Lord of Cinder in American Comics

Odin, wielding the Spear of Eternity, struck first, projecting an energy beam at Malekith that struck him directly, sending him flying into the distance.

Behind this illusion, Loki was using his staff and astral projection magic to project a power similar to the Spear of Eternity from the stars of Asgard.

Malekith brushed the dust off his clothes and looked at Odin, saying nonchalantly, "Looks like you're getting old! The Nine Realms will eventually fall into darkness!"

Malekith has the Reality Stone as his advantage. He lost to Bauer last time without the Stone, but he won't lose to his son Odin this time.

Malekith began projecting energy at Odin, causing Loki, in his illusion, great suffering.

The original plan was to use Odin, the original victor, to scare away the dark elves, but instead, it only made the dark elves more agitated.

The cursed warrior stood in Malekith's way and charged toward Odin.

The Cursed Warrior can resist most energy projections or is even immune to them. Although he is unsure about how to withstand the energy projected from Odin's Eternal Spear, he is willing to try and sacrifice himself for his long-cherished wish.

However, this blatant act once again defied Loki's expectations, forcing him to turn his weapons around and begin intercepting the cursed warriors who were approaching him.

This small movement caused his spell to pause slightly.

Malekith looked at the soldiers around him who had frozen in place, and shouted with certainty, "You are not Odin!"

Realizing he'd been exposed, Loki dropped the pretense, reverted to his true form, and said, "That won't stop you from dying by my hand..."

Loki dispelled the illusion, leaving the Greedy One alone to provide cover, as he was the key figure at this moment.

Loki walked confidently to the center, ignoring the cursed warriors who were about to attack him, and looked at Malekith, saying, "It seems it's too late for me to surrender now?"

Malekith manipulated energy, pulling Loki before him and grabbing him by the throat, saying, "Surrender? Hand over the one who cursed me, and I'll let you live in the darkness!"

Unable to speak from being choked, Loki pointed to a spot in the darkness, dispelling his illusion. There, the Greedy One sat on the ground, surrounded by several broken vertebrae.

Malekith threw Loki away and was about to walk towards the Greedy One when he suddenly turned around and grabbed the dagger Loki was thrusting at from behind.

Malekith said with a hint of disdain, "Hmph! Same old tricks..."

"Really? That's not necessarily true!"

Loki suddenly disappeared from Malekith's sight, and when Malekith turned around, he still couldn't find Loki.

Suddenly, Malekith shouted to the cursed warrior beside him, "Algolim, watch out!"

A longsword pierced through the cursed warrior's chest from behind, while Loki coldly and slowly pulled the weapon from the warrior's body.

Holding a sword in one hand and a staff in the other, Loki assumed a starting stance characteristic of Asgardian martial arts, saying, "Although I really don't want to end up like those brutes, this is the first weapon and staff Frigga gave me. Now that you can die at their hands, it'll be a way of solving Frigga's problem..."

Loki abandoned his usual elegance, transforming into a berserker in his usual sorcerer style, turning his staff into a heavy hammer and smashing it directly at Malekith's head.

Just as Malekith reached out to block, the curse of the shackles on his spine erupted again, creating a slight opening in the energy he had gathered for the Reality Stone.

Loki lunged forward, smashing Malekith's skull with his staff while simultaneously presenting his sword to Malekith.

In this perilous situation, the cursed warrior appeared from behind Loki, dragging his mangled body. Malekith, no longer afraid, stepped forward and charged directly at Loki's weapon.

If the collision happens, Loki will certainly not survive being attacked by Malekith and the Cursed Warrior.

However, the Cursed Warrior missed Loki from behind, and Malekith crashed directly into the Cursed Warrior's arms.

It's Loki's illusion again!

The cursed warrior searched everywhere for Loki, while Malekith finally collapsed to the ground, weakly supporting his body with his hands.

The Greedy One dropped the pretense and emerged from Loki's illusion. From the floating shackles on his spine, thin black lines connected to Malekith's body.

The greedy one manipulated the shackles of the spine, constantly imposing restrictions on the Reality Gem on Malekith's body. The originally liquid gem gradually coalesced into a single piece, radiating red light from Malekith's chest.

At that moment, the greedy one shouted, "Loki! Now! Kill Malekith!"

Seeing the scene before him, Loki cursed the greedy man: "You've certainly found the right opportunity!"

But Loki had no choice but to obey the greedy and launch an attack on Malekith.

Loki first projected energy to repel the cursed warriors beside him, then prepared to cut off Malekith's head with his longsword.

However, the cursed warrior rushed forward, punching Loki's longsword away and dragging Malekith away with one hand, preparing to escape.

Loki!

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"Don't rush me! I'm already taking action!"

Loki floated his staff in front of him and used shapeshifting magic to manipulate the surrounding rocks into various obstacles, restricting the cursed warrior's movement.

Then, he focused the energy projected from the star map onto the staff, using it as a weapon to project it at the cursed warrior.

The staff, like a large steel nail, pinned the cursed warrior to the wall.

Approaching Malekith, Loki drew his dagger and placed it against Malekith's neck, saying, "For Frigga's sake, you'd be better off dead!"

Without pausing, Loki plunged the dagger through Malekith's neck, and even severed his cervical vertebrae to prevent Malekith from rising from the dead.

Having done all this, the Time Stone, freed from its physical constraints, coalesced into one under the control of the Greedy One and flew toward him.

"It's finally over!"

Loki breathed a sigh of relief, not even bothering to wipe the blood from his face, and sat down on the ground, quietly gazing at the Reality Stone in the distance.

