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Chapter 2890

~11 min read 2,094 words

About half an hour ago, Constantine arrived alone on the East Coast of the United States. Doctor Fate stayed behind to take care of Zatanna, who was in poor condition.

The appearance of vampires couldn't be said to have nothing to do with the magical world. To prevent the situation from expanding to a point where even Constantine couldn't handle it, Constantine prepared to strike first, but before that, he had to know what Batman planned to do.

Just like his previous suggestion for Moonlight to ask Batman for his opinion, he knew that vampires wanting to rule the Earth couldn't bypass the Justice League, and the Justice League couldn't bypass Batman, so Batman's attitude determined the direction of the whole thing.

After arriving on the East Coast, Constantine originally intended to go straight to Wayne Manor, but as soon as he landed, he discovered traces of necromancy. This was a very peculiar magic, and 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 these energies in various ways through their own genius ideas.

But this doesn't work in the DC universe, because DC's magic, besides needing energy, is also restricted in its usage.

Marvel's magic is equivalent to: as long as you have oil, you can build the car yourself. But in the DC world, the technology for building cars is all held in the hands of the source of power. Having oil isn't enough; you must sign a contract to get the technology to build the car, and after building the car, you have to take a driver's license test. After getting on the road, you have to follow various traffic rules, which is very restrictive for human mages.

For example, a novice mage, no matter how much energy he has, can't use reverse magic, because the copyright of this magic is in the hands of the Upside-Down Man. He says who can use it, and only then can they use it.

Similar subdivisions almost monopolize all forms of magic. Even if a lucky person suddenly gets a lot of energy, they can't use any magic, not even lighting a cigarette, because the copyright of all fire-type magic is held by the King of Fire Demons. Before passing the contract to get the copyright, they can't even make a spark.

Having mixed in the magical world for so long, Constantine can almost see the copyright source of all magic, and can judge whose master a certain mage has signed a contract with just by the traces.

But this time he encountered an accident. The object this necromancer signed a contract with wasn't the Duke of Skulls, and the magic and operation were very strange, not any known form of magic.

This almost immediately aroused Constantine's attention.

In fact, in Constantine's view, vampires aren't a big deal. Being able to turn Zatanna shows some ability, but Zatanna's defensive magic is strong, but she herself has no social experience, and it's not impossible to capsize in the gutter.

So compared to vampires, this mage who suddenly popped up using strange necromancy made Constantine more interested.

So he followed the traces all the way to the base where the Arkham Knight and the Necromancer Doctor Strange were.

At this time, there were three people in this base. Constantine, who was peeking sneakily outside, determined that two of them had magical traces. Besides the Moonlight he had seen before, the rest was that skinny long-faced mage.

Constantine hadn't seen him, and more importantly, he hadn't seen the energy he carried and the way he manipulated puppets, which made Constantine realize that the other party might be a visitor from another universe.

Necromancy is actually a very dangerous magic. The Duke of Skulls has very few contract objects, because very few people can manipulate the dead, and the complex magical principles involved make even Constantine have a headache.

But it seems that this long-faced guy is very skilled in manipulating the dead, and it can be called very wasteful. He actually lets the summoned undead creatures act as porters!

The vast majority of bosses holding magic copyrights are very stingy. Not only do they charge by the time, but basically every use requires a great price. Otherwise, Constantine wouldn't have owed so many debts.

Why is this guy so at ease?

With such questions, Constantine decided to test it out, but he was a bit worried about the guy called Moonlight. No matter how awesome Constantine's magic is, he is still a mortal. All the big losses in his life were eaten at the hands of mortals. If he was nailed by that candlestick, he wouldn't be able to run today.

So Constantine thought of a way. He split off an ash clone, let him guard the door, and he himself stayed further away, making some noise, pretending that vampires were invading.

Sure enough, the guy called Moonlight and the guy wearing armor quickly went out to check the situation. Constantine's clone walked in leisurely and communicated with the Necromancer Doctor Strange.

The reason it wasn't his main body that came to find this mage was because in Constantine's judgment, this guy should be harder to deal with than the other two. Necromancy is too weird, so he had to be on guard.

As a result, he completely misjudged the situation.

Compared to the bitter mages of the DC universe, Doctor Strange indeed has quite a bit of leeway, but he isn't considered very strong among Doctor Stranges. The energy in his hands is limited, and he was beaten up before, and his injuries haven't fully healed. All his summons combined can't beat Constantine.

But the two evil stars who chased out are different. Although Moonlight Schiller was sealed by Khonshu's moonlight energy, because he has been resisting treatment, the burns from the high-power UV lamp before haven't fully healed. Under the stimulation of pain, his strength has increased quite a bit.

The Arkham Knight wasn't 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 small fries and hadn't encountered any decent opponents, so he was already suffocating.

