"Heh, heh… my foolish brother. You still can't lift my hammer, remember? It's because you're unworthy of Mjolnir that I was chosen as Thor."
Seeing Allens' actions, Thor couldn't help but feel both angry and amused. His younger brother had tried countless times to lift Mjolnir, and every time, he had failed miserably.
But what happened next left Thor completely stunned. Allens—his cunning younger brother—lifted Mjolnir effortlessly.
Thunder crackled around the hammer, arcs of lightning leaping through the air. Thor's eyes widened in disbelief, his heart sinking into despair.
"Damn it… anyone else can lift it, but not me. You cursed old man, Odin!"
Collapsing to his knees, Thor finally realized—if his brother could wield Mjolnir, then the throne of Asgard was forever beyond his reach.
Boom!
Allens raised Mjolnir high. The hammer glowed with divine lightning, and power surged through his veins. Where once he might have been able to hold the hammer without channeling its energy, now he had truly inherited the Power of Thor.
Lightning flared across his armor as it transformed—the dark, sleek outfit of the trickster god twisted and reshaped into golden Asgardian armor, radiant with divine energy.
"Thor," Allens said coldly, walking toward his fallen brother. His expression was one of pure mockery. "It seems you've finally become what you always looked down upon—a mortal."
"Loki… my brother," Thor rasped, bitterness and resignation mixing in his voice. "Since you now wield the power of Thor… then you shall be the next King of Asgard."
Though it stung his pride, he forced a faint smile. Better his brother take the title than some stranger from Midgard. Yet, in his heart, the unwillingness burned.
Bang!
Allens suddenly kicked him. Thor's mortal body couldn't withstand the blow—he was sent flying, coughing up blood before losing consciousness.
"Cthulhu Loki! He is your brother!"
Heimdall's deep, thunderous voice echoed directly into Allens' ears from Bifrost, carried across realms by his power. His tone was filled with warning.
"Allens, your duty is to protect Asgard," Heimdall reminded sternly.
Allens looked upward, his eyes narrowing. Though the distance between them spanned two worlds, his gaze pierced through space, meeting Heimdall's invisible stare. Through the nano-device he'd secretly planted in the Bifrost control center, he could clearly see Heimdall watching him.
"Hmph. Keep your eyes open, Heimdall," Allens replied with a smirk.
Heimdall's grip tightened on Gungnir, the Eternal Spear. His voice rumbled coldly, "Loki… if you dare harm Thor, I swear upon the All-Father—I'll drive this spear through your heart."
But Allens merely chuckled and turned away.
He walked calmly toward Captain America, who lay broken and exhausted nearby. A chilling smile curved across Allens' face.
"Captain Rogers," he said softly. "We meet again. Last time, you exiled me. Now… it's time for me to kill you."
He knelt, gripping Rogers by the collar.
The Captain's eyes widened in disbelief. "You… Allens?!"
Rogers had assumed the man he'd been fighting was Tony Stark in some upgraded armor—but now, seeing Loki's true face before him, his mind froze in shock.
"Captain," Allens said slowly, a trace of amusement in his tone, "I've been searching for a way to reach the main timeline—the one from 2023. At first, I thought about using the Quantum Shuttle, but such travel is unstable. Even after meeting Dr. Hank Pym, I never dared to risk it."
He lifted Rogers effortlessly with one hand, gazing into his despairing eyes.
"With your Quantum Armor," Rogers rasped, "you'll never find the main timeline, Allens. All your plans are meaningless. We Avengers already rewrote the Quantum Shuttle code long ago…"
A faint smirk tugged at the corners of his mouth. "Tony planned for this."
Allens chuckled darkly. "You mean Banner added the Möbius Loop failsafe, right? The moment I try to traverse time, I'd be trapped in an infinite cycle—endless reincarnation. That's what you're trying to say, isn't it?"
Rogers' eyes went wide. The sneer vanished from his face. Everything Allens said was true.
Dr. Bruce Banner had personally modified the Quantum Armor's navigation code, adding a Quantum Möbius String—an infinite time loop to trap anyone unauthorized attempting to travel.
But what Rogers didn't know was that Allens had already deciphered every function of the armor. After inheriting Tony Stark's Light of Wisdom and enhancing his intellect a thousandfold, he had reverse-engineered the entire system—including the temporal loop safeguard.
And with his new Time Control powers, he no longer needed the armor at all.
Snap.
Allens snapped his fingers. Instantly, the world froze.
Every explosion, every movement, every falling ember—all of time came to a complete halt.
"Wh–what the hell?" Rogers gasped, realizing he could still move—but everything else was frozen in place.
Allens stepped forward slowly, eyes glowing faintly. "Impressive, isn't it? My unique ability… Time Stasis."
Before Rogers could react, Allens let go.
Thud.
Captain America fell heavily to the ground, too injured and exhausted to fight back.
Allens extended his right hand. Behind him, the phantom image of the God of Mischief appeared, shimmering with divine green light. A glowing scepter materialized in Allens' grip.
With one swift motion—
Shhk.
The scepter pierced straight through Captain America's chest. Blood splattered across the frozen air, hanging motionless for a heartbeat before trickling down his armor. Rogers' eyes widened, pupils dilating. Even a Super Soldier couldn't survive a pierced heart.
Steve Rogers—Captain America—was dead.
Allens withdrew the scepter, glancing at the body with indifference.
"Wanda," he murmured, turning toward the red-haired woman encased in anti-Thor armor nearby, "my little sweetheart."
He brushed his hand over the armor, and the time stasis around her dissolved instantly.
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