I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

Forget it, never mind.

Putting Thor out of her mind, Laura watched the Destroyer gradually rise from the ground, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

Odin's armor, one of Asgard's most powerful weapons...

It should be pretty durable, right?

I inexplicably stayed up past midnight yesterday, I feel like I've lost out big time...

68. A joyful duel with the Destroyer

With her right hand dragging her Star Slayer Sword, which had been modified by the Hammer of the Prodigy, Laura was certain that her sword was no worse than the Star Sword.

A long sword mark flashed behind her as Laura focused all her attention on the upcoming battle, gradually suppressing her excitement and agitation.

Strangely enough, when faced with a battle that gets her body pumping, Laura experiences an uncontrollable excitement, but she doesn't dislike the feeling.

This wasn't uncontrolled excitement, but rather a rousing of the entire body to respond to the stress of battle in the best possible condition.

Excited but not violent, eager but not insane. Compared to Belfast's never-lost-complacent royal combat style, Laura felt that there might be iron-blooded blood flowing through her veins.

Meanwhile, far away in Asgard, Loki sat high on his throne, frowning as he looked at Laura, who stood in front of him.

When has Midgard ever had such a powerful person?

The experience of the Destroyer being blasted away was still fresh in Loki's mind, and he couldn't understand why Midgard, a place known as backward and ignorant, would have a powerful being capable of fighting the Destroyer.

It must have just been an accident, right?

The Destroyer wasn't truly his own; Loki could only control a very small portion of it, far from unleashing the full power of the armor.

Without further ado, let's get to work. Attributing the previous events to accidents, Loki refused to believe that the Destroyer couldn't defeat a little girl.

"Destroyer, grant me the power to attack! This time, I will make sure my beloved brother is left in Midgard!"

Loki slammed his fist fiercely onto the throne that originally belonged to Odin, feeling the pain from the recoil. He then withdrew his right hand expressionlessly and gently rubbed it.

Damn, that hurts so much.

On Earth, after receiving Loki's command, the Destroyer slowly raised its metallic head and gazed at Laura.

Containing intense divine power, the Destroyer's mask split open from both sides, and a beam of light filled with destructive energy shot towards Laura.

Although I'm eager to test the power of this beam, if I can't withstand it, wouldn't all the initial coolness be completely ruined?

With this in mind, Laura activated the anti-gravity system on her ship boots, then quickly dodged the beam of light while continuously moving closer to the Destroyer.

With fire control prediction, the Destroyer was unable to detect Laura's figure at all, and several attacks all missed, eventually burning the ground and leaving behind a red-hot liquid substance.

"I wonder if the Star-Slaying Ship Blade can break through the Destroyer's defenses?"

With a horizontal slash, the image of the Destroyer was reflected on the Star Slayer Blade. Grasping the hilt with both hands, Laura leaped high into the air and swung the Star Slayer Blade, slashing fiercely at the Destroyer.

Sparks flew everywhere, and the Destroyer staggered back a few steps, a clear mark appearing on its waist.

Not long after, a flash of silver light appeared at the wound, and it was completely healed.

"Self-repair? It feels like just another auxiliary material for the winds of revival."

The macro-micro capture device activated, and the analysis progress of the Uru alloy began to slowly increase. After encountering so many things, Laura finally found something she could analyze.

Uru alloy has excellent magical conductivity, and magic, which seems unscientific, is just an alternative system of rules and regulations in Laura's eyes.

A science belonging to the Nine Realms.

As Laura's understanding of Uru metal deepened, she even felt that the runes engraved on the metal were now within the scope of her analysis.

The joy of accident!

Since magic can be incorporated into the scientific system of the Dawn, Laura naturally wouldn't object. Compared to ordinary people, she doesn't seem to be limited by her talent when learning magic.

The thought of wearing ship armor and casting a magic circle with a wave of her hand... made Laura feel a bit out of place. She felt more comfortable continuing to carry the cannon.

In her moment of distraction, Laura was caught off guard by the Destroyer, which unleashed a beam of destructive power towards her. Although she could have dodged it by changing direction, Laura chose not to, and instead prepared to take the hit head-on to test its power.

"Glimmer Shield!"

Laura reached out her left hand towards the direction of the destructive beam, and a honeycomb-shaped, dark blue shield blocked the heat between her and the Destroyer.

When it encounters the luminous shield, the tip of the destructive beam will dissipate into several thin streams of light that disperse in other directions, thus reducing most of its power.

However, feeling her energy being constantly depleted, Laura felt a little insecure.

In terms of energy sustainability, the Bellstar Cluster is certainly no weaker than the Destroyer; however, the pipelines used for energy output may not be able to last.

With such high-intensity, prolonged energy output, Laura's body might explode again.

With a slight tilt, the destructive beam that was originally fighting against the shimmering shield was suddenly reflected off Laura's shield and streaked across several streets in the town.

In an instant, numerous houses collapsed under the beam of light.

"Won't this intense fighting affect our side?"

