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He could have killed everyone here with the power of the Mind Stone as easily as swatting ants, but in the end, Loki didn't. The reason, of course, wasn't out of mercy or pity; it was simply that he didn't want these people to die so easily.
"I will show you what hell is like, and then I will kill you one by one."
Standing atop the tallest building in the metropolis, the prince from Asgard raises the Tesseract, opening a passage to another world.
The enormous commotion was so great that even the Mind Stone's power couldn't completely suppress it, and it was quickly noticed by the people below. The police, who were supposed to appear only after everything was over, were the first to notice the anomaly, but after losing more than a dozen people, they had no choice but to give up.
He cursed inwardly at which supervillain had chosen this moment to cause trouble, but he had no choice but to report the situation to the department that handled such matters.
For the United States, which is currently in a state of emergency, the speed of the Avengers from S.H.I.E.L.D. in getting to the scene from the moment they discovered the situation was incredibly fast. So fast was the speed at which Loki had just finished opening the portal to another world by the time they found the culprit.
"What are you doing, Loki!"
Although he lost Mjolnir, Thor, with the help of S.H.I.E.L.D., obtained another hammer capable of storing electricity. Relying on his Asgardian physique and mastery of lightning, he became a member of the Avengers. Upon arriving at the scene, he immediately recognized his former brother: "Damn it, this has nothing to do with those intruders! Stop!"
"It's too late, Thor!"
The energy from the activation of the Tesseract was disrupting the surrounding area. Standing at the eye of the storm, Loki's face contorted with madness: "I will destroy this world, and then conquer everything!"
With that, the prince of Asgard raised his hands to the torn sky: "Come, Chitauri, destroy this world!"
A deafening roar echoed across the sky, and before countless horrified eyes, a massive hole tore through the heavens, revealing the scene of another world behind it, and then…
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Nothing happened.
Maintaining his previous posture, Loki, who had just issued his declaration of world destruction, cursed the Chitauri's unreliability in his heart and called out again: "Come out, Chitauri, and destroy this world!"
The storm stirred up by the Cosmic Cube continues, and the void in the sky leading to another world slowly rotates, but nothing else has happened.
Even the superheroes below, who were on high alert and ready for an unprecedented battle, were somewhat taken aback. Tony Stark even removed his suit and looked up at the sky, saying, "Hey, is this some kind of Asgardian joke?"
Bathed in the gazes below, each carrying a different meaning, Loki could no longer maintain his previous composure. He shouted in exasperation, "Damn it, Chitauri, have you forgotten the orders of that lord? Get out here!"
The commands were relayed again and again, but only empty responses were received, until the Hulk, who had already transformed, impatiently jumped in front of him and raised his fist.
"...Can I say this is just a misunderstanding?"
"boom--!"
Having hastily dodged the punch, Loki, having lost his greatest reliance, showed no intention of taking the blow head-on. Instead, he piloted a flying vehicle provided by the Chitauri and soared into the sky.
"Damn Earth natives, just you wait! I will crush you completely with an army that is ready to devour this planet!"
Regardless of the reactions of people on the ground, let's focus on Loki, who rushed into the portal opened by the Cosmic Cube.
Filled with anger and humiliation at being deceived, Loki instantly regretted it the moment he plunged into the portal.
……
Five minutes ago, at the Chitauri position...
To prepare for this war, the Chitauri prepared an entire fleet. With the acquisition of the Tesseract, the signal from Loki's side to open the portal was clear enough, leading these space pirates to this region that was about to become an outpost for their invasion.
Just then, another signal from the same source appeared behind the Chitauri fleet.
Why did you change locations?
"Perhaps Loki opened another portal beforehand."
The unusual scene went unnoticed by any of the Chitauri. The space pirates stood guard in front of the slowly opening gate with fervent excitement. But when the entrance widened enough for a person to pass through, one Chitauri pushed aside his companions and squeezed his head through with a sharp scream—he couldn't wait to see the panicked and desperate expressions on the faces of those fragile alien lands when they saw him.
Then it saw it.
—Standing guard on the outside, countless hungry eyes.
P.S.: Fourth update
Marvel Universe: Chapter 870 The Cosmic Cube
In the vast universe, the Chitauri fleet remained stationed.
However, unlike their eagerness to rush into the boundary gate and enter another world not long ago, many of them have begun to retreat as a large number of sword lights surge into the boundary gate.
In the highly dense combat space, the Chitauri's attacks often have to take into account the presence of friendly forces nearby, while the invaders can tear through their charging formations and rush to the rear the moment they enter.
Compared to the Chitauri fleet, these seemingly insignificant "beams" possessed a power that Chitauri could not comprehend. Their terrifying sharpness allowed them to slice through even the nearly one-meter-thick armor of a spaceship and unleash a massacre from the inside.
