"So, you're saying you just woke up and found yourself transformed from a book into a person?"
"Exactly."
Dante stood with his arms crossed in front of the darkhold.
Hal Jordan and Bruce Wayne stood to the side of the darkhold, forming a triangle to surround it.
Devil Dinosaur looked down from above, both anxious and curious.
"Not enough."
Since Bruce knew that the girl in front of him was not the real person, but a book temporarily occupying the girl's body.
The gloomy aura Batman used when interrogating criminals immediately flared up, causing even Hal Jordan to shiver, and a hint of suspicion appeared in his eyes as he looked at Bruce.
Hal Jordan leaned close to Dante and whispered,
"Bruce Wayne doesn't have any unknown hobbies, does he? Like those… weird fetishes rich people have."
"You found out!" Dante immediately perked up at Hal Jordan's question. "Bruce Wayne, on the surface, seems like a rich playboy, but in reality, he loves going out at night to find prey."
"P-Prey?" Hal Jordan swallowed. "That exciting?"
"Yep, what did you think?" Dante began counting on his fingers, telling Hal Jordan one by one, "Bruce Wayne's favorite thing is to put on a deep, dark, fantastical black uniform and use violence to curb violence in the Gotham night, attacking those lunatics and perverts.
Hal Jordan's gaze toward Bruce shifted from apprehension to fear, and from fear to admiration.
Although he didn't understand, he was greatly shocked.
Bruce gave a cold look at the man who was wildly fabricating stories in front of him.
Bruce took two deep breaths, calming his slightly fluctuating emotions.
"As an artifact left by an ancient demon god, the name of the darkhold is well-known in the magic world." Bruce extended his finger and tapped the darkhold's head a few times. "Now that you've fallen to such a state, is it possible that you don't have much power left?"
"Batman Bruce Wayne… don't ask me why I know your identity, what I know far exceeds all of your imaginations… But you guessed correctly, I can't even kill an ordinary person now without resorting to sneak attacks."
The darkhold probably knew its situation was not optimistic, so it simply threw caution to the wind and revealed all its secrets, laying them out before the big brothers.
"Although I am the darkhold, the source of all Black Magic, and share divinity with my Master Chthon, but… I am currently just a consciousness crammed into this body." The darkhold spread its hands. "This reality-distorting space is related to the darkhold's power, but it has nothing to do with me."
Dante nodded.
The darkhold had no reason to lie.
If it could control this reality-distorting space, there would be no need for it to surrender so shamelessly.
"One more question, you must answer truthfully." Dante looked at the darkhold's face. "Where did Moon Girl's soul go?"
"I… don't know." The darkhold thought for a long time, but still couldn't give an accurate answer. "Maybe it dissipated, maybe it's still wandering in this reality-distorting space, but most likely, her soul and mine swapped."
"Soul swap? Can sorcerers do that?"
"If it's a soul swap between ordinary people, then powerful Black Magic users can basically all do it." The darkhold said, gesturing a large circle, perhaps to express intensity. "But swapping this book with an Inhumans's soul, no Black Magic user could ever do it."
After the darkhold finished speaking, it thought for a moment and added:
"Even Constantine, Black Queen, or even past Sorcerer Supreme couldn't do it without external assistance."
Upon hearing this, Dante did not feel confused, instead, he confirmed the current situation.
The darkhold's last sentence, although meant to emphasize how difficult this matter was, to Dante…
It was practically explaining how a book and an Inhumans had their souls swapped.
External assistance.
Dante knew that this so-called "external assistance" was probably the top-secret item that Hal Jordan was secretly instructed to transport to Washington.
Something that could distort reality and existed on Earth…
"Damn it, why did the Aether Particle appear so quickly?"
Dante grumbled resentfully. Although the Infinity Stones in the movie Universe couldn't compare to those in the comic Universe in terms of power, a single one was still enough to cause a major event.
He didn't know if there were any powerful Black Magic users here, but wasn't there also a powerful Witch, Agatha Harkness?
Although this old biddy had a teaching attribute, she was essentially a chaotic fun-seeker.
Before this, he had only questioned whether Agatha Harkness was just there to join the fun.
But now, having discovered that the darkhold was part of someone's scheme, the most suspicious person in the entire Storybrooke Town was this old Witch.
From various signs, this Agatha Harkness was clearly more like the Agatha from the show WandaVision, the kind where the teaching attribute is removed, and the degree of fun-seeking and evil is doubled.
To be precise, she was no longer just a fun-seeker.
She was practically a typical example of someone who thrives on chaos, and if there's no chaos, she'll create it.
"Bruce, do you remember when we first arrived in this Storybrooke Town, the dwarf we passed by mentioned a name, Agatha, when he spoke to your woman… And coincidentally, I know a Witch whose name is also Agatha."
Bruce was about to complain about Dante's way of referring to Selina Kyle, but he swallowed his words upon hearing the latter part of the sentence.
Batman, famously known for his big-picture thinking.
"Without further ado, we'll go find that 'Witch' immediately and make her undo this space."
"Uh, guys, I think we might not be able to leave for a while…" Hal Jordan's clearly annoyed voice came through. He pointed at the door Dante had just kicked open and said, "Look at those things… Aren't those the residents of Storybrooke Town?"
