Loki: Is Magic Really So Inconvenient?

However.

Just as Stormbreaker was about to smack brutally into his ass, Loki suddenly stopped struggling, as if he had given up resisting. Then he flashed a devilish grin.

"Brother, when did you get the illusion that I hadn't used Illusion Magic?"

"What?"

Before Thor could react, Stormbreaker had already smashed the Loki he was holding into pieces. Blazing red sparks scattered everywhere, like blood squeezed out by crushing.

"Loki?"

For a moment, Thor thought he had killed Loki. But how could that be? Since when had Loki become so fragile? Reason and emotion clashed madly in that instant, leaving Thor standing there in a daze.

But when he looked up at the desk, he was immediately so furious he laughed.

"You bastard!!!"

Thor shouted through gritted teeth.

There sat Loki, completely unharmed, lounging in the armchair exactly as he had been when he first sat down. One leg was crossed over the other, his hands folded over his knee, a faintly mocking curve on his lips. The corners of his eyes were slightly raised, as though he were watching some ridiculous performance.

From the look of it, Loki had never moved from that chair in the first place. Everything that had just happened had been an illusion in everyone's eyes, including the Loki illusion with a tangible body that Thor had grabbed.

"What happened?" Rhodes, his face darkened, voiced the question on every Avenger's mind. They had never seen an illusion or illusionary realm this realistic.

If the Loki from their universe had been this incredible, how could Thanos have strangled him to death with one hand?

Countless questions rose in everyone's minds, but the most confused person present was undoubtedly Thor, who knew Loki best.

He looked at Loki and asked blankly, "What was that illusion just now?