The wail of police sirens rapidly approached from nearby, and the people trapped by Loki's phantom duplicates could not help but feel a surge of joy. The police were here!
They turned toward the source of the sirens and saw a police car speeding toward them!
But at that moment, Loki himself, standing at the entrance to the banquet hall, turned to look as well. Seeing the police car racing toward them with its siren blaring, a disdainful sneer appeared on his face. He immediately raised the scepter in his right hand and aimed it at the police car not far away.
The next instant, a dazzling blue beam shot from the gemstone atop the scepter and struck the police car with precision. Like an exploding rifle grenade, it sent the vehicle flipping through the air. It skidded forward a long way under its momentum before crashing heavily onto its side.
The people, who had been full of hope just moments before, all froze at the sight. Their gazes toward Loki became even more fearful.
He was not only a cruel murderer, but he also wielded some kind of powerful force that could take their lives at any moment!
"I told you!"
Seeing these humans, cowed by the power he had displayed, panicking like headless flies yet still refusing to submit as he had commanded, Loki could not help growing angry. He raised his scepter and slammed it heavily against the floor, and dazzling blue light burst from the gemstone embedded in it.
"Kneel!!!"
The dazzling blue light that suddenly erupted from the scepters held by the indistinguishable phantom duplicates instantly reminded everyone present of the police car being blasted away moments ago. With Loki's sudden furious roar, the people in the hall were seized by fear. Before long, some