The Death Knell

Going back a little bit in time, when Deathstroke and Oliver were experimenting with the quiver in the garden, Batman, who had not gone to the meeting, was asking something inside the Justice League Dark headquarters beneath the Hall of Justice.

Today's Dark Zhenglian is short of manpower. Only Man-Bat remains underground to look after the house. The others are not here, but this is also expected.

Zatanna and Constantine may have gone on vacation and haven't come back yet, and Batman is too lazy to look for the House of Mystery, which would be a bit troublesome.

Mrs. Xanadu has almost no combat effectiveness, the new generation of Doctor Destiny does not have a helmet, the dead may really be dead, and other non-staff members do not come here often.

So he came here to look up information. He wanted a spellcaster to accompany him, and this person was very special.

There were luminous bugs in jars on the wall, and a huge keel hung from the ceiling as a chandelier. Batman sat on the sofa, looked at the man-bat in front of him with cold eyes, and said his request:

"I'm looking for the Warlock's Daughter. Tell me where she is."

Man-Bat used to live in Gotham, and he was really a Bat-man, but obviously, when he faced Batman, he didn't see the intimacy between his kind and fellow countrymen at all, and the only thing he could feel was endless fear.

Although he has now changed his ways, the memory of being beaten by Batman over the years is still playing a role, and his whole body is starting to hurt. Even if he is redeemed, it is Batman's help to join the Dark Alliance.

One code equals one code. If someone does your best, won’t it hurt if they hit you?

"Well, Batman, the Warlock's Daughter is also from Gotham. Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to ask Batwoman?" He said this, but Man-Bat still trotted all the way to get the Dark Alliance's contact book. .

Many sorcerers are in seclusion, and they are not necessarily in the main dimension. Finding them cannot be solved by calling, but through some other means.

For example, a special spell, a secret pocket space location, a special spiritual frequency, and so on.

The best way to find a sorcerer is through another sorcerer, but there are also special cases, that is, the allies of the Dark Justice League. They will leave their contact information so that superheroes can ask them for help at any time.

These contact information were recorded in a notebook. The notebook was very ordinary and looked like a thin notebook, but the things recorded in it were very valuable.

"She's not in Gotham."

The Dark Knight's answer was very simple, and he didn't seem to say anything. He just continued to put pressure on Man-Bat with his eyes, asking the latter to do things quickly.

Although Batwoman manages the mysterious side events in Gotham, she, like the rest of the Bat Family, actually watches and does not participate in things outside Gotham most of the time.

"Okay, let me help you take a look. Don't look at me so seriously. My hands are shaking."

Man-Bat knew in his heart that Batman would never hit him again, but his body was disobedient. Faced with this oppressive fear, he was shaking like chaff:

"I saw Deadpool's face not long ago, and he's still very weak now. Oh my god, I've never seen such an evil thing, not even in Gotham."

Having said that, he felt his eyes turning away, and shiveringly began to help flip through the notepad in his hand. Batman didn't express any response to his answer, he just silently conceived his own plan, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps.

The sorcerer's daughter he is looking for is a retired member of the Shadow Pact. She is only 23 years old this year and is not the best sorcerer. She has strength beyond her age and can stand alone, but she is not yet able to turn the tide in the apocalypse.

However, Batman is confident in controlling her.

The Dark Knight has always stayed away from magic. If he has to take this path, when he chooses a spell caster as a teammate, he will not choose the strongest one, but the one he is most confident in controlling.

Because she is from Gotham, her father is Henry Equista, one of the four Italian mafia godfathers in Gotham, who was an old rival of Batman during the 'Underworld War' that broke out in Gotham not long after his debut. .

At that time, Gotham was not what it is today. Everyone focused on having fun. People in Gotham back then came out to pursue profits, so a series of battles seemed very realistic.

There is no flying high and low, no superheroes and super villains fighting each other, the mainstream of war is a large group of people shooting each other with Chicago typewriters, and flying "The Godfather Says Hello" style assassinations.

Traditional Mafia families like Equista were eventually eliminated by the times. Their decline was mainly due to the most ridiculous Little Italy Civil War.

Gotham has a population of eight million, which is more or less, but the city itself is so big. Even if there are outstanding people, four godfathers?

That's too much.

Among them, the Falcone family is the most powerful. In addition to nominally controlling Gotham as the eight major families, the 'Romans' also want to unify the Italian forces in Gotham and become emperor.

The other three Italian families are only small forces, not considered the eight major families. They cannot be compared with the old local families like Sionnis or Elliott. They can only obey the Falcone family in name, but secretly form a loose alliance. alliance against him.

At that time, Gotham was under another dark order. Although the eight major families ruled Gotham together, there was also an internal struggle for power. The cake was only so big. If someone else took one more bite, wouldn't you lose one?

Everything would have continued like this until Batman returned from his studies and returned to his city with a vengeful rage.

Batman began to attack people on the street, coming and going without a trace. The bosses couldn't find who burned their own drugs and who stole their money, so they began to doubt each other.

As these suspicions accumulated, the war broke out. There was nothing to say about the process, and it was not as intense as World War II.

But the final result was that Falcone was half-cooked by the bat lamp, and the black family fell apart, leaving only the Cobot family represented by the "Penguin" with one breath left.

History has turned a new page, and the era of overall urban morbidity has arrived.

Ever since Batman established his rule over Gotham, mentally ill people from all over the world have come to play with him, and the city has gradually become a cesspit that gathers the dark attributes of the entire universe.

That's all a digression. Let's talk about the sorcerer's daughter. Her real name was Darla Aquista, and she lived a prosperous and peaceful life.

Her father is a gangster godfather, so he is not an uneducated gangster like those on the street. On the contrary, she has received a good education since she was a child, leads a comfortable life that ordinary people can't imagine, and has trained a lot of tall and talented people. She is a very elegant and beautiful girl.

As an only child, the eldest lady is like this. If nothing changes, she may become Gotham's first female boss in the future, at least much earlier than Harley.

Unfortunately, the underworld war broke out, and the Falcone family sent killers to shoot wildly at Dara's school. She was shot dozens of times and died on the spot.

However, her life should not be cut off. The new generation of her will naturally have a new generation of opportunities. That is, her father, who loved her deeply, refrigerated her body afterwards and frantically looked for a way to resurrect her. He spent all the family resources and heritage. No matter what.

Italians are like this. They always value family.