Chapter 234: The Death of Loki
Chapter 234: The Death of Loki
In the wilderness of New Mexico, the battle was fierce. In fact, the situation had worsened to the point of being completely out of control shortly after Strange left.
Hif wielded her great sword, her right shoulder bleeding from being scratched by the fragments of rock that were blasted by the heat ray earlier.
Normally, the Asgardians had a layer of divine armor when they fought, but Hif's divine power was almost depleted, so she could only protect the key parts of her body and was thus injured by the explosion.
"This is not right!!" Wostagg shouted, "The Destroyer has been parked in the Palace Warehouse for hundreds of years and should not have such abundant divine power source!"
"Loki is driving it. He just ascended to the position of a true god. Did you forget?!"
The sky over New Mexico was also covered with layers of dark clouds, and when the rain fell, the cold wind on the wilderness kept howling.
"Damn it." Thor's arms trembled, and he tried countless times to communicate with Mjolnir and the power of lightning as he had done before, but nothing responded to him.
"Thor," Hif's voice was still low and steady, but Thor heard the tremble in her tone. She said, "We will fight for you until the end, for Asgard."
"We will never let such a despicable person ascend to the throne of Asgard!" Wostagg shouted, "Loki! You will never be the king in the hearts of the Asgardians!"
"Even if you kill Thor, kill us, you will never become the father of the gods!" With that, Wostagg raised his hammer again and attacked the Destroyer, with Hogun and Fandral following behind him.Hif, whose divine power was exhausted, could hardly stand. She used her great sword to support her body and whispered, "Father of the gods, if I die, please give me the chance to enter the hall. I will continue to fight for the land I love."
Thor's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the huge Mech armor, which looked particularly hideous in the raging storm. The rain made his long hair stick tightly to his forehead.
Watching a beam of destruction sweep over, Wostagg was thrown heavily to the ground, spitting out blood from his mouth. Thor had never felt so helpless, and his rage was about to ignite. The cold rain could not extinguish his fighting spirit.
Finally, Hif also fell to the ground. She was grabbed by the Destroyer and thrown to the ground like a sandbag. Fandral, who had lost an arm, was still crawling on the ground, trying to continue attacking the Destroyer, but was kicked away by the huge monster. Thor could see that the divine power on his companions' bodies began to dissipate, and even their divine positions began to withdraw.
The light spots of the World Tree were shining around them. If no one could save them, they would soon return to the World Tree.
Thor knew that this was just a beautiful illusion of the Asgardians. Valhalla and the World Tree were just another way of saying death. He was very clear that even if Hif entered Valhalla as she wished, she would no longer be herself.
Just then, a burst of sound broke through the air, and a shining Mech armor flew in from the sky. Iron Man was floating in mid-air, firing a palm ray at the Destroyer, but the defense that even divine power could not break was also impervious to human technological weapons.
Driving the huge weapon was Loki, who was not like the Asgardians who only charged forward recklessly. Seeing Stark rise again, the eyes of the Destroyer flickered. Stark knew he was going to release the ray, so he maneuvered the Mech armor to the right to dodge.
But the Destroyer suddenly stretched out an arm and grabbed Stark's Mech armor. Stark couldn't evade in time and was caught by one leg, then thrown away.
"No!!!!" Thor yelled.
If fighting or even dying in battle is the fate and honor of the people of Asgard, then Earth's superheroes are completely innocent victims. Thor cannot accept any of Earth's superheroes dying in this battle.
Iron Man flew out and slowly decelerated before landing smoothly. He controlled the Mech armor and approached the Destroyer again. At this moment, a giant lizard monster jumped over, followed by Spider-Man.
In the past, Dr. Connors' transformed lizard monster was already large enough, but compared to this five or six hundred meter giant, it still seemed very small, and Iron Man and Spider-Man were even smaller, like raindrops falling at the moment.
The three fought with the Destroyer, but it couldn't be called a fight, it was just the Destroyer constantly attacking them and the three dodging.
Thor's heart was colder than the cold rain. At this moment, his heart was filled with despair. He didn't know why, but his brother betrayed him, his comrades fell, and Earth's superheroes were also in danger, but he couldn't do anything about it.
At this moment, Loki's voice came from the Destroyer: "Thor Odinson, are you just going to watch?"
"Look at your good friends!" The Destroyer kicked Hogun on the ground and said, "When I get rid of these annoying flies, I will kill them, and now..."
