The more they spoke, the more Loki realized that everything that had just happened was a play. Heavenly Eye's exposure of the secret to his advancement, Martial Will's collaboration on the method of advancement, and Black Chain's anger at his will being defied had all been a play orchestrated to fool him.
As this realization dawned on him, he felt a chill go through his mind, making him think, 'These people are all tricky to deal with. They looked like they were fighting each other, but it was all pretend.'
'They nearly had me too. I completely believed them. If not for my habitual distrust, I wouldn't have asked them to swear the oath, and they would have had me.'
He would be lying to say that they didn't succeed in fooling him. Their scheme was just too believable. They would have gotten away with it if he hadn't been distrustful of Heavenly Eye.
