Lord of Cinder in American Comics

He had always known that the Skrulls were untrustworthy, but Fury believed he could get them to serve him, after all, he still had the ultimate weapon in his hands... Ms. Marvel's pager.

But now, as long as the Skrulls hide, no one can find them, and Nick Fury's greatest asset has become a joke.

Fury had already lost this round, so he simply left, leaving the mess to Earth. After all, he still had other cards to play.

The Tesseract—no longer a secret Space Stone—is currently being studied at another of Fury's bases.

Fury arrived as quickly as possible and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the azure cube crystal. He had not brought any Skrulls to this base, and everyone in the base was recruited by him personally. In fact, to some extent, the isolated base did not even know that he had become the most wanted criminal on Earth.

The moment the researcher saw Fury, he was given bad news.

"Sir, the Cosmic Cube has been running on its own for three hours!"

"Then cut off the power!"

"We've already done it! But it is itself an energy source..."

The light from the Cosmic Cube grew brighter and brighter, and its original location transformed into a collapsing black hole, from which a human being emerged.

Loki was vomited up, stumbled, and only regained his balance by helping Fury beside him.

"Wow, there's actually someone here? But why are you even darker than Heimdall?"

------------

Chapter 400: Loki! Your mother asked me to bring this to you...

Loki wiped his hands on Fury's clothes, looked around the base, raised his head, and said disdainfully to Fury, "Now! Mortal, offer your faith, and the great Loki will bestow glory upon you!"

Fury had no recollection of Loki, who was dressed in a green robe and had two long horns on his head.

As a fugitive wanted globally for a long time, Fury had no way of knowing any intelligence about the Bureau of Control, and Hill was only responsible to the five-person World Security Council, so Loki's identity was only known to a certain group of people.

Having already been betrayed by the Skrulls, Fury is currently in his most irritable and volatile state, so naturally he wouldn't express any welcome to Loki's appearance.

Moreover, Fury's most powerful person was Ms. Marvel, and with Ms. Marvel as his backer, he wouldn't care about this suddenly appearing alien.

Without hesitation, Fury drew his weapon and fired at Loki. Fury wasn't using an Earth weapon, but rather spoils of war from the Kree fleet.

The beam of light passed through Loki's body and struck the equipment behind him, leaving scattered orange bullet marks.

Seeing that the weapon was ineffective, Fury guessed that what was in front of him was an illusion, but the feeling of being touched was real, which meant that the enemy's physical form was invisible.

Fury kept a watchful eye on his surroundings, his left hand, which was supporting his grip on the gun, subtly adjusting the dial on his wrist. However, he ignored the mocking look in Loki's eyes, who believed himself to be a phantom.

Fury, thinking himself vigilant, searched the area but found nothing amiss until he saw Loki, who was playing with the Tesseract, start to yawn.

He raised his gun to fire, but Fury was a step too slow for Loki. The scepter in Loki's hand unleashed a shockwave, sending him flying and crashing into a wall in the distance.

Fury slid slowly down the wall and lay motionless on the ground, but this didn't fool Loki. Loki smiled and pointed his scepter at Fury on the ground.

"Warning, base self-destruct sequence initiated. Countdown begins: 10, 9, 8..."

Loki listened to the alarm and looked up to see that the original ceiling had begun to melt and some building materials had begun to fall.

Loki put away his scepter and looked at Fury, saying, "I'll spare your life for now..."

After saying that, Loki, holding the Tesseract, teleported away.

Just before the alarm sounded, Fury on the ground abruptly reached out and turned his watch back to its original position, and the base's self-destruct countdown stopped.

Fury was no longer in the mood to utter his catchphrase. In just a few hours, he had not only lost his greatest asset, Monarch, but even one of his backup plans, the Tesseract, had been taken away by the aliens.

After packing his things, Fury disbanded the base. He had lost his research subjects and was no longer of any use. If he continued to suffer losses like this, he would be exposed in a few months.

When Loki came to the outside world, he found that it was no longer the same world he had ever seen or heard before.

He had come to Earth before through some secret passages, but he had never seen such a huge creature.

With a triangular head and mandibles, red eyes, and two pairs of huge forelimbs, it resembles a giant arthropod. A pair of elytra, hidden beneath its carapace, are slowly unfolding, preparing to carry its enormous body into the sky.

Upon seeing such a creature, Loki immediately became interested. He pointed his scepter at the monster and activated its power.

However, after the power of the scepter was launched, it simply sank to the bottom of the sea without even causing a ripple.

Unwilling to give up, Loki teleported onto the monster's back and began to strike the monster repeatedly with his scepter, the clanging sounds creating a continuous cacophony.

"If you type faster, you'll be able to play a Canon in D..."

A nonchalant, mocking voice rang out beside Loki. Loki immediately dodged away, pointing his scepter in the direction of the voice, his hand behind his back ready to activate the Tesseract and escape.

However, upon seeing the speaker, Loki relaxed slightly and lowered his scepter slightly.

What are you doing here?

Loki looked at the Greedy One before him. The Greedy One could find him as soon as he appeared, which was something he had to be wary of.

The Greedy One helplessly spread his hands, showing Loki a staff, and said, "Your mother asked me to bring you some Wangzai milk... cough cough, you'll have to ask your mother about that. So that's why she asked me to bring it to you. Turns out this thing is already bound to you. The moment you appear, it keeps clamoring to see you..."

The staff in the hands of the Greedy One was the very staff that Queen Frigga commissioned the dwarves to forge for Loki after she obtained the Chaos Stone.

The moment Loki saw the staff, he abandoned his usual arrogance and conceit. Frigga's gift, or rather, Frigga's love, was the most important feeling in Loki's entire life.

