mtl008 Chapter 2901 When Night Falls (9)
Chapter 2901 When Night Falls (9)
Chapter 2901 When Night Falls (XIX)
About half an hour ago, Constantine arrived at the east coast of the United States alone, and Doctor Fate was left to take care of Zatanna who was in a bad condition.
It cannot be said that the emergence of vampires has nothing to do with the magical world. In order to prevent the situation from escalating to a point where Constantine cannot cope with it, Constantine prepares to strike first, but before that, he must know what Batman is going to do.
Just like he had previously suggested that Moonlight ask Batman for advice, he knew that if vampires wanted to rule the earth, they could not avoid the Justice League, and the Justice League could not avoid Batman, so Batman's attitude would determine the direction of the whole matter.
After arriving at the East Coast, Constantine planned to go straight to Wayne Manor, but as soon as he landed, he found traces of necromancy, which was a very strange magic. He had never seen magic operating in this form.
DC's magic is different from Marvel's. The essence of Marvel's magic is energy. As long as you can get enough energy, humans can use this energy to their full potential through their own genius imagination.
But this doesn't work in the DC universe, because in addition to requiring energy, DC magic is also limited in the way it can be used.
Marvel's magic is equivalent to that as long as you have oil, you can build your own car, but in the DC world, the technology of building a car is all in the hands of the source of power. Oil alone is not enough. You must sign a contract to get the technology to build a car. After building the car, you still have to take a driver's license test. After going on the road, you must follow various traffic rules. The restrictions on human wizards are very large.
For example, no matter how much energy a fledgling wizard has, he cannot use irony magic, because the copyright of this magic is in the hands of the Upside-Down Man, and only whoever he says can use it can use it.
The same subdivision has almost monopolized all forms of magic. Even if a lucky person suddenly gets a lot of energy, he can hardly use any magic, not even light a cigarette, because the copyright of all fire magic is in the hands of the Fire Demon King. Before obtaining the copyright through a contract, no flame can be produced.
Having been in the magic world for so long, Constantine can almost tell the source of the copyright of all magic, and can tell who the master a magician has signed a contract with just by looking at the traces.
But this time he encountered an accident. The person signed by this necromancer was not the Skeleton Duke. His understanding of magic and its application were very strange, and it was not any known form of magic.
This almost immediately caught Constantine's attention.
In fact, in Constantine's view, vampires are not a big deal. Being able to transform Zatanna is indeed a skill, but although Zatanna's defensive magic is strong, she herself has little social experience, so it is not impossible for her to capsize in the gutter.
So compared to vampires, Constantine was more interested in this wizard who suddenly appeared and used strange undead magic.
So he followed the trail all the way to the base where the Arkham Knight and the Necromancer Doctor Strange were located.
There were three people in the base at this time. Constantine, who was peeking outside, confirmed that two of them had traces of magic on their bodies. In addition to Moonlight whom he had seen before, the other one was the skinny, long-faced wizard.
Constantine had never seen him before, and more importantly, he had never seen the energy he carried and the way he controlled puppets, which made Constantine realize that the other party might be a visitor from another universe.
Undead magic is actually a very dangerous magic, and the Skeleton Duke has very few contract objects, because there are very few people who can control the dead. The complex magical principles involved give Constantine a headache.
But it seems that this long-faced guy is very skilled in the use of undead manipulation, and it can be said to be quite wasteful, as he actually uses the summoned undead creatures as porters!
Most of the bosses who hold magic copyrights are very stingy. Not only do they charge on a per-use basis, but they also charge a huge price for almost every use. Otherwise, Constantine would not have owed so much debt.
How come this guy is so at ease?
With such doubts, Constantine decided to give it a try, but he was a little worried about the guy named Moonlight. No matter how powerful Constantine's magic was, he was still a mortal. All the losses in his life were suffered at the hands of mortals. If he was nailed by that candlestick, he would not be able to escape today.
So Constantine thought of an idea. He created an ash clone and asked him to guard the door. He then stood farther away and made some noise, pretending that a vampire invasion was imagining a bloody invasion.
Sure enough, the guy named Moonlight and the guy in armor quickly went out to check the situation, and Constantine's clone walked in leisurely and communicated with the necromancer Doctor Strange.
The reason why the real body did not come to find this wizard was because in Constantine's judgment, this guy should be more difficult to deal with than the other two. The necromancy is too weird and must be guarded against.
It turned out that he completely misjudged the situation.
Compared to the poor wizards in the DC universe, Doctor Strange does have plenty of room, but he is not the strongest among all the other doctors. He has limited energy, and he was beaten before, so his injuries have not fully healed. All his summons together cannot defeat Constantine.
But the two evil stars who chased out were different. Although Moonlight Schiller was sealed by Kong Su with moonlight energy again, he had been resisting treatment, so the burns caused by the high-power ultraviolet lamp had not yet healed completely. Under the stimulation of pain, his strength increased a lot.