Loki's cold laughter came from the Destroyer. He controlled the Destroyer to step on Hogun's body, making a teeth-gritting sound. Hogun let out a suffocating scream. By the time Loki took the Destroyer's foot off, he had completely lost consciousness.
Volstagg and Fandral cursed, Sif couldn't say anything, and Thor was trembling all over.
The difficult years on Earth had worn down the pride that came with past honors. Watching his companions march towards death and the innocent suffer from disasters filled Thor with despair and pain, almost driving him crazy.
"Thor, do you feel heartbroken? Do you feel like you owe your companions?"
"But I'll tell you, they came to find you not because they were worried about you, but because they were worried about themselves and their families."
"He and his family want you to be the king of Asgard, so they have been ignoring me. After the father of the gods fell asleep, they couldn't wait. Thor, they want you to promise them, promise to continue leading them to fight, to satisfy their ridiculous and empty sense of honor."
"For this, they can do anything."
"How can you say such a thing!" Thor shouted at the Destroyer, "You hurt them! You betrayed-"
"If you dare to continue, I will kill her now." The Destroyer grabbed Sif who was lying on the ground. Sif was barely conscious and saw Loki's cold expression through the Destroyer's helmet.
"Thor, why don't you understand? They just want to force you to make a promise, to make you a machine of war with those rhetoric of honor, which will eventually lead Asgard to destruction."
"They surround you, worship you, and call you king just so you can lead them to fight, to satisfy their violence and desire for conquest, it's been like this from the beginning."
The Destroyer's hand squeezed tighter and blood oozed from between its fingers.
"No! Loki, please, let Sif go, she is innocent."
"It's not what you think, Loki. I know many people are slandering you, I know there are many despicable rumors in Asgard."
"I know, sometimes Wostage and them speak too directly, but you are really my brother, we are brothers."
At that moment, the Mech armor controlled by Iron Man suddenly lifted up. Lizard Doctor and Spider-Man quickly backed away, and then a teleportation door lit up in mid-air, and a bomb with a cold light was thrown down.
Iron Man pressed several buttons on his arm, and several drones flew out from the back of his Mech armor and collided with the bomb. Iron Man also quickly backed away as the drones, carrying the bomb, flew towards the huge Destroyer.
In the instant the bomb touched the Destroyer, a small snowflake first bloomed from the point of contact. Then, the sharp corners of the snowflake blossomed into countless dazzling ice crystals. Silently and invisibly, the ice crystals spread at an extremely fast speed on the armor of the Destroyer.
In just a breath, the chest of the Destroyer was completely covered with blue ice crystals, followed by its arms and legs. Finally, before the cockpit with the strongest divine power was frozen, Loki flew out from inside it.
The divine power of the Fire God shone around him, and a more ferocious power descended. Countless flames rose up from mid-air, and then several fire dragons spun and flew towards Sif and the three warriors of Asgard on the ground.
In an instant, Loki's figure disappeared and then appeared in front of Thor. Countless flames turned the falling rain into steam, and Loki raised one hand as a giant arm made of flames grabbed Thor and lifted him into the air.
In the dark rainy night, only the flicker of flames could be seen. Countless flames lifted them up, and Loki looked at Thor and said, "If you can't understand who the person is who wove lies and deceived you, and who is the person who wants to expose the lies and save you, then you can go and die with these hypocritical and selfish people."
As he spoke, he clenched his fingers, and the flame arm squeezed Thor's neck tightly. Thor's face turned purple, and just before he lost consciousness, he saw the starlight behind Loki becoming brighter and brighter. He stared wide-eyed and shouted with all his strength, "That's the Rainbow Bridge! Loki!! Get out of the way!!!!"
But it was too late. A dazzling rainbow-colored light emerged from the sky, and a beam of incomparably ferocious power instantly hit Loki's back.
Facing Thor, Loki showed an expression of extreme pain that he had never seen before, and then in an instant, he shattered into fragments.
Time froze, and the starry sky was brilliant. In the rainbow light and illusion, Loki shattered into dots of light.
The brilliance of divine power burst out and almost turned into another sun. Thor saw that before Loki's body dissipated, he had been staring at him with an expression of extreme pain, and then there was helplessness and despair in the face of death.
Thor saw with his own eyes that the light of the World Tree suddenly lit up, and the position of the Fire God was completely withdrawn. The divine power and divine position paused in mid-air for a moment, and then rushed into Thor's body.
"No!! Loki!!!!"
After Thor shouted in despair, a black hole-like passage opened above his head, and a huge suction force sucked him in. Then everything returned to calm, only endless rain and a darkening starry sky.