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Chapter 3934

~10 min read 1,931 words

Just after hearing the shout, the Justice League and the mages were all a bit confused. Although Trigon was blown up, he wasn't dead yet. According to turn-based rules, now should be the dialogue bridge: ask about his intention, rebuke his purpose, reason with him, and then come forward to negotiate with him to let him retreat temporarily.

Trigon might also follow this action pattern. After being blown away, he roared and shouted at the Justice League: "You bunch of damn bastards! You... wait a minute! That bastard in the red cape! What are you doing?!"

Within these few seconds of his shouting, Strange had already finished picking up the energy fragments that were blown out. Trigon looked down, good fellow, more than half of the energy of this avatar was gone. His daughter hadn't even been seen, this was really a loss to the grandmother's house.

He also didn't expect that this bunch of people from the Justice League wouldn't curse at him, but instead ran over to pick up energy fragments. It wasn't like this before. Before, after the Justice League and Teen Titans defeated him temporarily, he could pick up those scattered energy fragments while speaking harsh words. As a result, why were they picked up by others in advance?

"You..." Trigon held back for a long time, only squeezing out one sentence, "You despicable and shameless human! Give me back my power!"

"Who said it was your power? Did you write your name on it?" Strange rolled his eyes and said, "I advise you to be sensible. I've already got the power; you'd better sign the contract, and then lend me more power; maybe I'll return it later. If you don't sign, these will be permanent losses."

This left the mages beside him dumbfounded. No, brother, is this how you sign a contract? You blew up the ship without sunk costs to let it sink, right?

"Contract? What kind of mess is that?" Trigon clearly didn't understand. He was too lazy to talk nonsense with Strange again, and roared at the Justice League: "Hand over Raven! She is my daughter!"

"Even if you are her father, you can't..."

Wonder Woman's reasoning was only halfway through when she saw two figures sneaking toward Trigon again. Green Lantern, who was already fully charged, kept winking at Wonder Woman while walking. Wonder Woman couldn't help but cover her forehead.

Wonder Woman changed the subject: "I fully understand your desire to see your daughter, but we must discuss the dialectical relationship between your purpose and means..."

Just as Wonder Woman was attracting Trigon's attention, Green Lantern turned into a green light, merged into the magical defense network, and flew toward the demon's phantom at high speed. When he flew to his feet, he jumped out unexpectedly again.

Boom!!!

Another violent explosion, leaving only a ripple on the magical defense network. But Trigon was blown up again, the entire phantom shattered, turning into light spots all over the ground. Strange, who had sneaked over with Green Lantern, picked them up frantically. And another figure appeared—Constantine also took a lantern and was constantly absorbing the scattered energy fragments there.

Other mages cursed: "You kid want to eat alone again, right?!"

Most of the mages who could be summoned by Constantine had some skills. At this moment, those who took out sacks took out sacks, those who swung magic tools swung magic tools, rushing toward the center of the field like hungry tigers.

Wonder Woman hesitated. She actually didn't lack energy; demigods are born to collect magical energy in the universe for their own use without needing any external help. But she felt that Batman should be quite short of energy, so if she went over to grab some, it would be icing on the cake.

But on second thought, these mages weren't easy either, each one looking like they hadn't eaten for several years, almost fighting for a negligible piece of energy fragment. Wonder Woman felt she couldn't grab food from a group of beggars at this time; that was a bit too immoral.

And by the time the main universe Batman, wearing the Hellbat armor, arrived, the "food" on the ground had basically been picked clean. Wonder Woman said awkwardly: "Well, I wanted to go up and pick some, but I felt that as a representative of the Justice League, I couldn't fight with them; that wouldn't be very good..."

The main universe Batman nodded without speaking. Although the energy brought by this avatar was not small, he had more Seven Lights power in his hands, so he wasn't short of this bit for the time being. Giving it to this group of human mages could also be considered as improving the overall strength of Earth.

Zatanna didn't go to grab energy with them either. She just said with some worry: "Magic is a very dangerous thing. Originally, because of the lack of energy, mages couldn't make any big trouble. But now they have energy, even if they don't intend to make trouble, some magical experiments are very dangerous. Batman, you have to think of a way."

"It's fine. The Earth's magical defense network has the function of monitoring energy fluctuations. Once the energy fluctuations break through the threshold, the magical defense network will automatically start to absorb energy. Moreover, I also intend to establish a magical organization as a reserve force for the Justice League, specifically to deal with magical affairs on Earth, just like the Sanctum Sanctorum next door."

