Her Royal Highness the First Princess of Gotham

The city of R'lyeh sleeps forever on the bottom of the South Pacific Ocean.

But this is not under the jurisdiction of the Atlanteans. Even the Sea King holding a trident will be afraid of the Lord of R'lyeh City.

Here lies the old ruler, Cthulhu.

Cthulhu has an octopus-like head, a face with a mass of tentacles, and a scaly torso that looks like rubber.The front and rear feet are huge claws, and the back has long and narrow wings, as if gathering all the fear.

Cthulhu's viscous body is not made of matter on earth, and his body structure can be destroyed, but it cannot be destroyed.

David felt that maybe that body was somewhat similar to his own.Not carbon-based or silicon-based organisms, but made of other elements not found on Earth.

He and Bruce have traveled to many parts of the world.

But he didn't know where it was, and he didn't know what he was looking for.He even regretted that he and Bruce shouldn't have come here.

There was nothing ominous here that he had noticed, on the contrary, life here could even be called peaceful.

But vaguely, I always feel that something is wrong.

In particular, some strange statues in the town, and some words that David occasionally heard, but did not dissipate in the air: "Old God", "Outer God", "Azathoth"... These words make David feel weird from the bottom of his heart.

But most of his time and energy were actually devoted to falling in love with Bruce...

Yes, that's right, read that right.

He also didn't know what happened to him.

Even Raven was very surprised, but although he didn't tell the truth, it seemed that there was really an ambiguous relationship between them.

Even good morning kisses have become more commonplace.

Because after all, he couldn't refuse him.

David threw away the notebook a little irritably, pulled out the chair and sat back on the bed.He threw himself hard on the bed, then raised his arms over his eyes.

He couldn't find a way.

A pair of arms wrapped around his waist from the side, and a deep voice seemed to ring in his ears: "Don't worry, relax."

David's arm was still covering his eyes. He didn't move, but complained: "Can you stop being Shazam all the time? I'm really not used to it."

Batman, who is not used to always wearing black, puts on red, and is also very unaccustomed to the way the two of them get along.

"Is that so? I thought you would prefer a more mature me." Bruce withdrew his hand and sat up beside David.

Davyd suppresses the blurted "I don't like you" and raises his arms to stare at Bruce.

Hot eyes, real hot eyes.

Every time Bruce yelled "Shazam" to transform he wanted to stuff him in the suitcase.But in order to open a room in the hotel, Bruce can only be transformed.

Difficult, truly uncomfortable.

He really wanted to go back as soon as possible, and staying in this place for a second was torture to him.

"I'm wondering if there is some induction between you and what you need."

Bruce curled his hair with his fingers, and the soft hair had a nostalgic touch.

He had been afraid to tell David that he wanted to go back.Even if he will die because of this, he still wants to give it a try.

"I do not know."

David looked back at his raised hand.His fingertips were filled with black colors, just like the colors drawn by ink in water.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but looking carefully at the vortex caused by the breath, it seems that it is always leaning in a certain direction.

He sat up suddenly: "It's that simple?!"

He originally thought that there was some treasure map for him to find, some world puzzles for him to solve.

But is it that simple?He himself has been guiding the way for himself since the beginning?

Bruce was dragged from the bed in doubt.

The two walked northward in the indicated direction until a huge mountain range lay in front of them.

David couldn't help wondering: "Could it be the case?"

The direction of the vortex has not changed from the beginning to the end, but they have gone too far, which makes David suspicious.This so-called direction is basically established.

"Go up and have a look."

Bruce raised his head, looking at the nearly vertical, impossible-to-climb mountain in front of him.He lowered his head and raised the corners of his lips: "Anyway, I can fly you up. Maybe it's on it."

Davide glanced at him, and he always felt that Bruce was more eager than he was.

With a soft snort, Mo Se stretched out his pitch-black bat wings behind him, and quickly rushed into the sky.

The mountain whose name they did not know was blowing a blizzard, and the whole mountain was covered in white.

Bruce followed David up to the top of the mountain, and he landed on the ground.The snow was so thick that it directly buried his knees.

David flapped his wings and stopped in mid-air, he shook his head: "No, even if what I'm looking for is really here, this snow will cover up all traces."

"Maybe it's not what you're looking for."

Bruce looked up to the sky.

There is a huge black spot in the center of the sun, and it gets bigger and bigger with time: "What is that?"

David's eyesight was much better than his, and he looked straight at the dark "sun".Accompanied by the sound of wings fanning the airflow.

That's a bird.

In other words, it was an unknown thing with wings.

Its shape is like a bird, its head is like a horse, its wings are like a bat, and it is covered with hoarfrost, but its body is as big as a giant elephant.

It was as fast as a bolt of lightning, like a meteorite falling from the sky.

With a swift leap, David threw Bruce into the snow.

Almost in the next second, the bird's huge body smashed into the snow behind them.

Snow splashed as high as a giant wave.

The bird's loud chirp followed, followed by another dark monster.

That monster looks like a legendary demon, but it has no face.

"It's a night-gaunt." During the journey, he heard several old people vaguely mention this kind of "faceless man".Then the other bird must be the Shantak bird, a monster that serves the outer god "Nyarlathotep", and can travel freely in the universe.

"The snow mountain is about to collapse." Bruce hugged him back tightly: "Let's go to a safe place first."

The lethality of the two monsters is too powerful, it is better for them not to confront these monsters head-on.

David nodded.

But the black aura on his body entangled with the Shantak bird uncontrollably, and absorbed that huge strange bird in the blink of an eye.

