Loki's arrival was only the beginning.
Coming all the way from deep in space to Earth at the cost of tremendous power, Loki was not here to play house.
Although he had been fooled by Thanos into thinking he could rule Earth, Loki at this point didn't know that yet.
He was still dreaming of conquering the planet, so he threw himself into it with full effort.
His first objective was naturally to open a Portal and usher in the Chitauri army.
For that, Loki first had to defeat the Avengers.
So he appeared directly in Berlin.
He had Barton lead people to steal the iridium element that would serve as the stabilizing component for the Portal, while he waited in the plaza for the Avengers to arrive.
As expected.
While he was controlling a group of ordinary humans and showing off, a guy in a blue uniform dropped down from the sky.
"Oh? A soldier?"
"You do know you're outdated, right?"
Loki gave a wicked smile as he spoke.
"Surrender, Loki!"
"Don't even think about corrupting my mind!"
Captain America shouted as he flung the shield in his hand straight at Loki.
He closed in at the same time and drove a punch toward Loki.
Unfortunately.
To Loki, Captain America's fists were, at most—
A mild itch.
After all, this wasn't the later version who could endure a direct blow from Thanos.
His body hadn't been honed yet, and the serum's effects hadn't been pushed to their limit.
Naturally, he wasn't Loki's match.
Even though it looked like they were trading blows back and forth, in reality Loki wasn't even using two-tenths of his strength.
Not only was he not using his full power—he wasn't even using magic.
Loki was of the Frost Giants!
In raw strength, he was even a cut above Asgardians.
Right now, he was only acting.
Just as he was enjoying himself, a black aircraft descended from above.
Black Widow's voice rang out from inside it.
"Loki, surrender!"
Loki smiled up at the sky.
The blue Scepter in his hand fired a beam of blue energy straight out.
Black Widow could only dodge in frustration.
At that moment, the system on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjet was hacked, and a burst of music began to play.
In the sky, a yellow streak of light shot down from above.
Iron Man—Tony Stark!
A flash of light from Stark's repulsors, and two yellow beams slammed into Loki, blasting him backward.
Then Tony Stark and Captain America worked together and beat Loki down in a brutal combo.
Loki wasn't harmed at all, but he still dropped onto the steps, sat down hard, and allowed himself to be taken.
"You win. Take me back."
Loki cooperatively extended his hands.
Iron Man and the others didn't find anything strange about it. They grabbed Loki and left.
They should have headed straight back to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier.
But unfortunately, they ran into Thor on the way—he had come to snatch Loki back. A fight broke out between them, delaying them for a while.
Still.
In the end, they all regrouped on the Helicarrier.
Members of the Avengers, the captured Loki, and the Mind Stone Scepter treated like a weapon—all boarded the Helicarrier.
What they didn't know was—
The reason it was called the Mind Stone Scepter was because it carried a bizarre power.
Before the Avengers even realized it, they were affected by the Scepter and started arguing fiercely.
That gave Loki his opening.
Hawkeye, whose mind had been controlled, chose that moment to strike.
He crippled one of the Helicarrier's engines in a single attack.
The Helicarrier instantly fell into chaos.
Banner-sensei had already been influenced by the Mind Stone Scepter, and the stimulation pushed him to transform.
Then he fought Thor.
The sheer destruction nearly sent the entire Helicarrier crashing out of the sky.
In the end, the Hulk was lured away by a fighter jet and jumped out.
Thor also broke off and went to find Loki.
Unfortunately.
Thor at this time was still a bit naive. Loki toyed with him effortlessly and tossed him down from tens of thousands of meters up like a tin can.
In Loki's clash with the Avengers, Loki won across the board.
He killed Phil Coulson, seized the Scepter, and took control of the situation.
Loki went straight to New York City.
After a fierce battle, the Avengers stabilized things.
Pooling their ideas, they also pinpointed Loki's objective.
It was Stark Tower—located in the heart of New York City—powered by an Arc Reactor.
Tony Stark flew directly to the top of the tower in his armor.
But.
He was too late.
Even after fighting.
They still failed to stop Loki.
The Portal—powered by overwhelming cosmic magic—opened at last!
In the skies over New York City, a massive blue rift split open.
The Chitauri army, like a swarm of locusts, poured out from that rift in a frenzy.
"Hahahaha!"
"I will become the king of Earth!"
Loki laughed loudly, took a hit from Thor, and tumbled off the building.
He then escaped aboard a small Chitauri landing craft.
All at once.
Facing the Avengers were tens of thousands of Chitauri soldiers wielding high-tech weapons.
Their numbers were like a plague of locusts—
So dense in the sky that it was impossible to count them.
For a moment.
Even the Avengers went pale.
But.
New York City was a massive metropolis.
And it wasn't protected by the Avengers alone.
All kinds of super heroes hidden within this great city emerged to fight and protect it.
If not for that—
How could the Avengers, with only three real heavy hitters, possibly hold back the endless Chitauri soldiers?
Among all those people.
The one exerting the greatest power was naturally Kamar-Taj.
Because of the butterfly effect caused by Karl's appearance.
Even with something like this happening, the Ancient One still had not returned.
Therefore, the one stationed at the New York Sanctum on rotation that day was Wong.
Powerful as he was, he quickly discovered the Chitauri descending from the sky.
Seeing that.
He decisively struck the enormous alarm bell at Kamar-Taj's center.
This powerful mystic artifact rang out at once.
Large numbers of sorcerers returned from the outside world.
Whether it was Master Sorcerer Kaecilius guarding an other dimension, or the Master Sorcerer Hamir who studied magic—
Or Baron Mordo, who was roaming Earth in search of promising recruits—
All were alerted by this powerful artifact.
In an instant.
The skies above Kamar-Taj filled with golden Portals of every kind of function.
Inside Kamar-Taj's main hall, a great number of Master Sorcerers and veteran sorcerers gathered.
Sitting in the seat of honor was Baron Mordo; below him was Kaecilius; after that came Wong.
"Wong-san, what happened that you actually rang the alarm bell?"
Baron Mordo asked.
Hearing that, Kaecilius—his expression dark—also looked over.
"New York City is under alien invasion."
"War has arrived."
"We must protect the Sanctum."
Wong said grimly.
The Master Sorcerers' faces instantly turned severe.
(End of Chapter)
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