Exposed

Su Ming judged Loki's story to be a lie.

He had gotten the plan right but the ending wrong, and that was how Su Ming saw through him.

Loki had mentioned terms that originally only Su Ming knew, such as the 40K Universe, the Emperor, and the Golden Throne. It all sounded incredibly convincing, so why had Su Ming decided he was lying?

Because Ancient One had determined that Su Ming possessed no talent for magic whatsoever and would never be able to cast spells. Su Ming had deliberately asked Doom that question in order to trigger this test.

For Ancient One to make such a statement, she must have used the Time Stone to view the future. Though she could not see his true body, she only needed to watch the people around Su Ming to easily determine whether magic existed.

Across every possibility in every Timeline, Su Ming in the Marvel Universe could not cast spells. On this matter, Ancient One was probably more trustworthy.

That meant the source of the price could only be the Earth Protection Spell Formation.

Loki and Doom claimed that Su Ming had turned himself into a pile of flesh in order to bear the burden of the formation protecting the world. That was an obvious flaw.

Setting aside whether Su Ming was truly so noble that he would be determined to protect Earth, nearly exhaust himself to death, and still refuse to cast off the burden.

Was that even him? Only Captain America could be that upright and righteous, right?

He had set his sights on Vanaheim precisely so that he could abandon Earth and flee when he needed to protect himself.

Being bound to Earth meant that he sometimes had to fight for its survival. Working for free like that felt