Looking at the dust billowing in the air, Coulson suddenly felt a little insecure.

"Don't worry, Miss Coulson will definitely remember this place. There's no need for you to be concerned."

Bell smiled slightly, his brows radiating confidence in Laura. This level of fighting was merely a warm-up.

Meanwhile, Solshive and the others, who were resting and watching the battle from the sidelines, stared in horror at the center of the battlefield.

“That child is definitely not a Midgardian; no mortal could possess such power.”

Sif pointed to Laura, who was fighting the Destroyer, and said with certainty.

"Perhaps, but we must admit that the Nine Realms are no longer the same Nine Realms."

Thor's heart remained heavy, filled with disappointment in his brother and worry for Asgard.

From Sif, Thor learned that Asgard was now ruled by Loki. With his father asleep and his mother guarding Odin's side, no one could stop Loki.

In any case, as Odin's son, he must find a way to regain his divine power and return to Asgard.

However, he is currently lacking an opportunity.

Meanwhile, the much-anticipated Laura is having a fun-filled sword fight with the Destroyer.

Having successfully closed in on the Destroyer, the Destruction Beam posed little threat to Laura. Although merely a machine, the Destroyer possessed considerable combat instincts.

Completely abandoning his plan to unleash a projectile on Laura, the Destroyer grabbed his fist, which was as big as a casserole dish, and slammed it towards Laura.

Laura, relying on the double protection of her ship's Supreme Armor and Vibranium outer layer, completely abandoned defense and recklessly swung her Star Slash Blade at the Destroyer.

The situation thus reached a stalemate.

Laura's sword seemed to leave wounds that would heal in just a few seconds.

As the Destroyer's fist came hurtling towards her, Laura immediately used her ship-mounted light wings to block it.

Only when the notification sound of the macro-micro capture device completing the analysis rang in her mind did Laura prepare to unleash her full combat power.

Behind it, the bomb bay of the corrosive torpedo was slightly raised, resembling the nose of an airplane with a gradually unrestrained smile.

At the same time, Laura also revealed a confident smile.

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I've been really into watching Dragon King lately; when I get really emotional, I just make a weird face without saying a word.

69. To defeat magic with magic.

At close range, the corrosive torpedoes accurately bombarded the Destroyer's entire body, and the intense spatial fluctuations easily tore apart the Destroyer's armor.

After the gravitational waves subsided, a dazzling light floated in the air, from which streams of silvery Uru alloy began to flow, reshaping the Destroyer's body.

Not long after, the Destroyer reappeared before Laura's eyes.

This wave, this wave is Void Repair.

"That is... divinity?"

Seeing that fleeting glimmer of light, a word instinctively popped into Laura's mind. Given the Destroyer's performance and characteristics, using a divine spark as an energy source didn't seem strange.

Furthermore, judging from the intense heat of the destructive beam, this divine spark likely belongs to either the god of fire or the god of light. However, when the divine spark was exposed just now, Laura didn't feel any explosive flames; she only felt light.

It's probably a divine spark of the light attribute.

With such a long history, no one knows how many gods have been born and how many divine essences have been accumulated in Asgard over the long years.

However, this is a real headache.

Laura rubbed her hair, somewhat annoyed. She couldn't kill it by hitting it, nor could she break it by punching it. She couldn't very well seal the Destroyer away with the Ultimate Armor like Iron Man did with the Extremis Virus, could she?

Moreover, Iron Man 3 hadn't even started yet at this point.

However, to be honest, Laura isn't entirely without options against the Destroyer. It's just that destroying it in a short time will be quite difficult.

"Never mind, let's give it a try first."

The runes stolen from the Destroyer were inscribed onto the Starship Slayer Blade. As the energy of the Bell Star Cluster continuously propelled the winds of revival, the mercury-like Uru alloy began to climb up the blade, imbuing it with the power of the runes.

At the same time, the phase shifter was activated, and ignoring the destructive beam that passed through her, Laura swung her ship-splitting sword and stabbed at the core of the Destroyer.

With the power of the runes, Laura will try to see if she can directly destroy the godhood that has sustained the Destroyer until now.

However, when the blade struck the direction Laura remembered, all that was heard was the sound of metal clashing and sparks flying.

The phase shifter's effect had to be canceled.

Laura frowned, not surprised. The Destroyer was Odin's armor, practically a Godfather-level artifact; if it lacked even the ability to defend against phase deviations, it would indeed be a bit of a letdown.

Laura's previous actions were just a gamble, a chance to try her luck.

It's impractical to use corrosive torpedoes to peel off the Destroyer's armor. When it's completely defenseless and suffers a fatal attack, the divine essence inside the Destroyer will become its most dangerous weapon.

Given the strength of the runes temporarily inscribed on the Star-Slaying Blade, it probably wouldn't even last long enough to sever the godhood.

The best way to completely stop the Destroyer's function is to use runes of the same origin.

Without technology of equal level, only magic can defeat magic.