Thor glared fiercely into Loki's eyes and growled:
"Where did you hide Sif?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about, Thor." Loki smiled down at Thor and Tyr below, speaking languidly. "Where is Sif... how would I know? Isn't she your wife?"
Boom—!!
A sphere of lightning instantly shot out from the center of the divine hall, crashing toward Loki on the throne. Terrifying divine power mingled with lightning, like a dark-blue fireball blazing through the air.
Half of Thor's body had already turned into surging lightning. He seized Loki by the throat with one hand and spoke word by word:
"You want to become God-King. That's between the two of us... You shouldn't have dragged other people into this!
Where is Sif?!"
Standing amid the rubble, Loki raised an eyebrow slightly. The next moment, his body vanished from Thor's grasp, and the shattered fragments of the throne eerily reassembled across the floor, as though it had never broken.
"You're too naïve." Loki sat casually upon the throne and spoke indifferently.
"If you want to contend for the throne of God-King, you must be prepared to abandon everything.
I'm not like you, Thor. As long as I can win, I can use any means necessary... But you—your hypocritical kindness will only become shackles restraining your actions. Once I become God-King, you'll understand just how laughable your persistence is.
You can't beat me, Thor."
Loki raised a fingertip, and his body transformed into a sky full of ravens, vanishing above the throne.
Thor's pupils contracted. Countless bolts of lightning shot from his body, trying to keep the ravens inside the divine hall, but they were like intangible illusions, easily passing through the walls and disappearing from everyone's sight.
Thor's expression turned ugly beyond measure.
With an enraged roar, he slammed a