American Comics: Starting with Muggle Wizards

Loki scoffed and said sarcastically, "The scepters in your hands are fake. Just now, a wizard snatched them away right in front of you!"

"Is this a fake?" Natasha held up the scepter and examined it closely. "Impossible, it has never left my sight!"

Clint examined the scepter carefully and said with certainty, "This scepter is exactly the same as the one I saw before, how could it be fake?"

Tony Stark went even further, having Jarvis scan and analyze the nature of the scepter.

[Sir, at the top of the scepter lies an unknown energy source that cannot be analyzed.]

Hearing Jarvis's analysis, Tony Stark became even more convinced that Loki was lying.

But Thor stared at the scepter in Natasha's hand, pondered for a few seconds, and slowly said, "This scepter seems to be enchanted by some kind of magic?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze toward Thor.

Trusting Thor, Natasha handed him the scepter directly.

"Why don't you examine this scepter more closely to determine if it's genuine?"

After handling it himself, Thor carefully examined the uniquely shaped golden scepter.

Chapter 38 Who stole the scepter?

As a prince of Asgard, Thor had seen countless treasures and was quite knowledgeable.

But he had never seen the magic on this scepter before.

"The energy contained in this scepter is extremely weak, but its material and energy are real."

"It's like... the scepter's energy has been completely used up?"

Before the other Avengers could even ask a question, Loki laughed.

"If you knew the true origin of the scepter, you wouldn't say such idiotic things."

As a skilled agent, Natasha always had the instinct to elicit information, so she deliberately exaggerated, "Could the real purpose of this scepter be to destroy planets?"

Loki glanced at Natasha with disdain. "Your acting is too clumsy. You can fool me once, but you can't fool me a second time."

"But since you're curious, I can tell you directly: at the very top of the scepter is an Infinity Stone!"

"Infinite Originium?" everyone asked in unison.

Tony Stark jokingly remarked, "Thanks to this Bambi for the lesson, letting us know that rough gems are actually divided into finite and infinite types?"

"Then are we further divided into rational numbers and irrational numbers?"

Thor, however, looked grave. After recalling for a moment, he said, "I remember hearing the name 'Infinity Stone' from a Frost Giant leader during a battle two hundred years ago."

"Later, I even went to ask my father and mother, but they were very tight-lipped about the Infinity Stones."

Thor's words forced everyone to take the so-called Infinity Stones seriously.

Clint thought for a moment and said, "We don't need to worry about the Infinity Stones or trying to determine the authenticity of the scepter."

"We just need to try using it. If it can launch energy attacks, then it's real; if not..."

Clint didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.

So everyone turned to look at Saul, signaling him to try using the scepter.

Thor pointed the top of his scepter toward the sky, channeling his divine power into it.

result--

The scepter seemed unable to withstand the infusion of divine power, and the entire scepter shattered with a "crackling" sound, turning into stone fragments scattered on the ground.

Seeing this, everyone immediately understood that Loki was right.

Tony Stark couldn't help but curse.

"Shit! Who stole the scepter?"

Loki, with an expression that said "I knew this would happen," arrogantly surveyed the crowd.

"As the most powerful mage in Asgard, I can tell you with certainty that there were magical fluctuations on the rooftop just now."

"Clearly, a wizard of unknown origin has tricked you all!"

"Who is he? Tell me, Loki!" Thor grabbed his brother by the collar of his armor and demanded an answer.

"I don't know, but I'm not the one who's been played. Unless you let me go, maybe I can take you to him..."

"Enough!" Thor had no trust in Loki, who was full of lies, so he took out a metal mask from his waist and stuffed it into his brother's mouth.

Then, looking at everyone, he said, "Loki's words are not to be trusted. We need to find another way to retrieve the scepter!"

“Guys, we could actually ask S.H.I.E.L.D. for the surveillance footage,” Clint suggested.

“After this unprecedented alien invasion war broke out, I don’t believe the bureau didn’t closely monitor this area.”

Clint's proposal was accepted by everyone.

However, when Natasha obtained the surveillance footage from S.H.I.E.L.D.

Everyone watched the satellite surveillance data and the footage from public cameras near Stark Tower.

Everyone was silent.

