Just as he was immersed in the joy of victory, his vision, which far exceeded that of mortals, caught something on the distant horizon.
A S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjet was rapidly approaching.
Loki didn't need to guess to know who was inside.
Captain America, Black Widow, and perhaps Hawkeye, who had given him an elbow.
But he didn't need to take revenge personally.
He was a god, and a god should have a god's sense of occasion.
Loki just nonchalantly raised his right hand and pointed casually in the direction of the quinjet.
Whether intentional or accidental, this finger point truly had a hint of Makima's style.
"Boom—!!!"
The originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket tore through the firmament.
Accompanied by the deafening sound of a thunderstorm, a tall figure wrapped in violent electrical light fell straight down like a lightning bolt!
It was exactly Thunder God Thor, brainwashed and controlled by the Mind Stone.
Thor swung mjolnir, carrying the power of ten thousand thunders, and smashed it into the right wing of the quinjet!
"Bang!"
The aircraft's engine instantly exploded into a massive fireball, and the ear-piercing sound of twisting metal echoed through the sky.
The quinjet, having lost its balance, fell into a death spiral in mid-air, crashing toward the hard streets of New York.
Inside the cabin, Steve, Natasha, and Barton were violently thrown against the bulkheads in the intense weightlessness.
It looked like they were about to be crushed to pieces in this crash.
However, at the critical moment when the aircraft was less than ten meters from the ground!
A rustling sound suddenly rang out in the air.
Immediately after, a circle of white-gold sparks outlined itself out of thin air directly beneath the aircraft's falling trajectory!
A massive white-gold portal swallowed the about-to-crash quinjet in one gulp.
In the next second, on the street of Central Station a few blocks away from the crash site, another white-gold portal bloomed.
The quinjet slid out of the portal, its chassis scraping a trail of sparks on the asphalt road, finally coming to a steady stop on the ground with an ear-piercing screech of friction.
The Avengers inside the cabin escaped death, panting heavily.
On the other side, Thor, having succeeded in his strike, also descended from the sky with violent thunder, crashing heavily onto the ground not far in front of the aircraft.
The violent Impact flipped over the surrounding cars, and the asphalt road cracked like a spider web.
Thor slowly stood up straight, his deep blue eyes looking up coldly.
Amidst the flying dust, a slender figure descended straight from the sky, just as he had, standing firmly between Thor and the quinjet.
The newcomer had golden hair even more brilliant than Thor's, fluttering wildly in the wind.
She wore a Blue Levitation Cloak, a magical artifact that seemed to have its own consciousness, supporting her as she slowly descended.
Beneath the cloak was the blue mage robes of Kamar-Taj, paired with a set of Demacia white-gold light armor, and at her waist, a thick red-covered magic book was casually hung by a chain.
The current Lux, compared to her naive appearance as an apprentice girl back then, now had a few hints of a master's confident demeanor between her brows.
Now, she had completed her apprenticeship...
Yes, it only took half a year; otherwise, why would Mordo have been fleeced of so much villainess value?
He was jealous!
It took Mordo more than ten whole years to finish his apprenticeship, but what about Lux?
A little over half a year?
Is she even human?
Are you here to learn, or are you here to take away other mages' livelihoods?
Ignoring Mordo's resentment, at the New York Central Station street.
Clang—
The cabin door was kicked open, and Steve, Natasha, and Barton crawled out somewhat disheveled.
These battle-hardened heroes did not flinch upon seeing Thor.
They immediately drew their weapons and came to Lux's side, forming a standoff with the thunder-clad Thor.
"I'm Steve Rogers," Captain America said, raising his shield and turning to look at the golden-haired girl with the peculiar art style next to him.
"Thanks for your help. Now, let's deal with him together!"
Although Steve knew it wasn't Thor who killed Makima, or rather, it wasn't Thor's own will, looking at that blood-stained mjolnir...
His eyes were still filled with anger, and he wished he could go up and put Thor in a chokehold right now.
Hearing this, a strange expression suddenly appeared on Lux's fair and delicate face.
"Uh... no need," Lux hurriedly waved her hand, "I'm Luxanna, from Kamar-Taj... Actually... I can do this alone."
Steve hadn't heard of Kamar-Taj, but that didn't matter.
He frowned, obviously misunderstanding Lux's meaning, thinking the young girl was just being stubborn.
"Little girl, he's a god who can summon lightning. He's very dangerous. We can help you."
Lux sighed inwardly in frustration.
She wasn't being polite at all!
If these people were accidentally smashed into meat paste by Thor's hammer later, she wouldn't be able to explain it to Sister Mo Die and Sister Reze!
"Really, don't worry about me!" Lux quickly pointed to the Chitauri army in the distance that was slaughtering civilians, hinting frantically, "Go help those people quickly. It's enough for me to handle this alone!"
Steve followed her finger and looked at the streets and citizens being ruthlessly strafed by alien lasers in the distance, then looked at Lux again.
Although the girl in front of him was young, her strength was unfathomable; she shouldn't be an ordinary person.
He thought for a moment and gritted his teeth: "Alright! Then be careful yourself!"
With that, Steve decisively led Natasha and Hawkeye, turning to rush toward the civilian rescue battlefield where they were needed more.
Now, on this messy street, only Lux and the Thor who was brainwashed and controlled by the Mind Stone remained.
Seeing this delicate girl actually send away her helpers, a flash of disdain appeared in Thor's eyes, which were glowing with a deep blue light.
So this wet-behind-the-ears girl looked down on him? She thought she could win a duel against the Thor of Asgard?
He tilted his head contemptuously, mjolnir crackling with electricity in his hand, his voice low and full of arrogance:
"A... young mage? You have no idea what you're up against."
Yeah... a single pimple on Thor's face was older than Lux's grandmother...
Hearing this posturing line, Lux rolled her eyes unceremoniously in her heart.
Of course she knew who she was up against—the Crown Prince of Asgard, the number one idiot of the Nine Realms!
It was just that this guy was now blackened because of the Mind Stone, but that didn't change the fact that he was essentially still a reckless brute.
"But this is fine too..."
The corners of Lux's mouth curled up slightly as she gripped the Wand in her hand.
"I'll just use you for practice, to show Sister Mo Die the results of my six months of advanced study at Kamar-Taj!"
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