Chaos Magic energy surged violently against the back of the massive dark metal armored hand, which was layered with overlapping scales.
Rows of scales across the back of the dark metal hand opened up like dragon scales, spreading their armor to meet the impact of the Chaos Magic energy.
The dark red Chaos Magic energy slammed into the metal hand's back, where dark dragon-scale-like plates had opened. The massive dark hand merely paused slightly before withstanding the impact.
The Chaos Magic striking the dark hand was instantly absorbed by the opened scales. It poured furiously into them, lighting the gaps between the scales across the entire dark hand with a translucent dark red glow.
Stephen Strange, Pietro Maximoff, and Loki's expressions changed drastically. Their pupils widened as they stared in shock at the suddenly appearing massive dark metal armored hand.
Loki especially remembered clearly how that hand had grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up. The scene remained vivid in his mind.
"He... He... He..." Loki's hands and feet trembled uncontrollably in terror. Fear filled his eyes, and his body instinctively reacted in panic. He could not even speak properly.
Seeing the dark hand that had once gripped his throat and held his life at its mercy blocking Chaos Magic, the deep black and dark red colors of that armored hand—dark red light shining through gaps in its black dragon-like scales—filled Loki's heart with an invisible terror.
Ever since New Mexico, when he had wanted to kill He-El simply because he could not stand seeing a mortal recognized by Mjolnir, Loki had fallen into a frenzy over He-El.
From being beaten into a miserable retreat in New Mexico, to controlling the Destroyer for revenge only to have it shattered, to using the Mind Scepter in an attempt to