In front of Superman, you have no choice but to give yourself to a little girl.

Hearing Loki's words, Laufey's chest heaved with anger. "You're talking nonsense!"

"What? Did you smell it or what?"

Loki raised an eyebrow mockingly, his face full of disdain.

Wayne ignored the Thor-Loki duo and simply flew slowly to Laufey. "Give me the stuff."

"What... I'll give it to you, okay?!"

Seeing Wayne's eyes turn bloodshot, Laufey, with a mournful face, vomited the Box of Winter from his stomach, closed the box, and reluctantly handed it to Wayne.

Wayne glanced disdainfully at the Box of Winter, then turned to look at Johnny.

"Here he comes, Second Brother!"

Johnny, instantly understanding his younger brother's gaze, flew directly into Laufey's palm, picked up the Box of Winter, and flew away, ignoring Laufey's lingering look.

After landing, Johnny grinned smugly at Hulk, then looked him up and down, clicking his tongue twice and shaking his head—you're no good either, even my second brother wouldn't call you.

Enraged, Hulk kicked the corpse of the Frost Giant beside him hundreds of meters away.

Then, as if struck by a sudden thought, Hulk, who had been feeling down, revealed a sinister smile.

Bang—Hulk casually slapped Johnny, sending him flying.

Johnny, who had just dug himself out of the ground, was furious when he saw Hulk's smiling face, which he was pretending not to see.

How dare this mere blob of green sneak up on you, Johnny?!

In his anger, Johnny momentarily forgot about the Box of Winter on the ground, and his body erupted in fierce flames as he flew toward Hulk.

Meanwhile, the Winter's Box on the ground was lifted up by an invisible force field.

"Honestly, he's like a little kid."

Susan gave Johnny a disapproving look, then chose to entrust the Box of Winter to the more composed Stone Man for safekeeping.

"..."

Seeing how these mortals disregarded his Winter's Chest, Laufey felt like a helpless husband, angry but unable to speak out.

"I've given you the item, now I'm leaving Midgard."

Thinking that "out of sight, out of mind," Laufey said that he was about to use magic to contact Malekith, intending to have him teleport away using the Dark Rainbow Bridge.

However, Wayne spoke up again, "When did I say you could leave?"

"What?!"

Laufey could hardly believe what she was hearing. "But you clearly..."

"What? Did I take your things?"

"Did you give it to me willingly, or did I ask for it myself?"

"It's one thing to surrender without sincerity, but also..."

Wayne tilted his head slightly, his eyes indifferent. "Whether you surrender or not is your business, whether I accept it or not is mine."

Laufey is too weak and lacks potential, so Wayne can't expect him to bring any surprises.

If a worthless enemy dares to cause trouble, then there's no need to keep them around.

"No! You can't!"

Laufey cried out and backed away.

"Of course I can."

A crimson heat beam burst forth, burning straight through Laufey's skull.

With a deafening roar, Laufey's body fell stiffly onto the Antarctic ice sheet.

Seeing the culprit who almost caused the Ice Age being completely dealt with, everyone had different feelings.

Aside from Reed—[Um…Wayne? Could we…] use this corpse…?

"You want it while it's hot? But it's cold."

No! I just wanted to... you know.

"I understand, you think it's fine if it's cold."

[...I want to study it, but the photos you sent aren't clear enough.]

"Then tell me."

Wayne hung up Reed's call and told him to go find the Stone Man.

After all, he had other things to do and wasn't interested in cosplaying a forklift.

He didn't need to worry about transporting Laufey's body; even if no one was there to take it back, a certain one-eyed, dark-skinned pirate would come sniffing it out.

"Loki, Laufey's matter is over. You have to come back with me now."

Thor placed his hand on Loki's shoulder, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and warning.

"Okay, okay, brother, I'll go back with you."

Loki didn't resist, since there was no point in resisting now. With Wayne there, there was no way he could escape. He might as well wait and see if he could find a chance to slip away on the way back.

"I knew you'd come to your senses, Loki."

Thor released Mjolnir from his grasp and gave Loki a big hug.

Then Thor looked up at the sky and shouted, "Heimdall! Open the Bifrost and send us back to Asgard!"

One second, two seconds, three seconds... Half a minute passed, but there was still no response.

"What happened?"

Thor looked confused, while Loki seemed to remember something, and his expression immediately turned ugly.

"Heimdall!"

"Asleep?"

Even so, Thor also vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

Just as he was about to try calling out again, Loki stopped him, "Don't bother, it's no use!"

Loki opened his slightly dry lips, let out a long sigh, and his hands glowed with green magical energy, intending to cast a long-distance teleportation spell.

"Malekis lied to me..."

Loki's eyes were slightly swollen, although he had long guessed that Malekith was extremely ambitious and would see Asgard as his target.

But he never expected Malekith to dare launch a sneak attack on Asgard at this crucial moment! Keep in mind that Odin, the Father, is currently in Asgard!

This isn't just simple ambition, this is downright insane!

Although Loki believed that the great Allfather would not fall for such a scheme, he couldn't help but worry that his mother Frigga would be harmed by Malekith's madness.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible..."

Loki muttered to himself unconsciously, as if trying to soothe himself.

Even he, the mighty god of trickery, couldn't conceive of any trick that could defeat Odin, so how could Malekith possibly do it!

"Sol! Come here!"

Although Loki was reluctant to admit it, in terms of pure strength, he was indeed far inferior to Thor. If he wanted to be of help in a critical moment, he absolutely had to bring his foolish older brother along.

Clearly, Loki had forgotten that it was Thor who originally came to take him back, but now the roles were completely reversed.

Thor knew the situation was urgent, so after briefly saying goodbye to everyone, he put his hand on Loki's shoulder.

As the green light expanded violently and then contracted sharply, Thor and Loki vanished completely from their spot.

"..."

Wayne slowly raised his head thoughtfully, his pupils narrowing slightly as his gaze crossed the dimensional barrier and locked onto the Asgardian Palace.

Asgard is a very special non-spherical celestial body, similar to a flat continent in mythology. It neither rotates on its own axis nor revolves around the sun, and it is not even located in any corner of the universe.

Like those dimensional demons, it resides in an independent dimensional space.

Wayne looked away and glanced at Susan. Before he could even speak, Susan, who already knew what he was thinking, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I'm just going to join in the fun, I'll be right back."

"Honestly... I didn't say you couldn't go."

Susan pulled Wayne's head into her arms. "But promise me you'll be careful, okay?"

"..."

Ben, standing not far away, had a complicated expression. "Hey sis, why aren't you turning off the filter?" "You probably didn't mean 'be careful yourself,' you meant 'make them be careful,' right?"

Susan knew that it was almost impossible for anything in the entire universe to threaten Wayne, but what if it was possible? She couldn't help but worry.