Thump—
The burly figure of the fire lizard warrior crashed to the ground, the flickering flames on its body dimming as well.
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[Detected a collectable soul, Subspace Soul count +1]
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“Hah…”
Logan exhaled a mouthful of murky smoke mixed with the aroma of fruit, his eyes fearlessly fixed on the large group of fire lizard warriors roaring towards him, a battle-hungry grin spreading across his face. “Kiddo, are you scared?!”
The little wolf girl tilted her head, gazing up at her dad’s rugged yet incredibly scruffy profile. Her tender cheeks, splattered with droplets of blood, mirrored his expression with a touch of madness that belied her age, as she slightly shook her head, replying:
“As long as Dad’s by my side, I won’t be scared at all!!”
“…”
Logan seemed to have been struck by some invisible, large-caliber bullet. His burly frame trembled slightly, the soft and warm area in his heart nourished once more, expanding rapidly outwards. In a voice only he could hear, he murmured to himself:
“Boss, thank you so much for giving me the chance to enjoy a fulfilling family life!!”
Then, with a nonchalant gesture, he tossed away the cigar from his mouth, lowered his head, and said to the little wolf girl, “Alright, kiddo, keep your eyes peeled… today, Dad will teach you how to fight these troublesome critters!!”
With that, Logan charged towards the oncoming fire lizard army like a tiger descending from the mountains.
And in the instant Logan moved, the little wolf girl, with even greater agility, leaped onto his back, baring her fangs and claws like a ferocious young beast waiting for its moment, roaring loudly at the approaching enemies!
“Just by offering absolute loyalty to Mr. Karl Malla, one can obtain extraordinary power comparable to mutant abilities? That’s just too incredible, isn’t it?”
Lorna Dane, who wasn't far from Logan and his daughter, had clearly overheard their conversation. Her elven, bewitching green eyes sparkled with intense curiosity.
After arriving in Sokovia, the most common “new things” she heard from the people around her were almost all about the deeds and legends of this mysterious Boss.
However, due to Lorna Dane and the little wolf girl's identities, they were unable to meet Karl himself in the short term, let alone thank him in person.
Fortunately, Lorna Dane was not in a hurry.
Because as long as she could successfully pass the combat assessment tonight, she would have the opportunity to join the Subspace Group as a full-time employee.
That way, she would have the chance to see his true face in person in the future.
Thinking of this, Lorna Dane suddenly became full of energy. She immediately manipulated the magnetic force to gently place President Matthew Ellis, who was flying in mid-air with a terrified expression, safely behind Frank and Pietro.
After completing all of this, she used the powerful repulsive force generated by the magnetic force to fly into the sky, and then went all out, dragging the containers stacked on the dock and smashing them towards the group of fire lizard warriors in the distance.
“Cough cough, great, finally saved.”
President Matthew Ellis couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief after landing, the deathly pale color on his face finally regaining some color.
He really thought he was going to die this time.
After making some adjustments, he looked at Frank and Pietro, who were standing opposite him and remained silent, and said indignantly:
“I assume you are also sent by . to rescue me? Then please send me back to Washington . quickly. That traitor Rodriguez is secretly colluding with those terrorists to usurp the throne. I absolutely cannot let his plan succeed…”
As if suddenly remembering something, President Matthew Ellis turned around and pointed at the group of fire lizard warriors fighting with Logan and the others in the distance, and said angrily:
“Oh, right, absolutely don’t let those Ten Rings gang bastards go. They were planning to burn me alive on live broadcast just now… Fortunately, Stark managed to delay them for some time, otherwise I would have died with my eyes wide open.”
However, Frank and Pietro, who heard his orders, still stood motionless in place, as if they were deaf to his commands.
To the point that President Matthew Ellis, who had come back to his senses, felt a great sense of dread in his heart, and even the face that had just regained its color turned pale again.
After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked in a slightly trembling voice, “That… you’re not here to save me… but to kill me?!”
Looking at the uneasy president in front of him, Frank said with a calm expression, “Please rest assured, Mr. President, we are here to save you.”
If it were in the past, especially during his time in the military.
If Frank was fortunate enough to meet the president himself, he would definitely humbly place his fist on his heart and offer flattering praises to the other party in the most passionate voice.
But this does not mean that Frank is a person who is good at flattery, it only proves that his vision was limited to that height at that time.
However, now it is completely different.
Compared to Karl, even if the man in front of him is the one with the greatest power in the entire United States… no, it should be said in the world.
But in Frank's eyes, he is still so ordinary, and he doesn't even have the interest to take another look.
There is no way, because no matter what the other party's identity is, as long as they have not escaped the category of human beings, they are destined to never be compared with Karl, who is a God.
“Phew… that’s good.”
President Matthew Ellis heard this and finally put his heart back down, but he still asked a little uncertainly, “Then you are…”
“We are employees from the Subspace Group!!”
Frank answered directly, “General Ross sent a rescue request to our Boss, hoping that we can safely rescue Mr. President back.”
Frank's words were very artistic.
He deliberately avoided the two important subjects of the White House and the Department of Defense, and singled out General Ross.
This can use the information gap to create a one-sided illusion for President Matthew Ellis, thinking that the rescue was first proposed and initiated by General Ross.
It doesn't matter even if President Matthew Ellis later obtains the truth from other people's mouths, because his subjective consciousness has been defined.
And General Ross did lead this rescue, so he will most likely still place this “favor” on General Ross.
This method is what people call “stealing credit”!
Needless to say, this was naturally Karl's instructions to Frank, who made General Ross his own now.
Only by letting his subordinates get some credit can he maximize his benefits.
“Subspace Group… indeed lives up to its reputation, you are more reliable than those useless people from .”