From the perspective of the Chitauri waiting anxiously behind, the front line of the entire fleet had become chaotic as the portal opened. Amidst a multitude of intricate and dazzling lights, the explosions and destruction of warships and spacecraft were constantly illuminating the scene. As more and more of these dazzling lights poured out of the portal, the Chitauri, unable to withstand the onslaught, retreated frantically, ignoring their commands from the rear. They were space pirates, not a space army. They had come to this "barren" place to attack and plunder the weak, not to confront another group of "bandits" with even more terrifying appetites.
This is what Loki saw when he plunged headfirst into the portal in the sky above Metropolis.
His army, which he was so proud of, was capable of destroying the Earth and wiping out all of humanity. Yet, before he could even see the Earth, it had already crumbled. And the culprits behind all this were precisely the very people he wanted to take revenge on.
He wasn't even given a chance to question; almost the moment Loki entered this universe, the Chitauri's angry questioning had already arrived.
“Loki! You are the most vile worm! You have deceived the Chitauri, and you have deceived the ruler of the universe. You will pay for all of this—”
With a numb expression, he smashed the communication equipment on the aircraft. At this moment, the Asgardian prince was utterly heartbroken and wept silently.
The most despairing thing about revenge is not the moment when you are about to succeed but suddenly fail due to some uncontrollable factor, but the moment when you have just prepared everything to crush your enemy, only to find that your revenge is over.
—A scene so tragic that even consecutive failures might not be considered worthy of description.
"No, it's not time to give up yet."
After a brief period of numbness, the Mind Gem he still held in his hand allowed him to regain the courage to face the future.
"I still have this gem, and the Tesseract—if I can bring it back, I'll definitely gain even more power! One Chitauri army isn't enough, so I'll summon two, and if two aren't enough, I'll summon three—Thanos has countless space pirates under his command, so even if only one or two are sacrificed, it won't matter!"
Using this method to force himself to calm down, Loki tried to think as he turned the aircraft around.
The invasion of Asgard confirms that the invaders possessed power similar to the Tesseract's ability to open portals, but he couldn't understand why his newly prepared army had been attacked beforehand.
"Could there be a spy among these Chitauri! These filthy space pirates, I knew they were unreliable!"
Having obtained the "truth," Loki instantly "comprehended" the clues, and the sense of powerlessness and unease in his heart dissipated considerably.
There's a saying that goes, "It's not that our army isn't working hard, it's that the enemy is too cunning."
Faced with such cunning enemies, one or two defeats were understandable... As for how those people contacted the Chitauri and planted spies using completely different languages, that was not something a prince needed to ponder.
As the Chitauri front lines crumbled, the area near the portal Loki had opened began to show those "radiant lights." Prince Asked, realizing this, felt a chill run down his spine and dared not linger any longer. He quickly maneuvered his aircraft around and re-entered the portal he had just entered through.
Compared to this area that was about to become a battlefield, Earth was much safer. Loki's actions were noticed by the Chitauri who were watching him closely. Driven by anger at the "traitor" and the urge to flee the battlefield, some Chitauri ignored orders and rushed into the second portal. As the first Chitauri began to ignore orders and flee, those who were still struggling to hold on completely collapsed. Later, even the fleet commander abandoned the huge fortress that was obviously impossible to pass through the portal and rushed into the other side of the portal.
……
"Slay demons and demons!"
With a single sword strike, he cleaved two strangely-looking Chitauri, along with their flying machines, in two, scalding green blood splattering onto his face. Just as Wen Junhui was panting heavily, searching for his next target, he unexpectedly discovered that the surrounding "demons" had thinned considerably.
"What happened? There was a lot just now."
"Oh no! The demon is trying to escape!"
Following the directions, he was horrified to see countless aircraft crowding together, surging into a slowly rotating portal. Without a second thought, Wen Junhui drew his sword and charged forward, shouting, "Monster, don't run—"
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Earth, Metropolis.
Just when the Avengers thought this first battle would end in such a ridiculous way, Loki, who had just disappeared on the other side of the gate, reappeared.
Just as he was about to approach the skyscraper where the Cosmic Cube was located, he was stopped by Iron Man, who had been waiting impatiently: "I wasted half an hour of my time on all this trouble you've caused. In that half hour, I could have made hundreds of millions of dollars or dated two women. How are you going to compensate me?"
"Go away!"
A beam of light shot out from the jewel-encrusted scepter in his hand, knocking Iron Man away from his path. Just as Loki was anxiously trying to get back, another figure blocked his way.
"Loki, what do you want to do?"
