Loki as my guide?
Lucas thought about it and readily agreed, "Alright. Then I'll trouble you, Loki."
"Oh, right, Loki, have you been to Morag? Can you directly reach it with a portal spell?"
Hearing Lucas agree, Loki's lips curved into a smile. But upon hearing his last two questions, his smile froze.
Apparently, he had not been to Morag.
"We can have Heimdall use the Bifrost Bridge to send us there." Loki said.
"No." Sif shook her head.
"Using the Bifrost Bridge will leave a trace."
Lucas walked over, patted Loki's shoulder, and said earnestly, "Loki, the important task of traveling to Morag is entrusted to you. Once you arrive at Morag, use a portal to come back and find me, then take me there."
Loki looked at Lucas with a dark expression.
Lucas returned an innocent smile.
Loki, helpless, explained to Sif, "I think we can have Heimdall use the Bifrost Bridge to send me and the spacecraft near Morag. Then, I'll fly the ship the rest of the way."
Lucas didn't care how Loki got to Morag. He just didn't want to waste time on a spaceship.
"Okay. Then I'll await your news, Loki."
With that, Lucas handed Loki a button. "If you encounter danger, press this button, and I'll teleport over to save you."
Thor urged, "Brother, be careful."
Loki nodded resignedly.
As long as he wasn't near Thor, he didn't think he would encounter danger.
However, Loki still cautiously put away Lucas's button. Whether he would encounter danger was one thing, but being prepared was another.
"Heimdall!"
Loki shouted towards the sky.
He knew that Heimdall must be watching here at this moment.
"Send me and a spaceship near Morag."
Boom!
A rainbow light pierced through the void, descending from the sky. The next moment, Loki's figure disappeared, speeding away along the Bifrost Bridge.
"I'm heading back first, someone is waiting for me at home." Lucas said.
Sparks flickered, and with a step, he passed through the portal, returning to the bookstore.
As Lucas passed through the portal, the portal's sparks splattered and dissipated. Like cherry blossoms, slowly falling.
At the bookstore, George and Helen looked at Lucas emerging from the portal, full of wonder.
Although it wasn't the first time they had seen Lucas use a portal spell, each time they saw it, it gave them a great shock.
It was too beautiful.
"Are you done with your business, Lucas?" Gwen asked.
"Not yet."
Lucas walked to the sofa and sat down with Gwen and the others to watch TV.
"I'm having Loki fly the spaceship over first to confirm the coordinates. Then I'll use a portal to go there."
Gwen and the others looked at Lucas with confusion. In their opinion, Lucas's explanation was no different from no explanation at all.
Lucas suddenly realized that he hadn't told them about Thanos before. So, he slightly modified his words and recounted the story.
"In this Universe, there is a person named Thanos. His goal is to eliminate half of all life in the Universe to maintain a balance between life and resources. And to achieve this goal, he is collecting Infinity Stones."
"Among them, there are two Infinity Stones on Earth, and he will come to Earth sooner or later. I asked the Asgardians to help me track him down, intending to confront him earlier."
"Will there be danger?" Gwen asked worriedly.
Someone whose goal is to eliminate half of all life in the Universe sounds terrifying.
Lucas patiently explained, "Danger? Don't worry, Gwen. I never do anything I'm not confident about. If there truly is danger, my crisis sense will activate."
"Just like your Spider-Sense reacts when you encounter an attack."
"Moreover, Thanos's strength is mediocre, he can't do anything to me."
Lucas only appeared reckless but was actually very stable.
Before the third stage, Lucas could still feel danger from the two Ancient Ones. At that time, he was very well-behaved.
It wasn't until his abilities upgraded and he maxed out the third stage, and no longer felt any crisis from the Ancient Ones, that he slowly started to stir up trouble.
And essentially, Lucas was a tank.
A tank with extremely high, almost immune, physical and magical resistance. His defense far outweighed his offense.
However, he had always had overwhelming victories, which gave others a misconception that he was a sorcerer or a warrior.
"Mm."
Hearing Lucas's explanation, Gwen finally relaxed.
Meanwhile, George and Helen, who had been listening to Gwen and Lucas's conversation with their ears perked, also relaxed.
In their simple understanding, Lucas could freely traverse the Multiverse, while Thanos was only within the Universe.
Clearly, Lucas > Thanos.
On the other side, Loki first teleported via the Bifrost Bridge, then drove a spaceship alone for several days and finally arrived at Morag.
Loki thought of Lucas's bookstore in New York and drew a circle with his finger.
Sparks flickered, then disappeared.
He drew another circle.
Sparks flickered again, then disappeared again and the portal consistently failed to form.
Damn it!
Loki cursed inwardly, then took out the button Lucas had given him.
After thinking for a moment, he put it back. This was for saving his life in dangerous situations, he shouldn't use it casually.
Loki understood the boy who cried wolf principle.
"Heimdall! Tell Lucas I've arrived at Morag! Tell him to pinpoint my location and teleport over himself!" Loki shouted towards the sky.
Although there was no response from the sky, he believed Heimdall had heard him.
A few minutes later, Loki knew he was right. As sparks flickered, Lucas emerged from a portal.
Lucas said, "Loki, you've worked hard."
You saved me four days.
Loki smiled and said politely, "It's nothing, Lucas. Let's go down."
With that, Loki controlled the spaceship, descending towards Morag.
Morag had been abandoned for many years, and there were not many traces of activity left. Coupled with the damaged atmosphere, water vapor loss was severe.
The entire planet's surface was a desolate landscape. The ground was uneven, with strange, jagged rocks and bottomless fissures were everywhere.
Loki maneuvered the spaceship, hovering in mid-air for a few seconds. Finally, he found a direction and slowly moved, parking on a relatively flat piece of ground.
Directly in front of the spaceship was a dilapidated palace. Under the erosion of time, the palace had weathered into an unrecognizable shape. But through the giant, broken stone statues, its former glory could still be vaguely seen.
This was not an ordinary palace, it was a temple.
Pointing to the temple in front, Loki explained, "According to the intelligence gathered, the Orb is inside a temple. Lucas, let's start searching from here."