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Syd used his enhanced vision to observe the events unfolding in the distant square. He watched as Loki smiled, pleased with himself as the crowd knelt before him. With a self-satisfied tone, Loki began to speak, "Is this not how you were meant to be?"
"This is the unspoken truth of humanity. The lure of freedom has deprived you of the joys of life," Loki said, walking among the kneeling people. "You frantically chase after power, after status, but deep down, you crave subjugation."
"Your very nature is that of slaves; you will eventually bow to your ruler."
In response to Loki's words, an elderly man dressed in gray with white hair stood up and defiantly said, "But not to someone like you."
Loki, slightly displeased by the man's defiance, nevertheless smiled and said, "I am unique."
The old man glared at him and replied, "There are plenty of people as shameless as you."
Loki's smile grew wider at the old man's remark.
Fixing his gaze on the elderly man, Loki raised his scepter and pointed it at him, addressing the crowd, "Look at this old man. He is your example!"
The next moment, the gem on Loki's scepter began to glow, signaling an imminent energy blast. Just as Loki was about to make an example of the old man, a figure clad in a stars-and-stripes uniform, wielding a shield with a star emblem, leapt into action, positioning himself between the old man and Loki.
Bang!
The shield absorbed the blue-white energy blast without sustaining any damage. In fact, the energy blast rebounded off the shield and struck Loki, knocking him to the ground—a perfect example of overconfidence leading to an immediate downfall.
Although Loki wasn't injured due to his Asgardian physiology, he was furious. He glared at the newcomer, Captain Steve Rogers.
As Loki got back on his feet, Captain America approached, saying, "The last time I was in Germany, a man stood above everyone else. He ended up defeated."
Loki caught the sarcasm in Steve's words.
"You must be a soldier?" Loki sneered, "An outdated man."
As Steve got closer, he replied, "The outdated man isn't me."
At that moment, a jet appeared in the sky, piloted by Black Widow. The jet's guns extended, aiming directly at Loki.
"Loki, drop your weapon and surrender!" Natasha's voice boomed through the loudspeaker.
Loki raised his scepter and fired another energy blast, but Natasha skillfully evaded it with the jet.
Seeing an opening, Steve threw his shield at Loki.
Bang! The shield struck Loki in the chest.
Steve then dashed forward to catch his rebounding shield.
Enraged, Loki engaged Captain America in combat with his scepter.
"Run!"
"Ah..."
As the fight escalated, the frightened crowd seized the opportunity to flee.
Once most of the crowd had escaped, the battle between Loki and Captain America reached its conclusion.
Bang! Loki swung his scepter, knocking Steve's shield away.
Despite Steve's enhanced physique from the super-soldier serum, he was no match for Loki's Frost Giant strength.
Loki approached the fallen Captain, pressing his scepter to Steve's head. "Kneel!" he commanded.
"Dream on!" Steve shouted, pushing the scepter aside and delivering a kick to Loki's head.
Unfortunately, Loki's non-human resilience meant he wasn't fazed by the attack. He quickly regained his footing and began overpowering Steve.
In that critical moment, a red-armored figure soared through the sky—Iron Man, Tony Stark.
Boom!
Iron Man blasted Loki, sending him flying and once again to the ground.
From a distance, Syd watched the scene unfold, his expression twitching with mild exasperation.
"Is Loki really a sorcerer?" Syd mused, slightly speechless.
Loki, known as the first sorcerer of the Nine Realms, certainly didn't fight like one. Instead of using magic, he relied heavily on physical combat, only occasionally employing illusions or his weapons, like when he tried to stab Thor with a dagger.
But upon further thought, Syd realized the situation made sense.
If Thor were without his hammer, he'd likely face a similar predicament, relying solely on brute force. Without the power of the thunder god, Thor wouldn't fare much better than Loki.
In the end, Thor was fortunate to have Mjolnir, which made him appear stronger and somewhat fitting of his thunder god title.
No wonder Loki was so fixated on that hammer, even attempting to lift it several times.
Syd thought that if he were in Loki's position, he might have done the same.
In a nutshell, Loki could be summarized as:
A warrior pretending to be a sorcerer!
Of course, Loki's apparent lack of magical prowess might stem from a lack of magical power. If he had it, his skills could rival or surpass Doctor Strange's.
Syd believed Asgard's collection of magical knowledge far exceeded that of Kamar-Taj.
Rubbing his chin, Syd pondered whether he should lend Loki some of his light power, allowing him to have a proper showdown with the Avengers.
Otherwise, Loki's current performance was tarnishing the divine image—people might start thinking gods were this weak.
While he contemplated, the scene in the distance continued.
"Don't move, or your reindeer's head is going to get blown off!"
Iron Man landed, his various weapons extending from his Mark suit, all aimed at the prone Loki.
Captain America, still catching his breath, walked over.
Seeing the situation, Loki seemed to have a change of heart. Without resisting, he raised his hands in surrender.
The group led Loki to the waiting jet.
Soon, the jet took off, heading for the 9,000-meter-high Helicarrier.
Watching the black jet fade into the distance, Syd's mind stirred, and he began to hover in the air.
Boom! He quickly caught up with the jet, trailing it from a distance.
As the wind whipped around him, Syd mulled over his options.
"Should I seize the Mind Stone scepter now?"
After some thought, Syd decided to leave it with the Avengers for now, to avoid creating unnecessary complications.
He wasn't keen on dealing with such issues.
Meanwhile, aboard the jet.
"Something's not right," Steve said, glancing at Loki and speaking quietly to Tony.
Tony Stark responded, "What, you think the rock star surrendered too easily?"
(End of Chapter)
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Steve Rogers spoke in a low voice, "I don't think it's that simple. This guy is really strong."