The public security cameras found nothing.

In the thermal imaging analysis data from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s space satellites, only a humanoid creature can be vaguely seen.

Starting at 1:20 p.m., it flew from Midtown Manhattan to the rooftop of Stark Tower in just a few minutes.

After pausing for about a minute, it flew away again.

After flying two hundred meters, the heat source suddenly disappeared.

"Only thermal imaging can see it, but high-resolution optical cameras in space cannot detect the existence of this person."

"So... this mage can turn invisible?" Tony Stark guessed, stroking his mustache.

Natasha asked Thor, "Did you know that there are mages on Earth?"

Thor shook his head. "I've never been to the library in Asgard, and aside from some basic knowledge, I don't know much about Midgard."

"No wonder you've become such a brute," Tony Stark muttered sarcastically, pursing his lips.

Thor, with his keen ears, overheard Tony's taunt and, oblivious to the situation, asked, "Brawler? Is that a term for some kind of warrior? I like that term!"

Tony gave this idiot a speechless look.

Natasha suddenly spoke, drawing everyone's attention.

"I understand! Before you arrived, I noticed something seemed off..."

"Looking back now, it's like my brain short-circuited at the time, and even my memories are confused."

"At first I thought it was due to a concussion, but now I realize that someone has tampered with my memories!"

Tony Stark frowned deeply. "So, this sorcerer can also alter other people's memories?"

Everyone found this mysterious sorcerer, with his many tricks up his sleeve, a real challenge.

At that moment, Nick Fury's voice came through Natasha's communication headset.

[Attention, that humanoid heat source has reappeared!]

"Hey, it seems S.H.I.E.L.D. has spotted that sorcerer."

Natasha relayed Nick Fury's warning.

Tony Stark immediately projected the real-time satellite surveillance footage from S.H.I.E.L.D. onto everyone in front of them via holographic projection.

"The unknown heat source is in Midtown West, Manhattan. It seems we've found this mysterious thief." Tony Stark was itching to get to work and set off immediately to catch him.

In the holographic image, a humanoid heat source is seen flying southwest at a speed of 150 miles per hour.

Clint was somewhat puzzled.

"The other aircraft wasn't flying very fast either. Didn't the director send Quinjet fighters to intercept it?"

Natasha shook her head. "It was dispatched, but the pilot reported otherwise."

“Whenever they approach a heat source, they suddenly remember an urgent matter, and then subconsciously ignore the target and immediately return to headquarters.”

"What kind of strange magic is this? Do all mages possess such wondrous abilities? But why is this Bambi so weak?"

Tony Stark looked at Loki with a suspicious gaze as he spoke.

It's as if it's saying, "We're all mages, so why are you so easily defeated? And apart from illusions like sleight of hand, I've never seen you use any other magic."

Feeling humiliated by the people of Midgard whom he used to look down upon, Loki struggled with a furious rage, whimpering incessantly.

If he hadn't been wearing Uru metal handcuffs, he would have fought Stark to the death today!

Chapter 39 Unbreakable Vow

Seeing his younger brother begin to struggle restlessly, Thor knocked him unconscious with a single blow of his hammer and addressed the crowd:

"We have to get the scepter back!"

"The Infinity Stones must be some kind of precious treasure; we absolutely cannot let that evil mage get them!"

After saying that, Thor didn't wait for the others to agree and immediately swung Mjolnir into the sky, flying eastward.

Natasha was speechless. "Doesn't he know that the West Side of Midtown is in the southwest?"

Tony Stark was also speechless at Thor's inability to even get the direction right, leaving him with the words, "I'll go after Thor first, then go find that sorcerer. You guys figure it out yourselves."

After saying that, the pulse thrusters were activated, and he transformed into a golden-red phantom, soaring into the sky and flying in Thor's direction.

The other three Avengers looked at each other in bewilderment, and the big guy was about to jump out and chase after Tony and the others.

"and many more."

But Natasha stopped them in time.

"Hulk, your battle is over. Let the two of them handle the task of finding the mage."

"We also have to deal with the troubles of the war's end."

The big guy reluctantly turned around and glanced at Natasha. His massive size gradually shrank, transforming into the humanoid form of Dr. Banner.