"Thor, I don't have time to waste on you right now!"
“Tell me what you want to do. I can’t let you continue down this wrong path.”
Looking back and seeing the Chitauri already pouring into Metropolis, Loki grew even more urgent: "The Tesseract, that thing controls the portal, I need it—"
Before he could finish speaking, his brother interrupted him: "I can't let you keep opening the portal and bringing these space pirates to Earth. Give up, Loki!"
Behind them, a spaceship that had been speeding too fast to stop crashed into the portal and slammed to the ground with a violent explosion. Loki's furious voice rang out: "Damn it, did I say I was going to keep it open—shut it down!"
P.S.: I left home this morning, so the update is a bit late. Sorry.
Marvel Universe: Chapter 871 Hatred
Besides Iron Man and Thor, four other superheroes—Hulk, Black Widow, Captain America, and Hawkeye—are guarding the gate. No matter the danger, they will stand firm on the front lines of this war against the alien invaders!
With this resolve in mind, as the first Chitauri aircraft appeared in the sky, the Hulk instantly transformed, Captain America lowered his shield, Hawkeye nocked his bow and arrow, and the only female character, Black Widow, drew her pistol. An epic battle was about to unfold in this metropolis—
"boom------!!!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Looking at the burning wreckage in the distance, the superheroes were momentarily stunned.
"Hey buddy, your skills are getting better and better."
Saying this to the man beside him, Captain America showed an admiring expression: "Even I can't see your attack."
"Do not……"
Hawkeye, with his bow drawn, hesitated, "I didn't attack."
Hawkeye gestured to the long arrow still nocked in his bow, clearly indicating his ignorance, and then turned his gaze to the dual pistols in Black Widow's hand.
"It's not just me; even a sniper rifle might not be able to hit a target that far away."
He showed off his standard pistol, which was fine for dealing with targets within 50 meters, but it was impossible to shoot down targets more than 1,000 meters in the sky, especially heavily armored (aircraft) targets.
This raises the question: who launched the attack?
With this question in mind, the superheroes watched as a second aircraft stumbled out of the portal, swaying and spinning wildly in the sky above Metropolis like a drunkard before crashing headfirst into a tall building.
"Something's wrong."
"They don't want to be invading Earth."
"More like..."
Looking at the panicked aircraft rushing towards the gate, Captain America hesitated before stating his assessment: "They're here to escape."
As soon as the words were spoken, a dazzling light pierced through the other side of the portal and invaded Earth's side. Along its path, both the bodies of the Chitauri and their aircraft were split in two, crashing to the ground with undiminished force, leaving a deep, long scratch.
After a brief silence, the Chitauri from the other side of the portal surged toward this side with increasing frenzy. The superheroes who witnessed this scene, though still unclear about what was happening on the other side, knew they couldn't let these "refugees" continue to enter. Not to mention, the crashed aircraft alone had caused considerable casualties and damage, and stopping this situation was their purpose in standing there.
"Stop them before the gate closes."
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Just as Captain America and his team officially began the Avengers' first battle, Thor also learned from his brother Loki what had happened on the other side of the portal.
Just as they had invaded Asgard before, the invaders launched another invasion, this time targeting the Chitauri fleet.
Upon receiving this news, Thor had no idea how to react. Theoretically, he should praise those who had eliminated the threat beforehand, but where would he stand as the prince who had lost everything to the invaders?
Just as Thor was feeling bewildered by this reality, Loki's anxious voice came again: "Thor, my brother, quickly give me the Tesseract! If those people rush into Earth, both you and I will be dead!"
Before learning that the people fighting the Chitauri on the other side of the portal were the very same people who caused Asgard's destruction, Thor would have told his brother without hesitation about the location of the Tesseract. But after learning all this, he had a new thought: "Loki, where did you get in touch with these space pirates?"
Although he was extremely anxious, Loki suppressed his emotions, knowing that he could not fight against the entire Earth on his own: "When Odin sent me out of Asgard, I met a cosmic overlord who gave me the Mind Stone and the Chiri, asking me to help him obtain the Infinity Stone and the Tesseract on Earth."
"Cosmic overlord? Who is that?"
"Thanos! I've told you everything, now give me the Tesseract!"
Witnessing the ever-growing shadow in the sky, Loki was even prepared to abandon the mission: "Even if you don't give it to me, hurry up and close the portal! If you want to die, go ahead and do it yourself, I don't want to die!"
"Calm down, Loki. The situation isn't as bad as you think."
Thor glanced at Iron Man, who was lying on the ground but could still get up, and lowered his voice: "We know the situation on the other side, but the people on Earth don't."
Startled, Loki, also lowering his voice, asked in a similarly low tone, "What are you planning to do?"
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