One Rider Against a Thousand

The two suits of armor flying over were both products of the Osborn Corporation. The one on the left was entirely gray and looked incredibly rugged—it was the military’s War Machine!

Worth mentioning, War Machine was still piloted by Rhodey, Tony’s Black best friend! The military knew perfectly well about Rhodey’s relationship with Tony, yet they still had him pilot it. They were clearly trying to humiliate Tony for refusing to sell his armor! The blue-and-white armor on the right belonged to S.H.I.E.L.D. and was piloted by assault team captain Brock Rumlow—Crossbones. Incidentally, its name was Peacemaker! They might as well have called it Hail Hydra!

Wang Bert grumbled inwardly. Without S.H.I.E.L.D., this world would be much more peaceful!

"Can those three suits of armor stop those, uh, those Frost Giants?"

Coulson ran to Wang Bert’s side and asked nervously. He had never expected war to erupt just like that, and with aliens no less! A few would have been one thing, but there were five or six hundred of them. How were they supposed to stop them? And how had they even reached Earth? No spaceship had landed, as far as he knew.

"Those three scrap heaps definitely can’t, but with me added in, it’ll be enough!"

Accompanied by background music, the gold-and-red Iron Man descended from the sky. He flipped open his faceplate and said to Wang Bert, "Bert, it’s only been a few months. You seem to have gotten a little lazy?"

"Why are you here?"

Wang Bert was taken aback. This didn’t seem like his scene.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. invited me. They said there’d be a big show!"

Iron Man said excitedly, "I never expected it to be an alien invasion. Huh, why don’t these aliens even have decent weapons? They’re like primitives."

"They rely on their bodies," Wang Bert said.

Iron Man was stunned. "Their bodies? Then how did they get to Earth?"

Coulson reminded him, "Mr. Stark, the Frost Giants have caught up."

"Bert, we’ll have a good chat later!"

Iron Man nodded at Wang Bert, then turned and flew outside. His confident tone made it clear that he had improved greatly over the past few months! Wang Bert rubbed his nose, finding it a little funny. No matter how quickly Tony improved, could he possibly improve faster than Wang Bert? He had the full backing of Blackheart and the Spirit of Vengeance! At the same time, the Frost Giants had reached a point two hundred meters outside the farm entrance. The earlier wave of exploding cars had killed over a dozen of them, leaving their commander furious as he shouted toward the farm, "…"

Wang Bert and the others looked baffled. They could not understand a word the Frost Giant commander was saying.

This wasn’t a movie. It was impossible for the Entire Universe to speak English!

"He wants you to hand me over. Their target really is me!"

Thor smiled bitterly. "Bert, I can’t drag you into this!"

"I told you, don’t underestimate Earth. A mere five or six hundred Frost Giants want to make Earth surrender? Ridiculous!"

Wang Bert waved a hand and shouted, "Tony, Frank, Rhodey, and that S.H.I.E.L.D. guy! Show these aliens what Earthlings are made of!"

"I think I should be the one saying that!"

Tony rolled his eyes. His shoulder compartments opened, and six miniature missiles shot toward the Frost Giant commander!

Seeing Tony attack, the Frost Giant commander flew into a rage. He thrust both hands forward, releasing a massive surge of icy energy that froze all six mini-missiles into blocks of ice, which fell to the ground!

Tony shouted unhappily, "That works too? Did you hide a Freezing Gun inside your body?"

"Attack! Kill all humans!"

The Frost Giant commander shouted, and all the Frost Giants roared as they charged forward. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents immediately picked up Rocket Launchers and returned fire!

Tony and the other three refused to fall behind. They took to the air one after another and bombarded the ground with missiles. Boom! Boom! As flames and shockwaves spread, large numbers of charging Frost Giants were blasted to death!

"Gather ice blocks and smash them!"

The Frost Giant commander roared in fury. He led more than a hundred Frost Giants in forming blocks of ice and hurling them at the armored suits in the sky and the defensive line opposite them!

Bang! Bang! Bang! The ice blocks slammed heavily into the defensive line and the farm like stones launched from catapults, smashing deep craters into the ground. Jane and Daisy could not help screaming!

"Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, nothing will go wrong!"

Wang Bert waved his hand, and every ice block that had flown in rebounded back—at his current level, he could project his qi even without Iron Fist Power!

Daisy asked in shock, "Bert, are you a Super Hero too?"

"No, I’m the boss of Super Heroes!"

Wang Bert smiled, and Daisy admired him even more. Meanwhile, the defensive line made of vehicles rapidly collapsed under the ice barrage. Coulson grabbed his radio and shouted, "Tanks and armed helicopters, move out!"

