Mark was suddenly thrown off his focus as he looked at the notification. He floated there deep in contemplation of what might have triggered it. So he kept floating there waiting that whoever was searching for him might appear.
Waiting for more than one minute, Mark was thoughtful again, he was not entirely sure of what triggers the skill but it mostly prevents things mystical that could search for him.
He looked at himself and could still see the invisibility wards he had placed upon him so it would not most likely be radar. Mark was thinking until an Glowing Ankh appeared right in front of him, it was then he understood who was looking for him.
A man with golden helmet and a golden cape appeared along with two others which were a red blur and a man with wings. Mark knew they had tracked him somehow in ways he still couldn't figure out but nonetheless he changed his attire to the Homelander replica suit along with his own golden cape.
But he did not put on a helmet, rather he just had his hair glow golden and his eyes too. He slowly floated down as he watch the trio still look around the place as his ward is still not lifted but when they were near the ground did the champion of Order turn his eyes towards Mark's general direction.
"Reveal yourself!" he said with that deep autotune voice but Mark still lifted his concealment which made the three alert at his appearance. Hawkman looked at Mark's suit and towards Dr. Fate while raising his brows at the similarity of the two.
"No need for aggression mister Nelson, I mean no harm." Mark said in a calm tone but it made the others alert when he said the name of Dr. Fate in greeting.
"Then pray tell what you want? Because the large amount of Chaos you exude says otherwise intruder." Dr. Fate said as Mark does not know his connection to the warp has given him a different aura which could only be seen by the Lords of Order.
"Why are we even conversing with this guy? Let's just capture him and take the information out of his mouth." Hawkman said impatiently as he readied to strike lunging forward along with their new member The Boom.
While Hawkman was charging, Dr. Fate sent out energies to slow down the one in front of them using time. But as the invisible waved passed by Mark, a green glow appeared an negated the slowing of time.
"Wait!!" Dr. Fate was alarmed wanted to stop them but it was too late, yet the scene that appeared next made them do a double take as both stopped by a barrier making both bounce back.
Carter Hall was thrown back but he steadied himself with his wings while Judy Garrick bounced from the barrier like a guy that got hit by a car.
"Now that is quite a rude greeting there Hawkman, I really thought those lives you lived every time would have taught you some humility but it made you arrogant instead. What can you expect from a Thanagarian Brute…" Mark shook his head like he was feeling pity but deep inside he was happy his barrier held strong.
"Bastard!" Hawkman charge forward again but his mace was grabbed by Mark showcasing his strength. Carter was about to pull his weapon back but his stomach received a solid punch from Mark making him fly back rolling on the ground.
"Both of you stand down! The other party has not shown hostility yet but you attacked nonetheless without reason!" Kent Nelson felt a headache as this was always what his friend does if he hears that they might be facing someone of Chaos.
"You heard him Kent, he knew of us so we better get him to speak how he knew of us! He might be a spy from the other countries!" said Hawkman as his protectiveness to his race came out not listening to Kent at all but before he could continue Attacking. Mark suddenly appeared in front of him and a landed a strike on his chest pushing out his astral body.
The Boom was thrown back quite a bit feeling hurt as she had bumped with a very solid barrier. So when she saw this scene getting up she instantly ran towards Mark, but as she ran she can see that Mark's eyes were slowly following her making her scared and lose attention to a rock on her way.
She tripped and tumbled forwards as she was in disbelief that there was someone other than her dad that could follow her movements with the naked eye. But Mark did not do much as he stood there since Dr. Fate was not attacking.
"We might have gotten on the wrong foot there, so why don't we reintroduce ourselves first." Mark said as he turned around and pulled out a capsule which he threw forwards and transformed into a domed house.
Kent Nelson was silent as he floated down and pulled Hawkman's astral body back as well as helped Judy Garrick in standing up. He waved his hand and a veil appeared hiding the vicinity from the outside world, this time now green glow that negated it making Kent know the one in front of them is not affected by time.
"Urghh-why are you not helping Kent? We just got ourselves handed on a plate there in a few seconds?" Hawkman has calmed down a bit from that weird experience but he still asked his old friend.
