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Chapter 282 Defeat

"when······"

With a dull thud, an invisible impact erupted between the Mind Scepter and the Vibranium Shield.

But this time...

Using the properties of the vibranium shield, Captain America instantly absorbed the kinetic energy carried by the Mind Scepter. Then, with the power granted by the Super Soldier Serum, he unleashed his full strength and directly pushed Loki's Mind Scepter away.

"A good opportunity."

Seeing this, Hawkeye Clinton, who was not far away, picked up a submachine gun from the ground and seized the opportunity to fire at Loki's head.

"Da da da..."

Faced with bullets aimed at his eyes, mouth, and other vital areas, Loki, who had just been knocked away by Steve, had no choice but to dodge.

Before Loki could even readjust his center of gravity...

Captain America's vibranium shield seemed to have eyes, and it slammed towards Loki's lower back.

"when!"

After feeling the strong wind coming from behind, Loki managed to block it with his Mind Staff, but he was still sent flying by the heavy force carried by the vibranium shield.

After smashing down two smoking machines, Loki, who had been thrown back, got up from the ground somewhat disheveled.

But just as he stood up, a small missile was launched from Coulson's mechanical arm.

Meanwhile, Captain America, who was not far away, caught the shield that had been thrown back and launched another attack on Loki.

Further away, Hawkeye Clinton, Nick Fury, and others held up their guns, subtly blocking Loki's escape route.

"That's enough!"

Having just been teleported to Earth, Loki, already somewhat disheveled from the combined attack of Captain America and the others, looked at the mortals of Midgard who seemed intent on cornering him.

His eyes suddenly turned blue.

Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold suddenly spread from Loki's body.

"Breath of Winter!"

Under Loki's incantation, the Ice Box he had just summoned instantly unleashed an ice storm.

A terrifying cold wave, approaching absolute zero, swept across the entire area in an instant.

Under the influence of this terrifying cold wave, frost quickly formed on the ground centered around Loki.

And this frost is spreading outwards at a visible speed.

Almost instantly.

A layer of frost appeared on Captain America, who was closest to Loki.

The captain, who was charging towards Loki, was frozen in place by the chilling aura surrounding Loki before he could even touch him.

This terrifying cold current, like an ice storm, not only froze the captain, but also the bullets that were shooting towards Loki, and the small missile that was trailing a flame as it hurtled toward Loki, were frozen in mid-air.

Ding ding ding!

After the bullets and missiles, frozen solid, fell to the ground.

Loki, forced to transform into a deep blue frost giant due to the use of the Frost Casket, looked at Nick Fury and the others who were rapidly fleeing the ice storm not far away with a hint of disdain and disgust in his eyes.

He loathed both the frost giant bloodline within him and the mortals who had forced him into the form of a frost giant.

Although Loki wouldn't admit it, he always considered himself an Asgardian from the bottom of his heart.

And deep down, they are proud of it.

Odin and Furka were Loki's most important family members in his life.

Loki's previous mischief and pranks were all aimed at getting more attention from his parents (Odin and Frieza) and to receive the same treatment as Thor.

Unfortunately, no matter what he did or how hard he tried, from childhood to adulthood, he never succeeded.

Whether it was Odin or the other gods of Asgard, they all only saw Thor as a brute.

Only her own mother could comfort her.

Previously, Loki didn't understand why all of this was for.

But when he secretly sneaked into Odin's vault, touched the Ice Casket, and figured out his identity...

Loki then understood everything.

It turns out that he was never Loki Odinson from the beginning, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to call him Loki Laufeson.

Since Odin's blood doesn't flow in my veins, why should I expect to receive the same treatment as Thor?

Upon realizing this, Loki was suddenly enlightened, but at the same time, he almost collapsed.

That is, from that time onwards.

Loki grew to loathe the Frost Giant bloodline within him.

If... if I didn't have the blood of the Frost Giant, but instead had the blood of Odin, the King of the Gods, wouldn't things be different now?