The moment the order was given, ten tanks hidden in the nearby grass roared out, firing shell after shell at the Frost Giants.

That was not all. Three armed helicopters also rushed over and sprayed machine-gun fire wildly, shattering the ice on the Frost Giants’ bodies with crackling bursts!

"Kill them!"

The Frost Giant commander roared and viciously hurled an ice block into an armed helicopter’s rotor. The rotor warped and snapped on the spot. The helicopter spun out of control, then crashed to the ground with a bang and exploded!

"Helicopters, fall back!"

Coulson shouted in a hurry, feeling deeply frustrated. Why wasn’t there a bomber at the Director’s base? If Nick Fury knew what Coulson was thinking, he would definitely spit in his face. Weren’t tanks and helicopters enough? Did Coulson think the military belonged to him? Bribing people every year to falsify accounts and "scrap" tanks and helicopters was exhausting, all right? Compared to helicopters, tanks were clearly more useful, but only somewhat more useful—the Frost Giants could freeze tank barrels and treads, and their numbers far exceeded the tanks’.

At that moment, a group of Frost Giants charged through the bullets and artillery fire to reach the defensive line. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were no match for them and were slaughtered in disarray.

Peacemaker, War Machine, and Iron Man quickly descended to engage the Frost Giants in close combat. Their missiles were nearly spent anyway.

Only Punisher remained in the sky, firing wildly and launching a missile from time to time. Tony glanced at him and muttered speechlessly, "Does this guy have infinite ammo?"

Although the armored suits were powerful, there were too many Frost Giants, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents could not provide much help. The three soon found themselves in a bitter fight. Tony shouted, "Get down!"

War Machine dropped down immediately, while Peacemaker was a beat too slow. The next moment, red light flared from the backs of Tony’s hands, and two red lasers shot out. As he spun, they sliced more than a dozen Frost Giants around him in half! Rhodey shouted, "Cool! You should’ve used that sooner!"

Rumlow shouted in dissatisfaction, "You nearly cut me!"

Tony said arrogantly, "I can only use that move once. Rhodey, your armor is way worse than mine!"

"No matter how good your armor is, it’s just your personal toy. Osborn Corporation’s armor is part of the nation’s defense!"

Rhodey said unhappily, "Osborn Corporation is the real patriotic company!"

"So Vampires are patriotic?"

Tony was utterly disdainful. He charged forward and punched a Frost Giant flying, while Rhodey controlled his machine gun and sprayed fire. At the same time, Rhodey said, "The president will personally give them an award this year. Tell me, are they patriotic or not?"

"Use all the Rocket Launchers and heavy weapons! Don’t save money for the Director! We have to hold the line!"

Coulson shouted. The situation was extremely dangerous and could collapse at any moment. Fortunately, there was still a great expert behind them!

Of course, the great expert was not Thor. Although he kept wanting to go to the Frontlines, everyone knew he was in no condition to do so. The great expert was Wang Bert, who was sitting in a chair watching the show!

"Mr. Wang, these Frost Giants are a little different from what I imagined!"

Coulson asked Wang Bert, "Their bodies are indeed stronger than ours, but they don’t even have weapons and have to form them themselves. Isn’t that too backward?"

"The Frost Giants had powerful technology thousands of years ago!"

Wang Bert shook his head and said, "But later, they were defeated. All their technology was erased, and they gradually regressed into primitives."

Perhaps that was why Loki could not accept his identity. An heir of America turning into a tribal chieftain—who could accept that?

"Their technology was directly erased?"

Coulson was startled. It seemed Asgard was no saint either. Thor shouted unhappily from nearby, "Asgard never did that! The Frost Giants are just poor and lazy!"

Wang Bert smiled. "Doesn’t that sound familiar?"

Coulson gave a bitter smile. "It does. Americans say that all the time!"

Wang Bert said respectfully, "Compared with Jotunheim, we are much luckier, because we have Master Ancient One!"

Coulson glanced at Wang Bert and finally understood why he respected Master Ancient One so much. Without her, humanity might still be in the Middle Ages! At that moment, Frank suddenly shouted, "Bert, something’s wrong. The Frost Giant commander hasn’t been attacking with all his strength. He seems to be waiting for something. I suspect there are other monsters!"

Coulson said in shock, "Other monsters? That’ll be difficult. The military reinforcements still need some time!"

"Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, it’s fine!"

Wang Bert waved his hand and stood up. "By the way, have the people in town been evacuated?"

Coulson said, "They’re being evacuated. During the day, we only had a hypothesis, so the higher-ups refused to let us move the townspeople!"