"Let's hear what he has to say first?" Kent said as he started walking forward to the dome shaped house.
"Hear him first? Can you not feel the dark energies around him Doc? Even when he stood there I felt that things might get dark so why are we talking to the guy? He is clearly dangerous!" Hawkman asked.
"Well he hasn't shown much hostility since we arrived didn't he? And besides, if we go around attacking anyone just because they are dangerous then we are no different from tyrants. By the way are you okay young Judy?" Kent looked at the red suited girl that was dusting herself off while limping a little.
"U-umm, he saw me..." she was looking skeptical as she said this.
"Saw you? What do you mean he saw you?" Hawkman was still alert but he followed behind Kent going to the small dome that suddenly appeared.
"I mean is t-that he can follow my movements with his eyes, I saw it. He was looking at me as I was running." said the Boom.
This made Kent and Carter Hall look at each other, sure they could see her too but Kent was mostly slowing down time while Carter Hall has great eyesight like a hawk and his high reflexes. But not to the extent his eyes could turn and follow a speedster's movement clearly, only speedsters could do that.
They felt that the man they had encountered was dangerous but since no signs of aggressions were made by Mark yet so they calmed down to listen. Now that they thought of it, all he did was self-defense and if he is as fast as Judy said then he has a lot of chances to land more hits on Carter.
When they stood in front of the house the doors opened automatically. As soon as they entered they were greeted by an aroma of tea being brewed.
"Fancy a cup of tea?" Mark offered as he looked at the JSA, he was in thought when Kent Nelson said he was exuding chaos energies. This might be related to the connection he has with the Warp, which made the lord of Order able to locate him.
"And would our miniscule friend here be kind enough to show himself?" Mark smiled as he looked at the floor where a small man was hiding on the corners. This made the others look at each other not surprised, this man in front of them could follow the movements of a speedster so it was not weird to notice Atom.
Atom enlarged himself to his normal size looking confused at Mark, he had seen his friends get handled in an instant earlier so he did not attack but stayed small and hid.
"Well it wouldn't hurt to try would it?" Atom just shrugged and took as seat, it was then they saw that it was exactly four extra seats.
"Snack?" Mark asked as he conjured a tray of various confectionaries on the table.
"Are we having a tea party or are we gonna talk?" Carter said in impatience as he was still high strung.
"Don't be tense Carter, if we could talk things through cordially then I don't see anything wrong with that at all." Judy said as she started stuffing her face with the tarts and cookies.
"The girl is right, it would be better we settle this on a discussion. We were the ones in the wrong in suddenly attacking anyways." Kent said as he took his helmet off and sipped the tea Mark prepared.
"But just like you said this man is teeming with Chaos, even I feel it too with just him sitting there." Carter Hall looked at Mark seriously as his warrior sense were flaring to the highest alarms.
"If it is the Chaos then that would be easy to explain." Mark said as he poured the last cup full and handed it to Atom.
"Thank you?" Atom was still confused at the situation, one moment they were attacking then now they were drinking tea cordially.
"Then explain." Carter said still staring at Mark.
"You really are high strung Carter Hall, just relax and I'll explain in understandable terms." Mark said as he sat and sipped his tea, looking at his guest he was not sure if he should introduce himself in another persona or use the identity of a other dimensional being on a vacation.
"In short terms I am a being from another dimension." Mark said as he thought the hell with it, it wasn't like they could lock him out of DC when the creator of this multiverse gave him a welcome gift.
"Another Dimension?' Kent asked curiously as there were various dimensions out there that exist.
"No, not like the dimensions already connected to this reality. Mine is another whole Universe vastly different from yours, the chains that bound me was damaged due to reasons unknown but in turn made me tethered to two different realities." Mark laid it out since this was Dr. Fate, if anyone here is sure to be in the side of good then it would be this guy.
"Then your chaos energies?" Judy was still eating cookies as she asked this, she was genuinely curious of Mark. She thought that he might also be a speedster like her.
"Well the initial universe I am tied to was riddled with chaos which is a hassle as the whole world was filled with…well chaos. I was sent there to be a mortal for…" before Mark could continue Carter interrupted as he asked a question.
