Marvel Riders

Chapter 788: The Attack on Wakanda (Part 2) The King’s gaze swept over the other royal children seated around the conference table. “You should all learn from T’Challa. You’ve attended universities like Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cambridge, and the University of Tokyo, yet your achievements fall far short of T’Challa’s. Knowledge must be applied in practice. Never mind, there’s no point in me saying more here. Go and seek T’Challa’s advice privately.” T’Challa had once studied in the United Kingdom, graduating at the top of his class with a degree in physics from the University of Oxford. As a result, he excelled in science and engineering. Upon returning to Wakanda, he took the helm of the Ministry of Science and Technology, managing the nation’s scientific endeavors with meticulous efficiency. Although T’Challa received such public and lavish praise from his father, his expression remained composed. Despite his youth, his many achievements, and his status as the Prince of Wakanda, T’Challa possessed a calm and humble demeanor, with a touch of regal dignity. Composure and rationality are T'Challa’s most outstanding traits. In fact, King T’Chaka chose T’Challa as his heir among his many children not only because of his talent and courage, but also because of his inherent composure. After praising T'Challa, the king began to point out the shortcomings Wakanda had recently faced in various endeavors... Just as the meeting was in full swing, the conference room door was violently kicked open. A flustered figure burst in—none other than Wakanda’s Deputy Minister of Defense. One minister immediately scolded him: “Don’t you know His Majesty is in a meeting?” “Let’s see what he wants,” the King waved him off. The Deputy Minister of Defense looked anxious and tense; upon seeing His Majesty the King of Wakanda, he hurriedly bowed. “What’s going on?” King T’Chaka asked. “Your Majesty, it’s a disaster. A massive force of unknown enemies is launching a fierce assault—Wakanda City, and indeed the entire nation of Wakanda, is under attack!” the Deputy Minister said nervously. “What?” King T’Chaka was stunned—Wakanda had actually been caught off guard by a sudden attack. Yet Wakanda’s military might not only far surpassed that of all its neighbors combined but was also among the strongest on the African continent. “What exactly is the situation?” T’Chaka hurriedly asked. “A massive enemy force—a significant portion of which consists of robots—is fiercely attacking Wakanda. These robots are capable of flight, highly maneuverable, and come in many different models. More than half of our fighter jet fleet was destroyed at various airfields. Our air defense systems have also been severely suppressed, resulting in extremely heavy losses. Military command centers, barracks, supply depots, and even government offices, police stations, power plants, and communication facilities have all suffered extensive damage.” Hearing the Deputy Minister of Defense’s report, the expressions of everyone in the conference room changed. It was clear that the enemy was launching an all-out assault on Wakanda. Given Wakanda’s formidable military strength, an enemy daring to launch such a comprehensive assault could not be an ordinary foe. It could even be described as utterly terrifying! “Boom… boom…” The rumbling roar of explosions echoed in from outside the conference room windows. Everyone looked out the window and saw a massive fleet of flying objects heading this way. In the sky above the King’s Palace, two thousand Ultron robots were advancing toward them. The swarm of robots was truly overwhelming. Even the lowest-tier models among them were clad in golden armor; there wasn’t a single standard steel-colored robot in sight. These two thousand robots were specifically designed to attack the King’s Palace. The robots activated their weapon systems, and hundreds of missiles locked onto the palace. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Accompanied by a deafening sound of the missiles tearing through the air, hundreds of them streaked toward the royal palace. Amid a series of earth-shattering explosions, the royal palace was struck by the missiles. The king, Prince T'Challa, and everyone else in the conference room were knocked to the ground by the shockwave of the violent explosion. However, the royal palace was built to be extremely sturdy; in fact, the construction materials included a significant amount of waste from the smelting of vibranium ore. As a result, the palace sustained only partial damage and was not completely destroyed. “Father!” Prince T’Challa hurried to help the king to his feet. Although the king was a great warrior in his youth, he was now elderly and his body had grown somewhat frail. T'Challa glanced sharply out the window and saw those terrifying enemies still in the sky outside. He quickly said to his father, “Father, the enemy is launching a fierce attack here. You must go to the palace’s underground bunker to command the defense. The entire nation needs you—please don’t overexert yourself.” The king opened his eyes, his face contorted with pain. “All right, all right. You must all follow me to the palace’s underground bunker immediately. We must now calmly assess the situation and lead the nation’s military and civilians in resisting the enemy.” Everyone hurriedly left the conference room. T’Challa used his communicator to instruct the palace captain of the guard: “Captain, mount a resolute counterattack against the invading enemy. Do whatever it takes to protect the palace for as long as possible.” The king, T’Challa, and the other members of the royal family and key ministers hurried to the palace’s underground bunker. Outside the palace. After the first wave of the 2,000 high-performance robots attacking the palace failed to achieve its objective, they launched another assault with missiles. Two more waves followed, with over a thousand missiles striking the palace. However, the palace was constructed from exceptionally unique and durable materials, so the damage was merely more severe. After a total of three rounds of missile attacks by Ultron’s forces, dozens of missile launchers rose one after another from the roof of the royal palace. With a series of air-tearing sounds, hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles were fired in rapid succession at the Ultron robot forces attacking the palace. The Ultron robot army in the sky, facing this counterattack of swarming anti-aircraft missiles, scrambled to evade them. Through repeated battles, the mobility of the Ultron robot army had continuously improved. Moreover, the robots attacking the royal palace were all elite models. Their evasion capabilities were quite strong. Nevertheless, quite a few robots were hit. “Boom, boom, boom, boom...” Accompanied by waves of explosions in the sky, the Ultron robots turned into fireballs and plummeted to the ground. After a round of explosions, over a hundred Ultron robots were destroyed. Meanwhile, the palace’s anti-aircraft missile launchers had expended five hundred missiles. After all, the Ultron robots had improved rapidly, and their maneuverability was already superior. It was now Ultron’s turn to counterattack; the robots targeted the missile launchers with their own missiles. A fierce barrage destroyed the palace’s automated defense systems. This Wakandan royal palace was not merely a palace; it was, in fact, a veritable super-fortress. Hundreds of automatic defensive cannons extended from the palace’s roof and side walls, most of which were designed for anti-aircraft defense. Streams of machine-gun fire shot into the sky, raining down on the Ultron robot army. The Ultron robot army dodged frantically; although these machine guns were far less destructive than missiles, they couldn’t withstand being hit too many times.