"Hmph, bureaucrats! Tell them to move faster. Who knows what will happen tonight!"

Wang Bert said. Just then, an agent monitoring the surroundings shouted, "Sir, a large number of monsters have appeared to the south and are rapidly approaching!"

Coulson hurriedly asked, "To the south? How many are there?"

The agent replied, "About the same as the previous group—over five hundred!"

"Over five hundred again?"

Coulson exclaimed, "That many? We can’t hold them off."

"I caused this. I’ll go out and fight them to the death!"

Thor shouted, "Asgardians will not let their friends sacrifice themselves for them!"

"Easy, easy. It’s only five hundred Frost Giants. No big deal. We don’t need you!"

Wang Bert waved his hand. Thor shouted, "No big deal? Bert, it’s not that I look down on you, but this really isn’t something you can handle!"

Wang Bert said nothing more. He whistled, and a majestic fiery-red Pure Blood Horse trotted out from the stable. Coulson’s eyes lit up. "Is that a Pure Blood Horse?"

"That’s right, a Pure Blood Horse. I named it Red Dragon!"

Wang Bert smiled and swung himself onto the horse. Red Dragon took two excited steps, seeming to anticipate the coming battle! Coulson hesitantly asked, "Mr. Wang, it is indeed an excellent horse, but you’re not planning to go into battle like this, are you? You haven’t even brought a weapon!"

Tony said venomously, "Hey, Bert, do you think this is the Middle Ages? You’re going to fight on horseback? Looks like you haven’t just gotten lazy—your brain’s rusted too!"

"The wisdom of mortals. Today, I’ll show you what one rider against a thousand truly means!"

Wang Bert smiled disdainfully. Blazing flames erupted from his body and spread onto Red Dragon. Red Dragon neighed excitedly as flames burst from its nostrils, eyes, ears, and mouth!

Coulson hurriedly backed away in fright. Tony shouted, "This isn’t scientific!"

"I’ll show you what science is. Hyah!"

By then, the Frost Giants had charged to within several hundred meters. Wang Bert controlled Red Dragon and charged toward them like a blaze, leaving two rows of burning hoofprints behind!

"Cool!"

Many people could not help shouting. Tony silently shouted the same thing in his heart. He was considering whether to develop a suit that could breathe fire. It was too dazzling! At that moment, stirring war drums sounded from the speakers. Wang Bert laughed loudly as blood and flames surged from his palms, forming a massive high-temperature Crescent Blade in front of him. The heat was so intense that the surrounding air warped!

Next, Wang Bert injected blood into Red Dragon’s body. Red Dragon neighed, and its lightning-fast speed rose once more as it charged at the Frost Giants like a streak of fire!

"Stop him!"

Before the Frost Giant deputy commander had even finished shouting, Red Dragon had already charged into their ranks. Then, in an instant, it burst out of their formation—and the deputy commander still had not finished speaking!

The next second, every Frost Giant in Red Dragon’s path split in half and fell to the ground screaming!

"Again!"

Wang Bert laughed once more and turned Red Dragon around for another charge. The Frost Giants were terrified and scattered to either side, but how could they outrun Wang Bert? He quickly harvested another wave of them! Like that, Wang Bert surged and charged through the Frost Giants’ formation at lightning speed. The Frost Giants fell in swathes like wheat!

"This isn’t scientific!"

Watching the constantly flashing blaze, Tony’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. That guy was too ridiculous, wasn’t he? Without using any moves at all, relying only on speed and flames, he had slaughtered five or six hundred Frost Giants until they were crying for their fathers and mothers and fleeing in terror!

This was not scientific at all. Their side had four suits of armor, ten tanks, and a huge pile of Rocket Launchers, yet they had been beaten into a miserable state by the Frost Giants!

Tony quietly said, "Jarvis, delete all plans to provoke Bert!"

"Deleting Tony Is the Handsomest Plan One, Plan Two, Plan Three, Plan Four, Plan Five, Plan Six, Plan Seven…"

"Shut up! Delete them all!"

Tony said in embarrassment and anger. They were not even on the same level!

"Cool! That’s so cool!"

Many people shouted. This fighting style, this level of combat power—it was simply astonishing. Jane and Daisy clapped excitedly again and again, looking as though they could offer Wang Bert everything they had!

Though Thor felt a little sour, he could not help praising him. It was truly too cool! In less than a minute, the more than five hundred menacing Frost Giants had been reduced to fewer than half. Harvesting wheat and chopping vegetables were no more effortless than this!

The Frost Giants’ morale completely collapsed. Panicked, they fled toward their commander, hoping he could save them!

That guy was even more terrifying than Thor!