Ultron's grip slowly tightened.
Veins bulged across Simon's forehead as he struggled for breath. Another second and his neck would snap.
"Don't you dare compare me to that bastard Stark!"
With a violent swing of his arm, Ultron hurled Simon away.
Boom!
Simon smashed into a modified jeep and instantly lost consciousness.
---
"Tsk, tsk… who would've thought," a voice suddenly echoed through the cargo bay.
"Tony's kid hitting his rebellious phase already."
"Such a touching father-and-son relationship."
Ultron turned sharply.
Five figures stepped out of the darkness.
It was Karl and the others.
Naturally, the sarcastic comment had come from Karl.
"So this is the thing Stark built?" Erik said, tilting his head while looking Ultron over.
"Honestly… it's pretty ugly."
The black-and-gold Golden Jaguar armor shimmered faintly in the dim light.
"To be fair," Erik added casually, "this thing wouldn't even pass Wakanda's production standards."
---
Ultron's red eyes focused on Karl.
"You…"
He recognized him.
Karl was the one who had shot and destroyed his body in Avengers Tower.
"Oh, you remember me?" Karl smiled.
"Should I feel honored?"
Ultron's gaze shifted to Erik.
His eyes flickered rapidly as he searched global databases for information.
Nothing.
Wakanda's secrecy was impenetrable.
"What?" Erik said lazily.
"Can't find my files?"
"Don't know who I am?"
He shrugged.
"Stark really built himself an artificial idiot."
---
"I said—"
Ultron's voice rose with rage.
"I AM NOT STARK'S CREATION!"
He raised his hand.
A powerful magnetic force burst outward.
Karl's group was instantly pulled toward him.
At the same time, Ultron fired a repulsor-like blast from his other hand.
The attack struck Erik directly.
Erik was blasted backward through the air—but the Golden Jaguar suit absorbed the energy.
He flipped midair, landed smoothly—
and charged.
---
Suddenly, more than a dozen robots rushed out from all directions.
They attacked Karl's group.
Skye raised both hands.
BOOM—
Shockwaves rippled outward.
The violent vibrations froze the robots in place before their bodies began to shake apart.
Within seconds, bolts loosened and metal plates shattered.
Machines simply couldn't withstand sustained resonant vibration—especially precise ones like Skye's.
The robots collapsed into piles of scrap.
---
Wanda's eyes glowed crimson.
Scarlet energy surged from her body.
She opened her hands.
The power condensed into dozens of energy blades.
They shot outward in every direction.
Anything they touched—
sliced clean in half.
The robots didn't even have time to defend themselves before being carved into fragments.
---
Gwen fired webs.
Two robots were instantly bound.
With a powerful swing, she spun them like yo-yos, smashing them into the other machines.
Metal bodies collided and shattered.
---
Wanda then formed another spell seal.
Behind her, ten enormous energy arms burst into existence.
They expanded like giant crimson limbs.
Then—
SLAM!
They smashed down like hydraulic presses.
The remaining robots were crushed instantly into flattened sheets of metal.
---
In mere moments, the dozen robots were destroyed by the three women.
Karl simply watched from the side.
He didn't even bother stepping in.
The girls had grown tremendously stronger.
Especially Wanda.
In all of Kamar-Taj, aside from the Ancient One, no one could defeat her now.
Even the prodigy Kaecilius couldn't last long against her.
---
Meanwhile, Erik was fighting Ultron directly.
Ultron relied on his larger frame and initially forced Erik back.
But Erik gradually learned Ultron's patterns.
And once that happened—
The jaguar's instincts emerged.
Erik suddenly grabbed Ultron's fist.
With vibranium-enhanced strength—
CRACK!
Ultron's hand was crushed.
Erik slashed downward, tearing open the armor on Ultron's abdomen.
Ultron froze.
He instantly understood.
Only vibranium could rip through super-alloy this easily.
---
Erik seized the moment.
His claws flashed repeatedly.
Within seconds, Ultron's entire chest armor was shredded apart, exposing the inner machinery and cables.
Erik leapt onto Ultron's back.
Both hands raised.
The claws extended another inch.
CRUNCH!
His hands stabbed straight into Ultron's neck like knives through butter.
Ultron's body spasmed violently.
Then it collapsed to the ground.
Erik pulled his hands free.
They were coated with dark mechanical oil.
He shook them in disgust and casually walked back toward Karl.
---
Ultron's broken body twitched.
"You… will… all… be—"
BANG!
A gunshot echoed.
Ultron exploded into fragments.
Once again—
Karl.
Once again—
Judgment.
---
Right then—
BOOM!
A red-and-gold armored figure smashed through the ship's roof and landed dramatically.
Behind him floated a man in a red cape.
Tony Stark.
And Thor.
Since they could fly, they had arrived ahead of the others.
---
"You've got great timing," Karl said dryly.
Tony looked around at the destroyed robots.
"Hey, don't blame me," Tony replied.
"I don't move as fast as you."
"Shut up."
The two exchanged their usual insults.
---
Then Tony noticed the black-and-gold armor nearby.
"Erik?"
He looked at Karl.
"How did this guy get here?"
"Did T'Challa finally let him out?"
The Golden Jaguar helmet retracted, revealing Erik's dreadlocks.
"Tony Stark," Erik said coldly.
"Look at the idiot AI you created."
He pointed at the heap of broken metal behind him.
"My AI tech is world-class," Tony tried to argue.
But even he knew it sounded weak.
Ultron had been created without proper testing or safeguards.
There was no escaping responsibility.
"Please," Erik snorted.
"Our three-year-olds in Wakanda could build something better."
---
Tony opened his mouth to respond—
Then suddenly froze.
"Wait…"
"Where's the vibranium?"
Silence.
Everyone looked toward the elevator.
The containers were empty.
Ultron had stolen the vibranium during the fight.
Even Karl hadn't noticed.
"F*!**" Tony exploded.
He kicked a robot head across the floor in frustration.
---
At that moment, Erik tilted his head.
A voice was speaking through his communicator.
"What?"
"T'Challa actually said that?"
Shuri's voice crackled through the line.
And whatever message she was delivering…
clearly surprised him.
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