the enemy's warships were not affected. Instead, they could destroy a large number of drones by firing remotely or directly accelerating and crashing into them.
The drone swarm in the sky above New York was being reduced at an extremely fast rate. Fortunately, the drone swarm was large in number and small in size and relatively flexible, so it could still delay for a while.
"On my way. The space drone swarm will arrive in 30 seconds. Hold on, the Iron Legion is in position!" Tony, who had already changed into the Mark Destroyer I, responded to Rhodey, taking a deep breath as he looked at the Iron Legion that had already arrived in New York on the panel.
Malekith also noticed the Iron Legion flying towards here, squinted, and dispatched several warships to intercept them, and ordered Algrim to attack Stark Tower at all costs. He wanted to know where the Avengers had put the Aether!