After a round of "friendly" discussion, Doctor Strange finally reached an agreement with Thor.
He would send the two of them to see Odin, but once they were done, they had to immediately take Loki and leave Earth, returning to the Asgardian Realm.
As for whether Odin would agree to return with his two foolish sons, that was not something the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj needed to worry about.
Only after Thor gave a definite answer did Stephen Strange open a portal and release Loki, who had been falling nonstop for over half an hour, sending him crashing face-first onto the ground.
It was hard to imagine a more pathetic posture.
And with Loki's proud, self-important personality, how could he possibly endure being toyed with and humiliated like a fool?
The moment he landed, he drew two long daggers, completely forgetting that the other party was a mage—and that he was one as well. He charged forward like a warrior, intending to stab his opponent to death.
Unfortunately, the Illusion Magic he specialized in was utterly useless against Doctor Strange, who possessed the Time Stone.
The latter could not even be bothered to deal with him. He simply plucked a hair from Thor's head and completed Space Transfer Magic at incredible speed.
The next second...
Thor, clutching his head and cursing furiously, and Loki, leaping forward to drive his blade into his opponent's throat, were both enveloped in golden light.
Before they could understand what had happened, they vanished from 177A Brick Street and appeared out of thin air on an open beach.
The one-eyed old man lying beneath a beach umbrella directly ahead of them was Odin, who had secretly slipped out of the nursing home.
Poor Loki thought he had controlled his adoptive father with Illusion Magic, never