infinite hero

While Sid and Ultron were struggling with the Trojan horses, viruses, and self-destruct programs left behind, Loki had already left the earth and headed to Asgard along the secret space channel that only he knew.The purpose, obviously, is power, whether it is a scepter or a cosmic cube.

From this point of view, Frigga can be regarded as a confidant like a mother.In addition to letting Thor take the scepter, she has made other preparations for Loki's possible return.

Loki hadn't thought of that, though, as he walked through those messy rocky tunnels.

If the Mind Stone is not in hand, there are many things that must be speculated.And since it's speculation, at most he can only make himself more careful when he acts, instead of anticipating the specific defensive measures that Asgard may have.

Therefore, his focus remains on Earth for the time being.For nothing but the Green Goblin who popped out of nowhere and claimed to have seen him and could help, a boy who looked very sick from the outside.

From the bottom of his heart, Loki has always been dismissive of the Atrium people.Although this perception has changed after a series of events, he also admitted that only a very small number of people on earth can be included in his consideration.Among them, he is most concerned about the Avengers, because Thor is one of them.

Under the circumstances, it was almost inevitable that he didn't know Harry.So he didn't know whether Harry's reason—that he was paralyzed for a long time due to being injected with venom, and that he wanted to join their side to avenge his hatred after he recovered—was true or false.

Seriously, he doesn't even know the guy who the Goblin says is the enemy and is usually called Spider-Man?

This matter can be verified, but Loki himself still has things to do, and he doesn't have the time for the time being, so he roughly pointed Harry to the direction of Dr. Doom's laboratory.Originally, he didn't know anyone, so he could ignore it; but he was surprised that Harry managed to find him, and his mischievous heart rose again, wanting to see if Harry could find it, and how Doctor Doom would deal with the Green Goblin.

Of course, Loki didn't know at this time that Harry had done Sid a little favor during the last Chitauri invasion - killing those mercenaries or something.If he knew, he might refuse, because Harry is likely to be with Sid, and Sid is almost equal to the Avenger.It's a pity that only a few people know about this, excluding Rocky, who thinks it can be amused.

Under normal circumstances, it is not a good thing to express the joke in Loki's way.It's also hard to say that Loki's guidance is not malicious to Harry.

But Loki didn't think he had done something bad, like betraying the alliance or something.Because he also thought that if Dr. Doom couldn't handle such a young boy, then he didn't have to expect Dr. Doom to really help him!

I hope he can see a satisfactory result when he goes to the atrium again... Loki thought so when he stepped out of the narrow and narrow space passage, and looked up at the golden palace under the floating white clouds in the distance.His expression froze for a moment, but soon turned into an ambitious one——

Now, Asgard, Loki is back!

Because he witnessed Thor flying out of the beam of light of the Rainbow Bridge in the dark, and had already learned that Odin had fallen into an indefinite sleep, Loki was not particularly worried about his actions.

He grew up in Asgard and is very familiar with Asgard's defense system.What's more, he has magic blessing, so it is not difficult to avoid the guards along the way.If I had to say something was difficult, it would probably be the Black Iron Giant Destroyer——

He once sent this big thing to the earth to hunt down Thor, but it doesn't mean he wants to enjoy this kind of treatment himself!

This is true.

Within half an hour, Loki stood on the last curved staircase leading to the treasure house, and no one was alarmed.In fact, the safe way is to get back the scepter first, and then wait for an opportunity to seize the Cosmic Cube, but the problem is that he was thrown into prison immediately after he came back last time, and he doesn't know where his weapon is...

If you really want to talk about it, apart from the treasure house, there is no other place to hide things in Asgard, right?On the best side, he hoped the scepter was in the treasury too, and that taking it wouldn't trigger the Destroyer's unblocking restraint!

Loki only took a short time to think, then raised his legs and continued down the stairs, aiming at the treasure house gate at the end of the stairs.However, just as he put his hand on the doorknob, he heard light footsteps coming from behind——

"Who?" Loki was surprised, let go and turned around.From his angle, looking up from the backlight, he can only distinguish the silhouette of the person coming; but this is enough, because he will not forget that figure even if it is burnt to ashes: "...Thor?!"

