Whoosh~! Bang!!!
A giant black meteor crashed into the ruins behind the petty leader.
"No—that demon… is back."
A shadowy figure with a hideous appearance gradually emerged from the smoke.
At this moment, Watson was thinking: Should I bring a smoke bomb next time? Is it not good to always use Little Earth to create special effects? Just as the crowd was in doubt, a person in armor, wielding a 4-meter-long blade, suddenly rushed out of the dust!
With a single lunge, Watson charged into a group of Freedom Fighters and performed a 360-degree circular slash! Four half-severed bodies and a small section of a truck roof simultaneously fell to the ground!
The civilians shrieked upon seeing this, and everyone quickly covered their children's eyes.
Da da da!!!
The surrounding Freedom Fighters reacted, unleashing a barrage of bullets at the demon before them. His image had long since spread throughout the Freedom Fighter organization!
Just then, a person in gold and red armor landed like a superhero, raising his hand and firing several palm cannons, taking out the people attacking Watson.
"You're welcome~"
"%$#%##!"
"%￥#%...%￥!"
At this point, several Freedom Fighters began shouting at the two, using women and children as hostages.
Tony slowly lowered his hands and said, "Detective, do you have a good plan?"
"No."
"Alright then, you put down your weapon first, I have a plan."
The moment both of them put down their weapons, Tony's panel locked onto those few individuals.
Biubiubiu~
As a series of short, rapid gunshots came from Tony's shoulder, the Freedom Fighters were all shot in the head.
"Dad!" The little boy broke free from his mother's hand and ran to hug his father.
Watson walked over, scaring the father into shielding his child behind him. Watson said nonchalantly, "What a brave child—" As he spoke, Watson walked towards Tony.
"Mr. Watson?"
Watson was called by a somewhat familiar voice. He turned his head: "Ethan?"
Watson walked over and hugged him, saying, "I'm glad you're alright."
Tony heard Watson's words, turned around, and walked over, looking at Ethan and raising his mask: "Ethan, you're alive?! That's great, we thought you were dead. Oh, and where's your family? You said you wanted to go home and see them."
Ethan seemed surprised to see Tony Stark beneath the mask, then shrugged and said, "It's you, Mr. Stark. It seems your—equipment is much more powerful and much cooler than before. As for my family—they actually passed away a while ago. Last time, I wanted to help you one last time and then go find them, but Mr. Watson's appearance made me change my mind. I want to help the people of my hometown." As he spoke, Ethan led the two to the little boy and his father from before. He first turned to comfort the civilians, indicating that he knew them, then pulled the little boy over and said to Watson and Stark, "This is my student. He's very smart. I want to teach him everything I know."
Watson nodded and stroked the little boy's head, saying, "He's very brave, a true man. You can consider taking him to New York later, but for now—"
[Large number of armed personnel detected 5 kilometers to the west.]
"Tony, a large wave of zombies is coming."
"What zombies? Wait a moment, there's still someone—" As he spoke, Tony punched through a wall, grabbed the petty leader, and threw him in front of the civilians, saying, "He's yours now."
Then Tony saw his already dialed phone and said, "Detective, we can't leave now, they've called for backup. Jarvis tells me it's a large force, seems like they're coming for you? When did you get the title of 'demon' again? But—it sounds much better than 'knight' or whatever it was before."
"Stop talking nonsense, you go deal with the people in the city, I'll go intercept their main force. Ethan, take them to a safe place, and take their guns."
As Watson was speaking, Tony soared into the sky and said, "OK, you hold them off, I'll come help you once I'm done."
"System, summon Big Flower."
Whoosh~! Grroooarrr!
"Ah!!!" Big Flower's appearance made a group of women and children scream.
"Alright, Big Flower, stop roaring, you're scaring them." Watson had just jumped onto Big Flower's back when he saw a burst of sparks erupt from Tony in the sky, and then he plummeted.
"I'm fine, I'm fine—cough cough, just a small tank."
Watson rolled his eyes and likewise soared into the sky, heading straight for the Western support troops!
—Halfway up a tall mountain beside the town.
Watson, in the sky, finally found the support troops. They were driving on the winding mountain road.
The scale is about twice the last time? Or even more? They even have anti-aircraft guns. It seems they've learned a little lesson, huh?
However—this location isn't as good as last time. Last time, in the boundless Gobi Desert, the monsters couldn't easily chase fast-moving vehicles.
This time—unless they want to jump off a cliff? Although they just started climbing the mountain and haven't gone very high, it doesn't matter. The biggest difference this time is that I have Lord Horn! But to be safe—System, use Evolution Essence on Lord Horn, evolve into an Apex Dragon!
Five minutes later—Apex Diablos (100 meters) has been placed in the Monster Space!
Watson looked at the system notification with his mouth agape—100 meters!!? Holy cow, it's quadrupled!
This is awesome now.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the first Apex Dragon. Monster Space permissions updated, can summon and retrieve freely within 1 kilometer.]
[Map permissions updated, detection range expanded to 10 kilometers.]
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the first Apex Dragon, unlocking and completing the Beginner Stage Growth Mission.]
[Talent Fusion permissions updated. Please select the first stage Advanced Hunter attribute talent:
Great Jagras (Storage Stomach / Strength Constitution Boost), Kulu-Ya-Ku (Sharp Claws), Barroth (Mud Armor / Strength Constitution Boost), Pukei-Pukei (Poison Attribute / Pukei-Pukei Wings).]
[Please select the second stage Intermediate Hunter attribute talent:
Jyuratodus (Mud Armor / Underwater Breathing), Tobi-Kadachi (Thunder Attribute / Constitution Speed Boost), Anjanath (Fire Attribute / Strength Constitution Boost), Paolumu (Air Cannon / Paolumu Wings)]
Wait a minute—that's a lot of information—Beginner Growth Mission? Can I choose two talents? Are there Intermediate and Advanced stages too?
Watson's mouth couldn't close as he looked at the rewards for this growth mission. This is insane! System, if you're so powerful, why didn't you say so earlier? I feel like I'll be punching Thanos and kicking Dormammu in the future with a mysterious confidence!
Without further ado, I choose Barroth's Strength Constitution Boost! As for the Intermediate one—Air Cannon? Thinking of Paolumu's inflated neck—I'd rather not. What about the Fire Attribute? I'm a magic warrior, not a pure mage. And Anjanath's fire, does it just spit out a spark before the fight? I'll stick with Anjanath's Strength Constitution Boost for now—