American comics: May the Holy Light deceive you

Chapter 19: The Prelude to the First Invasion - Part 1

Vega could see in the distance the dozen or so warships of Task Force 25, scattered across the shimmering sea like steel behemoths.

Meanwhile, the well-prepared Task Force 25 responded by welcoming his arrival with a barrage of missiles.

To Vega, these missiles were like sea turtles slowly crawling on the beach, but instead of dodging them, he decided to destroy them.

There was no other way; the fleet was under control. If he ignored the missiles and they continued flying towards the fleet, they would definitely follow and blow up the warships.

Fortunately, clearing out these missiles was very easy for him.

Vega continued flying forward. When the missiles were less than 10,000 meters away from him, the enormous, holy seraph wings on his back suddenly burst forth with golden light that was even more dazzling than the sun. Then, beams of energy, like incredibly sharp swords, shot out from his wings, pointing directly at the whistling missiles.

In an instant, a series of thunderous roars rang out. Vega calmly weaved through the barrage of explosions and fiery missiles, flashing past like a golden lightning bolt.

A few dozen seconds later, Vega, braving a torrent of anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft gun shells, man-portable rockets, and all sorts of bullets, flew unstoppably to the center of the fleet.

At that moment, a ballistic missile that had just detached from a nuclear submarine was accelerating upwards. Vega conjured a holy spear and shot it down, then landed on the sea surface in the center of the fleet and hovered there.

He condensed a Heavenly Revelation Pearl and sent it into the sky. In an instant, dense golden lightning bolts crashed down from the sky, intertwining with the rays emitted from his wings to form a huge golden energy net that intercepted all the attacks coming toward him.

The Hammer of Punishment flew close to the sea surface into his hands. He gently placed the hammerhead on the sea, gripped the handle tightly with both hands, and continuously poured holy light into it.

A mysterious circular magic circle appeared on the sea surface and rapidly expanded outwards. In the blink of an eye, all the warships and submarines were enveloped within the magic circle. Vega accelerated the infusion of energy, and with a thought, the magic circle burst forth with a dazzling golden light that was almost reddish-white.

This is the Paladin's large-scale group support skill - Divine Protection Barrier. This skill can not only heal injuries, but also remove abnormal statuses from everyone within its coverage area.

Vega was on high alert, prepared to interrupt his magic at any moment for defense and counterattack.

Because there were too many people, the magic circle would last for almost a minute, during which time he could not move.

He didn't care about the attacks from the surrounding warships. Even if the attacks could evade the double interception of lightning and rays and hit him, they couldn't harm him because he was wearing armor.

What he was worried about was Loki, the god of evil. Loki was a master of sneak attacks and a very powerful magician.

Suddenly, Vega's expression under the mask changed drastically, and his sixth sense began to frantically alarm.

Vega decisively interrupted the magic, his left hand flashing like lightning as he slashed through the air, instantly opening a deep purple dimensional rift, and he rushed into the rift without hesitation.

The next moment, before the cracks could close and disappear, nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors on the three strategic nuclear submarines and the aircraft carrier in the center simultaneously detonated.

In an instant, an extremely terrifying white light shot into the sky, its brightness far exceeding that of the sun. Immediately afterwards, an extremely terrifying shockwave, like an angry dragon, spread wildly in all directions.

The seawater was instantly vaporized, forming a huge void. The entire fleet vanished from the world almost instantly in the face of this devastating force.

With a deafening roar that silenced heaven and earth, a massive red mushroom cloud slowly rose, followed by the surrounding seawater surging like a tidal wave, rapidly filling the huge hole and triggering a tsunami-like surge.

This scene was clearly recorded by the satellite, and everyone watching was stunned by this sudden change.

Before they could recover, a piercing alarm sounded, and the warheads of the four ballistic missiles in the suborbital space separated into 24 nuclear warheads, which fell at speeds exceeding Mach 20!

With bloodshot eyes, Tony Stark roared, "Jarvis, calculate the coordinates!"

"Attack coordinates calculated. All targets are military bases and facilities. Targets will be hit in 15 seconds. Interception success rate is 0.024%." In less than a second, the artificial intelligence Jarvis calculated the attack targets of these nuclear warheads and sent them to all connected members.

On the map, the East Coast of the United States, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. are all marked with glaring red dots.

"Oh my God!" Pepper Potts exclaimed in shock, covering her mouth as Tony Stark, clad in his Iron Man suit, crashed through the tempered glass and flew out.

The nearest point of attack to him was New Jersey, and there was no way he could get there before the explosion. But at that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: he had to intercept the nuclear warhead!

The military's response was swift; surface-to-air missiles were launched one after another, and fighter jets on alert cleared their hardpoints. Soldiers, having received the notification, disregarded all obstacles and used every means at full speed to escape the base...

The long, drawn-out air raid sirens blared in city after city. Most people were bewildered by what the sirens meant, and by the time they realized what the sirens meant, all the nuclear warheads had already hit their targets.

Mushroom clouds rose, but the whole world fell into an eerie silence.

Sixty-seven years later, nuclear bombs have once again fallen on humanity, and the country that was hit is once again the world's most powerful nation.

"Order: Declare a state of emergency. Call back troops overseas, recall veterans, summon all superheroes, take over allied forces, and request aid from the EU, Britain, France, China, and Russia!"

"Mr. President, I agree with your previous orders, but there's no need to ask for help. The situation isn't that serious yet."

"We've been attacked by nuclear bombs, and this isn't serious?! When will it really be serious? When an evil god takes over our country?!"

Before the president had even finished speaking, a new event occurred. Along the Hudson River, at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, about 25 miles from Manhattan, a blue beam of light shot into the sky. Then, a large hole appeared in the sky, and countless Zeta Swiss soldiers, riding in their aircraft, surged out like ants, quickly flying in all directions.