Although Wakanda's social structure was still based on an outdated tribal system, their response was remarkably swift.
At the King's command, warriors from every tribe began to assemble rapidly.
Three or four minutes after parting ways with Okoye, the Old King and Black Panther arrived outside the energy shield in a Royal Guard aircraft, accompanied by a small squad of guards.
Chitauri soldiers were swarming out of the wormhole, riding single-person aircraft and descending toward the ground. From a distance, it looked like a disturbed hornet's nest, with countless hornets erupting from it.
"Your Majesty, I suggest activating another energy shield a hundred meters behind us," a guard said, concerned for the King's safety. "We can then retreat behind the second layer."
"Not yet!"
The King waved his hand, dismissing the suggestion. Wakanda's energy reserves were not infinite, and Vibranium was still being continuously mined.
Heaven knows how many more troops were waiting to be teleported down.
If the current energy shield held, there was no need to activate another. More importantly, he needed to assess the strength of the alien army from a closer vantage point.
Black Panther stood guard beside the Old King, motionless as he watched the Chitauri soldiers swarm the sky within the energy shield.
The hornet-like Chitauri army, upon descending, immediately launched a frenzied charge toward the exterior.
Shattering one by one against the energy shield at high speed.
A dragon's roar echoed through the sky as a Chitauri dragon-shaped aircraft emerged from the wormhole, its massive body swaying.
"Damn it! What the hell is that?"
The Old King's expression darkened as he barked orders to the Royal Guard.
"Increase energy output! Divert all power to this energy shield layer!"
"Father, this is too risky. We should activate another shield layer. You should go back to command; leave this to me!" Black Panther said, his voice laced with concern.
"One layer won't stop it, and neither will two. Our best bet is to strengthen this defense. Our city is behind us, filled with countless civilians. No matter what, we must hold the line here."
"Don't try to persuade me. I'm staying right here to fight with you!"
As he spoke, the first dragon-shaped aircraft charged toward the energy shield.
Its massive head slammed into the barrier, causing the translucent energy shield to flare with brilliant blue light.
The point of impact crackled and sizzled like a bug zapper frying a mosquito.
As the dragon's head strained against the shield, its outer shell slowly corroded away, eventually revealing the soft, artificial biological tissue beneath.
Ultimately, when the dragon-shaped aircraft was halfway through, it was sliced clean in half by the energy shield.
Although the shield had withstood the dragon-shaped aircraft, the Chitauri soldiers who crashed into it afterward didn't shatter like before. Instead, they passed right through the energy shield, only to be sliced in half the moment their heads emerged.
It took over ten seconds for the shield to slowly recover its original power.
"Notify Okoye to deploy the Combat Aircraft," the Old King ordered. "Keep a close eye on the areas where these big guys hit the energy shield. We must prevent any slip-throughs if the energy fails to replenish in time."
The Old King was still issuing commands.
Unsure of the enemy's numbers and capabilities, he decided to rely on the energy shield for a while, using the time to observe the enemy and devise a countermeasure.
Hawkeye, watching from a distance, had keenly noticed the momentary weakening of the energy shield after the dragon-shaped aircraft's impact.
He now fully realized that this "backward" country he had meticulously chosen harbored advanced technology unknown to the rest of the world.
*This is getting complicated,* he thought. *But the priority isn't securing a base right now. I need to find a way out and rescue Loki first.*
Hawkeye drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and took down a Chitauri soldier.
He stilled his mind and placed his hand on the fallen soldier's individual aircraft.
The Chitauri army and its soldiers operated like some kind of insect colony, similar to ants or bees. All equipment and soldiers within the army—including the dragon-shaped aircraft—shared a unified consciousness, or rather, a single operating system.
By using a single individual aircraft, Hawkeye could transmit his thoughts to all the Chitauri soldiers in the area. The mark on him, left by the Mind Stone in the Scepter, was precisely what granted him command authority over the army.
He had already noticed that Wakanda had deployed a large force of troops and armed aircraft.
Hawkeye commanded several dragon-shaped aircraft to launch suicide charges at the energy shield from different directions.
As for the disorganized Chitauri soldiers, Hawkeye had initially intended to have them use their energy weapons to deplete the shield's power. However, his primary goal now was to escape. The chaotic, uncoordinated attacks would actually better conceal his movements.
Once he was certain the dragon-shaped aircraft had sufficiently drawn the attention of the forces outside, Hawkeye quietly directed dozens of Chitauri soldiers to launch a seemingly random assault on a specific point.
More than twenty soldiers in a row threw themselves at that single point, desperately trying to crush and tear it apart with their bodies.
They continuously drained the energy of this small section of the energy shield.
Visibly, each Chitauri soldier lasted longer and longer at this specific point.
Finally, after sacrificing twenty-seven Chitauri soldiers...
A gap about 1.5 meters in diameter appeared in the energy shield at this point.
"Doctor! Quick!"
Hawkeye made a split-second decision and leaped out through the gap.
The gap was slowly closing.
Seeing the ever-shrinking opening, Selvig gritted his teeth and imitated Hawkeye's leap.
He barely managed to jump through, but the front half of his shoe was sliced off.
It almost took his toes with it.
"God bless!" Dr. Selvig breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at his exposed toes.
"God won't bless scum like you!"
The moment Dr. Selvig finished speaking, a voice accompanied by a dark shadow appeared right before him.
Before he could even see who it was, Dr. Selvig was knocked unconscious by a single punch.
Beside him, Hawkeye immediately drew his bow and fired an Explosive Arrow equipped with a miniature bomb at the Black Panther that had suddenly appeared.
To his surprise, Black Panther neither dodged nor avoided the attack, taking the impact and explosion head-on.
Without even flinching, he charged straight at them!
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