"Wait, wait a minute. Did you say Chains that bound you? Why are you even bound in the first place?" Carter asked seriously as this also made Atom and Kent pay more attention.
"..well like I said, I was sent to live a life of a mortal as punishment for crimes 'I' have committed. Not me exactly, it was me or would be me as I am currently a past me which was made by the chains due to its emergency measures…"
"Wait wait again! I am sorry but you that was you but a future you so you are a past you what?! My brain is getting confused and what crimes?" Atom was dizzy listening at Mark's words.
"Well, it seems I have destroyed a whole reality out of existence…" Mark said that like it was Monday morning news known by all. It took a second until Carter pulled out his mace ready to attack but Kent stopped him by raising his hand. Atom was also ready to move and Judy was sitting there stunned.
"Didn't you hear what he said? This guy erased a whole reality! He is a murderer, chains, punishments what else do you all want to hear? You know I can tell if he is lying Kent!" Hawkman was really tense as his senses flared in alarm when Mark said his words, most would not believe it and laugh this off but somehow he could find no falseness in his words.
Even Kent was tense as Nabu said that Mark did not lie at all but he still stopped his companions from reacting too much. Mark still sat there relaxed as he did not mind their outburst as he kept explaining.
"…Due to that some higher dimension entities went to arrest me and tied me to a construct made of universal laws to tie me and siphon my energies. Then was sent to a place to live as a mortal where the souls of the dead were not able to rest even after death…" Mark did not even mind the others as he had been thinking this particular information he deduced from what 'he' had said to himself.
"…But somehow, something happened which damaged this construct, 'I' was still bound but the construct has to find a place to gather energies to repair itself. But in the process it needed a manager, thus it took something from'me'. Another me who was the past self on myself to act as the manager of this construct…"
"…It took me a while but the chains were repaired as well as the construct. But the tethers it placed on the closest realities were still there, making me the manager able to traverse this universe. Also due to the time I had to repair the construct, I became an entirely different possibility making the construct ignore me and not bind me like my other self…"
"…One thing that change was that I became a god worshipped in the place I was supposed to be a mortal. The damages had let some past functions of the construct to manifest and gave me benefits.
And me being the battery of this construct, a being that could do so much made it able to evolve from its planned functionality. And me being riddled with chaos energies then that would be a little similar to you Kent Nelson.
My world also needed a Lord of Order but the only powers that could make me stronger to fight the eldritch beings that was born in chaos was chaos itself too." Mark said as he looked at Dr. Fate.
"If there is chaos then there must be Order, don't tell me there exist no such forces as every universe and reality could not exist with no antithesis to prevent it." Kent was quite curious as to Mark did not go for the Lords of Chaos.
"Oh, there were Gods of Order but the world's fate is closely tied to its residents. Humans being one of those and you all know how humans are with Order, not great fans. My world is driven by faith and gods, humans inherent nature is very closely tied to chaos.
Thus the Gods of Order had less believers and got weaker as the Gods of Chaos become more stronger to every sin made by the mortals. Thus many fell with a few living, one of which is the Embodiment of Vengeance. Not a really good aspect to live by, thus mortals leaned more into other faiths creating Gods that were not entirely of Order.
So just like me the other gods were not entirely tied to order as the force tends to change those touched by them to the extreme. Such as Purity who found humans as the source of filth thus wanted them to be cleaned of the World." Mark stopped for a moment as he took a sip of tea.
"You speak as if you are some sort of God, all I hear is you are a tyrant!" Cartel Hall was still aggressive which made Mark confused as to why but he did not mind much, might just be overprotective.
"Like I said, a world driven by faith and it was a world in its medieval period. A fantasy world to be exact, so making uneducated peasants see you as a god is very easy. It made me become the Patron God of a large piece of land, a few years here is a few decades in my world and I am technically older than all of you except Nabu.
And am I a tyrant, well if you want you could come with me to see my world but I would dissuade you because as I said, Chaos floods the air of that world. Eldritch beings there would take your mind and make you their playthings if you are not careful enough.