Driven by some extreme idea and in order to secure his throne in Asgard, Loki personally orchestrated Laufey, the king of the frost giants, to enter Asgard. When Laufey was most careless and the surrounding defenses were weakest, Loki, for the greater good, killed his nominal father, who had abandoned him and left him to fend for himself, with the Spear of Eternity.

Even disregarding the damage to the Rainbow Bridge, they forcibly pushed it to its maximum potential, attempting to erase the entire land of the Frost Giants—Jotunheim—from the Nine Realms.

of course.

Loki's actions were never simply driven by a desire to seize the throne of Asgard.

What he really wanted was the approval of Odin and Frika.

Unfortunately, he messed it all up.

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Because of his deep blue skin, Loki, who was lost in his memories, quickly snapped out of them after a moment of silence.

"Mortals, you have successfully stirred up unpleasant memories for me. I, Loki, in the name of the King of Asgard, hereby grant you death."

With that, Loki flipped his hands and put away the ice box he was holding.

As the Ice Box was put away, Loki's azure skin quickly faded, returning to its normal state.

At that moment, Dr. Selvig, who was fleeing, was slightly taken aback when he heard Loki's words.

"Loki? Asgard, are you Thor's brother?"

Upon hearing this, Loki, who had just put away the Ice Treasure Box, suddenly turned cold.

"Very well, I've changed my mind. I'll let you know that sometimes death isn't the most terrifying thing."

Just as Loki was raising his Mind Scepter, intending to grant Dr. Selvig another fate.

Coulson, unbeknownst to anyone, braved the cold and stealthily approached the machine containing the Tesseract. Using his mechanical arm, he removed the Tesseract from the center of the ring and placed it into a special metal briefcase nearby.

Coulson's little tricks, of course, could not completely escape Loki's notice.

Loki glanced indifferently at Coulson's feet, which were now covered in frost, and said with a hint of sarcasm, "Heh, ignorance is bliss..."

Although he only used the Frost Treasure Box to create an ice storm of near absolute zero within a three-meter radius of himself, freezing the attacks that were coming at him, the terrifying cold air that dissipated was not something an ordinary mortal could withstand.

At this moment, Coulson, who was enduring the ice storm, had already seen his body temperature plummet to zero. His lower body had long since lost sensation, and even his upper body and mind were gradually stiffening and freezing.

Before long, he will completely lose his last bit of warmth and be frozen into a cold zombie.

However, what Loki didn't expect was...

Just as the frost was spreading upwards along Coulson's legs.

Coulson's mechanical arm suddenly exerted force, throwing the special briefcase containing the Tesseract towards Hawkeye, who was already running towards the exit.

"Hawkeye, next, take the Tesseract."

Slightly surprised by Coulson's action, Loki paused for a moment before quickly raising his Mind Scepter and firing an energy wave towards Hawkeye Clinton's location.

Seeing that Loki's energy wave was about to hit him with the briefcase, Hawkeye Clinton had no choice but to dodge to the side, intending to avoid Loki's attack before grabbing the briefcase containing the Tesseract that Coulson had thrown at him.

boom!

After a loud bang, the spot where Hawkeye Clinton had just stood was blasted into a deep crater by the energy wave.

"Luckily, I dodged in time."

After glancing at the deep crater created by the explosion, Hawkeye Clinton, feeling a surge of relief, pushed off with his toes and quickly rolled to the metal briefcase that had been smashed to the side.

Just as Hawkeye Clinton, who had grabbed the briefcase, was about to retreat, the tip of a scepter that shone with a pale blue halo was pressed against his chest.

"You are different from others..."

After giving Hawkeye Clinton a deep look, Loki pressed the Mind Scepter against Clinton's chest and began to exert force. A powerful surge of mental energy instantly flowed from the tip of the Mind Scepter into Clinton's body.

Loki smiled as he looked at Clinton's body glowing blue and his eyes completely black.

