"I'm here to send you to your grave."
Loki spoke calmly. As his words fell, large numbers of Shadow Ninjas and Lava Trolls began materializing around them.
Hoder frowned at the sight.
"You want to kill me!"
His voice was full of astonishment, as though he could hardly believe it.
Loki nodded outright, making no attempt to hide his intentions.
At that, Hoder laughed. A smile curled his lips, then quickly grew into a burst of wild laughter.
His laughter echoed through the dark abyss, his face full of contempt.
"Who the hell do you think you are? You think you're worthy of killing me?"
"You're nothing but a bastard. Someone like you thinks he's worthy?"
Hoder's voice dripped with mockery, and his words instantly turned Loki's expression ice-cold.
If Loki had one taboo, it was his origins.
Although he was nominally Asgard's crown prince, he was not Odin's biological son. That was also why the gods had never looked kindly on him.
Their hatred of the frost giants even led them to target him repeatedly.
And Hoder was among the gods who held Loki in the greatest contempt.
"Laugh all you want. After today, you can shut your mouth forever."
Loki's icy voice echoed through the dark abyss. Hoder's gaze sharpened, and a terrifying aura immediately spilled from his body.
Earlier, his wariness of Tony had made him hesitate over whether to attack Loki. Now that they had openly turned against each other, he no longer had anything to hold him back.
Today, only one of them would leave this place alive.
"Die!"
With a roar, Hoder launched a surprise attack. Although he despised Loki, he knew that even a lion used its full strength to hunt a rabbit.
So, without any warning, he hurled a killing blow straight