The next day, Ebony Maw brought Loki to the Dark Temple.
"Chitauri, the Dark Order?"
"So it was that mad titan Thanos!"
Loki looked at the Chitauri army around him and knew who was plotting to seize the Infinity Stones.
If it were Thanos, Loki thought it was entirely possible.
After all, this person is essentially very stubborn.
Loki had also heard of Thanos's name.
This Mad Titan is over two thousand years old.
He was considerably older than both him and Thor.
Over the past thousand years, Thanos's favorite pastime has been slaughter.
Moreover, it was a massacre without any target or purpose.
On every planet inhabited by life, Thanos would indiscriminately slaughter half of the inhabitants without any purpose or distinction.
It was precisely because of this behavior that Thanos was called the Mad Titan.
If it were Thanos, Loki seemed to have already guessed what the other party wanted to do with the Infinity Stones.
It's nothing more than slaughtering half of all life in the universe.
This aligns perfectly with the other person's mindset.
"So it was you..."
After Loki arrived at the foot of the throne, he spoke first.
Thanos wasn't surprised to hear Loki's voice; after all, many people in this universe knew him.
"Since you know the name of Thanos, you should know the strength of the Dark Order."
The superstar stood aside, staring at Loki.
Her ability is telepathy.
It can read a person's thoughts and control their mind.
However, her abilities were somewhat ineffective against Loki.
Loki's magic gave him an extremely high level of mastery over mental abilities.
The illusion technique was also used with unparalleled skill.
"Are you trying to invade my brain?"
Loki narrowed his eyes and looked at the superstar.
The divine power within him had already begun to circulate.
"Please be patient, we're here to discuss cooperation."
Ebony Maw broke the tense atmosphere between the two.
"Tell me, what kind of help can you offer me?"
Loki casually found a spot and sat down.
Despite having a superstar by his side, Loki was confident that he would be fine.
After all, if something happened to him, Thanos's plan would fall through.
Don't ask why Thanos didn't beat Loki half to death before taking control of him.
This plan will not work.
Superstars have very strong telepathic abilities.
However, once Loki returns to the Nine Realms, both Frigga and the Ancient One will be able to break through Supergi's telepathic abilities easily.
If Loki holds a grudge, he could send Asgardian troops to hunt down the Dark Order.
Then the Dark Order should stop doing anything.
Just evade the pursuers.
Therefore, the only way for Thanos and Loki to work together is to cooperate.
"A Chitauri army, led by Black Dwarf and Ebony Maw."
"All you need to do is distract the Nine Realms."
"Our Dark Order can support you in becoming the ruler of the Nine Realms."
Thanos's voice came down from the throne.
"The ruler of the Nine Realms?"
"If I'm not mistaken, you probably want the Infinity Stones, right?"
"What makes you think you can snatch the Infinity Stones from my father and the Ancient One?"
"I think your deal is very unreasonable."
Loki immediately started asking for an exorbitant price, then tried to negotiate it down.
Thanos remained silent for a moment.
He didn't expect that Loki had already seen through his intentions.
However, Loki's willingness to come suggests the other party is willing to cooperate.
What do you want?
Thanos asked.
"It's very simple: power and resources!"
When Loki was in power in Asgard, his intelligence network said that the Mind Stone was with Thanos.
Loki wanted this gem.
"My strength is just a little short of breaking through."
"As long as you can help me."
"Wouldn't the chances of success be greater?"
Loki's eyes gleamed with calculation.
Although Odin and Frigga kept Thor's promotion a secret.
But Loki still found out.
After all, he was the king of Asgard during that period.
This made Loki very unwilling.
Therefore, he also sought godhood.
What kind of help do you need?
Thanos thought for a moment and then agreed to Loki's deal.
"I can borrow the Mind Gem for a while."
"Of course, I can use it within the Dark Order."
Loki said calmly.
The Mind Stone and Loki's godhood share certain similarities.
Although it wasn't shown in the movies, Loki also possesses telepathic abilities!
In the comics, Loki can easily read Valkyrie's memories simply by touching her head.
"Can!"
Thanos winked at the supergiant.
The superstar understood Thanos's meaning.
The Mind Scepter was retrieved from the innermost space of the Dark Temple.
"This is the scepter made of the Mind Stones."
"You can take it and study it."
"However, you only have three months at most."
Thanos's voice was indifferent.
"I see!"
Loki didn't mind; three months was better than nothing.
After receiving the Mind Scepter, Loki, under Thanos's arrangement, settled down in the Dark Temple.
"My lord, is Loki truly trustworthy?"
The superstar frowned.
The contact time with Loki was not long.
However, the superstar found Loki to be extremely difficult to deal with.
Moreover, they are extremely cunning.
"He is untrustworthy, but as long as he has desires, he can be exploited."
Thanos also knew that Loki was cunning.
But now, he feels that Loki can be used.
Moreover, Loki's deal was perfectly reasonable.
Since the other party knows that the Ancient One and the holder of the Reality Stone are both on Earth.
It is entirely understandable that they would like to increase their strength.
On the other side, Loki remained expressionless.
But I was secretly overjoyed.
I didn't expect to get the Scepter of the Mind so easily.
Although you can't take it with you, you can still get a lot of benefits from using it for three months.
Loki once learned some space magic under Frigga's tutelage and with the help of the Space Stone.
If Loki's comprehension goes smoothly this time, his strength will see a significant boost.
As for three months from now, that will obviously be an "invasion" of Earth; there's nothing more to think about.
But before that, Loki needs to contact the people of Asgard.
Otherwise, if we actually kill him as an enemy, wouldn't that be a great injustice?
"Heimdall!"
Loki called out Heimdall's name.
"Um?"
Heimdall, far away on the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard, also heard Loki's voice.
"Loki, what do you want with me?"
Heimdall was somewhat surprised.
Unexpectedly, Loki would take the initiative to contact him.
"Listen carefully to what I'm about to say."
"Then tell Thor, and get Asgard and Earth ready."
Loki then used his mental powers to recount what had happened.
"So that's how it is!"
"I see!"
Heimdall nodded, indicating that he understood...