Chapter 222 "The Avengers"! Assemble!
Chapter 222 "The Avengers"! Assemble!
Of course, compared to the "powerful" Riley.
What Laufey should be more worried about now is clearly Thor's furious retaliation.
"Loki...!"
Although Thor, whose heart was filled with a terrible sense of foreboding when the Destroyer armor was switched to a new controller, had already vaguely guessed Loki's fate from that brief shout.
But when Riley uses the Decade Driver to activate Xiaoming's exclusive dimensional wall, he brings everyone directly to the scene.
This allowed Thor to witness Loki lying on the ground, completely lifeless, not far from Laufey's feet.
Thor was struck dumb, his composure crumbling instantly! He staggered back several steps, nearly falling to the ground!
It wasn't until Riley, who had a similar experience and fully understood Thor's feelings because of the Supreme Boiled Egg's deliberate scare, that he immediately reached out to support Thor and helped him slowly regain his balance.
Not only Thor's cloak, but also his cloak began to flutter and whistle even without wind.
Even the skies of Asgard, a paradise on earth where the weather is always sunny and calm, were unexpectedly covered by dark clouds.
A thick, intermittently visible bolt of lightning tumbled and darted through the dark clouds. Deafening roars echoed incessantly, reverberating in everyone's ears!
This clearly shows just how furious Thor was at that moment!
"It seems this upcoming battle is for Loki's revenge... let's call it 'Avengers' for now? Well then..."
Compared to Thor's furious state, Riley, being a time traveler who knew how good Loki was at faking his death, wouldn't be as foolish as Thor to believe that Loki had really died so simply at Laufey's hands.
Therefore, he turned around a few times and exchanged a few glances with Hei Xiaoyu without leaving a trace, so that Hei Xiaoyu, who understood Riley's thoughts instantly, would give him a slight nod of affirmation.
Riley then smiled and, instead of rushing to "rescue" Loki, used this as an excuse to make a joke in public.
"Avengers, assemble—!"
"Loufi! I'll take your life—!!!"
Meanwhile, having witnessed Loki's corpse, Thor no longer harbored the same insincere banter he had with Laufey when they first met.
His rage reached its peak, causing Thor to seem to awaken a hidden form as a super Asgardian, his golden hair standing on end! Even his eyes turned blue and white! Every now and then, arcs of electricity would crackle around his body!
The next second, almost the instant Riley finished speaking, Thor, with his own red-eyed special effect, charged towards Laufey without any hesitation amidst his hissing and angry roar!
"What are you all standing there for! Charge! Kill them! Victory will ultimately belong to our Frost Giant race—!!!"
Laufey clearly could not accept the situation where he was so close to victory, yet was about to lose his life at the hands of another.
So when Riley beat Old Man to the punch and shouted that classic Avengers slogan, Laufey, realizing that this final battle was inevitable, could only cover his hands with ice, transforming them into sharp blades, and, with feigned composure, charge towards the oncoming Thor!
After all, in Laufey's view, they weren't entirely without hope of victory...
It seems that the only ones who can fight are Riley, Thor, and the Asgardian quartet. The rest of the Midgardians are just ordinary mortals and are not worth worrying about at all!
Furthermore, in order to win this war and completely seize the throne of the Nine Realms, Laufey brought several hundred Frost Giants to Asgard this time!
With hundreds of frost giants compared to the current one-sided situation where there are only about ten people in total, isn't it obvious that the advantage is on our side?
As long as I can kill Thor...
Even if Riley is incredibly strong, he probably couldn't possibly kill all the Frost Giants before his power runs out!
At that point, Laufey will be able to take advantage of the situation, kill Riley in his weakened state, and turn the tide!
Thinking of this, Laufey's previously somewhat panicked face immediately showed a confident smile.
Relying on the fact that the Frost Giants clearly had the upper hand in their last encounter with Thor, and that Odin had to swallow his pride and personally intervene to save Thor and the others' lives, Laufey clearly held a degree of contempt and disdain for his defeated opponents.
Unexpectedly, Laufey, relying on his rich combat experience, easily dodged Thor's attacks, which were now blinded by rage and whose attacks became straightforward and too easy to predict. Laufey then reached for Thor's arm holding Mjolnir, intending to freeze Thor's hand and limit the power of Mjolnir.
Suddenly, for no apparent reason, Laufey felt a chill run down his spine!
Trusting his fighting instincts, Laufey immediately abandoned his counterattack against Thor and quickly turned around.
With a backhand grip, in that space that should have been empty, he firmly and firmly grasped an arm.
The next second, Loki, who was holding a dagger and about to stab Laufey in the back and stage a "thousand-year kill" scene, appeared out of thin air in front of Laufey with a flash of green light!
"You! It's you again! I should have known... You incompetent bastard, your only redeeming quality is your ability to survive; you couldn't possibly die so easily!"
He looked at Loki, who was standing alive and well, completely unharmed.
Looking again at the Loki corpse on the floor not far away, its abdomen pierced and its blood dried, it was now disappearing without a trace as it flashed with green light.
Laufey never imagined that Loki, who seemed to be seeking death, had actually been using illusion magic from the very beginning!
In this way, not only did he successfully fake his own death, lowering Laufey's guard, but he also used this opportunity to make Laufey foolishly take the blame for Loki's crimes time and time again!
It can be said that Laufey, the king of the frost giants, was easily manipulated!
The true value of the God of Deception is now tangible!
As Laufey figured out the cause and effect, his face, which had always been a deep blue due to the low temperature, began to heat up rapidly at a visible speed and turned red!
"How dare you scheme against me! Loki! I will definitely make you...!"
Unfortunately, before Laufey could finish speaking, Thor's hammer, which came hurtling down, slammed into Laufey and sent him flying.
Loki, who had anticipated this, blinked and pursed his lips, deliberately adopting a well-behaved look as he watched Laufey's departing figure. He then spread his hands and responded in an extremely innocent tone, a tone that was utterly insidious.
"Hmm, I'm listening..."
Why did you stop talking? Is it because you didn't like it?
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