Suddenly, a longsword pierced Loki directly. The cursed warrior, who had just been pinned to the wall, had somehow picked up Loki's weapon and threw it at him.

Loki stared blankly at the blade protruding from his chest, at the Greedy One who was unleashing a barrage of spells on the cursed warrior, opened his mouth but couldn't utter a sound, and collapsed helplessly to the ground.

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Chapter 445: I'm Stop Pretending

The cursed warrior had suffered repeated blows from Loki, and the fact that he was still alive enough to throw his weapon showed that he had used up his last breath.

The spell bombardment by the greedy is already considered desecrating a corpse, or even desecrating ashes.

Approaching Loki, the Greedy One crouched down, looking at the Loki who could only breathe air.

Loki asked in a low voice, "Did we win?"

The greedy man's voice betrayed no sorrow; he calmly said, "You've won. Congratulations. Frigga will not suffer the death she foretold..."

"Well...that's good. I didn't expect this outcome..."

The Greedy One lowered his head, and Loki could not discern his expression. He only heard the Greedy One say in an indescribable tone, "Is there anything else you wish to do? I will tell Odin of your bravery, and you deserve a place in Valhalla."

“I didn’t… I didn’t do it for him… Frigga… Mother…”

Loki stared blankly at the dark sky, his eyes gradually losing their light.

The greedy one looked at Loki, quietly squatted down beside him, reached out and gathered a lot of soil, and dug a deep, unseen grave for Loki on the spot.

Loki's body was floated up, and the Greedy One placed it in a grave. All that was needed was to release the spell, and Loki would fall into the grave.

The greedy man grabbed Loki's arm and then let go. Loki's arm fell straight down and slammed into his own face.

After several attempts, the greedy man said helplessly, "If you don't come back to life soon, you'll really be buried in there..."

However, Loki remained in the form of a corpse.

The greedy man said to himself, "You should know that most people don't have much composure when facing death. If they can still stay conscious, their last words are often, 'I can still be saved.'"

Loki still did not react at all.

"After losing consciousness, as the body gradually loses its functions, the corpse often experiences muscle relaxation and incontinence..."

At this point, the greedy man took a few steps back in disgust, fearing that he might be tainted with Loki's scent.

"Don't you feel pain with a sword stuck in your chest? And what about the Reality Stone? You don't want it anymore?"

Upon hearing the mention of the Reality Stone, Loki suddenly sat up as if from the dead. He paid no attention to the sword in his chest and asked curiously, "You really will give me the Reality Stone?"

The Greedy One pointed to the weapon in Loki's chest and said, "Aren't you going to deal with it first?"

Loki reached behind his back for a long time but couldn't grab the sword hilt. He turned around, pointing the hilt at the Greedy One, and said, "Do me a favor."

The greedy man reached out and grasped the longsword, pulling it directly from Loki's body. The longsword was still stained with Loki's blue blood.

For Loki, the Frost Giants' powerful physique granted him superhuman strength and stamina, even surpassing that of the Asgardians. Loki could rapidly recover from ordinary physical injuries, and he could even reconnect severed body parts.

This injury, aside from a little pain and a few days of rest, is not a problem for him at all.

After Loki retrieved his staff, the Greedy One threw the Reality Stone to him.

Holding the gem, Loki still seemed somewhat incredulous, and said, "You really gave it to me?"

"Using the Reality Gem, people can realize any dream. It can bring all illusory things, such as thoughts, fantasies, and dreams, to reality."

While explaining the power of the gems, the Greedy One casually altered the surrounding environment, transforming it into the restaurant Loki knew, where he had been eating fish for half a month.

"you?"

Looking at his surroundings and then at the gem in his hand, Loki began to doubt its authenticity. But after trying it, the physical strain confirmed that what he held was genuine.

After dismantling the surrounding creations, the Greedy One said, "But having the ability to materialize will have devastating consequences for the user. They will often become immersed in their creations, gradually detaching themselves from true reality. Ultimately, desire will cause them to lose themselves in their own creations, becoming one with the gems..."

Loki stared at the gem in his hand, lost in thought. He immediately dispelled the effects of his Transformation Ring and gave the Greedy One a malicious smile.

Loki said, "In that case, I'll have to try it out. You transform into a woman!"

After saying that, Loki projected the energy of the Reality Stone onto the Greedy One.

A few days later, Loki was having dinner with the Greedy Man at a French restaurant.

The original Dark Elves, having lost Malekith's command, were quickly wiped out by S.H.I.E.L.D., and their spaceships became advanced materials for Earth's reverse engineering.

Loki looked at the Greedy One opposite him, who was surrounded by women on both sides, and couldn't understand why the Greedy One could adapt to his changed identity so quickly.

To the left of the greedy man was the succubus from the third page of the Sun newspaper they had seen before, the one who had come to Earth to learn technology. To his right were the succubus's sisters.

The three women's coquettish manner made Loki somewhat irritated.

"Don't worry about him. He just can't find anyone to play with. He's only interested in blond guys who play with hammers..."

As the greedy man spoke, he embraced the two women and began to grope them, eliciting a series of laughs from the two succubi.

Loki couldn't stand it any longer. In the two days since the transformation, he hadn't noticed that the Greedy One was feeling any discomfort; on the contrary, the Greedy One's enthusiasm for playing had only increased.

Loki took out the Reality Stone and immediately removed the reality manipulation from the Greedy One.

The greedy man, having reverted to his original form, elicited gasps of surprise from the two people beside him.

The greedy man leaned back and said nonchalantly, "I originally wanted to interact with you all as a normal person, but this is it? Fine, I'm not pretending anymore! I'm laying my cards on the table..."