บท 196: 196 Marvel Zombies: The strongest variants... and The heart of a King
New York was a very important place for Marvel, no matter the universe, dimension, or timeline.
Alien invasions, attacks from cosmic beings, universal crises, and many things happened in New York, making this land the epicenter of the world. This was unlike DC, where many places had their moments of great importance.
This time, New York was also the place where everything would begin and end.
Zombie Hulk roared as he charged towards his counterpart. Once he acquired cosmic power, his strength had skyrocketed. Meanwhile, Hulk from Allen's universe remained in place, his veins bulging beneath his emerald skin, gamma energy passively radiating from him.
Zombie Hulk shouted as he punched the Hulk in the face. "HULK STRONGER! HULK EAT HULK!"
The zombie Hulk demolished the entire street and several buildings with the force of his blow against Hulk. It wasn't a joke when it was said that the strength of the zombie Hulk had skyrocketed due to cosmic power.
In response, Hulk remained silent, leaning back slightly from the impact of the zombie Hulk's fist but not budging an inch. This situation lasted only a moment, and before the pupil-less eyes of the zombie Hulk, Hulk slowly recovered.
The gamma radiation increased enormously. Hulk smiled as his body grew slightly larger, his muscles bulging, veins popping.
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JackBlack – F*ck!
– Memories of Vietnam D:
Felicia – To see it again is incredible, but is it okay?
The spectators had noticed it, the appearance of Hulk was close to the one that caused nightmares for many.
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There was an essential difference between the two Hulks.
Zombie Hulk could devour whoever he wanted and gain their power. Zombie Hulk could anger whatever he wanted and increase his strength.
"Hulk like life... Hulk smash bad people and get food... Hulk no longer be a monster."
The gamma radiation continued to increase, even pressing the zombies alongside the cosmic zombie Hulk.
"Reed!" Hank Pym shouted to Reed Richards, who was having trouble dealing with the hacker who had taken over his building.
"What?!" Reed's zombie turned annoyed but stopped when he saw the emerald glow illuminating all of New York. He quickly took energy readings through his satellites.
"This is it!!"
[DANGER DANGER DANGER DANGER!]
Zombie Hulk was powerful, there was no doubt about it. However, both in growth and in rage, Worldbreaker Hulk was incomparably higher.
"Hulk see horrible things that Hulk do... Hulk see Hulk be a monster... Hulk attack Hulk's friend!"
Something incredible happened. Zombie Hulk took a step back. It was absurd, but it was indeed happening.
"HULK NEVER FORGIVE HULK!"
For a moment, the monster lost his appetite, and all he could do was watch the emerald-colored fist shining in his direction.
Behind Hulk, all the zombies escaped, although some couldn't do it in time.
After all, it's Worldbreaker Hulk for a reason!
With the blow, a third of Manhattan was abruptly torn off, but the shockwave did not stop and traveled across the state before rising into the sky.
As for the zombie Hulk? he was disintegrated.
There was silence, and Hulk breathed heavily as his size reduced, making the onlookers' jaws drop even further, as Hulk was controlling his anger.
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Rick – Impossible, is he controlling the infinite rage?!
Aizen – This is a surprise...
Rogue – ...And that green guy was supposed to be doing the same thing in our world D:
Nikky – we are lucky to be alive D:
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Everyone was stunned by the level of destruction caused by the Hulk from another universe, the zombie Tony flying with the help of cosmic power was analyzing his next move but out of nowhere, he heard a mechanized voice.
"Where are you looking?"
Zombie Tony woke up from his daze when he was hit through a building, then used cosmic power to counterattack, but was blocked by energy shields deployed from the Prime armor.
"To be honest, it's a bit unfair that you have the Mark 3.5 while I use Prime, but considering what you did, I don't mind acting like a bully!"
"Shut up, variant!"
"I like that, I like being the variant if being the original means becoming a half-rotten man!"
Tony Prime deployed devices in all directions that adhered to many zombies around him, including Luke Cage, Hawkeye, Daredevil, Kraven, Rhino, Captain America, Wasp, and several villains. Tony noticed several familiar faces among the crowd but didn't even look at them or mention them. Then, the energy bombs detonated.
