Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 56: Fuck! We almost got wiped out right after entering the door. How exciting!
Just looking at the team members Talia chose for herself, it is clear that this woman should have been preparing for this since she said goodbye to Mason last time. Not only did she recruit the world's top mercenary leader Deathstroke, she also got her loyal follower Bane out of Arkham.
It's not just Bane.
The people Talia brought out from Arkham Asylum this time also included a humanoid shark nearly four meters tall and a guy wearing a red battle suit and a silver-gray helmet equipped with precision goggles.
"Bane, Deathstroke, King Shark and Deadshot, the intensity is different when they are increased."
Mason, who was standing in front of the temporary world gate, looked back at the group of people gathered by Talia. He gave Talia a thumbs up and said:
"What a group of elite soldiers! This is much more luxurious than the one I had when I first started. I hope you can really lead them, Talia. To be honest, I am a little pessimistic about your future now.
If they have any bad intentions, you're screwed."
"That's what I need to worry about, Mason."
Talia inserted a black pistol into the armed belt at her waist, and took a black straight-blade knife from her subordinate and put it on her back.
She took out the black ghost mask of the Assassin's League and put it on her face, and said calmly:
"You are probably still worried about whether you will get into an accident during this mission. Although I don't want to, if Team K must have a new captain, I think I am quite suitable."
"You wish!"
Catwoman beside Mason flexed her fingers and sneered:
"If you dare to raise your hand, I will chop off your claws. Just try it if you dare, you stinky fox."
"Everyone, we are a team now."
Mason, still very weak, rubbed his forehead and said all this, then reached out and grasped the illusory handle of the door to the world in front of him, and said:
"Don't provoke, don't fight among yourselves, don't say anything that is not conducive to unity! When you go in and face danger, only each other can be trusted. Of course, you can also think that I am talking nonsense, but I believe you will understand what I mean soon.
Harry, and Damian."
He told the two weakest players beside him:
"Don't be too far away from me for a while."
"boom"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang exploded above the underground area. Mason looked up and said:
"They are here. It's really time. Let's go, everyone."
Turn the handle and the door opens.
Mason was the first to walk into the rotating light curtain in front of him, followed closely by Harley, who was holding a baseball bat and chewing gum. Selina reached out and grabbed Damian's hand and led him into it.
This action made Da Mi very unhappy and he wanted to shake it off, but Venom's power was not something he could resist.
Talia and her team members were a little hesitant, but the sound of explosions getting closer and closer behind them made Deathstroke shake his head. He snapped his fingers at Deadshot and King Shark behind him, and strode in with the two of them.
The action caused Thalia to narrow her eyes.
Bane, who was wearing a cloak behind her, whispered something, and Talia nodded, and disappeared into the light curtain with Bane, who was fully armed and covered every inch of his skin.
Almost at the moment they entered, Dachao broke through the cave strata in an unstoppable manner and landed in the hall. Amidst the flying dust, the master also descended quickly holding the flying claw gun.
However, the outline of the light curtain in front of them was becoming increasingly fragmented, like a dissipating bubble.
"Shua"
The red Flash appeared outside the light and shadow. He sensed the power dissipating in front of him and turned back to say to Superman and the old man:
"I can still detect the disturbance in space and time. It's very clear, like a coordinate. The speed force can extend to it. If necessary, I can follow these disturbances now!"
"Don't go!"
The master stared at the shattered light screen in front of him, shook his head and said:
"We have lost him. Letting you go alone in this situation would be like sending you to your death. Facts have proven that Mason Cooper cannot be dealt with by one or two people.
Let’s pack up.”
"I still think we should give it a try."
Barry Allen protested:
"This is an opportunity! Mason took his people to another world, which must be related to the mysterious Star Society. I will just go there for a while and come back soon. I won't stay for too long."
"Don't go!"
The master said to his companion in a rare rebuke tone:
"Mason has a way of restraining you. He clearly showed mercy in his fight with you last night, Barry. If he wanted to kill you, he had plenty of opportunities.
Diana, who was forced to return to Paradise Island for treatment, Cyborg, who was still repairing himself, and Hal, who was urgently recalled to Oa, can all prove this.
Barry, listen to me, what we need now is a solid plan, not reckless action."
"Batman is right."
Da Chao was suspended in the air, watching the light and shadow gradually dissipate in front of him. He said in a serious tone:
"We need to take a long-term view. The interrogation of the captured wizards must also be put on the agenda. Before Diana and Cyborg recover, we can no longer underestimate the enemy."
