Hawk spat on the grass beside him.
He looked at Malekith, who was asking if he should continue, and laughed.
"Just warming up."
"Is that so?"
Malekith smiled slightly, "Are you done warming up now?"
Hawk also smiled, "Yes... done!"
Just as he spoke, a phantom of a phoenix bathed in crimson flames projected behind him.
The next second.
The phoenix phantom instantly transformed into pieces, covering Hawk piece by piece.
With parts covered in elegant feather patterns colliding onto Hawk's left shoulder like meteors in the swirling flames, accompanied by an explosive metallic collision, and perfectly melding with the arriving Holy Armor components at the same time.
Subsequently, armguards, thigh guards, leg guards... countless radiant parts blazing with golden fire shot out of the flames as if they had life.
They precisely, continuously embedded themselves, melding with other components, covering every part of Hawk's body.
When the final piece, a faceplate shining with Phoenix Fire, clicked into place, perfectly covering Hawk's impassive and stern face.
Hawk's words happened to finish.
"Flash!"
"Sound Speed Fist—"
At the moment the right fist was swung, accompanied by a phoenix's cry, a myriad of fist shadows appeared before Malekith in the blink of an eye.
With a 'bang'.
Malekith took a punch on the right cheek, his head tilted to the left, creating ripples visible to the naked eye.
Subsequently, Malekith also flew back out, with a boom, completely collapsing the wall built by the London Government around Stonehenge.
Malekith landed on the ground, creating a pit on the grass.
Earth and stones flew everywhere.
Smoke rose instantly.
Perched on the Stonehenge rock, Peter looked at Hawk, dazzling gold all over and with golden wings, with his mouth agape.
But…
He was even more surprised seeing Hawk reach behind, detach the pair of wings, and throw them aside.
After discarding the flashy yet impractical wings, Hawk rolled his neck in the sudden downpour.
The Little Cosmos within him burned fiercely at the brink of its limit.
The next second.
Hawk instantly left a phantom where he had been, practically appearing floating above Malekith the moment he landed and created a pit, his right fist wrapped in crimson flame swinging down toward Malekith again.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
The earth trembled amidst the deafening explosions and rising smoke.
The London earthquake monitoring system emitted abnormal alarms.
Peter's eyes lit up.
"Is it over just like that?"
"Heh heh heh!"
Just as Peter thought to himself, Malekith's villainous laughter came from within the smoke.
"Little one."
"I must admit, I underestimated you."
As a villain from God King Bor's era, Malekith had no problem calling Hawk 'little one'.
Smoke quickly dissipated under the sudden rain.
Malekith's figure reappeared in Hawk's sight.
In view.
The edge of his clothes was slightly dirty.
An Ether Particle-generated dark red transparent barrier shimmered around Malekith.
His pale eyes stared at the armored Hawk.
"Your energy is indeed formidable."
"Pity, it doesn't belong to this universe."
"So you rely on Ether Particles to sustain your energy's reality."
"But by doing so, you can't use Ether Particles for other intriguing things."
"Moreover, I can sense that you seem unable to fully control this reality-made energy."
"It reminds me of another little one."
"Thor."
As everyone knows.
Thor the Thunder God?
No.
Thor the Hammer God.
"So..."
"One last chance."
Malekith, sensing the approach of another little one's aura and the imminent convergence point of the Nine Realms, lost his patience, looked at Hawk.
"Hand over the Ether Particles, and I'll spare your life."
"I refuse."
Hawk's response was crisp and decisive.
Hearing this, Malekith fell silent, his smile fading, instantly appearing before Hawk.
Boom!
Accompanied by a punch imbued with dark red Ether Particle energy striking Hawk's mask.
The mask emitted a cracking sound.
With just one punch.
Hawk's mask shattered.
The next second.
Boom!
Malekith enveloped in Ether Particles crashed Hawk into Stonehenge as the energy of the Nine Realms' convergence swept by suddenly.
Instantly.
Hawk and Malekith vanished within Stonehenge.
Peter, crouching on a Stonehenge pillar, was stunned watching Hawk disappear in the blink of an eye.
He instinctively jumped down from the stone pillar, standing at the spot where Hawk had vanished.
Then...
There's no more then.
The wailing sirens sounded from not far away, approaching quickly, while Hawk and Malekith seemed to have completely vanished.
Peter was bewildered.
Just then.
"Malekith, come out and face your death!"
"Boom!"
With the rumble of thunder in the storm, Thor descended from the sky, clad in battle armor, gripping Mjolnir, the Hammer of Thor.
Thor looked expressionlessly at Peter, slightly taken aback.