Night Dire looked back at him, flapped her wings and left with some fear.

"This…"

Everything happened in an instant, and no one expected such a change to happen.

"It wants me to go to Azathoth."

David was a little dumbfounded, this Shantak bird came to him, and he wanted to take him to the "Throne of Chaos" of the Outer God Azathoth.

There is no one who does not feel intimidated by this foul and horrible name.Nyarlathotep, served by the Shantak Bird, was scheming and capricious, and he never helped others.

But the whirlpool seemed to no longer be able to point him in the right direction.

"You stay here first."

The power of the Shantak bird was absorbed by him, and perhaps the search for Azathoth became less dangerous.

Ignoring Bruce's doubts and persuasion, he quickly spread his wings, turned into the shape of a Shantak bird, and flew into the boundless space.

The darkness and the stars were far from his final destination. He followed his intuition and searched in the darkness. His wings pierced the farthest edge, leaving everything behind.The light was fading around him, and he knew what was ahead, just ahead.Dark Azathoth might be there, eavesdropping greedily.

"David, my child, my avatar."

A voice suddenly sounded in his mind: "Leave Azathoth, you don't need his power."

"You already have my power."

"You do not exist in universes and dimensions, free from time and space. You are the only and most perfect key. Accept me, my child."

This was different from the voices of those brats that also sounded in his mind, this voice was full of malice.

Full of malice makes people tremble.

"I'm not perfect, and I'm not your child."

David heard his own cold voice: "I don't need any power from you, leave."

The voice laughed evilly: "You have my power for a long time. You have committed a crime, and this power is a curse."

"What crime have I committed?"

David opened his eyes, and he saw countless balls of light floating in the empty universe.

He didn't know who it was, but it must also be an Outer God.

"born."

...

When David opened his eyes again, he met a pair of cobalt blue eyes.

Those eyes were full of worry and anxiety.

"Bruce..." He called out his name subconsciously, and stood up with some headaches.

[David, are you awake?It's really strange, I don't know what happened just now, we can't contact you, it's like the signal was suddenly disconnected. ]

Nightwing's voice sounded, they had never encountered such a situation.

"I'm fine." David shook his head, only to realize that he had been lying on Bruce's lap.

They were in a rough log cabin without even a bed or chair.

"Let's go." He propped himself up, and summoned a black vortex: "Xi Li should have been waiting for us for a long time, now we can go back."

"Already ready?" Bruce looked a little puzzled, he only saw David fly up and fall down again.

He caught David, but David passed out for some reason.

"Yeah." David nodded, although he didn't want to accept any power.But these powers seem to belong to him really, just like what the voice in his head...or actually said in his dream.

He can already open doors to different worlds.

"He can already control time and space as he pleases. But I suggest that it is better not to let him know this fact, otherwise his ability will be too powerful and it will become difficult to control."

"David" was leaning against the door with his arms folded, not caring that the "he" he said was the same person as himself.

He shrugged his shoulders and looked at a group of brats with doubts on their faces: "Don't have mercy on him, for him, he can break the barrier between time and space and come to you, and then cut it open without mercy." Your throat. So, keep your mission in mind. What you have to do is to test whether this machine can affect the established trajectory of other worlds, and whether it can change the final outcome of the Knights of Nightmare. Don't forget how much Laughter and David slaughtered people."

"Let's go."

"Wait a minute, David." Bruce held his wrist, his eyes lowered, his slender eyelashes trembling slightly like a butterfly.

He bit his lower lip, as if he found it difficult to speak.

David frowned, looking at him.

Interrupted him coldly and mercilessly: "Impossible."

"I can kiss you, I can be with you, I can do anything for you, but this is the only thing I can't do, I can't take you back."

I can't watch you die.

Returning to the original world is tantamount to death for Bruce.

"I have to go back. David, Alfred needs me."

Bruce's eyes were stained with sadness.

"Alfred wouldn't want you to go back if he knew going back would kill you." David raised his chin, and stared at Bruce unblinkingly with cold scarlet eyes.

No matter what Bruce said, he would never agree.

"What about this?"

Bruce raised the orange gemstone in his hand: "I'll give it back to you, will you take me back?"

That delicate little face can already see the ruthlessness in the future.

His expressionless face is exactly like Batman.

David was in a trance.

It's like the Batman who is ruthless and unscrupulous to everyone, including himself, for the peace of Gotham and for all people who are not related to him.

"give me back."

David frowned: "You can't threaten me with that thing, it's of no use to me at all."

"Even if I shout Shazam here, is it okay to let Zeus's lightning smash it?"

Bruce looked up at him, not timidly.

"You can't do that."

David panicked for a moment, perhaps the gem would really be destroyed.David knew that the soul of Bruce contained in it would also dissipate.

"I know you better than you think, David."

Bruce looked at him expressionlessly: "You are more duplicity than you show, I understand what it means for you to carry it with you, and not take it off anyway."

"Because it's the safest, because it's something bigger than your life. Right?"

"But you didn't expect to pass out."

"Open that door, David."

David stared at him: "Don't force me, you know I can't watch you die."

"Open that door," Bruce repeated quietly.

David took one last look at the orange gemstone in his hand, and there seemed to be some flame dancing in the center of the gemstone.

Bruce was right, it was indeed something more important than his life.

A dark vortex slowly unfolded in front of the two of them.

The author has something to say:

This is the end of the adventure in another world, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it.Just know that David's original power can control time and space.