Several buildings began to fall under the monsters' attacks. Those that were in the Second Phase were mainly mass destroyers.
One who seemed to be a fireman, instead of throwing water through a hose that was simply pulled from what seemed to be the void, threw flames continuously.
He was burning everything in front of him with this hose while patterning a characteristic villain's laugh. The smile was that of someone in the purest ecstasy of pleasure and, when Zaydas probed his mind, he saw that in fact all he felt was pleasure in burning things.
From what he hacked into and read from this individual's mind... Before he died, he was a fireman, but when he was trapped in a building to die, he simply thought that if he had another chance he wouldn't want to save people anymore and in a strange way, he had ended up becoming an obsessive monster from the first stage who shoots flames through a fireman's hose.
Most of the humans who became 'villains' were similar. At a moment's notice, whether it was life or death, or simply mental overload, they transformed themselves into whatever they were thinking about most at the time or whatever they were wearing.
Like, for example, a huge stuffed rabbit stained with blood who, while stuck in his costume, all he could think about at that moment was how much he hated the children who kicked him and their idiot parents who did nothing about it, wanting to be able to kick them all back...
...
Supergirl, who was flying not far from Zaydas, stopped after punching one of the monsters and was shocked by the sight.
"That sounds like the beginning of an apocalypse..." She murmured softly.
"Kyhahaha, Super~" Harley said cheerfully, "I don't know why you're so worried. Didn't Zaydas create a barrier around the whole place?"
She also found out about the barrier and started fighting without worrying about possible victims. Her mindset could be seen as quite simple in this situation. As long as she didn't have to worry, she could act as she pleased.
Of course, the same couldn't be said for Supergirl, she still couldn't help feeling fearful in the face of such a destructive scene.
In every direction, fire was burning, and monsters were scattering, destroying everything in their path.
It was just awful.
"I know..." She admitted, but that didn't stop her from continuing to feel fear in her heart and even more grateful to Zaydas for creating that barrier.
Zaydas, arriving in front of the Villainous Fireman, stole the flamethrower, but when he tried to use it, he saw that it was useless in his hand.
"D-Give it back, give it back...!"
With his hands stretched out in front of him, the 4-meter-tall Villainous Fireman looked like a zombie running towards him.
"Yes, yes, take it back~!" Zaydas shot towards him with all his might, creating a sonic effect with the speed he shot, creating sonic waves with the impact.
Glass from cars and buildings that had previously been intact shattered and the iron part at the end of the hose hit the Villainous Fireman right on the head, bursting like a balloon filled with red paint.
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With his left hand, Zaydas created a sphere of Destruction Power and threw it towards what was left of the body.
"That was intense~" Harley, who saw this scene, hugged herself, squirming a little, without hiding her joy and desire.
Supergirl, who seemed to be used to her behavior and, knowing that she couldn't stop Zaydas from continuing to kill, sighed and went to attack the monsters with freezing breath.
From a distance, with the puppet controllers, 'The Puppeteer', seeing that several of the monsters she controlled had been killed or captured, began to growl like a wild beast. It was like one of those horror movie scenes where the ghost starts emitting loud, scary buzzing sounds.
"Ahh, that's scary~~" Harley said cheerfully as she smashed a monster's head with her hammer, but she was distracted by her hand and didn't even notice when a five-ton stone was fired in her direction.
"Harley, look out!" Supergirl tried to reach her, but she was too far away.
Zaydas sighed, teleporting to Harley's side and with the Power of Destruction in his hand, he simply reached forward with his hand and, as his hand touched the huge stone, it began to crumble into nothingness.
In a cold sweat, Harley laughed nervously, thanking her: "Haha, thanks a lot, Zaydas~"
"Mm." Zaydas looks at her and nods, warning, "Just be more careful around you, there are quite a few of them, after all."
"Kyahahaha, sure, count me in!" She punched her chest, making her large breasts jiggle.
Noticing that she didn't seem to take it seriously, Zaydas smiled a little resignedly and headed towards the monster that looked like a stone golem that had just thrown the stone.
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Even after almost four hours of fighting, there were still several of them.
Supergirl was already showing signs of fatigue, not to mention Harley who had some injuries. And although she had regeneration ability, it was of a low level. Only 5 times faster than an ordinary human.
'They really do have incredible stamina...' Zaydas thought.
Fighting for so long and even showing signs of fatigue was still incredible, especially Harley who didn't have as many skills as Supergirl.
Despite everything, she was a heroine, she could be playful and all, but at no point did she say she was going to stop or give up.
While he was thinking this, he sensed the presence of reinforcements and opened a gap in the barrier for them to enter.
When they appeared, especially Batgirl, she became cautious. She looked around, analyzing the situation she found herself in.
"Looks like it's not a trap..." She muttered as she looked at Supergirl, then at Harley, until she fixed her eyes on Zaydas. She touched a wireless headset to her ear, muttering something.
Then, running very fast, leaving white afterimages, a speedster dressed in white flashed in.
When she stopped next to Batgirl, Zaydas saw that in addition to her white uniform with black details, she had long silky white hair.
Frost, whom Zaydas had seen earlier, entered through the gap in the barrier as well.
"Lady Flash." Batgirl looked at her who had just arrived, commanding, "Go help Harley Queen, please." She turned to Frost: "Frost, go to Supergirl. You know what she's like, only you can make a good pair with her now."
"Sigh, yes, I'm coming." Even as he complained, Frost still created an ice rink, heading in Supergirl's direction.
Creating a pair of bat wings, Batgirl flew towards Zaydas.
"We've come to help." Batgirl stopped in front of him, adding: "I must assume that this barrier is related to you, right?"
"Clever." Zaydas replied: "Yes, I created it so as not to affect innocent civilians."
"On behalf of everyone, I thank you." She bowed her head slightly, then stood up seriously: "And although I'm curious about this barrier of yours, I'll leave that for later, in case you want to share, but don't think it will make me forget that you've taken a Third Stage Villain with you. We'll talk very closely later and don't even think about running away!"
"Are you ordering me?" Zaydas asked with a very friendly smile.
Batgirl remained silent. She seemed to feel a slight tension building even though his smile seemed friendly.
"No, just warning you, if you wish not to be bothered by someone even worse, like Superman..." She warned, "Hadn't you better talk to me?"
"Maybe, although the idea of having Superman come to me piques my interest a little." Zaydas replied.
'Are Superman's abilities also a single skill set? And how strong would they be compared to Supergirl's?" Inevitably, he started to think about it.
And speaking of skills, he looked at Lady Flash with interest.
'150,000 AP for a chance to replicate her power with a 9% chance...'
As well as using the force of acceleration to move super-fast, Lady Flash can throw lightning bolts that she calls a "speed storm".
It was a much stronger attack than the little ray he saw Flash using in the Flash series in his previous life...
One of her attacks managed to neutralize a huge Stage Two monster, while Flash couldn't even do that with an ordinary person. At most, he could throw a person a distance...
Of course, in comics, even in cartoons it can be different, but it wasn't those he was comparing it to, since this Lady Flash was a version in a DC Comics AU Universe.
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