Loki's plan was simple.
Have Hela assassinate Thor. If Hawking did not care whether Thor lived or died, then Thor was doomed. Afterward, Loki could seal Hela away again and continue with his plan.
If Hawking stepped in to help Thor, then Hela could kill Hawking along with him. Even if Hela could not defeat Hawking, she could at least hold him off for a while.
Then Loki could control the Destroyer and kill Thor.
At worst, even if all of that failed, as long as Thor was kept from returning to Asgard, Loki could kill the Frost Giant King and destroy Jotunheim to earn enough prestige to secure the throne of Asgard.
"Thor Odinson, interesting.
Since he is Odin's son, I would be delighted to kill him."
The moment Hela heard that the target bore the Odinson name, she immediately guessed that he was her younger brother. Yet she did not hesitate.
Because from the day she had been sealed away, she had no relationship with the Odinson family anymore. Anyone who dared oppose her would be killed without mercy.
That included her father Odin, her blood-related younger brother, and the fool before her who might be another younger brother.
"I advise you to be careful. There is a formidable Midgardian named Hawking beside Thor."
Loki told Hela Thor's approximate location and offered a friendly reminder.
But Hela clearly did not take it seriously.
"What formidable people could there possibly be among those Midgardian mortals?
They are nothing but trash I can crush with a flick of my hand."
In her eyes, any ordinary Asgardian would be invincible in Midgard, let alone her, the Goddess of Death.
"Just watch yourself."
Loki said nothing more and vanished from the spot with Shunpo magic.
Meanwhile, after realizing that Loki would not