Loki Faked His Death

The three-man team heading to the Dark World assembled, and Thor boarded a sword-shaped warship left behind by the Dark Elves. Along the way, he smashed dozens of pillars in the Golden Palace and even chipped away at his grandfather's statue.

Having finally shaken off the Asgard pursuers, they boarded a small Asgard boat, which Loki piloted towards a small cave beneath a cliff somewhere in the Endless Sea.

Upon entering the Dark World, the two brothers began arguing, and the argument escalated. Thor even grabbed Loki by the collar, raised his fist, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Mother wouldn't want us to keep fighting like this."

A hint of warmth flashed in Loki's eyes, but he stubbornly said, "She's probably already used to it."

A heated argument allowed the two brothers to vent most of their pent-up frustrations.

At the same time, Malekith opened his eyes.

He sensed the Aether entering the Dark World.

He had been injured by Thor and fell into a deep sleep upon his return; this was a unique method used by Dark Elves to quickly heal their injuries.

Thor and Loki flew around the Dark World in their small spaceship, until finally the Aether within Jane's body resonated with Malekith.

Jane, who was resting on the spaceship, opened her eyes. "Malekith is here."

Everything that followed went exactly as Thor had planned.

Loki faked an attack on Thor, severing Thor's right hand, but this was all an illusion created by Loki.

Loki pretended to offer Jane to Malekith and then revealed his identity Frost Giant to Malekith, thus gaining Malekith's trust.

Malekith, as expected, couldn't wait to extract the Aether from Jane's body.

As the Aether completely left Jane's body, Thor summoned Mjolnir and struck the distorting Aether in mid-air with Flash.

The intense energy collision caused an explosion, but unfortunately, after the explosion, the shattered Aether automatically glued themselves back together.

Completely undamaged.

Malekith, having taken the Aether, paid no heed to Thor and the others on the ground, for the Nine-Star Alignment was about to begin.

The nine worlds are connected in a line with Earth as the center. This is actually like a solar or lunar eclipse. The time that the celestial bodies meet cannot last very long.

Malekith needs to reach Earth before the Nine-Star Alignment ends, because Earth is the center and can connect the Nine Realms simultaneously, as long as Malekith releases the Aether on Earth.

This would allow them to simultaneously alter the reality of the Nine Realms, turning Nine Realms all into Dark World in an instant.

In that case, Nine Realms would be filled with Dark Energy locks, and all creatures would turn into Dark Elves.

So even when Thor got up and tried to stop them, Malekith ignored him, leaving only a squad of soldiers and Kurse to hold them off.

The Kurse possesses strength comparable to the Hulk. Although his physical defense is not as strong as the Hulk's, he can still ignore the damage he receives to a certain extent because he has no sense of pain, and injuries do not affect his combat ability.

Unless it's a fatal injury, it can gradually recover on its own.

How could it not be powerful, given its almost inexhaustible life force and the power gained through the exchange of Aether?

Thor, who had not yet fully awakened his Power of Thor, was utterly helpless against the Kurse. Even with Mjolnir, he was no match for them.

The Kurse was quickly pinned to the ground by the Aether Warriors, but then Loki ambushed him, piercing his chest with a spear.

To everyone's surprise, the Kurse didn't take it seriously at all. He forcefully pulled Loki close, faced him, and stabbed Loki through the chest with the tip of his spear.

Fortunately, Loki managed to pull the Singularity Grenade on the Kurse's waist in time.

This grenade can create an energy field similar to a miniature black hole, directly attracting everything around it to the center point and causing it to disappear into the void.

The Kurse's grenade exploded, and of course, he couldn't escape unscathed, disappearing instantly.

Loki, however, was pierced through and thrown to the ground, escaping unscathed.

"No, no!~!~!"

Thor, filled with endless sorrow and regret, rushed to his brother Loki and picked him up as he lay dying.

At this moment, Thor forgot all the unpleasantness and fighting between the two brothers, and felt only the pain and sorrow of losing his younger brother.

"I'm such a fool, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, brother."

Loki's struggling words broke Thor's heart.

"It's alright, Loki, you'll be fine. I'll tell Father about your heroic deeds." Thor wept bitterly.

"I... I didn't... do it for my father."

Loki finished speaking with difficulty, then his head slumped down heavily.

"No!~!~!~!~!~!"

Only Thor's mournful cries echoed throughout the Dark World. Jane, who had recovered, stood behind Thor, completely at a loss for words.

If Xia Yu saw this scene, he would definitely drag Loki's corpse up and give it a good beating, for letting you play dead and fool your brother into tears.

But Loki's performance today was just too realistic. Who would have thought he'd pull that stunt at the end, and with such great acting skills?

Within just a few days, two of her closest relatives died before her eyes.

It would be a lie to say that Thor wasn't sad.

However, the current situation does not allow Thor to remain grieving any longer. Malekith has gone to Earth, Thor must return to Earth immediately to stop him.

Thor has no idea how much preparation the Avengers have made. For the sake of peace in the Nine Realms, he must go to Earth immediately.

Lacking intergalactic transportation, the two could only return to Asgard via the secret passage they had come from.

Although Asgard has been sealed off, and returning would mean facing Odin's wrath and imprisonment, there is no other way at the moment.

Fortunately, the two of them actually discovered Earth's trash in that secret path.

For example, the aluminum can that Xia Yu threw away at the beginning—Jian had seen that can before; there was a deep scratch next to it. It couldn't be such a coincidence.

They arrived by spaceship and didn't notice anything on the ground.

The two were very lucky; after walking around the pile of various small items and trash from Earth for about ten minutes, they came into contact with the wormhole.

As soon as I stepped in, a slight ripple appeared in the air; I was already in that abandoned factory in London, on Earth.

Not far from the factory, we saw the temporary camp set up by Dr. Selvig.

After their conversation Dr. Selvig's words surprised the two of them greatly.

There will be another chapter later. School starts tomorrow, so I'll try to post everything as early as possible today.