Loki materialized out of thin air in front of the patch of ground struck by Thor's lightning. Raising both hands, he turned to face Thor helplessly and offered a mocking compliment. "You've gotten smarter, brother."
"I don't have time for your jokes!"
Thor tossed Surtur's crown off his back, rushed up to Loki, and hauled him into the air by his collar.
"Tell me what happened to Asgard! Right now! Immediately!"
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure what happened either."
Loki pried at Thor's fist with both hands, kicking his dangling feet. After several failed attempts, he gave up struggling with a helpless expression.
"They only came to demand the Mind Scepter and the Tesseract from me."
Loki gave Thor a rough account of his partnership with Thanos.
"So these people attacked Asgard because of you?!"
Thor tightened his grip on Loki's collar and lifted him even higher.
"Hmm... perhaps..."
Hoisted farther into the air, Loki pouted and spread his hands, looking utterly unconcerned.
"You bastard!"
Seeing Loki's complete lack of remorse, the furious Thor raised him, ready to slam him into the ground.
Shhk-
The sharp tip of the Glaive pierced Thor's body from behind and emerged through his chest.
The agonizing pain made Thor release his grip, dropping Loki to the floor. He looked back in shock and discovered that his attacker was Corvus Glaive, whose head he had smashed with Mjolnir earlier. His crushed face had already returned to normal.
Corvus Glaive kicked Thor in the back, sending him flying while pulling his weapon free.
Flicking his weapon to fling the lingering blood onto the ground beside him, Corvus Glaive walked up to Loki, who lay on the floor.
"Keep leading the way, or I'll send you to join your brother."
"We're not related by blood." Loki climbed