Asgard's Great Evacuation!

Lowett's deal with Odin was indeed meant to save Thor and Loki after Hela broke free, but Lowett had twisted the process.

Rather than waiting for Hela to escape before returning to Asgard, he had brought about that outcome ahead of time.

Death said the mark she left on the back of his hand had no surveillance effect...

Who the hell would believe that?

So he needed a reasonable excuse to obtain the Eternal Fire.

One that would leave Death unable to find fault with it.

When you got a pillow at home just as sleepiness hit, wasn't that a perfect coincidence?

He would use his deal with Odin to deceive Death and obtain what lay behind the Eternal Fire, then use Loki's fragile emotions to make him work for him. Everything was perfect.

Otherwise, he could not be bothered wasting words on Loki.

When it came to manipulating people's hearts, the Necromancer was a professional!

"Loki, how dare you deceive me?!"

Soon, after Heimdall was brought back to activate the Rainbow Bridge, Thor grabbed Loki by the collar with an enraged expression.

The latter's fears had come true, but in the next second, he vanished from Thor's grasp.

"Now isn't the time to hold me accountable!"

After skillfully using a duplicate to toy with Thor, Loki remained calm as he faced Heimdall and Thor, the victims he had only recently exiled. "This happened, then that happened."

"What?!"

Thor turned his head in disbelief, only to see Heimdall nod solemnly. "He is right, Prince Thor."

"Now that His Majesty Odin has been exiled, it is only a matter of time before Lady Hela returns!"

"Destroying Asgard and cutting off her source of power is the only way to kill her."

"But... there has to be another way, right?" Thor no