"Then I'll go check on Cyborg."
The Flash was silent for a moment, then disappeared with a whoosh.
The master looked around, checked and said:
"It was a thorough cleanup. It seems that the Assassin's League under Talia's leadership has become active again, but her authority cannot suppress the elders. The split of this organization is imminent.
It’s one less headache for us.”
"I'm more concerned about what you're hiding from us, Bruce!"
After the Flash left, Superman stopped pretending. He raised his hand to stop the old man who was about to leave, stared at him, and said seriously:
“Your son has been taken away, but you are as steady as a rock. The worst thing is that my cousin is also missing, and I have to go back and explain everything to Martha.
I'm sure you have some sort of private arrangement with Mason, Bruce.
It was obvious that the young man showed mercy last night. You must have imposed certain restrictions on his actions in exchange for something important.
If you want me to pretend I didn’t notice this, you’ll have to convince me!”
"No, I'm not going to convince you, Clark."
Batman shook his head and said:
"There are some things I want you to see with your own eyes, and then I will wait for your answer."
In front of Superman, he raised his arm, opened a multi-encrypted communication channel and said:
"Grayson, prepare to transfer the 'distinguished guest'. I will be there shortly."
"Distinguished guest? What is that?"
Superman frowned and asked. The master looked at him and said:
"A 'gift' to us, a person who can help us solve many mysteries, Clark, you must guard him yourself after you meet him.
Also, something is not right with Cyborg.
He said he was injured by an unknown data life attack, but I found out that he was not just injured, he separated himself from some of the advanced threads he got from the Mother Box. "
Batman said hoarsely:
"But he hid this from us, and this was not part of Mason and I's plan. There are other forces behind last night's actions, and we must find out."
"I can help, but you have to tell me some inside information first, at least tell me what you think I should know."
Dachao sensed the seriousness of the situation from the master's attitude.
He nodded and looked at the completely broken light and shadow again. As he grabbed the master's cloak and flew him out of the crumbling underground cave, Clark Kent asked in a low voice:
"Mason took away your two lovers and your only child. Are you really not worried?"
In front of his best friend, the old man still looked gloomy. He broke free from Superman's pull on his cape and fired his talon gun. While rising quickly, he replied:
“They can take care of themselves, and if we are at risk of failure, it may be a way out.”
“That makes sense!”
Dachao, who was following him, raised his eyebrows fiercely and said:
"Is this why you left Kara, Firestorm, and Blue Beetle there on purpose? Then should I take Little Joe as well..."
"Are you serious?"
"Well, forget it. My baby son is not as rebellious as Damian. He doesn't spend all day thinking about how to escape from his parents. His parents are also very qualified and not like some people with serious emotional problems...
Okay, I won't say any more, Bruce, put that kryptonite jab back in your hand!"
——
"I feel like something is wrong... Venom is warning me that there's something ahead! Get out of the way!"
"boom"
Before Mason's team had time to enjoy the scenery after entering the new world, they were hit head-on by some kind of energy cannon that was fired with a loud bang.
Catwoman, who reacted the fastest, completed the transformation instantly. In the form of "Hellcat", she grabbed Damian with her left hand and lifted Harley with her right hand. The moment she jumped out of the explosion area, she extended a claw from behind and grabbed the weak Mason.
The next second after she jumped out of the bombing area, a terrifying high-energy beam completely submerged the area where everyone behind her was.
The largest shark king was hit head-on and roared as if he was being cooked. However, this guy with the blood of the old gods had thick skin and flesh, and he only roared but did not die after being hit in the face by the light cannon.
As a "meat shield", it invisibly protected the people around it. In the chaos, Deathstroke drew his weapon and rushed towards the attacker in front.
Closing your eyes and waiting for death is not the choice for a super mercenary facing danger.
The death shooter with a red mask lay on the spot and pulled out the rifle behind him to fire blindly. The foreheads of several attackers wearing strange armor and operating a suspended giant cannon 500 meters away exploded one by one in the next moment as if they were being named.
Real super shooting is obviously much better than Mason's pseudo-super shooting.
The group of people Talia gathered were indeed quite capable. They were not at all disturbed by the sudden attack and immediately launched a swift and deadly counterattack.
Bane and Deathstroke charged in the front, with Deadshot supporting from the rear. King Shark, whose body was pierced, immediately entered "Blood Rage", shook off the rocks that had fallen on his body, and rushed towards the enemy in front.
