When the Warriors Three arrived at the royal court, Loki was already seated on the throne.
He was now the king of Asgard.
Those who shared a deep bond with Thor begged the new king to end Thor's exile and allow him to return to Asgard.
But Loki sternly refused:
"My first order as king cannot go against Father's final command..."
This gave the group the idea of finding Thor themselves.
The four quickly found Heimdall...
Heimdall said he would not defy the king's orders, but somehow forgot to take away the key needed to activate the Rainbow Bridge—the Bult Steel Sword.
Before long, they followed Thor's coordinates and vanished in a flash of light.
The Asgardian warriors had defied the king's orders and acted on their own, greatly enraging Loki.
"One after another... What does Thor have that I don't?"
He decided to stop showing any regard for old ties.
Loki struck the ground with the king's scepter, and the Destroyer Armor answered his summons in the next instant.
As one of Asgard's most formidable weapons, it immediately received Loki's order to hunt down Thor.
But there was one more crucial matter: persuading Heimdall to open the Rainbow Bridge.
As Asgard's "gatekeeper," Heimdall was an observer who saw and heard all.
His eyes could see through the Nine Realms, his hearing spanned the universe, and he could even hear grass growing. His combat ability was no less formidable.
The meticulous Heimdall had long suspected that Loki was behind the Frost Giants' earlier invasion.
Yet when he followed Loki's movements toward Jotunheim with his gaze, he found that he could see nothing.
It was exactly like when the Frost Giants had infiltrated Asgard right under his nose.
Knowing he was no match for Heimdall, Loki used the Casket of Ancient