Some were disintegrated, while others, like Captain America and Daredevil. They tore off their arms to avoid death.
Tony felt bad, but his determination was firm. He had to end these zombies before Allen returned.
"Damn it, let's join forces to kill me and eat me!" shouted Zombie Tony before attacking Tony Prime en masse.
"Do I have such a big mouth?" Tony denied before his armor deployed with a bunch of weapons in all directions.
The zombies halted their attack.
Reed Richards and Hank Pym's eyes were fixed on the Prime armor. For both of them, it was easy to discern what it was capable of just by looking at it. In comparison, Tony from this world was in his early days.
It was unfair as if a level one player with divine artifacts were facing a basic-level adventurer.
But does it matter? These monsters didn't need justice. The sooner they ended it, the better.
"Anthony Stark, it may not seem like it..." said Tony Prime, "But I'm very angry with you, with myself. You can't imagine how it feels to see you do what you did using my name and armor. My only comfort is that I'm better looking."
Multiple energy lasers were fired in all directions. Some dodged, others managed to escape, but most of the zombies near Tony were annihilated.
Tony's figure in the sky was no less incredible than Hulk's.
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Rick – It may be the only thing Tony Stark invents that's worthwhile.
Urahara – Really, it's amazing how he stands next to a super-powerful monster and a god...
Pepper – Tony...
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Thor took his fight away from New York, with zombie Captain Marvel, zombie Nova, and zombie Thor.
Nova and Captain Marvel fired energy rays at Thor, but he blocked them with the two Mjolnirs.
Zombie Thor took advantage of the distraction to fall on top of Thor and knock him to the ground. Once there, he would take advantage of the enhanced strength from cosmic power to bite him. Zombie Thor would like to eat his variant from another universe, but he believes that making him unworthy of the hammers will be worse for him.
Once knocked down, zombie Thor smiled as he grabbed Thor's arms and went to bite his neck.
"What a pitiful creature..."
Even though Thor had his hands blocked, a large amount of electricity began to run through his body.
"...!" Zombie Thor tried to step back too late.
The god of thunder Thor released massive amounts of electricity that pierced through zombie Thor at close range. It was like seeing a lightning bolt born from the ground and ascending to the heavens.
Thor got up while shaking the dust off his cape. "Father has said it many times already, the hammer is just a catalyst. I am the god of thunder!"
Not far away on the ground was a charred figure moving with difficulty. "Hahaha..." zombie Thor laughed.
Smoke rose from his body, he had muscles and burnt flesh in various parts of his body. Half of Zombie Thor's face had disappeared. The lightning would have incinerated him, but cosmic power protected him. However, Thor's power was very potent, and a little cosmic power wouldn't stop it.
"I always hated quoting my father..." said zombie Thor in a low, almost extinguished tone. "Even in this lamentable situation... I'm still hungry... end it now, Thor, son of Odin."
Thor observed the creature that once occupied his same position. All his life he thought he was some kind of chosen one, but not anymore. He knows he can lose, he can be defeated, or even die.
'I was very arrogant...'
Thor looked at the sky, several zombie heroes ready to kill him. Thor was aware that if they infected him, it would be the end. Probably his counterpart was infected by that arrogance that characterizes him, believing that because he is a god, he is superior to everything else.
Thor sharpened his gaze and wielded his hammers as the electric storm intensified.
Boundless power gathered around Thor as if the fallen gods were giving him their support to end this nightmare.
"I know!" said Thor before dropping a rain of lightning on all the nearby zombies.
Before being disintegrated zombie Thor smiled 'Take care of my hammer...'
"I promise."
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– I guess I won't be able to make fun of him anymore.
Gilgamesh – I've met many gods and none have made me want to buy him a drink, but this one seems to have potential....
TheEmperor – ...maybe...
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"Damn it!" Reed Richards was annoyed, but not as much as Hank Pym, who was furious to see three such powerful variants.
If it were only one of them, they would manage to stop them, but there were three, and without access to Reed Richards' laboratory, they were at a disadvantage.
Zombie Reed was at a computer typing on a holographic screen at high speed. Every time he was about to regain access, he lost it, but with time, he believed he would recover it.
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On the rooftop of a building, quite a distance from Reed was Rebecca.