After taking the briefcase containing the Tesseract directly from Clinton's hand, Loki's expression suddenly turned cold. He said to Hawkeye Clinton, who was already under the control of the Mind Scepter, "Go kill those guys."

"yes!"

After standing still for a moment, Hawkeye suddenly raised his submachine gun and began firing at Nick Fury and his men who were approaching from a distance.

"Da da da..."

"Fuck you! Clinton, are you insane...?"

Nick Fury, who had originally wanted to get closer to see if he could snatch the Tesseract back from Loki, couldn't help but curse when Hawkeye unleashed a barrage of shots at him.

Maria Hill, peering through the obstruction, noticed Clinton's eyes, which had quickly lost their blackness and now appeared excessively blue. Her expression turned grave as she said, "Sir, something's wrong. Clinton seems to be under that guy's control!"

"Fuck, Clinton, wake up! Remember what you said..."

"Bang!"

Before Nick Fury could finish speaking, hoping to use emotional appeals to awaken Clinton's senses, he was shot in the knee by Clinton.

"Fuck..."

Just as Clinton, who was being controlled by Loki, was about to raise his pistol and shoot Nick Fury in the head, Maria Hill hurriedly took a small grenade from her waist and threw it at Clinton.

Upon seeing the grenade thrown by Maria Hill, Clinton's eyes flickered, and without thinking, he dodged to the side.

"boom!"

It was accompanied by a violent explosion.

The huge instrument behind Clinton was instantly blasted with a large hole.

"No!"

Dr. Selvig saw the severed wires in the huge hole that had been blown open, and the piercing alarm that quickly blared throughout the entire laboratory.

He immediately shouted, "Stop fighting! You've destroyed the device that stores and absorbs the energy of the Cosmic Cube! The energy of the Cosmic Cube is flowing out of control and back! This place is about to explode! Even if we aren't killed by the explosion, the hundreds of meters of soil above us will collapse and bury us all alive!"

After hearing Dr. Selvig's shout.

Everyone's attention was involuntarily drawn to the direction Dr. Selvig was pointing.

Only then did they realize that a blue energy cluster had gathered above the laboratory, like a swirling vortex.

Upon hearing Dr. Selvig's words, Loki, who had been slowly approaching Dr. Selvig through illusion, raised an eyebrow slightly.

He could feel the terrifying energy contained in the vortex above his head, and its chaotic energy trajectory that seemed ready to explode at any moment.

At this moment, Dr. Selvig, who had rushed to a machine and operated it for a while, shouted while covered in sweat, "Damn it, after that machine was destroyed, the energy stored inside will be completely detonated in two minutes at most. If we don't leave now, we'll never be able to leave again."

Loki raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, then suddenly appeared next to Dr. Selvig and used the Mind Scepter to control Dr. Selvig, repeating his previous tactic.

Ignoring Nick Fury, who had taken a shot in the knee, and Maria Hill and the others who had been dragged aside, he led Hawkeye Clinton and Dr. Selvig straight out of the base.

Loki went to such great lengths, traveling all the way to Midgard, with the aim of ruling the Earth, not to come here to die.

He had no interest in dying here with this group of mortals.

Watching Loki strut away, Maria Hill tightened her grip on her hands, but ultimately wisely chose to let Loki and the others go.

Given Loki's various abilities and methods, coupled with Hawkeye Clinton being controlled by him, even if she and Nick Fury, who had lost a leg, fought desperately, they would only end up sacrificing themselves in vain.

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Loki, Hawkeye, and the others left not long ago.

Above the massive laboratory, a series of footsteps echoed: "GOGOGO, there's a high-energy reaction and an unidentified explosion coming from the laboratory. We need to find out what happened immediately."

Upon hearing the sounds coming from above the laboratory's spiral staircase, Maria Hill called out, "I'm here. Someone's injured. Come help!"

(End of this chapter)