Loki sat on a scorching boulder, holding his Casket of Ancient Winters...
Every half hour, he activated the Casket of Ancient Winters and fired a beam of ice at the Bio-Men's position a few kilometers away, creating a frozen patch several hundred square meters across, along with countless corpses that shattered at the slightest touch.
Having lost his Godhead, Loki had also lost his vast divine power...
Using a strategic-level treasure like the Casket of Ancient Winters was now incredibly taxing for him...
Hogun, guarding a gap in the line ahead, had already shot him several scornful looks, but Loki didn't care...
He simply attacked at his own pace, conserving his Vigor while carefully watching the Bio-Men's movements.
The Bio-Men weren't very bright, but with someone directing them, they acted with remarkable professionalism.
This hill was already the third one Hogun had taken through sheer, suicidal charges...
He was telling the Bio-Men, I'm going to break out in this direction...
Hogun's aggressive tactics had worked as intended, forcing the Bio-Men to redeploy...
The Bio-Men slowly pulled troops from the other three fronts and began gathering in the direction Hogun and the others were advancing, hoping to cut off their escape and force a decisive battle...
More than a hundred thousand against nine thousand, with no strategic depth and nowhere to maneuver—the situation was dire for the Asgardian soldiers.
Gazing at the crisscrossing trenches in the Bio-Men's position in the distance, Loki smiled faintly and activated the Casket of Ancient Winters. He fired a beam of blue light at the Bio-Men gathering at the foot of the hill, readying themselves to charge...
As a large group of Bio-Men froze into ice sculptures, Loki called to Hogun, who was under tremendous pressure at the front, "That should do it. Want me to