Constantine sneakily made a bunch of vampire phantoms, but as soon as Moonlight landed, they were all seen through. He didn't hide very tightly 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 bit of a mess, but why say he is a lecher? His first reaction to seeing the Arkham Knight holding a big sniper rifle wasn't to run, but to look him up and down, seizing the time to stare hard.

To tell the truth, although Dick's butt is called the treasure of DC, Jason isn't bad either, especially the Arkham Knight's look, which can be called the most fashionable among all Jason issues.

Maybe because of modeling problems, the Jason in the Arkham Knight game is also one of the best in terms of body shape among all universes, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs.

The Arkham Knight isn't wearing the silver-black decisive battle suit today, but a deep blue armor suit with fewer mechanical armor parts.

The upper body is a deep blue tight leather shirt, with carbon-black armor covering the chest, shoulders, elbows, and hands. The waist is full of chains, magazines, and equipment. The lower body is black, blue, and red camouflage pants, with metal armor on the knees and feet.

His helmet is also blue, with silver-black iron plates extending from the chin to the temporal bone, two sharp ears standing up at the top, and blue light flashing in the eye parts. The non-human feeling is full, looking just like an evil robot.

But coincidentally, Constantine just likes this style.

So the first look he saw the Arkham Knight after crawling out of his hiding place, he took a light cold breath, whistled at the Arkham Knight and said: "The body is fucking great, kid!"

To tell the truth, Jason really hasn't been teased since he grew up, or rather, this Jason's growth experience is relatively simple. He was picked up by Batman when he was very young, then kidnapped by the Joker, and then appeared to have a decisive battle with Batman. To say his life experience is naive is not an exaggeration.

So facing the first line of dialogue from this guy who was suspected to be an enemy, he was also stunned.

The Arkham Knight was obviously stunned there for two seconds, just like he was stuck. If emotions had substance, there should be a loading icon spinning wildly on his head now.

But Moonlight didn't indulge Constantine. Just after Constantine finished that sentence, the golden candlestick stabbed over. While dodging, he shouted: "Alright, I shouldn't have praised him and not you. You aren't bad either! Old man!"

Then the Arkham Knight, who reacted, was furious.

The following scene isn't very easy to describe in words. Anyway, when Schiller brought Dick over, Constantine was covered in blood, with seven or eight bullet holes on his body, and a hole was poked in his thigh.

Considering he is in his prime state now and his magic usage is basically unrestricted, being beaten like this, the Arkham Knight must have been really angry.

Although Schiller came over, he didn't show up directly. He took Dick to the roof of a building nearby to look down.

Dick clicked his tongue and said: "He really deserves it, but who is that robot with two sharp ears?"

"Who do you think he is?"

Dick looked him up and down twice. Although this guy's dressing style is a bit like Cyborg, judging from the body structure, he is a white man. The two sharp ears are a bit like Batman's bat armor, but the one on the chest is clearly not a bat logo.

"I guess he is a Batman fan, but the imitation is a bit clumsy," Dick said. "This equipment doesn't look low in technology, and it looks quite good on him, but it feels like the practicality isn't strong. Will he really not stab himself when fighting?"

"He is Jason Todd," Schiller said.

"Cough cough cough cough." Dick almost choked himself to death. He pointed at the Arkham Knight who was still chasing and beating Constantine and said: "Who?? Jason???"

"How is it now?"

"How much water must have entered his brain to dress like this? Will he really not be beaten by Batman???"

"Perhaps he is just trying to fight Batman," Schiller briefly told Dick about the experience of the Arkham Knight in this universe.

At first, Dick listened with relish, but later his expression changed to a bit hard to comment on, and by the end, it was almost hard to describe.

"I find it hard to imagine that the guy you mentioned is Batman. Doesn't he see that what Jason really cares about is that not long after he disappeared, Batman found a new assistant? It's useless for him to always emphasize that he didn't find him. If he had explained Tim's problem earlier, the two of them couldn't have fought."

Dick shook his head and said: "And what happened to me in that universe? Why couldn't I make a phone call for the two of them? The problems between Bat-family members I encountered before were much more complicated than this, but everyone wasn't a child anymore. Even Damian, as long as you talk to him properly, he can understand."

"This is the style of their universe," Schiller said. "Put on your mask. If nothing goes wrong, he should be in a fit of anger now. Don't provoke him in a while."

"I never provoke Jason. Most of it is Damian's fault, knowing he has a bad temper, yet insisting on shaking in front of him..."

Walking downstairs with Schiller, Dick was also paying attention to the situation on the street, and soon he knew why this Jason, who looked like an evil robot, was in a fit of anger.

Constantine found that he couldn't run away. He found a corner of a coffee shop, spread his arms to the Arkham Knight and said.

"Come on, baby, use that big gun of yours to send me to hell, or let me enjoy myself to heaven, hahahahaha!"

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