True or false, didn't Thor go to the atrium?He saw it with his own eyes!A voice yelled in Loki's head.

Maybe that is fake?Another voice immediately replied, Thor will not become someone else, but someone else may become Thor!

Thor didn't answer right away.He went downstairs very fast. After a while, the distance between the two became five meters, three meters...

Now, Loki could see who was coming by the light of the torches on the wall.If he was more shocked than ever when he found out that it was Thor, this shock has reached another peak now——

How could this haggard-looking guy with dark circles under his eyes and pale blond hair be Thor? !With a single cell like Thor, he has never seen him take the problem to his heart!

Of course, the emaciation Loki captured was temporary.It seems that after recognizing the person, Thor's depression was swept away and turned into extreme surprise. "Loki!" he yelled. "Is that really you?"

Seeing a huge figure in a red cape rushing towards him, Loki retreated reflexively.But behind him was the heavy stone gate, and he couldn't dodge in time, so he was still caught by Thor without hesitation.

"You don't need to be so excited, brother." Regardless of whether this is true or not, the feeling of being hugged by Thor makes Loki feel hairy all over his body, and he can't help shrinking his neck. "You see, we haven't seen each other for more than three months," he said, ready to run away at any moment--it couldn't be easier for him!

"But I thought you were dead!" Thor said excitedly, arms tightening.

This reaction cannot be said to be wrong, but Loki felt that something was wrong.There is a sense of disobedience... "I thought you must not be thinking about this," he said, finally realizing where the strangeness came from, "don't you hate me for deceiving you the most?"

He was suspended animation, Thor's first reaction was not to give him a hammer?Is the sun coming out in the west?No, the one in front of him must be a fake!Gen Thor will give him a hammer, he's sure of it!

When thinking of this, Loki raised his hand hanging by his side slightly, and a sharp dagger appeared in his palm——

"Compared to that, I don't want to see you die!" Thor said fiercely.He didn't seem to notice Loki's actions at all, but leaned his head down and kissed Loki's cheek vigorously——

Loki paused at this.It was the warm, intimate touch of another human being that froze him.It never happened, Thor kissed him or something...

Before he regained consciousness, Thor raised his left hand and grabbed Loki's right hand holding the dagger with his backhand. "So that's how you two greet each other when you meet," he said, his tone turned cold. "This is not what I want to see."

Realizing that only one person could say such a thing, Loki opened his mouth slightly. "……Mother?"

No wonder they kiss him, it turns out Thor is Frigga!

No wonder he was caught, and he didn't see the flaws of the transformation, because his magic was taught by Frigga!

As mentioned earlier, Frigga is the person Loki is least likely to hurt in Asgard.So after realizing this, Loki obediently let Frigga, who had transformed back into her original body, take the dagger.

"If you don't want me to enter the treasure house, all you have to do is say something." He woke up and began to complain, "I don't want to..." Stab Frigga!

Frigg guessed the half of the sentence that was omitted later. "Even if it's your brother, you shouldn't treat him like this." She said with a slightly reproachful tone.It must be said that after almost personally verifying Loki's malice towards Thor, she reacted very well.

Loki was already ready to be scolded. Frigga's understatement could only arouse his remaining guilty conscience - he was surprised that he still had the function of guilty conscience - regardless of whether Thor was real or not. I am saddened by his death, Frigg must be sad!And Frigga will appear at this time, obviously ready for it!

"...I'm sorry, mother." Loki said shyly.

He already regretted yelling at Frigga in prison.So obviously, he can't do anything he wants to do now - he can't do evil in front of Frigg, and he can't face Frigg's disappointment in person!

Frigga was still holding Loki's hand, feeling the temperature on her youngest son's body was still icy cold.The frost giant's blood is cold, but she doesn't believe Loki's is. "Knowing that you may not be dead, Thor immediately went to the courtyard to find you."

Loki was noncommittal.He did apologize just now, but that apology had nothing to do with Thor, and it had nothing to do with Odin, it was only about him and Frigga.At this time, he did not speak, of course it was not acquiescence, but a wordless resistance.

Frigga pondered Loki's expression.Seeing that he didn't respond, she paused, and then said: "Promise me, try it? Just this time, the last time? At least reconcile with your brother... In this way, even if Odin leaves, he will go to the kingdom of death with peace of mind." .”

