"Deathstroke, we need to talk."
Donna hung the lasso on her belt, looking at him seriously like a leading lady in an American TV show.
Su Ming tossed the unconscious Don to the prepared Albella on the side, whether to decurse or throw Don into Hell to hide, it was all up to her.
The thick smoke on the battlefield crawled on the ground, ashes fluttering like snowflakes.
"Talk about what?"
"That move just now was too dangerous, you could have snapped Don's neck." Donna pointed at Don, being dragged away by Albella, and lowered her voice, "Though admittedly, it felt pretty good, and was quite useful..."
"Effective, saves time, those two points are enough."
Su Ming removed his helmet, lit a cigarette, and looked at the situation in the square.
Many monks were trying to put out the fire, while a small group surrounded Bo Bo, talking non-stop.
All thanks to the Night Blade, this sword is the "Stone Sword" of the Magic Realm, the possessor being the Master of the Dark Night, holding a high leadership position.
'You pulled out this sword, from now on, Britain belongs to you!' Something like that, this sword is a symbol of monarchy in Magic Realm Maya.
However, Bo Bo doesn't know any magic, this magic sword in his hands was no different from a tree branch.
Donna's eyes rolled, as if contemplating how to fully engage in battle, but quickly shook her head vigorously, shaking those thoughts away.
"Still too dangerous, Don is a good person, a friend of the Justice League."
"I calculated her tolerance, with witchcraft's power protecting her, the force just exceeded her limit by a little." Su Ming patted her shoulder, indicating her to rest assured, "Of course, if you find my methods unacceptable, you can always leave, I'll have Batman replace you with Cassie."
Cassie's full name is Cassandra Sandmark, granddaughter of Zeus, niece to Diana and Donna.
Though Cassie has beautiful long blonde hair, she could just dye it and pick up Diana's gear from the Fire God.
Moreover, she's a minor, making her easier to control for both Batman and Su Ming.
"No! She's still a child, this battlefield is too dangerous for her." Donna immediately objected, Cassie is still an adolescent without a solid worldview or values.
At this stage, it's best to avoid her having too much contact with someone as ruthless as Deathstroke.
"A child, yes, but she's a demigod, stronger than you realize." Su Ming inhaled deeply, exhaled smoke, discarded the cigarette butt, donned his helmet, "If you don't want her here, you'd better adapt to my style and follow orders."
With that, Su Ming turned to walk towards the Female Mage, leaving Donna staring blankly at the large hole in the square.
Cassie was always Diana's little companion, code-named Wonder Girl, but the aunt she truly admired and loved was Donna.
Because Donna was more fashionable, knew lots of places to buy pretty clothes, knew the best spots in town for food, and often took Cassie out for fun.
Besides, Donna was well-versed in Amazon combat techniques but never got overly serious when teaching Cassie.
Diana also taught Cassie, but in the authentic Paradise Island style, a real contest of iron and blood, leaving Cassie with scars and blood after one class.
In comparison, Donna's lessons were like yoga classes, still painful sometimes, but at least bearable.
Will Su Ming bring Cassie here? Certainly not, her combat power is still lacking, unless her combat armor is completely unleashed.
Her armor is somewhat like Batman's Hell Bat Armor, once unleashed, it continuously drains her life and stamina, prolonged combat would exhaust her to nothing.
Adding to that, Cassie is just a little girl, prefers bouncing around, couldn't emulate Diana's prowess in front of Hecate.
But this thought he kept to himself, Batman could likely deduce it too, but Donna was taken by this narrative.
Su Ming used her affection for her niece to indirectly restrain her, ensuring her obedience to his orders, truly commendable.
Maybe Batman could warn her through Can Luo, but Su Ming was sure he wouldn't.
After all, the priority now was to deal with Hecate, having the team follow a singular command was crucial, Batman wouldn't lose sight of that.
As long as the outcome was good, the process was irrelevant to him.
"I sent her to Hell, further steps require her to regain consciousness." Albella withdrew her hand from the Magic Array, with Don unconscious, she had no better option but to hide her for now.
"No problem, now we've hidden two Engraving Possessors, where are the other three?"
"Then we'll just have to wait for news, at least I haven't received any magic communication." Albella shrugged, they could only passively wait for the third Engraving Possessor to appear.
But with only two Magic Pillars remaining, here or Olympus, waiting wasn't impossible.
Meanwhile, Bo Bo, surrounded by a group of bald heads, was the first to receive the news, the Forgotten Bar was in trouble.
He struggled his way out of the crowd, joining the few.
"That's bad, my bar exploded, quickly come with me to check, someone sent me a message, saying a purple woman blew up my bar."
Hard to comprehend, the Forgotten Tavern was just a Pocket Universe, aside from its commemorative value for the Master of the Dark Night, it had no other worth.
What use was there in blowing it up?
But seeing the Gorilla anxiously jumping around, they decided to go check.
However, Su Ming thought it would be too late, considering the Forgotten Bar wasn't Shangri-La, a massive city needing significant time to dismantle.
The bar was but a place with twenty or so tables, with an Engraving Possessor's power, it was just a matter of seconds.
"Wonder Woman! Assemble."
Su Ming called over the counterfeit Female Hero, then instructed the Female Mage to open a Teleportation Gate, leaving the aftermath here to the monks to handle themselves.
Of course, if any more Engravers came causing trouble, Su Ming's team could conveniently return.
The group returned to the Forgotten Bar once more, but upon pushing open the door, they were met with a grim scene.
The entire bar was nearly completely burnt down, the floor marked with radiating blackened traces, likely caused by an explosion of witchcraft power from the center of the bar.
Surrounding lay numerous charred bodies in various forms, resembling gasoline-bomb-burnt figures, with an odd meaty aroma lingering inside.
Blood and innards, due to the high temperatures, had solidified on the floor, resembling sticky jam.
"Trish!"
Bo Bo climbed onto the damaged bar counter, ignoring the scalding embers.
He was anxious to find his bartender, fortunately, within the bar counter, he didn't find any suspicious charred bodies.
Trish should have survived, he exhaled slightly, removed his green checkered detective hat, and wiped the sweat under his black fur.
Donna's expression was quite uncomfortable; she disliked such brutal scenes, merely observing the poses of the corpses revealed the excruciating pain they endured before death.
Meanwhile, Su Ming crouched beside the bodies, gently touching the remains, the external clothing and flesh had completely carbonized, crumbling like cookies at the slightest touch, but the skeletons were relatively intact.
Identifying from the pelvic bone shapes, these bodies were mostly teenagers, formerly seen members of the Skillful Sisters Association.
Then, he clapped his hands, brushing away the debris, and walked towards a man in the bar's corner still drinking.