"Damn it!" Rebecca took out her burnt biochip from her neck and replaced it. She couldn't get rid of Reed Richards, and at this rate, all her efforts would be in vain.
Rebecca smiled, a twinge of pain, but she had no choice. She decided to overheat the reactor of the Baxter Building to destroy it. If she didn't have it, Reed Richards wouldn't recover it.
The only thing Rebecca could do was steal as much as she could from Reed Richards' database, blueprints, data, prototypes, and information in general.
Rebecca looked towards the Baxter Building before watching it explode. Reed zombie screamed furiously at this and swore to slowly tear apart whoever did it.
Hank Pym, on the other hand, wasn't worried. Unlike Tony and Reed Richards, he had several workshops and laboratories, so losing one or two didn't affect him.
"GAAAHHHHH!"
The strident cry of Hulk created a shockwave that made Hank cover his ears.
"We must end that monster!" Hank Pym shouted.
"Don't worry, it's not necessary..."
Tony's voice came from the sky.
"Tony!" Hank and Reed were surprised. While Tony faced many zombies, most were not as strong. Seeing him here meant he had won.
"I don't know what interests me more—finding out how your armor works or eating you."
Ant-Man grew to the size of a building and prepared to fight, his hands covered in cosmic power as he attacked Tony as if he were an insect on the wall to crush.
Tony turned his arms into two energy cannons. Hank Pym wasn't foolish. Before Tony could shoot, he shrank to avoid the attack. Reed Richards had the power to have an elastic body; he wrapped around Tony, and then The Thing appeared, who was a very strong rock man, to hit Tony.
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Hulk roared, grabbed Abomination's head, and dragged him with his face pressed to the ground for miles, causing so much friction that he caught fire.
When Hulk let go, the Abomination zombie was already dead, this time he was truly dead.
"WHO'S NEXT?!"
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Artoria faced a very dangerous opponent, her rage increasing every second. The King unsheathed Excalibur without hesitation and attacked the Scarlet Witch, who raised the sea in front of her and turned it into steel to protect herself. However, Excalibur's power cut through the steel mountain while this happened, and Artoria took advantage of her speed to reach Wanda.
In her left hand appeared the Spear of the World.
"Ronghonminyad..." With a neutral tone but an intense gaze, Artoria thrust the world's pillar at the terrifying woman in red.
Wanda simply smiled with her sharp teeth as her hands covered with power stopped the spear.
Artoria was surprised but didn't back down. With her right hand, she used her Sword of Promised Victory and, with a divine slash, split the sea behind Scarlet Witch.
After a moment, the Scarlet Witch was split in half. However, Wanda's dead eyes didn't lose intensity, and her body began to heal.
Artoria didn't need anyone's warning to know she had to end this woman as soon as possible.
"Ugh!"
Artoria was surprised, looked down, and saw a red thorn piercing her. There was no blood, but there was pain, of course, this kind of pain was nothing to her.
Artoria pushed her spear once more, this time with all her strength, and managed to pierce Wanda's shoulder.
At that moment, the witch let out a terrifying scream, and Artoria was pushed back by the shockwave.
There was no time to rest when the Scarlet Witch was already on top of her, intending to cut her down. Wanda pointed at Artoria's neck, and her hand lit up, but nothing happened, and Wanda was confused.
"This zombie woman is..." Artoria was surprised because Wanda was increasing her power as time passed. She punched Wanda's face and pushed her away, then landed in the air as she retreated.
Artoria thanked Allen's pendant. Although it was little, it prevented Wanda from affecting her directly with her power. Of course, she had divinity and wasn't so easily turned into spaghetti.
Artoria looked at the sky for a moment. She wasn't worried that Allen would lose, her confidence in him was absolute. But she was worried about how this universe would affect Allen.
There is no middle ground, no good or evil, no justice, just a fight for survival. Now that they have taken the side of the living, they must eradicate the side of the zombies while they try to do the same.
"You have guts to distract you!" the Scarlet Witch said curiously but did not attack.
"Before I was a Goddess I was a King.... before I was King I was a knight... before I was a knight I was a woman..." Artoria smiled beautifully "I'm simply worried about the man I love".
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