Upon hearing this, Dante immediately turned around and looked outside the door.
He saw several Storybrooke Town residents, who had been transformed into Kursed Warriors, moving stiffly into the room.
They had clearly been attracted by their recent conversation and the sound of the darkhold sliding on its knees.
Seeing the Kursed Warrior versions of the storybook characters, Dante became even more convinced that Agatha, in addition to the darkhold, had also obtained the Aether Particle.
Originally, he thought it was just Moon Girl accidentally coming into contact with the Aether Particle, and so the little girl's fantasies, through the Aether Particle, created a reality-distorting Storybrooke Town that would be harmless as long as it was dispelled in time.
But now he was somewhat confused about what Agatha Harkness was planning to do.
After all, even in the all-encompassing original plot, the Aether Particle and the darkhold never came together!?
"Dante, what's going on?"
"Kursed Warriors are super-soldiers created through Aether Particle fragments… 'Soldiers' isn't quite accurate, they should be called puppets."
"I didn't ask you that!" Bruce's voice suddenly rose, "Why is Selina among them too!"
"Why are you yelling so loudly!" Dante shrugged, "It's not like I found someone to have her steal Fury's car and drive it here."
Bruce, of course, was just momentarily emotional. He knew that Selina Kyle's involvement in this matter was purely due to his fiancée's insatiable itch.
"Selina hasn't been stealing these valuable things for money all these years, she usually plays with them for a few days and then returns them…"
"I don't care if that woman returns things after playing with them for a few days. Anyway, after you get out, you can take your fiancée and explain it to Fury!"
"Wait, you mean Selina can be restored?"
"…You weren't just thinking your fiancée couldn't be restored, were you?"
"No, do you still have time to babble about your girlfriends here?" Hal Jordan was so anxious he wished he could do a split on the spot, preferably one that would trip these two into a face-plant. "Although I don't know what Kursed Warriors are, from what you just said, they must be very powerful things!"
Dante then remembered, damn, right now he was the only one with sufficient combat power!
Batman, this guy was a rookie in surprise encounters!
And Hal Jordan was just an ordinary person, at this moment, he wasn't that "strongest Green Lantern in history"…
That's right!
Dante slapped his forehead suddenly.
After quickly assessing the two people and one dinosaur beside him, Dante immediately summoned the Red and Green Lantern Furnaces.
"Why are you bringing out two Lanterns at such a critical moment?"
Hal Jordan instinctively said something, but was blocked by a solid elbow from Bruce.
Dante rolled his eyes, Hal Jordan, that simpleton, deserved the elbow.
"Nonsense, knowing how powerful these Kursed Warriors are, you still want me to fight alone?"
When the two original Lantern Furnaces were not summoned by Dante, they would not emit Lantern Rings to those who were qualified.
After all, due to Universal differences, there had been some changes from the original Lantern Furnaces and Lantern Rings.
Even if Dante held the Lantern Furnaces in his hand at all times, the Lantern Furnaces would only search for suitable members within a few meters to tens of meters around him.
So, as soon as Dante finished speaking, the Red and Green Lantern Furnaces instantly lit up brightly.
After a moment of brewing, several Lantern Rings popped out of the Lantern Furnaces with a "pop," circled around everyone, and then stopped in front of them.
"Intelligent life form locked.
Devil Dinosaur from the wildlands.
Your heart surges with raging Fury.
You belong to the Red Lantern Corps."
Devil Dinosaur looked at the ring in front of him and let out a confused "roar."
This time it wasn't a meaningless whimper, but rather a question of how a dinosaur like him could wear a ring?
While he was still wondering, the Red Lantern Ring slipped onto the tip of his tail.
Instantly, red rage filled his entire body. The already crimson Devil Dinosaur, while spewing furious blood flames, roared up at the sky…
"Roar roar roar roar~~~~"
This "roar" was the Red Lantern oath.
A language system, quite amazing, isn't it?
…
"Intelligent life form locked.
Hal Jordan from Earth.
You have a strong will to overcome fear.
Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."
Hal Jordan blinked.
"What does this mean? Can I also become like you?"
"Like me? No, you and I are never the same… This is what you deserve."
Dante shook his head.
His willpower was strong, but it was obtained through the system.
But Hal Jordan's was an inherent ability.
Regardless of ability or character, Hal Jordan was worthy of the title "greatest Green Lantern in history."
Hal Jordan didn't quite understand what Dante was trying to express, but at such a critical moment, he decided to pause his thoughts and follow his instincts.
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
…
"Intelligent life form locked.
Bruce Wayne from Earth.
You have a strong will to overcome fear (Your heart surges with raging Fury).
Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps (You belong to the Red Lantern Corps)."
Batman looked at the two rings in front of him and couldn't help but frown.
Will? Fury?
But they were just external things.
When facing those heinous Gotham criminals, the fear Batman instilled in them was the best weapon.
But right now… this power was indeed needed to escape the predicament.
Batman was never a stubborn guy.
He just pushed the Red Lantern Ring aside, he didn't like the feeling of being dominated by anger.
Green willpower…
Better than nothing, he supposed.
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
(To be continued.)
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