President Matthew Ellis was almost moved to tears on the spot. He was surprised and delighted at the same time, and secretly vowed in his heart:
“General Ross, I didn’t expect you to care about me so much. Don’t say anything, from today onwards, you are my non-identical brother… Don’t worry, as long as I am still in the position of president, I will never treat you badly.”
After a moment of emotion in his heart, President Matthew Ellis glanced at the increasingly fierce battle in the distance, and tentatively asked with an anxious expression:
“Ahem, can you two send me back to Washington now?”
“I learned from the head of the Ten Rings gang that Vice President Rodriguez has actually been colluding with them in secret,”
“Wanting to take the position of president by getting rid of me, if I can’t appear in the public eye before the execution time announced by the Ten Rings gang ends,”
“Then according to the Presidential Succession Act, he will directly succeed to the presidency… By then, it will be too late!!”
“But don’t worry, I will never forget the Subspace Group’s strong rescue this time. After I eradicate those traitors, I will definitely not let the Subspace Group go back empty-handed.”
Obviously, this last guarantee was specially said to Frank and Pietro.
After all, on the battlefield, no matter how noble the identity is, if there is no interest to add to it, it may turn into a lifeless corpse in minutes.
And Frank showed a slight look of satisfaction on his face after hearing the president's personal guarantee, but he still stood in place, without the slightest intention of escorting him away.
“Don’t worry, Mr. President, there is plenty of time, why don’t we enjoy this battle here first?”
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Frank did not tell the other party that there was a drone for live broadcasting in the sky, because their purpose this time was not just to rescue the president.
They also wanted to leave a deep impression in President Matthew Ellis's heart that the Subspace Group is powerful and unshakable through this battle.
This will not only prevent President Matthew Ellis from being deceived and bewitched by some villains in the future, thus causing the Subspace Group to become enemies… Okay, that villain refers to Nick Fury, the despicable black ghost who likes to play tricks.
It can also make President Matthew Ellis think of the Subspace Group as the first person who can help him solve the problem when he encounters something difficult to deal with.
“Oh, then… okay.”
Seeing that Frank and Pietro were unmoved, President Matthew Ellis had no choice but to choose to compromise. After all, whether he can leave here alive depends on whether these people are willing to save him.
So when it is time to bow your head and admit defeat, bow your head and admit defeat. This is called knowing the times… After all, no matter when and where, only those who can see the situation clearly can live longer!!
“Frank, do you want me to help Logan and the others?”
Pietro looked at the battle ahead and asked with a look of eagerness to try.
“It’s enough for Logan alone to provide them with help…”
Frank shook his head slightly and reminded quietly, “After all, this is Boss’s test for those two little girls. Only by successfully passing the assessment can they truly integrate into the Subspace Group!!”
“Oh, I understand.”
Pietro suppressed the fighting spirit in his heart and stood in place honestly as a spectator.
At this time, the battle between Logan and the other two and the fire lizard warriors had already entered a white-hot stage.
Whoosh whoosh—
Logan crossed his wolf claws in front of him, stubbornly resisting the scorching flames spewing from the mouths of the two fire lizard warriors, and advanced step by step with difficulty.
When he was only two or three steps away from the other party, the little wolf girl, who had been living on his back, suddenly jumped out, and while avoiding the flames, her wolf claws accurately pierced the heads of the two fire lizard warriors.
The two fire lizard warriors didn't even have time to self-destruct before they instantly lost consciousness and fell to the ground dead.
“Yay, two more are done!”
The little wolf girl shouted excitedly to Lorna Dane in mid-air, “Sister Lorna, let two more lizard monsters in for us to kill.”
Lorna Dane, who was suspended in mid-air, showed a slight smile on her delicate face when she heard this, and then gently waved her palm towards a certain part of the “maze” that she had already formed with containers, and the containers that were originally closed together like walls suddenly split open a gap that only one person could pass through.
Several angry fire lizard warriors saw this and rushed out along the passage.
Puff puff—
But just after the second fire lizard warrior passed through, the containers on both sides closed again.
The fire lizard warriors in the gap who didn't have time to rush out were instantly squeezed into a pool of minced meat.
The remaining fire lizard warriors in the “maze” all had surprised and angry expressions on their faces. Many people had already started to activate their high-temperature abilities, trying to melt the containers in front of them that were in the way, and take a “shortcut” to rush over to fight directly.
But how could Lorna Dane let them cheat successfully?
For those who do not honestly abide by the rules of the game, they will be directly slapped to death by a container falling from the sky in the next second.
After a show of killing chickens to warn the monkeys, the other fire lizard warriors suddenly became much more honest, and they all looked up at the huge containers suspended above their heads, as if they might fall down again at any time.
In the end, they had to give up the idea of taking a “shortcut” and patiently waited in the “maze” for the next opening of the “road”.
There was no way, who made this place a dock, with hundreds of thousands of containers stacked… So as long as Lorna Dane wanted to, she could use a “container rain” to smash all the fire lizard warriors to death at any time.
The high temperature they released was enough to melt steel, but it was not enough to resist the impact from the sky.
However, as long as they “abide by the law” and abide by the rules of the game, then Lorna Dane will not directly start a massacre… because this is also the combat principle that Frank specifically told her before the war.
Although she didn't know at this time, this order was not issued by Frank, but came from Karl's handwriting.
The real intention was on the one hand to show the strength of the Subspace Group to the president, and on the other hand, it was naturally to help Karl harvest reputation points as much as possible.
How can instant kills earn more than this kind of “turn-based” battle?!
Lorna Dane simply assumed that Frank was testing her mutant abilities and adaptability in a real combat situation, so she didn't overthink it.
Besides, she herself believed that this kind of 'fight like a caged beast' approach could best showcase her mutant abilities, and also allow her little sister, Laura, to flex her muscles and gain some practical experience.
So, why not do it?!