Right now I am just having a vacation cause handling such a large piece of land is quite taxing. I still need to rest my mind so I would not be taken over in case I left my defenses down for a moment." Mark just poured a lot of information that it made them have trouble digesting it. But Kent still noticed something in what Mark said.
"So if you come from another dimension, then how do you know about us?" Kent's words made the other three looked like they realized this as well. Mark had been able to know all of them in just a few moments they met, he even knew Nabu.
Mark just smiled as he looked deeply into the eyes of Kent, his golden eyes were glowing a bit which made the others confused but Kent had a different expression. His eyes were full of shock as he processed what he had just heard.
"Kent, did he say something to you?" Carter was able to notice this as he looked at his friend. But Kent did not say anything as he put on his helmet and walked out of the house, Atom, Hawkman and the Boom were confused but they too followed behind.
It wasn't until they were outside when the house vanished and Mark was again floating in the air. He smiled at all of them and looked at Kent Nelson then said.
"Remember what I have shown you Kent, this reality might just need it to stay intact." Mark then vanished entirely and flew away full speed to Metropolis.
After arriving in Smallville after searching the maps near Metropolis and Mark realized that the place was quite a bit away from the city. Mark had been alert since that incident with Dr. Fate, he could find ways to fight the others but facing the sorcerer supreme of this world would be disastrous for Mark.
Good thing that what he told him made the Doctor realize that Mark was no threat to them. Hawkman might be sour of what happened but Mark was sure he'll get over it, he just hopes that the information he gave to Kent would be useful for the old guy.
Right now he is floating in stealth in the crash sites in the small town, he had looked at the records and Clark Kent is currently a teenager just starting to discover his powers. He also searched Lois Lane as well some girls that might gain some intimate relations with Clark.
Also he did some things that would help the nice couple that cared for Clark, he had them become registered in various benefits that were legal in the country. Like Pensions, savings, insurances, trust funds and various beneficiary programs giving them some room to breathe financially from many things Clark unconsciously break.
Of course he did this using the newly made shell companies he has, in the time he had been flying as he found that the couple was buying new plates, furniture, nails and other hardware. Most likely from Clark breaking things, this made Mark feel pity them.
Also he tapped into the stock market and he made about twenty million dollars on his flight on the way here. He wanted to take a piece of many successful companies in the future so he hacked many accounts used by drug lords and criminal families.
Few buttons here and there abled him to know which are the bad apples and even gathered some evidences about them that might be useful in the future. Mark did not care if they find their money missing and this made him about two hundred million in that few minutes.
Mark smiled as he made sure the underworld would lose nights of sleep because of this. He did make sure not to introduce such large amounts back into the economy. He didn't want to crash the market, and his programming in the super computer alerts him of any fluctuation in the market anyways.
What kind of programming did he make? Well he took inspiration of project insight made by Zola, he did not hack the living computer but rather made it from scratch. In his Techadon form he even found it interesting to be able to predict the stock market by using gathered information from the past.
Though the current technology is not yet so digitalized, Mark still was able to make a prototype algorithm that does it with the available coverage of the internet. It was until his eyes were able to see what he was looking for, making Mark smile as he floated down to the ground.
He looked around and found himself in a hilly area, thankfully he was able to improve his eyes into being able to x-ray the ground. Now he has a lot of shiny green stones on the ground, but there was one color that stood out and it made Mark wary.
It was a small one but unlike the other greenish stones, this one was pink. Mark's face morphed like Luffy's and Zoro's face when Rob Lucci said to them to release him so he could help.
Mark took out a small lead box and a large one, he then used magic to transfigure a wooden branch into a long prong about ten meters long. But before he proceeded he casted a ward of hiding and made extra measures to hide his magic signatures that Dr. Fate was able to detect.
Using some simple usage of Mana to emulate some simple telekinetic-like powers, he dug out the kryptonites on the ground and slowly placed them inside the lead boxes. But for the pink one he made sure his mana doesn't touch it and used the wooden prong to slowly bring it up and placed it in the small lead box then closed it.
Walking forwards slowly Mark then placed the small box in his inventory when his maximum range neared it. He was not a Kryptonian but he just made sure he would not be affected by the cursed stone. He then promised not to take it out in the future too.