Loki remained silent, but turned his head away.

Frigg sighed softly.She knew Loki's character well, and knew that she couldn't push him too hard.Anyway, it's nice that Loki isn't ignoring her. "Speaking of which," she suggested softly, "go and see Odin? If you still insist on what you're going to do, this might really be your last chance."

Odin is old, and of course he will die; the difference is only sooner or later.Rocky understands this, but is not at all happy about it, because his victory requires an audience, an acknowledgment.He didn't want Odin to die; if Odin died, who would he prove to be the better heir?

Moreover, although Frigga didn't mention when Odin fell into a coma, Loki knew that it was because of his "death".For this reason, coupled with Frigga's almost pleading words, Loki finally had no choice but to nod.

In this way, the two left hand in hand and climbed the stairs leading to Odin's room.And after their figures could no longer be seen, a huge shadow suddenly cast at the other end of the corridor.The shadow moved slowly until the visitor was fully exposed to the light of the torch——

"The so-called God's Domain, the defense is nothing more than that." Thanos snorted and put his hand on the door of the treasure house.No matter how hard he tried, the door was silently shattered into powder.

At about the same time, another room on top of the Golden Palace treasury.

When Tony opened his eyes, he hadn't recovered from—

Wait, isn't he on a ship dealing with a bunch of Kree warships?Because the situation was tight, he also told Sid to quickly use the ether to open the protective shield, so that they could be safe!At least he clearly remembered that the light from the explosion at close range was so dazzling that he had to reach out to block it...

Then what?Gone?He didn't even know how he lost consciousness, so he arrived in Asgard inexplicably?

Tony blinked and blinked again at the impossibly high ceiling.He could recognize that he was lying where Sid had been.But why would he use an Asgardian hospital bed?He is obviously not sick or in pain...

and many more?

Tony tried to straighten up, very effortlessly in the process.Then, he realized that he couldn't control his right arm, he thought it was numb or something; but when he turned his head, he was startled by the empty right arm and the white gauze——

What are you doing!What happened to his hand!

The next second, Tony sat up from the bed in shock, and touched the tightly wrapped place with his still intact left hand.Immediately, he realized that his right arm was really gone!

Tony felt his temples throbbing.

So this is the truth of his coma, or the price?What the hell took his arm away?He couldn't even imagine life without his right arm!Of course, it is not difficult for him to make a dexterous and easy-to-use metal manipulator, but he doesn't want a prosthesis!If he didn't like it, Sid wouldn't like it if he didn't say it!

Just before Tony could think any further about where Sid was, he suddenly felt an itchy tightness around his shoulder.When the human body repairs its own wounds, it often feels this way, so he doesn't care - the right hand is really gone, it's the fact, he has to accept the reality.

But when Tony continued to think that Sid might return to Earth to deal with the crisis, and he should hurry back to help, he felt something was wrong——

The inside and outside of the Golden Palace are solid metal structures, so it always gives people a cold feeling; but why does he have the illusion of being shirtless in early autumn?Not to mention that he wore long sleeves, shouldn't he feel it in his right hand?He just found out that he lost his hands, so there's no way he could have a phantom limb cold so quickly... right?

This question was answered when Tony lowered his head again.For no other reason—his right hand has grown back and appears to be intact, except that he has no clothes—

So that cold feeling is not his illusion?

When the shocked Tony thought of this, he saw a layer of cloth appearing out of thin air on his originally bare arm.To be precise, he looked just like normal that way: all limbs, wearing his favorite gray and black long sleeves!

This tendency to achieve what he wants is so obvious that Tony begins to tremble slightly.

Before the accident, there was a Reality Gem on their spaceship; when they came into contact with the Reality Gem, people would be wiped out in an instant; if such an accident happened to him, it was impossible for Sid to let him have an accident.So his hand... His current state... Things will not be as he imagined...

Without pausing at all, Tony immediately began to check his body.The results came out quickly - with the newly returned arm, he couldn't be better now, except for the light from the chest reactor turned purple -

He won't really get the Reality Gem, right?

Tony lowered his head and spread his hands, almost staring at his palms.Get a screw, he said silently——

Whoosh!

