He stood up, straightening his back, and the innate nobility and oppressive aura of an Asgardian deity immediately began to permeate the air.
Loki, holding the Mind Stone in one hand, swept his gaze over Fury and the others with a look of condescension. Then he spread his arms, took a deep breath, and prepared to deliver his long-rehearsed, awe-inspiring speech about the arrival of a god:
"Humble mortals, I am A..."
"HUM—————!!!!!!"
But before his opening line could be finished,
Makima smiled faintly.
A terrifying high-frequency sonic wave, powerful enough to shatter a human's internal organs, abruptly erupted simultaneously from all four corners of the ceiling!
Visible, translucent sound waves surged like a tsunami, violently converging and crushing towards Loki's location!
This was a weapon Tony had specifically designed to suppress the Hulk. Its power was so immense it could instantly pulverize the internal organs of an African elephant.
"Ugh—!!!"
In the blink of an eye, Loki went from posturing to having his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.
His originally pale, elegant face flushed a visible, deep red under the terrifying sonic pressure. Veins bulged from his forehead all the way down his neck. He let out a series of uncontrollable dry heaves and agonized roars, unable to even maintain a basic standing posture.
Not far away, Fury's eyes were filled with unconcealed shock as he looked back at Makima standing behind him.
He was shocked not only by this woman's superhuman reaction speed in the face of a sudden crisis but also because her defense proposal from months ago, which had seemed "unnecessarily excessive," had actually proven useful!
However, what Makima and the others were facing was, after all, not some mutated Earth Beast.
Even though Loki was in an extremely weakened state from using the Tesseract for an ultra-long-distance teleportation, and even though this special ultrasonic attack felt like it was splitting his brain open, he was still an Asgardian possessing a godly constitution.
"GAAAAAAAAH—!!!"
With a roar filled with Fury and humiliation, Loki, kneeling on the ground, forced himself to endure the soul-rending pain. He grabbed the Mind Stone, channeled magical energy to its tip, and slammed it heavily onto the hard alloy floor!
"BOOM!"
A visible magical shockwave erupted from Loki's position, its violent kinetic energy instantly sweeping across the entire ceiling, shattering all four high-frequency sonic generators on the spot!
The piercing buzz stopped abruptly. The laboratory was left with only the crackling of electrical sparks and Loki's heavy panting.
Watching the trap being forcibly destroyed, not a trace of panic appeared on Makima's face.
She merely tilted her head slightly.
Interesting...
"Ignorant insects... How dare you humiliate a god like this!"
Loki, who had originally planned a grand entrance to show off in front of the mortals, had instead ended up making a complete fool of himself.
Enraged and ashamed, he stood up from the ground, his hair somewhat disheveled, a crazed killing intent dancing in his eyes.
He swung the Mind Stone violently, firing two consecutive energy pulses that instantly vaporized two S.H.I.E.L.D. security personnel who had opened fire in retaliation!
The sight made Fury, Hawkeye, and the others' hearts skip a beat. Just what kind of person was he?!
However, the God of Mischief of Asgard clearly had no intention of introducing himself after such a disgrace.
He just wanted to silence all witnesses!
As the saying goes, to capture the rebels, first capture their leader.
Loki's gaze swept past Nick Fury, who was closest to him and aiming his gun, and also ignored Hawkeye beside Fury, who had his bowstring drawn taut.
His eyes locked onto Makima, standing at the back of the group, who hadn't even blinked from beginning to end.
"It seems you are the highest leader of these pathetic vermin."
Loki aimed the tip of the Mind Stone, glowing with an eerie blue light, directly at Makima's head.
"Tell me, what gives you insects the courage to look upon a god?"
As these words were spoken, the tense atmosphere in the entire laboratory suddenly turned somewhat bizarre.
Of course, it wasn't because of the latter half of the sentence, but the former.
Nick Fury:?
Nick Fury, standing not far away, pistol still raised, wore an expression on his dark face that was now spectacularly complex, a mixture of countless emotions...
For a moment, Fury didn't know whether to feel relieved or furious.
On one hand, because he wasn't recognized, he had temporarily escaped immediate danger...
On the other hand... damn it, I'm the one in charge here!
I've dressed up this intimidatingly, practically wearing the word 'boss' on my face, and I still didn't get recognized?
This trench coat was worn for nothing!
Makima, the "S.H.I.E.L.D. Director exclusively designated by Loki," with the Mind Stone pointed at her head, not only didn't retreat half a step, but a stunningly beautiful smile bloomed on her exquisite face. She was being asked where a 'mortal' like her got her courage from?
That was a good question.
Her red lips parted slightly, because—
"We..."
"have the Abomination."
Loki frowned: "What?"
The moment the words left her mouth.
"ROAR————!!!"
Emil Blonsky, transformed into a monster, charged out like a heavy tank at full speed. His massive, bone-spiked fist created a sonic boom in the air as it smashed squarely into Loki's face, which hadn't yet had time to retract its mocking expression!
"BANG!!!"
Loki didn't even have a chance to react. Like a fired cannonball, he was sent flying by the punch, crashing through two giant load-bearing pillars in succession before being embedded deep into the alloy wall at the far end of the laboratory.
"ROAR!" The Abomination landed heavily in front of Makima, like an insurmountable mountain of flesh, perfectly shielding her behind him.
Makima leisurely raised a finger, pointing at Loki.
Of course, she wasn't about to expose her own abilities. She simply called out softly: "Seize him."
Upon hearing this, the Abomination pounded his broad chest with his fists, letting out a roar that shook the entire underground Base. Then he took heavy steps forward, charging towards Loki embedded in the wall like a frenzied Beast once more!
"Damn it... these barbaric creatures!"
Loki had just recovered from the punch that made him question his existence. Before he could even straighten his disheveled long hair, a rapidly enlarging, ferocious fist appeared in his vision.
"THUD!"
The first punch landed solidly on Loki's arm as he tried to block.
Accompanied by a dull thud, the god was sent tumbling and sprawling across the floor like a ragged doll.
His magnificent emerald-green cape scraped against the floor with a grating sound.
"Bastard..." Loki gritted his teeth, trying to push himself up with one hand on the ground, but the Abomination's mountain-crushing onslaught gave him no chance to catch his breath.
"THUD!"
The second punch followed immediately.
"Get... away from me!"
Seeing the Abomination roar and swing his second punch, Loki's eyes suddenly sharpened.
His body contorted in a physically-defying, bizarre arc, sidestepping the heavy blow like a slippery venomous snake.
Loki finally stood up, his face flushed red with anger.
"You crude Beast, since you want to play..."
"I'll play with you!"
He was the Greatest Mage in the Nine Realms. How could he possibly lose to a barbaric monster?
Thinking this, Loki sneered. The Mind Stone in his hand erupted with dazzling green magical light.
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