I level up alone in Marvel!

Aaron smiled and grabbed the man by the collar as he tried to escape. He quickly put his hand into the other's mouth and took out the poison from the man's mouth.

"Since you can't escape, why don't you consider helping me get out of here? He proposed.

Vodick shuddered, and a bubble of urine widened beneath him.

It's really sad, how can such a weak person control so much power?

"I... It won't help you!" he pleaded.

"Oh, you will—" Aaron blinked, dragging him into a torture room that happened to be next to it.

Aaron knew this kind of person too well, a man with power, who never felt real pain. He knew how to get such a person to speak, and he would make sure that Vodick said everything he wanted to know.

Just three minutes and forty-eight seconds later, Vodick was completely destroyed.

Not so long ago he wouldn't give out any information, but now, Aaron even knows where his family lives.

Later, he plans to visit Vodick's family. But now, he's going to escape.

"Quick... Kill me," begged the once conceited doctor.

"Once this door opens, I'll kill you. Aaron responds and drags him towards the exit, where he will enter the code to end this blockade.

Covered in blood and other stains, Wardick walked over to the control panel and entered the code, successfully unblocking and giving Aaron a chance to escape from the massive cage.

"Now... Kill me—" the doctor begged again, longing for comfort from the abyss. I didn't expect to hit him with a hammer and then inject drugs that enhance the pain to be so effective.

"If I promised, then I will do it. As the door opened, Aaron shot him in the head. Next, he just needs to get out of this base. According to his minimap, there are only a dozen survivors left, including Bucky. That's enough to get a message across and let the chaos spread like a disease.

[00:49:21]

There are forty-nine minutes left, and there is plenty of time. Aaron intends to capture the next base as soon as possible in an attempt to break his own record.

[A month later].

Thirty days have passed since Aaron met and defeated most of them, with the exception of Bucky. During this time, he destroyed eight bases, but Hydra's tracking operation seemed to be more intense, and they sent more agents. This forced Emily and Aaron to stay on the run.

This whole incident reminded Aaron of that day a month ago, when he tortured Vodic. Vodick was very frank, he said everything without reservation, he was like a singer, and the melody contained what Aaron wanted to hear, and there were some things that he didn't want to hear and chose to ignore.

In this uninvited concert, Vodick details how Hydra will never stop hunting him down, as Aaron has proven his worth more than they expected, and they will remain lurking in the shadows, waiting for him to let his guard down. He also said that Aaron would always carry that fear of making a mistake one day, which is a painful fact that Aaron didn't want to do.

It made Aaron wonder if his actions could really change anything, and if it really made sense to destroy their base step by step, or would it only stoke them into a greater greed to try to control him and his abilities, as it seemed at the moment.

He didn't want that, but what could he do? His current strength was only about the same as that of the Super Soldiers, at least a copycat version of them, and he didn't have the real strength to destroy them, nor the tools to harm them.

Aaron knew that it was beyond his current power to completely eliminate the Hydra, and he understood that it was like a disease that he was not quite ready to cure, or a demon that he was not ready to banish.

But not all diseases or demons need to be eliminated immediately, some... It can be controlled, managed, and become an acceptable state.

Aaron discovers that it is simply impossible to eliminate them by conventional methods, that it is a task that can never be completed, an adventure beyond the life span of a human being.

In fact, Aaron didn't know how long it would take to wipe them out completely—years, decades, or more? That was the time he didn't have.

Even if he had, who would want to spend an eternity of human standards hunting them down?

And he had to take into account Emily's feelings.

He wasn't sure if he was immortal, maybe he was, but Emily definitely wasn't, she was just an ordinary human. He didn't want her to live a life full of fear forever.

Therefore, he must change his mind, he must let Hydra know that he is also an unmanageable being, a great threat, so that they will prioritize saving their resources rather than wasting them on hunting him down.

He must become the Hercules of their mythology, telling them that he has the power to destroy them.

He could, of course, focus his time trying to decode the Super Soldier serum from the samples he got from the Winter Soldiers, but that would take time, and nothing was guaranteed during that time.

He could use this time to find another power, one that was easier, but perhaps more difficult to obtain, and that was the power that the ancient one had. Her knowledge could help him put an end to Hydra.

Learning to open portals would be very, very rewarding. With this skill, all he needs to do is open portals to the Hydra stronghold marked on the map, drop bombs, and destroy Hydra's base with the inevitable attack.

How do they fight back? There's no way to stop it.

With this ability, he can raid them at any time.

And, perhaps, Emily also has a talent for learning the occult arts, which will certainly help her in her future life, but that's just his overly optimistic idea.