Is she alright?

The greedy one feigned grief and said, "It's bad, not good at all. She lost a child and has become irritable, losing her appetite and her health is deteriorating. I hear the Celestial Palace has already begun preparations for the Queen's funeral..."

"What did you say?!"

Loki's scepter sensed his mood and erupted with a burst of intense energy, drawing the giant beast beneath him.

Sensing something amiss, Mutona's triangular head began to turn, revealing two small insects on his body.

Muto's elytra began to change direction, suddenly flapping towards the Greedy Man and Loki on his back.

The greedy one quickly grabbed Loki and said, "Run! Don't just stand there!"

A flash of blue light, and Greed and Loki were teleported to another location.

Relieved to be in a safe position, the Greedy looked at Loki and said, "Was it really that serious? I was just joking with you..."

Loki pressed his scepter against the greedy man's neck and said fiercely, "You shouldn't have lied to me!"

The greedy one brushed the scepter aside with his staff and said nonchalantly, "Is it really that big of a deal? You've lied to people all the time before, and you can't even handle this?"

Speechless, Loki stared at the ruthless, greedy man, his fierce expression finally crumbling. He snatched the staff from the greedy man's hand and declared, "This is mine!"

The moment Loki received the staff, the energy within him connected with it, allowing him to effortlessly unleash all his previous spells.

Loki carefully examined the staff, then put it away and glanced at the Greedy One before preparing to leave.

"Not even a thank you?"

Loki raised his head, chin in hand, and looked at the greedy one, saying, "This was given to me by my mother, but I can give you a chance; you can share Midgard with me..."

After he finished speaking, Loki waited for a long time but did not hear a reply from the Greedy One. When he looked down, he only saw the Greedy One sleeping on the floor with a blanket.

Loki gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you ignore me!"

The greedy man got up from his bed, looked around, and said in surprise, "Are you talking to me? So you have vision problems! No wonder you had a cane to feel your way..."

Loki angrily pointed his scepter at the Greedy One, unleashing its power. However, the Greedy One simply flicked a finger and deflected the attack.

Loki, refusing to believe in evil, began to activate his scepter, releasing even more energy.

The greedy person, weary of dealing with the situation, said, "Can't you just shut up for a second?"

Loki looked at the scepter in his hand, and with some doubt, pointed it at the distance and released it. A moment later, a deer hopped and skipped to his side.

The same energy had failed against the Greedy One many times before. Loki recalled how the energy of the scepter had just been unleashed on the monster's back, and how the Greedy One had ignored this attack.

"How is this possible?"

As Loki examined the scepter, he began to doubt whether he had received a fake.

Loki examined the scepter repeatedly, and said with some doubt, "This isn't right! I've witnessed greater powers; this is a fake!"

The Greedy One waved his hand in front of Loki's face to get his attention, then said, "Don't try. Even if the Mind Stone can control others, there's a price to pay. The power released by the Mind Stone, which is restrained by the scepter, can be resisted with just a tiny bit of willpower..."

Loki's knowledge of the scepter, or rather, of the jewels on it, drew his gaze to the gems.

Loki, in the center of the gem, saw all the dreams and thoughts of that time. The complex ideas immediately entered his brain, making his thoughts extremely precarious amidst the shock.

Loki gritted his teeth and persevered, but his thoughts were like a small boat in a storm, and a single strong wave could sink him into endless contemplation.

Suddenly, Loki was struck hard on the back of the head, and the concussion knocked him out of the Mind Stone.

The greedy man threw down a brick he'd somehow found and took the scepter from Loki's hand.

Loki covered his head, finally calming his thoughts. When he saw the scepter again, he no longer had the same desire as before.

The greedy one threw the scepter to Loki, but Loki did not reach for it; he simply let it fall to the ground.

"These are the Infinity Stones?"

As he spoke, Loki took out the Tesseract. He looked at the blue cube, wondering what harm it would cause him.

"The Mind Stone contains all the thoughts of the universe; your willpower cannot withstand it. By the way, have you ever seen anyone use it? Or perhaps an even greater power?"

The greedy man's question reminded Loki of unpleasant memories. It was of a great man who dared to openly display his desires and longings. He, too, was utterly indifferent to the scepter, daring to hand it directly to Loki based on a single, uncertain answer.

Loki did not answer at this moment, but simply picked up the scepter and cast a spell to cover the gem at the top of the scepter.

Seeing that Loki didn't want to answer, the Greedy One had no choice but to change the subject, asking, "Do you want to go back and take a look?"

Loki's eyes were filled with nostalgia, but it was quickly replaced by resolve. He snorted and said, "I will never go back to that deceitful family!"

"Wow! You treat them like family! I need to write this down; Frigga might look at it later..."

The greedy man pulled out a camera, pointed it at Loki, and said, "Can you perform that again? Just once!"

"Shut up!"

Loki pointed his scepter at the greedy man, then suddenly remembered something and switched his weapon to the staff that Frigga had made for him.

This threat was nothing to the greedy man; he nonchalantly packed up his makeshift mat.

"Please pass on a message to my mother, tell her I'm doing well..."

The greedy Kacha snapped a picture of Loki with a Polaroid camera, handing him a banknote and saying, "Write it yourself, I'll reluctantly deliver it for you... By the way, do you have any news to tell that big fool Thor? And Odin too..."

When Odin was mentioned, Loki's pen snapped in his hand, and the Greedy One noticed a change in Loki's attitude towards Odin.

Loki said somewhat unhappily, "Don't mention him to me. In his eyes, I'm just a tool, like..."

"Just with? Just with what? Tell me, it's just the two of us here anyway, keeping a secret to yourself will only torture you..."