"Malekith?"
"No."
Peter looked at Thor, who had suddenly appeared, instinctively shook his head, then pointed to the place where Hawk and Malekith had just disappeared, saying: "But they were here, suddenly disappeared along with my friend."
Thor's voice was the type of bass admired by a superhero who could rival a mortal with a demigod body.
He listened to Peter's words, nodded, and explained: "That's the spatial ripples caused by the Nine Realms convergence."
Peter furrowed his brow.
"When will they come back."
"Don't know."
"What?"
"The Nine Realms convergence happens once every few thousand years, the last time it happened I wasn't even born."
"...So what do we do now."
"Don't know."
Thor's response was straightforward.
He came here to protect that Earthling Hawk after hearing his girlfriend Jane mention that Hawk also had Ether particles, to prevent Malekith from taking the Ether particles from Hawk.
As long as Malekith can't get the Ether particles from Hawk and they can hold out for eight minutes during the Nine Realms convergence phenomenon, even if Malekith gets the Reality Gemstone he can't pose a threat to the Nine Realms.
Actually, he originally intended to come to Earth last night.
But last night his mother, the Queen of Asgard died, and he had to attend her funeral, so he was a bit late.
As a result...
He really came late.
Now the Nine Realms convergence is about to begin, during this time, Heimdall's Eye, which can normally see anywhere in the Nine Realms, temporarily lost its effect.
So for the moment, after Thor finished speaking, he wasn't sure what else to say.
Four eyes met.
For the moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
Meanwhile, on the planet of one of the Nine Realms, Jotunheim, a different scene was unfolding.
This is the realm where the Frost Giant clan lives, with harsh and desolate conditions, covered with snow-covered mountains, glaciers, and forests.
Boom!
Hawk and Malekith, brought here by the spatial ripples during the Nine Realms convergence, were fiercely battling each other.
The mountains of ice were constantly collapsing.
The ice surface was also continuously cracking.
The two nearly fought from the icy mountains to the ice surface, then from the frozen mountain ranges to the snowy forests.
To say it was a fierce battle was a bit inaccurate.
Because.
Hawk was being overwhelmingly suppressed by Malekith, if it weren't for continuously burning his Little Cosmos he might have been knocked out by Malekith long ago.
But although he wasn't knocked out yet, his current state was far from good.
The Phoenix Holy Armor on Hawk was already covered in countless cracks.
His face mask had been shattered by Malekith just a moment ago.
Same story.
The Holy Armor Hawk was wearing looked golden and brilliant, much like the Golden Holy Armor, but it was just a show.
And...
The Ether particles he possessed had already been used to manifest his Little Cosmos.
But Malekith also had Ether particles, initially, Hawk could use the advantage of his Holy Armor made of vibranium, which absorbed all kinetic energy, to fight Malekith evenly.
But once Malekith realized Hawk's Holy Armor was made of vibranium, the situation changed.
Vibranium may be the most powerful metal on Earth.
But it doesn't rank first in the universe, even Thanos, his knife made of 'Uru Metal', resembling a plane propeller, could slash a big gap in Captain America's Vibranium Shield in just three strokes.
Let alone Malekith, who had lived for thousands of years and possessed Ether particles.
Once Malekith realized this, his offensive became alien.
However!
Hawk didn't retreat at all, even though he was being overwhelmed, he still fought, simply with one phrase.
"Dare you to kill me."
"Alright!"
Malekith was a person of few ruthless words, once again bringing Hawk as they plunged headfirst towards the ancient ice surface below.
But just as the two were about to hit the ice surface.
The spatial ripples of the Nine Realms convergence appeared again, and with a swoosh, Hawk and Malekith vanished without a trace once more.
Standing distantly, the Frost Giants who were watching from afar were staring at the two who had suddenly appeared and destroyed their homeland then disappeared just as quickly, puzzled.
The next moment.
"Odin!!"
"Asgard!!! "
Don't ask them why they blame Asgard and Odin, ask only because Odin took the Ice Box, the treasured heirloom of the Frost Giant clan.
Earth.
Stonehenge.
Peter, who originally wanted to leave, didn't leave because of Thor's arrival, staying in place with Thor who hadn't left either.
Thor weighed his hammer, feeling the slightly awkward atmosphere, turned his head to glance at the London officers who had wanted to come closer but retreated in fear, coughed, and said to Peter: "Jane told me Hawk saved her, so Hawk is also my friend."
Peter heard this, glanced at Thor, made a sound of acknowledgment, then fell silent.
Spider-Man was a chatterbox.
But Spider Spirit wasn't!
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