I, the younger brother of Superman, ended up with a Thanos template.

Someone contacted him urgently via the light ring.

“David, someone has invaded Paradise Island. My mother has sent a distress signal.”

Diana's voice rang out, filled with anxiety, accompanied by the sound of packing up her sword and shield.

"I'll head to Paradise Island first and see what's happening there."

"Paradise Island under invasion?"

Upon hearing that Paradise Island had been attacked, David put down his newspaper in surprise.

Zeus once set up a magic spell to protect Paradise Island from being spied on and found by anyone, but over the long years, the magic's effectiveness has weakened.

It wouldn't be surprising if someone found Paradise Island.

But it actually made the once proud Amazon queen Hippolyta send out a distress signal.

"It seems that someone with extraordinary strength has discovered Paradise Island!"

David stood up, remembering what Clark had just said.

"You were just talking about Greek mythology, right?"

"Yes...yes, what's wrong? What happened?"

Clark stood up, stunned.

Something unusual seems to have happened.

"I remember there was a gate leading to hell beneath Paradise Island."

David narrowed his eyes.

I initially thought he was just a little magician who appeared out of nowhere, but it turns out he ended up getting involved with Paradise Island.

……

"Kill! Annihilate the outsiders!"

The valiant Amazonian warriors stood atop the palace steps, unleashing a barrage of arrows at the invading enemies on the island.

"I admire your fearless courage, but what good is it?"

In mid-air, a protective shield appeared around Faust, blocking the Amazons' arrows that could pierce through steel plates. He made a peculiar hand gesture, and an ancient bronze plaque hanging around his neck shone brightly.

The bronze plaque depicts a woman with a head full of snakes and an open mouth, roaring.

Any Amazonian warriors touched by the light froze in place, turning into roaring stone statues.

A smug look appeared on Faust's lips.

After finding Paradise Island, he traveled along the way, encountering countless Amazonian warriors who had turned into stone statues.

This powerful treasure, which his master had guided him to, combined with his godlike magical power, was so potent that even the legendary Amazons, considered to be the servants of the gods, could not withstand it and easily fell at his feet.

"Your Majesty, you have finally appeared."

It's not too late to put down your sword now.

As the last Amazon warrior hastily retreated, a woman in armor, with a grim face and a dignified air, emerged from the palace. It was none other than Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, Faust said with a smile.

“I know you’re more than just the Queen of the Amazon.”

The master specifically instructed that he should see you the moment he escaped.

"Both Hades and your messages are somewhat delayed."

"I am no longer the king of the Amazons."

Hippolyta sneered, grabbed the bow and arrow from the female warrior beside her, drew the bowstring to its fullest extent, and the arrow shot out like a meteor, stirring up ripples on Faust's protective shield, but unfortunately it still failed to break through.

"Even Ares, the god of war, was no match for him and was killed by the new king of the Amazons."

"To whom did you pass the throne?"

Your daughter? A descendant of the great Zeus?

Thanks to his master, he knew many secrets, which Faust scoffed at without a second thought.

"None of that matters. Whoever he is, when he returns to Paradise Island, he will face my master, Hades, the ruler of the underworld!"

After saying that, he quickly activated the treasure in his chest again.

"What is Ares, the God of War, anyway?"

The last Amazons and Hippolyta could not resist the powerful magic and turned into stone statues.

Passing over the palace.

He walked into the depths of Paradise Island.

At the end of the vast, cold cavern stood a tall, imposing, heavy stone door, inscribed with intricate and dizzying runes, radiating terrifying magical energy that could make even the gods tremble.

Faust retrieved the three key pieces he had found around the world.

All three keys were protected by powerful magic: a stone giant, a giant abyss serpent, and an environment that could bewitch the mind. However, with the power bestowed upon him by Hades, the god of the underworld, he easily passed through and obtained the keys.

He gestured with his hand in a circle, communicating with Hades on the other side of the door.

"Master, I'll release you right away."

"Hurry up, I've lost count of how many years I've been imprisoned in this prison called Hades."

Hades roared from the hellfire.

Faced with the urging, Faust dared not delay. The three key parts were combined into a huge stone key, which he inserted into the magic doorpost in front of the door.

Rumble!

The runes on the door disappeared, and the door, sealed for tens of thousands of years, was opened.

The earth trembled and roared as malevolent, terrifying tongues of hellfire erupted from the gate, turning everything into lava.

A tall man in tattered armor, his cold face exuding a captivating aura, slowly walked out from the other side of the door. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and laughed loudly, while thousands of undead phantoms roared behind him.

"I, Hades, have returned to the mortal realm!"

The terrifying majesty of the gods made Faust feel suffocated.

……

Having just finished investigating Faust's residence, Batman and Cyborg were preparing to return to the League headquarters when Cyborg suddenly stopped, his expression changing drastically as he glanced at the red warning image projected from his wrist.

"A global catastrophe has occurred."

He set up an early warning mechanism on the internet, which would search and alert people whenever a disaster occurred.

"what happened?"

Batman frowned.

"Near the North Sea in the northeastern Atlantic, countless dead soldiers suddenly emerged from the sea, wading through the water and attacking Britain, Norway, and Denmark, with the offensive radiating across the globe."

In a panic, Cyborg released footage captured by satellites from various countries.

The densely packed dead soldiers, their eyes bloodshot, their skin and muscles withered, looked like dried corpses crawling out of hell. They roared as they crawled out from under the sea, the gray-white sea of ​​people even obscuring the original color of the ocean, forming a terrifying wave that surged in all directions.

At the coastline of London, England, people scattered and fled. Police opened fire in panic, but the bullets got stuck in the emaciated bodies of dead soldiers, causing little harm. Soon after, the landed army of the dead ravaged the streets of the modern city.

"Faust!"

Batman immediately connected the clue he had just found to the information.

"Hell, Death..."

"Gather the alliance members, let's head to the very heart of the disaster. If anyone or anything is playing tricks, they must be there!"

He calmly and decisively gave the order.

"Let's deal with this before those undead who shouldn't exist cause even more destruction!"

……

"You mean there's a door beneath Diana's hometown, and on the other side of that door lies Hades' underworld?"

On their way from leaving the town to Paradise Island, Clark listened to David's story with a look of astonishment.

This wasn't the first time he'd encountered something from mythology, like the ancient demons he'd encountered before.

But Hades is different from other things; he is the god of the underworld in Greek mythology, who is in charge of death. He may now appear in the human world, causing people to feel instinctively uneasy.

“Long, long ago, the Greek gods had a long and protracted war with the Titans. Hades betrayed them and made a deal with the Titans: if he betrayed Mount Olympus, he would then rule the human world, which was full of flowers and all kinds of creatures.”

David began to recount the origins of all of this.

"He opened the gates of Mount Olympus and let in the Titans, but the gods, led by Zeus, fought desperately and won the war."

"In the end, Hades, who betrayed the gods, was cast off Mount Olympus by Zeus and sent to the underworld, where he was punished to guard the cold and desolate realm forever, forbidden to step out, and the passage connecting the underworld and the human world was sealed off. The key was given to Diana's mother, Hippolyta, for safekeeping."

"Is the stone component Faust was looking for the key?"

Clark's eyes widened instantly, and he felt as if everything was connected.

"To be precise, it's part of the key."

David corrected.

"The underworld was actually a prison where Hades was held captive. To prevent him from escaping, Zeus broke the key into three pieces and placed them in different parts of the world."