Marvel Cybernetic Girl

High above the battlefield, the once-mighty master of mystical arts—the most dependable guardian of Earth—now stood shrouded in darkness.

She had completely fallen, reduced to nothing more than Dormammu's puppet and emissary.

"Ancient One… is there truly no way back for you?" Kagura's voice was calm but edged with sorrow.

"You seem far too clear-headed for someone under mind control. Dormammu's influence is supposed to consume the mind completely."

"Has his corruption become so absolute that it no longer even clouds your thoughts?"

The blackened Ancient One looked down coldly from the sky. "You're right. The Ancient One you knew is gone."

"I am now Dormammu's herald, the mouthpiece of the Dark Dimension—and I bring a message: your world is doomed"

"…I see." Kagura lowered her gaze for a moment—then raised her head with fire in her eyes. "Then give her back to me… bring back the Ancient One I knew!"

In the next instant, power surged through her hands.

Brilliant orange mystical energy coalesced at her fingertips, forging into two searing bolts of arcane lightning.

Like twin dragons, they shot skyward toward the rift above.

"That depends," came the cold reply. "Are you strong enough to take her back?"

The Ancient One lifted her hand effortlessly.

A gusting cyclone of green sorcery—drawn from the Dark Dimension—whirled to life before her, scattering Kagura's mystical lightning like dust in the wind.

"Come at me with everything you've got," she said flatly. "You'll want to use it all. This is the final battle for Earth's survival."

'BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!'

Even before her words faded, a volley of blazing missiles streaked in from all directions, bursting into massive orange fireballs across the sky.

The Ancient One's arcane shield flickered under the pressure, rippling from the sheer impact.

"Man, this old lady sure talks a lot. But hey—we were planning to go all out anyway!"

'SWOOSH!'

'CLANG!'

With a signature superhero landing, Iron Man descended from above, taking position in front of Kagura.

"Well? How's that taste, granny?" Tony quipped. "Mystic-tech missiles, reverse-engineered with a little help from our favorite prodigy—pretty delicious, right?"

Needless to say, every one of those missiles had been modified to target sorcerers and dimensional energy users.

They were built to bypass reality-warping enchantments and hit their mark, even under interference.

No risk of them being turned around mid-flight or hijacked to hit friendly units.

Thanks to Vision's coordination and Kagura's tech support, Stark Industries had rapidly upgraded both the Iron Legion and Tony's own armor to counteract dimensional magic.

"Mr. Stark! You're here!" Kagura called out. "So the new suit's ready for action?"

"Of course! Vision and I worked around the clock to get this baby finished. I couldn't just let you handle all this chaos alone."

Tony took a step forward, striking a battle-ready pose.

"Tell me, Kagura—are we just dealing with her, or is there more?"

Kagura shook her head. "No. Our real enemy is the Dark Dimension itself. Dormammu—he's not just some god."

"He is an entire dimension. And from that dimension, all sorts of strange and terrifying things are pouring in."

At that moment, hostile signals flooded Tony's holographic display. His brow furrowed.

"Uh, Kagura… are those dogs?"

"Mmhmm." She nodded, eyes fixed on the rift.

From the tear in the sky, swarms of monstrous hounds surged forward, howling with otherworldly fury.

"That dimension has no individual consciousness. Dormammu is its only free will. So those beasts? They're all his. Every single one of them is just another of Dormammu's dogs."

Tony activated a comm link, calling in the Iron Legion for backup.

"Great. So we're dealing with hive mind hellhounds. Sounds familiar—like a darker, nastier version of my drone swarm."

Kagura leapt into the sky, radiant wings of light unfolding from her back. "Don't give them too much credit. These poor things used to be real living beings from other worlds."

'WHOOSH!'

Wings fully deployed, she soared upward, and in a flash—

Blazing lines of dimensional magic erupted from her back, fanning out into a dazzling barrage.

Like an unstoppable storm of arrows, the beams shot toward the rift, piercing and obliterating wave after wave of descending hellhounds.

This radiant assault was a product of Kagura's own design—a fusion of dimensional sorcery and her experimental "White Moon" battle suit.

A blend of ancient magic and cutting-edge science, and judging by its effectiveness…

It worked beautifully.

"So you're saying… if Earth falls, we'll all end up as those ugly, useless demon dogs?"

Tony Stark kept muttering under his breath. "Damn, that sounds like a nightmare!"

Kagura nodded seriously. "Exactly. That's why we have to stand and fight—to drive Dormammu out of our world once and for all!"

"Hmph, easy for you to say."

The corrupted Ancient One sneered from above. "Chatting and joking at the brink of annihilation... you two must be close."

No sooner had she spoken than a bolt of emerald lightning burst from her fingertips, lashing out straight toward Tony.

"But do you really think that tin can cobbled together by mortals can stand against the power of Dormammu?"

"Don't underestimate humanity!"

Tony braced himself, crouching slightly with both arms extended in front of him. "Thanks to little Kagura's advice."

"I didn't manage to turn this armor into a cute anime girl like I hoped—but I did load it up with a ton of cutting-edge nanotech!"

With a swift motion, the armor's nano components whirred to life, rapidly forming a massive shield in front of him that strong enough to withstand even a blast from the Power Stone.

But that wasn't all.

As the shield fully materialized, its surface glowed with a radiant orange light, and a complex dimensional mystic sigil emerged across it.

This was the perfect fusion of dimensional sorcery and human technology—Stark Industries' latest cutting-edge creation, the combined work of Kagura, Vision, and Tony himself:

Mark 47: "Deicide" — the Nano-Mystic Fusion Armor.

The blast of dark magic surged in, crashing against the shield.

Science and sorcery collided with a thunderous explosion, sending waves of heat and smoke through the air.

And yet—when the dust cleared—Iron Man was still standing tall, completely unfazed.

"Really, granny? You called human tech 'laughable'—but I didn't even feel that. Are you sure you were trying?"

"Like an ant trying to shake a mountain. Foolish!" The Ancient One raised her hand again, drawing more darkness into her grasp.

"Very well, then. Let me show you the true power of the Dark Dimension!"

In an instant, the entire sky darkened.

The world itself seemed to tremble, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

Across the battlefield, heroes fighting off the hounds of the Dark Dimension all turned their eyes upward in unison.

An overwhelming force was pressing down on them, suffocating and monstrous.

Something unspeakably terrifying was starting to breach the veil of reality.

It was here.

Dormammu's Dark Dimension was finally extending its claws into the real world.

The Ancient One was summoning the Dark Dimension itself into Earth's reality.

At this point, the mystical shields left behind by Agamotto's ancient civilization hadn't been completely destroyed—the New York Sanctum was still standing.

But with a sorcerer as powerful as the Ancient One acting as a conduit, even those ancient wards couldn't hold.

Dormammu could forcibly push fragments of his realm into this dimension.

And even a shard of the Dark Dimension would be enough to obliterate all of New York City.

It would be despair incarnate—an endless, unfathomable abyss.

Yet in that moment… Kagura smiled.

The Dark Dimension was finally revealing itself to her.

Which meant—

Their chance to win had finally arrived.

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