"This idea is not bad, but there is no way to ensure that all mages will listen to you. Some of them are used to being alone and won't be willing to join any organization..."

Zatanna looked at him. The main universe Batman didn't continue to speak. When the mages who had finished picking up energy returned with joy, the main universe Batman said: "Congratulations, everyone, you should have had a big harvest today. But this is just an appetizer; there may be more demon invasions on Earth in the future. I think it is necessary for us to establish an organization to deal with such dangers."

Some smart people heard the implication of the main universe Batman: today's Trigon was just an avatar, and the energy exploded wasn't much. However, today he killed his avatar, and the main body wouldn't give up, maybe he would send other avatars, and even the main body itself might come.

By that time, Batman, who held the magical defense network, would definitely organize mages to defend and counterattack. If they could still win, it would be like today, exploding a lot of energy. In this way, even if they didn't contract with demons, they would have a stable source of energy; wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

Many mages immediately expressed their willingness to join, of course, some didn't take it seriously, thinking this was an unexpected wealth, hard to come by, and wanted to take it back to store it quickly.

But in order to pick up energy, they all ran outside the magical defense network. It was easy to come out, but it would be difficult to go back.

The mages holding energy were all glowing and flew toward the colorful magical defense network, but were bounced back as soon as they touched the edge. The mages were confused and tried several times, but just couldn't get in.

"Sorry, ladies and gentlemen." The main universe Batman said behind them, "For the sake of Earth's safety, we temporarily do not allow any dangerous energy to pass through the magical defense network. If you want to go home, put down the strange energy on your bodies."

Now even the stupidest person could understand what he meant: either join the official organization and accept management, or don't think about taking a single cent back. The mages glared at Batman, but looking at his blood-red armor and the Superman and Wonder Woman beside him, they still muttered a few words and didn't dare to speak.

Although they got some energy, relying on this energy to fight the Justice League was still a daydream. And now the magical defense network was in Batman's hands; he only needed to move his hand to cut off everyone's energy source. There was no benefit in tearing his face with him.

This group of people had to accept Batman's proposal submissively and, together with mages like Constantine and Zatanna, joined the shadow department of the Justice League—the "Department of Magic".

Maybe many people don't know that the Justice League also has departments, and there are not only superheroes in the Justice League. Just as there are many ordinary employees in the Hall of Justice to carry out daily logistics maintenance and paperwork. In many plots where villains invade the Hall of Justice, you can see cleaners and ordinary employees.

For easier management, the Big Three had long divided different departments: the Action Department responsible for combat, the Equipment Department responsible for combat equipment, the Administrative Department responsible for life logistics, the Garrison Department responsible for youth training, etc.

And superheroes like Batman basically belong to the Action Department, at most Batman also manages the Equipment Department. Others are basically support personnel and ordinary people. For example, Barbara is occasionally responsible for the work of the Administrative Department, and the Robins will participate in the work of the Garrison Department.

And the Department of Magic to be established now will be a department of the Justice League, not an organization independent of the Justice League. All their actions are under the leadership of the Justice League. In addition, all mages are members of the same rank, and there is no other set of command systems.

The main universe Batman clearly also made this decision after careful consideration. Batman actually doesn't like centralization, because this may indulge terrible ambitions, and it may also become leaderless when the first command system is out of control, which is not a good way to rule super-powered people in terms of reason or emotion.

However, in terms of leading mages, he must do so. Because most mages are too scattered, and most of them are like Constantine, who can't be found all year round. If you say you want to establish an independent organization, they will definitely not listen to the call or the declaration, and in the end, this organization will exist in name only.

Only by establishing an organization with high centralization toward the Justice League can they be bridled, at least people can be found when something happens, so that the role of this organization can be brought into play. This is the truth of "if you want to open a window, lift the ceiling first".

The main universe Batman turned his head and looked around at the mages, most of whom had reluctant expressions on their faces. Even those who wanted to join the organization from the beginning were expressionless and not very happy.

The main universe Batman could also understand. Most mages are used to being free and loose, just like a group of freelancers; suddenly letting them return to the life of nine-to-five work and punching in, no one is happy.

But the main universe Batman understands the truth of "giving a stick and a sweet date" best. He turned to the mages and said: "In that case, let's go back to the headquarters first and visit the place where we will work in the future. I still have some research work to ask you for help. Let's go."

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