SVARTALFHEIM

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Just as the spaceship rushed out of the space channel, Loki's proud voice was heard: "Da da!" He was showing everyone his role to prevent him from being regarded as a useless burden.

And now that he had come out of the space channel safely, it also confirmed Loki's role.

So no one paid attention to Loki's boastful expression and instead began to discuss what to do next.

Thor: "I think we should take the initiative, find the location of the dark elves, and then fight Malekith and the others." Thor still preferred direct battles—his style was too obvious.

"No, no, no. We have to hide and secretly find their location first." Loki wanted to wait for the right opportunity.

Just as several people were arguing, on the dark elf's spaceship, the cursed warrior found Malekith and asked him for orders to lead an attack on Asgard.

Malekith stopped him and said, "No, that is not necessary. The Aether came to us on its own initiative."

After saying that, Malekith looked in one direction, and it seemed that he could see Thor and Loki arguing, Jane lying on the spaceship, and Kai and Tony standing next to them, directly from a long distance.

Kai watched Thor and Loki argue. Their discussion gradually changed from how to deal with Malekith to blaming each other.

Loki accused Thor of betraying Frigga's trust and letting her get hurt.

"Did you take action in prison?" Thor snapped back.

"Who locked me up? Who?" Loki shouted angrily.

Seeing this, Kai quickly stepped forward to separate them. "Calm down, both of you!"

Kai and Tony pulled them apart, and Kai continued, "Have you forgotten why we're here? Isn't it to avenge Frigga? Why are you fighting already? Do you want to give up? Just go home, then!"

Kai's words calmed them both down. He quickly realized that his temper had almost derailed the mission.

Thor nodded to show he was calm, and Kai let him go. As for Loki, he sat alone in the corner of the spaceship, looking at the desolate landscape outside.

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**Earth, Police Station**

Darcy saw the news on TV that Selvig had been arrested. She took her intern to the police station and bailed him out, securing his release from the mental hospital.

When Selvig saw Darcy, he didn't recognize her for a moment.

Darcy introduced herself: "I'm Darcy. Do you remember?"

Hearing her voice, Selvig finally remembered. He stepped forward and hugged her tightly. "Oh, Darcy, it's good to see you."

"Doc, what's wrong with you?" Darcy asked, confused.

Selvig, still affected by what happened in New York, explained, "There is a god in my head!"

As the three walked out of the police station, the intern carried Selvig's device, which suddenly beeped. He quickly told Selvig about it.

Selvig looked up at the sky, where flocks of birds flew in panic.

Darcy asked, "Are the birds acting up again?"

Before the intern could explain, Selvig said, "Look!"

The birds turned mid-air and disappeared into an invisible space.

"Where did they go?" Darcy asked, looking around.

The next moment, the flock of birds reappeared—rushing out from under their feet, flying back into the sky.

Darcy ducked in panic, covering her head. The intern was equally terrified, but Selvig watched with fascination, smiling.

"What is this?" Darcy demanded. Then, noticing Selvig's smile, she asked, "Why are you laughing?"

Selvig chuckled. "This world is even crazier than I thought! That actually makes me feel better."

Then he turned to Darcy and said, "Take me to Jane's lab."

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*SVARTALFHEIM*

After Kai's intervention, Thor and Loki stopped arguing and agreed to his plan—finding Malekith first instead of waiting to be attacked.

"We should locate Malekith early so we can plan how to fight him. It won't be too hard if we prepare carefully. And if a sneak attack fails, we can always fight head-on," Kai said.

Thor nodded. "Our strength won't be a problem."

Tony gave a thumbs-up. "I've got plenty of power to throw around, so don't worry."

Thor piloted the spaceship out of the space channel, heading in a random direction.

After a while, Jane, who had been unconscious, finally woke up. But instead of talking to Thor, she climbed up the side of the ship and looked ahead.

Everyone followed her gaze. In the gloomy sky ahead, hidden within the clouds, a massive dark elf spaceship appeared.

Jane's face turned pale. "Malekith!"

No one expected that their randomly chosen direction would lead them straight to Malekith's location. To avoid being noticed, everyone disembarked and approached on foot.

Thor supported Jane while the others led the way. After crossing several mountains, they saw Malekith's spaceship landed on a plain.

Malekith, along with the cursed warrior and his soldiers, had already stepped outside.

And he was looking right at them.

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