About half an hour earlier, Constantine had arrived alone on the American East Coast, while Doctor Fate stayed behind to look after the unwell Zatanna.
The vampires' appearance could not be said to have nothing to do with the magical world. To keep things from escalating beyond even Constantine's control, he intended to strike first. But before that, he needed to know what Batman planned to do.
Just as he had previously advised Moonlight to ask Batman for his opinion, he knew that if the vampires wanted to rule Earth, they could not avoid the Justice League, and the Justice League could not avoid Batman. Batman's attitude would determine the direction of the entire matter.
After arriving on the East Coast, Constantine had planned to head straight for Wayne Manor. But the moment he landed, he detected traces of necromancy—a highly peculiar form of magic. He had never seen magic operate in such a manner before.
DC magic differed from Marvel magic. The essence of Marvel magic was energy. As long as one could obtain enough energy, humans could use their own brilliant ideas to make it do all sorts of things.
But that did not work in the DC Universe, because DC magic required not only energy, but also restricted methods of use.
Marvel magic was like this: as long as you had fuel, you could build the car yourself. But in the DC world, the technology for building cars was entirely controlled by the sources of power. Fuel alone was not enough. You had to sign a contract to obtain the technology, and after building the car, you still had to get a driver's license. Once on the road, you had to obey all kinds of traffic rules. Human mages were heavily restricted.
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