"For an old man like you, your observation skills aren't bad..." Iron Man agreed.
As they conversed, Black Widow, who was piloting the jet, noticed that the sky outside had suddenly darkened, and thunder began to rumble.
Boom! Zzz...
A massive bolt of lightning struck down, accompanied by a deafening thunderclap.
"Where did that lightning come from?"
Natasha sensed something unusual.
The sky was normal just a moment ago, and now there was lightning and thunder?
At this moment, Syd, who was hanging onto the side of the jet, also noticed the strange weather.
"A familiar feeling..."
In an instant, Syd felt a sense of familiarity from the weather.
Whoosh~ A cold wind blew, heralding the coming storm.
[Photon Energy +1]
[Photon Energy +1]
Syd immediately activated two layers of Photon Shield.
Even if he were struck by lightning, with his current physique, it wouldn't cause much harm, perhaps just a minor injury and a bit of soot.
Just then, a bolt of lightning, seemingly attracted to him, struck directly toward him.
A flash of white light momentarily blinded him.
Syd ignored the anomaly, keeping his eyes fixed on the distant jet.
As the lightning dissipated, he remained unscathed.
The lightning had been absorbed by the Photon Shield.
Feeling the violent energy within the void space of the shield, Syd stroked his chin, deciding not to let the shield's void space disintegrate it, but to keep it stored.
Maybe he could play with the lightning later?
Come to think of it, Syd did miss the feeling of wielding Mjolnir.
He wondered if now, with his awakened powers, something unusual might happen if he tried to lift it again?
Syd was curious.
As he pondered, the distant jet began to shake due to turbulence.
"What's happening?" Loki asked.
Captain America turned and asked, "Are you afraid of lightning?"
By now, Loki had roughly figured out what was going on and casually explained, "I don't like the guy who controls it."
He looked up at the top of the jet.
Suddenly!
With a loud bang, something hit the top of the jet.
The fuselage shook.
Grabbing his nearby Mark helmet, Tony Stark headed towards the rear of the jet.
"What are you doing?" Steve Rogers asked.
Opening the jet's hatch, Tony Stark had no time to reply as he saw a figure appear at the open door.
Just as he raised his hand to attack, he was sent flying by a hammer blow.
Thor, the God of Thunder, grabbed Loki without saying a word and jumped out of the jet with him.
Shaking his head to clear it, Tony Stark stood up, annoyed. "This guy really knows how to make an entrance."
"Another Asgardian?" Natasha turned to him.
Captain America asked, "Is he on our side?"
"That's not important." Tony Stark glanced at them. "Whether he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract is still missing."
As he spoke, he walked towards the open hatch.
Seeing what he intended to do, Steve tried to stop him, "Stark, we need to come up with a plan first."
"The plan is to fight." Stark didn't listen to him at all.
Watching his figure disappear into the clouds, Captain America sighed, grabbed a parachute, and quickly strapped it on.
Black Widow, seeing this, said helplessly, "I can't control him, Captain."
"Neither can I." Captain America finished strapping on the parachute.
At that moment, Natasha remembered something.
Worried that Captain America might underestimate them, she turned and reminded him, "Those two are legendary figures; they're basically gods. Be careful, Captain."
Captain America didn't seem too concerned and casually replied, "There's only one God in this world, and he doesn't dress like that."
Picking up his shield, Steve Rogers ran to the hatch and leaped out.
Soon, the once noisy jet became quiet, leaving only Natasha.
Just when Natasha thought everything had settled, she heard a faint sound.
"Heh heh..."
Huh? Natasha was startled, thinking it might have been her imagination. She instinctively turned to look behind her.
She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw a figure fly off the top of the jet, chasing after Captain America.
"Oh my God..."
In just an instant, Natasha's heart tightened, feeling a sense of terror, as if she had walked into a horror movie.
Someone else was there?
When did that happen? Who was it?
As Natasha was overwhelmed with questions, Syd was floating behind Captain America.
With his control over the nearby light, the area was quite dark, and since there was some distance between them, Captain America didn't notice that someone was following him.
Watching Captain America free-fall rapidly towards the ground, Syd almost couldn't resist flying over and asking him if he was enjoying a sunny stroll.
Shaking his head, dismissing that ridiculous thought, Syd's figure flickered and disappeared from where he was.
Boom! A sonic boom echoed.
Hearing the sonic boom, Captain America's heart tightened, and he instinctively turned his head to look, but he saw nothing, as Syd had already vanished, reappearing a kilometer away.
At this moment, he was speeding towards Iron Man, Thor, and the others.
It didn't take long for him to pass Iron Man, unnoticed, and catch up with Thor, who was holding Loki and Mjolnir, about to land.
Looking at Thor, who was about to land with Loki in one hand and Mjolnir in the other, Syd's right hand twitched, wanting to try summoning Mjolnir.
He wondered, would Mjolnir recognize him or Thor at this moment?
Just then...
Boom! As he approached the ground, Thor threw Loki to the ground.
"Where is the Tesseract?"
Thor demanded.
Loki, lying on the ground, groaned in pain for a moment, then chuckled, "Long time no see, brother."
Thor's tone grew heavier as he angrily said, "Do I look like I'm here for a reunion?"
Loki didn't answer, starting his usual taunting.
"After the Rainbow Bridge was destroyed, do you know how much dark energy Odin had to muster to send you to your beloved Earth?"
"You should be thanking me."
Just as Loki stood up, Thor angrily grabbed him by the throat.
Thor knew that without the Rainbow Bridge, reaching Earth would be difficult.
His mission this time, aside from uncovering the identity of the mysterious figure in white, was to retrieve the Tesseract.
With the Tesseract, the Rainbow Bridge could be quickly repaired.
(End of Chapter)
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