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Chapter 286 An Unfriendly Reunion

It seemed as if they understood the hint of doubt in Erin's eyes.

After giving Arryn a meaningful look, the Ancient One said gently, "Unlike the future I saw, this time Loki seems to have brought some things from Odin's vault to Earth."

"With that thing around, it won't be so easy for future superheroes to stop Loki. To prevent unforeseen changes in the future, I want you to take that thing that Loki took from Odin's vault."

Upon hearing this, Erin deliberately shook his head and said, "Ancient One is joking. How could I possibly do something that even future superheroes can't do?"

joke.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Erin has now been promoted to [Faceless Man] and seems to have greatly increased his strength.

But if even the Avengers, all the superheroes working together, can't defeat Loki...

Then Erin figured he'd have a hard time even if he went up there himself.

Otherwise, the Ancient One, as the Sorcerer Supreme, wouldn't have needed to come all the way to find him.

"It's certainly going to be a bit difficult for you on your own, but this time, I'll help you."

"Um?"

After hearing the Ancient One's words, a hint of doubt flashed in Erin's eyes. "You're helping me? Since you're planning to take action personally, why not just deal with Loki directly, or take back what he brought out of Odin's vault?"

Upon hearing this, the Ancient One shook her head: "Although Loki is not Odin's biological son, Odin treats him as his own. Due to an ancient agreement, Odin cannot interfere in Earth's affairs at will. Similarly, without a reason, I cannot harm Odin's offspring."

At this point, the Ancient One paused, then looked at Arryn and said, "However, if it's just about helping you retrieve the payment Loki owes you, Odin probably wouldn't have anything to say, since it's part of the contract, isn't it?"

This time, the Ancient One's gentle voice, when it reached Erin's ears, was as resounding as a morning bell and evening drum.

What payment does Loki owe me?

really.

The Ancient One eventually discovered the connection between the Joker's clone and herself.

Looking into the Ancient One's gentle yet resolute eyes, Erin was incredibly grateful for his decision to let the Joker's clone leave Earth.

otherwise.

At this moment, his life and death were truly in the hands of the Ancient One's every thought.

Amidst the tremor in his mind, a vast, ancient universe, resembling a brain, flashed through Erin's mind.

In the blink of an eye.

The rapidly operating Cosmic Brain Meditation Method quickly calmed the turbulent waves in Erin's heart.

When Erin looked up at the Ancient One again, his eyes had returned to their usual calm.

"So you really can't hide it from the Ancient One after all? You're right, I do have a deal with Loki, and he still owes me a reward. But what good would it do me if I did what you said? Even you, the Sorcerer Supreme, don't want to offend Odin, the King of the Gods, so there's no need for me, a mere mortal, to worry about offending you."

"You're no ordinary person; quite the opposite, you're the most special person in the world." After giving Arryn a deep look, the Ancient One continued, "Don't worry, with me here, Odin won't harm you."

"And the treasure Loki brought out from Odin's vault will be your reward."

"When Odin conquered the Nine Realms, he collected countless treasures, and the item Loki took away is one of the most precious items in Odin's treasury. I think you'll like it."

Upon hearing this...

Erin's eyes flickered.

Then she spoke up, "One of the most precious treasures in Odin's Treasury, the King of the Gods—wouldn't the Ancient One need such a treasure?"

With a smile, Gu Yi glanced at Arlin and said, "You don't need to test me. The treasure Loki brought is powerful, but for me, it's not as helpful as you imagine. Just like Odin leaving it gathering dust in his treasury, for an old guy like me, forcibly using such a treasure that doesn't align with my own path might not only be of little use, but in a sense, it's actually a burden."

Oh.

Is there such a saying?

Could it be that their bodies are nearing their limits, making them unable to bear the burden of using treasures of this level?

Recalling the movies he had seen in his previous life, he realized that neither Odin nor the Ancient One used anything other than their own Eternal Spear and the Eye of Agamotto.

Many guesses flashed through Erin's mind.

After many thoughts flashed through my mind.

Arlin finally said, "In that case, I will gladly accept that treasure from Odin's vault."

Gu Yi: "Of course."

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This is because Loki carries many treasures, including the Tesseract, the Mind Stone, and the Ice Box.

Even the Ancient One couldn't directly pinpoint Loki's location.

and so.

Ultimately, the task of finding Loki's location fell to Arryn.

"Okay, I thought this would be easier."

After shrugging, Erin resigned himself to his fate and picked up a divination wand that he had specially prepared to make it easier to find people, and then began to divine Loki's location.

This is thanks to the sequence enhancement.

Now, if Erin wants to divine someone's location, even without any intimate items carrying the other person's aura, he can do so by using the traces the other person left in the spirit world.

Of course, if the other person has their personal belongings, the divination results will be more accurate, and the divination process will be more convenient.

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Arlin planted his divination wand straight on the ground, and the color of his eyes deepened.

In order to better divine the whereabouts of Loki, the master of illusion, Arryn entered a semi-meditative state.

When the illusory spirit world overlapped with reality, countless whispers rang in Erin's ears.

Erin infused his spiritual power into the divination wand and then silently chanted in his mind.

"Loki's location..."

After seven repetitions, Erin's hand left the divination wand.

The tip of the wand swayed slightly, swinging 360 degrees as if about to fall, before the wand that Erin had used for divination strangely stood upright again.

