There Was Still a Way

"Tony, now wasn’t the time."

Thor spoke after hearing Tony’s words.

"Why wasn’t it the time?"

Tony found that rather strange.

"Loki had a Chitauri army now. You might not know much about them."

"But the Chitauri were a race from the cosmos, and they enjoyed invading planets."

"In exchange, Loki was probably planning to trade the Tesseract."

"Then he would let the Chitauri march directly onto Earth and launch an invasion."

Thor explained after hearing this.

It was precisely because his father knew of Loki’s plan that he had sent Thor to Earth to stop Loki’s foolish actions.

"An army?"

"An army from the cosmos?"

Steve’s heart tightened when he heard the word army.

Tony had naturally heard of the Chitauri army’s reputation. The Chitauri were practically cosmic invaders, complete lunatics.

The planets they invaded usually suffered the catastrophe of extinction.

Tony simply had not expected them to be crazy enough to set their sights on Earth.

"Then couldn’t we just stop Loki’s plan?"

After considering it, Tony spoke.

"Thor and Tony Stark, you two were certainly both powerful, but this matter wasn’t as simple as you thought."

"Whether this plan succeeded or failed, the Chitauri army would inevitably march on Earth."

"It was merely a matter of sooner or later."

Loki laughed at that, his words carrying a hint of mockery.

If Harvey did not care about Earth, then Thanos would likely succeed in occupying Earth and wiping out countless humans, so long as he did not actively wage war against Harvey.

Although Thanos had not explained things too clearly to him, Loki knew that Thanos’s ambitions were immense.

Moreover, Thanos possessed the strength and patience to scheme for all of this.

It was not because Thanos had shown him ancient truths and given him greater ideals.

Rather, because Loki knew Thanos possessed such ability, he very much wanted to see who would come out on top in a clash between the universe-renowned Thanos and the mysterious, suffocatingly powerful Harvey.

That was why Loki had decided to participate in this plan.

Loki’s laughter and words caused Natasha and Steve’s hearts to sink to rock bottom.

Was Earth ready to face a war launched by another civilization from the cosmos?

Perhaps some people on Earth were prepared, such as Tony Stark and Dr. Banner, who possessed Hulk.

The power the two of them possessed would allow them to protect themselves even against enemies from the cosmos.

But for the overwhelming majority of humanity, even well-equipped troops would likely be utterly overwhelmed in a war against a more advanced civilization from the cosmos.

"Though I don’t want to admit it, the Chitauri are a group of lunatics. Once they set their sights on prey, they would definitely wage war unless they were completely wiped out."

Thor sighed and spoke after hearing Loki’s words.

"Is there no way to stop this war from happening?"

Steve spoke after hearing that.

He had witnessed the horrors of war. Mere infighting between humanity’s various races and nations had already swept across the entire world and caused countless people to suffer.

If it were a war between humanity and an alien civilization, the scale would certainly be beyond imagination. And with humanity’s current level of technology, they would most likely lose.

"It wasn’t as if there was absolutely no way."

"My father, God King Odin, could step in and stop all of this."

Thor frowned as he spoke.

He knew Loki definitely did not have the ability to persuade the Chitauri to target a particular planet.

Therefore, the Chitauri must have set their sights on Earth first. Only after Loki learned of it had he joined in as their guide.

"Then have your father, God King Odin, step in."

Steve already knew that the man before him was the Thor of myth, able to command thunder and possessing a powerful body impervious to blades and bullets. In that case, the existence of God King Odin was hardly surprising.

"Although I also wanted to seek my father’s help, he could not stabilize his ever-growing power. He might enter Odin Sleep at any time and could not easily leave Asgard."

Thor was also somewhat helpless.

If his father could act, then his father would not have needed to send him here to handle this matter.

"Other than that, was there no other way?"

Hearing that God King Odin also seemed to have run into trouble and could not intervene, Steve spoke heavily.

"Other than that, we could have Harvey Anberaka, whose strength was suspected to be close to my father’s, step in."

"For someone with such unmatched power, his identity on Earth must merely be one of his identities."

"His true name and identity must also be renowned throughout the cosmos."

"Even if the Chitauri were a group of lunatics, if they learned Earth was protected by a powerful being famous throughout the cosmos, they would definitely abandon the idea."

Thor thought for a moment before speaking.

"I advise you to abandon that idea."

"And don’t even think about drawing the enemy to Harvey’s estate and destroying his house on Earth."

"Otherwise, we might still have a way to deal with the Chitauri."

"But if Harvey became enraged, that would be a calamity Earth could not escape."

After hearing Thor’s proposal, Tony spoke.

Harvey was indeed a powerhouse renowned throughout the cosmos. The name God of the Void Kassadin resounded across the universe.

Even the Nova Corps of Xandar, one of the cosmos’s great empires, turned a blind eye to Kassadin staying on Xandar and did not dare send anyone to Void Island.

Though the Chitauri army was fierce, it was certainly no match for Xandar’s Nova Corps.

Even the Nova Corps had to consider Harvey’s feelings and dared not anger him. Earth could not afford to do so.

For Harvey, who could freely travel through the cosmos, Earth was at most a temporary residence he happened to like somewhat.

Even if Earth were destroyed, Harvey could find another planet to replace it at any time.

So they could not delude themselves into thinking Harvey would protect Earth, much less force him to act. They could only pray that Harvey might suddenly take an interest and intervene of his own accord.

Otherwise, humanity might be destroyed by Harvey before it was wiped out by the Chitauri army.

"I also suggest that we don’t provoke him. That guy was a demon through and through."

"He was not bound by law or morality, and he possessed the terrifying power to do whatever he wanted."

After hearing Tony’s words, Natasha also raised her hand and spoke.

"If neither of those two methods worked, what other way was there?"

Hearing Tony’s extremely serious warning and Natasha’s lingering fear, Steve was at a loss.

"Other than those two methods, there was one more way, but it required paying a price."

Tony spoke after hearing that.

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