Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 302 Did you do this?!
"Vision is out, 6543! Tony, release him!"

As Vision's figure burst out of the Gates of Hell along with the explosion and flames, Luca immediately roared.

Of course, without him saying a word, Tony, who was highly focused, had already thrown out the capsule in his hand at the first moment.

A massive shipping container, comparable in size to a building and clearly made of large iron plates temporarily welded together, fell to the ground.

Just as the giant container completely obscured the Gates of Hell, Luca finally fired his last compressed beam.

A flash of blue light, an explosion, and then everything returned to calm.

"Was it successful?"

The Avengers gathered around the pit where this final gate to hell was located.

But at this moment, no one cheered and celebrated for successfully closing the last portal. Instead, everyone's faces showed a bit of confusion and helplessness.

Because of those final few large gates of hell, the demons of hell chose to obstruct them with the lives of countless demons.

Ultimately, the Avengers abandoned the idea of ​​quickly closing the rift and instead used a more 'clumsy' method to fight it.

That is to take advantage of Vision's invincibility time to forcefully break into Hell, first use compressed nuclear bombs to quickly clear the area, and then release a large number of omnic legions to guard the other side of the Hell Gate until the Hell Gate is successfully sealed.

Although it took longer, it ultimately closed all the gates of hell within New York City.

However, looking around, the scene was even more desolate than Washington, which had been ravaged by nuclear weapons.

The land was desolate and ruined, with bottomless craters and building ruins everywhere, and countless demon corpses lying haphazardly across the earth.

Looking at the red and blue cracks that resembled scars, scattered and floating in the air.

Then consider those who were forced to relocate to other states; most of them were penniless New York City residents.

No one is happy about this victory, or rather, can this really be considered a victory?
At this moment, all the Avengers had the same thought.

What exactly have we been protecting?

Luca, piloting the Boxer Gundam, slowly descended from the sky. Thanks to the GN Drive's bug-like engine drive system, the massive mecha landed without causing much of a tremor.

Compared to the Avengers, who are all heroes with a strong sense of responsibility and justice, Luca himself didn't actually experience much emotional fluctuation at this moment.

In his view, it was fortunate that this demon invasion did not result in large-scale casualties.

Of course, Luca, sensing the tense atmosphere, didn't say anything more at that moment.

He simply stepped out of the Gundam cockpit again, compressed the mecha back into the capsule, and silently arrived beside the stunned Tony.

"It's over. Let's think about how to clean up the mess."

Upon hearing Luca's words, Tony simply nodded slightly, remaining silent.

After the battle.

Having temporarily resolved the Hell invasion incident, Luca was not in a hurry to return to his home state of Sokovia.

After all, the so-called 'permanent seal' only targets the weak points in the New York area.

There are countless similar weaknesses on Earth, and he stayed behind to work with Tony, Banner, and the others to find a solution.

To avoid the fact that our Earth is now barely better than a sieve, and will continue to suffer endless attacks from hell.

However, while Tony was working with Captain America to help S.H.I.E.L.D. resettle the New York refugees,...

Luca, however, was unable to seize the time to engage in research work with Dr. Banner.

The reason was that the Ancient One, who had seemingly vanished mysteriously immediately after the battle, had come to Luca. "Mr. Orange, the Ancient One wishes to see you."

Upon hearing this, I was surprised to learn that it was a Kamar-Taj monk I didn't know who was relaying the message.

However, Luca, who also had a lot of questions he wanted to ask the Ancient One in person, had no reason to refuse the meeting.

However, after Luca followed the sorcerer through the portal, he seemed to understand why the Ancient One didn't come to him herself.

"Old... Ancient One? You're already dead?"

Looking at the Ancient One, whose body was semi-transparent and seemed to float slowly in the air like a soul, Luca was completely dumbfounded.

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"Boom~"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luca felt a sudden blow to the back of his head, and even with his enhanced body, he staggered two steps.

The Ancient One in front of him rolled her eyes at him, her face full of speechlessness.

"Die my ass!"

"Wow, that strength...that really comes from being in great shape."

Rubbing his head, Luca realized he had misunderstood and could only manage a slightly awkward smile.

"But since you're unharmed, Ancient One, what's the reason for your current state?"

"Thoughts or mental clones, interpret them however you like, but they can only be maintained by the Kamar-Taj magic circle. Can't you even see that with the Mind Stone?"

Too lazy to argue with Luca, the Ancient One simply gave an explanation.

Luca wasn't too surprised that the Ancient One knew he possessed the Mind Stone, but this still didn't seem to explain why the Ancient One met him in this manner.

Fortunately, the Ancient One didn't choose to hide anything; she simply rolled her eyes and continued speaking.

"The New York Sanctum has been completely destroyed by you, great hero. My original body can only rely on Mephisto and Dormammu, these two old guys, to act as a barrier to protect Earth. It is definitely impossible to return in the short term."

Upon hearing this, Luca was taken aback at first, but then asked somewhat awkwardly.

"The New York Sanctuary was also bombed to death?"

The three sanctuaries, including Kamar-Taj, are unique structures built upon the Earth's own space.

They are located in New York, London, and Hong Kong, three special and magical places.

This is both a massive magic array node for defending against magical invasions and the last warning and barrier against dimensional invasions.

Although the Earth's space today can be described as a public toilet, frequently visited by outsiders.

However, the Ancient One had always relied on the protective shield created by the three Sanctuaries to resist external enemies while continuously repairing Earth's fragile space.

Now, New York, one of the three holy sites, has been completely razed to the ground by a meteorite from Luca. Even in the past, when Earth's space was intact, this would be considered a huge crisis.

However, when faced with Luca's somewhat hesitant question, the Ancient One simply gave him a dismissive look, seemingly not intending to pursue the matter further.

However, if Gu Yi were to say that he was going to punish Luca for this, he probably wouldn't think much of it. But seeing the other party's seemingly indifferent attitude, Luca immediately thought of some unpleasant things.

"Could it be that you, Ancient One, knew all along?"

"Or rather, you orchestrated everything that has unfolded to this point?!"

(End of this chapter)