At that moment, Erin also suddenly sensed that a hazy force seemed to be appearing around him, as if it was preventing his divination.

Ha ha!

That alone is not enough to stop me.

"In my name..."

"Summoning the beacon in the spirit world..."

"Show me Loki's location..."

After Erin performed a ritual that wasn't really a ritual, an invisible commotion seemed to emanate from his surroundings.

At the same time, Erin seemed to feel his presence being scrutinized by a series of different gazes.

finally.

A bright orange-red light shone from the depths of the spirit world and landed on the divination wand in front of Erin.

"Clatter!"

Guided by the orange-red light, the divination wand in front of Erin fell straight down in one direction.

The special power that was originally present beside Erin, interfering with Erin's divination of Loki's whereabouts, seemed to be non-existent in the face of the orange-red light, completely ignoring the divination wand in Erin's hand.

"Seven o'clock direction."

After picking up the divination wand from the ground, Erin turned around and said something to the Ancient One behind him.

"it is good."

Upon hearing Arlin's voice, the Ancient One did not hesitate.

next second.

A golden-red portal, constantly sparking as it spun, appeared before Erin.

"Walk."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Ancient One stepped into the portal she had created.

Seeing this, Erin thought for a moment, and finally followed the Ancient One into the portal.

next second.

The Ancient One and Erin were teleported to a villa in the suburbs of Washington.

It must be said that, in many situations, the portals in Kamar-Taj are indeed a lifesaver for getting around.

In the blink of an eye, having just returned to New York, I found myself back on Washington, D.C. soil.

Pity.

If he knew that the Ancient One was coming to find him at this time, he wouldn't have taken the plane back to New York.

My back-and-forth trips have wasted two hours of my time.

Once he confirmed that he was in Washington, D.C., Erin decisively picked up his divination wand and performed another divination.

With the help of the portal and the Ancient One, Erin and the Ancient One quickly traversed the streets and alleys.

During this period, I used "magic wand divination" to correct several directions again.

Erin soon stopped in front of an abandoned factory building.

After divining from a few different directions, Erin said to the Ancient One behind him, "It seems Loki is inside this factory. Shall we go in?"

"No need, I've already 'seen' Loki."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Ancient One stretched out her right hand and gently patted the space in front of her. The space in front of her shattered like a mirror.

"Click..."

As if he could faintly hear a shattering sound, Erin looked at the rapidly twisting and turning buildings around him, then shook his head.

Is this another mirror space?

As expected of the Ancient One's signature spell, it's used quite frequently.

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In an instant.

Loki, who was just inside the factory extracting information from Hawkeye Clinton and Dr. Selvig, was instantly transported to Erin's presence in an unbelievable way.

"This is······"

Before he could even find out what he wanted, Loki, sensing the sudden change in his surroundings, quickly raised his Mind Scepter and warily surveyed his surroundings.

Looking at the streets and buildings that were still twisting and turning at the end of my line of sight.

A slight smile appeared on Loki's lips.

"Illusion? Heh..."

After letting out a cold laugh, Loki, who considered himself a master of illusion, immediately began to mobilize the magic power within his body, constructing a spell to break through boundaries.

"untie······"

A few seconds later, looking at the solidified structure in front of him and the still rapidly twisting and turning buildings in the distance, the smile that had just appeared on Loki's lips froze on his face.

Damn it, what's going on?

After trying several times, Loki's face darkened when he saw that his most commonly used method of breaking the curse had no effect.

Damn!

Loki tried more than a dozen different methods, but still couldn't break the illusion in front of him. A cold glint flashed in his eyes.

next second.

Loki raised his Mind Scepter and slammed it heavily onto the ground in front of him.

"Buzz!"

The instant the Mind Scepter fell, an invisible wave instantly spread out from it.

However, when the power of the Mind Scepter swept across the entire Mirror Dimension, the "illusion" that Loki had identified remained intact.

Loki froze instantly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"How is that possible?"

This is the Scepter of the Mind, the most powerful mental treasure in the entire universe.

How could any illusion in this world withstand the power of the Mind Scepter?

next moment.

A voice, seemingly offering Loki some answers, suddenly rang out from not far away.

"Don't waste your energy, this mirrored space isn't some kind of illusion!"

Upon hearing the voice, Loki abruptly looked up, and his Mind Scepter shot out an energy wave directly towards the direction from which the voice originated.

As if he had anticipated Loki's move and dodged the energy wave in advance, Arlin spoke again: "Is this how you greet people? It's really not good enough."

"It's you!!!"

Upon seeing the face painted with clown makeup, Loki instantly recalled the deal he had made with the clown.

And at the last moment, the Midgard mage destroyed the Destroyer Armor he had sent to kill Thor.

"Hmph, you actually dare to show your face in front of me? Very well, I will grant you eternal death, you despicable traitor."

"Traitor? Heh, you seem to have misunderstood something. I am not your subordinate, and... I kindly helped you predict the future, yet you turned around and sent the Killer Armor to slaughter the civilians of Earth. Now, it's your turn to give me an explanation, Loki..."

Before he could finish speaking...

A loud bang suddenly rang in Loki's ears.

But before he could react, a terrifying force slammed down on him.

I've been busy moving these past few days, so updates have been a bit inconsistent. I've finished moving today and will resume updates tomorrow. I'll try my best to catch up on the chapters I missed.

(End of this chapter)