The Arkham Knight was not weak to begin with. He was a master who could fight back and forth with the Batman of the Arkham world. After coming here, he had been clearing out the small fish and had not encountered any decent opponents. He was already very frustrated.
Constantine sneakily created a lot of vampire illusions, but they were all exposed when the moonlight came down. He didn't hide very well and was immediately discovered by the Arkham Knight. A sniper bullet almost blew his head off.
Constantine rolled out of his hiding place in a somewhat embarrassed manner, but how could one say that he was a sex maniac? When he saw the Arkham Knight holding a sniper rifle, his first reaction was not to run, but to look him up and down, taking every moment to stare at him.
To be honest, although Dick's butt is called the treasure of DC, Jason is not bad either, especially the look of Arkham Knight, which can be said to be the most fashionable Jason in all publications.
Maybe because of the modeling problem, Jason in the Arkham Knight game has one of the largest body shapes in all the universes, with broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs.
Arkham Knight is not wearing the silver and black duel suit today, but a dark blue armor suit with less mechanical armor parts.
The upper body is covered with a dark blue tight leather shirt, the chest, shoulders, elbows and hands are covered with carbon black armor, the waist is hung with chains, magazines and equipment, the lower body is black, blue and red camouflage pants, and the knees and feet are covered with metal armor.
His helmet was also blue, with a silver-black iron sheet extending upward from his lower jaw to his temporal bone. At the top stood two pointed ears, and his eyes glowed blue. He looked extremely inhuman, like an evil robot.
But what a coincidence, Constantine likes this kind of thing.
So when he came out of his hiding place and saw the Arkham Knight for the first time, he took a deep breath, whistled at the Arkham Knight and said, "What a great body, boy!"
To be honest, Jason has never been teased by anyone since he was a child, or it can be said that Jason's growing experience is relatively simple. He was picked up by Batman when he was very young, and then kidnapped by the Joker. The next thing he showed up was a decisive battle with Batman. It is no exaggeration to say that he is naive in his life experience.
So when he heard the first line of the guy in front of him who was suspected to be his enemy, he was also stunned.
The Arkham Knight was obviously stunned for two seconds, as if he was stuck. If emotions had substance, there should be a loading icon spinning above his head.
But the moonlight was not kind to Constantine. As soon as Constantine finished his words, the golden candlestick stabbed at him. He dodged and shouted, "Well, I shouldn't praise him instead of you. You're not bad either! Buddy!"
The Arkham Knight reacted and became furious.
The scene that followed was difficult to describe in words, but when Schiller and Dick came over, Constantine was covered in blood, with seven or eight bullet holes on his body, and a hole in his thigh.
Considering that he is now in his prime and has basically no restrictions on using magic, the Arkham Knight must be really popular to be beaten like this.
Although Schiller came over, he did not show up directly. He took Dick to the rooftop of a nearby building and looked down.
Dick tutted his lips and said, "He deserves it, but who is that robot with the pointy ears?"
"Who do you think he is?"
Dick looked him up and down. Although this guy's dressing style was a bit like Cyborg, his body structure showed that he was a white man. His pointed ears were a bit like Batman's bat armor, but the one on his chest was obviously not a bat logo.
"I guess he's a Batman fan, but his imitation is a bit clumsy." Dick said, "This outfit looks quite high-tech and looks good on him, but it doesn't seem very practical. Will it really not stab him in a fight?"
"That's Jason Todd," Schiller said.
"Cough cough cough cough." Dick almost choked himself to death. He pointed at the Arkham Knight who was still chasing Constantine and said, "Who? Jason???"
"How is it now?"
"How much water must be in his brain to dress like this? Is it true that he won't be beaten by Batman???"
"Maybe he wants to fight Batman." Schiller briefly told Dick about the experience of the Arkham Knight in this universe.
At first Dick seemed to be listening with great interest, but then his expression became a little hard to comment on, and in the end it was almost hard to describe.
"I find it hard to imagine that the guy you're talking about is Batman. Can't he see that what Jason really cares about is that Batman found a new assistant not long after he disappeared? He always emphasizes that there's no point in him not finding him. If he had explained Tim's problem earlier, the two of them wouldn't have fought."
Dick shook his head and said, "And what's wrong with me in that universe? Why can't I just call them both? The problems between the Bat-Family members I encountered before were much more complicated than this, but we are not children anymore. Even Damian, as long as you talk to him nicely, he will understand."
"This is the style of their universe." Schiller said, "Put on your mask. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be very angry now. Don't provoke him later."
"I never mess with Jason. Most of the trouble is caused by Damian. He knows that he has a bad temper, but he still insists on hanging around in front of him..."
Walking down with Schiller, Dick was also paying attention to the situation on the street, and soon he knew why Jason, who looked like an evil robot, was angry.
Constantine found that he couldn't run away, so he found a corner of the cafe, sat there, opened his arms and said to the Arkham Knight.
"Come on, baby, use that big gun of yours to send me to hell, or send me to heaven, hahahaha!"
(End of this chapter)