The Death Knell

Zatanna gasped and forced herself to calm down.

If this is not a dream, then isn't the person suffering in the fire not far away the real soul of his father?

In the past few years, she had asked Zha Kang to take her to all the hells and underworlds, trying to find her father's soul, but every demon king said that they had never seen the Archmage Zatara.

She always thought that there was a devil who was not telling the truth, or that her father had already passed the cycle of death.

But the dead man in red tights and the goddess behind him also told Zatanna that Giovanni had not gone through reincarnation, and even death did not know the whereabouts of his soul.

The mystery that has lasted for more than ten years finally has an answer today. It turns out that my father's soul has always been held in the hands of the Upside Down and hidden in his dimension.

Wait, the Upside Down came from outside the Wall of Origin. In other words... when his father died, was his soul outside the Wall of Origin?

For a moment, her mood was like the sea in a typhoon, with ups and downs in her heart, and the unknown fear seemed to grab her heart and ravage her.

Although the Upside Down Man has no eyes, nothing in its own dimension can escape its perception.

It flicked its tongue like a whip, took out a red and black doll from the pocket of its pants, and said with a smile: "Yes, you are right, Giovanni's soul falls into my hands." , it’s all because he tried to fight me in the first place.”

Next, the Upside Down Man told a secret. It turned out that the Upside Down Man almost entered the multiverse ten years ago.

Although it didn't know what happened within the multiplicity at that time, it seemed that another world had been moved from other multidimensional systems at that time, leaving a momentary space crack on the origin wall.

It almost got through.

Gods were the mainstream belief in the magic world at that time, and magicians generally believed that magic was a gift from the gods.

Several sorcerers accepted missions from different gods at that time to stop the invasion of the Upside Down. They didn't know exactly why. The gods only said that if the invader was not stopped, all magic would be exhausted. The sorcerers They will all die miserably.

In order to protect the magical world, the doubtful mages launched a forbidden ritual. A total of seven people, including Constantine and Giovanni, took the initiative to use the out-of-body method to pass through the rift to fight against it.

If at first the seven of them didn't believe what the gods said, but after seeing the virtue of inverting people's growth, they instantly believed it.

A monster with white scales, capable of deforming at will, twisted and filthy, no doubt an 'extraterrestrial evil'.

It has also been clamoring to make everyone in the multiverse repay their debts...

In order to protect the magical world and the multiverse, these seven most powerful sorcerers at the time fought against the Upside Down Man. Through the hell contract provided by Constantine, they burned their souls in exchange for power from Satan and killed the white-scaled monster. Drag outside the wall of origin.

The opportunity to pass through the crack in the Origin Wall flashed by, and the dragged Upside Down went crazy like office workers who missed the last train. Three of the seven sorcerers escaped, while the souls of the other four were held captive. , thrown into the upside-down magical dimension to endure eternal torture.

Don't you like burning souls in exchange for power? Then let you burn forever!

The soul was involved in the body, so Giovanni's body was reduced to ashes in front of Zatanna. Zatanna also hated John because of this, thinking that it was Zha Kang who killed his father.

In order to protect Xiao Zha, who is also a user of inversion magic, Zha Kang did not tell her about the existence of the Upside Down Man, but instead buried all the secrets in his heart. Of course, he did not know that the victim's soul was being held. , thinking that they had fulfilled their contract and their souls were taken away by Satan.

It was only today that the Upside Down revealed this secret to Zatan. In a way, it seemed very sincere.

"Yes, your father has been using the power he stole from me, and he also used this power to disobey me." The white-scale monster held the red-black doll and rubbed the scales on its body, just like taking a bath with a rag doll. : "I have detained his soul, and he should be punished. He is the one who made the mistake, but there is no room for relaxation..."

Zatanna looked at her father in the sea of ​​fire. He shook his head at her, saying not to believe anything the monster said, but then he was submerged in the depths of the sea of ​​fire by various tentacles.

The witch hesitated.

If you look at it now, you will find that everyone in the past was deceived by the gods. They stole the power from Hecate, and the power of the Mother of Witchcraft was also stolen from the Upside Down.

"What do you want to talk about?"

Zatanna sighed deeply. She didn't know what to say, but she had to answer. She wanted to save her father.

Although his father was also a victim of the biggest scam in the wizarding world, the fact that his soul was now being held in the Upside Down's kingdom and that he had become a hostage was right in front of his eyes.

A pair of brand new high heels suddenly appeared in front of her and fell to the ground with a clang. They were a gift from the Upside Down.

The white-scaled monster put away the doll that made a nasty sound and crossed its arms:

"I want to ask first, did Deathstroke secretly tell you and Diana anything? About the true concept of magical energy?"

"If you are really omnipresent, then you shouldn't ask this question." Zatanna shook her head, and a brief look of memory appeared on her face: "I have never heard of that, but which of you is lying? "

The Upside Down tilted his head and chuckled:

"Haha, I guess... He and I both lied, but those are not important, you know? He once summoned a being named Weishan Emperor, which really opened my eyes. Their power, and their very existence.”

"You don't have eyes at all, so what?" Zatanna didn't understand at all.

"So he shouldn't have let me see it. He shouldn't have tempted me even though he knew I wanted to become stronger." The Upside Down took a sip of saliva, but more saliva still made his face wet: "I want to expand the scope of my business, but Emperor Weishan refused to let me join. I have to find a way to solve this, right?"

Zatanna was still confused. Her knowledge was far inferior to that of Constantine, not to mention that Deathstroke had never had any magical communication with her.

If he really told Diana any secrets, he didn't know it either.

"Just tell me what you want me to do. What conditions should I agree to before you can release my father?"

"Don't worry, I've had a lot of contact with Deathstroke, so I thought he might not be a match for his tricks." The Upside Down waved his hand and opened another portal in this space full of flames: "So I found Come and let a smart man help me make a plan, and he is also someone you already trust, so you don’t have to worry about me doing bad things to the multiverse.”

As his words fell, an acquaintance wearing a black uniform with two pointed ears on his head walked out of the wormhole.

His face was expressionless, the corners of his mouth turned downward, and he spoke in the same tone as before: "Zatanna, it's me."

"Batman... why is it you? Why are you dealing with Deathstroke?" Zha suddenly found it difficult to understand, because Deathstroke had saved the Justice League more than once in the past days.

The bat walked through the flames, and the black cloak swayed with the heat wave, but he came to the witch unscathed:

"I will never target any good person, but just in case, I must have a plan to counter him. If you can reach some consensus with the Upside Down, you can still borrow its power to help Deathstroke. This power is provided by It’s safer for you to transfer…”

Zatanna couldn't listen to the rest of the words. Looking at the familiar face, she closed her eyes helplessly. She knew that this was Batman having another attack.

"Because you already have a backup plan to counter me, right? Maybe you plan to enhance my power and let me help you resurrect Catwoman or the Joker? Because I am the best to use among sorcerers?"

Batman didn't answer directly, but just pulled up a corner of his cloak to cover his face.

He waited quietly, waiting for the witch to vent her emotions, waiting for her to calm down.

Because he knew that the father's soul of the woman in front of him was her greatest weakness.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will agree to her and the upside down person's terms...