After that he was happily digging the stones and did the same in various parts of the town where he found more of the stone. One boon Mark got in this was he was able to find another color of Kryptonite. An Orange one, he knew what the functions were but he still hid it in his inventory so no animal gets unknowingly empowered by it.
After scouring the small town in stealth he was sure there was no more kryptonite to be found but he did not leave and slowly looked all around town in houses in case some dug out the stone unknowingly.
His search led him to a young girl named Lana Lang, Clark Kent's friend and possible romantic fling. Mark did not immediately take the stone away which was fashioned into a necklace and watched the life of the girl.
Mark made more wards and waited in the town for the girl to attend school a few hours later. He made sure that Clark would not hear or see him as he used Life Magic to hide his presence like what he did to Dr. Fate after learning his aura exudes chaos.
As he was waiting for Lana and Clark to interact, he sat on a bench quite far from the school but possible for his eye sight to see what is happening and for his sense to hear what they are saying.
While waiting for the future member of the big trio, Mark went to terrorize the bank accounts hidden by many crime syndicates to get more money. He then left a plan to slowly launder those money to his companies, he made sure the process has no pattern to throw investigators off the trail.
[Hacking +1 lvl.]
[Hacking +1 lvl.]
Mark was enjoying himself bullying the underworld with his technological advantage. Mark also placed some on charities where he also picked some unfortunate souls to help.
An early start and a large leap forward was one of the plans he had thought of when he wanders either of the two universes. He didn't want for the US government to be a hindrance so other than gaining money, Mark wanted to own a place to declare independence.
A small island of his own that he'll turn into a country, he already has eyes on some small places in the South American area. There was also in Africa where lots of resource would be available, but he might just choose a place in South East Asia.
One thing that gave Mark this idea was after knowing he could relocate his mansion on the Old World, that feature also applies to his mansion in the two other universe.
So that means he won't have to appear on Gotham anymore, as much as he wanted to change that place, Mark knew that many events there would become significant fuel for Batman's birth and development.
But he did start some small companies that would look out for the little guys on the wretched cities. Mark would monitor it in the future but not so strict, just enough so no gangs ever make trouble to what he'll build.
It wasn't until Mark heard the ring of the bell did he take his focus out of the supercomputer and looked at the school. Sure enough like in the comics, Clark always felt weak around Lana making him misinterpret it as infatuation.
Not knowing that green glowy thingy on his friend's neck is making him weak. Mark also learned that Clark seemed open to sharing his new found strength to Lana which means he had saved her already when they were kids.
She would become one of the few people that knew Clark's real identity. While spectating Mark was also admiring some things that he finds amusing in people of Kansas. Mark was enjoying himself until a voice sounded out on his side.
"Enjoying the scenery?" A deep attractive male voice sounded out.
"AAGHOEHOWNDJSJHDHXJC!!!!!" Mark got scared suddenly he used the one skill he knew would always hit. The unavoidable slap which drew his hands to an arc aiming straight for the face of the one that talked besides him.
*Slap!!*
A silence ensued as Mark processed who was it that was able to sneak to him like that unknowingly but when he saw the face his guts suddenly churned as fear and unease filled his being.
With face so handsome and smile seductive, the man was stunned as a slap landed upon his face. He felt no pain but he had never been hit like that in the face before, not even his father was able to hit him like that.
His deep dark eyes were in thought as he felt no pain yet he was hit. He saw it coming and he knew it was nearing his face but he could never avoid it somehow.
[Somewhere far away]
"Haha!! Serves that rebellious son of mine! I can't wait to show this to him next time we meet." Two old men were watching on an old retro looking TV that was showing Mark's current situation.
[Back to Smallville]
'Oh shit! I just slapped Lucifer! The Morningstar himself was slapped by me!" Mark was stoic on the outside as he stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar face. He knew it was the Lucifer himself when his face is the combination of the TV series actor and the comic book Lucifer.
And he kept all the good point making him a seductive handsome man. But other than his face Mark felt like an eternity has passed by looking at the stunned Morning star.