Talia lay on the back of King Shark and pulled out her pistol and kept shooting. She was not afraid of the "warm welcome" of this new world at all. Perhaps she hoped to announce the start of her journey in the parallel world with a quick victory.
Mason, on the other hand, is much more cowardly.
Catwoman led them to dodge the beams of light from behind with extreme agility, and after jumping more than a dozen times, they hid in a "safe area".
Several people hid in a huge shell crater and looked outside . Harley kicked away several shattered corpses beside her with a look of disgust.
Mason, who was coughing violently, took out a telescope and looked around. He quickly figured out the situation in front of him.
They were "airdropped" directly onto a chaotic seaside battlefield.
A large group of soldiers wearing armor that imitated the shape of underwater creatures charged from the sea to the land. In the distant ocean tides, there were some strange sea warships providing them with fire support like land bombing.
Above this battlefield, there are precision aircraft similar to flying fish flying around, scanning the battlefield and dropping various explosives on the ground, as if they are going to completely blow this place up.
These soldiers can harness the water.
The small piece of land where Mason was located had been mostly submerged by the raging ocean, with only an isolated island reef still holding on. Fighting against the warriors who rushed out of the sea were a group of strange women.
They didn't have too many high-tech equipment, but they all wore gold or black hunting armor, wielded cold weapons, and used bows and arrows to fight the enemy.
It sounds like it should have been a one-sided massacre.
But that's not the case.
Because Mason saw with his own eyes that several older sisters used their round shields to easily block the enemy's large-caliber energy cannon fire, and some female cavalrymen riding on winged Pegasus stepped on the waves to charge towards the enemy's warships.
Every arrow shot by those fierce female hunters from their bows could pierce through the thick armor of the warships. Each one of them was so powerful that they did not seem like ordinary people.
What’s even more amazing is that they also have magicians!
Fake mages always dare to stay far away and use their calm fireballs to launch shameless sneak attacks.
But the real battle mage, under Mason's nose, led the female warriors to launch a counterattack under the enemy's bombing fire. After piercing the enemy's suspended tank with a spear, he waved his hand to send down fire from the sky to evaporate the surrounding sea water.
It's really the real-life version of "You have cannons and I have magical powers."
Mason and his companions looked at each other in bewilderment at the exciting battlefield. Even Damian, the little madman who was most eager to fight, calmed down after seeing those big sisters blasting the incoming rockets with one punch.
Should I hit this kind of enemy with my head?
The Talia team that had charged forward so bravely before retreated in a mess a few minutes later.
Deathstroke was holding a broken knife in his hand, covering his chest and cursing softly, while Bane was carrying the dusty Talia on his back, covered in blood.
The armor of the tall mercenary was completely torn off, and the Death Shooter was ambushed by a stealth Amazon female hunter and had his left arm broken by a punch.
The worst one was the Shark King, who had several golden weapons stabbed into his body. He staggered back and was bleeding profusely. He fell to the ground with a thud before he could even say a word. He was only half breath old when Catwoman, who had transformed into Venom Cat, dragged him back to the shell pit.
very good.
great.
Very strong!
The new members of Team K were on the verge of being wiped out in less than five minutes.
But it’s definitely not because they are not good enough.
Something is definitely not right at the moment.
Mason frowned as he looked at King Shark, who was about to die at his feet. The latter begged for help with his eyes wide open in pain, but this big guy's super defense and super endurance were among the best among all the villains in Gotham.
This "top-notch meat shield" shouldn't be this bad.
"Is this how you shuttle back and forth in this crazy world?"
Talia, with disheveled hair, grabbed a strange gun she had seized and kept firing at the pursuers behind her, and then shouted to Mason:
"What's going on in this place where every person has a Wonder Woman and an Aquaman? Think of a solution, Mason! If this continues we're all doomed."
"What the hell do I have to say? You were the first to rush out. You used your bravery to attract their attention. I didn't even need to look to know that we were being targeted. It was too late to run away."
Mason lay down beside the Shark King and pulled out the weapon from him. He gave the unfortunate guy who was breathing less and less and exhaling more first aid on the battlefield, while rolling his eyes and saying:
"Do all of you who call yourself assassins have a berserker's heart hidden deep inside?"
The captain shook his head.
He wiped the blood from his mouth, took out a pair of medical gloves and put them on his hands, waved his hand and said:
"Get rid of those pursuers! Give me some more time. I need to see what these things are first."