A hex cap screw is there immediately.

Want an armored hand?The one with the palm cannon?Tony thought again.

Whoosh!

There was another slight sound of wind, and the mass of a whole metal armor arm pressed Tony's hand down.

Tony made them all disappear for a second, then stared at the ground.What about the Sids?

boom!

In an instant, the mountains were shaken.

Startled, Tony looked up reflexively.But there was no big hole suddenly appearing on the roof, and no one fell from the sky——

What, it doesn't work for Sid!

Tony thought with great disappointment.If it can't be used on Sid, wouldn't the significance of the Reality Gem be discounted to him?Of course, he is not dissatisfied...

Boom-boom!

With another loud noise, the entire Golden Palace began to shake.Tony finally realized something was wrong: he thought the initial bang was the result of his failure to use the Reality Stone, but it actually came from something else?

There was no one else in the room, but Tony's armor lay aside neatly.But to be honest, what is the significance of a damaged armor to deal with the crisis?

Tony rushed out while thinking, and at the same time quickly described the armor he wanted in his heart.After thinking about it almost at the same time as him, the new armor in his mind had already appeared on him.

Although it seems that it cannot be used across time and space, it is already amazing to be able to do this in one world!

Finally finding a reasonable explanation for Sid's ineffectiveness, Tony finally felt happy.But this wasn't the time to be complacent—well, he remembered, the Golden Palace wasn't going to explode for no reason and shake the walls apart, right?

This is true.

Tony turned a corner in the hallway while chasing the source of the sound waves.But soon, he realized that he didn't really need to turn the corner.You only need to use your brain and imagine that the walls automatically clear the way for him and close behind him automatically, this matter becomes extremely simple!

So, Tony was the first to reach the vault door.Half of the door had collapsed, and the remaining half was covered by thick smoke and dust, with no view at all.

Just as Tony was about to let them all make way, two soft popping sounds suddenly sounded from behind.He seized the time to look back, and the eyes under the visor suddenly widened: "Loki?"

Why is Loki here?Could it be that Loki did this?

Then he noticed Frigg with an anxious expression on his face. "The fairy queen?" Judging from the appearance of the two together, if Loki had been with the fairy queen before, who was the troublemaker there?

For the other two, Loki expressed surprise that Tony had arrived in Asgard before them, and Frigga expressed surprise that Tony had recovered so quickly.

The surprise made them all pause for a second.When they realized that what matters now is the treasure house, the three of them immediately rushed in—

The smoke and dust dissipated immediately, and there was a mess everywhere——

Gold cups rolled all over the floor, and crystal shards were sharp enough to pierce a human foot.The booth shelf was overturned, and a big hole was broken in an ice wall directly opposite the gate.More black iron fragments—the last trace left by the Destroyer seems to indicate that it was smashed by a guy with infinite strength!

"Who can do this?" Tony was even more shocked.He has seen the actual combat of the Destroyer, and has no doubts about the lethality of the Black Iron Giant.Then, the current situation seems to tell him that the black iron giant has almost no resistance when facing the invaders?

wtf?who is it?

But apart from them, there was no fourth person, not even alive or dead.Obviously, having obtained the Cosmic Cube and the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos is not interested in fighting at all, and slipped away early as soon as he got it.

Tony had no idea what was originally in the vault, so he had no idea what was missing; but Loki and Frigga were different.The two of them discovered the problem almost at the same time: "The Cosmic Cube has been stolen!"

Upon hearing this, Tony realized that something was wrong. "Cosmic Cube?" He shifted his gaze back to Loki, full of suspicion. "Did you do this?" It wasn't that he wanted to blame Loki, but besides Loki, who else could sneak into Asgard without anyone noticing?

But Loki was just as shocked. "I have to admit that part of the purpose of my coming back is for the Cosmic Cube." He almost stared at the surroundings, and then showed an extremely innocent expression. "But I haven't had time to do it yet! I also want to know, who took the lead before me?"

Normally, Frigg would have given Loki a scolding look for speaking like that.But now the situation is urgent, and she realizes that something is wrong: "Loki is right, I stopped him. No matter who stole the Cosmic Cube, we have to notify Thor immediately!"