Izuku the Vanquisher

Chapter 45: Game Over

It was official many heroes thought, they were screwed, completely and utterly screwed, despite gaining a brief upper hand against the Paranormal Liberation Front, the appearance of the High End Nomus and Gigantomachia completely turned the tide of the battle to the enemies favour.

With Endeavour busy trying to contain the monstrosity that was Shigaraki, who awoke due to sheer will, nobody could ever hope to reproduce the same amount of firepower the Flame Hero could produce not only to take down one but twelve of the bioengineered monstrosities.

What made the situation even worse was the arrival of Gigantachia, in the form of a monstrous behemoth, and despite the combined efforts Gunga Mountain Raid Team, they were unable to stop the colossal villain and were swatted aside like insects.

Now the battle against Shigaraki took the worst possible tun, with Endeavour being out of commission and Bakugo Katsuki, one of the closest that could ever hope of matching him in terms of firepower, was severely injured.

The only hero that was able to keep fighting was Lelimillion, but even with the controlled use of One for All, the fight was taking a toll on his body, and unlike Shigaraki, he didn't possess regeneration quirks.

It was also unfortunate that other people that were powerful enough to assist them, like Shoto Todoroki or the rest of the Big Three, were currently trying, along other hereos, to contain the nomus from reaching the civilian evacuation zones.

Even though the odds of winning were bleak, all heroes continued to fight with all their might having taken Izuku Midoriya's words to heart, they would follow their duty even if that costed their lives, with the fate Japan hanging by the thread... now they knew why they were here and what they were fighting for.

It may have come too late for some of them, but there was no time to weep for past mistakes, it was now of never, they will put their lives in line for the sake of the innocent who were watching this battle from their homes.

The battle seemed to reach a new level intensity, when everyone stopped.

It was akin two predators viciously collided over the right to sink their teeth on a fallen prey, when a third, far more powerful than them, appeared in the scenes.

All heroes and villains alike stopped, even Gigantomachia and the nomus.

Some veteran heroes, from instinct, started to felt hope, that perhaps this battle was not completely lost.

Bakugo, despite his skewered body, due to tanking an attack from Shigaraki intended for Mirio, smiled.

"Heh... you fuckers are dead... the cavalry has arrived... Deku has arrived"

Tokoyoami, who was holding the unconscious body of his mentor, Hawks, whispered.

"Revelry in the Dark"

All heroes heard from the crackle of their radios a familiar emotionless voice

"All heroes retreat... I will take it from here"

Re Destro, despite being at least 10 kilometres away from Jaku sensed something and stopped, even if he, was moments ago fighting against the Pro Hero Edgeshot.

His eyes widened, as he quickly pieced everything together from seeing how the heroes started to back away.

Before he could even issue an order, from the sky a hovercraft approached and flew across the forest towards the main battlefield with great speed, and behind it, a myriad of missiles could be seen.

"ALL HEROES TAKE COVER!" some heroes shouted

While the majority the missiles flew along the hovercraft, some of them diverted from their path towards the forest, where they detonated on locations where they detected great concentrations of Meta Warriors, obliterating many of them.